Finally!

Good grief, where does the time go?!? I have to think about what has happened since I last wrote. We are slowly settling in our house...and I do mean slowly. We still have a mattress on our living room floor that we use for our sofa. It was fun for a little while, but I am ready for a real couch. Although, it comes in handy when I make Scott "sleep on the couch." Not so bad for him. Ha! Just kidding. But, he did sleep on it last night because I've been sick and he didn't want my germs. Love ya, too! We did finally get our chair, which I love. Our couch will be red to match the red in the chair. We still do not have a fridge. (We have our old one in the garage, but the freezer in it is broken.) Our oven does not heat. I tried baking salmon (yes, I know...I tried to cook), and after an hour in the oven, we were still able to take the cookie sheet out with our bare hands. Now, it wasn’t my fault that meal did not turn out. Our washing machine does not work. We thought our dryer was going to be the big problem because we had to change the plug out (from a three prong to a four), but that was easy compared to the problems our washer has caused. It was just one thing after another with it. We'd fix one problem and then something else would go wrong. And those of you who know us well, know that neither Scott nor I are really "fixer-upper" people, so really, it's amazing we've done what we've done.

I bought a dimmer switch for the dining room. I really wanted one because the house we were renting when we first moved here had one. I thought it would be no problem switching the old one out, boy am I a moron! Scott and the kids were in the living room watching a movie and I was in the dining room thinking I would get this all hooked up and Scott would be so proud of me. And he probably would have been...until he heard me scream from the sheer trauma of an electrical shock running up my arm. Yes, I'll say it again, I am a moron. #1 on the directions says MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF THE POWER SOURCE. I did not do that. I let the switch hang from a thread for a couple days before I got up the nerve to try it again. Actually, I was on the phone with my dad (the genius) and he talked me through it. It works perfectly now. Thanks, Dad!

Last Sunday, Scott and I took a trip with Josh and Angela to Orlando for the Metro One Music Conference for Worship Pastors and their wives. Delaney came with us and Hayden got to stay here with family. We had a good time and met some great couples that I'm sure we will keep in touch with. It was really helpful for us to meet other couples who are doing what we are doing. I know Scott really enjoyed just brainstorming and bouncing ideas off all of them. I enjoyed talking with their wives and getting to know them and what their life is like. By the end of our trip we were sure missing our little boy. It was good to be back home with him.