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.