seems like...

we have croup here.

eli is getting over this buggy bug and has passed the torch to ida.

ida and i spent about a 1/2 hour at 2:00 AM sitting on the bench outside of mom and dads place last night. it was dark and amazingly quiet. the moonlight was outlining the trees in the yard. there was a soft layer of snow on everything. it was kind of a nice experience that was dotted with little sealy barks from ida. i am sure the wildlife was wondering what the heck that noise was.

i got phone call today that chalked up another mini-miraculous-happening since we decided to stay here in calgary. the things that have happened are small in nature, but have made the smoothest transition for us back into the action here. after miraculously finding our house 2 weeks ago, we finalized the mortgage yesterday. our mortgage banker drove out to my parents house and sat downstairs with us looking at our options. he gave us a line of credit with a interest rate of 2.75%. 2.75%. with that little set up we will be saving over $1000 a month. do you know how rad that is?

i emailed eli's school teacher a couple of days ago to let her know that our plans had changed and what we were up to. she indicated that she would have to consult with the principal to see if it was o.k. if eli continued at the school since we would be out of the zoned area. i cringed when i saw that email as i was really worried they would not let him stay. within minutes i got a message back saying that it was perfectly fine he stayed for the rest of the year AND technically he would be able to stay another year through to grade 3. WHAT?! my eyes filled with tears. i was so thankful to hear that. i knew that there would be a brand new school available to him next year by our new home, but i worried about changing him and wanted to keep things familiar for him. wow. that little piece of news was so comforting.

yesterday i was calling around setting up services for the new house. i basically ended up calling all our old accounts to see if we could reactivate them. i was worried about set-up fees and hassle. all i got was "no problem! you are eligible for up-grades! oh, look here we can give you this promotional rate for the next 12 months..." thank you shaw, enmax, rogers.... you are making my life very cheap and very easy.

this morning eli's pediatrician's office called. he had not seen her for a year and a half {which is a good thing} and they were wanting another referral from our family doctor for him to come back to see her. {typically we all see our family doctor and if you have a child needing special care you are referred to a pediatrician}. in the interim, the office staff had shot a note off to dr. macpherson to see if she would take him back under the circumstances. the gal on the phone this morning let me know that she would indeed would see him and they would also take ida on as well. really?! really?!? really!!

like i said, these are all small things but they have stunned me as they have happened. it is like i have been able to re-set up my life and everything is super streamlined and things are all in order. such a good feeling.

on a completely different note, i have been sewing like crazy the last couple of weeks. i finished c.j.'s quilt - it just needs to be quilted now. i sewed a quilt top for ida out of great heather ross fabrics. i cut out a queen sized quilt out of heather bailey fabric that i think is going to be super fly and i am almost done my infamous-1-year-in-the-making christmas quilt top. dad brought home the last of the fabric i needed from california on saturday. i better get on that today.

git r' dun.