MIA

I'm just going to recap the last couple of days real quick. Not much interesting going on... just sick stuff.

I am exhausted, and I definitely feel like I have been MIA from life in general for the last couple of days. We have been kind of sickly household lately. Ivy and Genesis had coughs and ear infections while Jake and I were on vacation  a couple of weeks back. They finished their antibiotics a couple of days ago, and seemed to be doing fine... until yesterday.

I had a sinus infection last week, that finally settled in my eyes. That was disgusting because it made my eyes all goopy and red; looked like I had a serious case of pink eye. (And I had to do a Pampered Chef party looking like this!) So I was able to get a prescription from my Dr. and the infection cleared up pretty quickly.

Genesis has a double ear infection... STILL... it's been going on for several weeks now, but has hit her very hard yesterday and today. Her fever was up to 103 last night and I think is up there again tonight. We couldn't get a very good temp. reading on her, but I'm thinking it was about 101 maybe. She's in bed now, but the poor thing had a rough afternoon and evening.

Ivy is healthy. She is at AWANA's right now and will be walking in the door in a couple of minutes. She has been great. And such a helper with little sis. I've never seen her give so many kisses to Genesis. Ever. Her memory verse for tonight was "Jesus called them, and immediately they followed Him" Matt. 4:21-22. She loves saying her memory verses.

Here is a recipe that a friend recommended recently. I have not tried it yet, but I think it looks good. It's for homemade coleslaw.

• 3 cups chopped cabbage
• 1 unpeeled red apple, cored and chopped
• 1 unpeeled Granny Smith apple, cored and chopped
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
• 2 green onions, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine cabbage, red apple, green apple, carrot, red bell pepper, and green onions. In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Pour dressing over salad.