{"id":9281,"date":"2013-02-28T14:07:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=9281"},"modified":"2020-09-20T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T18:41:26","slug":"sickies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/sickies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sickies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only a week back to the Northern land and I have two very sick kiddos.  It&#8217;s been a long week.<\/p>\n<p>And today it&#8217;s more of this<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8494102073\/\" title=\"My new front yard looks so different than my old one #snow #noforest by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8110\/8494102073_46b5486de7_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"My new front yard looks so different than my old one #snow #noforest\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I try not to look at the weather in Chapel Hill (60 and sunny).  The view is actually quite pretty from the couch- but when Blake walked in at 7pm last night from lacrosse he was FROZEN.  And it&#8217;s hell week.  Which is what the coaches and players call conditioning week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8507722823\/\" title=\"Hell week #lax by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8103\/8507722823_6e0bdca781_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Hell week #lax\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He sat down next to Austin and I and was soooo chatty.  We looked at each other and said, &#8220;who is this kid?&#8221;  Oh yeah, the one thats been missing for the last year.  Dude is happy to be home.<\/p>\n<p>Princess Shiloh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8495723945\/\" title=\"Whenever Eva is napping- she sneaks into the princess tent by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8242\/8495723945_33080066f1_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Whenever Eva is napping- she sneaks into the princess tent\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I walked down to the park with the kids- it was funny watching Cole trying to figure out where we were- we used to walk to the same park from the other direction when we lived here last time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8501129298\/\" title=\"To the park we go by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8086\/8501129298_5b6e6f0c78_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"To the park we go\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They grabbed sticks and made up stories and were amazed that they can walk in the middle of the street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8500118515\/\" title=\"Trouble by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8100\/8500118515_7ba8b143b5_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Trouble\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our house is pure 1950 thru and thru.  Which is great if you like that sort of thing.  I don&#8217;t.  But since it&#8217;s all going to get gutted I have to be patient and live with what&#8217;s here.  That means scrubbing everything.  Like this light.  So gross.  Don&#8217;t smoke people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8507928886\/\" title=\"Why it's not a good idea to smoke..cleaning light fixtures.  #gross #remodel by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8091\/8507928886_be6beafb3e_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Why it's not a good idea to smoke..cleaning light fixtures.  #gross #remodel\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Austin walked thru the house looking for a place to hang his pull-up bar- there is no trim around the windows and doors in the house.  So Andy nailed a 2&#215;4 above a door so Austin could hang his bar.  SMH.<\/p>\n<p>But with all the smallness and coziness and lack of bathrooms and hot water and heat, the kids said last night that they love our little house.  They like it better than the big fancy one we left behind in NC.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go.<\/p>\n<p>And then the sickies hit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8511690774\/\" title=\"Been a hard day for my little sickie #crud by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8387\/8511690774_630563a3c4_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Been a hard day for my little sickie #crud\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m going a little crazy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8513787461\/\" title=\"Stuck inside for too many days with sick kids makes this mama muy loco #insaneinthemembrane by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8365\/8513787461_cdf5be7200_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Stuck inside for too many days with sick kids makes this mama muy loco #insaneinthemembrane\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s almost Friday.  That&#8217;s good.<\/p>\n<p>Chapel Hill house supposed to go on the market in a week or two.  Anyone want to buy a house?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a week back to the Northern land and I have two very sick kiddos. It&#8217;s been a long week. And today it&#8217;s more of this I try not to look at the weather in Chapel Hill (60 and sunny). The view is actually quite pretty from the couch- but when Blake walked in at 7pm last night from lacrosse he was FROZEN. And it&#8217;s hell week. Which is what the coaches and players call conditioning week. He sat down next to Austin and I and was soooo chatty. We looked at each other and said, &#8220;who is this kid?&#8221; Oh yeah, the one thats been missing for the last year. Dude is happy to be home. Princess Shiloh I walked down to the park with the kids- it was funny watching Cole trying to figure out where we were- we used to walk to the same park from the other direction when we lived here last time. They grabbed sticks and made up stories and were amazed that they can walk in the middle of the street. Our house is pure 1950 thru and thru. Which is great if you like that sort of thing. I don&#8217;t. But since it&#8217;s all going to get gutted I have to be patient and live with what&#8217;s here. That means scrubbing everything. Like this light. So gross. Don&#8217;t smoke people. Austin walked thru the house looking for a place to hang his pull-up bar- there is no trim around the windows and doors in the house. So Andy nailed a 2&#215;4 above a door so Austin could hang his bar. SMH. But with all the smallness and coziness and lack of bathrooms and hot water and heat, the kids said last night that they love our little house. They like it better than the big fancy one we left behind in NC. So there you go. And then the sickies hit And I&#8217;m going a little crazy But it&#8217;s almost Friday. That&#8217;s good. Chapel Hill house supposed to go on the market in a week or two. Anyone want to buy a house?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Q14A2599copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17694,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9281\/revisions\/17694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}