Baby Gift and a Veiled Threat

On our way out the door to obedience class there was another package on the doorstep. Another gift from Aunt Renee… a diaper genie! My husband is convinced that if you rub it a genie pops out and changes the babies diaper, um, not really how that works Jim. There was also another note to RC from Aunt Renee… “when you get older I’ll tell you real stories about your mom and dad”. Uh oh, this is the woman who can do it! She is responsible for us meeting. She was in our wedding. She stayed with us for the two days leading up to our wedding… she knows most of our secrets. I see bribes in the future!

From Aunt Renee!!!

Got a package in the mail today from one of my best friends who is in Nevada now. A cute little hooded towel for Robert with a note to him that said if Mom and Dad get too mean he can come spend the night with her.

Woke up this morning sick with acid reflux. Ugh! In a true show of solidarity Harley decided to throw up on the bed after I got done in the bathroom, thanks so much for your support.

My interview from last week called today and I got a call back for Thursday… of course. The only other day I have an interview this week. So Thursday will be 9:45am OB visit. 3:00pm interview in Independence and 6:00pm interview in Liberty… going to be one busy day!

Due to my illness this morning I decided to put off the glucose screening until tomorrow. No need to go drink the nasty stuff and just toss it back up for them. Hopefully I can sleep tonight and get that done first thing in the morning. Then I need to go see my friend Dianne.. she has something for me and or the baby and I can’t wait to find out what it is. She is really excited about it and she’s one of the neatest, most creative people I know! I also need to run to Target and pick up a few things… love when they put stuff on sale the day after I mention we need it.

The 1AM Play Date

Seems like RC’s favorite play times are 1am – 5am… not real conducive for my sleeping. Ugh! If he is half as active outside the womb as he is inside we’ll never be able to contain this child!

Tomorrow is my glucose screening test. Great. So far I haven’t passed a single blood test on the first try. Really looking forward to having to sit around the lab office for an hour. Perhaps the blood test gods will shine on me and I’ll pass this because I think 3 hours of sitting will do me in… Jim will have to come and play games with me or something.

It’s Coming Along!

Despite not sleeping last night and having a long nap today we were very productive… yeah!!! I woke Jim up at 6am and we went to the City Market and had breakfast at Cascone’s. Jim took the truck up to the mechanic to have the tire repaired. They couldn’t find the leak after they took the metal out of it… we’ll see if the air holds. When he got home we ran some quick errands and came home and took naps. Once we got up we really started tackling things. All the boxes that were in RC’s room have been brought out, gone through, sorted and taken to their new homes. The closet has been cleaned out and are ready for his clothes. We got one vacuum fixed, installed Cosmo’s cat door for his new room downstairs and showed him where it was, took four bags of clothing to the donation box and rewarded ourselves with Sheridan’s custard. I still have a lot of scrapbooking stuff I need to get sorted and in its proper place so hopefully that will happen this week so we can get the empty boxes out of the middle of the floor. There is a little sorting that needs to be done of stuff in the guest bedroom; some boxes in the garage and the front closet to sort and we are done! Whole house gone through, purged, pitched and put away!

Got an email from my friend Dianne asking if I was going to the BBQ tomorrow because she has something she’s dying to give me. We are going to the BBQ and I am dying to see what she has. Dianne gives the coolest gifts and I could tell from her email she was really excited about this.

Random Blather

First off, this kid of ours can really move! Unfortunately it always seems to be when I am trying to sleep. I swear last night he was having his own personal rugby game. Where it doesn’t help my sleeping any it is amazing and very comforting to feel him moving so much. If he moves this much out of the womb we’ll never get a good grip on him!

My aunt called me this morning to give me great news. She had rotator cuff surgery earlier this year and just got her final release from the doctor. She has done such a great job in her recovery. She’s sucked it up during physical therapy and is doing great, I’m so proud of her. She told me that she told the doctor she only had one concern. She has a new great nephew coming in October and she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to pick him up. The doctor assured her she’d be more than able in October if she kept up with her exercises. She told me that she had decided worse case she could sit down and someone could hand her the baby… I can’t believe that this is what’s been worrying her… whether or not she could hold Robert! Brought tears to my eyes.

Jim and I went out to dinner tonight so I could get my favorite, chicken fried chicken. It really hit the spot. Tomorrow it’s tackling he house… ugh! But it has to be done.

My How She’s Grown

Boy Harley has grown over the past 10 months. Last September she was just big enough to get her nose over the gate, we finally took it down a few months later because she would just jump it. She was so cute! She still has the same sweet face – just on a much bigger body! She was soooo happy when Jim got home last night. It was a good 15-20 minutes until I got a proper hello!

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I Feel Great!

I just got back from an interview. It went great. For one thing, there were none of the stupid “Tell me about a time you had an unhappy volunteer” or “Tell me about a time when you had a difficulty with a co-worker” questions that I hate. It lasted an hour and a half. I even wound up telling the woman at the end of the interview that I am pregnant and she assured me that that wasn’t a problem in her decision making but also opened the floor to a good discussion about “this isn’t always a 9-5 job” and I was able to let her know the great support system that I have and alleviate any fear that she has that odd schedule at times will be a problem.

I already have my thank you note in the mail and I’m crossing my fingers that I get a phone call next week.

Old Family Home Remedies

When I was out at Mom’s this past weekend she showed me an index card she had found on which my Great Aunt Eula had written three home remedies on that all use apple cider vinegar. The first on was for Chronic Fatigue. Apparently you take three tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and mix it with a cup of honey then take two tablespoons. According to the recipe it “works better than a lullabye pill”. When Jim got home tonight and found out that I not only have my days and nights flipped but also have an interview in the morning he decided to make it for me. Now Aunt Eula is the same woman who made lye soap that we all still have a chunk of and joke that it will either get the stain out or eat a whole through the fabric. I called my Aunt Barb to tell her that Jim was making it and we joked that it would either put me to sleep or eat a hole in my stomach. Well, I’ll never know if it works… one sip and I was to put it mildly VIOLENTLY ill. So much for old family home remedies.

The Dog is Depressed

Jim is in Tulsa right now. A short Monday – Wednesday jaunt. However, it’s difficult to explain the concept of “Wednesday” to Harley. She has been looking all over for him, finally tonight she’s settled on the end of the bed looking at me like, “What did we do wrong???” I keep telling her he’s coming back but she’s just not buying it. Last night she woke me up every 15 minutes, I guess to point out that he’s not here.

The good news is she did a lot better at obedience class last night then I thought she would. We’re going to be starting to work on getting her to listen to her commands when I’m NOT holding a treat. She did really well with lay down last night and also with stay. We’re really trying to work on things at home during the day now so that she will get it reinforced quicker.

On the job front, when it rains it pours. I’ve got a third interview with one company set up for August third and have to call another company tomorrow to set up a first interview. Perhaps the drought is over?

Harry Potter

I’m halfway through the new Harry Potter and the first thing I said to my husband about it was, “gee, they’re going to have a heck of a time with the movie for this one!”.

We got up Saturday morning and stopped at Barnes and Noble on the way to Mom’s to pick up my copy. I didn’t pre-order because I figured I could go Saturday morning and have it faster than it would have been delivered anyway. We got out to Mom’s and she wanted to open her presents first. I was very pleased that she really liked them.

We worked like dogs in the garage and basement for the next four hours stopping only for a bit of lunch. I’m happy to say we got a lot done and made a huge difference. She was impressed with how hard Jim works. She was really happy with everything that we got accomplished and even though we’re all sore as can be today we are glad we got it all done on a “cooler” day of the summer.

I slept from 6:30pm – 11:00pm last night then woke up with reflux. So I stayed up and read until 4am then back to sleep until about 1:30pm today. While I was asleep Jim was up making food for me this week since he’s out of town Monday-Wednesday. I swear I have enough pasta to have a dinner party for 6-8 people. He also mowed the lawn, moved shelves from the garage to the basement; moved a chest from the laundry room to the garage; cleaned the kitchen and got all the laundry caught up. He’s now taking a well deserved nap!

I’m heading back to Harry Potter.