Aye, aye, aye

This was the crowning moment!
On Friday, we went downtown with Mom, Dad and Tony. Ellie and Nick were both off of school. We had our annual lunch at the Walnut Room and viewing of the windows. Even though we got there just a bit after opening, we were quoted a 90 minute wait. We took a pager and went walking around the store.
Santa had arrived and we strolled through the North Pole workshop for a visit with him. It was very nice...the kids had a personal visit with Santa. The elves escort the kids to Santa and the line waits behind a curtain down the hall.
We were seated at the same table we were at last year - near the tree. I think because of school being off they were very busy. Our server was just okay. Not many menu options for the non-meat eaters. It was still nice and festive and the fairy came to hear the kids wishes and sprinkle them with super dine, never coming out of their hair, glitter.
We went back to Mom and Dad's house for a while so the kids could play. We went home and Ellie helped me pack up my eBay auctions to ship out. We ate dinner and go the kids into bed. Saturday, we started the day at the Deerfield rummage sale. We scored there last year...not so much this year. The kids found a couple games and craft kits. We stopped in at a few thrift stores - nothing there either.
We ate lunch at Mariano's and then we were off to the library. They were having a Just Dance 3 competition. Ellie saw the poster while we were there the other day and asked if we could attend. We got there and there were about 2 dozen teens there. Ellie sized up the competition and decided to register, then she turned to me and said I had to register too. I knew we were in trouble when the guy asked our dance name. We did a practice run and I was feeling good.
We had 3 rounds that points were kept and then the dance-off began. Going into the dance-off, Ellie was in 9th place and I was in 2nd. Ellie made it through to the top 8 seats...I made it to 1st place! My crowning moment that I am sure will be on youtube someday. At last it will just be from the back. I won a gift card to Gamestop.
We went over to Mom and Dad's house. Jo, T and Matteo were there. We were taking Tony for an overnight. The kids played for a little bit, we all got our Matteo fix and then we went home. We watched Tangled in the basement and had popcorn, noodles, fruit and veggies. We had ice cream sandwiches for dessert. The kids slept on the sofa bed in the back room. Tony was asleep when his head hit the pillow, Ellie next and Nick was my hold out.
Rob and I watched some tv in the basement and then he went up around the time the news came on. I stayed down there until my computer battery died. I slept in the living room so I could hear if anyone woke up during the night.
This morning we made donuts for breakfast. I packed Rob up because he is in Springfield until Thursday taping a conference. He said goodbye and was on his way. The kids played legos, trains and many other things this morning. We all got clean in bath/shower and got dressed. We had lunch and then headed outside to enjoy this beautiful November day.
We played with bikes, soccer and chalk. We were out for hours and it was gorgeous. We packed up and went to Mom's for dinner. Jo and Matteo were there and the kids each got a couple turns holding him. Mom had dinner going - roasted beets, cauliflower, sweet potatoes and squash, noodles and a salad. Everything tasted wonderful and smelled great. We ended the evening with a Christmas movie and came home. I got the kids to sleep and talked to Rob for a bit.
I have my CT and blood work tomorrow morning and then my doctor visit Tuesday. I had 25 auctions end today - I will be shipping for the next week. Feeling pretty good - just some foot tinglies. Visualising my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree