WIND STORM AND RAIN STORM

Today is absolutely gorgeous outside. Yesterday was a different story though, It was dark, rainy and windy. We had so much wind that it just blew mama's Hyacinth's right down to the ground. So today she went to pick them and placed them in the kitchen just above the sink. Oh they smell sooooo good!!! They make the whole kitchen smell oh so sweet.

Just in case you are wondering about the picture in the background, it is a picture of mama and papa on their first big date to Disneyland on Saturday July 11, 1994 (papa's birthday). It was a great day that day. Everything that we had planned for that day just fell into place.

CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE

Much to mama's surprise, this is what she found when she went out to the garage this afternoon to get the broom. Papa must have put it up yesterday when he was working out there. It most definitly put a smile on her face.

We must soon start looking into getting mama a new car. The lease on our CRV is almost up. Still not quite sure what kind of vehicle to get. I would like to have one that is environmentally friendly, gas efficient, and a roomy SUV but not as big as Keri and Wade's "Dinali".

OUR LITTLE MIMI'S BACK

Mimi says that she is feeling much better today. Her temperature has gone completely way down to normal. However she is vomiting small amounts of clear fluid. So it is possible that she may have a touch of the stomach flu. It has been going around the neighborhood lately. Blake, Bailey and Izzy all went through it recently. Mimi I think just caught the tail end of it thank goodness. Other than the little vomiting she is doing this morning, she is back to asking a gazillion questions and giving mama zerbits. Our plan today is to take it easy and drink plenty of fluids. Thank goodness Mimi enjoys eating the small Japanese Jello that mama buys at the Asian market.

PAPA'S LITTLE HELPER

Today papa decided to put up some shelves in the garage plus putting up the ceiling fan in both of the girls bedrooms. Come this summer it will most definitly get quite hot up here in the Northwest. It feels even hotter especially when we don't get any wind. Mimi loves helping out whenever she can.

Up until this afternoon she seemed perfectly fine. Once lunch was over, she decided to lay down and take a nap. When she awoke, mama saw that her cheeks were quite rosey in color. I guess for most kids it looks good on them but not our Mimi. Sure enough she had a temperature of 101. Therefore papa went to grandma and grandpa's house for dinner by himself.

Mama stayed home with Mimi. Mama then gave Mimi some St. Joseph's aspirin and lots of fluids. The temperature did spike up to 103.1 Mama then put Mimi in the tub and cooled her off with cool tepid water, another dose of St. Joseph's and ice packs and more fluids. Now the temperature is coming down back to 101 thank goodness.

Mimi does say that she feels much better. She is now sleeping peacefully. Mama in the meantime is still up and checking in on her every 10 minutes changing the cold washcloths to her neck and head.

There will definitely be no school for tomorrow.

EMERGENCY

For quite some time, papa had been wanting to try out this Thai restaurant in nearby Covington. It was ok, nothing to rave about. We were so spoiled by Siam Best in Marina Del Rey.

Usually when we get ready to go out, this is mama's conversation with Mimi.

Mimi: Mom, are you coming or what?!

Mama: I'm coming Mimi.

Mimi: If you don't come, I'm going to have to call 911. That's an emergency you know.

You never know what she is going to say next.

MAMA'S GARDEN

For the past two weeks, mama has been hard at work getting her flower garden started in between taking Mimi to gymnastic school and pre-school and between the rains and drizzle that we have been having lately.

First she is getting the perrinials started then maybe once everything is set the way she wants it, she will work on planting annuals.

Papa had suggested that mama should line the flower bed with some type of border. Since becoming a stay at home mom, mama is having to be strict with the finances. So therefore on the way to taking Mimi to school one day she saw quite a few rocks. They are still in the process of building more homes here. So there are plenty of rocks to go around. Mama has come to be known as the "Rock Lady". She has been hauling rocks in Mimi's wagon and linning them all around our huge backyard flower bed.

Today while shopping at Home Depot, mama saw some cobblestones for sale for almost $3.00 a piece. She figured that she saved approximately $500.00 worth of stone.

The hard part about planting is when I dig about 3 inches into the dirt, I hit rock and stone. Papa says that since we live quite close to Mt. Rainier (volcano that no longer erupts), is the reason for the stone and rocks. It is hardened lava from the past.

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS

The good news is now Mimi and Blake are back to playing like brother and sister again. Just as goofy as can be. After coming home from the movies, Mimi took a two hour nap then dinner then it was time to play with Blake again. This evening after dinner Blake came over to play for a while then we all went over to Blake's. When we arrived at Blake's we found out our other friends Lisa and her family plus Ben and Brian were there also. Mimi was in 7th heaven. Not only did she have Blake to play with but Bubba as well.

The bad news is that this evening mama found out from our good friend Maggi that another one of our good friends Mary Ann has Lymphoma of the neck glands.