Brr!! It's really cold here in Yankton. Thankfully it's going to warm up for the rest of the week. While Cory was making chili this afternoon and the kids were happily occupied, I ran to the grocery store to pick up a few items. I really didn't want to bother getting any of the kids bundled up to go out. It's perfect weather for chili, but it ended up being too spicy for me. That's too spicy for first trimester me - not regular me.

It was a crazy night for Cory delivering pizzas last night. He was supposed to get out at 8:30 but ended up staying until nearly 10. He's working again tonight and called to say tonight made last night look like fun. I get that it was New Year's Eve yesterday and lots of bowl games today (and a lot of people not wanting to go out in the cold to get food), but it's almost obscene how many people order pizza and do so quite often. What gets Cory are the people who actually tell him that they can't tip him because they're out of work. Umm, so why are you spending $20 or $30 to have a pizza delivered?

Cory did bring home pizza for us last night (as I now finish complaining about people ordering pizza), and the kids were so happy as they'd been expecting it more than an 1 1/2 earlier. Cole had actually fallen asleep for a short time but woke up only to begin laughing hysterically about anything and everything. I started laughing so hard every time he'd laugh, and Accalia came downstairs and asked why I was so sad because I had tears streaming down my face. So we all had our pizza and watched the ball drop twice on tv (once with Dick Clark and once with Carson Daly). Ella was out before midnight, but both Accalia and Cole stayed awake. Accalia really wanted to do that and was excited to welcome in 2008 ("I'm 8, too!"). She's also excited that this is the Year of the Rat, and we spent a while today looking at what years of the Chinese Zodiac we were born in and what characteristics those years have.

I guess I'd better clear a path through the living room so Cory doesn't trip over something when he comes home.