Some elaboration

We have had a few rough weeks here.... thankfully everyone is basically okay and there have been good things.

I'll start with the bad and then list the good so we are left with the happy thoughts.

• Jim had a week with high blood pressure. He got checked out and everything (heart, etc.) seems fine...he just needs to watch the salt and the stress levels.
• The mini-van got rear ended. The insurance is totaling it. So Jim is currently in a rental car awaiting their offer so that we can figure out a new (to us) car).
• Andy has had some rough days in school, mostly due to him not wanting to focus. I met with his teacher and hopefully things will improve.
• Doug is currently running a fever (doesn't seem really sick, so hopefully this thing will be short lived).
• Josie managed to get a huge splinter in her hand, but it is healing
• We went to a birthday party and Josie fainted/passed out. We went to the ER and it appears that perhaps she was choking (she had just bit into a chicken nugget) and it might have caused her heart to race or to skip a beat or something. They did a full brain scan (she got to go in the "doughnut") and said everything looks okay. It was just a bit scary because she fell over completely backwards on to a tile floor.

The good things are

• We have been working out how to redo our kitchen
• We got to go to some fun activities on campus
• The boys are now Cub Scouts and this last weekend we got to go fishing