2-23-14

10:00am

I've been fighting a cold and cough the last couple of days.

My ribs and back hurt now from coughing so much.

Been taking Kroger brand Mucinex.

It seems to help clear any mucous up.

I'm not blowing my nose anymore thank goodness

because I think it would just fall off.

But there is still some congestion causing the cough.

I started taking the Mucinex yesterday which

was only one tablet that cleared up my nose.

Took another one this morning hoping it will

now work on the congestion.

Even with sickies we've still been running around.

I guess it's better than laying around feeling miserable.

And when old man winter throws in some

50-60 degree days in February after having

a crap load of snow, you don't sit inside!

Well let's see, yesterday morning we went to the South

end of Columbus to pick up the boy's friend again

to spend the night.  Then we stopped by in Groveport

to see hubby's friend.  Then from there we toured the back

roads to go to Reynoldsburg Kmart to

get some tennis shoes.

Came back home for a bit.

The boys played outside and then everyone came

to tell me they found a rabbit stuck in chain link fence.

Me and a neighbor on our street got him out with

some wire cutters.  The rabbit managed to get his head

and front legs through the fence but his butt and

back legs were too big and got caught up hanging there.

He was crying and wailing.  Don't ever think rabbits

don't make noise because they can when injured or trapped.

How the neighborhood stray cats didn't get to him

I will never know.

 At about 3:30pm

we took the boys to a skate park in Westerville.

While the boys skated, scootered and biked

me and hubby walked a little nature trail.

I'm so out of shape when a little nature trail

makes my body hurt!

Winter sucks.  Last year we were walking natural

trails and hiking every day without problems.

Had to run back over to Kroger yesterday evening because

I hadn't planned on feeding an extra mouth this weekend.

Picked up a 90 count bag of pizza rolls for supper.

Now I have brunch in the oven.

I made up 1 1/2 casserole dishes of scalloped potatoes

with sausage & gravy mixed in and shredded cheddar jack cheese.

I then topped it with more cheese and a fried egg

when I served it along with a side of toast.

I call it Barnyard Buster Breakfast Casserole.

It made 6 servings.

One serving will go towards hubby's lunch tomorrow.

I'm chilling for the moment because my lower back

and ribs are hurting to no end.

With this chest congestion I've had to

resort to using my inhaler at times mostly at

night when I lay down.

Hubby went out and got my passenger door handle

replaced on my truck.

I think I've gone about 6 or so months without

one since mom broke it off when we went yard saling.