Martha's October Magic

Hello again! This is my second post of the day. I decided to go ahead and put this one here because I wanted to share this news with anyone who might have been hiding under a rock and not seen Miss Martha's 'other' magazine for this month. Martha Stewart LIVING magazine for October is fabulous. It's titled the 'Magic of Fall'! I had already picked up her Hallowe'en magazine of course, but I have to be completely honest and say that I like this one better. The cover is great. I would imagine most of you have picked this up already, but if you haven't, then you should. It has some wonderful Hallowe'en ideas in it, plus is chock full of gorgeous photos of pumpkins and gourds, scary looking plants and the most beautiful gravestones. I've had mine for awhile, and I did thumb through it and look at the pretty images, but I had saved it to read more closely on the plane today. So I guess I will curl up in my bed with it tonight. Go grab one while you can.

Update #2: Okay, first of all, thank you so much for all of your well wishes and bids of sympathy for our canceled trip. I am dressed in all black as a public display of my mourning...ha! We took our daughter to the doctor. And we were told that yes she has flu of some sorts, and most likely it is H1N1 (aka Swine Flu) only because everyone that is walking in their door is testing positive for it right now. She said it is everywhere here, in all the schools. GREAT! So they offered to give her the rapid flu test to confirm, and if it were positive for H1N1 Flu ONLY, then they would give her the antiviral Tamiflu.

However, my daughter knows what a horrible test this is and refused to take it, as her 6 year old brother was given the test when he had strep earlier in the year just as a precaution, and he said it 'shocked his brain'! Ouch! So the doc said to just take her home and treat it as you would any flu, and if it gets worse come back. So we all came home and took naps. Her fever jumps back to 103 when the meds wear off. I also have a low grade fever of 99.8 and am extremely tired with upset stomach, but I am not feeling like I have the bad flu that she has yet. So now that she has suffered a while, she is ready to go back to the Nite Lite clinic and get the test in hopes of getting the Tamiflu to make her better. So off we go again. Thanks again for your well wishes and don't forget to pick up this magazine. I will be posting something new and un-Flu related tomorrow in hopes of a better day! The positive to all this is that now I have this weekend to do my Hallowe'en decorating that I haven't had a chance to get to yet. Assuming that I myself do not get any sicker. So see...always try to think positive! :o)