Happy Birthday Mallory!!
We are so tired of being sick!! This is Mallory's 14th birthday, for crying out loud!! Well, at least she got her favorite thing... a day alone in her room with her iPad!! So it wasn't a total loss! She had a great time with friends last weekend and we will have family down next weekend, so hopefully she'll have a better time then.
Right now, we're just praying for healing for my grandpa. He was just taken to the hospital with problems walking. He's 86 and usually has his potatoes in by now, so his new limitations are making a big impact. I was hassling him about his potatoes yesterday and he responded with, "These days, I like projects you can start and finish in one day." Amen, but I never thought I'd hear him say that. I just want him home safe, garden or not. Please pray for his recovery. We need a little more time with him.
So we've been dealing with the sickies for quite some time now, and I've never felt terrific through all this, but today was our only chance for a party for Mallory and her friends. We baked her cake last night and had no serious plans toward it, but this morning as everyone was getting up, we all knew we were doomed. The only one who was really on her feet was Mallory, but we knew we couldn't send Morgan to his friend's house while he was feeling this way, and Michael really needed to stay home and get well quickly!! One of Mallory's friends came through in a big way!! She offered to have the party at her house!! Yay!! But that also meant we needed to figure out the cake... fast!! Mallory said we could do a "Sweet 16" and I said, "How about a Freaky 14?" She thought that sounded cute and went to pack while I started on it. I did a Cruella DeVil with the hair going all over and wrote, "Happy Freaky Fourteenth Mallory" on it. She thought it was somewhat cute, and Daddy thought it was great... but I was less than impressed. Just one of those things that looked better in my head.
So I put together the casserole that I was going to send... the “Upside-Down Pizza” that Reva taught me... and ran through the shower. When I got out, I didn't like it any better (yes, sometimes it changes things!), so I scraped off the top and gave her some 5 second flowers. Yes, she deserves better, but we had to move!!
Sure hope she had a good time. I sure missed having the girls here.
