The Weekend

By the time we went back to the doctor at 4pm on Friday, Chase was doing much better.

The doctor was pleased with her progress and improved oxygen level.

We were much relieved.  She had to begin using an inhaler at home, which was still scary to Chase and she screamed through the whole thing, it also took 2 of us to hold her down.

By Saturday morning, she was even better.  John went off to a workday at our church for our upcoming Bethlehem Village while Chase and I stayed home and rested.  We finally watched Elf on a Shelf, a new children's tv movie that a childhood friend's husband directed.  It was cute.  

By nighttime, I was ready for a good meal and some time out of the house.  I found a fun Swiss treat in Trader Joe's, authentic Raclette cheese. 

 This brings back fond memories of my time in Switzerland.  It's a good excuse for another cheese product!!  You melt this really stinky cheese over potatoes, the Swiss even have a machine special just for this meal.  I used the broiler in my oven.  I also served little onions, pickles and mushrooms.

Here you can see the gooey yumminess...John is not so sure about the meal

He was like "we're eating a large quantity of cheese".

I must say, it wasn't as good as in Switzerland, so I will wait until I'm back in Switzerland to try this meal again!

After dinner (and a walk to help with digestion), we headed to John's HP Christmas party...which was neither Christmas-y or a party!  It was at Costco!!!!  Talk about cut backs!  They sent out an invitation saying come over after hours, do your shopping, it will look like a winter wonderland and we'll be serving samples (imagine that, samples at Costco!!) and sit on Santa's lap.

Well, yes, there were less people, so not a long wait in the line, there were samples, but no utensils to get them with...cold and flu season is just when I want to be handling food that everyone else has touched (and they were nothing special or extra yummy)!  It did not look like a winter wonderland, it looked like Costco.  And Santa was there, but I'm pretty sure he was mute.  He never spoke to the kids and he just sat there like a lump of coal.  But this was the closest Chase would get to him because she has told us all along that she didn't want to sit on his lap:

After awhile, we realized that we'd been totally "had" and it was just Costco trying to get more business. 

But at least we made it out of the house!

Sunday she had improved even more...but she and I stayed home from church so as to rest some more.

By the evening we went out to a  kids' Christmas program with some friends at their church.  Chase really enjoyed seeing kids about her age singing, acting and dancing. She kept saying she'd like to do that one day. She did really well during the whole thing too.

Today we got out a little again.  I got Christmas packages out the door and on their way!  Chase was invited over to the C's to decorate cookies, so she had fun with her buddies.  I got to catch up with their mom.  It was a really great morning.  She is able to go to school tomorrow, so hopefully we can now be germ free for the rest of the year.  Is that too much to ask?