the rest of the bad news...

so, christmas morning, we thought it felt a little chilly in the house.
we monkeyed around with the thermostat but we just couldn't seem to get the furnace to click on...

so we did out best to cuddle and stay warm until it was time to head to grama's house for christmas dinner.  we didn't want to pay, what we assumed would be a gigantic fee to have a technician come out on christmas day, so we came up with a plan.  max and i would stay at grama's house and drew would stay at home with the dogs and the space heater and the fireplace and call first thing the next morning.

after a consultation, furnace troubleshooting and lots of phone calls to those who know more (i.e. my dad and drew's step dad) we decided to replace our furnace.

they'd be able to come on the 27th, so that meant one more night for max and i at my moms and one more chilly night at the house for drew.  that night, max feel asleep at 6:15pm on the couch.  and for anyone that knows max...that is NOT a good sign.  nope, not at all.  he got sick...and still is.
because of that i missed out on seeing my really good friends from kentucky.  :(

i guess when it rains it pours for us.  many things didn't go the way we had planned this break.  but we were together, we spent time with family, and we were able to celebrate christmas at church, with people we love, and are ready to welcome in 2014!