Thursday Things, September 20, 2007

I have a couple of items of interest to share today if Miss Emmy will just keep napping until I have the most of this post done.

Speaking of napping, I took these pictures earlier this afternoon of Emmy and her Grandpa.

Emmy has had a rough week, bless her heart. She got four shots Monday and they made her well and truly sick and miserable.

Emmy was here on Tuesday with me, Cecil and Sue and she was so sore that when we barely touched her she screamed in pain. Not just her thighs where they gave the shots, but her whole body was achy and sore. She ran fever all day and ate well for me, but Jessica and Jason had an awful Tuesday night with her.

She was so sick Tuesday night that she ran a high fever and vomited. Her reaction to this round of shots was much worse than her first immunizations.

Today she's felt better, but not quite back to her usual sunny self. I hope by tomorrow she's back to normal.

Especially since tomorrow will be my last regular day to have her with me. Starting Monday Jessica has enrolled Emmy in a daycare close to her workplace. Their policy is that you have to pay for 5 full days. They won't allow you to only pay for 2 or 3 days a week. Even if your child is sick and you have to keep him/her home, you don't get credit for that time. You pays your money and you takes your chances and that's it.

The daycare Jessica will be using is the same business that my sister Ducky's son and daughter in law uses, so we know it's reputable. Mikky and Danny have taken Seth there since Mikki went back to work after Seth was born. It's not far at all from Jessica's workplace which is a bonus, since one of the main reasons she and Jason chose to place Emmy in daycare was because it was taking so much gas to come from their apartment in Jonesboro to my apartment in Bay, twice a day, round trip.

They can take her to the daycare for about the same amount it was costing them to bring her to me, and without the drive to Bay and back twice a day. Jessica won't have to get up quite so early to take Emmy to daycare, which is definitely a plus to her.

I'll just be honest here. As much as I love and adore Emmy, taking care of her for almost 12 hours a day, 5 days a week is beginning to take a toll on this old Grandma's arthritic body. I only wish there was some way I could have her maybe 1 or 2 days a week and she could go to daycare the other days. That would give me a break and Jessica as well, but due to the billing rules at the daycare, as I said above, they have to pay the same if Emmy's there 1 day or 5.

I'm glad I had Emmy for the last several months. She'll be 4½ months old on Sunday and I've had her nearly every weekday since she was 7 weeks old. She's a little older now and I feel better about her going to daycare than I did when she was a newborn. I think it's been a good thing for both me and Emmy. I've loved caring for Emmy and watching her grow and learn day by day, and it was good for her to have a safe and loving place to be while Jessica and Jason worked. I'm going to miss her but I'll still be the back up plan when she's too sick to go to daycare and Jessica has to work. And I've already made it clear that since I won't be seeing Emmy, Jessica and Jason every day now that they're welcome to come visit. Often.In other news, I've been thinking for some time that I want a new blog template. I've had this same one for about 15 months now. I love it, but I want something new. Those of you who've been around that long may remember that I won this custom template in a contest by a blog designer that's no longer in business. It didn't cost me a thing, which is always a good thing in my books.

But since the chances of me winning a new blog design again ain't lookin' too good, I've been doing some scouting and some template fiddling of my own. I want something I can change the header and colors myself to go with the seasons and holidays or just my whims. I also want to take advantage of one of the new Blogger templates that allows you to easily change your template with their widgets. I think.

So, fair warning: sometime in the near future you may click on Diane's Place and see a different look. I won't completely delete this template because I heart my hydrangeas and may bring them back from time to time. But I want a new look for Autumn, and then maybe for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Who knows?

Also, because I'm about as far from a computer html geek as they get, I'll be fiddling and fine tuning even after I get the template changed, so don't be at all surprised if Bloglines or Google Reader suddenly show 27 new posts from me. It'll be because I'm trying to get my blog in order while simultaneously hyperventilating and pulling my hair out.I think this is about long enough, plus I've still got to cook supper. Fried pork chops, turnip greens from the garden and macaroni cooked with tomatoes. I had homemade egg salad sandwiches for dinner at noon and I'm starving.Y'all have a great Thursday evening and a wonderful Friday, where ever all my blog friends are around the world.