Chatterbox

Somewhere in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner, Addy decided that she wanted to be heard and she hasn't stopped talking yet. Granted, her sentences consist of a long string of "oooooo's" but she's got a lot to say.

Since we weren't having dinner with friends and family on Thanksgiving, we had dinner with a friend's family. It was very nice and they made us feel very welcome. There were a lot of kids - or maybe it just seemed like a lot. I stayed with the women-folk inside while the men-folk sat outside drinking beer. This is life after childbirth, huh? Regardless, we now have a better memory of Addy's first Thanksgiving than The Husband and I heating up frozen pizza and wishing there were something good on TV.

I am now on a mission to find a local contractor to replace our roof. I keep procrastinating because I don't want to hear that I can't get a new roof until late next year. Of course, the more I procrastinate, the lower I will be on the list. I want to find a local company not only to keep my money in the city but also so I know where to go if we have a problem. Mr. Texas and his merry band of workers might be cheap and easy but I'd like this roof to last a while.

I don't look forward to replacing the roof for another reason and that is because it's original to the house (which is about 100 years old). I'm looking for some way that I can save pieces of the discarded slate to incorporate into a patio or something. I'll probably just end up with piles of said slate in my backyard for years to come.

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