Hi Everyone...

[Willow]

I am sorry I haven't popped on here in awhile. Things have been crazy and stressful here and time seems to be flying by. I can't believe February is half over already!

My husband and I both lost our jobs just before Christmas. It hasn't been easy, but we are making it. We sold our '95 chevy Blazer so we were able to pay it off and since that was the only real debt we had, that has made things easier on us.

The breeder I bought Maddie from and her friend said my check came back as NSF...but my bank that the check was through had no record of a NSF check or of the check itself. I ended up paying $600 to them without ever seeing a copy of the NSF check. A very wonderful special person loaned us the $600 because I had to pay within 5 days or they were going to take Maddie back. I was so stressed that entire week that I didn't eat or sleep hardly at all! But it worked out and Maddie is here safe.

My oldest son is turning 6 this month and granma is taking him to build a bear and he gets to spend the night at Grandma's. He is excited about staying at g-ma's and about having a whole day out with her. For those that remember my earlier posts about how my mom is and how she won't even watch kids for us, this is a HUGE deal! She says she is going to do the same for other three kids too, but we agreed that my youngest is too young for build a bear this year so he will get to go next year.

It has been freezing here. Below 0 most days and we have been layering the blankets on the kids and cocooned them all in one big bed to keep warm. Ernie and I had made ourselves pallets on the livingroom floor so we could keep our bedroom door shut and keep the fire going. Our main source of heat is wood and the wood burner is in the livingroom. Our secondary heat source is propane and during this cold spell we have tried to conserve the propane and burn as much wood as possible.

That should catch ya'll up on us here. I hope ya'll have had a good start to 2007. Now excuse me while I go catch up on some posts.