I am back! I've been very absent from the blog lately it seems. Things have been a bit crazy to start the new year. Sadly, my Uncle lost his battle with brain cancer on the 3rd. We said goodbye to him at the most beautiful funeral I've ever been to on Tuesday. I am glad he is no longer suffering, but everyone will miss him greatly. It's never easy to say goodbye, so it's been an emotionally draining week. I can't even believe it's only Thursday!
Tonight it Dustin's last night of being on-call, so hopefully we'll get some much-needed family down time this weekend.
Today I've been busy trying to clean up the living room to a recognizable state, and also find the countertops in the kitchen under the dishes, crockpots, etc. that I've had out this week. We've ran here, there, and everywhere and hadn't had time for much housekeeping. I did actually manage to keep us fed without relying on fast food for the most part. Thank goodness for crock pots! Also, I think our vacuum may have blown up as I was cleaning. At the very least, it overheated and gave up on me. We go through a lot of vacuums around here for some reason. Maybe cause we use them ALL the time? Like, twice a day all the time. I don't know.
Our heat went out on the coldest night we've had this winter. It was a warm 54 degrees in our house that night/morning. Fun stuff. I don't worry about myself, but my babies can't be cold. Poor Henry's teeth were chattering when he woke up. Thank the good Lord my Dad knows how to fix just about everything! There's a reason we call him "Poppy the Great". Three hours and one $15 part later, we were back in business with heat. That same day we had a chicken go missing, but found it the next morning. It chose to spend a night in the tool shed instead of the coop. I guess even chickens need a break sometimes! Thankfully we found her, because Carson was very distraught about it.
Yesterday, we had a big birthday celebration for my sister Amanda's 30th birthday, and my sister Alyssa's 11th birthday. They were born the same day, 19 years and a few hours apart. We kind of had a little surprise because we jazzed up our normal birthday supper with streamers, balloons, special cakes, and a collage of pictures of them both since they were babies. We also had a delicious supper with a menu chosen by the birthday girls- ribs, steamed shrimp, chicken on the grill, mac & cheese, coleslaw, broccoli casserole, sausage balls, green beans, mashed potatoes, and probably more stuff I'm forgetting! I was so stuffed last night, but today I wish I had thought to bring myself some leftovers! :-) Ribs are one of my favorite foods!
Well, I'm off to look for a new cell phone online. One that doesn't require a data plan. We'll see how THAT goes, as there aren't many out there these days!
I have lots of posts to catch up on, so stay tuned!
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