I'm too tired to upload photos, so here's another list.

Because Life with Mortgage seems immensely more busy than Life with Rent, I can't even pull it together enough to figure out how to say "more busy" without sounding like a beauty school drop-out, and our "blog updates" are scarce these days, here is a short list of things I've realized so far in 2010:

1. Being a pescetarian is not as difficult as I thought. I'm not one for New Year's resolutions because I just end up disappointed with myself sometime in early March and who wants that? So instead, this year I decided to try something I've been thinking about for a long time: a diet with no poultry. I stopped eating animals with four legs over two years ago and now I've given up animals with legs all together. Fish only. And I don't even eat that much fish. And when I do, I try to make sustainable & healthy choices. Except for the new Wendy's fish sandwich (a perfectly timed debut for Lent) which can't be healthy or susatinable. I get my protein with soy, eggs, cheese, and veggies. I'm happy with my choice so far and, even though my choice has made cooking more complicated for Jay & my family, I'm sticking with it. And I may become a vegetarian one day but I'm not ready yet.
2. My Achilles' heel is not the sale rack at J. Crew as previously thought, it is Worms. If you're my friend, (on Facebook that is), you may have seen my status a few weeks ago pertaining to the aforementioned creature. It's a long, gag inducing story, but we found worms, ahem, maggots, on the top shelf of our guest bedroom closet. Left there by the former 16 year old inhabitant. That was two weeks ago. And for the past two weeks, worms have been crawling out from the crack between the shelf & the wall. They are persistent lil buggers, persevering through periodic Raid sprays. I keep walking into the bedroom half expecting to find a human size worm lounging in the Ikea chair in the corner flipping through our photo albums and chomping on an apple. No joke. I take this as a sign that I've seen too many made-for-the-sci-fi-channel movies. So, worms. Gross.
3. Carpal Tunnel is the pits. And wearing a dorky wrist brace puts me back to my braces, glasses wearing junior high self.
4. I knew I never liked water. I had a huge fear of swimming when I was little, (my mom can attest), and even though now I can swim a lap without convulsing and weeping simultaneously, water is still my mortal enemy. Our dishwasher started leaking a few weeks ago (pre-worms thank goodness otherwise I would've totally lost my mind). And the same week, Arizona had a record-breaking rainstorm. To express the severity of the situation, I have two words for you. Sand Bags. They are still lined up soldier course outside our master bedroom sliding door. The same genius homeowners who didn't own cleaning supplies, built a patio off the master without a threshold to stop the water from seeping into the crap door circa 1971. So, water. No fun.
5. Even with the (gag) worms & water, owning a home is pretty wonderful.
6. I love Obama Mama. Thank you Mr. President for the Home Buyers Tax Credit. Wood floors here we come! Can I get a what what?!

UPDATE: I just showed Jay the post and he read the first paragraph a few times before saying, "Chels, isn't 'more busy' just 'busier'?

Yeah. Um. I'd like to make an amendment to my list.

7. I think I may be coming down with something. Sniffle. Cough.