Yay, Hot tub! <-Sarcasm.

with the purchase of our new house, we got a hot tub! great, right?! wrong. so very, very wrong.

1. We moved in, December 20th... cold temperatures.
2. We have a new baby.. and we moved in December 20th.. no time.
3. Somewhere in our lovely hot tub, there is a leak... More maintenance required.

The hot tub has been a huge pain in the ass since we arrived. We need to add water to it every few days, or the bloody thing shuts down and the temperature drops rapidly. Unfortunately, now it seems to have kicked the bucket entirely, and won't heat up. It is the coldest day of the year so far, and the hubby and I are going to be attempting to drain and winterize the thing so we don't have to worry about it until the spring, when we will fill it, fix it, and sell it. Never again. Hot tubs are great in theory, but unless you plan on having another hobby (we have enough on the go already) then you're just asking for trouble.

It would have been nice if we could have used it, but when we sell it in the spring, the hubby has agreed to let me get the soaker tub of my choice for the new bathroom we'll be putting in. mmmm soaker tub...

scrapbooking

Something about having a baby, makes me feel the need to document *everything*. I write down, or take pictures of everything that i think it would have been neat to know about my childhood.

I took prints of his hands and feet, and framed them for his wall. I take a picture of him doing anything new (I caught his first smile on camera.. or at least, his first that we saw) or interesting. I keep track of how big he is.. height and weight. and what better way to document all of this than a scrapbook??! so, I started scrapbooking, and I see now how this particular hobby could take up all of one's time.

I have been scrapbooking for all of two weeks, and already I have two bins and a shelf full of supplies. I planned on doing a page a month for a "baby book" for Des, and now I have started two other books as well.

If I'm not careful, I'll use up my whole craft area with scrapbooking supplies.