Well I finally figured out how to get back and blog. Here's a quick update:

WInter is finally over....I think.

That about sums it up.

I am a writer

Has it really been almost two months since I last blogged? Can't be true....I must have blogged somewhere.

So much as happened....the addition is done and we use the hot tub every day. We had avery nice Christmas and New Years and now the Packer are in the Super Bowl! It sure makes the winter go a little faster.

Speaking of winter...it seems like everyone is getting blasted with winter weather. We are getting some but not as much as some poor folks.

Yesterday was Pete's birthday. Breanna wrote him a beautiful letter. She came home from school and wrote it in about five minutes. I asked, "How did you write such a nice letter in such a short time?" Her answer: "Mom, I AM a writer."

We have had the hot tub filled four six days and I have been in it everyday! Thr room itself is pretty much done. The contractor has to come back to seal the grout next week and we also have to see if the minisplit works. So far, with the heated floor and the hot tub, the room does not need heat!

I still need to get a couple chairs and will probably go the wicker route. We also need a storage basket for towels. I was going to make a picture to hang but with the moisture I am rethinking. Perhaps a mural? We will see.

This morning I sat out in the tub and it had snowed. I felt like I was in the mountains, sitting outdoors. I am so happy with the the room.

We have a busy weekend. We have to get a tree, do some shopping and there is a neighborhood Christmas party Sat. night. Sunday is church and then the game of course.

We put together shoe boxes for the shoe box drive. We ended up with five boxes! This is the first year we did it and I think we will do it next year. I am going to try to pick up hats and gloves after the holidays when they are on sale for the boxes next year. We also included shirts. The guys got wallets, small tools, and flashlights. The kids got toys. All got candy, hats, gloves and socks.

Nothing puts my in the holiday mood like giving to someone else.

Checking my last post I see I predicted a 20% chance of the hottub working last week. Well, the electrician did not come until this week. He is still not finished but should be soon. Pete stopped at the hot tub place to see how to run the hot tub.

He came home and we decided to wait until the electrician was ALL done (not mostly done). He tried out the mini split and it did not work. Checking the manual it looked like we did not get the right model number. He thought we got only the cooling unit and not the heating unit which is the main reason we got the mini split. Fast forward to today, and the contractor thinks the heat pump is in the outdoor unit, not the indoor unit which is how these things apprently work. The electrician still has to hook it up so that is why we could not get it to work last night. Whew! I am still not sure if we got the right unit....

Pete is home sick today with some tupe of tummy issue. I hear a lot of moaning coming from the bedroom as he tries to sleep. Poor baby...

Thanksgiving went well...Pat brought more turkey legs, Alex brought a bunch of pies, Mom brought her ham and a bean dish which the dogs got into, and Betty brought rolls. Pennie brought Maggie who was very good and liked to look out the window. (Maggie, not Pennie)

Alex lost his itouch and it ended up being my fault because he had set it ontop of the newspaper ads which I put in the basket not seeing the itouch. Once I found out where he last saw it, I checked the basket with the papers and sure enough, the itouch was in the bottom of the basket...whew!

I did the same thing with my hearing aids. I set them on top of my nightstand (usually I put them in my jewelry box), went to clean off the nightstand later and accidentally threw away the aids! I just happened to need them shortly after and went to check the garbage, which is full, and there they were, sitting on top! "Thank you God!" I said aloud....another whew!

I think this means I am not supposed to throw things away, could it be? No, I need to be more carefull. So hard when one has a hard time seeing.

Luke had a blast playing with his cousins.

A good day.

It will be a busy week. The addition should be pretty much done if the electrician comes on Tuesday. He may not because of deer hunting.

The hot tub guys came and unwrapped the hot tub and discovered it was placed wrong so they turned it and now there is floorboard exposed where there should be tile. We held off hooking up the hot tub until the floor is fixed. After they left I realized the inside color is not the color we ordered. I called them but they insisted it is the right color. Doesn't matter, because it is the right model number and I think I like the mistaken color better anyway. It does bother me they would not admit their mistake. Pete came home and said it was not the color we ordered so at least I am not going crazy.

Earlier this week Pete said he was going to cut a pipe while trying to fix the toilet but first he had to stop at Home Depot after work. As soon as I heard him say he was going to cut something, I called the plumber who came out and fixed it in 20 minutes.

THe deck has to be totally redone and will cost more to do it but at least it will be done right.

The other thing is the car is making a burnt popcorn smell and we cannot figure out where it is coming from. Believe it or not, between looking online and talking to people, there is a possibllity there are mice storing food in the car engine or exhaust somewhere. . We know there are mice in the garage but were going to wait until the addition is done.

THe good news is the Packers beat the Vikings, Pete installed two recessed lights in the hallway and we found turkey legs for my brother in law. I will have to ask mom how to make those.

I am looking forward to having everyone for Thanksgiving. I serve the meal early so then I can rest the rest of the day.

I am giving us a 20% chance of having a hot tub working this week. Pete sat in it yestereday and he looks good in it but of course, there is no water yet.

Both kids had check ups and they both went well. Bree may need glasses.

I think today is going to be the last nice day, it looks like cold weather starting tomorrow.

The contractor and his assistant are working on the floor in the addition today.

I may go shopping with mom tomorrow.

We had a nice weekend. Pete's family came up to visit on Saturday and on Sunday we went to visit mom while Bree went trick or treating with her friends. She went as an angel. Mom made chili. Pete was in heaven, the Packers won and he got to eat her chili.

Today the contractor worked on painting the trim. We are not sure when the room is going to be done. I keep thinking one more week but then it passes.

Pete has classes in Appleton all week.