Friday, January 18, 2008

It's another icy day. As I was uploading pictures I noticed the date.
The house isn't the best at holding in heat. Another oil fill up today, putting a serious crimp in - well everything.
House is also not good with drainage. Hence, we end up with:

Ice Above


Ice Below


Anyway, back to the date.
Today is 01/18/08.
Here's a picture from
08/18/01.



Monday, January 14, 2008

The clock is ticking


We have so much to do to get the upstairs done. We really need the space to be finished by May (or earlier?)when baby arrives. I'm really starting to feel the crush of time. Today I made a little progress by taking down wall dimensions so that we can figure the cost of the drywall & interior insulation.
There are a number of other items on the 'need-to-do' list, also. Time to take a deep breath & just dig in to something...

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The gift of mystery


This was a Christmas gift from my brother. He didn't know what the bulb should produce. I'm anxious to find out. I'm also crossing my fingers that it will live. It's had a fairly rough journey thus far - too little water, then too much. I think now it's in fairly ideal location w/ the proper amount of liquid. We'll have to wait & see.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Baby update

I had a Dr. appointment this morning. Baby was wiggling away for most of the drive to the Dr. office. Everything sounds good.
I've gained 20# so far.
Blood pressure is good.
Baby's heart rate was 145-150.
We are 22w 6d today (which puts us 8 days from the date of viability!) I'm so excited for spring! I might even (finally!) do some baby shopping soon.....

Friday, January 4, 2008

Dough!

After more than a year of procrastination I am attempting to bake bread. I tried once, years ago. The result was rock hard- not very pretty. This time I had willing helpers. Two of them, eager to stand beside me on a single chair & teeter back & forth giving me one more thing to worry about while reading Betty's recipe for the 3rd time.
At the moment my loaves are rising & soon I'll put them in the oven & hope for the best. I'm so excited it's just silly!
My grandma bakes wonderful bread. I would love to be able to even come close to that taste.