{"id":12619,"date":"2008-09-01T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=12619"},"modified":"2017-10-29T14:24:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T19:24:44","slug":"my-ridiculous-past-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/my-ridiculous-past-week\/","title":{"rendered":"My ridiculous past week&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I had quite the week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyCtxgu39I\/AAAAAAAAA0M\/ar3ysw2mV94\/s1600-h\/Annie.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241207789248765906\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyCtxgu39I\/AAAAAAAAA0M\/ar3ysw2mV94\/s400\/Annie.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First, my much more talented, doctor, excellent-at-everything sister, Angela, came into town to begin the first stages of our entertaining site, <em>No Fuss Fabulous<\/em>. More of <em>No Fuss Fabulous <\/em>to come on our official start date September 22nd.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyJcHhLO-I\/AAAAAAAAA08\/A3VgEOszkNw\/s1600-h\/No-Fuss.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241215182499953634\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyJcHhLO-I\/AAAAAAAAA08\/A3VgEOszkNw\/s400\/No-Fuss.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But here is quick sneak-peak photo of one of our first Halloween parties we created, &#8220;The Mad Scientist.&#8221; It&#8217;s fabulous. Stay tuned.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyDPoFJpYI\/AAAAAAAAA0U\/HpNKqXEEwaI\/s1600-h\/photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241208370832713090\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyDPoFJpYI\/AAAAAAAAA0U\/HpNKqXEEwaI\/s400\/photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Back to the story. Apparently, Livy (her adorable daughter) had a difficult flight. Let&#8217;s just say, Angela labeled the Delta flight &#8220;Hell on Wings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyM3AsjLfI\/AAAAAAAAA1E\/Vfb9Udlvhfk\/s1600-h\/Girls-hugging.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241218943059963378\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyM3AsjLfI\/AAAAAAAAA1E\/Vfb9Udlvhfk\/s400\/Girls-hugging.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Vienna comforted Liv with an unstable awkward hug. She had been on rocky flights before as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyG4GLpmGI\/AAAAAAAAA0s\/nQ1t0vx6uHQ\/s1600-h\/Girls-talking.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241212364642687074\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyG4GLpmGI\/AAAAAAAAA0s\/nQ1t0vx6uHQ\/s400\/Girls-talking.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And they began chatting like old times. Livy is an excellent listener&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyHrn9UhnI\/AAAAAAAAA00\/AR3q2yqSxJM\/s1600-h\/Concerned-Vienna.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241213249882719858\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyHrn9UhnI\/AAAAAAAAA00\/AR3q2yqSxJM\/s400\/Concerned-Vienna.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Vienna expressed a lot of concerns about my parenting style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyD3N4q8wI\/AAAAAAAAA0c\/Hw7iqpA2_Rg\/s1600-h\/045_45.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241209050995815170\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyD3N4q8wI\/AAAAAAAAA0c\/Hw7iqpA2_Rg\/s400\/045_45.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then I cracked my head open and had a concussion. No need for pictures. So I bought myself this coat. Notice my head tilted to the side so you won&#8217;t see the shaved area with stitches. And please, no comments about how it&#8217;s summertime in Texas. For me, there is never a wrong season to buy a coat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyPnhE9mTI\/AAAAAAAAA1M\/VVfcH5JlyhI\/s1600-h\/Sables.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241221975409269042\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyPnhE9mTI\/AAAAAAAAA1M\/VVfcH5JlyhI\/s400\/Sables.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I got to pup-tend Sable, a friend&#8217;s adorable baby pomeranian. Again, notice the careful tilt of the head. Sable is the cutest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen. I don&#8217;t want to give her back!! Would you?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyV-BbsbPI\/AAAAAAAAA18\/y2FJxr1laAI\/s1600-h\/home_facebook.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241228959121435890\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyV-BbsbPI\/AAAAAAAAA18\/y2FJxr1laAI\/s400\/home_facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I wasn&#8217;t allowed to sleep due to the concussion so I joined Facebook and found a lot of past friend blogs. I know a lot about my friends now. It&#8217;s been great. I guess the whole world joined Facebook years and years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyRyV5C9-I\/AAAAAAAAA1U\/0ayD7R7-2-w\/s1600-h\/036_36.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241224360408315874\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyRyV5C9-I\/AAAAAAAAA1U\/0ayD7R7-2-w\/s400\/036_36.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Livy and Ethan decided to create a swimming pool out of the sandbox while I was at the hospital. They just sat in it with their clean clothes on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLySJAWQ5-I\/AAAAAAAAA1c\/x5v9_szDkv4\/s1600-h\/food-coloring.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241224749762275298\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLySJAWQ5-I\/AAAAAAAAA1c\/x5v9_szDkv4\/s400\/food-coloring.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then, again when I was &#8220;watching the children&#8221;, Ethan decided to paint my floor with blue food coloring. I can&#8217;t believe how sneaky and quiet he is. Angela refers to him as &#8220;a ninja toddler.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyTbUPLyNI\/AAAAAAAAA1k\/xYf5zf1FBOU\/s1600-h\/Elephant-Alyiva.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241226163850561746\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyTbUPLyNI\/AAAAAAAAA1k\/xYf5zf1FBOU\/s400\/Elephant-Alyiva.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We decided to contain the children by going to the Fort Worth Zoo. It was so fun. The kids had a blast&#8230;until the elephants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyUZ_YThFI\/AAAAAAAAA1s\/AZo3n653EYE\/s1600-h\/Alyvia-Car-seat-Elephant.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241227240583431250\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyUZ_YThFI\/AAAAAAAAA1s\/AZo3n653EYE\/s400\/Alyvia-Car-seat-Elephant.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Apparently, Alyvia is allergic to elephants&#8230;really allergic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyVJv20OPI\/AAAAAAAAA10\/i3IQ7Ch1M6g\/s1600-h\/Bathtub-fun.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241228061050157298\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SLyVJv20OPI\/AAAAAAAAA10\/i3IQ7Ch1M6g\/s400\/Bathtub-fun.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So we took the kiddos home and let them splash it out. I know I am biased but I swear it was like a model baby photo shoot with all them in their skinnies smiling and splashing. It was so cute.<\/p>\n<p>And then Angela and Liv had to go back home. And, of course, I cried. Which was so funny because I had had a grumpy grimace on my face the whole week (due to the pain) and Angela kept saying, &#8220;Do you just want me to leave?&#8221; I would say, &#8220;Of course, not!!!&#8221; But I think she wondered because I did look funny most of the week. And then she did leave and I was <em>SO<\/em> sad. But the good news is that we have the fun memories and it won&#8217;t be long before I twist her arm to come out again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had quite the week. &nbsp; &nbsp; First, my much more talented, doctor, excellent-at-everything sister, Angela, came into town to begin the first stages of our entertaining site, No Fuss Fabulous. 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