I have a great bootleg Dead tape recorded there..
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Metasequoia - I hope everything is okay. You post so regularly that when you don't I get to wondering.
I'm okay! You're so sweet to miss me! :love
I have to catch up for a minute...
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LittleKind , I love the grill in the summertime! Less dishes and heat in the house! Last night DH cooked chicken on the grill along with zucchini slathered in olive oil and salt and pepper - YUM! The zucchini was by far my favorite dish. :yum We also love to grill ears of corn. Just leave the corn in the husks and grill, rotating every couple of minutes then let cool a bit, remove the husks and put butter, salt and a squeeze of fresh lime. Mmmm, can't wait for corn to come into season!
We're supposed to get rain this week too and boy do we need it! It hasn't rained here in WEEKS! It's so strange to me to have to water the gardens this much in May! And it's back up near the 90s so I'm thinking about the a/c again. I had HORRIBLE sleep last night because of the heat.
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mamamargo , you're so busy! I had a day like that yesterday that just whooped my butt. I second the request for a picture of the finished crib!
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MrsKoehn , I too need to get more plants in the ground. I managed to get in a few tomato plants and zucchini but I have many more yet to plant. I just keep watering, watering, watering already!
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Wild Rose , you have so many exciting things lined up! Your get-together sounds wonderful! Too late into July for me, and maybe you'll have a baby in your arms by then too! What fun that would be!
I wish my mom was a sewer. I'm not so good and your projects sounds like so much fun! I've been looking at rocking chairs on CL here and there but nothing has really called me yet. It would be lovely to have one before baby comes...
I too am feeling the shortness of the remainder of this pregnancy! I was a little sad about it yesterday, thinking I only had 7-ish more weeks left. I even told DH that he better love this belly as there isn't much time left and there probably won't be another pregnant belly on this body.
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rcb215 , I used to drive a 5-speed Mustang and DH went and bought a cheapo manual Firebird one day and I spent HOURS one day trying to teach him how to drive that thing in an abandoned parking lot. He ruined it that day and we ended up leaving it there, dead, and had to hitch a ride home. Ah, the good ole days. :lol I still tease him about it to this day...
I'm sorry about your mom. What you're feeling is absolutely valid. Please don't feel guilty for feeling that way or feel like you're being "bratty" and that you need to grow up. We carry these wounds around with us for life and it isn't easy to release them. I'm sure there's trauma there fro when she left you at 8 years old and every one of these hurtful moves just rips off that scab. Have you ever gone to therapy to talk about it? There are so many different kinds of therapists and I've never been to one, but surely talking with someone could help ease the pain. In the recent reading I've been doing, it even seems that our fascia hold onto and remember the traumas of our lives, both physical and emotional, and can affect us both physically and emotionally. Hugs to you. :hug
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BarefootBrooke , 16 hours!!?? No way, Jose! I'm stressing about our 3 hour trip scheduled for June! Even driving a half hour is sometimes unbearable for me, depending on baby's position of the hour. Sounds like you're having a great time though and stopping every hour or two must make it easier to travel.
SOOO, we just had a busy weekend that kept me occupied. We spent hours at the pool on Saturday and Sunday and I got way too much sun (only on my front half! I need to find a cheapo lounge chair that I can cut some straps out of for my belly to fit through...)
Yesterday (Monday) we left early and drove out to the Amish farms to pick up a bunch of yummy food - 8 gallons of creamy raw milk, 5 lbs of cheese, cottage cheese, lard, and 6 quarts of raw ice cream! :yum I'm in dairy heaven. :lol
So I manged to gain FIVE POUNDS this weekend! :lol How funny is that?? That's what happens when you eat multiple cheeseburgers in a sitting all weekend long - and lots of ice cream. :yum
Then I had to babysit at 7am this morning (UGH) which really stunk because I had the worst night of sleep because it was 80 F in our bedroom all night long (UGH!!) I tossed and turned all night, got up to pee at 2:30am, got up to eat cottage cheese with strawberries at 3:30am and after finally falling into a deep sleep, had to get up at 6:30am from such a wonderfully deep rest.
I took my two charges plus Sebastian to the playground at 9am and stayed until 12pm and it was SO HOT and there was NO SHADE!
It's nice and cool in the basement (where I am now) but the main floor is heating up and the upstairs will be insanely hot in no time. My skin hurts from sweating so much.
Good news: our first CSA pick up is TODAY!!
I can't wait for some fresh veggies. I feel like we're on the verge of developing scurvy from lack of fresh veggies.
Hey!! The January DDC went up! Did anyone notice?? We didn't "move up" because it went under a new 2016 forum...so I guess we'll stay stationary where we are, despite our approaching due dates! I noticed that a June baby was born over the weekend - wow! 4 weeks early and not a bad size at all! I could deal with that...as long as I'm at home to give birth.
I spoke with my friend who had her baby amazingly quick at home. He's only 4 lbs 14 oz and 18", despite only being 9 days early. I wonder if it was a placental issue? She spent a 4 days in the hospital while the doctors tested the baby over and over, trying to figure out why he was so small but came up empty handed. He's nursing well and wetting lots of diapers, so maybe he'll just start packing on the weight now.
Her labor really began at 3pm and he was born on the living room floor at 3:35pm! Fortunately her DH had worked from home that day to catch the baby! Crazy thing was that because of her age, her midwife wanted to do weekly baby monitoring and she had been at the hospital at 1pm that day, being monitored and at 2:15, she was 2 cm dilated, which is pretty normal for a mom who's had babies before (I'm probably 2cm right now.) Then she drove home, prepared a beef stew and dropped that baby on the floor (not literally. :lol)
I have to go catch up on the other threads now!