Symmetry

First off I forgot to mention yesterday that I really do appreciate all the helpful hints on picking out a crib, there were a few things mentioned that I hadn't really thought about and I guess with the cribs that convert to beds later none of them would be able to lower cause that is part of the foot board?! I guess I need to decide how much I really want that type of crib but I do also agree that probably by the time the kid is old enough to go in a "big kid" bed we will probably want to get a different "fun" bed. Like if we have a boy I'm pretty sure my hubby wants to get him a car bed and if we have a girl them my hubby might make a bed for her with drawers underneath it like he had as a child?! Although I really like the sleigh bed look and I might be able to convince hubby to be the one to put the baby to bed for the first week or two (till I start to feel better) it would still be a pain if the front can't lower. Once again thanks for the comments, I really enjoy them - keep them coming! ;)

I noticed last night that my body is not very symmetrical and this kinda bothers me!? I looked down at my body and notice that my belly seems to stick out further on the right then the left and my left boob sticks out further then my right?! It's like I'm all twisted - maybe it's cause I'm always sleeping on the same side and it makes my body want to just twist in that direction? Like with babies, if you always put them to bed in the same position then their head can get flat spots - well it's like my belly has a flat spot from always being squished?! I'm the type of person that enjoys symmetry in my life, when I buy candle holders it's always in pairs - never odd numbers, towels are hung in pairs, even numbers are the key to my life!! ;) I'm sure eventually I will become so big that I won't notice one side sticking out further then the other and I'm sure my boobs will even out!? Well at least I can always hope!? ;)

Yesterday I felt pretty crummy all day, and I think I have noticed that a crummy day is usually followed by a good day! So today is good - so far!? :) I'm hoping that yesterday was the last time I get sick till the day I give birth! I've heard that a lot of women will vomit before giving birth, maybe a way of getting rid of any extra fluids in you? I can't wait - I probably say that at least once a week, I wish it was May already!! :)

Holidays are over! :(

Hopefully everyone had an excellent holiday, I know I sure did!! :) It was busy of course - lots of visiting friends and family, lots of eating, and lots of opening presents!! I will try and give you a quick/ short run down of my holidays and try not to make it too long and drawn out!


I guess everything started Friday, we had our staff x-mas get together. It was OK, kinda weird and awkward but nice? We ordered Chinese food for everyone and had to pitch in $20 - personally I thought that the salesman should have just taken the bill and wrote it off as his expense but whatever? Then we visited for a while, opened presents (I got a smelly Strawberry candle in a jar - which is better then what I got last year) then everyone headed home around 10:30.


Not too much happened Saturday or Sunday - I think I cleaned house a bit and just relaxed. We decided to open our gifts to each other and let the dog have her stalking on Sunday night. We didn't buy each other too much this year, there really is no point in getting ourselves stuff we just buy what we need throughout the year. So my hubby got me a new bath pillow and a few movies, which was nice - not too much.


Monday (Christmas Eve) is when my hubbies family has always celebrated x-mas, that's when Santa comes not at night when you are sleeping like in my family. So we decided to take the kids tobogganing after lunch, then met at his Grandmas for hot chocolate and snacks. Supper was around 5pm then we had to take the kids out to look at x-mas lights and try to spot Santa. Of course while they were gone looking for Santa he stopped in and dropped off all the gifts! Happens every year? he he Gifts were given - I got a bunch of penguin stuff cause I kinda collect it (although lately it is becoming kinda a bore and I think I should start collecting something else ... like money!? LOL) I also got a digital picture frame - which I really wanted! Then headed to the in laws around 10pm - I think? We opened more gifts at the in laws and there was even a stalking for "baby to be" which I think was the best gift I opened all season! It was so cute - a little prayer bunny, two neutral sleepers and about 10 pairs of socks ("thumb warmers" - I called them cause they were so tiny!). The in laws spoiled us, as usual, and our stockings were stuffed. I got a thing so I can listen to my MP3 player in the car, a digital picture key chain, chocolates and hot coco, two candle holders, bath stuff, and a bunch of other things I can't remember cause Santa was way too nice this year!


Christmas Day we headed to my brothers for supper, and watch the kids open their gifts. I got new pics of them (another gift I was really hoping to get) and a home made quilt with hand prints and foot prints of the kids on it! My Dad also got me my baby album, which I am totally looking forward to starting! It is not a traditional baby book though so I may still go buy one where you fill in all the blanks. My brother's family got a Wii from Santa so we hooked it up and were trying it out - I must say I had a blast! I'm not much of a video game person but I had fun boxing! :)


Then Boxing Day was back to my in laws for their annual open house, not too many people were there this year but that is probably cause it fell on a work night? There is always good food at their open house and of course I took full advantage of the fact that I could try a little of everything!! :) It was fun, I think next year will be even more crazy and busy cause it will fall on a Friday and we will have a 6 month old !

So now it is Thursday, I'm back at work and not really enjoying it. My computer is being a complete jerk and keeps telling me it is too hot! grrr It's making me hot and pissed off! I hate this computer! I wish we would have just closed for the next two days and come back in the new year! I'm not feeling too good today and it is snowing like crazy outside!! :( I think I need a holiday from my holiday!!!

Happy Hoildays!! :)

Our bowling Christmas party went really good, there was tons of door prizes but we didn't win anything (as usual) even though my FIL had just as many tickets as he is tall!! He probably bought about $30 worth of tickets (at 3 for a dollar) but it was all for a good cause, all the money raised was being donated to a charity. We didn't get out of the bowling alley till midnight so it made for really long night. I wasn't playing too well either, I think I only got my average once!

Well as per my ticker I am now officially done my 13th week and only 189 days away from my due date!! In just a few more weeks I will be half way there - I think that is amazing! Hopefully after the holidays we will get a start on the basement, I give my hubby till March/ April to finish the basement, which should be lots of time!! And then that will give us May/June to get the nursery all set up! I was looking at cribs on the Internet the other day (from Toys R us) and found one I really like but I was wondering if it might be better to order it on line instead of at the store? With our dollar as good as it is, I noticed that on the .com site the price was about half as much as the .ca site! And there were way more choices on the US site then Canada one! Hubby says it depends on where the crib is made cause we may have to pay brokerage and duty and stuff that would add up to the same amount anyway but I'm thinking that if we are going to order on line we should probably do that right away cause it might take months to get here? Here are some pics of the crib I like:

I really like the fact that the crib grows with the child and it is really the only bed you need to buy your child for at least the first 6 - 8 years of their life!? I also really like the sleigh look to it and the feet on the legs. It is called the "Da Vinci Kalani Crib" on the US site it is $399.99, which I don't think is too bad of a price considering the bed will be used for the first 6 or so years? But I couldn't find this crib on the Canada site so maybe its not even available to us? Even if it was I'm sure it would cost more!!

I'm also pretty sure that you have to buy the side rails separate and probably the bed rails too? The change table that matches this set is also nice, but is an extra $269.99, it sure adds up fast!! I'm not sure if this change table has enough drawer space though and it might be better to go with the bigger dresser/ change table but of course that will cost even more! So many decisions!! :) But fun ones!

Well that's about all for today, I'm not sure if I will be able to post again till after all the festivities so Merry Christmas to everyone!! Hopefully everyone has an excellent holiday!? :)

mini-Friday!

Our dog got sick this morning and as my wonderful hubby started cleaning up the messes I was in the bedroom getting dressed and could hear the dry heaves and coughing like he was about to loose it! This is something that he would normally NOT do! But since I was feeling queasy just at the thought of cleaning up the mess he was the only one left to take on the job! ;) I actually found it quite humorous, I was thinking that now he can feel like how I've been feeling for the past 2 months! he he Anyway it was very sweet of him to clean it up but really he had no choice cause I'm a sympathetic vomiter when I'm feeling good never mind pregnant and queasy! :)

I think I am going to try and sneak out of here at lunch time to run to the dollar store for some tissue paper and maybe a small gift box. Then I can finish wrapping all our gifts this weekend. Tonight is bowling night and we are having our x-mas party with them. In the past the league itself has bought all the food for the party and we are just asked to bring a donation for the food bank but this year since we didn't sell Grey Cup tickets we don't have the funds in the league to pay for it so everyone is asked to bring a food item and a food bank item, we have to bring desserts! One of the easier and cheaper things to bring I suppose? My FIL is going to pick up a couple big trays of desserts at Costco and we just have to remember to bring the food bank donation and money for the dessert trays. There should also be more draws then on a normal day so I may have to bring a little extra money to buy some tickets (if there is anything good!). It will be a long night however, with everyone going up to fill their plates all night and then to do the extra draws, I don't expect to get home till at least 11:30!

Only one more 'work' day after today till the holidays begin - I can hardly wait!! :)

Hump Day!! :)

I suppose if I think about it time really is flying by! I am in my 13th week almost officially done the 1st trimester and after today my due date will be less then 190 days or 27 weeks! I'm still glad that is going by fast but that is only because I am still having bad days like yesterday. If I was feeling good then I think I would be enjoying it more? I can hardly wait for all the Christmas festivities, starting with our office party this Friday!

Today is a "feel good" day, you know one of those days that your hair seems to fall in the right place with minimal effort and you feel good about the clothes you are wearing. I feel like that today, with a mild tummy ache!? he he But I'm getting kinda used to my tummy doing flip flops. Everyone says that when the baby starts kicking it will feel like butterflies in my tummy but I already feel like that, I think I have always had a "talkative tummy" where it rumbles or has like a butterfly type feeling in it? I think it is still way way way too early to feel the baby kicking, I'm just not sure if it will be like everyone says? And how can you enjoy getting beaten up from the inside out? ;)

Not feeling so hot!?

I did not sleep very well at all last night which has made me feeling like crap today! I have a headache which is probably caused by my lack of sleep cause the pain is more in my eyes then in my head?! My hubby was very nice about me waking him up all night, every time I woke up and tossed or turned he would rub my back or tummy to try and put me back to sleep - very sweet of him! I think he felt a little bad cause he was working in the garage all night and I was alone in the house!? It was OK though I got to watch all the shows that he doesn't really like, like John and Kate plus 8! I didn't do anything last night besides eat supper - I have vowed to my hubby that in the new year I will make more of a effort to exercise more then I do now or at least take the dog for her walks! I need to get off the couch and get motivated but I feel like I get out of breath so easy now and I'm not sure if it's cause I haven't done anything for so long and I am out of shape or if it is just a pregnancy thing?

Yesterday one of our drivers stunk so bad that my boss was warning me to stay away from him! I think this driver stinks everyday but Mondays are usually a little worse for some reason? It's like on weekends he bath's in garlic and spices then all week he sweats them out! I always hold my breath around him but yesterday was especially worse! Maybe that's why I have a head ache, from his stench?

Only three more work days left! I'm so excited to have 5 days off, even if it won't be that relaxing - it will still be fun to be with family and not working! ;) I think I am ready for Christmas, I only bought for my niece's / nephew, in laws and a couple things for my hubby but nothing like previous years. I hope not too many people buy me things that I haven't bought anything for them! I always feel so bad to receive and not give! This Friday is also my works x-mas party (kind of), we decided that this year it would be nice to have a supper and invite our spouses, then do our secret Santa thing at dinner time. Our salesman volunteered his house for us to gather at and said instead of having a "pot luck" we would order Chinese. It should be nice - our store has never had a get together after hours.

Weekend Review

I had an excellent weekend with a few highlights. Friday night we decided to take our "fur baby" for a car ride and go to our cities "Candy Cane Lane", which is about 2 km of house's on one street that have been known to decorate their house's really fancy and over the years has been named Candy Cane Lane. Although I don't think the people living on this street do as much as they have in the past and there are still a few house's that don't have lights up at all. But it is a free thing to do with your family in the winter and all they ask is that you bring a donation for the food bank. There are a few house's that still go all out and really decorate their place, which makes it fun! After that we went to see another house on the north side of Edmonton that has been known to light up the whole street, it was all done up this year too.

On Saturday I had to go give blood for all my blood tests, which ended up being a little hassle cause I didn't know where the clinic was. I also wanted to do a little more shopping for mat.

clothes but when I went to get my Visa I could not find it anywhere!!! :o I ended up grabbing a different Visa card that is suppose to be for emergencies only but I figured this was a good enough emergency!! ;) So as I was getting the 4 tubes of blood taken I was trying to rack my brain of where I had left my Visa, it is kind of a bad time of the year to loose your Visa! The last time I had it was when I was shopping with my mom last weekend but I never used it cause she bought everything! I did however convince my Mom that I should buy supper and I used it then! So I decided I would call the restaurant and see if maybe I had left it there and sure enough.... I had! So off I went to go get it, on the other end of the city close to my Mom's. I figured since I was in the neighborhood I would stop in for a visit with her. We ended up going shopping together but this time we went to Motherhood Maternity. It was a nice store but super tiny, but I think I bought just as much as I did at Thyme but for half the price! I did however like the way Thyme's jeans fit better but Motherhood had some good deals on t-shirts.

That's about all I did on Sat., by the time I go home it was pretty late. Sunday we went visiting and I got a little bit of house work done and tons of laundry finished! I can hardly believe that Christmas is just next week! I wrapped the small amount of gifts we have bought for the kids but I still need to get some tissue paper for the gift bags. I got on the scale this morning ... 179.2lbs - I suppose that's not bad, although I sure feel a lot bigger then only having gained 8lbs? Oh- My Mom also got me some "Preggo Pop Drops" when we were out shopping, they are really good. I'm not totally convinced that they reduce nauseousness but they are quite tasty!! :)

1st Prenatal appointment ~!! :)

So as most of you know yesterday was my 1st Prenatal doctors appointment and it went pretty darn good! When we got there the receptionist lady was on the phone for what seemed to be forever but maybe that was probably just because I had to pee and knew that I had to save it for a cup sample! ;) So she finally got off the phone and told me to use their washroom and pee in a cup then come back to the room to get my blood pressure, weight and height taken. I was kinda surprised that when I got my cup to put my "sample" in - it was just a regular plastic cup, not one of the sterilized cups with the twist lid? Anyway my protein and sugar are all good, I weighed in at 82kg which is like 180lbs (I think) so I've gained about 8lbs since the beginning. She didn't say anything about my weight, I'm happy with 8lbs I think its good so I guess that's all that matters ? My blood pressure was 123/65 and pulse was 72 - I guess that is also all good, I thought my blood pressure was kinda low bu she said no it was good!? Then I went in the room to answer the huge questionnaire about family history health questions and got about 3 sheets for different blood tests and one for the ultrasound. I need to go for 2 of the blood tests right away (it was too late in the day yesterday and think I will go this weekend to the clinic) and I need to call right away to book my ultrasound for the end of January and the last blood test is optional and we decided not to go for it. It is the "tri-test" that tests for downs syndrome and two other metal illnesses but the results are usually inconclusive and lead to extra worry anyway so we decided not to have that worry and just let nature take it's course. We are considered low risk anyway and don't have any family history of mental illnesses or live a "high risk" lifestyle so I figure we are pretty safe!? Then after she did a full physical on me my hubby finally came into the room to hear the heartbeat! The best part of the entire exam I must say!! I could listen to that little heartbeat all day - it was amazing and fast too!! 164 bpm - which is pretty strong and according to all the wife's tales it has more probability to be a boy! ?

So we have decided that we do not want to know what the sex is, we will keep it as a surprise. Which is fine with me, I kinda left that decision up to my hubby if he wants to know then I'm OK with that but if he doesn't then that's OK too!? So that means that we also decided that we would do the nursery in a "jungle/ safari" neutral theme. But you may want to still wait till after the ultrasound to buy anything cause the final decision still might change?! ;) My next appoinment is January 9th at 3:30pm which shouldn't take as long as this one did and hopefully I will hear the heartbeat again! :)

Tuesday thoughts ....

Tomorrow is a big day ..... it is my 1st Prenatal Doctors appointment!! I'm very excited about it - I remember when the appointment was scheduled and it felt like it would take forever to get here and now it is tomorrow!! YEAH! We are not suppose to be having a ultra sound and probably won't be getting one of those till the end of January, this would be our first and maybe even only ultra sound so it better be a good one! ;) We are still undecided about whether or not we want to find out the sex or not - we will decide that at the time. Tomorrow will probably just be a pap, pee in a cup, get weighed and hear the heart beat! Maybe go over any questions I have(which I don't think I do). I'm also excited about this appointment cause my hubby will be joining me for it, a first for him, but it should be exciting for both of us when we hear the heartbeat!

I really need to take some time for a little TLC for myself, with winter here and I think it is a side affect of being pregnant my skin is super dry and itchy! I need to do some serious moisturising! And I would like to maybe get a hair cut before Christmas and I really need to take care of some "extra hair growth" issues which is also apparently a side affect of pregnancy!? And it is probably from my poor diet but my face has been breaking out lately too! I have always had what I thought was bad skin and it seems like even though I'm pregnant every four weeks my face breaks out?! Like my body thinks I should be having TOM? But it could also be my crappy diet! ;)

I also forgot to mention yesterday when I was talking about my new clothes about how I would hate to be any shorter then I am! I have always thought of myself as being fairly tall for a female at 5'7" but what I didn't know about maternity clothes is that they either have pants with a inseam of 30 or 34!! So I either look like I'm ready for a flood or I have to get my pants hemmed!? I have never really been one to put extra effort or money into brand new clothes I buy, I always kind of figured that they are new and should fit they way they are suppose to from that day forward!? hehe If I wanted to buy 'discounted' clothes then I would maybe expect to do a little bit of alterations,but not new ones? So now I need to find a seamstress to hem my black pants I just bought cause they are way too long~! I don't know how my shorter girlfriends did it unless they were lucky and could wear the "petite" pants? I am wearing one of my new outfits today (pair of jeans, white t-shirt and a nice brown hoodie sweater over top), when I tried the pants on the lady said I should be a medium and they did fit pretty good but a little snug in the legs so I opted to go up one size and get the large for a little bit of room to grow just in case. Well I'm now thinking that maybe I should have stuck to the mediums? If I do any physical work, like bend over to fill the dogs food dish, my pants get saggy in the bum and they start to fall off!? I'm sure I will "fill" them in and eventually they will be nice and snug but for now they are a little too big.

Good and Bad .....

So just as hubby was about to go start my car on Sat. morning to go shopping my Mom called, she had fallen the day before and hurt her knee - she didn't think she could go shopping! :( Well I wasn't about to go by myself cause then this would mean that I would have to tackle the mall twice so we finally figured out that her "man friend" would go to their storage unit and get her wheelchair that she used a bit last year but has since been using a walker. But then they were worried about me lifting the chair in and out of the car so we decided that her friend would come with us. We got to the mall at about 10am and it was actually fairly empty!? Our first stop was Jacob Jr. where we bought gift cards for my brothers wife's daughter, then we found one of the maternity stores that we wanted to check out, Thyme Maternity. The service wasn't so great when we first walked in but then the lady quickly spotted us and came over to explain the sizes and different styles. She kept grabbing a bunch of different things for me to try on and in no time my dressing room was full! The did have a bunch of sales on, mostly buy one get the second for a discounted price. I thought my Mom was just going to buy me a outfit or give me $100 to spend but when it came time to buy she put it all on her Visa!! I didn't have too pay for any of it - I feel so spoiled loved! he he I ended up getting one pair of jeans, a pair of black pants, two t-shirts, two nice blouse tops, a cover up thing to keep my arms warm, a nice warm sweater, two bras, 4 pairs of undies and a sample pack of their creams. (I think that was all) It ended up costing way more then I had planned on but we did save almost $100 from all the deals and I got $25 gift cards for every $100 we spent. It was fun but we were there for two hours! I felt bad for my mom's friend he must have been so bored! Then we went for lunch and checked out a few more stores in the mall and headed to the toy store. I found a couple gifts for my nephew so

I'm almost done! We headed back to my Mom's for a little visit which ended up being supper as well and found out that my niece who is only 11 months old was in the hospital again! She was in the hospital at 7 weeks because she had RSV and now she was back in there cause they found her blue after her nap.

I finally got a hold of my brother (without our phones disconnecting us) when we both got home around 9pm Sat. night. He said that my niece seemed to be doing good now and was discharged from the hospital but they had to go get some asthma medicine. One of the side affects from having RSV as a child is that they usually develop asthma so my brother and his wife already knew she had asthma but this time there was no warning of a attack? She was a little sick with what they thought was the flu and then really tired the next day which they assumed was because of the flu symptoms. Then they put her down for her nap and when they went to check on her her lips were blue and feet and hands were purple! They quickly took her to the Hospital were the nurses had a hard time trying to get blood so they did a chest x-ray which confirmed it was a asthma attack. Now they have to go see a specialist to figure out why there were no symptoms prior to the attack - no wheezing or anything~?

Other then that my weekend was pretty lazy - I didn't do hardly any house cleaning. I'm excited for my new clothes and can hardly wait to wear them, I thought I would try and go as far as I can in my "fat" jeans but this morning when I tried putting on my "fat" jeans fresh out of the dryer .... they were a little too tight so I might end up wearing them sooner then I thought! I think I will get one more pair of jeans and maybe a few more tops but I can always do that after Christmas when the malls aren't so busy. I never did end up checking out Motherhood Maternity cause I was too tired from the first store so I would still like to check out that store! The lady at the store recommended that none of their clothes go into the dryer - she said they should be hung of laid flat to dry! Because of the spandex material she said it will keep them in better shape for longer. So I guess I will have to figure out where I am going to hang or lay them to dry! ?

TGIF!

Yesterday was a good day was a really nice day, I got to leave work at 1:00 and headed home to have a quick visit with my hubby, then I was off again to met my MIL and cousin at 2:30 at her house. We got out to Morinville around 3:30 and finished our candle shopping by 4:30! There seemed to be the same junkie stuff that was there every other year - the stuff that no one wants to buy! She had a deal this year on her wax (buy 4 boxes get one free) so I bought some tea lights. Then we went for dinner to this little family diner in St.Albert and we were home by 6:00! I could have even gone bowling with hubby if I wanted - but of course I opted to stay home and watch all the shows I usually miss out on (CSI and ER). It was a good day - too bad it wasn't Friday and I would be in my weekend now instead of being back at work! ;)

So I'm pretty certain I am going shopping tomorrow! My clothes are getting more uncomfy everyday, my bra straps seem to always be falling down and I can hardly wait to put a pair of sweats on when I get home! It is definitely time to go shopping! What I didn't realize is that the maternity clothes you buy should last you the entire pregnancy no matter how big you get! I just kinda assumed that I would have to go shopping again at 6 months cause these pants would start getting too tight and then again at 9 months!? But I have been informed that the pants I buy now 'should' grow with me till the baby is born! I don't want to spend too much money on maternity clothes so I am hoping I don't see too many cute tops! I am more looking forward to baby clothes shopping then mat. clothes shopping! I can't wait to buy little itty bitty socks and sleepers! :) Maybe I will see some Christmas gifts too while we are shopping, I really need to start !!! :o

Happy St.Nicholas Day!

So today is Saint Nicholas Day, a day that my hubbies family celebrates. All I know about the day is that if you were a good kid you get a gift on this day and if you were not a good kid you get a "switch" - I think it is called? It's a bunch of twigs wrapped together? If you get this bad gift then I guess you have till Christmas to be a better kid and hopefully get some gifts! ? So last night my in laws came over and me and hubby got gifts, hubby got a singing snowman on a motorbike and his M&M candy dispenser that he gets every year (this year it is a fire truck). And I got a penguin serving tray (good for cheese and crackers) and a salt n' pepper shaker that is also a penguin (salt) pushing a snowball (pepper) it is really cute! So I guess we were "good" this year! :)

I am leaving work early today to take my MIL and cousin to a Party Lite open house out in Morinville, it's about an hour drive from my house. Our consultant lady has a annual Christmas open house where she sells all her old stock at a really good price so I will see if there is anything I like and I will also probably buy some more wax. Then we are going to go out for supper - not too sure where we are going yet but it should be good!

It is suppose to get really nice again this weekend so maybe hubby will get the Christmas lights up after all ? ;)

Hump day!

The weeks seem to be going by faster which in my mind is perfectly fine!! :) Maybe it's because Christmas is almost here or maybe it is just life going by but which ever it is I'm kinda glad! In less then one week I will be under 200 days away from my due date and I will finally be in my 2nd trimester! I'm hoping for good things in the 2nd trimester, mostly everyone says it is best time of the entire pregnancy!?

So what used to be a fairly giggly tummy is now becoming kinda firm more like a bloated belly, it feels good to know that I am getting bigger because there is a life in me but at the same time it kinda freaks me out to know that I will probably gain back about half of what I had lost before. I'm not going to stress about it too much because I know I will be able to drop the pounds after and maybe even get to my "goal" weight finally but I just thought I would let you know that the thought is there in the back of my head. I do however find it amazing that I have only gained about 5lbs eating all the carbs and crap that I have, I know that before if I was to eat this same way I would have probably gained about 15lbs by now! It must really be hard work on the body to make this little baby!?

A lot of people told me that I would be tired and that I should nap when possible but honestly I'm not all that tired? I'm not sure if that is a good thing or bad? I have finally figured out my vitamin - bed time is the best time to take that but I sometimes forget!? :P And with the help of my hubbies suggestions I also finally think I figured out how to brush my teeth without gagging! he he I need to have a glass of water right before I spit to help swish... then spit! I think it was the texture of toothpaste that would make me gag? Hubby said I used too much but I don't think that was it, I don't use that much?! he he

Yesterday was the first Tuesday of the month which means 10% off groceries!! So off we went shopping, I love grocery shopping I find it so enjoyable. I think we will have nachos for supper tonight!! I have been craving salsa lately, although when food is talked about it usually all sounds good! On my way home I will think... what should we have for dinner tonight and I might hear a ad on the radio for chicken strips and think "ooh - that sounds good! I want chicken strips" and then about 5 minutes later I will drive past an Italian restaurant and think "oh - spaghetti and meatballs!! That's what I want ... with garlic toast!" By the time I get home I have probably thought of about 5 different meals that I want but can't decide what to make cause everything sounds good! ;) It's like having a craving but you're not too sure what would make your taste buds the happiest - salty, sweet, crunchy, chewy, filling or just a light snack!?

technical difficulties

Well yesterday was a pretty crummy day - our Internet was down ALL day!! We rely on the Internet to do almost everything here so with no Internet we pretty much can't do anything! Never mind check e-mail and post on blogs! ;) We had to call other stores to give us pricing and stock checks for our customers and look up all their parts the "old fashioned" way (in the book) and write up manual invoices! It made for a very long day, then this morning when I walked in my boss said we still did not have any Internet!! grrr I was mad - I didn't want another day like yesterday! So he got on the phone and finally someone helped him figure out that it was our modem or router or something!? We bypassed whatever the problem was and now walla .... we have Internet!! :) So sorry there was no post yesterday .... due to technical errors! he he

My weekend was good - Friday was a busy day at work with all the extra phone calls but I really enjoyed it, it made for a very quick day and a lot of their customers were really nice! Saturday was cleaning day (everything but vacuuming - hubby did that yesterday) and Sunday was a extremely lazy day! I went to Costco on the weekend, boy were they busy! I didn't see any good Christmas gifts there for the kids, which they usually have good/ cheap gifts but everything they had was for the wrong age group!? Guess I'll have to tackle an actual toy store! :o Speaking of Christmas ..... I still haven't done ANY shopping yet! I feel like I am going to be out there x-mas eve with all the husbands looking for last minute gifts! :P I'm excited for Christmas this year but I'm just not energetic enough to get out there and get it done!

I only have 7 1/2 more days till my doctors appointment!! I'm so excited to hear the heart beat, I can't help but wonder ..... will there be one beat or maybe two!!! yikes!! I would be OK with twins but I think one would be just fine! ;) I think this weekend I will try and do some shopping, if not for x-mas presents then at least for some nice mat. clothes. One nice outfit for Christmas, a pair of jeans and a few tops would be nice.