Ben is home today sick with a cold. He has no fever, but I wanted him to stay home and just 'rest' so that instead of one missed day today, he doesn't have to be home ALL next week because he pushed himself while he was tired and run down. He is thoroughly enjoying laying on my bed watching movies and tv and doing crafts.....oh to be 8 again!
Every year I buy advent calendars for everyone in the family. I usually buy them at the END of Christmas one year, to be used the following year...after all, they only have the dates on them, not the DAYS and chocolate doesn't go bad, which means I end up with advent calendars for everyone that cost me 49 cents each...yup..49 cents..Anywho...last year, I found these 3d houses that have chocolates in various doors and windows etc of the house. Kewl! And as they were marked down to 1.49 from 8.99 I was stoked! So they sit in my closet waiting for December first to arrive...then I found these WAYYYY cool advent calendars while I was shopping at Playmobil.com. Each day there is a piece to a playset (playmobil is like lego only BETTER!) so that by Christmas eve, the child has one complete playset! Soooooo...I spent 15 BUCKS (yah..not near 49cents right?) and bought Paige the woodland creatures set and Ben the Knights set. They should love them as each day in December they will be able to open a small gift and then have a complete toy to play with by Christmas eve! I also bought each one an additional 'extras' pack (an animal family for Paige, an extra knight with weapons for Ben) to put in their stocking..after all, Santa SO knows what they are up to! :)
Coffee dates...the adult version of 'playdates'! I love them! It gives me a chance to connect with a friend over a cup of something yummy and maybe a snack to boot! Recently, I have reconnected with a woman who's husband used to be on the Alabama with Mark. We didn't have much in common with them other than the guys were in the same division (sonar techs in same duty rotation). We'd see each other at birthday parties or boat functions. While we weren't mortal enemies or anything, we certainly weren't 'freinds'. Flash forward three years. She is now an Ombudsman for her husbands new command as am I for Marks. Our kids are older and into the same things. And for whatever reason (cosmic karma??) we reconnected last month and OMG. She is wonderful...and she gushes about me! I have found a new friend whom I adore! We have LOTS in comman and have the same warped sense of humor! So we've been having 'playdates' once a week and thoroughly enjoying them! I was able to gripe to her a few weeks ago about how my entire command support team ditched me to do other things, and therefore I didn't go to the Navy's annual Ombudsman Appreciation Dinner as I didnt' want to go alone. What I DID do that night was to attend a hastily thrown together dinner that the wives organized as they too were 'dumped' by our command support team. This was SO wrong of our team to do, but they did it and in the process snubbed alot of people. While I COULD have gone to the formal dinner and sat with my new friend (aptly named Joy!) and her husband, I felt my place was at the wives dinner supporting THEM as the guys are gone AGAIN. Anyways..when I showed up to the dinner, ,there was a GORGEOUS bouquet of flowers waiting for me from Joy! She'd snuck in ahead of me (on her way to the formal dinner) and left me flowers with a card that said 'she was so proud to serve with someone who serves for the right reasons and not for the glory'. I was sooo touched! So this week when we meet at the Starbucks in Barnes and Noble I'll be taking her a nice loaf of homemade Banana Cranberry bread in a nice ceramic loaf pan in celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving and our new found friendship! :)
Hugs to all,
Jaye
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