Oh my gosh it's been so long since I've updated!! Things have been so terribly busy I haven't had much time to sit in front of a computer. (And frankly, when I did have time, I didn't really wanna! lol) But, the good news is that we haven't had anything majorly dramatic to report. (I know, right? SHOCKING!) We've gotten nowhere with the investigation into our most recent theft, so that still hangs in the balance. But we will more than likely not be covered for our loss. There's not much more to report on that front. We've been having some difficulty with time & weather (and pain where Matt's concerned), so we don't have a whole lot more to report on the house either. We're pretty much in planning mode right now. (Should we put in floor heating? Where should the skylights go? How about a fireplace?... that kind of thing). So... blah. I'm boring right now. Which I think is totally a good thing! :) How often does that happen for us?? ;)
So just like everyone else, we celebrated Thanksgiving last week. Bittersweet day. SO very wonderful to have a day to spend together & reflect on how very grateful we are for what we've been blessed with. But even in Kansas City I don't think we ever had a holiday where we didn't at one point get to see at least some family. So all that food just for the five of us was a little sad. :( It's worth every sacrifice to move our lives here, but that's the one thing that bothers me the most. I miss having family (relatively) nearby! Maybe next year. But we did have a great day together, and Matt & I slaved away at a wonderful delicious meal all day long that the kids barely ate... just like every year! lol ;)
I did have to work the day after Thanksgiving, which to me is a holiday in and of itself: BLACK FRIDAY!! I love it! I'm a crazy person, I know. But it's fun for me! lol So whereas I thought I was going to have to miss out on my shopping, I was super excited to find out that WalMart had their sales beginning at 10pm on Thursday. Yes, I tucked my kids into bed, then went out to brave the crowds. Again, I admit I'm a crazy person. So there are two WalMart stores relatively nearby to us. One is 15 minutes away & smaller, and the other is 25 minutes away & huge. I went to the big one. Holy Cow! The Vermont/New Hampshire shoppers are just as crazy as anywhere else. It was super busy & I underestimated them by arriving at 10:01 instead of waiting by the palates ready to pounce. Lesson learned. lol But I had fun & got nearly everything on my list and was home and asleep by midnight! :) Totally unfair though, my dear sweet husband got to relax & sleep in, make the kids breakfast & head out around 10 AM, and decided to check out the smaller WalMart just to see what they had left. They still had everything!! People were still walking out with the doorbuster TV's!! SO uncool! lol Again: lesson learned! But hey, the good news is, for a totally broke couple with three kids who moved halfway across the country, my kids should still have a good stash of fun under the tree this year! ;)
And... speaking of the tree! :) We put up our first real tree this year. When in Rome, right? First of all, the rental house it pretty little, whereas our house has some pretty grand ceilings, so we didn't want to buy a new artificial tree that didn't work in the space (our previous tree was a KS casualty). Plus, a family from the kids' school was selling trees from their farm to benefit the school, so win-win! :)
Turns out, I'm probably allergic, but now that I'm not touching it anymore the welts have healed so no big deal! lol ;). We had a lot of fun decorating it (it only fell once! lol) and taking our family picture under the tree. We still don't have our stuff from ServPro, so we don't have any of our family ornaments or household decorations this year, but we've gotten pretty good at dealing with what we have & I think we have a pretty cute tree. Next year will be amazing & beautiful, (that is if they ever do finaly give us our stuff back! lol)but this year? This year we are going to focus on each other. We're going to be so happy to have a home to celebrate in & each other to hug that we are so not going to care that we don't have the perfect lights or if we're swimming in ceramic Santas. Plus, we'll have the most beautiful winter wonderland of a view that who cares what's in our house!
Goofballs. ;)
Tomorrow we're going to try again with visiting Santa (if you're a facebook friend you totally know what I'm talking about. If not, I'll explain later!) I'll do my best to update sooner! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving too!
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