Wow! 2 Years already!

I just looked in my archives and discovered that I missed my own blogiversary! I’ve been blogging for over 2 years now! Where has the time gone?

Sorry I haven’t been around much, I’ve been spending most of my time trying to get caught up. I have to be careful because on the days that my back is feeling pretty good I have a tendancy to try to do too much and then I really, really pay for it the next few days after that. I’m working on learning to pace myself so that instead of trying to get 15 things done in a day maybe I get 7 done, but then I can do another 7 the next day. If I try to do 15 then I can only get 2-3 done for the next couple of days after that . . . and I end up miserable to boot!

Anyway, I am getting caught up. The yarns for the sock kits have been dyed and are drying now. I was going to try to do some of the Mystery Kit yarn today, but we had a meeting this morning that kept us out half the day so I’m going to do some of the paperwork stuff that is waiting patiently in its pile and do the prep to be able to dye. Tomorrow we have a Dr. apt. first thing in the morning, and those have a tendancy to eat up half the day so trying to dye tomorrow is probably out. Friday is looking good for another round as DH will be at work (don’t have to cook for lunch if he’s out) and I should be able to get an early start. Esp. if I get a bunch of the prep done today!

Saturday is the Gore Place Fiber Festival and PixieDust and I are planning to go to it this year (first time) and it looks like Moxie will be there as well so it should be a fun day out. Sunday is my baby neice’s christening so its a mandatory family event, nothing I can do about that . . .

Its unusually warm here today and I’ve had to resort to digging out my one summer maternity dress. Luckily I had bought one on sale a while back and its actually very comfortable. I haven’t managed to pick up any shorts yet and my regular ones would never fit in a million years! The baby is growing fast now, no doubt about it. You can see a difference in my size every few days now and I have hit that point where I can’t see how I could possibly get any bigger, but I know that I will. The book even said its normal to feel that way at this stage so I’m not worried or anything, just doesn’t seem like things could stretch any further than they have! Should be interesting when we go to the Dr. tomorrow to see how much more I’ve gained. Its been 3 weeks since the last apt and I’d bet I’ve gained at least 5 lbs, easily.

Seems strange that there are only (approx.) 11 weeks left before the baby will be here. Still keep reminding ourselves that we really are having a baby and that yes, they are actually going to let us leave the hospital with a child! Seriously, we had a harder time getting the dog, they wanted all sorts of proof that we would be able to take care of him.

The nursery isn’t ready yet. The plan to do the walls last week fell apart so now, theoretically, they are coming this Saturday to work on it. I’ve been told it should be a one day job. I sure hope they are right about that. Once that is done we plan to paint and then wallpaper (only part of) the walls. DH is also going to start working on the furniture as soon as we choose the paint colors for it. I’d like to have the room at least mostly ready by the middle of May if at all possible. That way we can spend June playing with finishing touches and doing things like washing all the baby clothes and loading the drawers etc. I don’t want to worry about trying to do the big stuff when I’m the size of a house (getting there fast), makes sense, doesn’t it?

Okay, we should really have some lunch as DH has to work tonight and will have to start getting ready soon so I’m going to go do some cooking. . .