We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and we hosted at our rental place just because we could! We borrowed some pie plates and pots and pans and serving bowls, didn't have some of the utensils and dishes that we needed, but had a perfectly wonderful day with family. It was a year to remember what we are truly thankful for and to realize how blessed we truly are.
The kids are doing amazingly well. We have been settled here for just shy of two weeks and they are adjusting wonderfully. Drew has been in a spectacular mood and has had basically zero meltdowns for a few days now. Jack has settled into a great napping and sleeping routine. Both boys are eating much better. Tonight we had everyone fed, bathed, in bed, and asleep before 8 - that hasn't happened in almost a month.
We went out today and bought a new Christmas tree and ornaments. Even though a bunch of our Christmas stuff was salvageable, we don't have it - Servpro does. I wanted so badly to just go into the basement and pull all of our bins of Christmas stuff out and decorate, but we can't. Instead we spend half of the day spending more money to replace it all. It can be so maddening at times. We had such a great time setting up the tree and decorating though. It was just the therapy we all needed.
In other news, I found a used car this weekend - an 05 Chevy Trailblazer. Problem is that we are waiting for an insurance check so we can pay for it. Once again, everything is a process. So, I will borrow a car from some generous friends this week as I have a 3 day conference in Manchester.
My parents took the kids overnight on Friday night and we were able to so some shopping and replace some more things. We went to Salmon Falls Stoneware and got some nice pieces, replaced our ipads (I was dying without any technolgy ) and bought some new kitchen gadgets and pots and pans. It was a nice night out together.
We are plugging along, slowly replacing some things that are important to us and finding a new normal for now.
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