Well, I suppose I'm not the best at this blogging stuff. :) It's been quite a while since my last post back in February. Life hasn't been too hectic though, and I suppose there's not been much to tell.
Anyhow, since my last post and my painful incident of breaking my toe (healed now, but still a little painful from time to time) Justin and I took a wonderfully relaxing trip for two to North Bend State Park. Absolutely wonderful. We came in just in time to catch the tale end of their winter special at the lodge which included lodging, dinner and breakfast for two (anything we wanted on the tasty and wonderful menu) all for $99 per night. Not extremely frugal, but given there were no hotels in the area that we could find, B&B prices where about $100/night and eating out involved a twenty minute drive and offered your basic fast food fair instead of tasty, home cooked meals... well, that being said I think we made out like bandits! The weather we great, my toe was healed just enough to walk fairly comfortably (good since our main reason for picking North Bend was their Rail Trail access), and the trail was awesome. Rail trails are a wonderful way to get out in nature even when you're not in the best of shape, since the trails tend to be nice, flat or gently sloped and usually have great access sites so you can park almost beside the trail. North Bend Rail Trail is a total of 77 miles and runs between Parkersburg, WV and Clarksburg, WV. It runs through several small towns along the way and has many beautiful bridges and tunnels! :) We only put in six miles (from Cairo to tunnel 19 and back), but it was nice and easy going. We hope to eventually go back and maybe bike the whole trail with friends (faster by far) and maybe to try taking the kids. Such an as going trail is great for families.
When we got home, we were greeted by an elated little girl who was tickled pink to have mommy and daddy home again. Not that she didn't love her weekend with grandma, but she's always happy to come home to us. :) Best feeling in the world I must say. But unfortunately our return was followed with sniffling and congestion and suddenly I'm experiencing my baby's first sickness. As I'm a new mom, part time stepmom (our little man lives with his mom and just gets to visit us) I was a little worried, but I think I stayed pretty calm. I tried cough syrup and treating her at home first as was recommended since she started out with such mild symptoms, but then had to take her to the doc (and later myself) because it just wasn't working and she was feeling and sounding worse. My sweet little Jess had caught bronchitus and developed a sinus infection. :( A quick shot of steroids, antibiotics and some breathing treatments and she was right as rain again in no time. Hell, she was up and better far faster than I was. :) I'm still sounding all froggy in the voice over two weeks later.
Unfortunately, Jess and I were not well by her birthday (very first!) on the 3rd, so birthday dinner with the family (at least as many as were available to come) was postponed until a few days later. Thankfully by then, we were feeling much better and we managed to have a wonderful dinner at home followed by cake and general fun.
As far as debt updates, I've managed to payoff the last of my medical bills from Jess's birth. Yay! There's still the rest of her NICU bills to pay, and now I've added ER bills for my toe, but I'm feeling pretty good about it still. My savings was moving up nicely, though I have to dip into that for the unexpected expense of broken glasses. Somehow bub managed to run face first into a pole at school. He was happy to let us know that he wasn't the only one either, and that at least he didn't have to go to the hospital for stitches... yeah... I'm glad of that, thankful even... though utterly amazed at the ability of children to run without watching where they're going. Anyhow, new glasses have been ordered and should make it in before his upcoming testing at school.
Well, time to get ready for dinner and spend some quality time with the family. Have a wonderful evening everyone.
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