Back to Normal

Well things are back to normal in the Brown house. And, as tends to happen when things are normal, another weekend has flown by without a whole lot of rest. But hey when the choices are laying around all day watching movies in a hospital room or staying busy doing holiday things, I'll take busy every time. If you're curious, neither make it particularly easy to get up on Monday morning...especially when it's freezing cold.

As you can guess from the photo, we've acquired and adorned the Brown Family Christmas Tree 2007. We found a new farm, closer to home, with a better selection. Saturday morning we all went down there and within minutes everyone had agreed on winner. As is typical, Gavin wanted to bring home some others that were either too wide or too small [he tends to lean toward the "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree" more so than the "Sean Brown Christmas Tree"]. It then took the remainder of the day Saturday to get the tree and the rest of the inside of the house decorated. We have decided that, as well as having an overcrowded garage, we have too much Christmas stuff.

That reminds me: I told Gavin he had to go through his toys so that we could pick out a bunch to give to the kids who weren't as fortunate as he is and don't have as many toys. He wasn't happy, but he'll go along with it. Anyway at one point during decorating he came out to the garage with me where I told him I was going to have to go through my mess out there and he says, "you mean you have to give it to people who don't have as much junk as you?" Sometimes I swear he is 14.

Then yesterday we did some grocery shopping and some baking (Pumpkin Bread: I'd share the recipe but it's not mine and there may be some copyright infringements). We also went to a birthday/holiday party with some friends, which was nice. The roads were pretty bad north of where we live, but as a result most people stayed off the road. Amazing thing is that the only people who went out, however, were the idiots. This, I've noticed, is no different than any normal day, except when the roads are bad there just aren't as many idiots.

Then I wound up the weekend watching the Giants stink up all of East Rutherford and its surrounding areas. If anyone hasn't been paying attention they're 9-5, third in the NFC, and could have clinched a playoff spot with a win last night. But they stink.

And I know, all you care about is how Molly is doing. Well she is great. She's got a bit of a cold and she has been sneezing and coughing a little more than normal, but her insides seem to be working the way they're supposed to (we go back for a follow-up with the GI this week) and she has been smiling and happy. More like Molly than she was the last few weeks.