SICK WITH THE FLU ALL WEEK~

I have been sick with the flu. My girl rugrats stayed over with my parents for 3 days, in fact one of them is still there. The other is a Mommas Girl and wanted to come home. Of course she and Hunk have been out riding quads all over the countryside today.

Christmas day was at my parents. I got up, took a shower, Hunk drove us over there, we all opened gifts and I went and laid down in my Moms bed for the rest of the day. I got up a few times, I wanted so much to visit with everyone.

My Aunt made her wonderful cream cheese ball with crackers and I couldn't even bring myself to try a single bite. Turkey, Ham, you name, it was there. As always, there is NEVER a shortage of food around our homes when we have get -togethers.

We went home and I slept some more.... multiple trips back and forth to the bathroom.......TMI (too much information) I know......sorry........ and I realize I'm dehydrated. I can't tolerate anything on my stomach so I go for sucking on ice cubes.

Last night I decided I wanted to try some soup. I wanted vegetable beef soup with barley. So Hunk went to the market and bought some for me, dropped it back off here for my rugrat son and his friends to make for me and then left to go pick up our rugrat daughter from my parents and deliver some firewood to some friends of ours.

There is knock on my door and it is three 17 year old boys. They carry in a plate with my bowl of soup on it. The plate has crackers fanned out around the bowl and tangerines fanned out on the left and right side of the bowl also. Another one of these sweet boys is carrying a fresh glass of ICE...... They hand it to me worried they didn't get it hot enough and asking if there is anything else they can get me. My heart melted...... These boys are the rough tough rugrats who have the POW WOW's out in our meadow each month. They also are all wrestlers. And yet when Momma is sick, they turn into sweet little men, willing to do anything to help me feel better. I am so blessed.

In the midst of feeling like the biggest piece of........well, I'll just say it......CRAP.....these boys made a smile appear from one side of my face to the other.

Sadly, I wasn't able to eat the soup, MISTAKENLY I ate a couple pieces of tangerine (much too much acidity) and the saltine cracker was perfect.

Great group of boys. Love them.....

Today I'm feeling about 1/2 human. I got up and loaded the dishwasher, felt shaky and my back started hurting so I came and laid back down. But I wanted you all to know I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I just feel like I did.

On a positive note I lost 14 pounds! On a negative as soon as I can eat again, I'm sure I'll find them......

I do hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!

I plan to have a DO-OVER DINNER soon...... (and the pounds were found)

Ciao Bellas~