We're back

Its been a while since I posted anything and this was my original post:

Everyone is finally germ-free and our house is coming together; we even had a good friend, Chris from San Diego, visit. Things upstairs are still a bit of a mess, but I am using this time to get rid of things that we do not need -- the Salvation Army is going to benefit from our 'purging" LOL. In the midst of all the cleaning, painting and laundry, Benjamin's other tooth cut and Isabella decided to give her self a 'princess haircut;' luckily, she cut her hair of one side and not in the front, and I was able to repair the damage. She also is blessed with thick curly hair, so no one can tell what happened :). Hopefully, we succeeded in getting across that it was not a good idea to cut your own hair; I can't see us buying her one of those Barbie dolls that lets you trim and style their hair for an while.

Now, my revised post is apparently we are not germ free - the bloody things keep lingering in our house, but the rest of the stuff is almost all done, just a couple more things to fix up. We are now tackling chores that should have been accomplished a month ago, including the jungle that is our backyard; even our dog had become an expert at swinging a machete to clear a path to her favorite spot in the backyard! But on second thought, dogs with machetes is probably not a good idea, especially if she becomes interested in getting other kinds of bones (yikes!)... ;). We also found out that Ben had developed an allergy to our dog and so now we are trying to find her another home :(. Matt and I are really heart broken as Jesse is a fantastic dog and we have had her for 51/2 yrs but Ben has been really sick and having problems breathing. So, the search for Jess's new family is on, I will keep you posted on how it plays out