Its been a while since I posted... not that I am not actually reading whats going on with other people, but I never seem to have time to post. Sometimes I have time to post, but what I WOULD post may not be inspiring or uplifting or positive or anything... so I refrain.

There are not too many things to update... we are still in the apartment and we put off our plans to purchase a home here in PA at least for another 10 months or so. There is a couple from our church who owns a townhouse that is coming available the end of January, so we are considering moving in there. Its newer, has a fireplace ( I ADORE fireplaces!), 3 bedrooms all on one level, a living room, dining room, eat in kitchen, and a bonus room in the basement with (drumroll please...) the LAUNDRY ROOM!! (Do you also hear the angel chorus?) The rent is the same as what we are paying now, except that we will be able to get a lot of our things out of storage - so perhaps we will be able to cut costs by getting a smaller storage unit or at the very least, organize our storage building so we can find what we want when we want it! Its piled up floor to ceiling, front to back right now and we couldn't get something out of there if our lives depended on it! Its not my dream house and I probably didnt picture us moving into another apartment type place after our adventure here in this apartment... but if it will buy us some time to pay off all our debt and make a good decision on where to buy... its worth it. The biggest negative for me is the teenie tiny yard. I mean SMALL. Like if we decided to have a picnic... the blanket would take up the whole yard. It looks like a nice neighborhood though. Nothing scary going on that I could see.

So.... we are going to go buy a fake tree today. Let me start by saying I am adamantly against fake trees. I can not stand the idea of a fake tree... I think go real or go home. However, we are going to go be with my family this year in TN over Christmas and since we will be gone for 11 days of the month, it does not make sense to pay $$ for a real tree to only enjoy it for a few days, then have to clean up dried needles from all over when I get back in town. I like the smell of real trees and the "clean" of fake trees. I guess I may be becoming a fake tree convert. I might buy a can of Christmas tree smell to go along with the fake tree. Fake tree/fake smell... makes sense! ;)

I accidentally ate a wheat-coffee cake thing at my inlaws house the day before Thanksgiving and got REALLY sick. I mean sick. Like you-dont-want-to-know-details sick. The funny thing is... they almost BLAMED me for being sick! It was like they were upset with me! My MIL said that its "dumb" that I get so sick from eating something with wheat but dont have anything wrong with me. Hmmm. Obviously there is something WRONG if I get that sick from eating wheat... we just dont know exactly what it is!! Sheesh.

I guess those are the only updates.... kids are doing fine... the girls are off  making "secret" crafts today with their Sparkles group from church and the boys are watching Polar Express. I have to go read The Case for Faith for my online discussion board for Philosophy 240.... and I am crocheting fluffy scarfes for my sisters for Christmas!