A view out my bedroom window...

Of SNOW!

Okay, actually it's sleet and ice... And why I'M not driving today. Unlike this nutcase.




This lovely weather is supposed to continue tomorrow and early Tuesday as well.

Christmas Cards

I decide this year I was going to make my Christmas cards. And I have been having a BLAST!
Wrapping paper, glitter, ribbon... oh my!
Seriously though... I got a pack of like 50 blank cards. I think I'm going to make them all up, and pack away the ones I don't use to be sold next year. Or maybe make the rest into Valentine's cards to be sold this year...

Anybody interested in purchasing hand-crafted greeting cards?

http://sberryfashions.etsy.com

My little shop of goodies will be open soon...

Fascinated...

Moebius Transformations Revealed

Baby movements...

A friend told me the other day,
"You know, she has hands too. It's not all kicks."
And that got me to thinking.
How do you really tell the difference?
When baby is about the size of a 1 lb bag of coffee beans, her little hands and feet are bound to feel pretty similar. I mean, I have noticed differences. Like sometimes it will be a sharp, sudden, thwack, like she elbowed me. But as little as she is... couldn't that be just a punch or kick too? But if that is a punch or kick, what's the strange fluttery feeling like having a fish in my belly? I've pretty much figured out the teacup sized pushing is probably her head or butt, depending on which way she's moving. I just wish I could see through there, like with x-ray vision or something, so I could see what the little twerp is really doing when she's keeping me awake.

A Milestone...

Kahlan was kicking so hard last night I could see it. So I sat the remote on my stomach.
When Rickey asked why I was laughing I told him to come watch, and she kicked again.
Not hard enough to make it fall off, but hard enough to see it move noticeably.

I'm still laughing remembering it... She's just to much fun right now...
I push on my stomach, and she will push back, or roll over, or give me a good sharp kick.
None of the kicks hurt yet, mostly they just tickle.

So here it is, after more than 4 hours of work

The official wedding video. Since nobody had a video camera, it's a slideshow of 32 of my favorite shots set to music.



*'So Small' copyright Carrie Underwood*
*I am using the music for a purely personal, non-commercial purpose*
*So don't sue me*
*besides... I'm broke anyway*

A small bit of good news...

A friend gave us a ride to wal-mart last night and we got a new battery for Rickey's car. It's running better now than it did when he bought it last month... just from a new battery. *shrug*
And we got some spray wd-40. And let some sit in my key cylinder overnight... and my car starts now!!! I had tried wd-40 before and it didn't work... but using more of it and letting it sit seems to have done the trick.
And now, it's off to work I go...

The wedding pictures are starting to roll in...

Well, Thanksgiving was a success- on to Christmas!

I cooked Thanksgiving dinner all by myself. And it was a rather large Thanksgiving dinner. I think I'll be eating leftover sweet potatoes and turkey until Christmas.
It was my first time cooking a turkey. It was a BIG turkey. I read somewhere that you should allow 1 lb of turkey-weight per person. They don't sell 2 lb turkeys. So we ended up with a 14 lb turkey.
We had turkey twice on Thursday, then for dinner on Friday, as a snack on Saturday, and Sunday we will hopefully finish it off as turkey casserole. The dressing on the other hand, went rather quickly. Next year I think I'll have to make a double batch. Just so Rickey can have some too. Plus baby will be old enough to eat dressing by then too... and being my child... we better makea triple batch.

Anyway the full menu included
Turkey & Dressing
Gravy
Candied Sweet Potato Casserole
Corn
Green Bean Casserole
Fresh Baked Beer Bread

and for dessert, Pumpkin Dump Cake.

Seriously. I cooked enough food for about 6 people to eat comfortably... and there are only 2 of us.
*shrug*
Leftovers baby!!!
Haven't had to cook a thing since Thursday afternoon... and tomorrow will only require minor baking.
Anybody hit the Black Friday Sales?
I did... online. My lovely car ignition switch has been locked up since I'm guessing Wednesday night. I didn't go anywhere Thursday, and when I went out to leave for work Friday the key won't turn. Rickey's car battery has been dead since like Tuesday. We are in a serious pickle here...

But, on the bright side, I got my little brother's present half off on Toys R Us.com, and got 25% off my grandma's gift from a nifty little online boutique I've been watching and drooling over for years, Art of Adornment.

Anyway... I also got my tree up, before realizing my tree skirt was missing. So we took off walking to the dollar store last night, only to discover- IT WAS SNOWING.
So we bundled up and walked 2 blocks there and 2 back in the snow. Rickey was laughing at me because I was giggling like a kid on Christmas. I used to live in Dallas. I haven't seen proper snow in a long time. But the tree got finished late last night, and we ended up with over an inch of snow. *squees* Of course it was all melted this morning. *shrugs* but we're supposed to get more tomorrow night.

My Tree... little, but then we have a little apartment.

And as for the cars... still neither running... so we had to walk a mile and a quarter round trip to pay the electric bill... and then got some groceries on the way back too... carrying groceries 2 blocks in plastic bags is NOT fun.

I suppose that's enough complaining for now...

Off I go to continue my holiday shopping.

busy busy busy

getting everything ready for the wedding... and dealing with a very active baby to be. I swear she's in there doing aerobics or something. It's the strangest feeling... I've heard it described as feeling like gas bubbles, but really, it doesn't quite. Because gas bubbles usually don't shove a foot off in your bladder. *sigh*
And that's definitely fun... sitting there at work, in the middle of a call, when all of the sudden you feel the baby roll and then you. have. to. pee. NOW.

But at the same time... it's a magical feeling... knowing that Kahlan is there, moving around... and that in just 19 more weeks she will be outside moving around. Knowing that I have created life. Rickey seems pissed off that she is my first priority now. It bothers him that I take more care with myself because of her than I do of him. But he can take care of himself... I have to take care of her. She really is my first priority.