Gingerbread Houses

Our new Christmas tradition is decorating Gingerbread Houses, this is year 3. I have a feeling we'll be doing it forever, and I hope we do. It's so fun, although we all get stomachaches when were done! Maybe if we put candy on the houses and not in our mouths! Mom was telling someone at bowling she was going to her daughters to decorate houses, and the lady said "Oh she must have children." NOPE! 6 grown adults sitting around a table full of candy and having a great time. We've learned from years past that the houses can't handle too much hard candy, last year mom's roof slid off!!! We've learned that piles of icing make cute snowmen, until they fall over. Friday, I was at Childrens Hospital and learned Necco candy make great shingles. Two years ago we learned from Brian that powered sugar makes great snow, and a lot makes a blizzard! (and a mess!)

The tradition handed down is that your supposed to give your house away to someone who needs (cavities). I usally take mine to work, mom's giving hers to her Sunday School class because they were so good in their Christmas play last weekend. I think Dad's is going to be a Christmas Eve family treat.

Nothing Much

Looking back I realize I haven't posted in a while. The truth is not much more is going on. We're still waiting on the house, I think were week 13 or 14, I've honestly lost count. How ever long ago Labor Day was. With Aaron on "short term disability" the lenders are "hesitant" to lend to us right now until Aaron can get working and right now there isn't a spot for him on light duty to fill 40 hours a week. He can work about 20 but then we loose the AFLAC.
I didn't get the full time spot up here in Ft. Collins so I'm staying full time in Aurora. I love my my team but the upper management is getting old, the drive is getting old and to top it off E-470, the toll road I take to work to avoid I-25 & I-70 at rush hour is going up the first of the year.

Week... 13!!

Yes, that's right folks, week 13.
We've been attempting to buy a house for 13 weeks now!! We were told by the bank that we needed to increase our orginal offer by $5200.00, so we did. We send in Aaron's most current pay stub and bank statement. You'd think we would be set... WRONG! Since my addorable husband went and broke himself he's been on short term disability for about a month now. Which our lender didn't like, They'd rather have a paystub with hours worked. ARG! Aaron had a Dr.'s apt this morning, and he's been blessed to do light duty. Ya!! So hopefully after he's got a pay stub we can try again.
He was also told he can take his boot off and can sleep in bed again, he's not enjoying sleeping on the couch very much.

Also I wasn't offered the full time position at Poudre Valley Ambulance. I cried. But I guess I'm not supposed to work there full time. This is a real test for me because I hate my drive into work and the toll road (which I use to get to work) is going up, and to top it off the house were I stay with my friend isn't the mose plesent living environment!
Well that's all for now, hopefully I'll have house news soon.

My Broken Hubby

So my hyper active husband is now confined to a couch. He pulled his achlies tendon and is out of work untill about January.

He was playing soft ball, caught the ball and stood up to throw it, he said he felt this burning shooting pain and went down. He got help off the field. I went over and he said we needed to go to the ED. The doc did an ultrasound of his leg and confirmed what we knew. Surgery was in the near furture. He was in a walking boot for 2 weeks. Had surgery on the 21st of Oct. Had a cast for 3 weeks, now he's back in the walking boot for 3 weeks before he goes back to see when he can start physical therapy. He's been putting in hours and hours on the computer, it's pretty much the only activity he can stand to do without getting too stir crazy. I'm acutally surpised he let me on the computer tonight! He's actually upstairs playing video games now. I told him when he can walk again I'm getting rid of the computer and TV for like 2 months!

Oh and my friends's husband Chris had a foot injury also so they were the "gimpy twins"! His other friend Chris than sprained his ankle. I've decided he can't play with his friends any more, they all end up hurt!

Still Waiting...

So we've been trying to by a house now for the past 11 weeks. I believe we started this process around Labor Day. It's quite frustrating. Although it's been so long now I sometimes forget we're even in process. I'm only reminded when someone asks or I go into my craft room which is literally half full of empty boxes. I refuse to pack until we know for sure. Good thing, half of the thing I was planning on packing I've needed.

Steamboat

We spent a wonderful week with Mom, Dad, Brian and his adorable girlfriend in steamboat. I won't say it was relaxing, we hardly sat down, bike rides, waterskiing, hiking, you name it we did it.

House quite a headache

Aaron and I are in the wonderful process of trying to by a house. We're in week 3 of not knowing what's going on. We put the bid on the house at the begining of September with a tentative closing date of the 24th. As of now I doubt this will happen next week. We're getting e-mail updates fron the listing agent by way of our Realitor. The owners have accepted our offer, we're just waiting for their bank to accept it. I'm having a hard time not getting to excited. That would make a "NO" that much more painful. I keep wanting to buy stuff for the "new house" towels, rugs, etc. I got a car load of boxes that I refuse to pack until we have an answer one way or another. A friend from work gave us a dog house for the dog we don't have for the house we don't have. She was going to get rid of it anyway. Someday we'll have a house and dog, I was just looking to the future, that's all!

Here Goes Nothing

So I'm new to the bloggins world. Please be kind