Milestones and an Award!

As most of you who read me know, Lil Man has been sick for almost a week now. With his mom's work schedule and the fact that I am not currently working (job interview tomorrow, pray for me), he has spent his sick time with me. This has worked well since he obviously learned the "Sharing is good. Family comes first." lesson very well. I am sick, too.

Anyway, the doctors at the ER prescribed alternating Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours and some prescription cough syrup. Lil Man, as further proof that he is like me, puked every time we gave him Motrin. We just stayed with the Tylenol, the Meltaways.

Have you tasted these?

Has any adult ever tasted these?

They are gross!!!!

We do not cajole, jolly, persuade, disguise or otherwise try to make medicine tempting. We tell the kiddo he's sick and that he has to take this stuff because the doctor said. Having said that, it broke my heart when my baby's Lil Man, who is made of such strong stuff, had tear running down his face when he put these in his mouth.

I went to our medicine cabinet, pulled out the regular Tylenol, checked the dosage and, the next time he needed medicine, gave him the option of the Meltaways or of trying to just swallow a pill. No chewing, no tasting but you had to swallow fast or it would melt.

Success on the very first try! No gagging, no puking, no whining, and no drama with taking his medication ever since. Hurray for the Lil Man!

And, evidently, hurray for me. ChrisB, at MsCellania (I love that title) designed this awesome award and I am one of the first recipients! Thank you, ChrisB.

As soon as this fog in my head clears, I will be awarding this to some of the other terrific grandmas out there.

Robin's Meme

Gosh, I was tagged with this about 100 years ago by Robinella. I'm not sure how it fell through the cracks but it did. Sorry, ma'am.

How long have you been blogging?

Actually since april 20, 2007. I started a blog once upon a time in 2005 but I only posted once and cannot remember the name and/or the password so I am only counting this one.

Are you trying to make money online or are you in it just for fun?

Money, you can make money? Actually, (wow, two actuallies in a row) I am probably going to have ads added to my sidebar next week. Fair warning, guys.

What inspired you to blog and who are your mentors?

I am not sure that anyone inspired me to blog. I just wanted a space to write. I had been reading MamaDrama in the Houston Chronicle. I am, or was, an online newspaper junkie. I used to read 19 papers daily. Jenny and Min made me laugh and still do. I started clicking on their commenters links and before you knew it, I was all over the world. I don't know that I count them as mentors but The Dingo's Got My Barbie; Pensieve; Anecdotes, Antidotes and Anodes; the Three Dog Blog; and the Anglophile Football Fanatic among others have amused me, inspired me, made me laugh, made me think, and made me grateful for new friends.

What 3 things do you love about being on line?

I love meeting new people and hearing other opinions.
I love sharing the joys and frustrations of everyday life with everyday people.
I love learning new things about the world and about myself.

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Now for some much needed thanks! I have been literally deluged with awards! So, in no particular order, I would like to say thank you for the following:

from Alison at RDH Mom

from The Rotten Correspondent

from Lisa at Lisa's Chaos AND

from Laurie at Three Dog Blog

from Robin at Robinella AND

from ~Ann at For The Long Run

Thanks to one and all. Your generosity and kindness continue to amaze me. Thanks again.

Meme, Meme and For Me!

Robocop and Ness both tagged me to share yet more things about me. I am fresh out of things since Meg tagged me late last month. So, I am taking the easy, lazy way out. Please refer back to this one, the post I posted for Meg.

Also, thanks to Alison at RDH Mom for a new goody. It just makes me smile, so let's spread the smile around a little.

To Christine at Are We There Yet, Mom

To Megan at Megnificent, Just Megnificent

To the Lizards, be they Nekked or clothed

To Swampy at Anecdotes, Antidotes, and Anodes

To Anni at Hootin'Anni's

Friends

"They color my life with the beautiful hues of friendship. Although we come from different backgrounds and cultures we share the same spirit of friendship."

I received this wonderful award from one of my new friends, Junebug.

I have not been blogging long and it simply amazes me how generous everyone is - with their thoughts, their support, their comments - oh, wait, I guess that would be with their friendship

So, thanks to Junebug for making what was shaping up to be a stressful day be a wonderful day.

And hoping to share some of that same wonderfulness, I would like to share this with Pensieve for actually making me think some of the time, with Swampy just for being Swampy, and with Anglophile Football Fanatic for helping to restore my faith.

Have a great day, y'all!

PS: Just thought I'd share that I now have Vanessa Williams sing "The Colors of the Wind" stuck in my head!