June 3, 2009

  • Last Day of Days

    Good morning all. It's 5:38 and I am having my coffee. It's good, but I am debating on crawling back into bed at this moment... and lately coffee just isn't enough to keep me up if I am tired. It's Wednesday, hump day for most of you. Yay! The work week is at the half way mark. For us, the weekend starts at 6:00 PM today. Unfortunately, nights start Monday. But that's what we both signed up for, so I can't complain about it.

    Yesterday started with the usual routine, coffee and puppies. I worked here around the house quite a bit. I didn't do anything that really could be considered work, just odds and ends. After blogging I started & finished all my Thank You cards, thankfully! They are a necessary thing and I wouldn't dream of not doing them, but outside of telling people we love how much we appreciate them, I don't enjoy the process one bit. I also put some things in the mail to Maw-Maw. I try hard to keep in better touch with her, by phone, by mail.... but I'll be honest, I suck at it. I think of her every day, miss her every day. I don't know why I don't call or even drop a letter to her... I wish I had a reason why I am so bad about that, but I don't. I'll just have to keep trying.

    Once I got those things done I got dressed and worked in the kitchen cleaning it back up and getting my big iron pot cleaned as well. I got the pot cleaned, rubbed it down with oil and put it in the oven on a low heat to get a little bit of that cure back in it. This was around 10:00 I guess. I picked up things that were scattered here and there and put them where they belonged. I wiped down the counter tops and the table.

    Then I decided to go outside. It looked so pretty and the grass was so high... sounded like the perfect thing to still be productive AND get me out of the house. So I brought the dogs inside, gave them a bone to chew on, made myself a bottle of water and headed out to get to work. I cut the back yard first, moved the truck and came around to the front. I got the front yard done pretty quickly, including most of our "hill". I am more careful now than I was before I was pregnant when mowing the hill. I am certain that my ample figure is going to cause the mower to roll down the hill (this isn't founded in reality, but it makes me take extra care which isn't a bad thing). So there were parts of the hill that didn't get done like I would have liked. But the yard was done in no time. It was warm out, but the sun felt so good on my skin I didn't notice too much.

    After I got all the grass cut and the drive way "blown off" (accomplished by a couple of trips up and down the drive way with the mower on "blowing" the grass in the direction it would normally shoot out cut grass.... it gets the job done!) I pulled the mower up to the fence. I wanted to rinse it off but it had to cool first. I moved the truck back around to its spot, but first I loaded all the boxes from the shower that were on the landing into the back... A very easy task since I backed the truck right up to the railing. All I had to do was tip them over the railing and Voila! There they were, in the back of the truck! After I got that done and the truck moved I swept out the carport. Everything looked really nice. I headed back inside.

    When I got inside I realized how hot I was. I was dusty and felt a bit itchy and really wanted a cool shower but decided that I should try to cool down a bit first. I talked to Mom on the phone for a bit while I was cooling down. I think we've both been missing each other alot since she left here on Sunday. I considered a nap, but by the time we got off the phone I didn't have time to do that and get dinner done. So I got a shower and got dressed and sat with my feet up for a while before it was time to cook.

    I boiled eggs, gonna make egg salad and potatoe salad. Then I boiled my potatoes. I took some chicken out to thaw, gonna make Bar-B-Que chicken in the oven. I mashed up the eggs in my hand crank food processor... I normally do then by hand because I like them really fine, but a dozen was a bit much when my hand is always numb. I got the potatoe salad made and in the fridge, then the egg salad. I talked to Mom on the phone again while I was doing this. Before long it was time to put the chicken in the oven and by the time it was done it wasn't very long before Tancy called to say she was on her way home.

    I literally had dinner on the table when she walked in the door. We ate, it was yummy! Just what I wanted too. After dinner we vegged ont he couch for a while and then headed to the back. She got a bath, I milled around a bit and we both got in bed. She sewed my gown for me, one of the seams that I had sewn to take it up had popped. I refilled our medicine for the week. Once we settled in it didn't take long for either of us to go to sleep. I think we were both sleeping by 9:00!

    I must have had plenty of water yesterday because I was up quite a bit last night with a full bladder. In between potty runs I dreamt (all night really) about Lillie coming. Like moments up to leaving for the hospital. Being at the hospital.... pretty much everything except her actually being here. I am getting so excited about meeting her. I am ready for her to decide to come on. I'm not "over it" or "miserable", I just want to see my little girl and hold her in my arms. I want to know what she really looks like, if she has hair, if she'll smile at me and know my voice. As excited as I have ever been about anything in this world, nothing compares to the excitement I feel about meeting my Lillie.

    This morning I've done nothing outside of the same routine I do any other day. I have been instructed to take it easy today. I have been so tired the last two days, by late afternoon or early evening I am ready for bed. I don't have anything on my "list" to get done today (gasp..... can that be possible?!) so I will just have to see how the day goes. I am sure I can find something to get into. Maybe I'll make my list of baby things we need to get this weekend. I could probably also make a grocery list. Great! That will thrill Tancy, lists!! Haha. As long as I don't make a "Honey Do" list for her she probably wont care how many lists I make... or one for me to bust my butt on either, just for clarification. I would say after my last big list she is over it, tired of knowing I am working myself silly while she's at work.

    It's hard to sit still though, physically I feel better if I keep moving. Once I stop I tend to feel kinda sore and achy. I can't explain it... but for the most part, to park it on the couch isn't usually my best option, certainly not for long periods of time. So, once again, we'll just have to see how the day goes.

    Well, my brain is already turning. Jeanette asked for some pictures yesterday and I'd better get started on that... I also have more pictures to put on xanga (if I am not over my capacity). No telling what all I'll find to do!!! I hope you all have a great day today. I think its suppose to be another pretty day here.

    Love to all!