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I was so sick today. The medicine that was supposed to make me better, made me worse.

I woke up this morning thinking I could exercise again. Instead I woke up and threw up. The rest of the morning was spent in a tango of writhing on the floor, laying with my head in the porcelain goddess and getting sippy cups full of milk (not for me). I kept dreading the moment a poopie diaper occurred.

I called my mom to come and watch the wee one and jj to come home and do my design work. It was a busy day and I could not even sit up and look at a computer without immediately running for the rest room.

Thankfully I am feeling much better now. I probably will never take that sort of medicine again. The lortab, from when I broke my arm, did the same thing just not as badly. I had no idea I reacted so strongly to medicine.

This morning I coughed up a small hairless Gremlin. In fact, I do believe it was this one.

I have been sick for close to three weeks. Going to the doctor today for the good drugs, the kind that make you want more and more.

jj made egg noodles for chicken noodle soup last night. They are so good and easy. There is really no reason to not do it yourself every time.

Today on The View, a very high quality show, they had a brother and sister come on. They are now in eleventh and twelfth grade grade. When they were ll and 12 they started Cell Phones for Soldiers. With this program you can drop off your phone or mail it in for free and AT&T recycles the phones and gives the kids phone cards. They send the phone cards to soldiers who are away from home who do not have the money to call home. So far they have raised $1.4 millions dollars. Yesterday on The View, AT&T rewarded them each with $100,000 scholarships to the universities of their choice.

I have three phones pictured and another one floating around somewhere. What do you have?

Dearest Interweb,

I am in need of a new hair do as I have grown increasingly bored with mine. Which of these do you like, if any?

With all my love,
Makayla

If you would like to try this out go to InStyle magazine’s Hollywood Hair Makeover site. I found it via How About Orange.

I have not dared say this before, but it has been Christmas time at my house for a week. I had to get the tree up and I am so happy I did. You all should come and see. I will great you with warm wassail and ginger cookies.

I love Christmas. Not the gift giving, or the stressing about what to get people. But the spirit it brings. I look forward to it all year, and my house feels so much more cozy with a tree up in it. Like it was built for Christmas trees and fun memories to be had.

My mom has been giving me Christmas decorations since I was a little girl. My grandma Katherine used to as well. She has been gone 13 years. I remember her Christmas tree from when I was a child. They always fastened it to the wall with fishing wire so the grandkids would not tip it over. She also had iconic 50s decorations. I wish I had one to hang on my tree. There were the plastic tear drops with winter and religious scenes. I also remember my Aunt Adele’s tree. She used to have the candles with the bubbling liquid, such iconic old school decorations. I would love to have that kind of thing on my tree to remind me of my childhood. As it is, I have the things that people have given me. Ruby slippers. A little porcelain doll. And I have started my own collection of ornaments. I buy one every year to remind us of the year. This year is the year of Spiderman, and I found one that I will proudly display it from now until Gentry wants it for his tree.

:: a sweet and loving husband, who looks especially hot in black or white ::

:: a little boy who yells at me everyday and reminds me that there is more to life ::

:: a little warm house ::

:: the smell of yummy food baking ::

:: good friends ::

:: loving family ::

:: freedom and faith ::

:: having most of my shopping done and not having to go and beat people at Walmart at 3 in the morning ::

jj is in the other room making pumpkin purée for pies. Then he will begin on pie crusts with coconut oil instead of butter, which will be so good. He is making pumpkin, pecan and apple pies

I am about to start preparation on this stuffing with craisins, apples, sausage and real bakery bread, or I may begin work on the cranberry sauce with pineapple, apricot jam, and apples. mmmmmmmmmm. Isn’t holiday food divine? What are you making?

I watched the Bachelor all season. I realize there are far cooler things to be watching. But seriously, I cannot get enough of the botox, silicone, fake blond fest.

And can you believe what the guy ended up doing? He sent them all home. He was not “in love” with anyone and did not propose marriage to a single one. Good for him.