Horrible Ice Storm

Luke left Saturday for his great grandpa's funeral in Illinois. It snowed there the whole time. Monday he started driving home. Monday night we got freezing rain. He didn't get home until around 1 a.m. By the time we woke up Tuesday morning we had no power. He drove to Fayetteville to find a generator. They were sold out, but said they would get a shipment later that day. So, he drove back to Fayetteville at 2. The roads were covered with trees. Lowes lost power while he was buying the generator. When he got home he couldn't drive down our driveway because there were so many trees down. So, he walked to the house to get the four wheeler. Our little dog Koko decided she needed to help him. He had to cut a path to get his truck through. As he was cutting more trees were falling all around him. Somehow when he moved his truck he ran over Koko. I am devastated. She was so young and so small. She was so stubborn. I yelled for her to get in the house and she took off down the driveway. He even tried getting her into the truck. She never listened to us. She loved to eat random things. Most of all she loved shredding toilet paper rolls in the laundry room. She was a mess. We loved her very much.

She will be missed.

Last night was very sad.It was also scary. We could hear the ice falling off of the trees. Everytime a limb broke or a tree fell it sounded like a gun shot. I felt like we were in a landmine. We had many trees and limbs hit the house. We made a bed on the floor downstairs. We didn't want the girls in their room because there is a tree leaning on that side of the House. Luckily the girls didn't understand what was going on. They thought it was fun to get to party downstairs.

Here are some photos from the ice damage.

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Kimber's Eye Is Pink, My Nephew's Are Too

That's Right! Kimber has pink eye. Kinnison and Kimber have both been sick for a couple weeks now. My nephew finally caught it on Saturday. But, his eyes were red, swollen and draining green stuff. Sunday morning we woke up and Kimber's left eye was red, swollen and crusted with green stuff. My sister took my nephew to the doctor and was told he had pink eye. So, we decided to take Kimber. The doctor wasn't comfortable just giving us drops, so she sent us to the ER. The nurses at Mercy Medical Center in Bentonville were wonderful! They gave both girls a teddy bear and gave them popcicles. The doctor was certain it was pink eye but did a culture just to be safe. He gave us eye ointment and she is already looking better.

This is just one of many visits to the doctor in the last three weeks. Kinnison has been twice, Kimber has been to the doctor twice and hospital once. I also went to the doctor. And, I had to take my dog to the Animal Emergency Clinic because Luke accidentally ran him over. He has two pelvis fractures.

Kinnison has one medicine in the morning and three at night.

Kimber has eye ointment six times a day and just finished ten days of antibiotics.

Mag has one medicine three times a day, one medicine once a day and pain pills every six hours.

I have nasal spray in the morning and two medicines to take at night.

Hopefully I don't mix up the dog and kid medicines. That would be bad.

Will we ever catch a break? I am tired and poor!

Recipe For A Happy New Year

Into each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work, hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, rest, prayer, meditation, and one well-selected resolution. Put in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor. ~ Anonymous