Rats!!!!

Rats is my latest saying. I'm trying to use it rather than darn, dang or some of those other BAD words. It sounds much better coming out of Justus' mouth. The first time I heard Justus say - darn it sounded like dern it and reminded me of da**. I didn't like the sound of it. So we'll go with RATS!

So RATS!!!!!!!!! I've gone from having 5 children to 25 in a matter of one day!!! That is for our valentine's banquet. Man!!! And I was happy that I'd found two adult workers. Now I will definetly need more help! It's to the phones I go.

In other news Ezekiel has decided to start pulling up in his crib & can stand up on his own. It's time to move the mattress down a notch! A spill to the concrete floor would not be good.

We got our taxes done. Yea!!!!!!!! Some home improvements are on the top of the list. We've set aside a chunk of our return specifically for this: Painting the bedroom side of the house. Flooring of some kind for this side of the house as well. Right now it's painted concrete but the paint is peeling. And with Zeke gearing up for crawling mode chipped paint doesnt sound so appealing.

Upgrades: We hope to also 'upgrade' our linens & some clothing as well. The van is getting new breaks & tune up. And a addition of some kind will be made to the back yard. Something entertaining for the kids.

Finally, savings!!! We've never had any before, so I am 'stoked' as Sam would say. It is always our intention to do this but the money somehow slips from our fingers as everything turns out to cost more than we had hoped. But for now I remain optomistic. Our return is more than we expected so there should be some left over, right?