It's raining! Perhaps we'll put a dent in our deficit? Or maybe not. We're about 25 inches under average rainfall for the year. I just read that Lake Conroe (just north of Houston) is 8 feet below normal levels.
I got a parking spot at work! I didn't have one for a while because I figured it was a way to save our family $40 a month and it was the only exercise I got. I had to walk about 5 blocks from my car to my building. I am thoroughly ecstatic to have that 20 minutes back to my daily commute (10 minutes each way). I was starting to feel guilty about never driving when we go out for lunch because my car was too far away. When you have a 60-minute lunch, 20 minutes seems like a lot.
I have had almost an entire week constipation free! Get excited, people. That's a big deal in Nikki's life. I think it's a combination of not needing the Zofran for a while (let's hear another hoorah!) and incorporating dried apricots into my diet. Whoever said prunes are good to keep the bowels moving had nothing on dried apricots. Maybe a combination of both would be good if you're having serious problems.
Travis bought me an iPhone for Christmas and gave it to me a week early! My cell phone is my alarm clock. My last cell phone decided it was going to start draining the battery instead of charging it at night, leaving me without an alarm clock in the morning. Since I don't have a car charger, that meant I only had an hour (tops) to charge my phone in the morning. It would inevitably die before the end of the work day. My other complaint with that phone was the touch screen didn't work well. The iPhone has been SUCH an improvement in that department. TOTALLY worth the cost. Other perks:
- Voice to text function (can be funny at times)
- Facetime (with Grandma Brenda and Travis)
- Instant weather and radar
- A camera app that is eating up my time, called TiltShift Generator, that takes photos like this:
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| That Christmas tree used to belong to our Grandma Rose. Now it sits in Ariel's living room during the holidays. |
My mom and brother Alex are here! They got in late Sunday night and went straight to Ariel's house. They are staying with her until Christmas Eve. Travis, Aiden and I are going over there for breakfast and spending a portion of the day there. Then Mom and Alex are coming back with us that afternoon/evening. Ariel and Robert have to work that night, so they won't be coming with us. =( But! They will be over first thing in the morning to see what Santa brought Aiden. I LOVE this holiday.
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