RANDOM HAPPENINGS

Hello everyone!

I normally don't do this kind of a post, may be I just need to vent and what better way that with my blogging friends. :) 

Life have been kind if insane around here. I have been absent from blogland more than I like, but my days for the last month have been full of errands, chores and just chaos.

I told my daughter the other day I feel like I am inside the washing machine on the spin cycle. :)

And as you continue reading this post, you will see what I mean.

First, I am very late this year getting our home ready for the holidays. I can very well say that Christmas has sneaked up on me. I have been trying to get our home decorated but it is going slow.

 I have also been trying to finish all the Christmas shopping.

Hard to get into the holiday spirit when you are driving around in your car listening to Christmas music 

with the AC on. :) Somehow, "Jingle Bells" and 80 degree weather doesn't feel right.

 But I am proud to say I am fully done and very happy with all my purchases. Yay!
Now I am concentrating on finishing the last details for our youngest son graduation from college. Steven is graduating with honors. We are so very proud of him!
Almost ready for this happy event!

And if life wasn't busy enough, things started going down hill two weeks before Thanksgiving when we had some severe storms coming through our city and we woke up to this.

 Yeah, that is the result of the brand new roof that was installed just five months ago!

We were so upset!  We paid thousands of dollars for a premium 30 year roof and this is where we are five months down the road. We spent that whole week dealing with more home repairs, roofer, painters, etc...

Will this ever end?

After the repairs, things slowed down for a few days until the Sunday morning before Thanksgiving when our two year old dishwasher decided to call it quits and flood my whole kitchen. The warranty had just expired two months ago.

Needless to say, that by the time all was said and done, it was cheaper to buy a new dishwasher than to repair it. 

So here is the new addition to our kitchen.

We are hoping that is the end of things breaking because right now I have my hands pretty full taking care of my husband. He had a serious dental surgery done this past Wednesday after he went to the dentist for a regular routine check up and they found a large cyst on his jaw. 

 Those two hours I spent in the waiting room all alone were the longest of my life.

He is having a hard time recuperating and we will have the pathology results next week.

Please, keep him in your prayers for good news on the results and for a quick recovery.

But not all is going to be bad news. 

Thanksgiving morning we had the best news ever!

Our son, DIL and baby J arrived at our house with a huge cardboard box. Me, being nosy, first thing I asked was what in the world they were carrying in that huge box?

My daughter in law, said "open it, mom" and when I did, this balloon flew right out of the box.

It is a girl, it is a girl, it is a girl!!!

That is all I could say for the first ten minutes while I gave myself a good cry and made everyone get emotional. LOL 

We were all so happy and excited with the news. 

Our first granddaughter! 

He due date is April 30th, which it also happens to be our daughter's birthday. :) 
We can NOT wait to see her little face!

And now that I let it all out I feel a little better. LOL
I apologize for not stopping by your blogs and comment as much as I would like. I hope things come down soon and our life will get back to normal.
Meanwhile, I wish you all have a wonderful weekend!
Take care