Hello 2010!

2009 was a terrific year....Nevy joined us and that trumps any of the orthopedic issues we faced. Here's looking forward to a happy healthy 2010!

A sad day for the Bloom family....

Our brave leader has been injured. He will be back as strong as ever....but it will take awhile.

Christmas cookies

Baking with my favorite chef (You can tell she is the new Julia Child by the flour on her face)...

Cincy trip

The weekend in pictures....

Thinking about cousins....

I was looking at this picture of these cousins and thinking about the difference in age. Ian and Scout are almost as much older than Nevy as my cousin Kay is than me! Not quite but almost. I can remember Kay babysitting when she was in high school and I was a preschooler. I was her flower girl when she got married. (I tried to think of Ian or Samantha getting married with Nevy in their wedding....couldn't do it!)

I'm not sure where I'm going with this so I'm just going to stop with one last thought. I wonder if my grandma got as much pleasure from seeing me with my Kay. I know that I love watching my grandchildren building their cousin connection.

A First

I'll admit that I have a cold. My head is stuffed up and I have a cough, a good productive cough. But at the same time, my hygiene is just fine, thank you. I know how to cough into my sleeve, I deposit my used tissues in the trash, and I wash my hands often, singing Yankee Doodle all the way through...twice.

So when I got to school today and had a big note on my door that said "You must see the nurse before seeing students", I wondered what was up. Turns out I was too germy for school and I got sent home. It seems that my cold (and I called my doctor just to be sure) is their H1N1.

I know this is one mean virus and I don't mess around when it comes to illness and other safety issues. But this is overkill, folks! I'm expected to walk around at school with my can of Lysol. I think I'm in as much danger from chemical poisoning and depletion of the ozone from all the whatever-they-ares in that aerosol can than I am from anything else.

A few pictures from our Cincinnati trip

A great trip...there was time for napping, modeling new hats, playing with favorite toys, hanging pictures and hooks, planting bulbs, celebrating birthdays, eating, cat watching....a busy but good weekend.