Hola!
It's January 31st! YESSSS!!!!!!! Last year and this, January 31st is a Red Letter Da
y. (BTW, 'Red Letter Day' is a term from as early as 1490, referring to when church festivals were written on the calendar in RED. More recently, it simply means "a special day.")
Of course it is (Frank's sis) Dana's birthday, a Red Letter Day in itself: Happy Birthday, Dana!
But otherwise, it marks the fabulous fact that:...(drumroll please) We Have Made It Through January!!!!!!!!!
That is a VERY b
ig deal. It means the BULK of winter is behind us now. December and January can be tough in New England! From what I read, MANY states have had some weird and harsh weather this month. But now, January is over.
IN OTHER NEWS. You may remember that David just got braces, including an obnoxious "bite plate,"that literally keeps his molars from meeting in the back. Amazingly, he can eat almost anything now. I don't know how. His teeth still don't meet in the back, for chewing. But he's learned to make it work, wearing that "bite plate." It will be Teresa's turn, in 10 more days.
DIGITAL FRAME. I finally set up my Christmas Present: Frank got us a digital frame. We can watch a running slide show of 35 photos. Awesome! 
MRI. (These are Internet photos, not David, but it may as WELL be him. Exact same set-up. David did not wear socks. I sat in a hard rocking chair off to the right.)
I sat in the room while David lay perfectly still for a torturous 45 minutes Friday, for Pete's sake! (I have no idea how smaller children do that--they must have to sleep through it.) Both of us received ear plugs to dull the constant pounding that went on al
most the WHOLE TIME. It's a pretty amazingly huge machine, and all I could think was, "that piece of equipment costs more than my house!" Frank chuckled when I said that. In actuality -- I looked it up -- those machines can cost anywhere from $1-$3 million. (WAY less than our house...ok, just kidding)
We will meet with his orthopedic surgeon this coming week, to pummel him with questions.
RUBIK's CUBE. David figured out this puzzle, and likes to compete with himself, on how fast he can solve it. This has made Teresa interested in it, so she has been practicing, t
oo. Some toys are indeed timeless.
Have a good first-week-of-February, Kari
3 comments:
sounds like you can celebrate!! love your pictures and details...hang in there...just tell david he's like a butterfly...one day he'll come out of his cocoon...perfect!!
It sounds like the "cube" gets the same attention in your house as ours! Craig is our champion - forget the expensive electronics - just get them a cube! I think they do medicate really wimpy people for MRI's. They would for me, for sure....David will be able to tell his kids of the adventure saying, "back when they did MRI's...".
I am also glad January's over-but not because the bulk of winter's over-because the bulk of summer's over here. It has been over 100 with no rain for days and days now and without central AC (just inefficient window units), we are DYING.
Poor David-I couldn't stay still that long I know I would get little itches all over my body and be crazy to itch them.
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