we have a new critter.  i rescued him from the side of the road.  the plan is to build a habitat for him in the backyard, but there has been something happening every weekend, so he is still hanging out in that box.  did you know that you can get canned turtle food at petsmart?  and he loves it...

so since i rescued this guy (and he doesn't even really have a proper name...now that "tinkerbell" won't work):

• we have started working on christmas music.  this picture makes me giggle...it looks like i am describing the size of the choir. 

• work likes to crowd in every now and then
• got the treadmill fixed...sort of
• so on thursday, lilli came home from school with a fever, headache, tummy ache and her "froat" hurt.  oh yay...strep.  friday she had a doctor appointment, but before we went to that, i had to get some work done on the van.  don't judge me...work has been crazy and there just hasn't been time to get it to the shop (but i think that tires and brakes are kinda important).  while i'm paying, the school calls to tell me that kaely has the same symptoms.  i called the doctor to see if they could see kaely at the same time...they agreed if i could get there by 12.  we made it with minutes to spare.  during all of this, i was starting to feel a little blah...which i figured was to be expected...i hadn't stopped rushing all day.  kaely and lilli had strep.  the doctor told me that the lab techs were really excited about lilli's strep test because they had never seen one turn positive so fast.  well, we try to be thorough...
• saturday morning, i woke up with the flu.

but this weekend is looking good for turtle habitat building in the backyard!