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I'm finally starting to feel better. I did sluff church today and convinced Mark to take my nursery lesson for me. Luckily he was able to switch with someone else. The lesson was I am thankful that I can smell and taste. I helped him prepare the lesson by placing about twelve different things to eat in baggies, enough to share with all of the children. The thought was to have them smell and taste the food while blindfolded and to try and guess what they were eating. It didn't go over as planned...funny thing, it never does. They have the shortest attention span. The lessons usually last about one minute. They didn't love the idea of being blindfolded, and most couldn't tell you what they were eating. They didn't know. There aren't many three year olds in the class, it consists mainly of two year olds, who are just starting to figure everything out.

I enjoyed my three hours alone at home. It was nice. I caught up on some Conan that I've had on Tivo for a while. I always tivo Conan, I love him, he is hilarious. I don't watch all of them, I usually fast forward to exciting parts and delete the rest. I saved this particular episode which featured Colin Firth. I love him. Remember him from Bridget Jones' Diary?



I also spent some time searching the net for BPA free sippy cups for Max. I am a little obsessed with that lately. I bought some new BPA free Camelbacks at REI a few weeks ago. But, I need some for Max. I'm thinking about getting the Sigg with a sports top, or a Kleen Kanteen with a sippy top. While searching I realized how many products could potentially carry BPA. It's a wonder were not all dead!

Tonight we went up to Mark's parents to celebrate our niece Hailee's ninth birthday. They are moving to Overland Park, Kansas on Wednesday, so we also said our goodbyes. I'm excited for them to embark on their new adventure. Just glad it's not me!

Last year we remodeled our kitchen and in February we replaced our front door. Saturday, we replaced the wood on our stairway to match the rest of the wood in our house. We tried staining it, but it looked horrible. I wish that I had taken a before picture, but here is one without and one of the new railing. I'm surprised that we didn't have a serious accident on the stairs. It was off for nearly a week!

I really need to straighten my pictures

I'm happy that I am feeling better. Hopefully the weather this week is warmer, so we can go and do some fun, outdoor activities. I really need to weed my flower beds. It's never fun being sick, but it was nice to catch up on some sleep!