J+M+J
I haven’t blogged for a few weeks, so I’ll just catch up in this post.
Early January, I’m pretty sure we had the January thaw. The January thaw is a warmer period in early January for the great plains region (in other areas it comes later in the month) that usually follows very cold weather.
I had fun putting together a puzzle that I got for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa Dykhius:
The next week there was the spelling bee. I got second place in the written test and third place in the oral spell down. I got out on the word rebellion (I am really mad at myself) making the same mistake I made in the city spelling bee last year, not spelling it with two l’s.
Then I came down with the worst sore throat of my life. I had body aches, a headache, vomiting, a fever, and a horrible sore throat. I couldn’t even drink water! It turned out to be Strep Throat.
I got on an antibiotic and it went away in time for my grandparents on Dad’s side to come over. Dad made a big Chevy’s (a great mexican restaurant) dinner with salsa, corn pudding, churro beans, fajitas, and guacamole from recipes in the Chevy’s cookbook. It tasted great! We opened up presents and I got this to add to my mounted atlas moth:
A+M+D+G