Men's and Women's Brains

You all have to check out this video. It is so hilarious and so true. It helps me understand B so much better! :) http://marriageresourcecenter.org/videogallery/4/med/VideoWidget8.htm

Kansas Trip

We had a fun time going to Kansas last week to visit with family and friends. Ben even drove up from A-town for a day and a half visit! :) It's nice to be home in our nearly empty house. We lowered the price on our house and hope that it moves it quickly. We all want to move to A-town. Even Ben doesn't feel like he's "moved" to A-town -- he's just staying there. So the housing thing is on our minds a LOT but we've managed to have some fun and enjoy our sweet girls. J is acting like a pre-'tween (how did this happen???), M has a vocabulary that grows by the minute, and N is practically running everywhere and she just started to walk! Fun stuff!

Here are some current pics of them.

Still Kickin'

Hey all... we're still alive. It has been CRAZY lately and every member of my family has been to the doctor in the past 3 weeks. Yuck! But I think we're mainly better now. Poor M has a double ear infection now but surely that has to be the end of this cold/flu/sinus infection/ear infection/throat infection misery that has infested our household!

Our house has had several showings but no offers yet, unfortunately. Selling a house in this market is awful. We dropped the price some this week. We've found a house in A-town that we really like but can't do anything about it yet. B moved into a lovely (ha ha) little one bedroom apartment in A-town to start work this past week. It's anything BUT lovely and he's very lonely but he's loving his new job and he'll come home tonight after being gone all week and we are ALL thrilled! Being a single mom is SO draining. I don't know how people do that all of the time. I guess I'm spoiled because I have a husband that helps and when he's not here, I am extremely affected! :)

M and I were sick for Christmas which was miserable but we're going to make up for it next Christmas in our new house where everything will surely be fabulous! :) I keep telling the kiddos that. I really am anxious to just get moving and start our A-town life together! So that's all about us. I'm going to Kansas next week to visit my parents and attend my brother's fiancee's bridal shower, so I'll have a lot of people to hang out with and help with the kiddos. Yay!

I've felt pretty house bound with sick kids and then once they were better, pretty much all of my friends have had sick kids too, so the past few weeks have not been much fun. But it's 60 degrees today and for that I am grateful!!!

My computer died this week (2nd time in two months), so we bought a new computer that should be here soon. As long as my computer holds out, I will try to keep the blog more updated now.

My kind of holiday entertainment!

For those of you who know me, you know this is the ultimate kind of holiday entertainment for me! I hope you all enjoy this awesome talent!

Looking forward to a holiday break

Last Saturday we put our house on the market and yesterday we had our first showing. We haven't heard feedback about that yet but we're crossing our fingers that somebody will love our home enough to buy it very soon! I've been busy all week with errands and getting things wrapped and replacing the lights that had already gone out on our tree and making food for the church Christmas party and then... I got sick. Imagine that!

N has had something going on where she is happy all day and then won't go to sleep at night and then is grumpy the next day or two after that. It's been hard to not get enough sleep AND deal with my doll N being miserable for some reason. I'm assuming it's teething. Yesterday she was PERFECT again all day long! And went right to bed at bedtime. I hope she's back to her normal self for a LONG time! But now I have a cold and I'm sitting here with Natalie while the rest of my family is at church. I hate missing but I doubt anybody wants me spreading my germs around right now.

I am planning on going to A-town to house hunt next week. Anyone want to come with me??? :) B is busy finishing stuff up at work and doesn't seem to think he can take time off right now, so I'll have to go by myself I suppose. I'm anxious to get out there and see everything!

I'm going to miss my friends around here like crazy but I'm also anxious to just move on and start this next chapter in my life. Should be exciting!!! :)

I feel like I'm just waiting all the time for something to happen. I need to remember to live my life one day at a time! I'm so ready for a vacation to think about nothing but holidays, family, and fun!!!