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It's almost Christmas! It's crazy how fast this year went. Our family had a few big milestones this year: we bought a house, moved and had our second baby! Marek Roman Olson joined us November 5th (= We feel very blessed for all of these wonderful gifts.

So, along with Christmas coming we are all plagued with the same thing every year: sickness. As much as we try to avoid it, it seems it finds it's way into our home at least once during the winter season. Not fun but it's part of life. As a new parent (my oldest is 18 months so I think that still puts me in the "new parent" category to most people) I have been noticing a trend. Not a good trend, mind you. I have taken notice to how many kids/toddlers/infants are sick. And the reason I have taken notice to this fact is because they are in the grocery stores, at Christmas parties, on their way to school, at my chiropractor's office, in the nursery at church, etc. Now, correct me if I am wrong but it use to be a common rule of thumb that if you or one of your family member's was sick you STAYED HOME. At least when I was growing up it was common courtesy to not attend functions, that weren't mandatory to attend, if you were sick. Yeah, I know, what a party-pooper I am, but really? I thought that was just common sense to the average adult. If you or your child is sick then they don't get to join in the fun. Now I don't mean it as a punishment for you or your child but to be polite to all the other NOT sick people. It's very selfish and rude to go somewhere like a party or grocery store if you or your child is sick. What you're stating is, "my eggs are more important to me than you and your child's health" or, "my entertainment and social life are important to me, so even though I am sick (or your child is), I am still going to attend. Sorry if you get sick the next day, but really I'm not." Now you may not really think either of those things but it's the principle of the matter. Why would expose the healthy people to your sick family? Don't share the suffering, trust me, nobody wants to share in your wealth of runny noses and coughing.

Our family has decided to stay home from a lot of functions this winter due to the amount of sick people out and about. There has been a nasty bug going around that is causing major sinus infections and pneumonia in some serious cases (I was acquainted with someone who just lost their 14 month old to sudden, onset pneumonia, prayers for them are needed). So, please, for the sake of other people, stay home if you are sick-- we all know how hard it is to have a sick child, and even more so if you have more than one child.

Wishing you all a happy New Year as 2013 comes to a close!

Reboot

Alright. One word. Reboot.
I think it's time to give this blog a face life, not for my readers (who are many *cough*) but for myself. I need to find a topic that I feel I can write about regularly. So it obviously needs be something that matters to me, hence the new name. From hence forth, I am going to try to write about manners and things that should matter to the common man. This does not mean that I don't need to work on a few things or need critiquing, but it's something that I notice a lot and I feel it could be used as a tool for myself as well, more of a reflective tool. Wish me luck fellow patrons. Cheers!