Our "Onesome" Time

As much as I love my husband I can't wait for him to go back to work! Luckily his boss called this weekend and let him know if nothing else he did line up a few small side jobs for him. I know he's got a boat dock to renovate that will take a few days next week, and if all goes well he might be building the skateboard ramps for the small skate park that's being built in the town where his boss lives. We'll see how that goes, and we'll see if I can get him out of here long enough to regain my sanity.

Truthfully I'm very thankful we've been able to spend so much time together over the last 2 months. How many women can say they got to enjoy spending this much time with their husband during their pregnancy? He's been here for every little mood swing, craving, and puke session. He's experienced a lot more than most Hubby's can say they experienced, and he's enjoying every minute of it. This has also given us the time to spend those last few moments together as a twosome before we become a threesome, but we're also getting to a point where we're going to go crazy if we don't get to have what Hubby is now calling our "onesome" time. I know exactly how he feels!

Learn To Use A Phone

I had plans for today.  My plans included making another batch of soup to freeze (I made taco soup a couple days ago), looking up term life insurance cost at Wholesale Insurance, and then I was going to sit down with some of the products I have to review.  I still have a lot of products that need to be tried out, but I just haven't had the time to do it. 

Today was going to be the day.  I had my plan down on paper, but that's about as far as it got.  I did manage to drag a ton of stuff out on the kitchen counter, and just as I started to open the first jar of homemade lip balm I heard a knock at the door.  Today turned into the day everyone and their brother decided to stop by unannounced for no apparent reason. 

Some days I don't mind when that happens, but today was not one of them.  It was like someone hung a sign out that said "please visit now!".  At one point Hubby's best friend, my soon to be brother-in-law, Hubby's dad, and a guy Hubby used to work with were all here at the same time.  I understand all of them are temporarily laid off and bored, but how hard is it to pick up the phone to see if it's ok to stop by for a few? 

*Sigh*

Maybe it's just the hormones getting to me again.  I have been rather grumpy for most of the day, but then again I bet you would too if people kept stopping by when you weren't in the mood for company.

Chicken Soup For The New Mom's Soul Quick Review

Yep, I said quick review, and that's because I haven't actually made it through the entire book yet. My mom gave me Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul a couple days ago, and I immediately dove into the book. Anyone who knows me personally knows I'm not going to pass up an opportunity to read anything, and I've always loved the Chicken Soup books.

I followed my usual book reading routine, made a cup of hot tea (decaf), tucked myself into my rocker with a blanket, and I set out on my adventure with my new book. After the first 3 stories I was hooked...and my face was puffy and soaked with tears. If I had read this book prior to pregnancy I would have been ok, but with my pregnancy hormones and emotions I was a goner. I'm now half way through the stories, and each one of them has reached inside me and grasped my pregnancy emotions in some way.

Let that be a warning to any new mom's or expectant mothers like me out there who pick up this book. The valve will be opened, and the tears will flow. Don't take that to mean I don't love the book because I absolutely do. The first time Hubby saw me with tears streaming down my face while reading he asked me what was wrong. Now he walks into the room, sees me all puffy, and says "Honey, did the hormones get ya again?" We both laugh, and I continue with my reading. It has brought out emotions that I haven't felt until this point in my pregnancy, and it has helped to make me even more of an emotional basket case...but I love that. Every story has me touching my ever growing belly, taking in every kick and movement, and storing the memories of pregnancy to cherish forever.

Next on my list...I now have to find myself a copy of Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul. I may make a trip to the library to check it out today, but I better remember to stop by the store for a case of tissues!

A Million Thoughts A Minute

Ahh...a nice low humidity day.  After the last few days of thick & humid heat that's what we need, and it looks like today's the day we're getting it.  Heat has never really been an issue with me.  Like I've mentioned before I'm the chick who tends to get goose bumps when it's 80 degrees out, but not lately!  After such a mild summer the last few days have shown me what a summer pregnancy is really supposed to feel like.  I've had one long sweaty pit soaking hot flash that feels like it's never going to end.  Thank goodness for a nice, pretty day.  It's supposed to be 87 out, but if the humidity stays as low as it is now it's going to be great.

Now I just have to kick my butt in gear and get some stuff accomplished.  I stayed up way too late last night scrubbing the entire kitchen from top to bottom...again.  Seriously if this is nesting I've been doing it for 6 months, and I don't even want to consider what I might be doing in the next 3!

I'm going to try to avoid anymore cleaning today.  I've got a list of stuff I promised to do for other people like setting up a forum for a friend and doing some more research on low cost health insurance for my bff. We're both kind of worried about what's going to happen with the whole Healthcare reform, so we're not counting on that to help us out anytime soon. She has a 7 year old son who just lost the insurance he had through his Dad, so now all she knows is he needs something, and she needs to find it now.

That's one thing I'm already worrying about as well.  Because of Hubby's layoff I'm temporarily on Medicaid for my pregnancy, but that only covers me for a very limited time.  Medicaid only covers the baby until she's 6 months old, and then I'll have to try my best to find something for her.  I don't care how much it costs us...my child needs health insurance of some sort, so it's something I definitely need to worry about.

Well Hello Again

Yet again I feel bad that it's been so long since I've posted, but I promise it is due to reasons beyond my control.  There is still a lot going on around here that I just don't feel comfortable discussing on my blogs, and it's keeping me away on a regular basis.  Between that, Hubby still being laid off and home all the time, and the fact that we've been back to sharing one computer I've hardly had a chance to get online at all.

Now I'm also contending with a crappy internet connection again.  Charter is supposed (keyword here) to be out here again on Tuesday to fix it.  We'll see how that goes because they have a habit of not showing up when they're supposed to.  So far the connection is cooperating with me tonight, so hopefully it'll hold out long enough for me to catch up on a few things.

Other than that I've just been trying to stay sane these days.  I helped my Grandma have a yard sale this Saturday.  She cleaned a good bit of stuff out of her basement, but it really didn't make a dent in how much stuff she still needs to get rid of.  My Grandpa will be happy if she'll just get rid of the stuff piled in his "game room". He has a ping pong table and a pool table, and he can't get to either one of them for all the stuff she's hoarded.

Today was spent trying to run my own errands and catch up on housework.  I barely knocked a dent in the housework, but I did manage to make it to the grocery store and to pick up a new router since I found one on sale for a really great price.  Now I don't have to keep kicking Hubby off the pc to get anything done.  He still needs a power supply for his computer, but at least now he can get online on the PS3 without stealing my connection, and he can surf the net there as well.

Now I'm off to try to make a dent in about 3 weeks worth of email I STILL have to go through (from about 5 accounts NOT counting the Facebook stuff), and then hopefully I can get a list made of stuff to do tomorrow.  Maybe if I make a list I can accomplish everything I need to.