This morning, I pulled out about 5 white hairs (I believe the term is grays, but they are just nasty, white strands of hair that seems to be sprouting from my head). As if I wasn't already having to come to terms that I am no longer in my 20's and can party anytime I want with little to no hangover the next day (plus being pregnant puts your life in perspective), I have to deal with these white hairs!
Newsweek pointed me to a radio show that did a good job at explaining the banking and housing crisis in everyday language. As much as we hear about this in the news, and as I did my taxes for 2008, I wondered what could be in store for us and the economy in the near future? I found these clips highly educational!
This American Life radio show
Bad Bank
Giant Pool of Money
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Uneventful and pretty boring
Scott keeps saying - when are you going to update your blog? Well, usually I wait until I have some brilliant thing to say, or updates to post, and things have been pretty boring as of late. But you are right - what kind of journal is this going to be if I write every 6 months (it's starting to sound like my Little Orphan Annie diary that I had for 12 years and only filled a quarter of the pages).
The end of February was our month of purging the things that have been accumulating in the house. We were able to sell our coffee and end tables on Craig's List (finally), which leaves us with my old college Ikea end table and bench serving as temporary fixtures (temporary will probably turn into 2 years). We decided to move the office into the "guest room" and make the office the nursery. [SIDE NOTE: This reminds me of my freshman year of highschool, when I so badly wanted to make a lot of friends at my new school. There was one very interesting boy named Tim who was in a couple of classes with me, and we struck up a conversation. He told me that he worked after school at a nursery sometimes, and I said "Oh, how nice, you work with babies!". He looked at me very strangely, and said "Uh, no, I work with plants." We did not become the BFFs that I was hoping for.] We measured the desk and the full size bed already in that room, and realized that there is no way in hell they will both fit. So we sold the bed, too. And guess what's coming back - of course, my college futon! I have a feeling that VA Tech will follow me for the rest of my life.
At the end of Feb, we had another yard sale (our second). It was a success, although we didn't have as much "good stuff" as last time, so we didn't make as much as last time. But overall the experience was the same (people lining up outside our house at 6:30 waiting for the garage door to open), and almost everything worth buying was gone by 8am. But the proceeds gives us some play money to start working on building that built-in entertainment center in the living room that we have been talking about for some time. And then, I guess we will need to get a new coffee table and end table eventually (and Scott still wants his sectional sofa). It's just a matter of priorities, and finances - can we get this AND all the baby stuff done before July? I sure hope so...
As far as my pregnancy, there is not much to tell. I haven't had any strange cravings, but it does seem like I want anything that comes on TV. Especially donuts. And Scott is being so cute, that every time I say "hmmm, that looks good" he tries his hardest to go out and get it for me. He calls them his pregnancy runs. He has gone out twice searching for chocolate donuts, and once for ice cream (which I think he wanted, too - thus the "ok, I'll be right back").
I was concerned that I may not be gaining enough weight, but my doctor said that I am doing good and she's happy with my weight. I lost about 5 lbs around the holidays, and I asked the nurse what I should count as my starting weight - before the 5 lbs, or after the 5 lbs? She said I had to start counting before the 5 lbs, so all in all, I've gained about 2 lbs so far. The doctor said I should gain about 1lb. per week going forward - putting my total target gain at 24-25 lbs, which she said is great. Given all the donuts that I have been eating, hopefully I can stick to that!
Last night we went to look at cribs, and I can't believe how expensive baby furniture is. We did find one crib that we liked, which is a convertible crib: crib into toddler bed, into full size bed. But you have to buy the rails separately, and just a quick look online made it seem like the full size rails run about $150 or more. How much are those cheap metal rails for full size beds? Can't we just use those and screw it onto this headboard? Maybe we should have kept the rails from the bed we sold on Craig's List. [SIDE NOTE: This makes me think about how expensive maternity clothes are. Thank heavens I don't have to buy a work wardrobe. But then again, when you have to buy pregger clothes, you have too - what choice do you have? So they can get away with charging whatever they want, huh?]
I have started to feel the baby move - it's a strange fluttering feeling in your stomach - a little like gas bubbles or like the nervous feeling you get before a big event. It's kind of neat, and I am now feeling it very often - maybe every 15 minutes or so. Scott even was able to feel it the other night - my doc said he is very patient to have sat there long enough to feel it. Yes doc, I've got a good one!
The end of February was our month of purging the things that have been accumulating in the house. We were able to sell our coffee and end tables on Craig's List (finally), which leaves us with my old college Ikea end table and bench serving as temporary fixtures (temporary will probably turn into 2 years). We decided to move the office into the "guest room" and make the office the nursery. [SIDE NOTE: This reminds me of my freshman year of highschool, when I so badly wanted to make a lot of friends at my new school. There was one very interesting boy named Tim who was in a couple of classes with me, and we struck up a conversation. He told me that he worked after school at a nursery sometimes, and I said "Oh, how nice, you work with babies!". He looked at me very strangely, and said "Uh, no, I work with plants." We did not become the BFFs that I was hoping for.] We measured the desk and the full size bed already in that room, and realized that there is no way in hell they will both fit. So we sold the bed, too. And guess what's coming back - of course, my college futon! I have a feeling that VA Tech will follow me for the rest of my life.
At the end of Feb, we had another yard sale (our second). It was a success, although we didn't have as much "good stuff" as last time, so we didn't make as much as last time. But overall the experience was the same (people lining up outside our house at 6:30 waiting for the garage door to open), and almost everything worth buying was gone by 8am. But the proceeds gives us some play money to start working on building that built-in entertainment center in the living room that we have been talking about for some time. And then, I guess we will need to get a new coffee table and end table eventually (and Scott still wants his sectional sofa). It's just a matter of priorities, and finances - can we get this AND all the baby stuff done before July? I sure hope so...
As far as my pregnancy, there is not much to tell. I haven't had any strange cravings, but it does seem like I want anything that comes on TV. Especially donuts. And Scott is being so cute, that every time I say "hmmm, that looks good" he tries his hardest to go out and get it for me. He calls them his pregnancy runs. He has gone out twice searching for chocolate donuts, and once for ice cream (which I think he wanted, too - thus the "ok, I'll be right back").
I was concerned that I may not be gaining enough weight, but my doctor said that I am doing good and she's happy with my weight. I lost about 5 lbs around the holidays, and I asked the nurse what I should count as my starting weight - before the 5 lbs, or after the 5 lbs? She said I had to start counting before the 5 lbs, so all in all, I've gained about 2 lbs so far. The doctor said I should gain about 1lb. per week going forward - putting my total target gain at 24-25 lbs, which she said is great. Given all the donuts that I have been eating, hopefully I can stick to that!
Last night we went to look at cribs, and I can't believe how expensive baby furniture is. We did find one crib that we liked, which is a convertible crib: crib into toddler bed, into full size bed. But you have to buy the rails separately, and just a quick look online made it seem like the full size rails run about $150 or more. How much are those cheap metal rails for full size beds? Can't we just use those and screw it onto this headboard? Maybe we should have kept the rails from the bed we sold on Craig's List. [SIDE NOTE: This makes me think about how expensive maternity clothes are. Thank heavens I don't have to buy a work wardrobe. But then again, when you have to buy pregger clothes, you have too - what choice do you have? So they can get away with charging whatever they want, huh?]
I have started to feel the baby move - it's a strange fluttering feeling in your stomach - a little like gas bubbles or like the nervous feeling you get before a big event. It's kind of neat, and I am now feeling it very often - maybe every 15 minutes or so. Scott even was able to feel it the other night - my doc said he is very patient to have sat there long enough to feel it. Yes doc, I've got a good one!
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