What else, what else?
Thanksgiving: The turkey has been ordered, we ordered a 20lb one. It gets here this coming Sunday/ November 22nd, in the morning is when I selected the delivery time. My dad will be flying in from Guam on Tuesday November 24th to share Thanksgiving with us and I am thankful for that. He will be here from Tuesday until Saturday evening. So that means he'll get to watch Branden's swim class on Wednesday, enjoy Thanksgiving and Saturday in the day is a thing at Branden's school, so Noboru, my dad and Noah and I will all be going to that for Branden. That ought to be fun. I also invited my bil and my sil and my niece to Thanksgiving. So uncle Jun and Satoe and Mia-chan are coming for Thanksgiving as well. They said they're running to Costco and if we need anything to let them know, so I am sorta racking my brain right now. Ha ha ha. : ) And I love my bil and sil very much so I can't wait to see them for Thanksgiving. So, looking forward to Thanksgiving. : )
Christmas: We're going to Guam for Christmas! We were going to Denver originally but will save that for next time, hopefully. Having a tropical Christmas, swimming along the beach or at the pool of our hotel. I can't wait! We'll be there for 5 nights, so it'll be a good little get away for sure. Lots of time to relax and unwind. And plus I can see my dad and we can have some more family time too. But my dad is doing a lot of stuff with the church and is singing in a choir and we really wanted to go on a vacation and get some r and r. So while I'll be seeing my dad, we will still be on a vacation and unwinding. We were gonna stay at my dad's and he has an amazing place. But we get only about 3-4 trips a year, I know, I know I shouldn't complain. But we sorta wanted a real vacation type vacation, this time. So and we do get cheap discount so we don't feel too wasteful. And besides, as much work as I do with running here and running there and this and that. By gosh, we all sorta need a good vacation, and I know Noboru could really use one. A nice eyebrow wax, some snorkeling with the kids. Maybe some lomi lomi massage at the spa of my hotel. And yeah, I am looking forward to it. We're counting the days already! : ) I also want to take the kids to see the movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. : ) And take advantage of the yen being so strong and look for some good sales at Macy's and also check out the book store and dvd's at Blockbusters and whatnot. The room has been booked, the car rental has been booked and hubby's been given off all his days he asked for already for our Christmas vacation. They also gave him American Thanksgiving off too. Bless their hearts. : )
So, basically right now I'm sorta being a bit quiet because I have been busy trying to get ready for Thanksgiving. From this Sunday until Tuesday I will be cleaning here like mad. Going to wash up the bedding in the bedroom my dad uses, just to refreshen the bedding is all. : ) I want to scrub down the 2 big toy boxes upstairs and to make sure all the toys are clean and ready for when my niece comes to play Thanksgiving day. I cannot wait to see her, she's starting yochien this coming April 2010 you know. And she'll be three this coming February! : )
I'm also making a small list of stuff for my dad to bring for me when he gets here on Tuesday. He's already picked up some stuff for me already this week. Cranberries, black olives, disposable turkey pan etc etc. :P So my brain is sorta everywhere right now. Deep deep thoughts about Thanksgiving at the moment. And getting ready to spend time with my family quite soon. So, I'm sorta happily occupied these days. : )
The 2 dvd's we rented came in the mail. We always wait until the weekend to watch them, so we haven't seen them yet. I picked Slumdog Millionare and Noboru picked Hotel Rwanda. So that's what we'll be watching this weekend. : )
Update: This post was written and finished Wednesday in the day, and I was going to publish it Thursday morning, however so much has happened since then, so bare with me.....after school let out on Wednesday, Branden came home from elementary school. He said 2 third graders and 2 sixth graders have the swine flu at his school. Okay, that was sorta semi shocking, but figured it would eventually reach our town sooner or later. And I even said in one of my last couple posts, by my saying that it didn't get our town yet, probably now I've doomed the whole town and now everyone will get it. Remember that? Well, Thursday morning, Branden was very ill. High temperature and so first thought we had was.... "omg he has the swine flu" So, we took him to the hospital he tested negative. No swine flu but they said the test is often wrong if the kid has a fever which he did. That Branden might still have it. So they sent us home, they offered us fever reducer but nothing else. So, we went home. He was sick all Thursday night. I gave him fever reducer every 4-6 hours. But as soon as it wore off, his fever went straight up. He was 39.4 last night. And that's after he was given fever reducer!!! @_@
I made a little chicken noodle soup last night out of 1 small chicken breast and some vegetables and pasta, just enough for B, we had something else for supper. This morning his fever was back with a vengence and Noboru took him to the doctor yet again. He was tested again this Friday morning and he is positive! He does indeed have the swine flu. You know, it just proves to show.....sometimes things just happen without a reason in life. I try to keep the kids healthy of course, like all of us parents do, nothing different there. They do wash their hands frequently since the swine flu came about, they do eat citrus and blow their noses and everything else we heard about keeping the swine flu hopefully at bay. And we even signed up to be on the waiting list for the darned swine flu vaccination. So yeah, sometimes a person can do all the right things or have all the best intentions n the world, cross all their T's and dot all their i's. But when it comes down to it. We are all vulnerable to catching it, I guess. Well, I do always try to look for a silver lining...so give me a second here to think of one......okay I got one! We can now get our names off the swine flu vaccination waiting list now. Ha ha ha. : ) : ) Oh goodness. Noboru said they prescribed Branden, Tamiflu. I've heard of it, but all my friends from the yochien (whose older kids who had it), all their kids were give relenza. But we do live in a smaller different town so I am not sure. All well, that's where we are right now. You now know about as much as me. : )
Noboru had told me yesterday that if Branden has the swine flu, he will not let Jun and his family come to Thanksgiving but only out of worry, because we do worry about Mia-chan of course. But I was really hoping to see them. Oh goodness. My dad is still coming no matter what. Hmm, but I really wanna spend time with my bil and sil and my niece. She's such a little sweetheart my niece is. Anyway, they say 5 days, so Branden will be quarantined for 5 days. Noah we are going to watch for any signs of anything. The yochien we just spoke with this Friday morning and they said, when Branden is safe to go back to his school is when Noah will be allowed to go back to the yochien. So, Noah is not allowed at school either. Which he's fine. But I do understand totally. And Branden's elemetary said, before he comes back to school he needs a doctors note saying he is healthy again. So, this coming Wednesday besides going crazy baking pies for Thanksgiving (for the following day) I imagine I will be at the hospital with my dad trying to get that note from the doctor. : ) : )
Also, grandma Mitsuko is coming to Noah's Christmas recital in December, I called and invited her, I think she'll also be spending the night even, very cool.
PSS, Branden took 1 tamiflu this morning and he seems to be doing better so far. His fever has broken, his temp is normal. Yesterday he was irritable and crying and quite ill (which is really out of character for Branden). So, I think he could be coming out of it. Oh goodness, I hope so. I don't need any other wrenches thrown my way, this week. I am busy enough trying to get ready for Thanksgiving and company coming over. And for my dad's visit. Anyway sorry if this is a long post. Forgive me. I just have so much going on, so much is coming up and this was my only chance to jot it all down. I hope there is no huge spelling mistakes or errors, I usually like to read it through once before hitting the publish button, but I don't really have the time for it today, I'll try to read it over tommorow morning if I get the time. I have to start dinner right now. I'm making a big pot of chicken noodle soup for everyone tonight. Figure we could all use it and B likes it anyways so I think he won't mind eating it a 2nd night. And I bought another big bag of mikans this afternoon. : ) Anyway have a wonderful weekend everyone. I've got to get a hot cup of tea into Branden right now. And get started on that soup. And we have a dvd to watch this evening. Okay, I better get going before this things gets even longer! @_@ Ha ha ha. Okay sorry have a wonderful weekend. : )

