June 2, 2009

  • Week 38! Good Tuesday morning!

    Good morning all. I hope this finds everyone doing well. It's not Monday!! That's a positive, right?

    Yesterday was a fairly productive day. I am happy with the progress I made. And I didn't over do it! Can you believe that?! I blogged forever it seemed, just to get everyone caught up on all the goings on of the weekend... though I am sure I left out details, there was just soo much ground to cover. After that I got dressed and got to moving.

    Wow! Lillie must be getting lower because when I am sitting down my belly might feel a bit sore low, but to stand up... my belly is so sore its hard to stand completely upright for a few seconds. It feels like suddenly I've got about a hundred pounds of pressure in those muscles (that weren't very toned to begin with) and they just might give out on me. Additionally, yesterday, my leg was still giving me some trouble from that charlie horse I had (Sunday morning early). So I would limp around for a while till the soreness eased in one spot and then the other. Sitting was not my friend yesterday, I can tell you that!

    So I got dressed and began to gather dirty clothes first. I got the first load of clothes going and then headed to the back to put away the spare bedding we used for Jeanette and Luca on the air mattress. That didn't take too long, just a matter of getting the step stool back out and getting up in the top of the closet to put the blankets away. I bumped my head on the frame of the closet door. Ugh!

    I talked to Gary on the phone for a quick minute. He was planting some ferns for a client. He's always into something! I wanted to make sure he didn't want the center piece blocks from the shower back. They are really nice and look like a fair amount of effort was put into their creation. We chatted for a minute, but we were both busy so we wrapped it up pretty quickly. I got back to work.

    I was kind of scattered to be honest. You know how you get when you feel overwhelmed by a task or tasks and you go from room to room moving things but never really accomplishing anything? That was me. I sent Mandy a text message about the blocks, she'll know someone who is having a baby shower before its all over with... I hate to throw them away. Then I called Missy. We talked for 2 hours!! I milled around the house for part of it and sat down on the couch for part... I found myself getting out of breath while trying to talk and work. It was a great conversation, I really enjoy talking to Missy. We had alot of catching up to do, obviously. I don't think there's much ground we didn't cover! And honestly we probably could have talked for longer, but we both had things to do... she was going to see the kids for a bit (they come home from their Dad's tonight) and I needed to get back to work if I was ever going to get it all done. I had made wise use of my time while sitting and went ahead and had lunch. No excuses now, get to it!!

    I grabbed some 2 gallon ziploc bags from the pantry and a permanent marker from the coffee table and headed to the back. I first went through the clothes that I had folded the night before that were in the pack 'n play. I put them in order by size and kept each size separate. Next I went into Lillie's room and did the same thing with the clothes that were already in there. I kept the newborn size clothes in a canvas tote and the 0 - 3 month clothes in a drawer. Everything else got pulled out size by size. I grabbed an extra bedding bag to put the clothes in once I got it all organized (by bedding bag I mean like a comforter comes in, plastic with the zip top). I ended up with 2 - 2 gallon ziploc bags of 3 - 6 month clothes, 1 - 2 gallon ziploc bag of 6 - 9 month, 1 - 2 gallon ziploc bag of 12M and a few pieces of 12 - 18 month and 2T. The kid has 6 pairs (I think) of shoes already. She's got a ball, bat and glove (from her Poppy of course). She's got numerous stuffed animals, toys, rattles and teethers. She's got a ton of socks! She's got quite a few blankets that are really nice. My two favorites at this point are the one that her Nana Sue made her and the one that her Aunt Casie found that says "It's good to be me". I finally got everything that doesn't belong in there out of there. I have given everything a home and everything is in its home at this point. After

    While I was working on that I also kept the laundry going. So when I got finished in the room I had almost all of the laundry done. Just needed to be folded. I went to work on posting pics to xanga from the shower and the weekend. I had been working on it off and on through out the day. I typed my letter to Lillie to have a copy on the computer. I need to get my paper and put that in her book. I don't know what else I might have done yesterday. Seems like I am leaving something out, but I have no idea what.

    Tancy got home and had left over pizza for dinner. I made macaroni and cheese with some left over linguini noodles in the fridge. It was pretty good but I didn't really want anything to eat. We sat in the living room for a bit and at 7:30 I talked her into heading to the back. I was really tired and ready for bed. I got my bath and then she helped me to stretch my leg so the soreness from the charlie horse would ease up. We watched some softball or should I say she watched it. I tried to find a comfortable position and closed my eyes... I was ready for sleep. She wasn't far behind me. I'd say it was between 8:30 - 8:45 and we were both asleep. I think I only got up once in the night, 11:30, for a potty run and a hand full of antacids... my heart burn was excruciating. The fact that I didn't get up again means I clearly didn't have enough water yesterday. But I did sleep pretty good. My hip woke me up once, my hand woke me up another time. When the clock went off and it was time to get up I really didn't want to... I wanted to lay in bed and sleep the day away.

    I didn't lay there to sleep the day away. I got up and headed in the kitchen to make coffee (I forgot to set the damn pot last night). The usual routine. I am so tired though... it seems to be more taxing than it has to be. We visit for a minute and then its time for her to go to work. Which sucks. I miss her already this morning. I'll deal, I have things to keep me busy for certain.

    So today I hope to get my kitchen cleaned back up. Dishes are the main thing at this point, I just need to load the dishwasher and take out the trash. Then I can wipe down the counters, the table and the sink and its done. From there the only two things left to be done are to write Thank You cards, which I am dreading because my hand has been so screwed up lately. It hurts me alot, so I am not sure how I will get through them all.... but I absolutely have to, everyone was so generous! The next thing is to take our "return" items and try to figure out where they came from. I am not sure if I will get to that one today. Tomorrow morning bright and early will probably be better all the way around. I think I'm going to have to go in without the items, check out the baby section, look for what I've got and then come back in with what I know they have there. That's all I know to do.

    My leg is still a bit sore today but not as bad as it was yesterday thankfully. My belly was sore first thing this morning... but the true test is when I get up to go to the back and get dressed, that's usually when I feel like I am going to fall to my knees.

    I kept all the cards and such from both showers, so when I have time, I want to add them to the baby book. Everyone, at both showers, was so wonderful and loving that I really want to hold on to those cards. Obviously if it's just a name in the card that might not go... but surprisingly, alot of people wrote a note in their cards. I also have Aunt Jan's original drawing of the "One horned butt fish" that I want to add to the book and a few other things... so I suppose I need to figure out what I need for paper, etc. to make that happen as well. That book will be full before she gets here!

    Alright kids. I could go on and on about things I want to get done... but writing about it doesn't get it done that's for sure. I'm thankful for a 4 day weekend with Tancy, but then she's back to night shift... that's really going to suck. But that's days away, so I'll focus on what we have right in front of us!

    Sending you all love and positive energy. I don't know anyone who would turn that down! I hope you all have a great day today and enjoy whatever it is you have on your agenda for the day. And once again, thank you all for all the love, support and gifts for Lillie. She's already a spoiled little girl and she's not even decided to show up yet!!

    Love to all!