My ongiong drama....

Well I am finally back...I think. So let me tell you what has happened in CRAZY life.

At the beginning of August, we found an awesome, or so we thought, house. We hadn't really been looking but knew that we wanted something new eventually. So, we decided to take house. We had exactly 30 days to pack and move into this house. There was some work to be done at the new house such as painting and refinishing the hardwood and laminate floors. However, I had no idea what a hell we were stepping into.

There was 1 entire week of August that we were preparing and then we went on an already planned vacation to FL. Once we returned home, we had 3 weeks...And don't forget both my husband and I work full time and have 3 kids.

So after we returned from vacation, we spent time everyday at both homes. Packing at 1 and cleaning and fixing at the other. Well....the home we thought was going to be perfect for us turned into a huge nightmare. The floors in 2 rooms ended up taking 14 hours to refinish with a barrel sander! Every room patched and painted 2 and sometimes 3 coats. The entire house had to be rewired cause I couldn't make coffee and toast a bagel at the same time. The plumbing in the basement busted. All the windows had to be replaced. Both the front and back porch ended up being rotten and required replacing. Not to mention cleaning cleaning and more cleaning. Plus packing and cleaning the other house...All in 3 weeks. Once we moved in here, things didn't get much better. 1 thing after another after another happened. My cable company said our new address did not exist and it took 2 weeks to get service only after getting REALLY ugly with a innocent operated. Then once we got service, I plugged in my laptop and the light socket zapped my computer! Ugh! I was ready to move out at this point. Topped off by my son falling off his bed and hitting his head on the heating radiator..not a pretty site.

So I know I dropped the ball on pulling the last of the giveaways. I haven't checked my emails or moderated comments since August. I am very sorry for all that has happened and I am doing my best to catch up and hope to be up and running totally by this weekend.

Thank you to all my followers and readers. I wouldn't have such a great blog without you guys!