A fun weekend!

Those pictures are from the snow we got last weekend. No snow this weekend, just a slightly warmer start the weekend and the more cold cold temperatures! We are looking forward to March - it won't be warm but it shouldn't be this cold!

We had a pretty good weekend. We took our first trip ever to IKEA. I thought it was going to be horrible - lines at the exit just to get to the store, going in circles looking for a parking space, etc. It wasn't that bad. The store is a little overwhelming but I feel like we were focused on what we wanted so it was a relatively fast trip. We got some new cabinets for our 1/2 bath/laundry room which will be really nice - people won't have to stare at our dirty laundry when they come over and use the bathroom. Andy also got a shelf to go above his desk so we can put things like pictures and such up there to get rid of a little bit of the clutter from the bookshelf. So we are still a long way from being organized but I don't expect to ever be fully organized. Saturday night we had a surprise birthday party and Sunday was Karen & Hugh's baby shower. So it was a busy weekend but while I was at the shower Andy installed half of the cabinets in the bathroom so that mess should be out of the way soon. Now we need to tackle all of the filing clutter to get ready for taxes! Maybe next year we will have some sort of filing system though I doubt it - that takes time and effort, day in and day out - we aren't very good at that. Maybe an decrease in paper clutter of 15% should be our goal.

Now we are back to work! I hope you had a good weekend and you enjoy the week. As always I am looking forward to Friday.

A trip to the hospital anyone?

Just in case you were worried I thought I would say up front Murdoch is not involved in any trip to the hospital. I thought this picture of Murdoch was cute and it would cheer my Mom up.

My Mom had knee surgery on Tuesday. She had her second knee replacement. My Dad said that the surgery went well but it is a long road of lots of pain and PT - she knows this after her experience with her first knee replacement. It is going to be a long road to recovery but in the end she is going to be in a lot less pain.

Apparently I had some sympathy pain - I ended up at the hospital on Tuesday as well - though nothing serious. I cut my finger on a can of diced tomatoes that I had just opened. I didn't have to get stitches because of where the cut was on my finger - too close to the bone - so they used glue. It is basically super glue for your body. So I have that and a splint which makes it very hard to do things because it is my right hand. Only a few days of this though so I really can't complain.

Cold, Tired, and Unmotivated

It is cold out and it is supposed to only get colder - the high on Friday is supposed to be 10! I don't even want to think about the windchill. The commute to work in that isn't pleasant. And getting out of bed in the dark, getting ready in the dark, and getting to work in the dark isn't pleasant either. January and February are definitely my least favorite months of the year. Every year I don't plan a March vacation to a warm destination I kick myself. Two years ago we went to St. Lucia and last year we went to Florida. This year I am just hoping for more sunlight and that these two months fly by. March isn't the best but somehow it seems promising but it is usually a tease.

I need to motivate to get pictures and videos off my camera but right now they are all dead which requires one more step before I can put them on my laptop which just seems like such an obstacle at the end of the day. Maybe it is because I look at a computer most of the day that it makes it hard to do it when I get home.

Thank you for listening to the complaining. I am looking forward to my three-day weekend. Murdoch goes to daycare on Monday and I have the day off which is basically the best day off ever - I know that may seem mean to many of you but I can get some things done and I can pick him up early to see him a little more that day so it is a win-win. Maybe I will actually finish painting one of the bookshelves in his room and we can actually put a few things away - it has only been over a year at this point - we are obviously not behind :) But the office is also screaming to be finished so I will see who screams the loudest over the weekend and on Monday. Maybe the office will get some love this weekend - I don't think I will be traveling outside too much when the windchill has a very good chance of being below 0.

MIA

So I haven't posted in about a month. It was a rough month so I am hoping that things settle down and return to 'normal'. Work has been crazy and then we had the holidays - Murdoch got the stomach flu and gave it to everyone for Christmas. So that really killed us - Murdoch wasn't in bed all day but I sure was. So we got through the holidays and then Ellen was just here for a visit which was great. So hopefully as we get back to our routine there will be more posts. Pictures are coming - again I just need to get organized! I hope you all had a wonder Christmas and Happy New Year! We are looking forward to a great 2009.