New Fisette in the world!

Well, Madeline Bellamy Fisette arrived on Thursday! She and Mom (Erica) are doing very well at a hospital in the Chicago area. She was 8lbs and 5 1/2 oz! I was so happy when Matt (my cousin) called on Friday night to tell us the good news! We are so happy for them, I know Matt will be a terrific dad!

Brian's parents are off on a week long golfing trip to Hilton Head, NC. I hope they have beautiful weather and a great time!!

Thursday we watched the movie 'Miracle'. What a good movie! You know what happens in the end, but it was neat to watch the whole thing on how they got there!

Not too much has been going on here. Friday night we went over to Glenn and Alexis' house to celebrate Glenn's birthday. We played pool and ate munchies. It was pretty fun.

Saturday we got up early and got my car back to the garage, it has developed an oil leak. And oil leaks are NOT GOOD for the environment! The oil will wash into the aquifers and eventually into the ocean which harms dolphins and lots of other sea life! So, even though my car only drops a drip about once every 3 days, I want it fixed! So, they had to order a part and it will get fixed next weekend.

We also brought Brian's car in. It was due for an oil change and the works also. After that Brian went to get a haircut while I took the dogs to the Vet to get their nails clipped. (That is one of those things that I vowed to do at the wedding). After we got home, I did the lovely task of collecting dog excrement in the back yard for removal. After I finished that, Brian and I cleaned the garage out. It had been getting messy and disorganized over the last few weeks. Plus we couldn't get our cars in the garage, and with winter coming, we wanted to get them inside. So, we now have it back to the condition where we can park all 4 vehicles inside! After that fun, I gave each dog a bath because they were pretty stinky!

Saturday was my dad's birthday, so we went down to celebrate with him. Suzi was also down for the weekend. My mom made a New England boiled dinner: corned beef, cabbage, turnips, potatoes, and carrots. MMMMmmm, it was so tasty! I love it! We had homemade apple crisp for dessert.

For his birthday we all chipped in and got him a cell phone. It is something he has really been wanting. We showed him the basics of how to use it after dinner.

Sunday we got up late and had a lazy morning. I got all the Halloween decorations down. I sorted through all the catalogs I get and found things to order for Christmas gifts. We ate waffles for breakfast, compliments of Brian! After that, Brian started a project he has wanted to do for quite some time. We have a ton of COAX cable on the outside of our house on the back of the garage from all of the satelites and cable and everything coming into the house. Brian wanted to move it all into the garage to be more protected. So, Glenn came over and helped him move it all.

While they did that, Alexis and I went to Kohl's. Zak gave me Friend's and Family coupons good for this weekend only, for an extra 15% off your total purchase. So, we took our coupons and went shopping. We had fun, I got about 3 sweaters for Christmas time. I got one Christmas gift, some socks for Brian and a Halloween table cloth on clearance! So, THANKS ZAK for the coupons!!

When we got back to the house, they had just gotten the satellite hooked back up and the race was on! So, we watched the race for a while and then Glenn and Lex took off for home. We finished watching the race. Jeff came in 3rd at the last minute, what a bummer! If he has good weeks the next two weeks, he could win the championship! That would be awesome!

It was pretty quiet around our house the rest of the evening. We had a steak dinner and watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I love that show! The family that they did the house for last night was so great!

That is about all that is happening here! We only have a 4 day work week this week. Both Brian and I get Thursday, Veteran's Day, off! Yea! I hope to get a lot of Christmas shopping done that day!