November 2014

November 2014

As we have moved from Halloween to Thanksgiving and are now approaching Christmas, we find ourselves catching our breath from a pretty quick month and decorating our house in preparation for the holidays. 

Debbie’s foot has been healing well, she has been doing a good job of icing her foot, doing her exercises and also keeping up with the girls and all the different things we are doing with them.  She has started to feel a lot more mobile and is also starting to wear tennis shoes and wean out of her boot.  She has taken on some additional responsibilities at work and will be the director of the north-side clinic starting January 1^st.  These additional responsibilities will be similar to some of the work she has done it the past, but also some management work that will allow for her to help with some business decisions to help improve the clinic and also keep it running smoothly on daily basis.

I’ve been busy at work also, as our fiscal year-end is October 31^st and we have been short-handed for this time-frame. We have someone helping out internally and he will be transferring to my department in December which will start to help ease the burden.  Of course, I can’t let a fall go by without talking about the leaves and cleaning up the yard!  This year wasn’t as bad except that is snowed on November 16^th and I was still waiting for leaves to fall!  So, I’m still working cleaning up leaves as we still have some leaves that haven’t fallen as of Dec. 1! 

For Thanksgiving, we traveled to Charleston, WV to visit with Randy, Anna, Kyle, Julie and their daughter Olivia.  It was my first opportunity to meet Olivia so I enjoyed what moments I could get with her as Sarah wasn’t keen on my holding another child.  I hadn’t seen Kyle or Julie since early May, so it was good to catch up with them.  Randy and Anna have kept many toys from the past, so we were able to get those out and Allison and Sarah really enjoyed playing with the “Little People” sets from the 1980’s (and to be honest, I had some fun with them also).  We went to a Christmas show that that Allison really enjoyed and Sarah did OK for half of it.  Kyle and Julie had a friend that hooked us up with tickets so we were able to sit close to an exit so Sarah and I could make a quick get-a-way if she melted down.  Overall, the weekend and travel went very well for us and minus the typical melt-downs amongst our daughters in regards to sharing and eating meals, we had a really good time. 

Sarah’s Things of the Month

            Since birth, Sarah has had a blocked tear duct that we have done a few procedures on (including a surgery in mid-June).  During this month, as the cold season has started, her left eye has gotten swollen a few times and we don’t know what else we can do.  We are looking forward to talking to her eye doctor in December to see what she thinks. 

Allison’s Things of the Month

            Allison has gotten into the Christmas spirit by finding the “pretty lights” as we drive around town and when we got home from WV after Thanksgiving, the weather was great so she and I decorated the house.  She kept saying how “beautiful” the house was, and believe me, I didn’t do much.  We are going to drive around at some point to find some of the better light displays on the north-side some evening after it gets dark.   She also watched “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and was confused on why the “green guy was so mad.” 

A few more items from this month:

• Deb went to a girl’s night at Tracy’s house.
• Deb went to a girl’s night of wine tasting in downtown Carmel.
• I went to celebrate Uncle Frank’s Birthday at Pucchini’s with Beth, Matt, Mom, Jan and Mark. 
• I went to the Colts vs. Patriots with Brandon, Tom and Diane.
• We are getting estimates to get a gas fireplace installed. 
• Beth and I went to the Thanksgiving lunch at daycare.  I was hoping this would be the year when Allison would just say goodbye and not cry.  I was wrong.  I knew Sarah would fall apart, but I thought Allison would hold it together. 
• We had a play date at our house with Evan, an almost 2-year old little boy that is the son of one of my high school friends.