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So much to do, so little motivation

This has been a crazy week.  Ben has decided that he's not going to sleep at night and would rather sleep during the day.  We are trying to work with him and get his schedule back on track, but so far no luck.  We are co-sleeping still with hopes to soon move him into his own bed and his own room.  We will not be co-sleeping with Sydney.  We have added Up to our movies that Ben wants to watch at all times.  It's kind of funny.  He got stuck on one movie and now he just loves any children's movie he watches. Yesterday, I had a doctor's appointment in the morning.  Nothing new or exciting.  I did beg for him to get her out now and he laughed and told me no.  I also had a pre-screening for a job at work.  It's actually for my current job, but the job is moving to a different department and supervisor and the new supervisor is hiring new people or us for the job openings.  It's kind of weird and scary to interview for a job you a...

New dryers and the beginning of Christmas cookies

This has been a wild weekend.  Yesterday morning, Shawn went to get a new fuse for our broken dryer only to find that the fuse was fine and it was the heating element on the dryer.  With that needing replaced and the timer needing replaced, it was going to cost about the same as buying another used dryer.  After consulting Shawn's parents and Terry (the family friend) we decided it would be better to either have the parts replaced or buy a cheap yet new dryer.  Later that evening, we were getting ready to leave to a friend's house for their Christmas get together called "The Lazy Day of Christmas" and we got a phone call from Terry.  He was in our drive way with a new dryer.  He helped get it in the house, hooked up and ready to go, and said "Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday."  I managed to wait until he left before the tears started.  It was just so sweet and touching.  It wasn't that he bought us the dryer, but it was the thoughtfulness b...