Our neighbor Jason tore out a small room in the basement that had book shelves built in. Originally we were going to use that as a library for all of our books but decided that we rather open all that space up to make a bigger basement. We tore out the drop ceiling sand are going to sheet rock it up to the beams. We are in the process of tearing ( Read more... )

I need a little advice on this one. It is no secret that Macy is a challenge. She has been pissing me off a lot lately with her bad attitude, but we have been dealing with it as needed. Last night she spent the night at a neighbors house. There were about 5 kids all together. I guess three of the kids (one being Macy) were spitting in another ( Read more... )

Three days until Christmas! I can't believe it. We went WAY overboard this year. Last year we were getting gifts from Toys For Tots for the kids, this year we have enough money to make their Christmas a good one ( Read more... )

Macy and I have been sick for over a month. Yesterday we went to our doctor and found out that we both have pneumonia. Oh joy!

My brother in law is getting married in March and wants us to bring Wally to the wedding, which will be held in California. Today TJ and I went to PetSmart and bought Wally his very own tuxedo! TJ is trying to get him to look into the camera.


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I know that owning a house comes with responsibilities, but I have been doing yard work for about a week now. My neighbor across the street let me borrow her leaf blower/sucker which is nice, but the bag isn't very big so I feel like I am constantly stopping to empty the bag. Tomorrow I should be done with all of the yard work, including the ( Read more... )

FUCK!

Well, I had an unexpected day off from work because Amy's clients all canceled on her because of the long waits at the polls. I got a lot done though. I left the house and headed down to the high school to vote. I walked right in with no wait. That was nice. TJ's ex-husband said that there was a 3 hour wait to vote where he went. He got ( Read more... )

This has been a very busy month! I started my new job, two parent/teacher conferences for the girls, Vikings games, birthdays, Halloween decorating and a party for 30 twelve year olds! I can't wait till November ( Read more... )

Today TJ and I went to see the doctor about starting the artificial insemination process. I have started prenatal vitamins and I have to do a temperature log during my next cycle to make sure I am ovulating properly. He wants me to do it for two months, then I will proceed to the next step. In the meantime TJ and I will be looking through donor ( Read more... )