While not everyone who watches my videos reads my blog, I have figured that not everyone that reads my blog watches my videos!

So I'm saving you the hassle of reading my ramblings when you now can listen to them! You're welcome!

Mr Hunter now has what I had. It's interesting how he seems to have the same sickness, but other parts of the illness are more intense than others. While I have a mild cough, which is now rearing it's head after being sick for a week, he has started this sickness with a violent one. He got little sleep last night, ran a fever, and is feeling those aches and pains.

I am certain that I was coming off as a big faker this last week, complaining of tiredness, staying in bed most of the day, ditching out on our routine of watching Netflix every night, ignoring chores around the house even though once I was up I appeared, for the most part, just fine....only to come crashing down after a couple hours and crawling back into bed, in hopes of catching a few minutes sleep. I even left groceries in their plastic bags since Wednesday. If it didn't need to go in the fridge or freezer, I left them in their bags and this morning finally put them away.

Coming from an outside perspective I looked far more "lazy" than I did "sick".

The million dollar question is: Did you tell him, "I told you so"?

Yes, I did, in a non-verbal meany way by making him cancel his appointments, stay in bed, layer him in warm blankets, turned that blasted phone OFF, against his will, as that thing alarms him several times an hour and he jumps to answer it, give him medicine around the clock, get him whatever he needs and let me treat him like a baby. ;)

Funny how when you can't seem to stomach anything, as everything sounds as enticing as a bowl of liver and onions, that the one thing you do crave, is this:

As well as the whole 6 pack of FastBreaks that you have stored in the fridge for your children's lunches. ;)

Be on the lookout for a vlog update soon!

P.S. I'm not pregnant.

Tonight is the Blue and Gold for Cub Scouts. 

Which is great as there'll be dinner and dessert and games and people and yay-yay-yay from the standpoint of an 8 year old.

While we've known about this for months now, this occasion happens to fall on a day, actually a week, that just isn't a good one.

I've been sick with God-knows-what for several days now. I am achy and flu-like, but with no fever. At random times during the day I can feel my face go green as my stomach churns and I soon make a mental note as to how far the bathroom is...only to have the feeling disappear within a minute or two. On top of that: 

I. 

Can't. 

Sleep. 

I'm exhausted and yet, sleep doesn't happen. It is getting to a point where I am living in anxiety; that any sound that is made not only during the dark hours of night, but any unexpected sound made during the day is having me jump, perspire and send my heart palpitating. 

And while I would love to have doctor's proof of this illness by taking myself to see one, I am stubborn and figure just "one more day" and I'll be back to normal...though sadly I have been saying this for the past six days.

Last night I chugged some NyQuil, after slathering my body with DoTerra's OnGuard oil and finally, after an hour of tossing and turning, I fell into a deep sleep. I woke up, got the kids ready for school, took more NyQuil and slept again, until noon.

While I felt like my head was in a tight, hot bind with my neck as I rolled out of bed, right now, I feel not too shabby, as long as I stay on top of when to take Ibuprofen. Today I've been catching up on chores that I've ignored and while I feel like I'll never see the top from the bottom I'm buried under, I know I'll eventually get there.

The Cub Scout boys have been asked to make a blue and gold dessert with their fathers, to bring for the occasion. But, as it is when you are self employed, Mr Hunter's schedule today went from empty to full. 

So what were we to do? We had little time to make something, I couldn't devote a whole afternoon making a dessert with my son, the kitchen's a disaster, the kids had homework that needed to be finished before we left as we'd be getting home late, Dad wasn't going to be home in a while and...ya know, the timing for everything was just off.

But Boy Lyon had a great idea. 

How about taking a traditional, easy, childhood cookie recipe of mine that I've carried over to my children's day, and instead of using the chocolate frosting that I whip up from the Hershey's Cocoa recipe (I don't believe there's a better chocolate frosting recipe), we switch it up with some blue and yellow frosting?

Well Boy Lyon...

...your idea is genius.

Ingredients and Recipe:

Take a full box of Graham Crackers, break into half. Separate halves into two equal piles.
Use Hershey's Cocoa Frosting Recipe (see below) or a carton of any pre-made frosting.
Put frosting in a gallon sized bag, squeeze frosting into a corner and twist the top so none will come out.
Clip corner of bag.
Put a dollop size (to your liking) on first pile of halves.
ANOTHER OPTION: Use butter knife to smooth frosting on the halves, or use a spoon and add the dollop of frosting that way.
Referring to the second pile of crackers, place those halves on top of the cracker that has frosting, pushing slightly so frosting fills the inside without spilling over.
Let sit out until you're ready to eat. The longer you wait, the better! The graham crackers soften as they absorb the frosting.

"PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.

P.S. I'm not pregnant.

Or maybe you're a little of both, to which you're a NEUTRAL.

Here I go over the well-known tips as to how to tell if you are warm, cool, or neutral toned. According to my friend, Jane, who does professional draping to determine the best colors for you, two-thirds of people are neutral toned. 

For instance, I'm a neutral, but I lean more warm so I prefer to wear warm colors most of the time. I do have some cool greys that I'll wear, as well as the occasional black and I'll wear just about any color of red that's on the color wheel as that's my favorite color!

I will be starting a new series. I'm nervous to start it as I fear failure in execution, thanks to the inner anxiety girl, but in order for me to more forward in this series, I wanted to help you see if you're a cool or warm. 

And if you still don't know and are desirous to know if you're either of these and if you would also like to go further than that and know the true, best colors for you, contact Jane! She's the color genius, she's the professional, she's the kindest, warmest person I've met and you'll be happy with the results. 

Every now and then, say, every few months, I will scroll through my phone's gallery, usually with a child peering over my shoulders, looking at all the pictures I've taken, the videos where I captured a moment I didn't want to forget, and hilarious or inspirational quotes I've downloaded from all over the web...half the time moving my phone's from said child's eyes and clicking the back button as my form of humor may not compute, or be as innocent, as his/hers, while telling him/her that it's time to go do something productive before their brain could catch up long enough to ask what in the world it was that I was hiding from them.

I thought it would be fun to share these moments with you, to let you in on that little black, handheld device that I carry around in my back pocket, against my backside, or in the compartment in my purse next to where I hold my mace.

Here lies all my secrets. LOL, or LACK THEREOF.