I can breathe!

I have been waiting to get camera stuff going on the computer to post...but I figured I would at least get Merry Christmas gone! We are having a crazy wind and rain storm here tonight and I have been stuck indoors all day!!! A rare thing around here...we usually are outside playing for half the day!!...and playing in the hot tub at night!
Speakign of our awesome hot tub....I have stooped to use bribery to get my kids to be helpful. So, I told them whomever is the most helpful that day gets to go in the hot tub before bed with me! IT is working great. The first night, they were all over it...."MOm, what else can I do for you?"..., it was fabulous. I had to take them all in that night. Luke got to go last night and tonight it is too stormy. IT's working so far for me. :) They are also motivated to get chores done so they can go play with the neighborhood kids...which is new and wonderful.
As for us being settled...we are getting there. I still haven't dealt with the garage or the master closet...but most other stuff is done. I haven't put up all the pics...I am working on a collage wall and I haven't quite decided how to do it yet.
The house is awesome. I promise to post pics. It is seriously perfect for us! We knew that something good was in store for us...but we were just a couple of days away from closing with no where to live...( many kind offers of friends who would take us all in) We are so glad everything fell through so we could get this place. It feels like the right time and the right place. That feels so good.
2009 was mental. I keep feeling this weird feeling...weird, like I am NOT panicked and worried, and sweating .....I had gotten so used to the stresses of showing the house, one car, no money, the worry for our business and our future.......and the effects of all of that on our family. Now....
I CAN BREATHE
and it feels so good.

pics to come!