Weekend Re-cap:
Saturday:
Stan and I met my mom, dad, Grandma Peggy, Uncle Steve, Aunt Carol, Sammy, and Katie for a "bon Voyage" luncheon for Sam who is going back overseas until December. It was really nice to get to see him again and to have everyone get together at Clyde's and just have a really great lunch. Sam is doing really well and he seemed to be happy to have a small vacation. It's cool he is coming back just a few days before the baby is due!
Then Stan and I met Stan's family at the White Flint Mall where Betty, Maggie, and I got awesome pedicures!! We were celebrating Stan's Momma's Birthday. Then after the pedicure we rested for a little while and did gifts at the house. And then we went to La Ferme (I think that is how to spell it) for an amazing dinner. Oh the chicken was so good and stuffed with spinich. Usually I am not a gravy person but man that gravy had the best flavor. It was a very nice evening.
Sunday: Stan and I went grocery shopping in the morning then I spent the day picking up the house and making dinner. Yes I said I MADE dinner!! Other than that it was pretty low key which was exactly what we needed.
So far today seems like another pretty laid back day here at NIDA. I like that things have been so inactive recently so I don't have to feels so overwhelmed with work on top of everything else. Plus I can rest here a little too. I brought cheese and spaghetti with me today so I am all set on that side and I have lots of water so I am doing good. I am all proud because last night I made a meat sauce from scratch (well kinda I mean I didn't like extract stuff from tomatos etc). My mom has this recipe she used to make so I took that and put my own little spin on it (ok a butt load of garlic and cayenne pepper). poor Stan, my spaghetti gave him really bad heartburn (darn tomato based products and your acidity) so he was up most of the night. It was so good that I had to bring it with me as left overs. I am all proud because I know it saves money to eat leftovers so go me!
Yesterday I went to the grocery store and picked up food for dinners this week. I am trying to get us to stay in a little more because I think we are both really tired of going out to eat and if you really don't want to eat that food then why pay that much to do so. I am also working on getting the house all picked up in case I have to go on bedrest. I figure laying around when the house is clean will be a lot more relaxing then laying around and knowing I can't get up to do anything about all the stuff on the floor. Plus I figure if I do things in small spurts things still get done and it still looks really nice but I am not overexerting myself (if there is such a thing with me) to do them. Today I am going to continue to do the laundry and clean up the bathrooms. Laudry is always an easy task since at this point I am not putting any of it away at this point. I figure on Wednesday or Thursday (since Wednesday is Pants day--holy and sacred) I will sit down and just go to town getting everything folded and put into piles so Stan and I can put everything away.
OnTuesday I am going to try to get the nursery all set so Stan and I can get an idea of what we want to do in there. I was thinking about doing those white board slats halfway up the wall and coloring the rest of the wall a light blue. I just think that might be a little too costly so I may have to re-think my latest design idea but I am not sure since I have no idea how much those things would even really cost. Maybe we will make a special trip out to a hardware store today and look at colors since we have yet to do that. (*hint** hint* Mr. Bear) I think working on the nursery will make me feel better. I have been so upset for the past few days and I think focusing on the good will be a great cure for these recent blues. Plus we can play interior designer which as you all know I am going to LOVE. Stan and I always watch those TV shows on TLC where they are re-doing a house and we get all these cool ideas about things we can do with our rooms. I am just really excited to get into it and see everything starting to come together. I think that physical presence will not only serve as reassurance but will let me know that things are moving along with the house (I guess its just a double reassurance).
Other than that we are just looking to our appointment on August 6th to be able to decide where we Stan and what reindeer games are off limits.
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Watch out when picking colors for paint. Ben learned the hard way that those little swatches give a different effect when they are on the large scale (i.e. our bright green bedroom- and I talked Ben into a paler shade than he wanted to begin with). I like the color we went with for the guest room. It is about the shades paler than we originally wanted but it turned out just right. It just makes the room look really different, and even more so if you mainly have white (or cream or whatever) walls, like us. I just don't want your baby to be blinded by his nursery walls.
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