Blurrrr

Life's a blur! Work is busy for both of us and Josh is on a very long stretch at work without any days off. 70 hours in a week makes for a happy paycheck but little time at home...we miss him and I feel bad for him because I'm sure he's exhausted. Personally, I would trade the "happy" paycheck to have my sweetie at home with us. That said, I am of course thankful for both of our jobs. Many don't get the opportunity to have more hours than they know what to do with, so I'm thankful for the blessing of that!
The cute thing is that Noe says "dada dada dada" now and was saying it yesterday at work with me. I think she misses him too!

Of course, she's a mover and shaker that little girl of ours. She was in her pack in play the other day and it has the bassinett portion (I mean had now) in it. She got up on her knees, then shortly after on her feet and then was on my desk. So, she's down in the pack n play now. It never fails, at home when she is in the LR, she crawls into the kitchen. I don't know the attraction in there for her, but she does it constatnly.

Starting in a couple of days, the dig begins for our add-on to make the kitchen bigger. I really look forward to a kitchen that suits our needs, but not the mess tha accompanies it. I'm hoping for a quick turnaround so we can be functioning in a kitchen without projects hanging over our heads!

I'm yearning for at least warm weather again. Truthfully, I yearn for the aqua water, sugar-white sand of the Gulf of Mexico! I have missed it since I left there several years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if one day Josh and I purchase a second home there (WAY DOWN THE ROAD--when we are older and possibly retired). As much as I can't stand winter, that souds more appealing all of the time! We will be the Florida snow bird retirees that take walks at the beach and play on the golf course.
I like Illinois (used to like it more), but with the craziness and taxes here...I like it less lately.

I'm excited to see our friends again. They are coming here for the kitchen build! It will be more exciting this time around with more kids!

Well, I'm off to do really exciting tasks like balancing the checkbook and maybe some laundry, grocery shopping, vacuuming etc... Don't be jealous of it!