Miscellaneous

This may be a bit disjointed so I apologize in advance.

Natalie is being quite sweet this morning. She slept in till 9am and is now eating breakfast. She was just hugging me with one arm while she was eating and didn't want to let go. Then she would periodically turn her head to give me a milk-filled kiss and say "I wub you." I love it when she says that. It just melts my heart. Here is a pic of her eating breakfast at our new table. Ellie says of the chairs, "Why did they have to make them for people with big butts?" The chairs are definitely wider than our last set.

In other happenings, I finally got my massage that Dan got me in July. All winter long last year I told him he owed me a massage since I was the one doing all the shoveling, especially with that heavy, wet snow. So he got me one in July and I've just now been able to schedule it when he was home. It was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was really good. She told me that I put a lot of stress between my ribs. And she was right. When I feel stressed, I feel it in my ribs (weird, I know). Also, she could tell other things about me based on the energy she felt. And she was right. That was a bit strange. But I would definitely go back to her. She had just the right amount of pressure when she massaged.

On Black Friday, my wonderful husband went out and bought me an electric roaster! He asked me if I wanted one and I said sure, I would use it. He first went to Fleet Farm as they had one for $25. While he was in line there, a lady told him that they had a better one at Shopko for cheaper. So he put that one back and went to Shopko. He got it for $20 and it has a divided insert you can use for serving. The roaster will come in handy especially in the summer when I don't want to turn the oven on and when I'm doing my huge cooking sessions.

When mom was here a couple of weeks ago, she brought me an early Christmas present--a new vacuum for my kitchen. Mine died a couple of months ago and I was really wanting a new one. I hated lugging the large vacuum out just to vacuum the kitchen so invariably it would just sit in the living room since I never wanted to put it away (I'd only have to get it out a few hours later anyway). The vacuum has been working wonderfully and I can store it in my pantry.

Here are a couple of pics of Kara working on her math flashcards. She sits in this same spot everyday to work on them--right by the front door.