Its been way to long since my last post. Life’s been hectic and stressful. My mom had a heart attack a few months ago. It scared the hell out of me. I’ve always seen my mom as superwoman and thought of her as indestructible. The doctor said she was lucky, they got her to the hospital so fast that there was minimal damage. She had a very speedy recovery. By the next day she was walking up and down the hospital and 3 days later they released her. It really was a miracle.

Then there was the firemageddon. It started with the smoke from the Arizona fire traveling all the way here to Albuquerque, NM. In the evenings the sun appeared to be red and in the mornings cars had ash that had fallen during the night. Then the fire traveled into NM. After that there were several fires that started due to it being so dry. It was awful. Some of my family and friends were told they would have to evacuate their homes and others were put on standby. The Los Conchas fire was/is the biggest fire recorded in NM history.

Its been a long, crazy, hectic summer…

Lifes been insanely hectic! As if my life wasn’t hectic enough. So where did I last leave off?

So the snowpocolopyse came and went. One week it was the coldest its been in years and the following it was warm. That’s Albuquerque weather for you. The weather here can change from rainy, to sunny and warm, to freezing cold in a heart beat.

We adopted a pitbull that my son named Dallas. We adopted him from the pound and so far he’s been been the sweetest thing.

Our car was broken into for the 2nd time since we moved here. The first time all they took was a usb charger and this time they took my spare house key. That resulted in us having to replace all our locks. I have a feeling it was the crazy drunk neighbor guy from across the street.

I celebrated my Birthday with my wonderful family.

Sorry for my lack of updates as well as my boring updates, I’ve just been so busy. Now that its warming up we started working on the house again, as well as remodeling Big D’s moms kitchen. Most of the time I’m not sure if I’m coming or going. Hopefully soon I’ll post something with some substance.

This past week has been quite intresting.

Monday: the beginning. Snow.

Tueaday: the calm before the storm (ok so it was actually the day of the snow storm but wtfever). It snowed for most of the day. There were quite a few accidents around the city due to black ice. Fyi: here in Albuquerque the sight of a snowflake hitting the pavement is cause for people to start driving like morons (Well that’s what my dad used to say.)

Wednesday: the chaos begins. Apparently it was the coldest its been in 20 years and heaters were giving out all around the city and state. I went to do laundry and found the pipes frozen. I was a little upset about that until I heard thar a few friends didn’t have running water at all because their pipes froze. It sucked but at least we had running water.

Thursday: the snowpocalyse! Dispite the freezing cold we were out and about running errands when we got a call from Big D’s dad wondering if we had gas at home. He had seen on the news there was a shortage and parts of the state and some areas of Albuquerque didn’t have gas for heat or cooking and shelters were being set up. They were also asking everyone that still had gas to lower their thermostats to conserve gas.

We went to my moms to pick up some firewood and we discovered my mom had a busted pipe. After dealing with that on our way home we noticed water running down our street. I’m thinking to myself “don’t be our house, please don’t be our house”. We get closer and the neighbors driveway is covered in water. We pull into our driveway and realize the water covering the neighbors driveway is from our house. Crap!!! Luckily it was something Big D knew how to fix however I think my washer died from the water spraying into it. Twenty mins after we turned off the water my front yard and washroom turned into a ice skating ring (which of course I slipped and fell on).

We ended up at homedepot to buy the stuff to fix our pipe and the place was a madhouse! People were looking for electric heaters which they were sold out of (everyone was sold out) and firewood. The asile for the pipes was insane!

They cancled school and closed city buildings Friday to conserve gas for residental use.

The news said the outage was the result of uncommonly low temperatures that dropped the pressure in the system and a stretched supply that just could not keep up.

Ok so it wasn’t really a snowpocalypse but I liked how it sounded.

Wow the holidays came and went and 2010 is gone. I know I’m extremely late but Happy New Year ! When was the last time I blogged and where did I leave off?

Here’s the last few months in a nutshell:

Dressed up as a dead doll for Halloween. Lil D was a demon ninja. Took him and his four little cousins trick-or-treating and managed to make it out alive.

Had our first Thanksgiving in our house.

Black Friday was insane. Started at 8 pm Thanksgiving and was freezing cold. It was a long crazy night that consisted of people lighting adds and trash to stay warm and me kicking someone that caught me off guard by grabbing an item I had placed on the floor between my legs while I grabbed another.

Our first Christmas in our house was great. Awhile back someone asked me if Christmas is ever as magical as when we small. I got my answer Christmas morning when my sons face lit up when he saw his presents and that Santa had eaten all his cookies.

That about covers it.

So who wants to explain this new Zodiac crap to me? Anyone?

October already? Where did the time go? There just aren’t enough hours in the day.

I was hoping that after we moved that things would slow down a bit and I’d have more time to write, read, workout, blog, redesign this site, etc. I was wrong! Seems like were busier then ever.

So here’s the events from last few months:

We redid the tile in my kitchen and both bathrooms. A project that I thought would only take one weekend and ended up taking way longer. The kitchen went smoothly, however my master bathroom was a whole other story. When we took out the toilet the flange (the part that the toilet is supposed to bolt down to) came off. It came off. It came the f@#% off! (You get my point.)

My cousin moved in with us. Her husbands in the military so she’s staying with us while he’s on tour. Moving her in was an adventure that involved losing couch cushions on the freeway during rush hour and me running on the freeway to retrieve them. Me getting my hand smashed in a tailgate. Oh and a king size matress that was leaning against a wall falling on me.

When we moved in we knew we had to fix the ceiling in the bathroom (the air conditioner hose had been run through the attic and the drywall had been damaged). We just hadn’t gotten around to fixing it until a week and a half before my sons birthday party. What we thought was going to be a small patch job turned into us having to redo my entire bathroom ceiling.

I learned that its way too much of a hassle to paint over wood paneling. Primer plus 4 coats of paint and the stain from the paneling still bleed through.

I think that about covers it. Yeah I know not that exciting but at least its an update.