It has been a seriously long time since I last posted.

I'm still alive, but in a time of transition.

I have moved 1000 miles away from my former home. I just got a new job today, that I start on Wednesday, and we've got an accepted offer on a HUGE house, and if all goes well we'll own it May 31st.

I don't have consistent internet access right now, but once I do, I plan on blogging again on a regular basis.

I'll see you all then!

This is What Makes Parenting so FUN!

The scene: We're driving on a rural road behind a dump truck.

Cherry: Go faster mom! Faster!

Me: Sorry hun, I can't go faster, there's a dump truck in our way.

Cherry: Move you dump truck!

Except that she didn't quite make out the "p" sound at the end of "dump" and the "t" in "truck" comes out as an "F".

So, I shamelessly got her to say it over, and over and over again. And every time we meet up with a friend, I tell Cherry to tell our friend about the dump truck in front of us that time.








"Move you dumb fuc#!"

I'm such a bad mother!

Happy Birthday My Little Peach.

Obligatory Cake Face Photo




Cuddles with her new bear.



And this is why you shouldn't let a two year old pick out ALL her own clothes!

Life is a Beach.

A super long time ago, I wrote this post which had a bit of a game. And I promised the answer. But then, we had this huge flood, then Christmas happened, and you know.... there was LIFE.

So, if you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, go back to that post, then come and watch this video for the answer. The answer is in the first few seconds, with just some random cuteness after wards.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas! See you soon!

And on a happier note.

We're trying to "pick up the pieces" so to speak after the flood damage. Turns out our crawl space has some water damage , which is being assessed soon.


But, on a happier note: there's nothing like retail therapy to brighten your mood!



So, with money my father sent me for Christmas, I went out and bought new bedding for our new bed.
Isn't it beautiful?!?!?! Now, as Armondo says, we just "need a nice room to go around the bed!" (and headboard, and new curtains)

Which brings us to moving... once again. We're going to try to sell our house again, super cheap this time, and we're going to try to move "up North" in the spring. We just don't want to invest any more money into this place, so we're outta here ASAP.

Ok, so every time I go out and spend money on something to decorate, I feel a little insecure about how Armondo feels about it. So, I had to MAKE SURE that he liked it. He convinced me when I asked "Are you SURE you like it?" and his response was "What's NOT to like?!"

Good boy!

We're fine.

We got evacuated for 24 hours. We slept at a friend's house. And this is what we came home to:







To be honest, the yard isn't that much worse than it was before. But our garden planters need to be moved back into place, and there's garbage to be cleaned up here and there.

The water didn't actually get into our house, but our crawl space is full, and the shed filled up.

Overall, we got off pretty easily. We're thankful for that.

Just a little shaken.