This and That

Over the past month or so, as I have slowly been neglecting this blog, I have been formulating various topics in my brain that I want to eventually write about . . . our house, the kids, our visits with various people, my trip to Montana . . . but I'm to the point that I don't even know where to start.

So I'm going to start simple. Here is a brief run-down of some small things that have not been mentioned lately:

1. I bought a new dining room table that I've had my eye on for quite awhile at a VERY good price. Here is a picture of one that is similar . . . like this one, mine is two tone and counter height, but mine came with only six chairs. There is a hidden leaf built into the table underneath, so the table can be expanded to accommodate quite a few people. It's awesome. Thanks to my Costco connections (i.e. Heather's mom, Kathy), I got the very last one in the store at nearly half price . . . and it was already assembled, so Brian didn't even have to put it together. What a deal! But, I have to admit, Heather purchased the exact same table before I did, so now we have matching tables. I know, I'm a dork.


2. I sold our other dining room today, also for a VERY good price on Craigslist, and I just posted the ad yesterday. For those of you that are not familiar with Craigslist, it is an awesome way to buy and sell used items in your area for free. Just go to http://www.craigslist.com/. Over the past few months, I have used craigslist many times, as we have bought two strollers, a swing set, and a mower, and we've sold a mower and now the table. It's basically like putting an ad in the newspaper, but it doesn't cost a penny. So, Brian is going to be psyched to come home from work to a garage without a dining set. He HATES when I clutter up his garage

3. This weekend I'm going to get Charley signed up to start pre-school next year. Can you believe that Charley is old enough to start preschool? Where does time go?

4. Brian will be heading out in about two weeks for a guys' ski trip to Lake Tahoe. I can't wait to hear the stories. It just cracks me up because every year they go to bed earlier than the year before, drink less than the year before, whine more about how sore they are on day two, three, and four, and vow that somehow the next year is going to be different. I hate to be the one to tell you boys, but you are all just getting OLD!!!!

5. Our schedule is now free of guests, so you better make your reservation while you have the chance! I've heard some vague rumblings from various people about trips they would like to make out here, but nothing has been confirmed except for Christmas 2008, so start booking!

6. The kids' colds are slowly improving. Charley has been a good sport about letting us clean and dig around in her ear the past couple weeks, and I think it's finally starting to pay off. Zander still constantly has snot-rockets coming out of his nose, but I think we are on the tail end of that. But hey, this is the only time they have been sick since August (nice change for once), so we'll take it!

I guess that's about it for now. Yesterday I sent out four albums of Snapfish pictures to everyone, so if you didn't get them for some reason, drop me an email and I will resend them. Slowly but surely I will get caught up here.