Where has the week gone?

I can't believe almost a whole week has gone by since my last post - but then again I can. Spending much less time on the computer and more time on the Christmas presents that I am trying to finish....so if you don't find a new post on here, you can hope I am working on something for you!
We are still a little shocked by the results of Daniel's blood work and will be glad to meet with the rheumatologist on Friday for a full explanation. We have been trying to get to the bottom of his headaches and fatigue since the spring. Now other things that he has complained about and I just dismissed as "growing pains" or his making a bigger deal out of something than it was - well those things just may have a part in all of this. We are looking at indicators of some kind of auto-immune disorder (possibly lupus) but really don't want to speculate too much and are waiting to talk to the doctor. Keep Daniel in your prayers. Also please pray for safe travel for Andrew this weekend as he leaves Cedar Rapids and travels home for Thanksgiving. Then it will be back to the books for him as he begins the winter quarter at Rose-Hulman and leaves the corporate world behind for awhile. Michael could use your prayers also as he barely recovered from the pneumonia before finding himself back on antibiotics for a sinus infection. The doctor thinks that coughing the stuff up from his lungs has contributed to this infection and I am sure that he is weakened from the pneumonia. He stayed home for one day, but is back at work today. Hopefully the children will not pass any more germs to him. Well it is dinner time again and I need to do an inventory in the kitchen before making out my Thanksgiving grocery list. John is bringing the turkey home Tuesday night, compliments of John Morrell - so I also need to make room in the frig. Now we are really up a creek on Wednesday evenings...John likes "Lost" and so we tape it for him but it comes on at the same time as Smallville - which becomes a problem when Daniel goes to youth group and wants me to tape Smallville for him. We have two vcrs - so this would be possible, except we do not have cable and only one tv is hooked up to the antenna...so the reception on the other tv is not good enough and the tape we taped last week was so full of static, we couldn't stand to watch it. I have to laugh about all of this, because it is such a silly thing and there are such a thing as re-runs that we can wait for...guess it brings home the fact that we are so spoiled in the US. We certainly take many, many things that others would love to have a chance to own or experience for granted. We could spend all day next Thursday listing our blessings.