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Glad you are home safely! You need to rest to fight a sore throat. :)

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I hope you feel better soon Christine. You must be relieved to be back home.

[Brenda]

Get well soon Christine!

[Brenda]

Hope Emma is better as well, Yikes! Is right.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Brenda, I appreciate it. So much for laying low and a quiet day.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Eeek and right before Christmas too!

[[deleted user]]

I know. Crossing my fingers that it is a 24 hour thing and that if we all get it that it happens right away.

[Manybooks]

Christine wrote: "I know. Crossing my fingers that it is a 24 hour thing and that if we all get it that it happens right away."

Brenda wrote: "Hope Emma is better as well, Yikes! Is right."

What a pain, hope you all recover soon (I suggest drinking some chamomile tea, very soothing for both the throat and the stomach).

[Lisa]

Ugh, the worst kind of sick. Better now than actual Christmas though. Hope you're all well by then, Christine!

[Maude]

Get well soon, Christine and have a very Merry Xmas with your children and husband!

[[deleted user]]

I hope you are all feeling better soon, Christine!

You doing all right with the cat, Maude?

[[deleted user]]

Good morning from The Bluemond House of Germs. (Tours of The House of Germs begin in one hour. Please see your guide for your mask. Today's schedule of events includes a Lysol spraying contest and our famous Kleenex basket throwing competition.)

How is everyone else today?

[[deleted user]]

Curious...has anyone ever gotten a gift that was intentionally bad from a family member? I suspected such when my sister gave her gifts out last Saturday, but as I unpack things I am becoming sure that she was annoyed with me when she shopped. I am choosing to see the humor in it though. She gave me a very tight fitting shirt (extra small sized I just saw) and I recently told her that I am concerned about my weight.

[Maude]

Oh, Christine, that is so funny altho I agree it was done with possible malice. It is the way you say things that make me laugh! I am glad you are home and getting better.

[Maude]

Jeanette, I think the cat is psychotic. He is also extremely fond of me. He will get on my chest and lay their for hours while I am reading. He follows me around. He sleeps on my bed. Wherever I go, he goes. And every now and then he will look at me and try and bite me! He doesn't actually bite me but opens his mouth and encases whatever part of my body is there with his teeth. I don't understand this behavior at all.

[Kathy]

Oh, Christine, I'm so sorry that you are going through having a sick household right now. So hoping that you all will be well by Christmas.

I've never received a bad-intentioned gift, Christine, but a friend of mine has. In fact, she said her sister-in-law only gives her something that she knows she doesn't want or like or, in one case, was allergic to. Geesh, what's wrong with people?

[[deleted user]]

Maude wrote: "Jeanette, I think the cat is psychotic. He is also extremely fond of me. He will get on my chest and lay their for hours while I am reading. He follows me around. He sleeps on my bed. Wherever..."

I read somewhere that dogs are people-oriented, and cats are territory-oriented, and therefore, don't handle moves as well. He just wants to be sure you are sticking around to protect him, and keep him warm, I guess. Some cats nip -- at least he's not breaking the skin. In my opinion all cats are at a minimum neurotic; your guest sounds pretty tame!

[[deleted user]]

My friend's mother-in-law used to give her a sausage snack tray every year from Hickory Farms knowing that she's a vegetarian.

[[deleted user]]

Your sister is just wanting you to go for the sexy look, Christine. ;) My MIL was always giving me stuff that was too large, like she thought I was Jumbo the elephant.

[[deleted user]]

I think she was mad because she had called me prior to shopping to TELL me to get her a certain gift card. I had already shopped, and she was really irritated because of it. (can't you just hear the lovely holiday music when I tell you about my family?)

[Manybooks]

Maude wrote: "Jeanette, I think the cat is psychotic. He is also extremely fond of me. He will get on my chest and lay their for hours while I am reading. He follows me around. He sleeps on my bed. Wherever..."

Maybe he is trying to give you a big hug when he encases you in his mouth, I think the fact that he does not bite means that this is a way of showing affection (or ownership).

Christine, too funny (and it would be even funnier if dressed Dixie in the outfit and sent a picture of it to your sister). I used to hate getting gifts of clothing from my German relatives, they never fit and did not suit me at all (my mother actually ended up wearing many of them); finally they got the message that I would much rather have books.

[[deleted user]]

Here's the solution Christine: Next year mail the gift cards and stay home.

[[deleted user]]

Gundula, too funny! I should put that on Dixie!

[Manybooks]

Christine wrote: "Gundula, too funny! I should put that on Dixie!"

I think you should, it would be really funny!! Hope you and your family will have beaten the germs by Christmas Day.

[[deleted user]]

Me too. Thanks. :)

[[deleted user]]

Gundula wrote:

I think you should, it would be really funny!!

If I can think of a good blog post I will do it.

[Manybooks]

Christine wrote: "Gundula wrote:

I think you should, it would be really funny!!

If I can think of a good blog post I will do it."

Go for it!!

[Jessika]

Christine, it seems like so many families have gotten sick this week. I hope everyone recovers in time for Christmas!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Jess! How is school? Are you on break now? Have a great Christmas!

[[deleted user]]

Jess wrote: "Christine, it seems like so many families have gotten sick this week. I hope everyone recovers in time for Christmas!"

Hi Jess! Thanks for the well wishes. How are you?

[[deleted user]]

Hey! I didn't post my post!! (I hate when I do that!) Glad to see you are better Germ-girl! Is everybody okay at your house?

[[deleted user]]

Emma is still pretty sick, but again she sleeps so I will know better after she gets up. BJ and I are improving. :)
If you want to get in on the House of Germ tours, you should probably hurry. Our gift shop is having a sale.

[Brenda]

Christine at least you take your sicknesses with a side of humor:)

[[deleted user]]

The perfect gift for your SIL, hand-picked from the House of Germs! :p

[[deleted user]]

You are too funny, Jeannette!

[[deleted user]]

Cue the Christmas music for a great info-mercial. :)

[Jessika]

Jeanette--School is going well. I'm home for winter break, thankfully! Only one semester left! I hope you're having a good holiday season.

Christine--I'm doing pretty well, just trying to make it through the Christmas madness. Thankfully no one in our house is sick, but with my little brother coming home from school today and with my mom in and out of the hospital for doctor's appointments, I hope no germs make their way into our house!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Oh my goodness Christine! The whole family is down with this thing? Are you any better?

[Manybooks]

Christine wrote: "Oh my...good morning? The stomach thing has spread to papa bear. The other baby bear and I are doomed."

How horrible, Christine!! Drink lots of herbal tea (actually, flat ginger ale (or coke) and plain crackers also work wonders). This is really Murphy's Law in action. I still hope you all can beat this before Christmas, just take it easy and don't do too much.

[[deleted user]]

Lee wrote: "Oh my goodness Christine! The whole family is down with this thing? Are you any better?"

Benjamin and I have only had cold-like symptoms, we haven't yet gotten the stomach thing...so I am nervous that it will hit me soon. I just hope it doesn't hit Benj on Christmas.

[Lisa]

Christine wrote: "Oh my...good morning? The stomach thing has spread to papa bear. The other baby bear and I are doomed....I just hope it doesn't hit Benj on Christmas. "

I hope that it's gone for all of you by Christmas!

[[deleted user]]

It's not looking good, Lisa. We'll see, but I am trying to get things in the house done so that if I end up with it then they can all have it easier. My MIL wants me to bake for Christmas...really? I don't think so.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

And she knows you're all sick???

[[deleted user]]

She does indeed. That doesn't make sense, right? It's not just me, right?

[[deleted user]]

Christine wrote: "She does indeed. That doesn't make sense, right? It's not just me, right?"

That doesn't surprise me. You are still upright, aren't you?

Just don't let your husband breathe on you or Benjamin. Hand washing!! I hate when these things run through an entire family, and at Christmas.

[[deleted user]]

I have been handwashing/disinfecting/laundering like a crazy woman. So far I am still upright, but I am concerned that tomorrow is Christmas Eve.

[[deleted user]]

Jeannette wrote:

That doesn't surprise me. "

Hahaha!

[Kathy]

Oh, Christine, I'm so sorry that you have all this sickness at Christmas when we all set such high expectations for a great day. Here's hoping that in keeping with the magic of the season, the sickness is your house will magically disappear by tomorrow.

[[deleted user]]

Well put, Kathy! :)

Get better Christine!

[[deleted user]]

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!

Wishing all of my comfy buddies the best of the season!