Let me list all of the fun and exciting things that have been going on in the Harward's lives since January 1, 2009.
1. The Mr. crunched his front bumper in a parking garage on New Year's Eve. Morning, mind you. No alcohol was involved. I realize this happened on the last day of 2008, but I count it as the start of our series of unfortunate events.
2. Yours truly gets speeding ticket #2 in less than 6 months. I had never had a speeding ticket in my life till last August, and then here comes another one. I didn't even look at it this time, just stuffed it in my purse and went about my business.
3. On the coldest weekend this year, on a sunny Saturday morning (January 17th to be exact), a pipe in our neighbor's town home bursts and floods our half bath, coat closet and half of our living room. Little man and I were at Target and Home Depot for about 2 hours, came home about 12:30 PM and heard water running outside our neighbor's house. I thought maybe she left her faucet dripping outside... wrong. We walk into our house and see about 1" of water, which little man runs right through without a clue. Long story short, it could have been a lot worse, but it was a real pain in the ass. It took about a month to get everything fixed. Or so we thought...
4. Little man falls between the coffee table and the couch at the end of February and breaks his collarbone. Are you kidding me? I've never even broken anything, but my 2 year old has. He is fine and his "bone", as he likes to say, is healing nicely. And he wore a little sling for about a week before he was just to busy to bother with it anymore.
5. A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law went to the emergency room and they then admitted her to ICU, where she has remained for almost 3 weeks. I won't go into all the details, but she is improving. She also has a long way to go, so all thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
6. Yeah, you know how we thought everything from the Flood of '09 was fixed? Well, in order to replace the hardwood floors in our entryway and half bathroom, the workers had to take out the toilet. At one point it was in our front yard, which I thought was pretty funny, but I digress. Apparently the builder hadn't installed the toilet properly when our place was built, so these guys supposedly "fixed" it. I look at the bathroom floor yesterday and notice that both sides of the floor at the base of the toilet are wet. Looks like they have been wet for a while, and we hadn't noticed. Great. Calls to the fix-it guy have not yet been returned, which makes me even more happy!
Life is not all bad though. We have our health and a roof over our head, and our sweet baby boy has turned into a mischievous 2.5 year old who talks a lot. Non-stop, in fact. He has his moments, but is the best little guy we could ask for.
Ok, I'm watching "Milk" so let me get back to that. Hope to update more than once every 6-8 months. :) Don't give up on me, readers!
