Life Lately

• Erin was diagnosed with her first ear infection today. Poor girl! Starting this past weekend, she has had little energy, a runny nose, a cough, and not eating well. Today her babysitter texted me to let me know she was tugging at her ear. The doctor said she may have RSV as well, but I decided not to test for it because they wouldn't do anything for it anyway. It would just have to run its course.

• Drew is sick too. And I'm getting sick. Yuck.

• We are going to paint the living room and bathroom! We have a little prep work to do first though. Drew took out and patched over the cable and phone jacks. He's also been switching over our cream colored outlet covers for white colored ones! We're painting both rooms "White Kitten" from Diamond Vogel. Here's a link for it. I'm hoping for a white/gray color, so I'm hoping this fits the bill!

• I'm almost done reading The Read-Along Handbook by Jim Trelease. Excellent read. Erin and I have been to the library twice getting books from his treasury list for infants/toddlers. My goal is to read them all with her! Unfortunately, our library doesn't have many of the books though, so we may be looking at other (bigger) libraries to help us out. (Thank you for the thoughtful gift, Amanda!)

• I am working on decluttering our kitchen. I've only done three drawers so far, but I managed to clear out a few things!

• Drew is an ambulance driver and he's been called out quite a bit the last couple weeks. Erin and I are learning to be adaptable and Drew's learning to live without much sleep!

• I'm trying a new crock-pot recipe tomorrow...Slow Cooker Coke Chicken. Fingers are crossed that it turns out well. (Thanks Dad for the pop to use!)

• Drew made Edible Egg-less Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough tonight. Thumbs up for a quick sweet treat!

• I'm a third of the way through the Bible Study using the Made to Crave book. God has been humbling me greatly! 

• Our tax appointment is set for mid-March, so I officially have to get in tax-prep mode! Peachtree and I will be having lots of quality time during the next two weeks.

• Earlier this month, Drew went snowmobiling in Wyoming for about a week. He and a few guys got caught in a blizzard and couldn't get back to their cabin because of the blowing snow and poor visibility. They found a big drift, dug a hole into it, started a fire, and waited there in the freezing cold for 6-7 HOURS!! Finally at around 1:00am, the wind died down and they snowmobiled back to their cabin. I'm praising God for his protection and safe-keeping!