December 26, 2009

• Merry Christmas everyone!

  I apologize for my prolonged absence. I’ve missed everyone! I think once I explain though you will all understand. I know a lot of people have moved on to facebook, and after I visit here I plan on stopping there and saying hello. So let’s do a recap of the last couple of months…

  You all know I finally got a teaching job, and that I love it. Here’s where that is at:

  Had finals week (for which I had to write the finals – ugh.)

  Then report card week followed by parent / teacher conferences. During that was some training and our second Mass (the one in which our class does the readings etc.).

  During that entire time we were house hunting. YES! We were finally ready to buy a house – hooray. We looked at soooo many houses. We narrowed it down to two, one which needed the entire inside redone, the other needed the outside redone (yard etc).

  We put in an offer on the one that needed the work on the outside (which was my favorite, my dream house really). After some negotiations we finally had a deal. They had a lot of work to do on the inside before closing (the house had been empty for over a year, I’m sure you can imagine the condition it was in). We were scheduled to close the week before Thanksgiving – but alas, it was not to be. We ended up closing the 11th of December.

  We painted bedrooms furiously and ordered the carpet to come. Carpet was installed on Wednesday and Thursday the 16 and 17th. We began moving in Friday the 18th. We managed to get almost all of our stuff moved in by Sunday. Monday we did some more unpacking and some decorating. Tuesday we finished our shopping (yes, I know, I was late, I’d been busy thank you…) and Ladybug did some Christmas baking so we would have some goodies. Wednesday, unpacked some more, did last minute shopping, baking and some house cleaning. Thursday wrapped a gazillion presents and finally relaxed.

  Friday was Christmas. We didn’t buy any “big” things for the kiddos – just lots of little things, so the tree looked like it did when they were little, with a thousand presents crowding the base. It was really nice and everyone really enjoyed it. Hubby made his first ever Prime Rib (and YUMMM) and we had two of the three boyfriends over for dinner. It was really a very nice evening/day.

  We still don’t have cable (don’t ask how I’m connected right now – I’m not proud) because Comcast screwed up again. A long story deserving some righteous indignation, but too long to add to this already lengthy blog. We have been playing board games, watching dvds (Lord of the Rings marathon) and the girls have been enjoying Rock Band 2 which was a gift to the whole family.

  Did I mention I got sick the day before we closed? I’ve been sick as a dog and not had any time to slow down, rest and recuperate. Figures huh? I’m trying to rest today – I haven’t kicked it yet and I don’t want to end up with pneumonia again. That really sucked! We still have to finish the last bit of moving (mostly garage and shed stuff) from the old house, clean and get it ready for inspection so we get our deposit back, and then we have a ski trip planned for the 29th through the 3rd. Some time during all this I need to do some grading, some lesson planning and finish unpacking.

  See what I mean?

  Very little free time.

  On the upside, we had a beautiful Christmas, with everyone gathered around. We have a beautiful new house that we are going to LOVE! I have a great job that keeps me busy. And I have a wonderful family. So no matter how busy I am, there are blessing around every corner.

  I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas, and I wish everyone a very Happy New Year!

  QOTD:

  What was your favorite Christmas gift?

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