Zip it Ma....

Sometimes I should just keep my big mouth shut.

Stop jinxing myself. Just when I thought I had it made with Ava and her night time schedule she goes and changes it on me.
Kids.
Now she has started waking up at 10pm again for a late night snack only this time around she is M.A.D. And I mean mad. It is exhau....sting.
I don't get it. I guess I'm not meant to "get it".
It's what everyone says.."just when you think you have it figured out, they go and change it on ya."
Great.

Now my neighbor, my certifiable crazy neighbor, is having a "moment" outside. I swear, if he wakes her up I will have a fit myself. Then we'll all be screaming.

It's February!

I can't EVEN believe how fast time goes by now.
Hazel,sweet little baby Hazel is now 1. She is ONE. Wha? Really? Already? My goodness. She blows kisses, waves goodbye and hello, eats avocado, steak and mashed potato's. Formula is no longer needed. She takes baths in the big girl "real" tub. She knows sign language and has taken her first unassisted steps. (granted it was only about 3 or 4 but hey! she did them all on her own!!!) She has teeth!!! Teeth for crying out loud! She takes actual bites of food. Her two top teeth are huge and so stinking adorable. She is the cutest and happiest baby I have ever seen. (aside from mine of course)

And speaking of you Ava, you are changing and growing every second! I love it so much. You still scream for half of the time when ever Grandma watches you. I feel AWFUL for Grandma cause I know how exhausting it is when you are screeching and can't be soothed. Grandma says it's because you miss your mommy and daddy since you stop crying instantly whenever Daddy comes to pick you up. :) You just miss us huh? I can live with that just maybe some days you could give Grandma a break.

We try the rice cereal pretty much everyday but you still aren't too interested in it. It just sort of sits on your lips and you give me this look like "ummm...could you please get this stuff off my lips"

I set up your jumperoo...you last about 10 minutes TOPS. It's super cute though. Your feet don't come close to touching the floor. hee hee.

You are not much of a napper. You will take about 3 30 minute naps a day. This sometimes makes it hard for your mamma to get anything done. But that is ok...I like spending time with you WAY better than doing laundry and dishes. You do however, sleep straight through the night. Going to bed at about 8pm and sleeping till about 6:30. This makes your mom and dad SUPER happy.

You like lots of action and activity going on. The busier the better for you. Outside is still the most interesting and entertaining place for you.

You are putting EVERYTHING in your mouth. Including your new favorite thing...your hands.

You grab onto your feet all the time now and can roll over like a champ. You tend to favor your right side when rolling over.

You like to watch Mikey Mouse Club House but you are only good for about 30 minutes then after that the T.V. just isn't that exciting to you anymore. Which I guess that is a good thing. (but I have to admit that sometimes I wish you would be content to watch it for a little longer than you do)

I totally adore you Ava.


I mean, come on, how could you not adore this face. This adorable little face. With your hazel/blue eyes and little button nose that crinkles up when you smile.

.....sigh....
You make my heart swell Ava!

So....What else is new?

I have come to terms with the fact that I am one of those moms. You know the kind, the ones whose topics of conversations consist of her new baby and only her new baby.
Yep. That's me.


Ava is my world. She is so amazing to me and I love her so much it hurts. My heart actually aches when I look at her cute little face as she sleeps. A-mazing.


But as much as I am involved with her and the joy that I feel when I am with her I have to remember that there are other things going on in the world. There are other people in my life who deserve my attention as well. Time doesn't stop...it actually goes by faster than I ever thought possible. It seems that I wake up, blink once and find myself wondering what we are going to do for dinner because somehow the ENTIRE day has gone by and I haven't even thought about dinner. Today I actually planned ahead. I was at the store at 3pm with a specific meal planned. I felt pretty dang good about that.

So....what else is new?

Hazel, sweet adorable Hazel is now One. I CANNOT believe an entire year has gone by already. HOLY MACARONI! She weighs 17 lbs....she is now in the 3rd% for weight. She such a shrimpy. It's so adorable. We all went out to dinner at Outback for her birthday. I think I sat down for a total of 25 minutes. Ava was having one of her "don't even THINK about sitting down" moments. uugh. It was a hectic whirlwind of a dinner. It was fun but crazy. Hazel doesn't want to sit still and neither does Ava.

Oh yea.
I now have bangs. Not too sure how I feel about that decision.

Anyway...back to Ava.
She went to the doctor the other day. She is 25 inches tall and weighs 12.13 lbs. I think 8 lbs of that 12 are in her legs and the other is in her cute little double chin. You wouldn't think she was only in the 25th percentile for weight.


Thank you Ava for coming into my life.

Growing so fast!

My baby girl, my Ava, is growing too fast.

Ava, you are 4 months already.
You have gotten the hang of rolling over from your back to your belly but sometimes you seem to get stuck on your arm and are not sure how to get it out from underneath your belly. :)

You had your first major poopy diaper blow out the other day. Mommy's friend Danielle was here to witness the major flow of poop running down your leg. I have to say it was pretty nasty.

I LOVE how you sleep with your hands behind your head.

I still can't get over how amazing it is to be your mom. Everyday you change. You reach for EVERYTHING now and you are getting pretty good at grabbing things. Your control is still a little off but you are getting the hang of it.

You sit up (with support) so good now. You are going to be a scootin machine once you figure out you can support yourself of your arms. You already "climb" over your boppy but don't know what to do once you finally get over.


You LOVE to listen to music.

Outside is your absolute favorite place to be. Today we sat outside and watched daddy give Daisy a bath. You were as happy as a clam. Speaking of Daisy, your are starting to smile and giggle when you see Daisy and reach for her. I still don't think Daisy is too sure about you yet. She is very patient with you though and sits still so you can pet her.

You are as cute as you can be Ava Virginia Dolwick.
Mommy and Daddy love you to pieces.

Oh Ava...

Ava,
You are 14 weeks a 6 days. You change so much everyday.
You now will hold your head up and prop up on your elbows (kinda) to look at yourself in your mirror

You are sleeping about 10 hours each night and have worked your daytime napping into a pretty good schedule, I use that word loosely.

You no longer need your "net" in your bath tub. You seem to like this new found freedom by showing much excitement with your kicking legs.

I moved the shoulder straps up in your car seat and took out the head support. I'm so excited for you to get older but at the same time I don't want you to. It goes by so fast. I try not to plop you in front of the T.V. (even if it is Baby Einstein) so I can get some sweeping and laundry and dishes and blah blah blah. I try my hardest to do that while you are napping...since you now will nap in your crib. Yay! I want to be there to relish in every thing that you do, every second of the day. But some days......that is hard to do, my sweet pumpkin. Much to your mama's dismay.

Uncle Marc and Aunt Andrea were in town this week. We all went to your FAVORITE place, the Botanical Gardens. You slept through most of the day. Then we all went out to dinner. Your Aunt Katie, Uncle Dave and Hazel were not there to join us this time :( They are in Kansas enjoying snow for the first time in years. (yes...I'm jealous)

Let's see...what else?
You have formula on a regular basis now.
You are starting to grab at certain toys and bring them to your mouth. You have a slight affinity to giraffes's, maybe because you have about 7 toys that are giraffe's. Go figure.


You don't scream for tummy time anymore. In fact you are just about ready to roll over from your back to your belly. You just can't seem to get past your arm. :)


You are chatting more and more.
You are becoming very interested in Daisy, she still isn't too interested in you though. She will be once you start becoming mobile and tugging on her tail.

Just when I think I can't possibly love you anymore you do something that almost makes my heart explode.

You are so much fun Ava.

The end of a Year

2010 comes to an end in one day. I cannot believe that a whole year has gone by. It has literally felt like I blinked and it was over. So many things have happened this year. So many emotions and events have taken place in these 365 days.

January was a sad month. Andy's mom, a wonderful, loving and hilarious woman, was very ill. She had been sick for much of the latter part of 2009. On January 27 Virginia Ann passed away. It was a very hard month for Andy and his family and the days since then have been met with a silent sadness. I miss her very much and wish so much that Ann could have met Ava. I will make sure to tell her stories of her Grandma Ann with the huge heart and hilarious sense of humor. I'm glad Ava's daddy has her Grandma's sense of humor.

February was met with birth and new life. One week from Ann's passing my niece, Hazel Jane Anderson was brought into this world. A beautiful magnificent gift.
12 days later I found out I was pregnant. Wha?
That was quite the Valentine's Day gift. Surprise! Who would have ever thought?!
It was a very overwhelming couple of months here at the Dolwick house.

March brought the Michigan Haidle's. It's always so great to see them. I wish we could see them more often than once a year. That trip was met with celebrations and introductions. Kelli certainly has a way with babies...Hazel was as happy as she could be in her Aunt Kelli's arms.

April. I turned 37. Big Whoop. Next.

May. I started my babysitting job with Hazel. This was the beginning of a 3 month period in my life that I will cherish forever. I am so very thankful for those days and the time that I got with just Hazel. It was helpful, educational, magical, hilarious and it made me happy that I could help Katie and Dave. May also brought the end of my working for the next 4 months. I was put on "bed rest" because I have aa short cervix. They thought I might go into premature labor. BWHAAAHAHAHAHA! Whatever.
So that will take care of June, July and August. Not much going on those months. Just spending time with Hazel, progressively getting bigger and bigger and being broke as a joke. (whatever that saying means)

September. Aaaah. The beautiful month of September. Great songs about September. Great people born in September. One in particular...Ava Virginia Dolwick. 9/29/2010. 7.15 lbs. 21 inches. Born at 1:15 on a Tuesday afternoon. Man. What a day that was.
Ouch.

November. MOM MOVED DOWN!!!!! What a great early Christmas present. Mom moved down the week after Thanksgiving. I know it was a hard move for her. She has been with Sam and Kelli for 9 years. It was a very emotional time for all of them but I am so thankful and so happy to have her here. I love love love that Ava will be able to grow up around Grandma and Grampa. It makes my heart smile! Also in November Drew became a teenager. She had her 13th birthday!!!! Scott and Tina came down to see Ava and celebrate with Drew. I can't believe she is 13. She is so mature. She is such a funny girl. She is very witty and very smart.

And now......the end of a year. My baby is 3 months! 3 MONTHS!!!! My darling little niece is going to be 11 months in 2 days! What in tarnation?! Drew is 13! She is a teenager. She has a boyfriend, for like 6 months now?! Christmas was a blast. It was a strange holiday season....it just never felt like Christmas until Christmas Day. We were all sick for most of the month, Andy and I never got a tree, I had to work on Christmas Eve, Drew was sick and none of us spent the night at Katie's. So strange. Babies sure do take up alot of your time. We broke a family record and opened presents until 10:03.... broke the record by 3 minutes. Not really because of all the gifts but because we took about 25 "breaks". Drew was beside herself. She was quite the trooper. She was a pretty patient 13 year old.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and I am not working for the first time in 10 years. I'm in unfamiliar territory. I'm not sure what we will do but what ever it is it will be perfect because I will be with the people I love.

This cracks me up!!!

I laugh out loud every time I look at this picture.
I love you my little goofy baby!

my oh my

Hello Ava,
My how you are growing.
You are 6 weeks and 6 days. I Can't believe it. Some days it feels like you just arrived yesterday while other days it feels like you've always been in my life.

Your hair is starting to thin out....much to your mama's dismay.

You are starting to make a few "baby noises" It's nice to hear something other than your hunger screams.

You don't really follow toys let alone focus in on them but you do follow people and faces. You look at us intently when we are talking to you. You watch Drew as she dances around the house.

You seems to love being on your changing table. You smile and coo constantly.

You don't go to "bed" until about 10pm. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to put you down. You still seem to like to be swaddled and in your "positioner". So when I haven't washed your postitioner it is a challenge trying to get you to stay asleep.

I love every single second with you Ava. Every single one of them.

Tonight we went out to dinner with your Aunt Tina, Uncle Scott, your two cousins.. Addey and Koby, Drew and Daddy. Then we walked down 5th Avenue while we ate ice cream. You were mesmerized by all the lights. You just stared at all of them...so content. I love the reactions from people when they see a little baby....It's like they have never seen one before. It's fun to watch them oooh and aaahh over you.

You change so much every day Ava. I'm so glad that I am able to be at home and watch each and every change.

I love you Ava baby.

5 Weeks.

Today you are 5 weeks old.

You are so adorable.
You are awake most of the day now.
You have baby acne.
You smile at the mobile when I play the music.
You eat like a champ.
You weigh 9 lbs 10 oz, your cousin weighed 9 3 oz when she was 2 months (crazy)
You grew one inch and have "exceptional head control and neck strength" Doctor's words.
You like to fall asleep on your daddy's chest. This makes my heart melt.
I love you Ava Virginia.

It's Fall

Well it is Fall here in SWFL. That means nothing to me.
Seriously. There is no crispness in the air. No leaves changing colors. No pumpkin patches that sell apple cider and apple donuts.
Nothin.
It's hot. It's humid and the pumpkins rot.
yay.
I guess I really shouldn't complain. It isn't healthy and there isn't ANYTHING I can do about it. It's where I live. I made the choice to move here. So I guess I should just shut up and learn to "live with it"
......sigh.........

Don't get me wrong. I'm beyond happy that I live here. I wouldn't change that for the world. My family is here and I found my true love here. I gave birth to my daughter here. My adorable niece is here. It's a no brainer to live here. But I REALLY miss the seasons and fall is my absolute favorite season. When I win the lottery I'm going to plan a mass family move up north. A bird pooped on me and Ava today.....apparently that is good luck so I'm going to go buy a lottery ticket tomorrow. ( I hope it's a 24 hour kinda good luck)

Anyway, I guess I get a little cynical when I have friends up north complaining about snow or posting pictures of them and their families at pumpkin patches in sweaters and cups of cider in their hands.
.............again, sigh...........

Drew graduates form high school in 5 years. Maybe by then we will all be ready to move away from the humidity and heat.
A girl can dream can't she? Ava will only be 5. She won't be emotionally devastated if we move away at that age. It's perfect. The 5 year plan.

Just a few more things...

Just a few more things to jot down for you Ava. Although you won't read this for about 20 years...and who knows if this blog will even be available in 20 years I still don't want to forget these things.

You are 3 weeks and 2 days old.

** your sleeping is getting better but your spit up is becoming more and more like your cousins....

** We didn't have your name picked out until the doctor asked what your name was. We didn't know. I told your dad to look at you and see if you looked like an Ava Virginia or an Alison Harper.....he picked the right name.

** We thought you looked like an Eskimo when you were first born. Your eyes were black, black as coal.

** Your daddy sings to you all the time and takes you for walks outside with Daisy

** You dream all the time and when you sleep you make the cutest squeaking noises. you also smile so much while you are sleeping. I know this because I stare at you while you are dreaming away. I can't get over how adorable you are.

** Your sleeping "schedule" is on a regular pace for now. That is you wake up every two hours during the day but you sleep for about 4 hours at a time at night. This is VERY helpful to your mama.

That is about all for now. I can't wait for you to be more "awake" during the day...I think.

I'm tryin'

I know that Ava is only 2 weeks and 3 days old and that patience is a must at this point in time but it is so hard when she has her sleeping schedule is all backwards. She has done very well today at staying awake and I have tried to be diligent in waking her up every two hours...if she happens to be sleeping. Sometimes though she WILL NOT wake up. I don't care what I do. Last night was a bad night. She was up from 11pm till 3. Woke back up at 4, went down at 6 and then slept until 9. I mean, come on! I hoping for a better night tonight. I'm trying very hard to start some sort of "routine" for her. We both need her get a better sleeping schedule.

Things I don't want to forget

Dearest Ava,

Life goes by so quick and so many things happen day to day that I don't want to forget these little things.

*** You had your eyes open 30 seconds after you were born. You gave us all the one-eye when you were about 30 minutes old. You gave us all quite a laugh.


*** you are two weeks old now and when you are "rooting" for some food I sometimes put you up to my face and let you root on my cheek. I like to pretend you are giving your mama kisses.

*** You make the cutest little squeaky noises when you are napping during the day. Which, by the way, you do too much of during the day and not enough at night. Your mama is trying to break you of that habit but you seem to really like your sleep. Taking after your mom on that aspect.

After you were born I ate more for lunch than I think I had in days put together.
* a cheeseburger
* 4 chicken tenders (which your Aunt Katie and Grandma fed to me while I was being put back together)
* 4 cookies
* 2 ginger ales
* 2 cups of ice chips
* 3 jugs of water
* bag of potato chips
* half a subway sandwich
* Turkey dinner (Poor Andy ordered it for himself and I ended up eating it all)
* dried apricots
The list goes on and on. I was hungry.

*** You had to be taken to the nursery for an x-ray an hour or so after you were born because you were having some trouble with your respiration. You were gone for about 30 minutes. Your dad and I tried not to worry but it was impossible not to. Turns out you just had some fluid left in your lungs and it just needed to be reabsorbed into your body.

*** I love love love your little bow shaped lips and your head full of beautiful brown hair with highlights...

Today was your first visit to the church. Everyone just ooo-ed and aahhed over you. Can you blame em?

You are a good baby, you only cry when you are hungry and then you scream more than you do cry....sometime you even screech.

I love you more than you will ever know Ava. Now I get it, now I get the strength of a mother's love.
I love you mom and am so thankful for you and your love.

A day to remember

It was Monday September 27th. We had just finished having dinner with everyone at Outback. Andy and I were driving to Physicians Regional Hospital so I could check in to be induced for labor and I was starting to get nervous. The kind of nerves that I used to get when I was little right before I went on stage for a ballet performance. My body all filled with excitement and wracked with nerves. All eyes were going to be on me. This was MY big moment. This was it.
We checked in and got settled. At about 9 pm they gave me the cervadil which was meant to help soften my cervix and hopefully urge my body to go into labor on it's own. That was not the case. Something in the cervadil was causing the baby's heartbeat to act erratically. They gave me oxygen and told me to lay on my side.

Then the other side, then my back. Nothing seemed to work. It was uncomfortable to say the least. Thankfully 2 1/2 hours later they took it out with the hopes that I would go into labor on my own. If I didn't by 5 am they would start the real stuff and hook me up to the Pitocin.
I really was hoping that I would go into labor on my own. I mean after all, I had been on "bed rest" for the past 5 months because I had a short cervix and could go into pre-term labor. HA! So much for that theory.
By midnight my contractions started to come. They were painful but manageable. Needless to say by 5 am it was obvious I needed a little help, so in went the I.V. of Pitocin.
After that the contractions started to get unbearable. Nothing seemed to help. I just kept waiting for my water to break. For something to happen. Something other that the INTENSE pressure and pain I was feeling.

This didn't help.
By 7 am nothing had happened so the doctor broke my water. What a weird feeling. Katie and Mom had shown up by then and I had Katie, mom and Andy all trying to figure out the best way to keep me comfortable. I can't even express how much that meant to me. I was in crippling pain and just couldn't think by then. The contractions had intensified so much that it was taking everything out of me just to get through them.
Katie brought me ice chips, butterscotch candies, tied my hair back into pony tails or took it out, put chap stick on my lips. She was amazing.

Andy rubbed my back, wiped my face with a cold rag, held my hand and never left my side.
ANd just having my mom there was so important to me, even if she hung out behind the curtain the whole time of the delivery ( I can't blame her though, from the stories I would have too)


From 7am till about noon I was in agony. Not to mention EXHAUSTED. I hadn't slept the night before so I was running on no sleep and no food and I was having contractions about every minute or two apart. It felt like I had no break. At one point I looked at Andy and said I couldn't do it anymore. It was getting to be too much. So I asked to nurse to kindly take the pain away. She had the bright idea to check me to see how far along I was. I was 8 cm. She said, " you're at 8 , you've gone this far. It won't be much longer now" HA!!!! man do they know how to stretch the truth.
Anyway, I took her advice and stuck it out. In retrospect I am glad I did. My delivery was so difficult that I think if I had gotten the epidural me and the baby would have been in big trouble. I had a hard enough time pushing when I could feel something. I probably would have fallen asleep if all of a sudden the pain went away.

I won't go into details about the labor but lets just say that on Ava's hospital records it says that she had a "difficult transition" and mom and Katie had anxiety that night because the images kept replaying in their head. ANdy even had to look away at one point. Ava's shoulders got stuck in my little hips. But aside from all the pain, exhaustion, and momentary concern Ava Virginia Dolwick was born at 1:15pm on Tuesday September 28th.

At some point I will write all the little stories and memories of that day. I will write it for you Ava.
It was the hardest thing I have ever put myself through. I was spent of everything I had but every time I look at this little angel I don't even remember the pain. All I see is love. All I feel is love and joy.

My world has has changed

Dear Ava,
You have changed my world.
You have made me feel something I never thought I would.
I look at you when you are sleeping (which today has been ALL DAY) and my
heart aches. I love you so much I'm not even sure how to describe it.
You are only 1 week and 3 days old and you amaze me everyday.
I am thankful you have come into my world and changed it forever.

Almost There....

It's Sunday afternoon and Andy and I are spending the day together as just the two of us before the fourth addition to our family arrives.
We check into the Women's Center tomorrow night at 7pm to begin the pregnancy induction process. By Tuesday afternoon, if all goes well, we will have our little monkey live and in person.

It's so surreal. I am amazed that I have not gone into labor yet. With all the "short cervix, take it easy" mantra these past 5 months I was sure I would go into labor early and on my own. Go figure. You just can't plan these things at all. I'm so excited and so nervous. I'm going to be a mom. It's so strange. But in a good way. :)

We are hoping to go down to the beach this evening to take some one last time belly pictures. I hope the weather holds up. The baby room/bedroom is all finished. We are as ready as we can be. Now all we need is the little one to come and join us.

paint stinks.

Paint really stinks.







Glad I'm not in that room. But thankfully Andy, my dad and Drew are trukin' along. I'm very thankful and very lucky to have my fabulous family.

11 Days

I have 11 days to go.

11.

The baby is still moving around in it's tight living quarters. I went to the doctor last week and I am still just 1 cm. I weigh 138.5. Now instead of everyone telling me to "take it easy" and stay off my feet, I'm being told to "get up and walk". I've had 4 months of relaxing, I don't really want to get up and walk now. I feel heavy and my feet hurt. Waa. Waa. Waa.

Anyway, Today was busy day at the Dolwick household. Andy got the computer desk up and running. All wires hidden like a pro.

Living room all set up. CHECK.
Stroller put together. CHECK.
Highchair up and ready. CHECK.

We are painting the bedroom tomorrow and then the crib will go in. We're painting it "Dream Catcher" Blue. It's almost white....I like it though. I hope it looks good on the walls.
Things are moving fast now. It's so crazy. This little baby will be out in the world before we know it. It's getting to the point now where if I call my mom or Katie they automatically ask "Is it time to go to the hospital". I will welcome that day. I am nervous to be a mom but my body is so ready to start getting back to normal.

Andy and I had a great day today. It was productive and it nice to spend time with him. He works so much and so hard that I cherish these days together.
Drew came over after a day with Makayla. SHe is at the age now where she spends most of her time in her room, on the phone with the door closed. I thought that stage came so much later in life. It's true what they say....they grow up so fast.
She got her Halloween costume tonight too. She's gonna be "Robin-da-Hood". hmm. Andy and I weren't too sure about it at first. She put it on for us and she looked really cute. You never know with these costumes these days...they are all so "sexy". Sexy lady bug, Boxer Babe, Sexy Cleopatra. It's ridiculous. But Drew's costume was very cute and looked nothing like the boobalicious woman on the picture of the package. PHEW!

Andy and I are still working on names for the baby. We are pretty set on a boy name but the girl name is proving to be more of a difficult task than I thought. We probably won't pick one until the baby is born.

September

It's September.
I can't believe it is September already. I am now down to 24 days until the projected due date.
HOLY COW! 24 days. Say it with me. Twenty four days. That's nothing. I will say I'm ready. There are still a few things left to do to prepare. Like take the car seat out of the box. That could be helpful. I do, however, have the changing pad ready to go...so I'm all ready for those kazillion diapers.

Although I am "ready" I have given this baby specific instructions to at least not come until the 17th of Sept. That is when Grandma arrives. It is getting tight in there for him/her which makes for a very uncomfortable mama. The ultrasound tech wasn't kidding when she said I would feel EVERYTHING.

September is filled with many activities.
1. Hazel's 7 month birthday

2. Mom is coming down

3. Dave's parents are coming for a visit.

4. Dad went to Canada

5. Ann's birthday is Sept. 13

6. Jay Bird's birthday is the 18th

7. Leeann's birthday is the 24th

8. Kelli's birthday is the 29th

9. Hazel got her first cold

10. Hazel FINALLY said "mama"

11. And I just ate a whole 24.5 oz jar of Mandarin Oranges. (and now my "geographical tongue" is mapping the entire world.

12. Oh yea... tomorrow is Labor Day. Andy and I are going to be "laboring" around the house.

Tuesday

Today is a busy day. Safelite is here to install a new windshield on my "new" used car. Something I probably should have gotten fixed before I signed the contract but I was a little too gun-ho about having a car that I just brushed it off. Andy was just shaking his head in defeat. He knew ( and verbalized) that I shouldn't pay anything until I had them replace the windshield but again I was too sick and tired of not having a car. I should have listened to Andy...would have been one less thing to worry about. :)

Mike the Maytag man is making his 4th visit to my house in the last couple of months to replace the same part on my washer that is only 8 months old. So much for the Maytag man sitting around eatin bon bons....not when we now have mandatory "Energy Efficient" appliances. Where all the little energy saving electronics are so sensitive that they break if you breath on them. I'm just going to get all the work orders from him and return it for a non-energy saving machine. Cause this no washer thing for weeks at a time isn't saving me jack.

Andy is going to finish sanding the floor today...damn tile. What a pain in the RUMP. I can't do anything to help and I hate that feeling. It's so, well, useless. I'm excited for the floors to go in...I think it's going to look awesome. :)

Once the washer is fixed I have 8,000 loads of laundry to do, clean out the fridge....and I mean CLEAN.... dust, read, eat and maybe take a nap. See, I told you it was a busy day today.