Pioneer Day...

We got the electrical problem fixed. :-) Now I can run all the appliances I want with the AC. I wish we would have been smart and suspected the breaker was bad years ago!

We have been tossing around the idea of getting a new furnace too. Sadly ours is about 30 years old and very out of date. (they don't even use these type anymore) It is also putting off 12 parts per million of carbon monoxide when it is heating our house. Scary when you think that a tiny baby or a child is a lot more susceptible to the deadly effect of this gas. If we were to get one the tax credit would not help us more than about $400 because we never owe taxes at the end of the year (Deric makes sure that only the necessary taxes are taken out throughout the year to give us the most money each month to utilize.) So, we are tossing it around...I am mostly worried about the kids and their little bodies. I also think it would help with how worn out I am during the winter to have our air filtered better and have no noxious gases in the mix. So...we are thinking this may be beneficial. (Since we don't know at what time it will totally die on us too! It is a ticking time bomb...) Tuesday they will be coming to give us a quote on it.

Also, Tuesday we are having our fridge towed away for $30, and we got a $20 rebate from the electric company for getting a new fridge. It seems we are spending a lot of money. :-( We are utilizing all the "deals" though, since these are unfortunately necessary costs. Yay for being a responsible adult with a house! haha.

Today is Pioneer day here in Utah. Which means Deric had the day off, and he helped with the Ham Radio communications side of things for the parade in SLC. He had a good time, and was on tv several times. Fun stuff. We didn't really do anything else that was interesting. I suppose we could go to a rodeo tonight if we wanted to. I went grocery shopping. I got shredded cheese for 99cents a package today and stocked my freezer for the next 6 months--that's a better deal than case lot! I also stocked up on cereal for the next 6 months for $2/box. Which is pretty good considering most name brand cereals are about $4/box. Again, what an interesting life as a Mom and responsible adult. ;-) I love it though, I wouldn't change a thing. Ooo, I also got a raspberry Entenmann's danish today. Heaven.

I stepped on a ridiculously gooey wad of gum in the Walmart parking lot today wearing my favorite flip flops. Gah!

I painted mine and River's toe nails today and shaved my legs. Haha, maybe I subconsciously know I am bound for the delivery room soon...haha!

Electrician

Today an electrician is coming to replace our breaker. We have had issues with not being able to run the dryer and washer at the same time with the AC...or the oven and the dishwasher with the AC...and it is getting *obnoxious*! So, hopefully this fixes it now. :-) We also think it might have been the reason for the fridge going bad...all the power failures that happen because of it. (surges might have made that part bad.) Anyway, so that's fun.

Got music for the blooper reel; some royalty free silent movie music. Fun stuff. Today I am starting on the "finale" of the video....off to work!

Ginny has a boyfriend!?!

Okay, I am totally shocked at the sudden development of my very guy-stubborn sister, Ginny, finding herself the *girlfriend* of a 25 year old guy named Wayne Jackson! WHAT HAPPENED? I really am in shock. I had a hard time focusing on starting my segments for the Trek video last night. Wow...the funny thing was that she confided all this information to Deric and not me...huh. We will see how things develop...

Today, I deep cleaned the bathroom, am folding laundry, cleaned the kitchen, and will be looking for my breast pump, bottles, and boppy cover in all the boxes downstairs. Maybe I will even get to finishing the packing up of Deric's junk. (probably not, considering I need him for the final stuff and he is only interested in doing the Trek video when he gets home. So...yah.

This could very well be the last full week we have as a 3 person family. Wow.

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Yah, I don't think anyone is reading this anymore. Oh well...it does me good to write what I am doing for journaling purposes.

Getting used to the fridge...it's different. Just worked on finishing the basement a little this morning, and the Trek video tonight after we got home from the meeting. I am in charge of doing the bloopers, the separate "overview" video, and the ending "recap" video. I worked on the bloopers tonight. I need to find a song that works.