The only thing more annoying than procrastinating about writing a blog post for so long that your eventual "catch up" post reaches a word count only dreamed of by 19th century Russian authors, is writing said blog post, taking a break to get a baby up from a nap, and returning to your computer to find that your browser inexplicably shut down, taking your finely (finally?) crafted post with it.
So, bullet points it is. Recently...
...we closed on the sale of our Charleston house. It's a little bittersweet because we looooooved Charleston and that house, but having just had two infants, we outgrew it, so even if we are to return there someday, as I hope, it wouldn't be to that house. We'd been under contract since June, but since the buyers needed an FHA loan (ugh), there was a plethora of drama, pushing our closing date back multiple times. However, it is done, we ended up with a nice sum in our pockets, so I have minimal complaints.
...we came away from tax season with a smile on our faces--probably for the last time for a while since the Air Force won't be taking Colby away from me nearly as often in the coming year, we won't be spending more than 7.5% of our income on medical expenses (thanks IVF) and we won't be getting two little tax deductions before December 31st. We're taking the money from the sale of the house and our tax return and starting our savings for Charlotte and Annabelle, buying new bikes and an iPad, setting a sum aside for future house repairs in Washington, and the rest will go into our retirement funds. A very satisfying mix of frivolous and responsible.
...we spent a week in the Netherlands, freezing our tails off with some old friends in Amsterdam on a fruitless hunt for tulips. Despite the unseasonably cold weather, we had a really good time with our friends and loved Amsterdam. It's definitely on our list of places to return to someday. Longer post to come about our adventures in Holland.
...the weather in Deutschland went from ridiculously frigid to absolutely heavenly. I've been spending as much time as possible outside, enjoying the sun, although I'm realizing that the girls really don't know how to handle Vitamin D in sunshine form. It seems like those itty bitty baby sunglasses will actually turn out to be useful as well as stupid cute.
That pretty much hits the highlights of the past month. I also battled off a pretty nasty bout of pneumonia and went to the doctor about the back pain that has been plaguing me since pregnancy, but that's not nearly as fun to talk about. I will be having my first experience with a chiropractor though, which I am somewhat irrationally terrified about.
All in all, things have been really good, and I am once more renewing my dedication to blogging. Hahaha, I know. But the girls are starting the nap for longer stretches, so it's possible I'm not full of crap this time. I guess we'll just have to see!
Welcome back! You've been missed.
Posted by: erin | April 17, 2013 at 09:50 PM
I've been going to a chiro for the first time to "align" myself for labor (uh, sure), anyway, its AWESOME. Scotty goes all the time for his back and has raved about it for years. I love it, hope you do too! Glad to see you back, love looking at pics of your girls while I wait for my little one :)
Posted by: Katie | April 17, 2013 at 10:35 PM
Sounds eventful, but mostly good.
Totally relate to the browser crash...hurray for autosave (most of the time).
Posted by: Rachel | April 19, 2013 at 08:38 PM
Glad to see you blogging again! xx
Posted by: Aly @ Breathe Gently | April 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM