Jonathan HATED Shell, and when I say that I'm really not doing the emotion justice. It was a terrible working environment, people literally slept while on night shift...in a refinery. Can you say holy dangerous Batman!?! He applied for an Operator job with BP at the end of May ( I knew from the get go that he would be hired) and finally started in November. He is in the crude unit making gas (which we all know he's quite skilled at, at home at least). He is completely happy at his new job and unbelievably impressed with BP in general. Hmmm, what else with JY? Oh, he's put us on the waiting list TO GET ON the waiting list for Seahawk Season Tickets. When we get them, hit us up yo!
Thatch is doing really well at school, although he still has his tremor problems. We've been going to the chiropractor to get his "popcorn" out and it really helps a lot. Not going to lie though, we miss Dr. Heather in Fairbanks. Anyhoo, his artwork and drawings are becoming much more detailed and colorful now that Santa brought him a big box of crayons. He is such a kind and loving little boy, for example when he got home from school today he and Coop were cuddling on a pillow and they were telling each other how much they missed each other while they were at school. It was like a freaking hallmark card, I can't even make this crud up. Of course, he also can be a little turd and is perfecting his snarky attitude. I have no idea where he gets that from.
Coopster is in pre-school and rocking it's face off. He can write his name now!! I realize this is probably age appropriate but when Thatch was this age he couldn't even hold a pencil, I am not exaggerating. I am impressed with my little guy. I am not impressed with his artwork all over everything, however. There is literally crayon on the ceiling of his bedroom. It's like he's making hash tags until he gets out of toddler jail, or something to that affect. He's super silly too, this last week he's become obsessed with the word pooh. It's all "I like pooh pooh" and "It looks like pooh pooh" or the best is this- Me: "Cooper, what are you doing?" Coop:"pooh pooh". At least there isn't pooh pooh on the walls, I guess.
Harpie, or my little Ladybug, as I so lovingly refer to her, is ridiculously adorable. Like seriously. But she knows it. Her favorite phrase is "I like shoe." And no joke, she loves shoes. She's always floating around the house, wreaking adorable havoc. I caught her attempting to escape from her crib the other day with one leg flug haphazardly over the edge about to leap to freedom; so I'm sure there will be some future posts about transitioning her to a big girl bed. Also, she's going to focus in potty training this year, because 7 years of diaper changing is quite enough for this chickadee. Honestly, she could probably potty train with out a problem, it's her lazy/crazy/tired Mom that needs to get with it. The Harpster will be turning 2 in 13 days so I need to get to work on her party planning! Yay for a girl party!
That leaves me. Meh, I'm seriously not doing anything except dishes and laundry. Great news though, I didn't gain any holiday weight but my pants still don't fit. It's the small victories in life which keep us going. I pretty much chauffeur, maid and arrange activities for people...I'm quite the cliche.
We are living in a rental house in a neighborhood we like because of the schools and the lake access! This past May we put an offer on a short sale house in this neighborhood but had to pull out in July due to pay issues at Shell (seriously, we hated that place!) It was still available in November when JY started at BP so we put in another offer but the bank was heinous to deal with. Long and painful story short, they wanted us to pay the back utilities and HOA dues on a house we didn't even live in AND when the house froze and a pipe broke from a cold snap they wanted us to fix it...and we didn't even have an agreement yet! That was exceptionally awful Wells Fargo, not cool. So needless to say, we are a little burned by the home buying process. We not sure what our plans really are yet but one things for sure, I should probably finish(start) unpacking boxes in the garage. Or not...
So that's really where we are as of now. It feels like 2013 was a year of happy changes for us but to be perfectly honest (when am I not?), I am happy 2013 is done. It was exhausting! On to 2014 and what ever the future holds :D
With Love,
SY
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