February 2010

I was hoping that this would become my pregnancy journal but no such luck as of yet. Although I have lost 10 pounds and hope to continue that until I get those 2 pink lines. The holidays were uneventful, but very nice. We spent New Years with Kevin, Brittany, Joe and his friend playing cards and eating. We have planned a vacation to the Outer Banks with Kevin and Brittany in May. I am very excited to be going away for awhile. I may talk to Neil's sister as we get closer and see if we can stop in her area on our way home for a visit. At least we keep in touch via facebook but it would be great if we could spend more time together in the same state. I don't know what its like to have a sibling and even though they didn't grow up together they need to keep that bond in tact since their dad doesn't seem to remember that he has 2 children and several grandkids. Sadly some people would say the same about Neil, but trust me he does remember that he has a daughter. He would rather that relationship suffer than deal with her mother. I don't agree but I do what I can to support my husband in that aspect.

Selling the house has not gone as we had hoped for, we really would like to get a bigger place and I would rather move now then when I am knocked up! We have about 2 months left on our contract and I have no idea what to do when late March rolls around. I like our realtor but he hasn't bothered to contact us since the first weekend in December. I understand that nothing is really moving right now except for foreclosures/short sales but a phone call once a month would be nice. I guess this gives me more time to get rid of stuff and pay more on the loan. Once the weather breaks we are going to finish painting the exterior of the house. We did the front last fall and it looks much nicer even doing the same color. Also we need a new back door and the trim in the kitchen needs to be redone. I hope to move some bigger things out to the garage now that it is cleaned out to give more space in the house and make it seem larger. Our house has a lot of nooks and crannies that I can store stuff in and I am grateful for that. Since the garage will never be used for anything more than storage, I should store more things out there! We should invest in a better lock and paint the garage too while we are at it. Now if we could get Paris (dog) to stop digging in the yard and the grass to grow where the pool was we will be set.

Until next time..........