Just checking in. I think the sun is finally supposed to peak through tomorrow. My kids' swim lessons were canceled 3 days this week due to rain and thunder!
Zachary (the baby) turns 1 tomorrow! I can't believe how quickly the year has gone. Sigh. I know that he is my last, so this birthday seems to be hitting especially hard.
I wish I could upload some pictures, but my poor computer is so slow, I think it would crash for good if I tried to load anything from the digital camera. =(
The house hunting is taking an unexpected turn. We might end up building a house instead of buying a pre-existing one. Has anyone ever built from the ground up? If we build, we can get a bigger home on a bigger lot, but we'll have to commute 20 minutes to the older kids' school every day. It's really stressful trying to make the right decision!
I've taken a break from all cable news after Reagan's death. It feels great not yelling at the tv every day. I think I'm going to keep the tv off for a long while.
After a particularly tragic "updating of the house" experience last year, Mrs.L and I have decided that building a dwelling for ourselves is not in our future.
The best of luck with it, AM.
It's beyond ridiculous how they slid smoothly from funeral coverage to Bush-bashing over the non-issue of stem cell research and now, the phoney baloney 9/11 Commission. The lunacy just never ends. Arrggghh.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ZACHERY...How exciting that you are getting a new house...the last I heard you were disappointed because of the WalMart thingie...the best time to build a house is when you are young (we did a kitchen remodel three years ago and we are still traumatized when we think of it, lol)...and kids need a big yard and house. Is it possible you could car pool for the kids school? And also if you are moving to a growing community, it is possible that within five years a school will crop up closer to home.
We built 26 years ago. I'm glad we did, but it is definitely a project for the young, and I'd never do it again. Ours was custom built and it involved tons and tons of decisions. We're 75 miles from nowhere, so it took lots of windshield time running from showroom to showroom before decisions were made regarding fixtures, etc.