And Then....

The camera broke. Well, actually first it broke, and then I lost the memory card. I apparently have bad luck with cameras. See, I broke the switch on the camera that made it possible for me to download them straight to the computer, but figured out I could still retrieve the pics by taking out the memory card and plugging it into my handy dandy printer! So it was all good for about 5 days until the memory card disappeared somewhere in between.

I guess this means I will have to start talking to you instead of just plugging in some pictures and a short description and calling it good. Gotta run for now, but hopefully you will hear from me again soon, one way or another!

Nov. 18, 2008.

Up And Running!

The stove is in and the fire is warm! We are loving the warmth in the morning when we get up, hanging the kids' gloves behind it after they play in the snow, and listening to the crackle of wood as it burns. Please don't mind the crazy stuff in the background! I'm trying to move all of the books out of the bookshelf and into new places so I can paint those shelves and Colby's going to turn the bottom portion into a wood box. That will be so nice - I'd forgotten how much mess is involved with a wood stove!! It seems like there are always a dozen projects going on at once here at our house or out in the barn and it's such a relief to finally have this one done.. or at least functioning! LOL! Nov. 15, 2008

More Birthday Fun!

On Friday night we went to Grandpa and Grandma J's for pizza and cake! I was so terrible about the kids' birthdays this month - Josh didn't get his Lightening McQueen cake, and Emmy didn't even get to blow out candles at all until the day after her birthday AND it was a Store Bought cake! How sad!!! They're only 3 and 5 and I'm already starting to slip! Hopefully next year their birthdays won't fall in the middle of the week! Nov. 14, 2008.

Three Years Old!

Emmy turned 3 last week. It's hard to believe she's that big already! Seems like she was just born the other day. She got to open a few presents at breakfast time - an I Spy book, and Auntie Raini's gift which included the curly blonde wig for her dress up box that she was apparently NOT impressed with, LOL! I'm sure Josh will have a great time with it, though! :P Nov. 13, 2008.

The New Stove

Is getting close to finally being a usable appliance in our house! The chimney insert went in just fine a few weeks ago, that is, after we removed 2 ft. of birds nests and some coal from the bottom. We removed the paneling that covered the wall where the chimney was in our living room, to be greeted by an old plaster wall this lovely shade of green! It goes nicely with the brown bookshelf next to it, the pink wall on the other side of it, the dark red wall close by, and of course, the hodgepodge 70's patchwork print couch in here too. If you really want a picture of it to remind you of what was in style back then I can do that for you, but I have to warn you - you will hurt your eyes if you look too long!!

I can't wait till we can have our first fire in our stove to warm up next to! Just have to iron out the last of the chimney glitches! Nov. 10, 2008.

Enough for a Snowball This Time!

The kids were so excited to wake up to a few inches of snow, so as soon as breakfast was over we bundled up and went out to try some snow angels! We had a little snowball "fight", LOL! and even tried to make a snowman, but it wasn't quite packy enough. It was very exciting, and Elayna loved it, except for the part where she couldn't get back up in her snowsuit if she fell down! Nov. 10, 2008.