You might be wondering what in the world has happened to all of the blogging and posting lately. Well, the McDonnell Family is in process of moving into their new home and it is taking up all of our time right now. Well, honestly, I get the luxury of going to work during the weekdays so I decided I would post an update on the family to the best of my posting abilities (sorry, no political statements to be made this time).

The new house is an undeserved blessing from God that was purchased not by our might which makes it even more of a blessing. We purchased it 2 weeks ago and finally made the move (2 U-Haul trips) last weekend. It has actually gone pretty smooth insofar. All of the kids rooms have been painted. I was able to successfully drain the pool on accident and almost fell off a ladder yesterday when trying to close the attic entrance. I am so in my element when it comes to household maintenance. It runs in the family.

That's sarcasm.

I used to think I was good at performing various 'electrician' duties around my home (back in Jacksonville). However, I became so bold as to electrocute myself a couple of years ago at Nana's beach house while attempting to install a new outlet. I could swear that I saw Grand Jack almost laugh when I went flying across the room. I would have laughed too.

So, needless to say, we hired an electrician from Del-Air and he did a great job last night in about an hour. Crazy thing is, he never flipped a breaker.

Evan loves his new room because the previous owners left glow-in-the-dark stickers on the ceiling that he can stare at. He is also getting better sleep because Madalyn is no longer in his room keeping him up all through the night.

Madalyn calls her room "my party" which is really funny because she says, "is it time for me to go to my party?!" before bedtime. Her room is very girly and pink with a chandelier which was partly installed by me and then correctly installed by an electrician.

Jack's room is the furthest away from any of us (this is a good thing) and he has been an angel throughout this whole ordeal. He only cries when he is hungry or tired (again, not by our might).

I mowed the front yard the other day and it took me an hour. Time for me to get a riding lawnmower so I can officially be like that guy in the commerical who says, "How do I do it all ...? I'm in debt up to my eyeballs ....! Somebody help me."

I like buttons. Pools don't have buttons. They have levers. I like buttons.

Never try to light a pilot-light when it is located next to a large propane tank.

Water softeners should be called "unremoveable soap dispensers" because I can never get the soap off of my hands or head.

A pool-safety fence is also meant to keep out adults.

Why hire a maid to clean your floors when you can buy a robot to do it for you?

That noise you hear in your grass is your sprinkler system about to turn on. I would recommend NOT putting your ear to the lawn to figure that out.

All in all, we are very happy with the new place and things should return to normal (all screwed up) eventually.