Too tired to stitch?

I know, hard to believe, but that's been me the past few days. I have been so tired by the time I sit down at night that I don't even want to think about taking out my stitching. Thankfully I have gotten some things ready for Baby M at home as well as getting some miscellaneous tasks done that I want to have done before M arrives.

I've been doing well on my routines, although I forgot about them until I was on my way to bed on Monday night (we were away Sunday and Monday) . I did both morning and evening routines Tuesday and Wednesday, and did my morning one today already. To get my 5 in before Sunday I can't miss any this week because of being away two days, so I'm working hard to make sure I don't have to buy two cheeseburger meals next week ;)

Tuesday night I sat down and finally got the rest of the house-building receipts entered into a spreadsheet that we need to get a tax rebate for building a new house. That was a big job as each receipt had to be separated into what the supplies were used for (i.e. framing, drywalling, light fixtures, etc ...).

Last weekend I caulked all the trim in the baby's room, and last night I got half the baseboards painted. They look so nice! Next Sunday is my deadline to have the nursery ready to move stuff in, so I have to keep working on it.

I'm going to get my hair cut tonight and I'm going to splurge and get some highlights put in, too. I am so excited! I am going to try and convince Peter to take a picture when he gets home later tonight, so there should be a belly pic up by tomorrow (just for you Roxanne! ) ).

Want a hyper baby??

Drink orange juice!

I don't normally drink much juice. Usually I stick to milk, water, and diet coke (my biggest vice!). However, since I've been trying to cut back on diet coke while pregnant, and since we were out of milk at home yesterday, I mixed up some orange juice to have. Well ... let me tell you that orange juice makes Baby M go ballistic. I tried to keep stitching, I really did, but M was way too distracting. My stomach was sore all over by the time M was finished with the gymnastics (i.e. the sugar wore off). I had no idea that the juice would have that sort of effect. Now I know what to do if I'm worried about not feeling much movement!

I did a trial run of the routines last night and this morning. I think they are reasonable, although I didn't get everything done on them the first time through. That was mostly because I fell asleep on the couch.

Tonight is our tour at the hospital, which I am very excited about. I think we register and do all the paperwork that is needed so I don't have to do that while I'm in labour :) I found out last night from some nursing students that our hospital has a jacuzzi tub and birthing balls, etc ... for while you're in labour. I had heard about those types of things before, but for some reason figured our hospital wouldn't be "progressive" enough to have them. So ... now I have more to think about when contemplating how I'd like to handle labour. My Mom is a huge advocate for epidurals - she did all three common routes (natural, narcotics, and epidural) and says there is no comparison. Anyone else want to throw their $0.02 into the ring on what they think about pain management? I want to have a discussion with my OB about this at my next visit, but that's not until May 9th. I'd like to be well-informed about the options before discussing it with him.

So close!

I got to stitch last night - yay! Peter is going to try taking my progress pics for last month since I can never seem to get the colour right. That's what I get for buying him a fancy camera - I have no clue how to use it! So ... hopefully those will be forthcoming in the next few days.

Anyway, I worked on Chestnut last night and got about two hours in. I am sooooo close to finishing it. I worked on backstitching all last night and probably have one more night to go. There is absolutely no way I'm going to finish all 6 (this is number 2) in the next 10 weeks, nor will I be finishing Carousel, but they'll get done eventually ;)

I could have possibly finished Chestnut last night, but I decided to be nice to Peter and make him a treat - chocolate chip cookies. They are his absolute favourite (followed closely by peanut butter squares) and I rarely make them. I don't know why - they're not exactly time or labour-intensive.

Eleni and I have decided we each need a proverbial kick in the pants to establish some basic routines à la Flylady. So ... similar to her bet with her DH about the treadmill, we have decided to keep each other accountable for doing our basic morning and evening routines. The wager? Whoever doesn't do their routines at least 5 days per week has to buy the other a double cheeseburger meal at McDonalds. We usually end up there almost once a week for lunch anyway, so we figured that was a good setup.

So ... here are my new morning and evening routines!

Morning:

• Get up, showered, dressed to shoes
• Make bed
• Start load of laundry
• Eat or pack breakfast
• Empty dishwasher
• Devotions
  

Evening:

• Wash dishes & put away
• Shine sink
• Run dishwasher
• Fold any laundry in dryer
• Lay out clothes for next day
• Wash face (something I've gotten out of the habit of doing ... eeks!)
  

To me those look reasonable but also challenging. I'm planning to start tonight, although it doesn't *count* until Sunday.

A little background ...

Well, since this is my first post on this blog I thought I should give a few details about myself. My name is Angela, married to Peter for ... well, a few years now :) About 2 years ago we got a crazy idea to build a house using our own 4 hands, some power tools, and lots of friends! You can read about our adventures in housebuilding here.

Thankfully, we are nearing the end of this long adventure, so I wanted a place to chat about the normal things of life ... like cross-stitching (my favourite hobby), flylady, and .... our expected new addition to the family! Yes, as of June 9th (or sometime thereabouts) Peter and I will become a family of 3 and we couldn't be happier about it. God has answered our prayers so faithfully!

So, if you don't like reading about any of those sorts of things listed above (cross-stitch, babies, and housekeeping ;) ) you may want to find somewhere else to be, as that's probably where my focus will be most of the time.

I hope to customize stuff a bit more as I become more familiar with the new blogger beta - it looks really neat!

If you need something to keep you busy, check out the blogs on the right. I think they're pretty neat!

Happy December 1st!