PROUD

So proud of my Zippercow I am! He fixed our water heater! After much hassle to get the parts and proper tools he was able to fix it and now I can have hot showers that last longer than 8.5 minutes and we can take showers back to back and we can even run laundry or dishes without running out of hot water, it's wonderful! I have to admit I was little nervous about undertaking a project that involved something so crucial to our everyday lives that if something went wrong would be very expensive to fix, but he did a great job. He discovered that the wrong part had been used previously and it gave him some problems getting it out, but he fixed it and by doing so saved us a great deal of money. Yay for smart hubbies!



Oh, and we fixed the option that allows for our friends and families to leave comments without logging in. I didn't realize that was something I had to manually change, but anyhow leaving comments is enabled for those who choose to use it :)

Let it snow, let it snow, let is snow! NO MORE- I say Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop! We have far surpassed the previous record and have already had 63"of snow this season (most of which is still on the ground), and it isn't even the snowy part of the season! And of course, we are supposed to get more tonight...Our house can no longer be seen from the street because the plow is using the edge to our front yard to store all the snow in the cul-de-sac. It is a shame Little Moo isn't bigger to enjoy this more. We've taken him outside a couple times but he isn't a fan of not being able to move and since the snow is taller than him it makes it hard to walk and play. But we had a white

Christmas, and then some! Christmas was nice, my family stayed over on Christmas Eve because we were expecting a large storm (which we got) and were worried we wouldn't be able to get together Christmas Morning. We had a lot of fun and Little Moo got some nice gifts that he really likes, but mostly it was just nice to have everyone together. Unfortunately the weather prevented my Uncle from being able to get over so we did miss him, but otherwise we were able to get everyone here. We had fondue for Christmas dinner and we are pretty sure this will become a tradition, which is fine because it is tasty!

More exciting news, as of Christmas night Little Moo no longer sleeps. Which means we don't sleep. On Christmas he decided it was a good time to climb in and out of his crib and we felt it just wasn't safe anymore to leave him in there and despite wanting to ease him into it a little more we just didn't have that luxury. So we took the side of his crib off and now it is his big boy bed....tear...he's getting so big. Unfortunately I think our talk about him being a big boy and not sleeping in his crib anymore backfired, because it is still his "crib" the side is just off and there is no side rail so he has chosen not to sleep in it. Fortunately we happened to have an extra crib mattress that is on the floor, but he doesn't sleep on that either. He chooses to sleep on the floor in front of the door. The last couple nights he has pulled up a pillow, blanket and a doll to lay on the floor with. We tried putting him back to bed for a couple nights but since he insists on sleeping with his room light on he wakes up then takes forever to fall back asleep. We feel guilty leaving him but feel he is probably getting more sound sleep staying put, especially since he has a blanket and pillow. We are unsure how to fix this and are hoping he will eventually migrate to the bed, but who knows. I had no idea that I should look forward to no sleep after he had outgrown his infant wakings. Each day brings a new suprise and unfortunately all of us are too tired to know what to do with it!

Even I don't want my Christmas THIS white!

snow, snow, SNOW!!!!! I like snow but this is a bit ridiculous. We can't even go out and play because the snow drifts are taller than Little Moo! And with the wind the temperature is easily in the single digits. In a vain attempt to clear the driveway before Zippercow got home I bundled myself and Little Moo up to go outside, but every swipe with the shovel the wind would blow the snow right back. And in our face. To say the least LM was not thrilled with this and after about 10 minutes I had to abandon the shovel in the front yard and get us both inside. Since I've shoveled we again have snow drifts taller than LM blocking our front door. We tried shoveling the driveway and Zippercow tried to leave this morning to work. Ha! The snow is taller than our bumper and if you've seen our car you know it is small and light and isn't making it anywhere. Fortunately a coworker in a large truck was able to come get him. I wish I could get pictures to show just how crazy the snow is, but it is difficult to get a good shot through windows. The snow is absolutely beautiful and the wind has worked its magic added a unique design to the fallen snow, but truly, it is enough...

Our New House!

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Do not post when you are crazy!

Well, I am doing much better now. We have unpacked a bit more and I discovered we do have room for things,we just need a little creative organizing, or reorganizing in this case. We've also discovered that there are a lot of things we no longer need. In the past we just kept most of the furniture we had because "someday" it may fit, and we don't know what our house will be like. Well now we know so what doesn't fit, goes! We put the Christmas tree up and I made out a bunch of our Christmas cards and I'm feeling like myself again, which I'm sure Little Moo and Zippercow are thankful for. Speaking of Christmas cards, in an attempt to forward my progress in getting them out shortly after we moved, I addressed a bunch of envelopes...before we moved. So, during the process of moving I put the box of envelopes "somewhere safe" (if you know me at all you know this place does not exist) and cannot for the life of me find them! So I started over. I guess I will have less work next year. Oh well!

Little Moo is enjoying discovering old toys in boxes and our new organization in his room. He can get to everything he wants or needs. Unfortunately that applies to the whole house. At the last place I had managed to set the whole living room up so that he couldn't really get to another part of the house without one of us. Well there isn't really a good way to do that here, and honestly he has to learn sometime, right? It has added a new element to preparing meals and doing laundry. I'm really looking forward to doing some holiday baking, but that may not be so easy we a Little Moo underfoot. Especially since he likes to be my helper now. It is cute, now we have to have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches everyday because I let him spread the peanut butter and jelly. Now only I could get him excited about folding laundry...

We're moved, now what?

Home ownership. It's not quite what it is made out to be. I've been told for years how important it is to buy a home and not throw your money away renting and have been lead to believe that it is this magical thing home ownership. I haven't witnessed it so far. So far the water heater has been broken, the sink is leaking and we aren't sure that the bathroom heater works correctly. Before I go on I should say that I am very happy with the choice we made, it is a wonderful home, and I can only imagine the nightmare that would have been awaiting us with some of the older homes we were looking at. But I can't help but feel slightly mislead. This is it? We are living in a place that is ours, so that means I can't call the landlord to fix our list of issues and we have to pay for it too!!! I know that I shouldn't complain, it is wonderful that we have gotten ourselves into the position to buy a home, and the only comparison I can think of is having a baby, it is exciting and new and after a few days the blinders come of and reality sets in that you have a lot of work ahead of you. That being said I would never give my baby back, so I'm sure the work on the house will be well worth it too.

There are some theories (my own) on my blahness factor. First is the fact that we worked so hard to be in a place to purchase a home, there was a goal. Now what? I know we should be working towards retirement and college education for Little Moo, but those things are really far away so it is hard to be really excited about either. We have no idea where to put most of our stuff. The garage is piled high with boxes, so much so that our car barely fits in the two car garage! And, well we have clothes in our closets, toys in little moos room and our kitchen is all unpacked so what on earth is in the rest of the boxes?!?! Did I mention the meds I'm taking to try and conceive are making me crazy. This too could play a large role in my blahness. Actually, it could be to blame for this entire post! Just think if I wasn't crazy I most likely would not be complaining about a new house. It is slightly bonkers I know. I'm sure I'll feel better when we do things like paint the interior walls, add a fence, and build a deck. But for now, it just feels like another rental, only now we are responsible for the maintenance!

We Have a House!!! And more excitement...

Hooray! We moved into our new house right after Thanksgiving, talk about a lot to be thankful about. We love it here, the space, the space, oh and the space! Little Moo is very excited about his new room and the new house. All of his toys fit in his room, so Mama Moo is happy too. We still haven't completely unpacked (nor are we anywhere close) and we are aware we have a lot of work to do but still couldn't be happier. Speaking of which, I have to wrap this up to go do some work, just wanted to update everyone! Pics and more stories to come!