Yeah, so thanks to Witchypoo’s talks of birthday cake and wine I was having my own cake craving yesterday. She recommended I search for the 5 min cake in a mug recipe for some instant chocolate goodness and I found it here. Calls for tablespoons of sugar, flour (specifically cake flour), cocoa powder, milk, oil […]
Category: pregnancy
Still pregnant and still preparing for baby Tater's arrival
I am 37 weeks 4 days pregnant today. Things are still going as planned and all is well, I’ve just been less energetic and basically I am irritable and restless at this point. My mind is going 100 miles a minute but my body can’t keep up. I try getting out and doing stuff but […]
37 weeks: Last weekend at home before I head to the Farm…
Today we had a good quickie shopping trip before N went off to work. We stopped by Walgreens to take advantage of a few really good deals. Aquafresh Toothpaste was normally $2.29 each. With the store coupon found in their weekly circular ad they were marked down to $.99 each. We got 2 and also […]
Getting back to teaching, once Tater is born.
Life never ceases to amaze me! I am marveling at how easily some things just fall in to place in life and I am super excited that another door has opened for me. Remember how I was working with a few different colorguard/ winterguard units back in Flagstaff, AZ that we had to leave behind […]
Free baby clothes explosion and some TMI pregnancy talk.
On Sunday we met a lady to pick up some free infant girl clothes that were offered up on freecycle. We have a love/ hate relationship with freecycle. Mostly because so many people are flakes about coming and picking up the stuff they claim they want. Anyway, since the budget has been so tight we […]
In 12 days I am outta here to wait for Tater's birth…
N and I enjoyed our second-to-last-weekend before the baby madness begins, we stayed in and relaxed. I also tried to stay off the computer and away from technology since I am about to be cut off from it for an extended amount of time while out at The Farm. It was a warm and dry […]
Another week draws to an end… Coming up on 37 weeks pregnant!
<- Look what I’ve been working on!! It is not the greatest but I needed a blog button for a new writing gig I have going on. It looks like I’ll be one of the contributing editors to Sited and Blogged sharing coupon finds and deals! I know, I’ve always got a million things going […]
Trust & Intuition Vs. Uncertainty & Lack of Experience: Childbirth and Labor
Today I am 36 weeks pregnant and things are still going great but things are also changing and happening with my body that I am noticing and (according to N) I am spending too much time worrying about. LOL. I am all about following intuition and listening to my body’s signals which is why I […]
Memorial Day Weekend Recap and Coutdown to Tater's Arrival.
N and I had a good holiday weekend. It was a three day weekend for him so we got lots done and also had a bit of fun too! Saturday we spent grocery shopping, we had lots of coupons and there were many sales so we blitzed several stores and took advantage of all the […]
Keeping busy while resting AND gathering some stuff for Tater…
Some of you might remember how I began a baby stuff contest entering spree back in March. I started it to feel like I was doing something productive in preparing for Tater’s arrival and it has helped me not go crazy. Now It’s been a few months since that began. I’ve been checking twitter regularly […]
Today I am 35 weeks pregnant, another belly shot shared.
I am eating some nut & chocolate trail mix. Just slathered more goop on the belly and was thinking I should write a 35 week pregnancy post. Still pregnant as ever, feeling more and more uncomfortable as the days pass. Am still gaining weight despite all the talk in books about how weight gain slows […]
Beautiful earth mama or Giant spawn incubating freak…
It is funny, when you get pregnant you find that many things you once did without thought are now much more difficult and require much more planning than before. I never thought that I would miss being able to clip my own toe nails, reach my calves to shave them or be able to sit […]
Live baby shower chat now…
2:11:25 PM: Ready for my online baby shower live chat @ http://tinyurl.com/od6c3m right now… 3:48:21 PM: Finished the live chat for the online baby shower. Thanks for chatting guys! Here is the slideshow of how the belly has grown: For everyone asking about the registry links here they are:
What a night! No sleep, hazardous weather and baby fun…
Last night we were jostled from sleep by the weather radio. *For all my west coast readers who don’t already know* It is designed to go off whenever a watch or warning is in effect for our area, you know to make sure you are aware of the possible danger even when you aren’t able […]
Is this labor? Signs and symptoms remind us parenthood isn't far…
Yesterday I had planned to blog about all the free iris’ we got off freecycle over the weekend, I had other things to mention. Like a great aunt who responded to our pregnancy announcements/ baby shower invitation and wants to reconnect. She only lives a state away from us now… There has been a whole […]
The Renters and the Slumlords: The drama comes to a close (and other updates).
On Sunday Slumlady actually met us at the old rental home and did a walk though inspection with us. We managed to get her on the phone Friday morning following the 33rd week prenatal appointment. We weren’t too sure she would actually show up to the appointment… We still let the neighbors know of the […]
Mad-lib birth announcement game & vlog. Join the fun!
Back in the day Teeni was doing these fun story games where each participant would write a few sentences for a story, then when everyone had their chance to contribute she would post the whole story on her blog for us all to enjoy. I participated several times and it really was a hoot. Then back […]
More reflections and a new belly shot to share…
Found a quote that basically sums up the baby shower situation and our feelings: Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in -Alan Alda I am still getting many messages about the shower turnout and it seems I may have not […]
Pets are adjusted, I think. Hell has frozen over!
The animals are finally beginning to settle down, it is a freaking miracle! We aren’t waking to Dixie pawing at the door or excessive yowling from Hailey in the middle of the night AND everyone seems to be getting the hang of their new lives & homes. Dixie now uses her nifty dog house for […]
Tater's Shower: reflections on friendship, blessings and learning to let go.
I took a break from the computer for the last few days. I was afraid having interactions via twitter, facebook or through blog comments would only result in my being bitchy to people and unnecessarily hurting feelings. I took a few days to let it all “simmer” and to get some perspective on things. Basically, […]