Today we are grateful for...

After a year and a half of using a crappy lawn mower and 6 years of sleeping on a miserable mattress, our house is brimming with excitement. The income tax fairy has brought us lots of wonderful goodies.

Including...

A new dishwasher. 5 months of washing huge loads of dishes daily by hand are done. Yay!!

A new lawn mower that doesn't require a degree in MacGyverology (by the way, yes those are clamps, and yes they are holding the machine together. Oh, and if you ask how to start it, be prepared to receive a wire diagram. You will need it in order to connect the correct wires together).

And a new mattress that proves to prevent Daddy's from waking up as sore and grumpy Daddy Bears.