Settling in and freezing......
Well, we are finally what I would consider settled in. There are a few things needed on the walls but other than that and some touch up painting, we're finally starting to breathe. It has been pretty cold here during the past few weeks. At first I decided that it didn't bother me at all. Even standing out in the yard with Ella for 20 minutes at a time when it's 2 degrees wasn't getting to me. I figured that it was a sign of being one day closer to spring......but.......I'M TIRED OF THE COLD!!! I'm sick of getting shocks from everything that I touch and never feeling like I'm truly warm. I don't remember it being this cold in Rochester. If it was, I was most likely inside anyway and had to spend very little time outside. Now, with going back to working outside of the house, things have changed. I just keep thinking that it's now the end of January and we've most likely got about 8 weeks left of winter.
Time seems to be flying! I'm sure this has a lot to do with me going to work every day outside of the house too. I'm glad to be out amongst the rest of the working world again. I really love my job. I do a variety of different things so it really makes the days go by quickly. There are things that I haven't done yet that I'll be tasked with too so I'm sure before you know it, we'll be opening the pool and starting the blender up again! I can't wait for that!

We've been spending some time with the kids for the past couple of weekends and have gotten together with Deidre and Dave for a few dinners and played games as well as be entertained by Gavin. Danny and Bub dug out their ice fishing gear that's been stored away for the past 4 years and went ice fishing last weekend with Dave. They had a pretty good day catching different kinds of fish. The only one who went home empty handed was Dave. Oh well, maybe next time. These are the kinds of things that we've missed and are happy to be able to do them again.

Danny has been traveling quite a bit for work. He's been gone for a few days each week for the past few weeks. It's tiring for him but it comes with the territory and so he takes it all in stride.

It seems like it's been quite some time since I've put any pictures on here so I guess I'll have to take some updated ones and post them. I'll take some of the house as well now that it's in liveable condition.

I'll post again soon!

Since it's been almost 2 weeks, I thought I'd better update my blog again. I know that there are some people still out there who check it every now and then. The past two weeks have been pretty good overall. Everyone is still healthy, thank goodness. Danny and I (well okay, mostly Danny) painted the entry way which was a lavendar color and the living room a pale sage color. It looks so much better than before. We also hung some pictures up so things are starting to look a lot more like home again. Danny mounted the television on the wall (which I was opposed to in Rochester) and it turned out really well. It makes the living room seem bigger. The only thing that is hard for me to get used to is the small bedrooms. We still haven't put a bed in the spare room yet but we'll get there eventually. We'll need to get things in place before Sharon and Willy ( our great neighbors from Rochester) come up to visit. We'll look forward to them coming up to Maine for a visit. We'll do all of that touristy stuff with them so that will be fun. I can't wait! I miss them terribly.
This weekend has been a weekend of trying not to feel stuck to the house doing chores. We had Christy. Carolyn and her friend over for dinner on Friday night and then ended up going out with Carolyn and her friend for a while and just talked. We haven't really been out for a while and although we almost choked to death from the cigarette smoke, we agreed that it was nice to be out and relaxing with friends. Today we took the dogs for a LONG OVERDUE walk on the beach today. It was a balmy 45 degrees.....not bad at all. The dogs were in their glory and it was really nice to get out and get some fresh air. We came back and met Deidre and Dave for dinner, a run to Walmart and Lowes and then sat in Dunkin Donuts and just gabbed for a while. It was nice hanging out with them. We ended up getting some replacement lights that Danny is replacing in the hallway as we speak.....so much for the chore free weekend, huh? Tomorrow, if the weather cooperates, the kids are all coming over to watch the Patriots game and have dinner. Danny will be traveling to Atlanta this week so it'll be a pretty quiet week for me.

My new job is going very well. What a differece for me over the other job! I really feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. I stuck it out at the other place because we really needed to put some money away but continued to look for another job. I'm proud of myself for sticking it out. That situation was pretty tough for me to hold it together but I guess I'm just too stubborn to give in. Everything has a way of working out though as we've been finding out lately.

So, things are fairly quiet for now. I'm sure it won't stay that way but for now I'll take what I can get. I hope everyone is well and I'll update you all when I have something to report. I'll at least update every 2 weeks though, even if it's quiet.