So, updates on life….

I’m 6 months pregnant (hooray)!

The Lumberjack has decided to re-do the floors in the upstairs of the house.

We now have three cats

Things are BUSY

Pen palling like crazy

Went to England this past February

First big car purchase

Let me start from the beginning. Back in March we found out we are expecting our first child at the end of November. We are super excited and I am in full on nesting mode. All I want to do is clean nearly everything. But I cannot get the house ready until the Lumberjack finishes the renovations upstairs.

The Lumberjack wanted to re-do the floors in our upstairs since when we moved in to our house the carpeting upstairs was just AWFUL. It was stained and no longer the way a carpet should look. So, when we found out I was pregnant he decided it was time to start ripping up the carpet and putting in “floating floor”. He started in the nursery and moved throughout. The only room left now is our master bedroom. I will be thrilled when all the carpet is gone. It makes our tiny house look so much bigger.

Next in our news of the house. We have ended up with a third cat. It is me basically blaming pregnancy hormones and that I am sucker. His name is Bruce, and he is the cutest little ball of energy. He and Frank (our dog) are best buddies. They play together and snuggle up together. It is adorable! He is a little kitten and he just adds something to our house. I told the Lumberjack that now there is a cat for each human in the house (for when the baby gets here).

Work has been busy, especially getting ready for my maternity leave. So I am trying to get so much done before my leave. I don’t want to leave anything big to someone else since it would not be the best idea (and I would feel bad leaving something that needs finished to someone else). So that has had me doing a lot of different things before the busy season begins.

I’ve also been trying to keep up on my reply pile for my awesome pen pals. I have “met” some amazing people through letters. And there are a few I would even call friends even though I have never met them in person. It is a great community and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to pen pal. I’m a part of a group called The League of Extraordinary Penpals and they are just fantastic! It is a great community of people from all over the world who like to write letters and talk with people with similar interests.

Also, since my last post I got to go to England again! This time I convinced the Lumberjack to come with me and we saved up enough for his flight and for extra stuff while we were there. I was nominated for a company-wide award and got to go over for the award ceremony. The Lumberjack and I had a blast! I think he had a ton of fun taking photos around Oxford and London. He even said he would go back, which is a BIG deal coming from him. He took some amazing photos that we have now hanging all over the house. Now with the baby on the way I hope to do a family vacation with the little one. I’d love to do a family cruise! Now I am saving what we can (that isn’t going towards bills and student loans) to have a vacation next year. We will see if it happens.

And lastly on the updated news, my first car ever decided to kick the bucket on the HOTTEST day of the year this July. The Lumberjack had to come save me and then we had to buy a new car. This was the first time I ever bought a car for myself. My first car I bought from my mom, who bought it brand new. It was a 2001 Jetta with 246,000 miles on it when it decided to go. I had it nearly nine years too, so I can’t really complain. I do really like my new car, but it has taken some getting used to. But it is great! And we were talking about getting me a new car before the baby came, and then it died and we had no choice.

That pretty much sums up a good majority of what I have going on. I really need to keep this up-to-date more often instead of occasionally filling this out. One day I’ll get the hang of it!