Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[Bruce]

Yeah I don't think it is supposed to go below 0°F in Texas! In fact (being ignorant as I am) I would have bet against it going below freezing until I met all you TX people and found out different.

 

[Latestarter]

The panhandle of TX used to be famous for blizzards and white outs. Guess they don't get as much snow now as they used to.

 

[Hens and Roos]

@Latestarter nothing to like about the heating not working...had to go back and meet up with the heating company we use...ended up finding that the exhaust pipe broke on the outside of the building and was freezing up the intake therefore short cycling...its now fixed.

we are dealing with the flu...DS(15), DS(12) and myself have the worst of it. DH is coughing but seems otherwise ok and DD seems to be okay but that means she has to do the chores without much help...I'm trying to get some paper work together that DH needs before going back to the couch

 

[Southern by choice]

Hope you and the kids have a speedy recovery! The flu is awful. Did you get the tamaflu meds?
Last year it made a huge difference here.

 

[Latestarter]

Hated to give you a "like" on your last, but glad the repair was "minor" with the heating issue and nothing else piled on. Sorry you folks are under the weather. Speaking of weather, wow is it cold! What happened to global warming? I'm starting to think those calling for a coming ice age are more accurate. Hope y'all get over the sick soon. sucks having work to do and being sick.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Hope you all are feeling better soon.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hope you and the kids have a speedy recovery! The flu is awful. Did you get the tamaflu meds?
Last year it made a huge difference here.

No didn't get the tamaflu meds- is it over the counter? We are congested(each has a box of Kleenex next to them!) and generally feeling crappy. I feel like I'm looking through googles...

It's snowing here- we are forecasted to get around 1 inch so DH and DD will have to go and take care of the snow route. DS(12) is probably feeling the worst as he isn't moving much(not normal for him...lol). DS(15) and I will do evening chores-just add a few more layers

Of course Sat is the Christmas get together for my side of the family-pretty sure we aren't going- because the last thing we want to do is get my mom sick- she's been sick twice this year, the last time with walking pneumonia .

 

[Bruce]

Did you get flu shots? "They" are saying the strain this year doesn't match well with the vaccine but having the vaccine should still lessen the symptoms. I haven't (KNOCKING ON WOOD SO HARD they can hear me in Australia) I've not had the flu for several years.

 

[Hens and Roos]

the boys are the only ones who got the flu shot, the rest of us didn't. Whatever strain we got seems to have caused congestion/coughing/running nose/sore throat with mild fever.

 

[Southern by choice]

According to the CDC the flu is pretty much everywhere and on the rise.
Tamaflu is Rx and expensive if you have private insurance.