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Thursday, January 01, 2009

Hooray for 2009! That and an Onion Update

Posted by Missy W. @ 12:45 PM

Happy New Year!
My mood was peppered with optimism when I awoke. Perhaps it was because I got four hours of sleep In A Row. Thank you, children of mine, thank you. Amazing how rose-colored my glasses can be when I have some solid shut eye. Of course after that four hour stretch, all bets were off in this house of teething and plague-dom, but still, I am grateful.

Our new year started off with homemade apple yogurt pancakes and a good stretch of Rose Parade watching, a family tradition. Well, not the apple yogurt pancake part. Apple yogurt was all we had and let’s be clear, I am by no means recommending it. SWEET stuff, that apple yogurt.

Oh, I bet you all really want an Onion Update!

So I think I will need to redo the onion experiment the next time Sy gets a cough, especially an SOS one (sudden onset of symptoms). The onion worked really well for her dry cough, but then in the middle of the night things got dicey and by morning we were at the doctor’s office. Apparently Sy was a lot sicker than we thought. She now is armed with a heap of About As Far Away From Homeopathic Treatments As You Can Get to get her oxygen level back up to 100% and the cough and infection under control. So much for my homeopathic experiment, eh? Anyway, next time we are dealing with a normal cold, I’ll bust out the onions pronto and give you an update. I also did a lot of reading about making your own cough syrup with onions and honey. Sounds delish, doesn’t it? Next time I have a cough I’ll try it, I promise. Oh and by the way, even after two days of airing out, using the HEPA filter 24/7 and cleaning up, Sy’s room still smells like a salad. I feel like our whole family smells like an onion farm. I’d rather smell like apple yogurt.

By year’s end I get a little bit overwhelmed by all the Top Ten lists out there. So instead, I think I’ll post my favorite baby gear item tomorrow and Sy’s favorite toy of the year on Monday (please don’t think less of me when you read which one it is). And then we’ll have to get right on down to reviewing all the new toys in the house. And there are plenty; what a generous family we have. Jenny and I are going to compile a list of the good and the bad and we’re looking very forward to it. Do you wonder which part of the llist the Baby Alive doll will land on?

So thank you, readers, for making 2008 a fun one for Jenny M and me. We enjoy writing and reviewing and I’m glad you come on over to read our ramblings. Let the 2009 games begin.

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