Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Itty Bitty Update
Tomorrow marks week 14 for Itty Bitty, who is now the size of a lemon according to babycenter.com. Much better than a 13 week medium shrimp. (That description induced a bad dream!) Baby's heartbeat was a strong 150 today, and I got measured for the first time. And even though I've been eating a LOT, doc says my weight is right on track. Woohoo!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
My fully functional kitchen.
Number 1 - notice the pretty red wall
Number 2 - notice the light switch for the halogen (NOT flourescent!) lighting.
Number 3 - notice the outlet WITHOUT a microwave and light plugged in. That means that when we want to use the toaster or the mixer, we don't have to unplug the light. THAT means I get to cook in the light. Ahhh, it's amazing.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
My Husband, the SuperHero
You know those home improvement projects that look so simple, but lying underneath are a nasty mountain of issues and suddenly the project is a MUCH bigger pain. So started our Saturday. Really, Randy's Saturday.
Today we replaced the LAST two windows on our house, closing out a 3 year project of 2-4 windows per year. The final two windows were the living room windows. We decided to leave the big plate glass in the middle because replacing that didn't come close to fitting the budget, so we special ordered the two on the sides. We knew that the sill was pretty rotten. We painted trim last year and the first hail storm we got this year left a mountain of paint chips on our landscaping. But Randy figured that wood filler would do the trick and keep him from replacing the entire long sill. That is, until he started chipping away at some of it this morning.
The previous owners had already taken his trick, actually putting loose pieces of wood and styrofoam in with the wood filler. Following came a trip to HD for wood, cutting a new sill, priming, painting, and finally new windows.
This was a little earlier in the day. As of right now, all the windows are in place and the clean up has begun!
I know this was not at all was my superhero husband had in mind today. We talked about replacing the sill last night, and he was definitely NOT for that. But he did a great job with a positive attitude!
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Follow up on the Pants...BIG fan. They're like PJs...even after lunch!
Today we replaced the LAST two windows on our house, closing out a 3 year project of 2-4 windows per year. The final two windows were the living room windows. We decided to leave the big plate glass in the middle because replacing that didn't come close to fitting the budget, so we special ordered the two on the sides. We knew that the sill was pretty rotten. We painted trim last year and the first hail storm we got this year left a mountain of paint chips on our landscaping. But Randy figured that wood filler would do the trick and keep him from replacing the entire long sill. That is, until he started chipping away at some of it this morning.
The previous owners had already taken his trick, actually putting loose pieces of wood and styrofoam in with the wood filler. Following came a trip to HD for wood, cutting a new sill, priming, painting, and finally new windows.
This was a little earlier in the day. As of right now, all the windows are in place and the clean up has begun!I know this was not at all was my superhero husband had in mind today. We talked about replacing the sill last night, and he was definitely NOT for that. But he did a great job with a positive attitude!
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Follow up on the Pants...BIG fan. They're like PJs...even after lunch!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Heartbeat, Heartburn and Pants
Here's my random post of the day...
At my dr. appointment yesterday, Itty Bitty's heartbeat was 155. It has been 165-175, so I've had plenty of guesses that we're having a girl. So are we now having a boy?? Hmmm...we'll have to watch this one. Only EIGHT - TEN more weeks till we find out.
I actually haven't been sick at all. Not once. But I have had to eat to feel good and had some crazy cravings and some anti-cravings. For a non-fast food person, the run to McD's for a cheese burger at 2:00 in the afternoon was wierd. And chocolate and cheese were the worst sounding foods in the world for a couple weeks. Cheese is back on my favorites list, but chocolate is still questionable. And I was practically a chocoholic. Yesterday, the heartburn started. All afternoon and evening. I had it this morning and this evening. So not fun at all.
I bought my first pair of maternity pants this week. The comfy kind of dress pants with the elastic on the side. I'm going to have to hunt down more of those. My regular pants fit okay until after lunch. I've been very tempted to go back to work in sweats, but I don't think that will fly so well.
At my dr. appointment yesterday, Itty Bitty's heartbeat was 155. It has been 165-175, so I've had plenty of guesses that we're having a girl. So are we now having a boy?? Hmmm...we'll have to watch this one. Only EIGHT - TEN more weeks till we find out.
I actually haven't been sick at all. Not once. But I have had to eat to feel good and had some crazy cravings and some anti-cravings. For a non-fast food person, the run to McD's for a cheese burger at 2:00 in the afternoon was wierd. And chocolate and cheese were the worst sounding foods in the world for a couple weeks. Cheese is back on my favorites list, but chocolate is still questionable. And I was practically a chocoholic. Yesterday, the heartburn started. All afternoon and evening. I had it this morning and this evening. So not fun at all.
I bought my first pair of maternity pants this week. The comfy kind of dress pants with the elastic on the side. I'm going to have to hunt down more of those. My regular pants fit okay until after lunch. I've been very tempted to go back to work in sweats, but I don't think that will fly so well.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
12 weeks!
Today marks 12 weeks...of baby! Yep, we're going to be parents! Most of you who read this have already been told, but it's fun to finally be able to tell the world. On or around April 28th Itty Bitty should make his or her appearance. Here's our first pic of baby at 8 weeks. Cute, huh!
Friday, October 10, 2008
ALMOST done!
The stove is almost in place, and Randy is installing the cabinet as we speak! It used to just be a free-standing cabinet, but now it will look built in. The wall is red, and you can kind of see the under-cabinet lighting. I'll point out the details when it's all done.
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