Christmas was a blur and the boys got WAY too many toys. Before Christmas we cleaned out their toy boxes and the toy room to donate and make room for the new toys and I feel like it’s already time to do that again.
Chris and I don’t normally do “gifts” for each other. He is the kind of guy that is SO UNBELIEVEABLY hard to shop for. He wants something (within a reasonable price range)? He goes out and buys it-he doesn’t wait for the next big gift giving holiday to roll around. So I gave up and we don’t do gifts any more. But for Christmas, he surprised me and bought me a new sewing machine. Like a really nice new sewing machine. I think I’ve used it every day since. I love it!
Made reversible holiday basket liners for my mother in law by creating a pattern off the one and only liner she already had (it came with the basket when she bought it). They turned out awesome and fit perfect!
Making lots of adjustments on pants that don’t take into account that my boys have no butts.
The end of December I transferred to a new position in the company that I work for. Between new management and drama, it was time for me to change things up and take in some new "scenery". And I couldn’t be happier. Before, I was busy every now and then and only on certain days. But then I had days where I was finished with my work by 10 or 11am, which made the rest of the day pass extremely slow. It was excruciating just watching the clock tick as I slowly died of boredom. To top it off, my shift was 9am to 6pm, which meant I wasn’t getting home til after 6:30p, which also meant we weren’t eating dinner til almost 8p. It made for very late nights and super cranky people in our household. There were days when I was seriously questioning how much my job was worth to me, versus my family time and happiness. But now, it’s almost as if I have done a complete 180. I work from 7:30 to 4:30p (sometimes 8-5)every day which gives me more free time with my family. I’m telling ya, the difference that hour and a half makes on my life is incredible. I get along very well with the 3 other girls in my department and my manager. And I am busy ALL. DAY. LONG. I WANT to go to work every day because I feel like I’m needed. Plus it came with a monetary increase and gives me the option as a salary paid employee to get overtime if I want it. This was a huge change for me and so worth it. My days go by in what seems like the blink of an eye. (I seriously can’t even believe we are almost into the middle of February.)
January was a little rough for us. Within a 3 week time frame, all four of us got the flu. I got it the worst. I haven’t had the flu since I was in highschool, and I literally felt like I was going to die. I’d had it for a couple days and just when I started feeling better, the very next day it hit me 10 times worse. I can’t remember the last time I was on that many meds. An inhaler, liquid codine, mucinex, prescription ib profen and Tamiflu. I was GONE-not in my right mind at all. So I can honestly say I am grateful that month has come and gone. So grateful for my in-laws that took care of my boys a good portion of the time I was sick.
Boys got bunk beds in January also. We thought the reason why Cody wasn’t sleeping thru the night was because he was in a bedroom by himself. So we moved him into Clay’s bedroom with the new bunk beds and new Avengers bed sheets. It worked for about a day. :/
February so far, has been pretty uneventful. Except for Cody. Last week, Cody had a severe ear infection which hasn’t entirely gone away yet, on top of a small head cold. And yesterday we found out he is asthmatic. He will go back into the dr for further evaluation and possible testing to see just how bad/serious it really is and they are considering a daily medication to keep it under control. Sigh. Poor thing. Still in happy spirits despite the rough time breathing.
Can’t wait til Spring. Seems like we don’t get sick near as bad or as often when the weather warms up.
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