... but this seemed like more fun at the moment. And I guess it's been awhile, eh? So, life here in little ol baton Rouge... what to tell you? Well, I guess it was about a week ago now, my roommate from Indiana, Bethany, and another friend from there, Cari, came to visit. I guess I told you they were coming already so yeah, they did and it was great. Way too short, but so good to see them again and be able to catch up in person. There really isn't a great substitute for being with friends/family in person. Phones and e-mails are okay, but just not the same. Anyway, they came on Tuesday afternoon and came to where I work. We had the joy of going swimming there before coming home. On Wednesday we had a pretty relaxing day. In the afternoon we went to a plantation. It was in the same town as the one we went to with Sheldon and Sara, but a different plantation. This one wasn't quite as "earthy" - more ritzy and no turkeys wandering around. The gardens were gorgeous and it was such a pretty walk around the grounds. In the evening we went to the levee and enjoyed the beautiful evening weather (soon it will be boiling hot even at 11 at night - I love the evenings right now!) and took in the sights of the lights and Mississippi River and such. They had to leave Thursday morning so poof, it was over just like that.
What else? I'm done working now for the time being, except for Saturday I'm going to put in a bunch of time because I owe some hours that I hadn't worked off yet. But not getting up at 6:30 is SO blissful. When I had my doctor appointment 2 weeks ago, she told me I could go anytime. Then a week ago she told me she doesn't think I'll be early. huh? Make up your mind woman! It'll be interesting to hear what they say tomorrow. I have to see a different doctor tomorrow because my regular one is gone. People always say the last few weeks just drag on and on, but I haven't found that to be the case, yet anyway. I think mainly because I have a lot to keep me busy and because as much a I can't WAIT to hold the baby and to not be pregnant, there's that whole labour and delivery thing that I'm not exactly skipping for joy about. So that makes the wait a little easier I think.
My car has been at the doctor all week. = ( I need to get an inspection sticker on it - something that Louisiana requires, and when I took it in for the inspection, it didn't pass. Unfortunately, it's a little pricey to get it inspection worthy. We now have it at another place waiting for a second opinion on the estimate. SO, we are finding out what it would be like to be a one car family. Pretty sad how much we depend on 2 vehicles. Dave rode his bike to school the other day and got a flat tire on the way home. bummer. Then today we realized that he has to be at school tomorrow morning and I have to be at the doctor, so I guess he'll ride my bike to school tomorrow and see if that works out any better. Nice of him to not make me ride to the doctor.
Well, I think that's all for now. Enjoy the pics and have a lovely day.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The plantation that Bethany, Cari, and I went to. It didn't have the roaming turkey effect that the one we went to with Sheldon and Sara had, but it was SO BEAUTIFUL!!
I couldn't decide which pictures to post they were just all so pretty! Oh, and these are Bethany's pics, not mind. I no longer believe in taking pictures when I have guests, I just copy their to my computer. sneeky...
The house that we toured. Our tour guide was a total grouch - probably the most grouchy of the 4 (I believe) plantations I've toured so far. But it was still fun.
And now, to completely switch gears... well, my sister is coming the 19th of May. And we're (or she, probably more accurately) going to sew for the nursery! So for all the crafty little ladies out there, this is most likely the fabric. What do you think? = ) I shall tell you my personal opionion - I love the red and the yello/orangy one. I wanted a blue that was more aqua but this is about the best I found. The shapes look pretty aqua, but I hope the background color doesn't look too boysih. I think the green is pretty, Jenni wondered if it's too light for the other colors. What I wanted was a bright, limey green, but that's the best I can find at this point. Sorry if I'm boring you to tears. Anyway, we have some fun stuff planned and I can't wait to show you when it's done!
Arg - I never know - do you write about the picture above the picture or below it? Well, I guess I'm writing above the pics for now. Here's an absolutely unflattering whale like pic for you to laugh at - 37 weeks.
So, when Bethany was here we got to talking about teaching babies to read and teaching them sign language and such. We were thinking more along the lines of things like "please" "thank you" "all done" and "more." Dave thought it sounded crazy to teach a baby sign language and told us that this -
is the sign for WOW. And wouldn't it be cool to teach a little baby THAT? Maybe you had to be there, but we laughed and laughed at the thougt of a sweet little 8 month old making this sign every time he was impressed with something. We just might try it out!
Lastly, yeah, I chopped my hair off. I'm not fishing for compliments, honestly. I knew I wasn't going to get it cut again for ages, so I went short, well, short for me, not short by most people's standards. haha. Anyway. I really like the length, but it just looks really "choppy" to me - like you can see every little cut. I had trouble getting a picture that acurately represents what it really looks like, so anyhoo, here's my best tries. Feel free to say, yes, it does look choppy. I won't be in the least offended!
Thus, our picture tour draweth to a close. Happy Thursday everyone! = )
I couldn't decide which pictures to post they were just all so pretty! Oh, and these are Bethany's pics, not mind. I no longer believe in taking pictures when I have guests, I just copy their to my computer. sneeky...
The house that we toured. Our tour guide was a total grouch - probably the most grouchy of the 4 (I believe) plantations I've toured so far. But it was still fun.
And now, to completely switch gears... well, my sister is coming the 19th of May. And we're (or she, probably more accurately) going to sew for the nursery! So for all the crafty little ladies out there, this is most likely the fabric. What do you think? = ) I shall tell you my personal opionion - I love the red and the yello/orangy one. I wanted a blue that was more aqua but this is about the best I found. The shapes look pretty aqua, but I hope the background color doesn't look too boysih. I think the green is pretty, Jenni wondered if it's too light for the other colors. What I wanted was a bright, limey green, but that's the best I can find at this point. Sorry if I'm boring you to tears. Anyway, we have some fun stuff planned and I can't wait to show you when it's done!
Arg - I never know - do you write about the picture above the picture or below it? Well, I guess I'm writing above the pics for now. Here's an absolutely unflattering whale like pic for you to laugh at - 37 weeks. 
So, when Bethany was here we got to talking about teaching babies to read and teaching them sign language and such. We were thinking more along the lines of things like "please" "thank you" "all done" and "more." Dave thought it sounded crazy to teach a baby sign language and told us that this -
is the sign for WOW. And wouldn't it be cool to teach a little baby THAT? Maybe you had to be there, but we laughed and laughed at the thougt of a sweet little 8 month old making this sign every time he was impressed with something. We just might try it out!
Lastly, yeah, I chopped my hair off. I'm not fishing for compliments, honestly. I knew I wasn't going to get it cut again for ages, so I went short, well, short for me, not short by most people's standards. haha. Anyway. I really like the length, but it just looks really "choppy" to me - like you can see every little cut. I had trouble getting a picture that acurately represents what it really looks like, so anyhoo, here's my best tries. Feel free to say, yes, it does look choppy. I won't be in the least offended!
Thus, our picture tour draweth to a close. Happy Thursday everyone! = )
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Life in the fast lane ...
Seems to be a little blogging slump going on once again. I've been meaning to post for awhile now. Just takes time, esp. to resize pictures and all that good stuff. Anyway, what to tell you about life around here? My brother Sheldon and his daughter Sara came to visit a week and a half ago or so. You can find pictures of said trip below. We had a lot of fun and it was great to see some family. They were here from Friday evening till Tuesday morning. We had most of the world's problems solved by Sunday so the rest of the time was nice and relaxing.
Last week I switched to part time instead of full time at work. I've actually had quite a bit of time off because of my boss's schedule and her having family around. It's been really nice, but naturally, I feel like I should have way more done than I do. I really wanted to get all my pictures organized and our wedding book done before baby arrives. Now I'm thinking that's not going to happen. There's just been so many little things to take care of that before I know it, the day's gone. I'm working more toward the end of this week and the beginning of next week and then my former roommate from Indiana and another friend are going to be passing through Baton Rouge and staying for a couple days! This is by far the longest we have gone without seeing each other since we started rooming together back in um 04 was it? I haven't seen her for about a year and a half. So anyway, I'm really looking forward to seeing her. Then we're down to just a few weeks. give or take.
Kumquat has been growing like crazy and making his/her presence very known. I've been feeling mostly okay during the day but nights haven't been very fun. I wake up pretty sore multiple times at night. My blood sugar has also been an issue, unfortunately. When I started checking at home, the numbers were always fine, but a few weeks ago they started getting too high. So she put me on meds and they seem to be somewhat stable, but not perfect.
Ummmmmmm.... trying to think of anything else that might be remotely interesting. I think this is all sounding sorta boring, but hey, it's an update, right? Last night Dave and I went for a lovely evening stroll. We ended up in a fenced in golf course and had to walk a little farther than anticipated. Which wasn't a big deal, but I guess my socks were too short and my shoes rubbed the skin raw on the backs of both my poor little heels (ankles? whatever you call the back of that foot area). So sad.
We had a really nice Easter weekend here. On Saturday we went to our friend's place and watched the kids hunt for eggs and had a nice lunch with them and another family. On Sunday afternoon we were invited to another family's place for lunch and had a nice relaxing visit with them. I thought it was funny - the dad and Dave his some eggs for the kids to find and they were very happy looking all over for these eggs. Later the mom said to us, "Yeah, they don't even know eggs are supposed to have candy in them - we just hide empty ones." hahaha! = ) While driving to church that morning, I was feeling very unspringy, very uneastery, very large, very annoyed at how late we were, etc. Dave was trying to cheer me up and said, "You're like an Easter egg with a treat inside!" To which I said, "good, then I should be able to hide in the bushes which is what I feel like doing!" Ah well, we amuse ourselves sometimes. Once I got to church I started feeling much more eastery, springy, and cheery, and was happy that we weren't even the last ones there.
I think that's all for now. Enjoy the pics.
Last week I switched to part time instead of full time at work. I've actually had quite a bit of time off because of my boss's schedule and her having family around. It's been really nice, but naturally, I feel like I should have way more done than I do. I really wanted to get all my pictures organized and our wedding book done before baby arrives. Now I'm thinking that's not going to happen. There's just been so many little things to take care of that before I know it, the day's gone. I'm working more toward the end of this week and the beginning of next week and then my former roommate from Indiana and another friend are going to be passing through Baton Rouge and staying for a couple days! This is by far the longest we have gone without seeing each other since we started rooming together back in um 04 was it? I haven't seen her for about a year and a half. So anyway, I'm really looking forward to seeing her. Then we're down to just a few weeks. give or take.
Kumquat has been growing like crazy and making his/her presence very known. I've been feeling mostly okay during the day but nights haven't been very fun. I wake up pretty sore multiple times at night. My blood sugar has also been an issue, unfortunately. When I started checking at home, the numbers were always fine, but a few weeks ago they started getting too high. So she put me on meds and they seem to be somewhat stable, but not perfect.
Ummmmmmm.... trying to think of anything else that might be remotely interesting. I think this is all sounding sorta boring, but hey, it's an update, right? Last night Dave and I went for a lovely evening stroll. We ended up in a fenced in golf course and had to walk a little farther than anticipated. Which wasn't a big deal, but I guess my socks were too short and my shoes rubbed the skin raw on the backs of both my poor little heels (ankles? whatever you call the back of that foot area). So sad.
We had a really nice Easter weekend here. On Saturday we went to our friend's place and watched the kids hunt for eggs and had a nice lunch with them and another family. On Sunday afternoon we were invited to another family's place for lunch and had a nice relaxing visit with them. I thought it was funny - the dad and Dave his some eggs for the kids to find and they were very happy looking all over for these eggs. Later the mom said to us, "Yeah, they don't even know eggs are supposed to have candy in them - we just hide empty ones." hahaha! = ) While driving to church that morning, I was feeling very unspringy, very uneastery, very large, very annoyed at how late we were, etc. Dave was trying to cheer me up and said, "You're like an Easter egg with a treat inside!" To which I said, "good, then I should be able to hide in the bushes which is what I feel like doing!" Ah well, we amuse ourselves sometimes. Once I got to church I started feeling much more eastery, springy, and cheery, and was happy that we weren't even the last ones there.
I think that's all for now. Enjoy the pics.
odds and ends in picture form
Here's some pics of what's been going on the last while. To start, a little anecdote. My brother Sheldon and his daughter Sara were scheduled to come visit the last weekend in March. I needed something to do anyway with the young charge. Awhile back we bought some nasty natural peanut butter that was so messy I wanted to bake with it rather than try to use it for every day purposes. And I thought - yippie - company coming, I'll make some lovely cookies. What better way to spend a morning with a 2 year old. Oh. my. word. I tried out this really healthy recipe thinking maybe I could enjoy the little morsels as well. So they had stevia in place of sugar, and piles of raw, unsweetened coconut. I followed a recipe, but gracious, the results were not good. Okay, the results were hideous. The young child was absolutely adorable while helping so I had to get some pics. But upon seeing the end results, my heart sank.
I thought I would give her one and then have the camera ready for disgusted look on her face that would certainly follow. Poor kid was so proud of her cookies that turned out so nasty. It was like unto eating sawdust. Anyway, to my surprise, she took a bite and kept it in her mouth...
... and kept it there and kept it there and kept it there. FINALLY she swallowed it. I asked her if she wanted more and she was pretty sure she didn't and jumped off the chair. too funny. Dave actually ate some of the dog biscuits until I threw them in the trash. Sheldon took one bite and said, "I'll probably eat something else." I couldn't swallow a single bite. so sad.
cookie still in mouth. = P
And now for some pics from when Sheldon and Sara were here. There are all Sheldon's - I didn't take any pictures at all, but got his. This top one is a little out of order. On Sunday afternoon we went to St. Francisville and toured a plantation. This friendly turkey was roaming about.
Saturday we took in the sights downtown. I'm sure I've posted a bunch that look very similar to these, but oh well, here's some more - the capital building.
We got a big kick out of this. A statue inside the capital building and the official write up about the guy came from non other than - wikipedia. very official indeed.
The old capital building.
Check out the name of this pizza place downtown. Had to laugh. very very good pizza!
Down by the water. Sara with her eyes closed in front of the USS KIDD.
This was taken from the famous Shaw center roof/lookout area.
Down by the water again.
This concludes pictures of the Sheldon/Sara trip.
35 weeks last Friday.
I thought I would give her one and then have the camera ready for disgusted look on her face that would certainly follow. Poor kid was so proud of her cookies that turned out so nasty. It was like unto eating sawdust. Anyway, to my surprise, she took a bite and kept it in her mouth...
... and kept it there and kept it there and kept it there. FINALLY she swallowed it. I asked her if she wanted more and she was pretty sure she didn't and jumped off the chair. too funny. Dave actually ate some of the dog biscuits until I threw them in the trash. Sheldon took one bite and said, "I'll probably eat something else." I couldn't swallow a single bite. so sad.
cookie still in mouth. = P
And now for some pics from when Sheldon and Sara were here. There are all Sheldon's - I didn't take any pictures at all, but got his. This top one is a little out of order. On Sunday afternoon we went to St. Francisville and toured a plantation. This friendly turkey was roaming about.
Saturday we took in the sights downtown. I'm sure I've posted a bunch that look very similar to these, but oh well, here's some more - the capital building.
We got a big kick out of this. A statue inside the capital building and the official write up about the guy came from non other than - wikipedia. very official indeed.
The old capital building.
Check out the name of this pizza place downtown. Had to laugh. very very good pizza!
Down by the water. Sara with her eyes closed in front of the USS KIDD.
This was taken from the famous Shaw center roof/lookout area.
Down by the water again.
This concludes pictures of the Sheldon/Sara trip.
35 weeks last Friday.
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