La la la…
Nope, no baby. My midwife doesn’t think she’ll be early but when she does arrive, I’ll be sure to get Steve to post a little post to keep you updated.
Tomorrow my Mom comes! wheee!
Today I’m cleaning the house. boo.
Off to mop the kitchen floor, or maybe I’m off to eat an oatmeal cookie, I’ll decide when I hit the kitchen.
The weather be confused, and so be this post
Our Easter weekend was really low-key, probably because we sort of didn’t do anything easter-y. It didn’t even occur to me to hide easter eggs for Callum until Michelle mentioned it. Next year I’ll be less of an Easter scrooge.
We did get a few little odds and ends done around the house. well, I should re-phrase, Steve got some odds and ends done while I did very little. We moved the trailer close to the house and hooked it up to water and electricity for my Mom (its our new spare room since our house is small and with the looming presence of TWO children, we’re out of rooms) and then cleaned the entire thing top to bottom. Steve vacummed every nook and cranny while I bleached every surface and cupboard. Its all shiney and new for our upcoming guests who would rather a bed than being forced to sleep on the couch. Its super posh in there now because we took the mattress from the bed in the spare room and put it in the trailer in place of the regular trailer mattress. Unfortunately we don’t have it set up to have hot water direct, but its literally parked outside the back door so if said guests don’t want to wait for the water to be heated by proprane, they can walk the 5 steps into the house and shower in the guest bathroom.
Steve also hung up my gallery down the hall, and made cookies. 100+ cookies because you just never know when one might need A LOT of cookies. I’ve probably eaten 1/4 of those cookies today alone because hello? FRESH BAKED COOKIES. They had to go into the trailer freezer because I’ve made and froze so many meals we literally can’t get another thing into any freezer in the house.
Plus I painted the foam-board train that is going to decorate Callum’s new room. I’m really not very pleased with it, though. I am still going to hang it up and see how it looks so if I don’t tear it down in a fit of unsatisfied rage, I’ll post a picture.
Speaking of pictures, we managed to get to the studio and have maternity shots done before Claire’s arrival. I’m actually impressed we got around to it, but am so glad we did. I hope they turn out and again, if I’m impressed, I’ll post one or two so you can see me and my belly.
And tomorrow is the day – I get a haircut. heh.
Knittin’ in some spring
As spring is clearly in the air (a chilly, chilly air, but its sunny) and because Michaels had a sale, I felt an urge to make spring kitchen face cloths.
I certainly didn’t need to make this many cloths, but hey, just means I’m doing laundry less often.
I thought on Friday that I might be heading into labour. I thought wrong, so we are still a little family of three. I’m sort of hoping that she holds off another week, mostly so I can get my hair cut. My hair? Ridiculous at the moment. And so that my Mom is in town to deal with Sir Callum, and the dog.
Random Acts of Kindness!
Several years ago I used to share an office with my friend, N. We hit it off instantly, because she’s awesome and serioiusly cool and I aspire to be seriously cool. We’ve remained friends, and through the years N’s friend, Kelly, from California, formed a business relationship with my Mom. I’ve never met Kelly but from what I’ve heard via N and my Mom she’s a pretty amazing person.
Are you still with me?
I’ve been trying to switch from plastic storage containers to glass. This all started when trying to heat up Callum’s baby food on glassware instead of plastic and in turn trying to find small glass bowls, with lids, that can go in the freezer and the microwave. Either because I’m the worse shopper alive, or because I live on an island, this became a ridiculous task. Even Mom couldn’t find any suitable glass containers when she was here last October. Since Mom and Kelly do business, Mom must have mentioned this to her and she said that Costco sells them. Well, Costco here doesn’t. Of course.
So, she bought them in California. And mailed them to me. Behold! The most beautiful glass bowls EVER because when someone you’ve never met does something that kind and considerate, glass just sort of sparkles with beauty don’t you think?
As you can see, my salad is already being conveniently stored. heh.
Just when I’m feeling all irritable and bitchy and tired, a perfect little surprise gift shows up in the mail that makes me realize just how spoiled and blessed I truly am. Thanks, Kelly! You rule!
Turn that frown upside down! Yes, it IS an annoying phrase…
Poor Steve getting my wrath 
! I feel better venting at least.
Yesterday was this crazy day, complete with stopping for coffee and a walk with my neighbour, but I got a lot done. I can barely walk today as a result (I’m an idiot) but there you go. Callum’s bags are packed, my bag is packed, the pantry is full from a quick trip to Costco and I even picked up some supplies to decorate the room (fun stuff!) and a special toy for Sir Callum from his baby sister. Oh, and my car is clean and furniture has been moved to its appropriate room, even some pictures were moved.
Today is no less busy, but by the end of the day my “To Do” list will be considerably shorter. I’m getting the tires rotated and the oil changed (there’s a special), midwife appointment, and lunch with my Grandma and then hopefully, I can do some creative stuff at home.
In the meantime, check out this future GQ model. heh.
Photo by Steve.
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