Happy New Year! Well, we didn't finish our bathroom remodel by the New Year, but we did get the shower working in time to take our first showers for New Year's Day.


For Christmas Terry got dry sockets and a fiance. (No, dry sockets are not new tools...Terry had his wisdom teeth removed two days before Christmas... and was in horrible pain for about 10 days.) For Christmas I got a fiance with dry sockets.








(Note: Terry has puffy cheeks due to his dry sockets)

Santa brought the dogs a squeaky tennis ball (Oso's favorite), a Jolly Ball, beef bones, a monkey that screams, and a cow that moos. Oso was so excited about his new ball that that evening he pranced around with it and then that night after we went to bed he laid down with it in the hallway and every so often he'd push on it with his nose to make it squeak. It took a few days for the dogs to figure out what to do with the stuffed animals. We showed them how they work, and now when they're playing the room is filled with moos and monkey cackles.

Last weekend, we installed our new vanity and sink.



Oso inspecting the progress.



Water!!!



Sanding drywall is one of the messier steps in the remodel.




This week we got hit by 7" of snow Wednesday night. It was beautiful. All the neighborhood kids (young and old) were out. We got the dogs to pull me on our sled down the road. We also took the sled down our little hill in the back alley. The dogs loved chasing us down the hill. We also got Oso to sit in the sled with Terry and go down. I wish I had photos of it, it was hilarious.