Stroll away!

It's exciting that we live on a dead end road. I can just imagine in a few years letting the girls ride their bikes to the end and turning around.

Of course, we could make use of all of the baby strollers that we have purchased!

Shawna had to buy a new Maclaren stroller when Emmy was born and has used it only a few times! It's in absolutely perfect shape. Too bad our little princess prefers the older Maclaren that has the wheels about to fall off.

Barf.

Last night was truly from hell.

Graem got totally sick from both ends! The bathroom still smells like barf this morning and I'm exhausted and still had to go to work.

This is a job that would be perfect for a third wife.

I wonder if Shawna can find one on Craigslist.

Buying time.

Our computer is on the way out. I know it. It's actually been alive a lot longer than I would have given it. We got it when Graem was 1 1/2 years old. After she spilled a bottle of water on our last laptop!

Now we're in the market for a new laptop and thinking that the Acer Aspire is a pretty good deal.

We're not looking for something over the top and for the most part we don't do tons of graphics. Just basic email and website viewing.

Any suggestions?

Go Cornell!

Tomorrow we're going to have a basketball get together. Cornell has made it to March Madness and that's just about all I know.

I do know that they will be playing tomorrow. That we will be ordering meaty pizza and drinking lots of beer.

Then I am guessing that the day after the big party will be followed with a killer headache and me asking WTF I was thinking.

I can't see a thing!

The last time I went to the optical I asked our old guy to give me an adjustment. He went to the backroom and then I heard profanities.

He broke my lenses during the adjustment.

To say the least I was in deep trouble. I can't see two feet in front of me without my glasses and he didn't have any replacements in stock!

I know I should be smarter and have an extra set of eyeglasses on hand but who can afford that?

Zenni Optical offers amazing eyeglasses at great prices! In fact, The Examiner wrote a great review.

I think it's probably time that I move on from our old optical guy and find someplace that doesn't break my glasses and offers great eyeglasses at a reasonable price!

RIPOFF

Tonight I ripped out the cabinets above the existing fridge. It was somewhat liberating and we're getting geared up to get our new fridge, stove, washer, and dishwasher tomorrow.

YAHOO!

I can't wait!!!

It's time...

So I've made enough excuses about losing weight!

I've got to take it seriously. My parents have both passed away at an early age and weight loss would help anyone stay healthy and live longer.

I've talked about joining the gym and my excuse was that I wanted to get moved into our new house etc.

Now I don't have an excuse. So maybe today is the day!

The weekend...

was a blur.

Maybe it was all of the beer I drank! Or it could have been that so much happened Friday with the closing and the moving that I have blocked it all out!

Both Friday night and Saturday night L, David and Susan came over for dinner! Friday night we had pizza and Saturday L treated us to a delish Indian dinner.

Hopefully this week will go fast and we'll be able to have another great weekend!

Going natural.

We've been trying to eat better since we moved into the new house. It's still hard to get berries and fruit because they are so out of season and cost a fortune.

Of course, I've looked into natural fat burners too!

Not only are we eating more and more organic fruits and vegetables but if I can find something that's all natural and good for me AND helps me lose weight then I'm totally hooked!

Too little sleep.

I don't know why I have gotten into the habit of waking up at 4am. The past few weeks I wake up SO early and I'm not able to back to sleep. Even on the weekends when I don't have to go in to work.

I think it's partly stress...but then there's the house. I feel like there's so much to do and my mind just races. It's so easy to spend HOURS on the 3d program that I downloaded and I can't wait to get started with the kitchen!

Are you looking ...

for differin reviews?

I sure am! I've started getting acne at the prime age of 34. I never had acne growing up and now it is my time.

It has not gotten so bad that I have to consider medication. It's more embarrassing than anything!

Boogies everywhere.

We have been so sick lately. Graem was home from school three days last week because she was sick. Did I mention that this was in the middle of our move?

Yeah, it sucked. Horrible timing.

Now Shawna is down for the count. She has a horrible sinus infection and went to the doctor today to find out that she has pink eye too! She was given an antibiotic and Claritin-D.

Hopefully, it will start to kick in soon and she'll feel like her old self again!

5 more pounds.

I just stepped on the scale and I swear it's broken. At least I hope.

It said I weighed five more pounds than the last time I stepped on the scale.

Darn.

Maybe I should look into getting on some fat burners so that I can continue my fatty diet and lose weight!

Of course, I could eat better and move more...

House Virgins.

I must admit...I'm hooked to the Home and Garden channel. We watch "Holmes on Homes" and it's a pretty good show! But we LOVE "Property Virgins"!

Typically, we work on the house in the evening and then pop a few ibuprofen - then we lay down and watch more H&G tv!

Can't get enough.

Too bad Shawna won't let me apply for "Curb Appeal"

Owwwie.

I have absolutely horrible skin. I have had it ever since I was young and I'm pretty sure that someone in my family gave it to me!

The eczema is so painful at times and I have a horrible habit of scratching it until it bleeds.

Typically I get it around my elbows and around my lips. However, I also get it around my earlobes and the back of my knees.

Just writing about it makes me want to scratch.

"OWWWWIE" as Emmy would say!

We moved!

We're in our new house and loving it!

Although it's suppose to be smaller than our older house it seems so much bigger. The space makes more sense. Instead of the biggest room being a bedroom it's actually the living room!

Shawna's already started painting the living room and this weekend Dave came over and helped me put up the television.

Doors are ordered and appliances should be in Thursday.

Here we go!

Sales.

Shawna was born to have a sales jobs. In fact, every sales and marketing job she's had she's been awesome at. She's exceeded all goals and made very good money.

That's why we're talking about her going into real estate sales. She could still keep a somewhat flexible schedule, work weekends and evenings, and make some good money.

Still more conversation to be had, obviously, but I think we're going down the right road.

Yahoo!

I just did the calculations for closing costs, bank fees, etc. on the house and it looks like might have quite a bit more cash than I though.

DAMN....stuff like this never works out in our favor!

Could it be true? An extra $10,000 to put into our new house?

Stay posted.

GET ME OUT OF HERE.

I swear this is the year to leave upstate New York! If we were not in the middle of buying a house we would be heading out for another family vacation!

Right now as I look out my window I see about two feet of snow and little flakes coming down. I'm starting to question if spring will ever get here!

A few years ago we left all of this behind and went on a fabulous vacation to Cancun! We had so much fun at the resort and really loved taking advantage of the beautiful scenery and swim up bars!

KarismaHotels.com offers an easy-to-use website with some amazing vacation deals! In fact, I have my eye on the gourmet all-inclusive vacation. This might be just the thing to celebrate our fifteen year anniversary.

Minus the kids, of course!

Clean up and touch up.

At this point we're at a standstill with the packing. We've packed almost everything we can...but we still have the computer and desk that need to be packed up, dishes, bathroom stuff, and some linens. Then there's food....

We're trying to eat everything we can out of the cupboards and fridge but you can only do so much with mustard and garbanzo beans.

Seriously.

Freakin' out here.

We have no idea when in the hell we're going to close. Shawna's been calling our attorney and he's not getting back to her. We could be closing as soon as this Friday....

However, douchebag sellers house has yet to be cleared out AND he has about 4 feet of snow outside so he's going to have to shovel the driveway just to get a moving truck in!

Is this ever going to happen???

My aching back!

When I was pregnant I had horrible sciatica. In fact, many times I could barely get out of bed our out of a chair without having terrible back pain that ran all the way down my leg.

After I had Graem it seemed to get better.

However, there are still times when I feel my back spasm and I run immediately to the chiropractor!

I was very impressed with Hassel Family Chiropractic located in West Des Moines.





They are staffed with professional and seasoned chiropractors who know how to help in areas of headaches, PMS, and backpain.

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Back to the grind.

You've got to love Monday mornings. It was so hard getting out of the house today. Emmy was so snugglie and kept saying "nuggie"

She's become so snugglie and I feel like I'm catching up for lost time when she wanted nothing to do with me as a baby!

When I walked out the door this morning I could hear her crying.

Why can't we be independently wealthy like most of the other Ithacans?