From The Past: November 1, 2004

Saturday night Kevin was feeling terrible so Ashley and I went trick-or-treating alone. The time hadn’t changed, so it was still bright outside making it easy to see. Even though Kevin didn’t feel well on Sunday, he still did some Christmas shopping with me. By Sunday night, I was wrapping Christmas presents! I don’t and can’t leave anything unwrapped around this house. We have absolutely no hiding places. Every nook and cranny are filled with something, so gifts have to be wrapped ASAP. I think we put a pretty good dent in things for only one day of shopping. I’m just glad we finally got started!

Today Ashley is home from school. I took her to the doctor this morning and she has strep throat and a cold. She was miserable all morning. When she’s sick, she’s really, really sick! I’m so glad that we have tomorrow off because of the election. That way she will have an extra day to rest.

Currently (2020): It’s interesting to read above that Ashley was sick on this date back in 2004 because she has been sick all day today. She attended a Halloween party last night and must have gotten a touch of food poisoning. She has been throwing up off and on all day. Hopefully, a good night’s rest will have her feeling better in the morning.

We put up our Christmas tree today. We have been searching for several years now for the perfect tree and finally found one that we both love. If you enjoy the haul videos, there will be a “Christmas Décor Haul” posted on Wednesday the 4^th on my YouTube channel. I will show you some pictures here of the tree, but you will see the box that it came in during that haul video. These pictures are nothing fancy, I just took them on my phone to send to my sister in a text.