Good Things

1. $2.17/gallon of gas!!

2. Having $10 of gas money left over -> going to Starbucks and finding out that they have Pumpkin Spice Lattes!!! (Sorry Mr. Man, you can blow the other $6 on whatever)

3. Finding a friend to baby sit so I can go to a board meeting.

4. Coming home to find that our friend/baby sitter has unnecessarily done the dishes and folded the load of laundry in the dryer! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!

5. Nap time before work.

6. Finding chocolate cake, chips, and French onion dip at work!

I just hope the day keeps going up and doesn't crash down.

Morning Ickyness

The morning ickyness has started :( I can't call it morning sickness yet, but mornings are even less fun than they were before. *sigh* Oh well, it won't last that long...Right?

Bleh Day

It was one of those days. Mr. Man decided to help a guy out at work and pick up a shift for him. This was a good thing to do to help someone out and get some extra money that we are going to need. Well, it turns out he got stuck there for the WHOLE DAY!!!!! The girl coming in next got sick and no one else could/would come in. So this means that it was me and Sweet Pea all day unplanned:( I love my darling daughter and I love spending time with her, but I had some good plans for today and one thing led to another and it turned into a Bleh day instead of a productive one.

It started out ok. I got some reading done, made some lunch for me and Sweet Pea, starting making some beef roast and other yummy things for dinner with Mr. Man, and then I found out it would be dinner with me and Pea. From then on nothing really happened other than finding out that Sweet Pea likes beef roast...should a 10 month old be eating beef roast? I forced myself to run the dishwasher and wash her diapers, but other than that NOTHING got done. Life will go on of course, but I always hate when days like this happen and you just can't pull yourself out. I'm not mad at Mr. Man at all because there's nothing he could do about it. I just wish that they could get at least one stable non-college person working with him to make life easier, or he finds a great new job.

I hope tomorrow is a better day. Right now I'm going to enjoy relaxing in bed watching some Lord of the Rings and I hope sleep comes soon.

Could Summer Really Be Over?

To my EXTREME delight it is finally starting to cool off. The past few mornings and evenings have been fairly cool here in the hot, hot south and the days haven't been that bad either. I think the weather may start to change. I have heard that we are in for a "hard" winter. I asked what this means and was told that there will be more frost and maybe a snow day. To someone raised in Michigan where we get 300 inches of snow a winter I call that description of winter super mild. Maybe this year we will wear our winter jackets and put our sandals away.

Another highlight to my week was booking tickets to fly home for Christmas!!! I was so happy when my mom said they would pay for one ticket so we could fly instead of drive. I am so glad we don't have to drive. Ariana will be 1 year and 2 months at Christmas and I will be about 5 months pregnant and being in a car for over 20 hours would not be a good thing for either of us and would cause Mr. Man to lose his mind. I'll get to see my family and snow for Christmas!!! The only sad part is I won't be able to go skiing. Oh, well I'll still take the trip home.

One more excitement...my next set of diapers arrive today! More on this to come.

Thoughts on Mommyhood

Last week was the first week of school for me and Mr. Man. Starting school again means we had to change our schedules around and I get to be at home taking care of Sweet Pea for 2 1/2 mornings a week. Plus with the weekend and Labor Day I got my fair share of being home in the morning, and you know what I found out...I loved it! If there was anyway for me not to work I would quit tomorrow. I never thought I would be saying that, but with baby #2 on the way and spending some time at home I am starting to like this full time mom thing more than I thought. Or I wish I could go back to working 2nd shift since mornings and I do not get along well.

Along with wanting to stay at home I have found how much I love making baby food! Once I realized how easy it was and what pureed green beans really can look like I don't want to use jarred baby food unless necessary. There's nothing wrong with buying baby food by any means, but when you are quite poor and a $1 bag of frozen veggies can last 1-2 weeks vs. 2 jars of baby food lasting 1 day the math makes the decision for you.

The discovery of baby #2 helped us to make the decision to really try cloth diapers. I ordered a sample package of AIO's and pocket diapers from Thanks Mama
and love what we got! We have tried a Fuzzi Bunz and a bumGenius and a Bumkins is on the way. I also have some more on the way from Cotton Babies and I can't wait to see how everything works. Like making baby food, using cloth diapers is a lot easier than I thought it would be. I'm no pro by any means but I have noticed in the past few days Sweet Pea's bum hasn't been red at all. We'll see how it goes and I hope it will work so we can save some more money.