Weekend Recap

This mama-to-be got lots of relaxing in this weekend and I couldn't be happier about it since I'm no longer sleeping more than 2 hours at a time. It's really awesome.

Saturday I got up and hammered out a couple hours of productive activity. I got dishes done and then got to work on the baby's room, which I explained on Friday meant I needed to clean out the spare bedroom. I got the stuff that needs to go out to the shed set out in the kitchen so Danny has to look at them every day until he moves them, then I got all the baby stuff we've accumulated so far moved to the spare bedroom where it will stay until after the shower. I went through one of my craft stuff on Friday so I didn't need to do that on Saturday. Moving boxes and things created some back pain so I parked it on the couch for the next few hours until Danny got home from training. This is the point where I got 100% completely sucked into Parenthood. On Demand has the first 3 seasons and I made the decision to start at Season 1 in case it was as great as everyone said so I could start from the beginning. I loved it! I also made the easiest banana bread I've ever made. Recipe will be up this week!

Saturday night Danny and I headed to the James Dean Festival in Fairmount. (Google James Dean if you don't know who he is. Its pretty cool he's from a town right down the road!) The festival is a meeting ground for classic cars, which are cool and all, but this girl went up there to eat. I had a tenderloin and THEN got a Taco Loaded Baked Potato. Oh it was delicious! It was pretty much a Taco Salad with a potato. Thats how loaded it was.

There's a potato under there believe it or not.

Sunday was rainy and perfect for lounging. After church we came home and took cat naps, then got up and ran a couple of errands. I couldn't get back in my sweats fast enough once we got home. I got in my sweats and settled in on the couch for 3 episodes of Parenthood. Danny watched with me so I think he's enjoying it almost as much as I am. The rest of the night was basically spent lounging for me.

Danny's birthday is tomorrow... and I still don't have a gift for him! How terrible am I? Wait, I did pick him up a 6 pack of Redd's Apple Ale on Friday. Now other than that.... nothin. Hopefully something comes to mind. What are some creative ideas you've used on your husband's birthday?

Five on Friiiiiday!

Yay for Friday. I think I jinxed myself on Wednesday when I said Wednesdays are usually my worst day. Typically they end up being the busiest. To the point where I can't even tell you what I did that day sometimes. However! Yesterday was rough. Things just kept popping up and I ended up having 2 afternoon meetings, which I don't like to do, and I didn't get home until 6:30. Womp womp. Erin likes to get home at 4:30. But, I made some money out of it so it'll be worth it!

Lets get to the easiest and one of the best link ups in all of the blog world... Five on Friday with Darci @ the good life blog.

1. Weekend to-do list. There's just a lot on it for Saturday. I really need to get the baby's room cleaned out and in order to do that, I have to clean out the spare bedroom. And the things in the spare bedroom need to go in the shed, which is Danny's job. I also need to go through my craft supplies. I need to minimize and find a new storage system (yeah I think I said this like a month and a half ago and still haven't done anything about it.) I also need to purge my closet. I have tons of jeans in there that I've only worn like 10 times in the last 2 or 3 years. I obviously don't love them. The kitchen needs attention too. Where is my maid?

2. Banana Bread - its happening this weekend. Not sure if I want to stick with the recipe my former roomie gave me or try a new one.  I remember seeing a 3 ingredient recipe on Pinterest that I've wanted to try, but I don't know if I'm feeling brave enough. Banana bread sounds great and I don't want to be disappointed. Has anyone made the easy one?

3. In-Laws - I hit the jackpot. I've probably said this before too, but I really truly did. I ran into Danny's stepdad yesterday at the gas station and he pumped my gas for me. His dad has done this before too. Such gentlemen they are. And my mom texted me yesterday telling me my baby shower is going to be awesome. She's helping my sister-in-laws with it and they're just wonderful. Great party planners and have been nothing but welcoming to me since day 1. I know in-laws can cause some trouble, but mine are the exception to that.

4. Grey's Anatomty -  My world is right again now that its back on, except for the fact that my BFF Shelby isn't here to watch it with me anymore.  She just moved to Texas. We plan on watching it at the same time, most weeks anyway, except for last night. The whole 9/8c threw her off.. she thought it would be on 9 there. Nope. It started at 8 for her. I certainly watched it though and it made my jaw drop on a few occasions.  Its going to be a great season!

5. Weekend weather - The high on Saturday is 81. WTF is that about? Its practically October. I'm over it and ready for sweaters, cardigans, hot chocolate, boots (provided that I can put them on myself), soup and all things fall. I can't get into fall mode when its 80. Lets get it together Mother Nature!

That's what is on my mind on this Friday morning. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! :)

27 weeks!

So yesterday marked 3 months until Christmas. Did that freak anyone else out? No? Just the girl thats gonna pop out a kid right around then?

Baby size: Rutabaga... I honestly have never seen one of these in real life soooo this is SUPER helpful.
Any symptoms?  back pain is constant. heartburn sucks. some nausea. fatigue is making its way back.
Cravings? cheeseburgers, scrambled eggs
Favorite part this week? we finally bought paint for his room! and the kicks and movement still have me amazed
Least favorite part this week? the back pain.
Boy or Girl? BOY!! :)
Names? Tucker. I guess we're still deciding on the middle name for sure.









I've been feeling pretty good lately other than being really tired some days. All of the running around we did Saturday afternoon and evening had me on the couch most of the day Sunday.

I'm definitely feeling some of the 3rd trimester woes already. I get full pretty quickly, but then I'm hungry an hour or so later. It also seems like I get out of breath just breathing. That's an exaggeration, but still. Little activity makes me huff and puff.

I've got lots to do this weekend to get his room ready for paint and getting the crib put together. If I don't do it soon, I'm going to be super overwhelmed after our baby shower thats in a month.

Have a good Thursday! I know I will because GREY'S ANATOMY COMES ON TONIGHT!!!!!!

So What Wednesday

Hump Daaaaayyy.

Well this week is just flying by and I am pretty pumped up about that. Wednesdays have turned into my busy, hectic, want to pull my hair out and have a bottle glass of wine days so hopefully this one goes smoothly. Now that I say this, I'm sure Tucker will decide to make his grand appearance on a Wednesday in December. That would only make sense wouldn't it?

One of my favorite parts about Wednesday is linking up with Shannon at Life After I "Dew" for So What! Wednesday.  It's been a few weeks since I've participated because like I said, Wednesdays kind of suck.  Well I'm back and hoping this link-up can take some of the suck out of it.

P.S. I could NOT figure out how to use the new pic because I'm still blogging-challenged.

 

 

 

SO WHAT IF...

-  I think the work they are doing on the railroad crossing next to my house is the biggest inconvenience of 2013 because it causes me to have to drive at least 2 miles out of my way to get to work, which is only 1 mile away. This TRIPLES my drive time to work.

- I'm complaining about my commute time to work being tripled and its still only 10 minutes.

- We went to dinner with another couple last night and I only ate half of my entrée so I could eat it for lunch today.. and then ate it within an hour of us being home last night.

- I full on cried last night because our toilet wasn't working right and Danny wasn't sure what was wrong. 1 bathroom + a pregnant bladder = tears.

- I am just about as excited for the Grey's Anatomy premiere tomorrow night as I normally am for Christmas... every Christmas other than this one since I'm due to have a baby that day.

- I think this Daddy Sticker Chart that I saw on Facebook the other day is the funniest thing I'll probably see or hear of this week.

 

A Day in the Life

I feel like its commonplace for a blogger to have a "my day" kind of post.  I've seen a number of these floating around in just the last couple of weeks and I've been tossing around the idea of doing one myself. Why? Well for starters, it doesn't get much easier than writing about your day. That's not the main reason though. Thats just a bonus :)

The main reason I'm choosing now to do it is so I can come up with a new schedule once the baby is dictating my life here.  As soon as you find out you're pregnant, you start thinking about how life is going to change. From trading in your late nights with friends for late nights with a fussy baby, or for Danny and me, the biggest change is going to be leaving at the very last minute for an event. Lately my morning routine has been on my mind. I know my days of getting ready at a snails pace (its not really that slow but I do have the luxury of taking my time right now) are coming to an end. I have to find a time to fit in a feeding and/or pumping, get myself ready, get a kid ready and eat. Makes me tired just thinking about it really.

Now that I've got you sitting on pins and needles just waiting for how I spend my 24 hours, lets get too it.

6:00-6:39 - I roll out of bed at some point. If Danny works, he starts waking up around 6, which obviously means I have to get up too. I've basically been his alarm for 5 years. I get up around 6:30 on those days. If he's not getting up for work, I normally get up between 6:15 and 6:20.

Out of bed until 8:20 - My plan is to have my shower done, hair dried and fixed, make up done and clothes on by 7:30. Its a great day if its done by 7:20. I make breakfast and plop it on the couch until about 8. During that time I blog if I didn't the night before, watch tv, eat my breakfast and maybe read a blog or two if time permits. By 8:10 I'm off the couch making my waters and morning snack. I'm out the door at 8:20.

8:25-12:00 - I'm at work. Yep, I live about 5 minutes from where I work. Its only 5 minutes because half of the route is a school zone. When I get there I check messages and emails, then go over my to-do list. If there isn't anything urgent, I piddle around on the Internet(blogs, Facebook) until about 9-9:15. Then I pump out 2.5-3 hours of work. If I finish a task around 11:30, I piddle again until its time to go to lunch. I'm not one to start a project shortly before I leave the office. I think its silly.

12:00-1:15 - I either go home for lunch or go eat with the hubs somewhere. These days its mostly eating at home since he's working other jobs quite a bit, which is fine. It saves money that way. I fix my lunch and I used to watch Will & Grace until Lifetime changed their scheduling WITHOUT NOTIFYING ME which is f'ing ruuude! I also get some Diesel snuggles in at lunch and its so nice. At 1 I make my afternoon water and snack then head to the post office to get the mail for the business.

1:30-4 or 5:00 - Finish stuff from the morning and make my to-do list for the next day. This is usually when my brother and I do a lot of our business and meeting together. If I'm not out of the office by 5, I'm an unhappy person. I know, thats not something huge to bitch about since normal business hours are 8-5.

4 or 5-7:00 - When I'm in the walking mood, I go to the park after work. I take Diesel more times than I don't these days since I'm not walking more than one mile. After we walk, I cook dinner. While dinner cooks, I straighten the kitchen, and empty/load the dishwasher. I don't do dishes everyday like a good little girl. It doesn't make sense to do them when Danny isn't here and I use like 1 plate, a bowl and some utensils. I might start some laundry at this time. Throw a new load in and fluff the load thats in the dryer, because lets be honest, there's probably been one in there for a day or 3. We eat dinner and the lounging commences. When its Zumba night and I can go, like when I'm not pregnant, that's at 6:30 and dinner is either light or non-existant, dishes don't get done and Danny is probably on his own for dinner.

7-9:30 or 10 - If Danny is home, I usually let him have the tv and I'll finish laundry and play on the computer. If there is something I just HAVE to watch, I'll go to our room. If Danny isn't home, I induldge in recorded tv and stuff that is on On Demand. I really have to get my tv habits under control lol. Around 10 I get ready for bed if I haven't already and head that way.  When Diesel hears the fans (yes there are 2) come on he knows its bedtime and is in there pretty quickly, whether Danny is home or not. When mama goes to bed, Diesel goes to bed. Its adorable. Once I'm in there, I check social media again and let my brain start shutting down. Once I put my phone down, I'm out.

Thaaats it.