Too early for a real topic

I think that the weather has officially changed over to cold. We had about a week of cold, then it basically turned warm again for the last couple weeks and we've been spoiled with warmth. But I think that's finally over and it's going to be cold from here out. I'm ok with this I guess. I do love wearing my boots, sweaters, and scarves and not sweating to death in the afternoon. 

We do however need to get our heat up and running. With this new(er) air conditioning unit we put in this summer, we haven't been able to get it to fire the heat up, so we have to call out the guy and pay up :( We've been able to get by with the little bit warmer weather just fine, because it's basically been only chilly at night and in the mornings. Now it's getting quite a bit colder overnight. The fireplace does wonders for warming up the house fairly well, but it's a little too cold until it kicks in. So unfortunately I guess it's time to bite the bullet and fork out the money. Kind of cuts into Christmas fund and Fun Money fund....

 Really this means I may not put up my big tree this year. Maybe I'll do a smaller one, maybe I won't do one at all :( I know, sad times. It's not that awful. I have a small tree I can put up on the table in the living room and make it look cute, along with the decor I've already put out, and we'll be festive. We'll see. It's not the end of the world if we don't get one this year. My husband's daughter will be going out of town with her mom for Christmas at some point, and I know we're not having any other guests over for anything special. Next year will be totally different. We'll have his daughter, and we'll have a brand new baby. So if we skip out this year, I can look forward to making up for it next year. Which is going to be totally overly crazy exciting!! My first baby, and baby's first Christmas!!! :)

I had yesterday off work (yay!!), today and tomorrow too!! What ever am I going to do with myself?! I had a great day yesterday. I actually woke up and got out of bed by 8:30am! I know, I couldn't believe it either! I was motivated! I'm up early this morning, getting my step-daughter up for school.. not sure yet if I'll end up back in bed for a bit. If I stay up, I could go to the Yoga class this morning. I need to go. I'm just not overly motivated to go outside in the cold just yet, but maybe some food, warm clothes and a good hot cup of coffee could fix that, or at least help a little. It's a little difficult to stay up and out here in the living room when I know there's a warm heated bedroom with a nice warm cozy bed just a few steps away.

Well I'm typed out for the moment, but I definitely have more posts to come shortly.. probably even later this morning when I rant about the school system/government and people's lack of personal responsibility. Not sure if I should even go there.. might get me too fired up!

Life and Pregnancy update

Oh my gosh.. I need to update more. I get so distracted then I forget that I really want to update on a regular basis and have a cool fun blog with fun pictures and stories and updates and crafts and recipes and stuff people actually want to read. Instead, I currently have a random blog in internet cyber space that no one knows about, that I basically use as a convenient journal on random occasions.
I read other people's blogs and I so want to do cool things with mine but I haven't gotten there yet. Not to mention, I'm horrible at taking pictures. For one, my phone doesn't take very wonderful pictures AT ALL! and secondly, I never remember to take my camera with me anywhere, or to take pictures when I'm actually working on projects or doing anything for that matter. I thought the convenience of having a camera on your phone was so you could take pictures anywhere, but I just haven't seemed to master the ability to take anything decent with my phone. Oh well. 


 So lately..


1. I started working at Target for the holiday season. I really like it, although I'm wearing myself out at the moment, because I feel like I'm either in pajamas and sleeping, or I'm wearing the tried and true Red shirt and Khaki pants and I'm working. Fun. lol. I feel like I haven't any other wardrobe at the moment. I need a few more days off so I can wear my new cute maternity shirts (that I hardly need yet.. a whole other topic~!)


2. According to the calendar, I'm 5 months and 1 week pregnant. 21 weeks. Just made it past the halfway mark. Hardly anyone believes I'm at 5 months because I still have just a small little baby bump. Although I can definitely no longer wear my regular pants for sure.. and shirts/sweaters are getting to be a tad tight and uncomfortable.
I have gained, hmm.. probably about 7-8 lbs.. about 5 lbs of that was what I had lost from not being able to eat the first several weeks.. I'm definitely on track to make up for the loss of food.. since I basically in constant hunger mode lately. I'm trying to make sure I get decent food and nutrition, but it's been a little more difficult lately with working all evening and sleeping in till almost noon every day. I basically get up, have some cereal, maybe a sandwich at some point, then go to work. I hate to constantly spend money, but sometimes my best option is to pick up a chicken sandwich somewhere and take it in for my lunch break, aka dinner. Then I try to eat something when I get home, which has been midnight pretty regularly.


3. A few weeks ago (about wk 16) I started to feel the baby move. Lately I've felt kicks like crazy! The baby is supposedly about 10 inches long and about 12 oz. I tell you what.. if this baby kicks like this now, I can't even imagine what it's going to be like when it's bigger in the coming months! I keep referring to it as Chuck Norris because it seems to have some mad skills kicking and punching! I can see it on the outside of my belly when it kicks. It is a very very cool thing. Every night when I lie down for bed, he or she starts moving and I always sit and watch. It is very cool to me.


4. I have another appointment with my midwife team this coming weekend. I'm always excited about seeing them. We get to hear the heartbeat each time they come, which I find very cool. I'm planning on trying to have the ultrasound done sometime after the holidays are past. We may end up going in to the Dr/hospital for that. I'm totally geeked about it. We're still not planning to find out the gender. I just can't wait to see it!


I'm still rollerskating for now. Insanity. I know. Actually, for me it'd be insanity if I had to quit right now. It's been such a regular thing for us for the last 3 years or so, that I just have a hard time giving it up. Of course I'm not skating like I was before being pregnant, but I'm still skating. I plan to skate as long as my body and mind will let me. When I get a little nervous, or if the floor is too busy, I just sit down and relax for a bit.
Here's me in there starting at the :30 second mark, still truckin with the gang at 5 months pregnant.



Welp. I guess that be it for now. Especially since it's almost 2am. I'm definitely tired. Off to read my book.. if I make it past a page!