A Busy One!!

Today was a very interesting day. I had to work so it wasn't the typical Christmas. We actually had Christmas at our house yesterday, and it was wonderful. There is nothing better than watching children opening gifts and their joy when they receive something that they've "been dying for". I had been watching the weather yesterday and knew that there could be some slick roads this morning. So when I got around this morning I turned on the television to check things out. Springfield looked pretty rough and when it got about time to leave I got Doyle up and asked what he thought about me driving. Remember, I just had a wreck not 3 months ago so I'm still pretty skiddish when it comes to bad roads/weather. He went out and walked the drive up to the road and reported back that I should be "fine". So I leave for work about 10 minutes early--just in case--and thankfully I had no problems. I didn't drive the speed limit and was passed (actually, my doors were blown off) more than once, but I didn't want to push it. I get to work and the Pharmacist calls and says he's going to be about 30 minutes late (roads?????), so the floor tech and I start the day without him. The hospital was hopping all day long. Usually holidays are VERY slow and drag all day long, but not today, we were busy from 7:30 when we started til 5:30 when we left. The ER was full all day long and we had our usual number of inpatients. Let's just say I took my netbook, magazine, and a puzzle to work on and didn't get to partake of any of them!!! At least the day went pretty fast. So I'm looking forward to lounging the next two days, I can't decide if I want to get out early in the morning for the "morning after" sales or not. Maybe I'll set the alarm and see how I feel in the morning, which means I'll either get up and go or turn the alarm off and go back to sleep-----only time will tell!

Merry Christmas

Our trip to Texas was short but sweet. We left out on Saturday morning, arriving in Grapevine around 6:30pm. We got checked into the hotel, then headed over to Doyle's brothers' house. After a quick visit with Dennis & Becky we went to the hospital. Roy was really good, he had finished his first round of chemo but was still getting blood and platelets. He really seemed to like the gifts that we got for him. A robe, pj's, and slippers, the little ones helped him unwrap them, and they loved that. We visited with him on Sunday again and then on Monday morning before we left for home. He seemed to be wearing down by Monday morning, maybe he had a little too much company over the weekend?!? He will have to stay in the hospital until after Jan 1st when they will do another bone morrow test and decide the next course of action. I'll continue to pray for the best outcome when they do the test. We also had a really nice visit with Dennis & Becky--they made us breakfast and supper on Sunday and it was great. I'd forgot what a good cook Becky is!!! It was good to see some of the Minnesota/South Dakota Kruses' there also.


Christmas at the Kruse household will be tomorrow--it's my year to work Christmas Day :(
I'm looking forward to the kids opening their gifts, they are always so excited, and I hope they enjoy what we got them. I asked Chely what they wanted for dinner, I was thinking ham or turkey, she answered pizza! Sounds good to me, being gone last weekend has really thrown my schedule for a loop. Doyle and I both has a touch of the flu on Tuesday so we pretty much laid around all day. I did manage to get the rest of the gifts wrapped and while doing so realized that I have absolutely nothing for Patrick's stocking but candy, so I will have to make one more Wal-Mart run tomorrow, early, early!!! Chely was there as I was getting off work today and she said it was CRAZY!!!!


I will probably not post again before Christmas so I would like to say a big Merry Christmas to all who read this blog. It was about a year ago that I started this and it has been a joy for me, and I hope I've brought some laughs your way with it. I wasn't sure how long I would or could keep this going, but I'm glad that I stuck with it. Here's to many more years of "Kruse Life".

Ready or Not, Christmas is Coming

I did a lot more Christmas shopping yesterday. I've whittled my list down to 5 gifts remaining. I plan to go to Springfield this Friday and finish up! Chely has school in Springfield on Tuesday and Friday so I'll drive and drop her off at school by 8am, then I'll meet back up with her for lunch, and be there to pick her up when her classes end at 5pm. That gives me a lot of hours to fill--Holly is going to take the day off and go shopping with me. Only bad thing is one of the gifts I have to get yet is hers, not sure how that's going to work out. Seems like a lot of time to find 5 gifts but the driving around from place to place is what takes up the time. Plus I don't have a clue what I'm getting 3 of the people. I love the holiday's but I always stress about the gifts, guess I've run out of good ideas!!

On a different note--we found out about a week ago that Doyle's brother Roy has AML leukemia. He's in the hospital in Texas where he lives. Thankfully another brother and his family live there also, so they have been there for him. We will be making a trip to see him the week of Christmas, not totally sure of all the details yet, but it's just something that we feel we need and want to do. So I guess I really have 6 gifts to get, because I will want to take a gift for Roy when we go. I'm thinking a nice flannel housecoat, or maybe sleep pants, or maybe........

So you want to be my friend?!?

So today I have a gripe, not a huge one, but a gripe none the less. Someone I went to high school with wanted to be my facebook friend, fine I accepted him as a friend. So I go to his profile to check out his friends, see what he's been up to, etc.... (like I do with every "new" friend I get). Well, he has most of the stuff blocked, I can see our mutual friends and his friends but that's it. Why in the world do "YOU" ask me to be your friend then block all your crap???? Why do you do facebook at all if you're that paranoid about people seeing your page? I swear, I'll never understand people like that. It honestly makes me want to de-friend them!!! Maybe his life didn't turn out like he thought and he doesn't want anyone to know what he really does? Maybe he hasn't figured out that no one cares, everyone has success on their own level. Yeah, I don't make a ton of money or have a fancy house, but I have a family that loves me and that I love, that's a success to me!!!