Joys of being a homeowner!

I came home yesterday from work to discover that our AC was broken. We called Coastal Air and they came out to check on it and they delivered the bad news...time to replace our 15 year old HVAC unit. I guess we had been heating and cooling on borrowed time but of course one of the biggest expenses of homeownership happens to occur at the worst time when I am 3 weeks from my due date and September can be just as warm as July or August. Luckily, the weather has been a little overcast the past couple of days and we just got some rain that the temp has stayed fairly cool (78 degrees) that we can at least sleep and be comfortable. In Savannah, you can't really wait until the spring to replace it because you may need AC on Christmas Day like we did last year! They will be here tomorrow (pending no issues in getting the equipment) and we can crank that baby up tomorrow night! It should also be more energy efficient so hope to save some $$$ on the electric bills which can get pretty pricey in Savannah in the summer.

The heat konked out on us when we lived in town on 52nd street. Luckily we still had the home warranty (we kept it for a couple extra years since the house was so old) and it was replaced with little cost to us so I guess we shouldn't complain, but I still will!

The cost, good God, I don't even want to say! All I can say is that I would much rather spend the money and be here:

Big Brother

In just a few short weeks Jimmy is going to be a big brother. I am not sure if he realizes it just yet! I got him the cutest big brother t-shirt from Backyard Baby. It is a great company founded by a friend in Savannah who is a SCAD grad and former professor. She specializes in kids personalized t-shirts (furry ones, too!) and accessories. Her website is currently under construction but will direct you to her temporary site so you can check out some of her designs. You bet I will post a pic of the new big brother soon!

Remembering...

Like everyone else today I am remembering 9.11.01. It is one of those dates that you will forever have etched in your mind as to where you were and what you were doing. I was at work at SCAD and was instant messaging my friend Whitney in Northern Virginia with the new and exciting AOL instant messaging service. We talked daily and she was the first person to tell me that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. I checked the internet and watched some primitive live video online. As the events of the day unfolded someone did bring a TV to work so we could watch what was going on. It was such a terrible day for our country and even more terrible for the families of the thousands of victims.

Labor Day Weekend

We had a great Labor Day weekend! Well I guess it could have been a little bit better if Georgia had won their game against Oklahoma State! They looked so good right at the beginning, but just couldn't pull it out in the end. I have to admit that I don't really keep up with Virginia football and can you really blame me!? They lost to William and Mary!!!! That is just pathetic. Virginia has too big of a football program to lose to a team like William and Mary. I hate for people to lose their jobs, but it might be time for a new coach!

Jimmy and Josh took little Jimmy and Katherine to the riverhouse for the day on Monday for their first fishing excursion. They all had a great time and Katherine got to try out her new Barbie fishing pole! They both "caught" a fish and reeled it in (with a little help from Josh). It sounds like they just enjoyed running around, drinking juice boxes, eating lollipops and fruit snacks. Sugar!!!

Show us your Life-School Pictures

It is once again Friday at Kelly's Korner and the "show us your life" theme is school pictures. Well, I don't have any old school pictures scanned in, but thanks to Facebook I was able to grab this photo from when I was in the 2nd grade at Hamilton Elementary. I am on the end of the table, far left, bottom. You can't miss the awesome bowl cut. I always wanted the long hair and pigtails but my mom said it was too hard to take care of and it would always be in my face.



I moved on from the bowl cut to a perm in the 4th or 5th grade. A home perm by my friends mom. I had the perm until middle school (complete with the big bangs, I was partial to half of my bang curled back and the other curled under) when I decided to get a short-short hair cut. Disaster! Then I wanted to grow it out so got another perm. Even worst disaster. By the time I got to high school I just wanted long straight hair! I did get some bangs my senior year.


Since we are on the subject of school pictures I thought I would add the pic Jimmy's teacher sent yesterday of his class at "circle time." Not really the best circle but I am sure by the end of the year they will have it down. I am sure the teacher is happy that they are all at least sitting down, much less in a circle!

A morning to myself.

Now that Jimmy is back in school I had a few hours to myself this morning. I went to Wal-Mart and actually had an enjoyable shopping and parking experience. Got everything I needed and picked up a cute Georgia t-shirt for Jimmy to wear this weekend for the big game, a Halloween t-shirt and then a cute pumpkin sleeper that I can put this new baby in for Halloween. Surprisingly, this is the FIRST thing that I have bought for the new baby. Not because I haven't wanted to but I keep thinking it will be a boy and that I will just use everything I used for Jimmy-clothes, bedding and the baby "stuff". I do need to get some BPA free bottles (which they came out with after Jimmy stopped using bottles).

I did buy a Thomas the Train potty seat. I REALLY want him to start potty training and he has gone on the little potty a few times but really is not all that interested. He keeps saying he will "try later." I feel like most of the kids his age are potty trained and maybe I am just feeling the pressure and he really isn't ready. The Thomas potty OR the Hershey kisses did not entice him. I guess I will "try later" too.

First Day of Preschool.

The first day of school went great! Jimmy dropped him off and although he would not pose for a picture (see below) there weren't too many tears shed in the morning. Jimmy picked him up and he said that he had fun at school and when asked what he did at school he said "I got M&M's!" That sounds like a pretty good day to me. The teacher sent an email saying they sang their ABC's, read a book, played on the playground, had a snack (they drink out of big boy cups!), did a couple of art projects and sang more songs. Sounds like a busy day!