Time to Catch Up

It’s amazing how busy you can get and not even really know it! But we’re back and it is time to catch up! I’m going to try to recap our lives as of late so it may seem a little random but here goes…

We got a new washer and dryer…woot woot! We did tons of price comparison shopping and research. We probably did TOO much research. It seems washers and dryers these days only last 3-5 years, this conclusion prompted us to by an extended warranty. Normally I’m against the extended warranty because I feel like I’m being taken and for the most part I probably am, but I’m just going to look at this one as an insurance policy – it will help me sleep better! Anyway, we decided on the Frigidaire Affinity. I really wanted this crazy Samsung set but I didn’t want to pay double the price so Frigidaire it is. We’ve had it for about 3 weeks and so far I’m really happy with it. It has some nice bells and whistles, wash cycles with options like steam, sanitize, and delicate. The best part – I can finish ALL our laundry in about 3 hours. The old washer and dryer took me one to two days to finish laundry! For Christmas this year I got a washer and Brett got a dryer. Let’s hear it for grown up Christmas presents! Hey at least they are prettier than the last ones...

Thanksgiving was great! We have so much to be thankful for and it was nice to take a day to really remember how blessed we are. My brother and his wife came to town for a week and stayed with us a few nights. We did all the touristy stuff, ate terribly, and even made a trip to Audubon Zoo. We even had perfect Thanksgiving Day weather high 70’s low 80’s, it was absolutely beautiful!

To follow Thanksgiving a friend and I went shopping on Black Friday, I knocked out all my Christmas shopping by noon. It was awesome! Brett even did a little Black Friday shopping of his own via Lowes.com. My mom had given us a gift card a little while ago and Brett figured it was a great time to stock up on tools and so now we are now the proud owners of a new saw, drill, and battery pack for the drill…

To top off our Thanksgiving weekend and get into the Christmas spirit we decorated our Christmas Tree! Isn’t it beautiful?! I obsessed about the color scheme for roughly 20 minutes in Target while Brett patiently strolled up and down the Christmas aisles. I FINALLY decided to go with a red and gold. This year's tree is SO much better than the sad little Charlie Brown tree I picked out last year!

I continued to spread holiday cheer by sending out our Christmas cards (before December 1st).  I LOVE our Christmas card! A good friend of ours was gracious enough to offer to take some family pictures of us and they turned out AMAZING!

Since my shopping is done, presents are wrapped, and Christmas cards have been sent the only thing left to do is to enjoy the rest of the Holiday Season...and blog!