Signing Off

Well, folks, it's moving day. We're moving to the country with NO internet access. It may be awhile before I post or check my email again...

Naughty List

Santa has a Naughty List and so do I! These are the people who will NOT be receiving gifts from me this Christmas:

1. The woman driving the mini van who did NOT wave at me when I let her pull out in front of me by the Red Brick Inn
2. Clix (the daycare photographer) who will be sending me a replacement CD "as soon as possible"
3. NYSEG who won't turn on the electricity in our new home until Friday, December 11
4. The nasty Verizon representative who did not answer my questions about their Internet service
5. Direct TV whose "system was down" when I called
6. Vinny G. from Lowe's who showed me where the closet rods were, but did not remind me to buy something to hook the rods to the wall with

More coming soon...

Thanks.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has offered to help us move. If you haven't volunteered and are worried about missing out on all the fun, don't fret! There's still time, and there is always room for one more. See you Saturday!

5 Months

Okay, so Owen is actually 6.5 months old, but we FINALLY got his 5-month photos from Clix. I do NOT recommend them. First, it took six weeks to get the photos. Second, I didn't even get th pose that I ordered. I've been trying to call the company, but no one answers the phone. I can't even leave a message. So my way of fighting back is telling everyone...Don't give Clix your business.

Enough complaining about the photos, I guess. This video, although sideways, is awfully cute. It was shot today.

House Update

Master Bedroom Closet

Master Bedroom

Living Room

(one word or two?)


84 Lumber Delivering the Supplies



Fireplace in the Livingroom
(one word?)

Reading Room

Owen's Room

"Daddy! When is this house going to be finished?"

Master Bedroom

Yep, it's PURPLE! Love it!

They call me Mello Yellow

Owen plays hard while we work hard on the house! He likes to look in the mirror of his Baby Einstein saucer, play the music, make the duck quack, and chew on anything that will reach into his mouth.
This is the master bedroom. The insulation is almost finished, and the contractors come on Friday to put up the drywall.

This is where the BEST range in the WORLD will be going. Lowe's messed up the delivery. (It's a long, long story. The managers and people in appliances know me by name now.) Our delivery is now scheduled for Wednesday. See that pipe above the garbage can? See that BIG HOLE in the pipe above the garbage can? That sends the heat from the basement to the upstairs bathroom. Good thing my mother-in-law put a hole in the wall so this situation could be brought to our attention. If she hadn't, we'd be heating the wall and not the bathroom.

Here's Joel putting the second coat on the dining room. The green spot on the wall is where I tested the color for the living room - GUACAMOLE!

I don't know what Joel is pointing at, but isn't Owen just the cutest?!

Two Teeth!

Happy boy before church! Showing off his two bottom teeth!
Here's a close up of those pearly whites.

He just kept giggling and giggling. He loves his Mama.

This one reminds me of Boots from Shrek2. How can anyone say "no" to those big blue eyes?

"What are you lookin' at? Can't a guy get a little privacy around here?"