So I finally have a few minutes to sit and reflect on all the holiday happenings. Thanksgiving was a little hectic, but oh so awesome since we finally got to do one at the in-laws with the majority of the family. Of course, we did one at mom's house too with all us sisters! Kristin is expecting baby number 2....9 years later!! LOL and she and Austing couldn't be more excited.
Christmas was absolutely wonderful. It was a bit rushed and felt like the month flew by, but maybe that's because we were having so much fun! We got to spend 2 nights at the in-laws, which was so much fun for us and the kids. All of the family ended up making it and so did Santa!! Mom's was a full house as usual and I felt really bad that me, Josh and the kids' stockings take up almost the whole front part of the fireplace!! I was told next year, we're getting one gigantic family stocking....LOL!! Momma's crazy! Anyway, we very much got to enjoy all of our family this year, which has been a rare occasion in the past, but hopefully will end up being a yearly tradition from here on out. I really am blessed to have such wonderful people in my life that I get to call family.
Now, on to the New Year.....duh, duh, duh ;) Josh has been super nice since we got back from E. Tx. He's finally working on everything I've ever asked him too. I'm not sure if it's that he finally realized I deserve better or if he's plotting my death....eithe way, I'm taking it!! And since I have no life insurance policy at the moment, it would cost him more to kill me than to keep me so YAY!! LOL! Things were looking up (and kind of still are) and we thought 2011 was gonna be our year. We're finally getting the relationship department going, his new job is going great and we've just about recovered from the layoff last summer that put us behind. Other than needing to get the tags on the van and the truck battery going out (grrrrr), things have run pretty smoothly. Then I notice that the bank (I have overdraft protection) put 14 charges that were already pending after my cash withdrawl, which they've never done before!! If something is pending they usually push it through and if you happen to get an overdraft fee, they credit it because the charges were done before the cash was taken out.....now that would be too easy to expect it this time, right? Can you say serious overdraft charges?! Called the bank, got some of it worked out.....lesson learned. DON'T do that shit again!!! So, on the 3rd (yesterday) Josh goes to look at the battery on the truck. YESSSSS! It has a 2 year warranty. Fingers crossed we haven't passed it-sticker on the battery says Nov. 2008 so we're like just great!! Calls Auto Zone and it wasn't purchased until January 2009 so it's still under warranty......good luck continues.....yeah right!! New battery is on and I have a legal vehicle to drive again. Take the truck to pick up Steven tonight in Arlington off 360 about 30 or so minutes from the house. Truck dies in Target parking lot, but we have jumper cables. Anna and I have to jump it twice......not a fan of doing anything like this and terrified I'm gonna blow myself up or something ;) So we get it going, I tell Steven to hop in so we can get home ASAP! I get out of the parking lot and coming up to the light to go left and of course it turns red so I got over to go right and circle through the parking lot one more time to let the battery charge a little more.......really didn't want to stop and give the truck any reason to die at this point. I turn right, the lights start to dim and right as I'm coming to the light to get back into the parking lot, the entire truck locks up.....scariest shit EVER!!! More so because I had a child in my car. My good luck continued a little I guess since I broke down right across from NTB ;) The bad thing is I've been really sick and laid up all day so my hair looked like crap, no makeup and jeans, a papa smurf tee and a green zip up. Anyone that knows me knows that I DO NOT go out in public without my makeup and hair done!!! So I get to walk into NTB looking like this to get help. Call Josh and tell him they're getting it out of the middle of the road and to please come get me. Josh is also really sick and home with all the kids. Audrey has thrown up everywhere in my room, including the bed and he had just put her in the tub to wash her off when I called him and then she threw a fit because she didn't want to get out so he has to fight with her, get her dressed, load up the carseat in his truck (thank God I didn't have it with me) and come get me. All in all, I was gone for 3 hours to make a 1 hour round trip! Then I got to come home and wash gross baby throw up bedding....YAY ME!!! Happy New Year......it can only get better from here ;)
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