(That is my bowl, his is much larger)
I haven't seen him smile like this since our last sonogram.
Who thinks this is OK?
Oh god, he's humming. I better hurry.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Brians first day off in 12 - Demolition
We got to sleep in together this morning which was totally awesome. Then I made him a delicious bowl of oatmeal with cinnamon, brown sugar, flax seed, walnuts, blueberries and strawberries.
And then we settled into the living room with the laptops and the remote control. He put his ear buds in and I assumed he was watching some car stuff but he was learning how to replace the bathtub. Suddenly he jumped up and said "where's my drill?" ... Oh no...
I'm not OK with the lack of protective eye wear, footwear, and lack ventilating breathing apparatus. I love that he's spur of the moment and all, but the motherly instinct is kicking in. Seriously...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Doors
Brian and I spent a few days last week doing a small inexpensive project in the house that made a drastic improvement. The doors to all 3 bedrooms and the guest bathroom were cheap flat doors painted white a long time ago, and poorly. We finally decided to go to Home Depot and buy new doors that were also cheap, but have some molding and design to them. We purchased them primed and ready to paint, and also ready to install the hinges and knobs. This was our economy route. We had paint leftover from painting the floorboards (well that project is actually only halfway done, I decided to put that on hold while we consider redoing the tile floor) and we just took the knobs and hinges from the old doors and transferred them to the new. Bought this way, each door was only $27 so we replaced 4 doors for only $135 + tax. I didn't get many good pics of the doors before but here is an idea. This is an old door sitting in the garage after it has been replaced.
This is the construction area where we did the painting (ie future baby room, more on that room to come!). Right now we are pre laminate flooring installation in this room so we can drip paint everywhere with no worries for the time being.
Sometimes watching paint dry is like... well you know...
One pic is with flash, the other isn't. I hope it just gets across how much of a difference a $27 door can make in feel and appearance.
This is the door leading into the guest bathroom which is soon to be gutted in order for stupid non functional shower to be replaced by new tub and tile, THANK GOD. Much more work to come in this awful bathroom. Tub and tile replacement, paint, drywall repairs from the old leaky skylights. Then whenever we tile the rest of the house we will finally be replacing the toilet and vanity. I CANNOT WAIT. I hate this bathroom right now.
This is a new door in the garage before painting and knob installation
(oh the folding door is the kitchen pantry door. We had previously replaced the door for the kitchen pantry and the 2 coat closets but had yet to paint them so their day has also come.) The kitchen pantry door is much happier now with the glossy paint because as it was it was getting pretty dirty. Now the dirt (yes, when you have 2 dogs it is actually dirt and sand, even in the kitchen) will wash off much easier.
This is one closet door not painted yet, followed by the opposite door painted (minus the knob)
This is my bedroom door pre replacement, followed by new high class door installation.
This is the door leading into the guest bathroom which is soon to be gutted in order for stupid non functional shower to be replaced by new tub and tile, THANK GOD. Much more work to come in this awful bathroom. Tub and tile replacement, paint, drywall repairs from the old leaky skylights. Then whenever we tile the rest of the house we will finally be replacing the toilet and vanity. I CANNOT WAIT. I hate this bathroom right now.
So as to not leave you with a pic of the awful bathroom, here is a happier pic of the baby room door and the guest room/office door. Yay!!
July 4th Eats
I know July 4th was 3 weeks ago, but technically it's still July so I can still blog about it.
This is just a quick review post to catch up on some pics I have been trying to post lately but haven't had the patience for downloading. (or is it uploading?) I always get a little confused about that. Like air conditioning. If you want the room to get colder do you turn it up or down? I'm a North Country girl at heart so I'm more used to heating a home rather than cooling one. So in the north when it's cold and I want the heat to work harder, I "turn it up", but FL is opposite land and if I want the AC to work harder I "turn it down". Am I the only one who has to think about this every time? It's a weird block in my brain, especially since I've lived in Tampa for 10 years and have only used the heat about 10 times. OK now that I type this out I realize it makes me sound a little nutso. Whoops.
Well speaking of heat and cooling off in FL (at least for transitional purposes here) July 4th has come and gone yet again. My first July 4th as a pregnant girl, and my last without a human that I created actually breathing in the world. I am still caring for the said creation now, in the form of a fetus (I believe it became official this first week of July, from embryo to fetus!) and what I'm calling this little miracle is "baby" because I'm not sure of the sex yet and I don't care for "it", "him or her" just sounds too long winded and politically correct, and "fetus" sounds too medical. So this July 4th "baby" had a burger. With onion, tomato and spinach. With tater tots (those were the husbands request but turns out baby loved them and wanted seconds). Also this year, like every other, I also served my favorite summertime treat ever since I was a baby growing up in the North Country. Garden fresh zucchini sauteed with garlic, olive oil, oregano, red onion and tomato. Summertime heaven!
This is just a quick review post to catch up on some pics I have been trying to post lately but haven't had the patience for downloading. (or is it uploading?) I always get a little confused about that. Like air conditioning. If you want the room to get colder do you turn it up or down? I'm a North Country girl at heart so I'm more used to heating a home rather than cooling one. So in the north when it's cold and I want the heat to work harder, I "turn it up", but FL is opposite land and if I want the AC to work harder I "turn it down". Am I the only one who has to think about this every time? It's a weird block in my brain, especially since I've lived in Tampa for 10 years and have only used the heat about 10 times. OK now that I type this out I realize it makes me sound a little nutso. Whoops.
Well speaking of heat and cooling off in FL (at least for transitional purposes here) July 4th has come and gone yet again. My first July 4th as a pregnant girl, and my last without a human that I created actually breathing in the world. I am still caring for the said creation now, in the form of a fetus (I believe it became official this first week of July, from embryo to fetus!) and what I'm calling this little miracle is "baby" because I'm not sure of the sex yet and I don't care for "it", "him or her" just sounds too long winded and politically correct, and "fetus" sounds too medical. So this July 4th "baby" had a burger. With onion, tomato and spinach. With tater tots (those were the husbands request but turns out baby loved them and wanted seconds). Also this year, like every other, I also served my favorite summertime treat ever since I was a baby growing up in the North Country. Garden fresh zucchini sauteed with garlic, olive oil, oregano, red onion and tomato. Summertime heaven!
Sunday Funday!
Happy Sunday everyone!!! I'm waking up rejuvenated today. Despite the pain in my back every time I put pressure on my right foot, I'm feeling very good as of late! I'm working a full 36 hours, getting some stuff done around the homestead, and feeding the belly some healthy food. Belly is growing nicely and I can't believe that even being up 8 lbs since the BFP, I'm still 15 lbs less than this time last year. Last night I worked until 10:30pm and came home and instead of catching up on the previous nights Letterman and playing on the computer for a few hours, I went directly to bed. Especially nice since the husband was there. (Lots of Saturday nights he's still at work until 3am.... ahh the life of a restaurant couple!!) but this week he is working days. So this morning when he got ready for work we were both rested and I was happy to get a chance to wake up and catch up with him instead of fighting the sleep because our schedules are opposite and I have just started REM sleep before I go in for my opposing shift. If I ever get sad to think about me leaving my job of the past 8 1/2 years (which I honestly do, it's seriously been good to me) it helps to think of a life with the possibility of moderate normalcy in my future, at least schedule wise . . .
Today baby via belly is enjoying fat free vanilla Chiobani with honey and fresh blueberries and strawberries.
Today baby via belly is enjoying fat free vanilla Chiobani with honey and fresh blueberries and strawberries.
Monday, July 11, 2011
I am a terrible blogger. I even have my adorable pink plaid mini netbook so I can blog more, and do I? Noooo. Maybe someday I will be better at this stuff.
What's been going on in the homestead. For starters we took our Babymoon last week. We headed down to Marco Island for a Monday through Friday getaway. We stayed at the Hilton and even though it rained every.single.day and the mosquitoes were taking over the island, we still had a fabulous time. We ate like a kings and queens, and caught up on our sleep. We shopped during a few of the storms, and had ice cream at Coldstone every single night while looking at the million dollar yachts wondering what in the world the people who own them DO for a living.
When we got home the weather cleared up and we had a beautiful weekend which we spent at the beach without having to pay for a hotel room (although there is something to be said for having your bed made for you everyday). Pass-a-Grill is our beach of choice this summer and we've been there a bunch of times since we got back. But alas, vacation is over and on July 5 we were awakened by the sound of a dozen hardworking Mexican roofers walking and hammering over our bedroom. The re roof only took 12 hours and they did a fabulous job. I love the shingles we picked out, our ugly soffit is fixed and painted, and our new efficient skylights in both bathrooms are awesome. We are still waiting for the inspector, and we don't have to pay the roofers a penny until it passes, which I loved about them. If you ever need a new roof, please call Shingle Masters. They are the best.
We started the baby's room by ripping out the old ugly laminate. We also moved the cable outlet and the modem into the next room. There were 2 different cable outlets because the previous owners had satellite and then we had Brighthouse install cable and they put a new outlet next to the old one. So there were lots of unnecessary outlets in the room that we patched up with new drywall. We also fixed the drywall holes that were leftover from the plumbing repairs we had done a few months ago. I say "we", I should have said "he". I was on the couch. I'm pregnant. And lazy. Although I am making meatloaf tonight, with mashed potatoes and brownies for desert. That is not something a lazy bum would do, right? :) I couldn't really eat yesterday so I need to catch up today.
Ooooh no. I just took the meatloaf out of the oven and I noticed it didn't have any liquid in the bottom of the pan like it usually does. Then I realized I forgot the water. It was supposed to be 3/4 cup. Is the meatloaf going to be rock-like? Is that pregnancy brain thing I've heard about kicking in already at 15 weeks 2 days? I'm definitely wearing maternity pants right now. And they are comfy. Plenty of room for dry meatloaf in there!
What's been going on in the homestead. For starters we took our Babymoon last week. We headed down to Marco Island for a Monday through Friday getaway. We stayed at the Hilton and even though it rained every.single.day and the mosquitoes were taking over the island, we still had a fabulous time. We ate like a kings and queens, and caught up on our sleep. We shopped during a few of the storms, and had ice cream at Coldstone every single night while looking at the million dollar yachts wondering what in the world the people who own them DO for a living.
When we got home the weather cleared up and we had a beautiful weekend which we spent at the beach without having to pay for a hotel room (although there is something to be said for having your bed made for you everyday). Pass-a-Grill is our beach of choice this summer and we've been there a bunch of times since we got back. But alas, vacation is over and on July 5 we were awakened by the sound of a dozen hardworking Mexican roofers walking and hammering over our bedroom. The re roof only took 12 hours and they did a fabulous job. I love the shingles we picked out, our ugly soffit is fixed and painted, and our new efficient skylights in both bathrooms are awesome. We are still waiting for the inspector, and we don't have to pay the roofers a penny until it passes, which I loved about them. If you ever need a new roof, please call Shingle Masters. They are the best.
We started the baby's room by ripping out the old ugly laminate. We also moved the cable outlet and the modem into the next room. There were 2 different cable outlets because the previous owners had satellite and then we had Brighthouse install cable and they put a new outlet next to the old one. So there were lots of unnecessary outlets in the room that we patched up with new drywall. We also fixed the drywall holes that were leftover from the plumbing repairs we had done a few months ago. I say "we", I should have said "he". I was on the couch. I'm pregnant. And lazy. Although I am making meatloaf tonight, with mashed potatoes and brownies for desert. That is not something a lazy bum would do, right? :) I couldn't really eat yesterday so I need to catch up today.
Ooooh no. I just took the meatloaf out of the oven and I noticed it didn't have any liquid in the bottom of the pan like it usually does. Then I realized I forgot the water. It was supposed to be 3/4 cup. Is the meatloaf going to be rock-like? Is that pregnancy brain thing I've heard about kicking in already at 15 weeks 2 days? I'm definitely wearing maternity pants right now. And they are comfy. Plenty of room for dry meatloaf in there!
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