Three wins. One loss.

Win #1: We got the toilet fixed! Yea for us!! In our vicious fight we finally beat the toilet! Yesterday I bought a new floaty thing, took out the new/broken one (not the old/broken one that we already took out - we replaced it with the new/broken one) and put in the new/working one. Of course, after hours and hours spent hovering behind the toilet, this one went in super easy, less then five minutes and all is great. That was how hard it was supposed to be the FIRST time! But at least we have super cool new flexi piping now instead of pain in the %^$!#$% regular metal piping - so that's a win in and of itself, right? So we got the toilet fixed - no leaks - no water running - all is good again - Win One.

Win #2: Furnace. As most of you know Cody is insane about the heating bill - so he keeps it insanely cold and I wear a hat and fluffy socks around the house from November until May. But lately it's been cold even for him. The other morning we woke up and it was 56 degrees downstairs and 62 degrees upstairs. No matter how cheap you are that is just too darn cold to get out of bed! So we started messing with the heater and paying attention and even when we would set it at 84 it would cut off at around 65. So we knew something was wrong. So we called the Furnace Man (Florida folks - we have gas heat here, not electric) and prayed very hard we wouldn't have to buy a new one or we would have to sell one of Mr. Pickles' kidneys. So Furnace Man came and sure enough he asked us if we kept it pretty cool in the house. Cody, of course, asks "what would you consider 'pretty cool'?" Sure enough the problem was that we had the house at 55-57 during the day (we have a programable thermostat) and then warmed it up at night, so condensation was building up making the furnace cut off before it should have. So he drained the condensation and told us to keep the heat above 62-65 at all times!!! YIPPEEEE FOR ME!!! I was thrilled to hear that! No more Cody turning the heat down really cold so when I get home I can see my breath!!! So thrilled! So now we have a working furnace again that heats our house and we didn't have to pay too terribly much!!

Win #3: We got our Christmas Tree up finally! Well, it was technically "up" on Sunday when we put it in the stand, we hadn't decorated it yet. So last night we moved one of the bookcases out of the way, moved the tree into place and put all the ornaments on! It was great! We went through all the ornaments, put them all on and had a great time going through memories. One of them says "Cody and Missy 1997" - that was our second Christmas together. 10 darn years ago!!! Wow! That's pretty crazy. So the tree is up, ornaments and lights are on and life is good. Now just to find presents (for someone that is not myself) to go under the tree. :)

Loss: Green Bay. They lost to Dallas tonight. Since we don't have cable (or the NFL network) we went out to watch the game with friends, but the bar didn't have it on either so we got to watch a rousing game of Rutgers v. Louisville and get Green Bay updates on the cell phone. Oh well. Farvre got hurt in the 2nd so as long as he's okay life is good. Speaking of hurt quarterbacks, did you hear Tebow/Superman broke his hand during the FSU game and still played? How tough/nut job of him!

Hope everyone has a lot of wins tomorrow! At least it will be Friday!