Moving again

No, we weren't looking or planning to move again. Our landlord is facing foreclosure. Moving sucks, but we did find a really great house. We'll be in the same ward, Calvin will get his own bedroom, Chris will have an office, and I'll get a sewing room again. It has a real pantry, which is truly rare up here.

Things have thawed here. We still have freezing low temperatures, but now the highs are back in the 60s and 70s where they belong. It's really quite nice.

So I'm almost at the end of what will hopefully be my last round of hCG. My total is 57 pounds. Yes, feel free to clap. With the weightloss, I feel so great. It actually doesn't hurt to run short distances. I've even had the crazy idea that maybe I should start running longer distances, like maybe run all the way around the track without walking. I know - crazy talk, isn't it. So you know me, I can't do anything unless I've read something about how to do it. (I didn't understand how to drive a stick shift until I read instructions on it.) So I looked up online and there are instructions on how to start running long distances. They sound totally doable. I bought some running shoes and downloaded an app for my droid to track my running. I'm planning on starting on Monday. You may be asking why not start today? I have my reasons. Monday.

Seeing that I skipped posting about a few events, I'll do that now.
My birthday was wonderful. Loved it.
Christmas was great. Dinner was awesome at my sister's house. Gained five pounds - worth it.
The New Year came. I think we were all asleep for it's arrival.
Chris and I have been married 14 year. We went to San Francisco. Had a lovely time.
Chris had a birthday too. He has more gray hairs than I do - hahaha.
And that brings you all pretty much up to date.

Oh yeah, we're moving again.

If it's going to be this cold, it should at least snow

It's cold. We have no gas, which means we have no central heating, no hot water, and no stove/oven. Did I mention it's cold? The gas has been turned off for three days now. You probably already know this, unless you live under a rock, but there's a gas shortage that's spanning multiple states. I'm sure no one thought it would ever affect southern AZ, but yes, it does get cold here. I was lucky to be able to buy propane tanks for our camping heaters and an electric blanket. All the stores sold out of electric space heaters within hours. Propane tanks sold out in a couple days. Lots of people don't even have water because pipes froze and broke. Our pipes froze yesterday morning but luckily didn't break, and they thawed by around 10 AM. One of my friends who lives near the edge of the outage area was able to get her gas turned back on last night. No real word on when those of us who live out on the edges of town will get ours back on.

We all kind of look like orphans 

with all our layers of mismatched clothing.

And we are all in need of a hot shower.