Scones and Sensibility

This is the title of my friend Lindsay's book. Yes, I am friends with a published author. Her book Scones and Sensibility will be released on December 22. To read about her book, go here to her website and read about her book.

Love you Lindsay....so proud of you!!!

Little man

I always call Jack "little man," but he really is. We had a checkup today at the Dr.'s and he got shots. Mark was in Breckenridge this morning and he was able to come with us. The doc said he looks great, just little. He is 12 lbs, 13 oz and 26 inches. Keep growing little dude.

Oh and the shots! Mark held him and I watched the tears from across the room. The tears didn't last long and now he is sleeping.

What happened to November?

My head is spinning. Not sure what happened to the month of November or the supposedly long Thanksgiving weekend. All this house stuff is keeping us so busy. There is always something else to do. I am a list person and my list never gets finished. But soon enough I will be asking what happened to December and we will hopefully be settled in our new place making preparations for Hannah to join our family.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We enjoyed an afternoon/evening over at our friends Dave and Tanya's new place. The food was delicious. The company was great. AND Jack slept through the meal allowing us to concentrate on eating the yummy food.

The day after Turkey Day, Black Friday if you will...we did a marathon shopping trip. Walmart, Target, down to Denver for Kohls, SofaMart, American Furniture Warehouse, and Walmart again. Both my boys did great. Neither Mark or I particularly enjoy shopping but we saved a lot of money and were able to get some things for our house that will soon be a rental.

The rest of the weekend was spent packing. We are trying to get as much done as possible so that we can enjoy our time with family this weekend and avoid a repeat of the last move. We packed virtually nothing since we were only moving 2 blocks and it was a disaster. We are going about a half a mile this time and WE ARE PACKING.

Shelter

I am thankful that I have a place to live and call home. It provides shelter as well as a place for my family to call home. I woke up this morning incredibly thankful to have heat that keeps me warm inside my house. We are entering the season of incredibly cold mornings here in Breckenridge. Mark said earlier this week it was -6 when he started his car, yikes! Thankful for the place I live.

Thankfulness

I have so many things to be thankful for and will post every day for the rest of the week on something I am thankful for. Today I was grocery shopping for Thanksgiving preparations and kept passing carts that were filled to the brim with food. The store was absolutely packed with people, the parking lot was full, and there were empty shelves. There is a lot of food that will be consumed here in America over the next month with the holidays. We live in a place where most of us do not go hungry; we not only have food but we have an abundance of food. I am so thankful that I go to bed each night without hunger.

Moving

Mark and I are definitely feeling the stress here around the Hubbard house. We are moving! Mark and I are under contract on a house and our closing date is the 15th of December. We aren't going far, just right up the road, less than a mile. But it is coming soon.

We finally have all of our loan stuff worked out, we had the inspection, etc...now we find renters for our place, start packing, and try to remain calm sane people in the midst of moving right in the middle of the Holidays.

We weren't exactly looking to move, especially because we love our current house. We put a lot of work into our place and we love it. The new place just happened to come up and it has some things that we feel like our great things for our family. Such as an extra bedroom, a garage, a yard with grass (not rocks like our current place), AND we will be even closer to many of our good friends.

Aunt Jemima

Last night I spent a good deal of time in the kitchen. It is actually one of my favorite places to be. I made some baby food; I made our dinner; and I made some pumpkin pie bites (thank you Bakerella). As I was working in the kitchen, Mark told me I am like a white version of Aunt Jemima. I wasn't really sure what he meant by this. I am assuming it was some kind of compliment. She seems cool to me ~ I really love pancakes and her syrup... and like me she is probably the "Boss" in the kitchen.

(This is the picture Mark left for me on my computer desktop)

I googled her and found out that the first woman, to represent "Aunt Jemima" was Nancy Green. She was born on this day, November 17 1834. Pretty neat. I also found the Aunt Jemima website complete with recipes listed on their site. The Banana Bread Pancake Recipe looks particularly tasty. Also, another interesting fact is that the Aunt Jemima Brand spans all the way back to 1889, when the first ready made mix was put on the market.

I am off to make pancakes, because all this talk of them is making me hungry!