The ants go marching one by one, hoorah....hoorah

So our in-home worker ants spent tireless hours working on these amazing food piles. I don't know where they're getting it from. Just the night before I vacuumed under the rug, on the bottom of the rug and on top of the rug two times. But, alas......by morning they had outdone themselves. It's too darn bad they can't fit the food particles under the baseboard. They work so hard to gather it.

So although I was impressed with all their hard work......I got out the vacuum and sucked it all up. I really did feel bad about it though.

Then I laid traps.......they seem to be working (mostly).

So.....now I just have to get rid of the mice in the garage that seem to be able to take peanut butter off the traps without being snapped in half.

Good times!

I don't think I will know what to do with myself once the infestations over (if they ever are)!

We're moved....our whole lives have fallen apart but at least we are moved!

So...our move to the Tri-Cities is complete. We are all settled (cough, cough) here. Never mind the fact that the kids and I have been sick (one sinus infection, ear infections and pre-pneumonia is all) and we are stuck seeing "urgent care" doctors because no one can see "new patients" for over a month and a half. (Don't mind us....we'll just DIE in the hall while we wait!).

The kids are all on antibiotics and our gas to the house was shut off yesterday (mix up with the gas company). No worries....it is back on. Rob was the only one that had to brave a cold shower. I chose not to shower at all (which greately improved my mood, you can imagine).

So far I have had to clean up mice dropping in the garage (left from the previous tenants who had food in plastic bags in the garage...duh!), dealt with ants running a muck in the house, lots of spiders and flying bugs.......EVERYWHERE! I feel creapy crawly things on me all of the time. I'm probably NOT imagining it, what with the infestation and all.

A few days into the move, Rob gets a letter from the IRS informing him that he has a tentative job offer with them. They want to know if he is going to accept it. ("WHAT????.......YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE ME FOR SIX MONTHS AND MAKE ME MOVE AGAIN TO ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.....OR PUERTO RICO? DO YOU NOT REALIZE I AM ALREADY CHEMICALLY UNBALANCED?") No firm decisions yet but I believe we are going to be staying here in Richland. Hopefully!




Do I seem a little grumpy? stressed? insane? The answer is "yes," "yes," "yes." Nothing a little Prozac cant fix!

No really......I am very happy for our new surrounding and Rob's new job. They have been very good to him so far and I am really impressed with them. Not to mention Rob's work schedule is AWESOME. He works MTWR 9hrs.....F 8hrs on week and gets the next friday off. They call them "Hanford" Friday's here. It's pretty cool.

Gabe has already found "friends" here to play with. Although he is completely put out that they can be over at the house 24/7. Or, ever, so far but we have been sick. Don't want to pass it on.

The ward is very welcoming and I think we are going to like it here quite nicely.............at least once I get on something (you think I'm kidding.......sooooooooo NOT kidding!).

I'm speechless..........

It is now 8:07 AM and Cael is still asleep.

This NEVER happens.

Cael is my 5:30AM-er.

Of course, he is pre-pneumonia suffering-ish.

Poor kid.

I think I will drug him with Dimatapp and put a humidifier in his room EVERY night!

How will my life go on?

A week without internet access!......How will I ever do it?

Just now I am busy writing down phone numbers so that I can MANUALLY take care of business once we get to West Richland. How will I cope? I hope my dialing finger does not seize up!



BTW....the wedding was awesome! I love my brother.....I mean, I LOVE MY BROTHER and I am so glad he found an awesome lady to marry. I will have to post more about it later (with pics of course!)!

Hooray for clean toilets and soap.....on the next adventure.

I commend Idaho for their excellent rest stop facilities. I, yes even I, approve of their cleanliness. That says a lot.

Montana, on the other hand.......not so much. One of the facilities we stopped at didn't even have soap dispensers let alone soap.

Coincidentally we changed two poopy diapers and had a #2 accident at this rest stop. Joy!

Three baby wipes and five rounds of hand sanitizer later, I considered my hands somewhat clean and we left.

On to the next adventure!

We move in 2 days! Crazy!

I guess I should get off the computer and go pack!