Good morning ladies!!
So right now Addie is hanging out in the fireplace. I don't know why that is her fave place, but it is. When we had no heat Derek kept saying he was going to use the fireplace and I fought tooth and nail to keep him from it. She just sits or lies in there. It is all clean and new since the last tenants burned up the house and they replaced it. So today she has a pillow, blanket, snack and some toys. Crazy girl. Now I'm waiting for my coffee to finish and then we are going to do some clean up. Or maybe I am going to do some clean up. I need to get busy today so that I am tired tonight and go to bed at a decent hour. I have the car tomorrow. Whoohoo!! And on Thursday. Then the most exciting thing happens on Friday...Derek has a training holiday so we are going to put Addie in daycare and we are going out on a date. We're going to go see a movie and eat lunch. It will rock. I'm stoked. No kids for a day?? I just don't know what I will do with myself. This hasn't happened since we have been here. It was Derek's idea. Yay! Yay! Yay!!
So, I haven't been here in a few days so I will tell you about my weekend and stuff. Hmmmm...well, I had a church group on Saturday which is always fun to spend time with the ladies. We only meet every two weeks which has been something that people have said they would like to change so I have come up with a new plan to have a coffee meeting in the interim during the week that I am going to start in March that I am pretty excited about and I talked to the leaders about...which reminds me I need to send a message to one of the leaders about after I write this. Then I came home and napped. I love naps. Love them!! Love them!! Ethan was off with Cristian since he lives here now. I still can't get over that. We ended up going to get him and watching Inception...Holy weird movie. If you want your brain to be freaked out...it is similar to the weirdness of say Vanilla Sky. Just weird. Sunday was our Valentine's Day celebration. Derek and I decided when the kids were born that instead of doing the usual cheesy expected romance of VDay let's do stuff with the kids instead. We can't even remember our anniversaries, so why are we going to add in another day?? So, that's what we do. Even if we take the kids to see amovie, it is no big deal because the kids movies aren't usually filled. So, we found out on Thursday that the Ringling Bros. Circus was in town. And actually in Fayetteville, not all the way in Raleigh or something. We also heard that they had discounted military tickets. So, I looked all over online and couldn't find the discounted tickets so we went to the theater and bought them there and for the 4 of us it was only $52. You can't beat that. It was awesome. The acts were typically cheesy but fun and we all loved it. We had gone to circuses before where Derek and I were just disgusted by it. This was a lot of fun. And then later we were off to Cracker Barrel. Ethan has a math writing project he has to do and so we had to go to Cracker Barrel to get some pictures. It was fun. Then yesterday we had our usual Monday night hoopla of running around and I was cooking dinner for us and everything went wrong and was running late. So, I was throwing something in the oven and I set it back on the counter for a second and here is the result:
Valentine's Dinner So, we went to Chick-fil-a instead. It was funny. I didn't get upset amazingly enough.
So, today is a good day. I think Addie and I will get ourselves together, clean up a bit and then go for a walk. It is getting nicer. I hope it starts warming up soon for the rest of you guys. The snow, rain and wind all need to go away. Blech!!
Chris - Yay for blond!!!! That is so fun that you got to get your hair done. I think sitting in your kitchen chit chatting can be just as fun as going to a salon. I hope you feel pretty today.
Linda - Lots of good stuff for you. Yay for the newest baby!! Whoohoo about no pacemaker. That is awesome. That is crazy about Connor's sister. Unreal. I did get a reply back from my friend. She said to avoid using the word no and to real a book called "The Explosive Child." The results are slow and sound like rubbish but really have worked with her son. Also, I hope the powwow about your MIL help. It should never have gotten this bad. If it doesn't get better then you need to have an intervention with the brat brother and just show up and railroad him and tell him what needs to happen and how it needs to be. Then change your phone number.
Trudy - Yay for sunshine. Enjoy your time off of work. I hope you can enjoy the sunshine during your no work time. That would be especially nice.
Kayleigh - Yay for an awesome baby sleeping schedule. Also, I was at the store the other day and I had heard a rumor that teething tablets had been taken off the shelf so I looked and it looked like they might have been. BUT...the same brand Hylands, is now making a gel instead that has all the same stuff in it. I would totally recommend that over oragel for little miss "getting her teeth too soon." I still can't get over that. So, blond in stead of black, huh? Make sure to show us how that comes out. I'll bet you look awesome as a blond, but I'll bet it is a lot of work to keep it up and to get it there. Have fun.
Alright ladies...I'm off to get motivated.
