A week goes by ...

It's been a crazy week. Spencer is sick, again. Part of it is because of his teething, but I do wonder if he has allergies or something. He's always sick more than I'm always sick. Monday his second tooth popped through, and he was in a good mood despite it. Then he stopped sleeping. Christen was up all night with him that night, but Tuesday he was still in a good mood for my in-laws. Tuesday night he kept me up super late, and Wednesday he cried all day at daycare. I had to be in Gainesville for work that day, so there was no staying home with him.

He finally got some sleep Wednesday night but then he was still crying at daycare, and he started to get a bad cold so she made me come get him (I'm done whining about how a daycare provider should be used to a teething child). I took him to the doctor to confirm that there was nothing seriously wrong, which there wasn't, and then kept him home the rest of the day so he could catch up some more on his sleep. Friday he finally started feeling better, so he was able to stay at daycare all day okay.

This weekend has been a bit up and down. I've been irrigating his nose so that he can breathe, which he hates, of course. Saturday we did a bit of needed shopping (although I realized this afternoon that some of the things I really wanted I didn't get). We did get Spencer a Halloween costume, which is adorable. It was hard to find one that we both liked, and even though Christen still wanted the penguin one more, this is pretty damn cute. Today we did our grocery shopping and spent the rest of the day hanging out watching football. Well, Christen has been watching football, and I have been puttering around the house cleaning and pruning the trees out front and doing some weeding. I hate yard work. I like the end result, but I hate the heat and the itching (the weeds rubbed my arms and legs and gave me a light rash) and it's hard! I asked Christen to bag my scraps and he said he'd do it tomorrow so I raked it all into a huge pile and left it in the driveway for him -- boy is he going to be surprised! It comes up higher than his truck bumper ... hehe.

Saturday night I went out to Ceviche for Stacy's birthday -- yum! I ordered the duck in chocolate port sauce (my absolute favorite), the stuffed artichokes and the snails with tomato and pastry. There was lots of sangria, and an almond croissant for dessert -- we all had so much fun!

I made Publix's Apron String recipe for Buffalo Chicken Chimichangas tonight and they were delicious and super easy! I substitutes black beans for the refried because I don't like refried but they were wonderful. Not something I would normally even think to try, but Other April made them a couple weeks ago and told me how good they were. I recommend -- two thumbs up!

I subscribed to Rachel Ray's magazine a last month, and this makes Christen happy because I can try out more of her recipes but he doesn't have to listen to her. And I have to admit, reading EVOO and Yum-o is much less obnoxious than hearing it. This week I'm trying her White Bean Chicken and Poblano Chili which looks tasty and super easy. Also making the Twice Fried Chicken Wings (Asian sesame wings) and September's Coconut Curry Chicken.

Also because of RR's magazine, I've found what I want to get Shea for Christmas! Now I just have five million other people to figure out and figure out how to pay for it all.