January 18th, 2010 | Posted by Dina
First off, I need to say “I’m sorry” to my poor neglected blog and to say that she (my blog is a female – because it does so much and is always (most always) reliable and dependable) is not forgotten.
I’ve just been busy, here’s a recount of the last month, yep, its been that long:
Here’s another Christmas photo of the 3 of us ( I’m not wearing a ruby red skirt – it was an apron over a pair of nice dress pants)

The Last Month – in a Nutshell
- Dec 25 – Dinner at Maliks
- Dec 26 – Rest – and oddly, Elina wanted to go “BOX” shopping
- Dec 27 – A few friends over – Heather from Michigan here
- Dec 29 – High Tea at the King Edward with Elina and her school friends and their moms:
- Dec 30 – (gets kind of dismal here) – Start to feel a little fatigued
- Dec 31 to January 2 – Sleep for nearly 40 hours straight with the flu – no champagne yet for me this year!
- January 4 – Back to work
- January 4 – Poor Herman gets the Norwalk Virus – ikkk! I know!
- January 7 – Slight sore throat from flu turned into a cold
- January 8 – Fly to Phoenix Arizona Stampin’ Up for the regional conference – what a fabulous time (stuffy nose)
- January 10 – Fly home – fatigued and really really stuffy when I returned
- January 11 – Come to work despite feeling like the flu was returning but this time with a stuffy nose and headache/sinus pain - visit the doctor that day
- January 12 – Start of extra strength antibiotics for a sinus infection – Start of sleeping again for 2 more days
Herman just finished his first week of on call – and we are all looking forward to our break
Elina has started gymnastics again and is happy to be back at school – she has grown about 10cm since Christmas 2008. She had a stuffy nose for a few days but trudged right through it.
We will be leaving on Feb. 1 for some fun week in the sun – Manzanillo Mexico – the Barceló Karmina Palace Deluxe!
I look forward to getting all sicknesses over with and another great year for everyone!