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Sunday, Monday…what’s the difference, really?

Something I’m thinking: I’m thinking about making some muffins for breakfast with Maddie. Obviously, I started writing this before breakfast on Sunday. We did indeed make muffins.

Something I’m hoping: I’m hoping to be able to attend That Board Gaming Thing after missing it the last couple of years. I suppose we need to decide this week.

Something happening around the house: Ants! It feels like they may finally be under control. I hate dealing with ants!!!!

Something I’m reading: I didn’t read anything this week, but I do plan to start on Mockingjay very soon! I did start on this last night, but I only read about a chapter or so before passing out from exhaustion.

Something I’m watching: We watched some more Supernatural. I’m not sure we watched anything else. Shows are going to start pretty soon, and I don’t know how we’re going to keep up with them this year.

Something I’m playing: I’m mostly playing Carcassonne on the iPhone. Fun!

Something Maddie is doing (30 months old): This weekend, she didn’t nap on Saturday or Sunday. Saturday was mostly our fault, but Sunday we stuck to the schedule and still had no nap. She continues to answer every question with, “Um, I don’t know…” regardless of whether she knows or not. I know she gets that from both of her parents. She had a great time with her Kentucky grandparents and Aunt Heidi. She and Grandpa are “buddies” and talk in British accents about potstickers and a “spot of tea.” This amused us all. I also love how she declares that she’s “playing a game” when tossing a ball or doing some other repetitive action. She’s getting the concept. It won’t be long before I can teach her some “real” games!!!

Something Cullen is doing (32 weeks old): Another week went by, and I didn’t finish up the photos for his letter. At this rate, I’ll have to post the 7 month and 8 month letters at the same time. Cullen had pears for the first time, and I made him a new batch of carrots that weren’t singed. Tonight, he tried organic cereal “puffs” for the first time. It turns out that he has that pincer grasp down pat. Who knew? He picked one right up and put it straight into his mouth. He’s not quite sure what to think of them so far. I don’t blame him. The ones we got aren’t as tasty as the Gerber kind, but I like the smaller ingredients list and the organic content.

Something I am struggling with: I’ve been quite exhausted this weekend (hence posting a day late).

Something I learned: I learned that Shutterfly has some new layouts in their photobooks since the last book I created.

Something I’m looking forward to: I’m definitely NOT looking forward to my dental appointment this week.

Something captured: Cullen and Maddie playing a duet.

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Something that makes me happy: Buying clothes for the kiddos. It’s so much more fun than buying clothes for myself!

Something I’m thinking: I’m thinking that another trip to the Smithfield outlets is not in my future…perhaps ever, unless maybe I’m passing right by it on the way back from somewhere.

Something I’m hoping: I’m hoping we didn’t go overboard too badly when buying the kids’ fall wardrobe. Something tells me that we have a bit more than we will really need.

Something happening around the house: My parents came to visit this weekend. We were originally going to visit them at their house, but we had a long week and they agreed to visit us. We had a great time!

Something I’m reading: Um, let’s see. The Poky Little Puppy, Elmo Says, books about Winnie the Pooh, Richard Scarry books, snippets in Parents magazines, The Three Little Pigs, and other kids’ books. I didn’t do any reading for book club. I’m really starting to doubt that I’ll finish this month’s book.

Something I’m watching: We watched another disc of Supernatural and the finale of Hell’s Kitchen. Supernatural had a few scary episodes early in the season, but it isn’t scaring me nearly as much now. Some episodes still make me jump a bit, though! We’re still on Season 1.

Something I’m playing: Ooh, it was a great week for games! We installed the Carcassonne app on the iPhone. I’m loving it! It’s nice to play a “real” board game. I’m still playing Words with Friends. Cullen also slept long enough for us (with a few interruptions) to play Tichu with my parents! It gives us a little hope that we might be able to do “normal” things like that here and there.

Something tasty: We went out to eat with my parents and sister last night, and then we came back to the house. My mom, sister, and I went to the grocery store to get dessert. We found a dairy free brownie mix. The brownies were quite tasty!!!! It was a treat to get something chocolatey like that, since most easily accessible chocolate has milk.

Something Maddie is doing (29 months old): We went shoe shopping for her this weekend since she is outgrowing her current set of shoes. This was a very frustrating experience, and I think I’ll write up a separate post for it. She is definitely into her books these days. She wants us to read to her constantly and can sit through some lengthy stories. She talks nonstop and makes me laugh all the time. Yesterday morning, she saw Gabe putting powdered sugar on his pancakes and said, “Daddy, I want snow on my pancake!” Cute. Since we’ve been feeding Cullen, she’s very into feeding her baby doll. We got her a baby doll high chair, so she’s excited about that. And baby continues to poop all over everything (no, she is not a potty doll. My child has an active imagination). This morning, she spent a good hour with a wipe cleaning up baby’s “mess.”

Something Cullen is doing (30 weeks old): It’s been a crazy week with Cullen. He had the follow up to his bladder infection testing on Tuesday. We were hoping that they wouldn’t find anything, but they diagnosed him with kidney reflux on both sides. We won’t know much more until the appointment with the urologist later this month. We may need to get Maddie tested as it is very commonly found in siblings. I’m guessing that they will put him on a maintenance dose of antibiotics, he will have to be tested periodically, and he may require surgery if he does not outgrow the condition. In better news, we have declared that little dude is crawling! He is definitely on the move. He showed off for Nana and Papa this weekend, and I have some video to post soon. He easily can sit for lengthy periods of time. He also enjoyed some more new foods this week with the introduction of oatmeal (as a thickening agent), peaches, and butternut squash! Little Man is loving his foods! Oh, and we dismantled the co-sleeper. He hasn’t been sleeping in it for a few weeks, but it made a nice bed rail and place to put things like books. We put the Snug Tuck pillow back into place. Cullen has also slept in the pack-n-play in our room two nights in a row for a little bit at a time. There is hope.

Something I am struggling with: I’m struggling with patience as we have to wait a couple more weeks to find out more about Cullen’s kidney reflux (and find out if Maddie needs to be tested).

Something I’m doing towards my goals: I’m going to the Jack Johnson concert next Saturday!

Something I learned: Almonds are not nuts. They are a fruit.

Something I’m looking forward to: The concert with friends next Saturday.

Something random: I miss playing poker and board games sometimes, but I love the life we chose with our kids!

Something captured: We got some new camping style chairs for the kiddos.

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Something that makes me happy: Visiting with my parents and watching the kids interact with Nana and Papa.

Something I’m thinking: To borrow a line from Maddie, “my runny nose is running.”

Something I’m hoping: Once again, I’ve had a bad day for allergies and hope that I’m not getting sick. This happened a few weeks ago, and it turned out to either be a very short illness or just a bad afternoon of allergies. I wasn’t able to get much of a nap this afternoon since Maddie boycotted her nap today, so it’s hard to tell.

Something happening around the house: Gabe did some yardwork on Friday which we believe might have brought a tick into the house.

Something I’m reading: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella for this month’s book club.

Something I’m watching: Hopefully, we’ll finally watch the Chuck finale tonight. We haven’t had the time for a 2 hour finale since it aired.

Something tasty: Potato wedges seasoned with olive oil and french onion soup mix and baked in the oven. Also, I made blueberry cobbler and it was fantastic!!!

Something Maddie is doing (27 months old): This is the second weekend in a row that she has refused to take an afternoon nap (on one day). I still feel like it is our fault since we were a little off schedule today. She was also excited about visiting with Nana and Papa. Her favorite thing from this weekend was probably playing with Nana’s iPad and a paint program. It was funny watching her “paint” with her fingers for the first time. She kept looking at her fingers, expecting to see a mess on her fingertips. Too funny. She had her first of 6 swimming lessons on Saturday and seemed to love it.

Something Cullen is doing (19 weeks old): Cullen seems to be more aware of toys and is more interested in grabbing them (and putting them straight into his mouth). He drools quite a bit. We are wondering if he might have reflux as he has been spitting up more often and seems to be in pain when eating sometimes. We’re taking him to the doctor in the morning to see what they think.

Something I am struggling with: I was bit by a tick yesterday!!! Despite the fact that I spent a lot of time in the woods growing up, this was the first time that I have been bitten by one. I’ve been terrified of it happening my whole life. I was about to take a shower, and noticed a spot on my thigh and then realized it was a tick sucking my blood. I called for Gabe who tried to get him off of me. He was very firmly attached. We then spent probably 45 minutes trying to extract bits of tick from me involving tweezers, a needle, and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. I ended up going to the Urgent Care where their approach was similar to no avail. Apparently, the best tick picker in the south couldn’t even dislodge his mandible parts. I’m not too thrilled about having tick bits in my thigh. Now, I just hope that he wasn’t carrying some dreadful disease. It’s an understatement to say that the whole thing freaked me out a bit. I screamed like a girl, and phrases such as “get it out!” and “he’s trying to kill me!” and “I’m going to die” might have exited my mouth.

Something I’m doing towards my goals: I’m trying to eat a little healthier (though not largely succeeding) since it is becoming clear to me that this extra 25 pounds from the pregnancy isn’t going to lose itself.

Something I learned: Cabbage really isn’t so bad. We had some shredded cabbage sauteed with squash and seasonings. It was tasty! We had that other beef and cabbage dish that we’ve been making, so it was nice to find that it’s tasty in other forms as well.

Something I’m looking forward to: We have a lot on our calendar this week, but not too much that is exciting.

Something random: Mobile, Alabama is apparently the wettest city in the US, according to Wits and Wagers. We played last night with my parents and sister. Fun!

Something captured: Maddie painting on the iPad.

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Last year, I copied Cindy and wrote my Best of 2008. I had intended to do more summary posts from 2008, but I don’t think I got around to it. So, here is my attempt at the Best of 2009!

Best Restaurant: Once again, we didn’t really eat out very much. We had an anniversary dinner at Second Empire, which was new to both of us. I ate at Poole’s Diner for brunch before my Christmas date with Audrey. Those were the two notable restaurants. Both were very good, but I think I’m actually going to make an odd choice here and not go for “tastiest” or overall great experience but make the choice based on the frequency and convenience of Ruckus Pizza. We find it easy to take Maddie and have found it to be a good place to go with family and friends. We like the pizza and garlic knots.

Best Book: This is always a difficult category for me. I don’t get the opportunity to read as often as I did before having Maddie, but I still read enough to make it a challenge to pick the “best.” Once again, I’m going to limit this to books that I read for the first time this year (My Sister’s Keeper and To Kill a Mockingbird are disqualified). I choose The Help by Kathryn Stockett. This is a book club pick for March, so I’m a little ahead in reading it. Of course, I haven’t yet read the books for January or February, so I’m not that ahead.

Best Vacation: We actually managed to take several significant trips this year that did not involve visiting family at their homes. We went to Bermuda, Cincinnati, and New England/Canada. All were wonderful trips! I’d have to pick the New England/Canada cruise as the best of the year.

Best Movie: We didn’t get to watch too many movies this year. We saw even less in 2009 as we did in 2008. One of these days, we’ll get to the theatre more often, though I have a feeling we’ll be seeing even more kids’ movies. I’d have to say the best movie that we saw this year was Pixar/Disney’s Up.

Best Reunion: While this isn’t a reunion exactly for me, it was great to finally meet Gabe’s dad, sister, and niece on our trip to Cincinnati.

Best Album: I just don’t listen to new music all that much these days. Gabe got a bunch of new albums for Christmas, but I haven’t had a chance to give them all a listen. I guess I’ll have to pick Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants (another children’s album). I haven’t had a chance to listen to it too much, but I’m hoping Maddie will like it, too!

Best Board Game: I’m not sure why I didn’t think of this category last year. We were exposed to several new games this year as we had the opportunity to play more this year. My favorite by far has to be Dominion (and associated expansions). It has great replayability, is fairly easily accessible for less serious gamers, and plays awesome with two players.

Best Video Game: This is another new category for 2009. I have to admit that I barely played any video games, but I wanted to include the category so I could plug our newly acquired New Super Mario Bros for the Wii. Fun! Maddie shows some interest in “playing the Mario,” and we hope to turn her into a mini video gamer sometime in 2010!

Best TV show: I’m not sure why I didn’t think of this one last year either. Let’s see, looking over my Fall Television Update, I think I’d have to pick either LOST, Chuck, Gossip Girl, or Dollhouse. Tough choice! Since LOST and Chuck haven’t started yet for this season, I think I’ll have to pick Dollhouse. Too bad the series only has a few more episodes. It seems like we often like shows that get canceled. Boo.

Favorite toy: Ok, this is random, but I’m trying to pick MY favorite toy of Maddie’s (not necessarily her favorite). I think I’d have to go with her new Melissa & Doug Sandwich Making Set from Christmas. The wooden pieces are cool, and I love how they stick together with velcro and are quite satisfying to cut with the “knife.” Fun toy!

Something that made me happy this week: I know I’ve used this one before, but I really enjoy seeing Maddie and her best buddy Keira play together. This week, they actually interacted more than they have in the past. Most of the time they are just playing near each other. They actually played games like “put each other down for naptime.” It was very sweet.

Something I’m thinking: There’s no place like home.

Something I’m hoping: I’m hoping that everything goes well with our prenatal appointment and Maddie’s foot doctor, both this week.

Something happening around the house: We’re home! Maddie was excited to see all of her toys.

Something I’m reading: I didn’t read at all this week. I need to finish Loving Frank before book club next week.

Something tasty I ate this week: A very tasty Thanksgiving dinner at Gabe’s parents’ house. Yum!

Something Maddie did this week: She saw some wildlife at the mountain house and was excited about it. She told everyone, “I saw deer” (only sounded like a very southern “dee-uh” - too cute!).

Something happening with the pregnancy: Our son’s Kentucky grandparents were able to feel him kicking which was a special moment for everyone.

Something I struggled with this week: We enjoyed seeing friends and family, but it was a long week away from home!

Something I’m doing towards my goals: Nothing in particular.

Something I learned this week: We learned a lot of fun facts while playing Wits & Wagers.

Something I’m looking forward to next week: Prenatal appointment, dinner and games with friends, games night, my annual Christmas date with Audrey, and a visit from the cleaners. Lots of stuff!

Something random: My father-in-law has a Globetrotters basketball signed by “Big Easy,” one of this season’s Amazing Race contestants.

Something captured: My awesome family on Thanksgiving Day.

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Something that made me happy this week: Playing board games with friends.

Something I’m thinking: I’m thinking I should probably take a shower while I have a chance.

Something I’m hoping: That Gabe’s business trip goes smoothly and I survive a couple days of single parenting.

Something happening around the house: We finally ordered and received two harddrives to be used for backing up our photos and mp3s. Our old drive suddenly lost 350 gigs of photos and songs. Yikes! I’m trying to recreate my backups from CDs and hope that I don’t have to go through the painful recovery process on the old drive.

Something I’m reading: I didn’t have time for books this week either. I’m definitely in a reading slump.

Something tasty I ate this week: I made some Funfetti cake with chocolate Funfetti icing. Tasty!

Something Maddie did this week: She had a swimming lesson yesterday. She would have enjoyed it better if Gabe had been in the pool.

Something happening with the pregnancy: I had my first appointment with the new practice this week. I’m not sure what to think quite yet, but I don’t really have a lot of time to try a bunch of practices. I’m going to stick with this one unless I am given a reason to switch. It’s a little stressful to change doctors mid-pregnancy.

Something I struggled with this week: Our power went out last Sunday night, and we were totally unprepared! I always get paranoid when unexplained power outages happen. Turns out that our flashlight batteries were dead and we were unable to find replacement batteries. Our best “flashlights” were our laptops. We’ve added “acquire decent flashlights” to our to do list.

Something I’m doing towards my goals: I haven’t thought about it much lately, but I plan to go through my list soon to see what I can start checking off the list.

Something I learned this week: That Daddy should be in the pool for Maddie’s swim lessons. We’ll be sure that he swims with her next week! She really is such a Daddy’s girl.

Something I’m looking forward to next week: Gabe coming home, dinner with friends, and a visit from my parents.

Something random: Earlier this week, I dreamed that I was having a girl. In my dream, she was around 1 year old, and her name was Sarah. Last night, I dreamed I got a new iPhone - this one has a higher chance of coming true!

Something captured: Enjoying the beautiful weather this weekend. You can see evidence of her snack with the crumbs on her face.

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Something that made me happy this week: Seeing our baby boy on the ultrasound.

Something I’m thinking: It’s just a little over two months until Christmas - yikes! I have been thinking about some of our gifts, at least…of course, most people probably haven’t given any of it much thought. What can I say, I like to plan ahead.

Something I’m hoping: Same as last week…I’m still hoping to get the trip reports done for our cruise. Once I get those and the photos done on the website, I can get started on the photobook. I promised my family that I’d put together the photobook for everyone.

Something happening around the house: Gabe painted Maddie’s room! He isn’t quite finished with the deck, but he went ahead and painted her room so that I’ll be able to get started on her mural. I traced the patterns today and need to get some paints soon.

Something I’m reading: I’m still not reading. Maybe this week.

Something tasty I ate this week: I made pancakes for my family yesterday morning. Yummy! Maddie loves them (and so do we!).

Something Maddie did this week: She added a new tooth for a grand total of 6 teeth. Her teeth are taking forever to come in!! She may have one or two more, but she won’t let me feel around her gums to see. She’s definitely still teething.

Something happening with the pregnancy: We had our level II ultrasound! Unfortunately, our baby boy wasn’t cooperating and wasn’t too photogenic. We only got a few photos and none of the typical profile shots. Oh well.

Something I struggled with this week: This isn’t a struggle exactly, but I’m coming to the conclusion that Maddie has definitely regressed with her sleeping. Since our trip, I think she’s only slept through the night in her crib once or twice at most. She has been sleeping at least several hours in our bed each night (and lately more than that). Teething or adjusting from our vacation could be to blame? It is very sweet to cuddle with her in the bed. I wonder what changes we might have when we transition her to the big girl bed or stop using the pacifier at night.

Something I’m doing towards my goals: I went to a new dentist and made an appointment for a new ob/gyn (well, that’s not one of my goals). I still have one more prenatal appointment with my current doctor.

Something I learned this week: Jim and Pam got married on The Office (and maybe are having a baby?). I gathered this from Facebook updates and blogs. We loved the show but had to drop it last year as we just don’t have time for all the shows we want to watch. We’ll catch up on Netflix one of these days…

Something I’m looking forward to next week: Games “night!”

Something random: Gabe and I shouldn’t be allowed to buy Halloween candy over 3 weeks early. We’ve both been eating a bit of it each day, and I’m pretty sure that we won’t have any left by Halloween.

Something I captured: Our son’s little feet.

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Something that made me happy this week: Playing board games.

Something I’m thinking: Tomorrow is Gabe’s birthday!

Something I’m hoping: To get trip reports and photo albums from our cruise finished on the website while my memories are still fairly sharp.

Something happening around the house: Gabe was able to work a little bit on the deck this week. It’s getting close to being finished. I can’t wait…mostly because I want to get Maddie’s big girl room painted!

Something I’m reading: I didn’t read anything this week. I need to get moving on this month’s book club selection, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

Something tasty I ate this week: Gabe’s birthday cookies by Whimsical Cookies.

Something Maddie did this week: Maddie cracked up her teachers this week when she was babbling at the end of naptime, and they felt like she was saying an inappropriate 4-letter word. They learned in the next few days that she was saying “ship.” Whew!

Something happening with the pregnancy: I’m starting to notice some swelling which I think is a bad sign. I had a lot of swelling with Maddie, so I’m hoping that it’s not going to be as bad as that. I think it’s probably time to stop wearing my wedding band.

Something I struggled with this week: I lost a filling this weekend. It’s not pleasant having a big ragged hole in your tooth. I’m hoping to get into the dentist ASAP.

Something I’m doing towards my goals: I asked friends for recommendations for a new dentist. I may be following up on my leads very soon (given my immediate need for dental work). Changing doctors stresses me out (see also “something I learned”).

Something I learned this week: I learned that my primary ob/gyn has become a solo practitioner. I’m thinking that this may adversely affect the practice, and I may switch doctors mid-pregnancy.

Something I’m looking forward to next week: Our Level II ultrasound tomorrow and dinner with friends.

Something random: Not all random selections of kingdom cards in Dominion work very well.

Something I captured: Gabe’s fancy birthday cookies. Go Bengals! Go Wildcats!

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Something that made me smile this week: I played the “gimme 5, up high, down low/too slow” game with Maddie a few days ago. She caught on fast and started saying “down low” as soon as I said “up high.” She eventually stopped playing along since she knew I was going to trick her! She cracked me up every time she said “down low.”

Something I’m thinking: I’m so tired! Games Night was fun, but we stayed up too late and woke up too early.

Something I’m hoping: To watch a movie with my hubby tonight, if we can both stay awake once I finish writing this.

Something happening around the house: Gabe is still working on his deck project. He made some progress on it today while I entertained Maddie. It is very tedious work.

Something I’m reading: I finally finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, just a day or so before book club! The next book is My Sister’s Keeper which I have read twice now. Once about 4 years ago and then again in the last few months (after I saw the movie).

Something tasty I ate this week: Hrm, nothing stands out too much. We had a pretty lazy week with our food.

Something Maddie did this week: She had her 18-month appointment where she weighed 22 pounds, 5 ounces (with her clothes on) and is now in the 20th percentile. Seems like she’s getting plenty to eat, despite the fact that she eats like a bird all the time. She’s still a little thing!

Something happening with the pregnancy: Still not feeling the baby move all that much. I’m looking forward to the more obvious kicks and punches.

Something I struggled with this week: A little bit of sickness with a cold and either food poisoning or a stomach bug. We’ve all been a little under the weather this week.

Something I’m doing towards my goals: Not much, though I did go to book club, so I guess that counts for staying active in at least one book club.

Something I learned this week: That Maddie has a sort of scar on her forehead from hitting her head a month or so ago. She’s dented (literally). The doc said that it will probably never heal though she will grow and the dent will not. It’s not too big now but is just something I had noticed since her big bruise.

Something I’m looking forward to next week: Dinner date with Keira and her Mommy, book club movie outing, and visiting with family. Big week!

Something random: Gabe rescued a praying mantis who had made its way inside our house and released him into the wild.

Something I captured: My sweet little girl and me.

Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey

Something that made me smile this week: We had a routine pregnancy appointment on Monday and heard the healthy heartbeat for the first time. After being so sick last week, it was a relief to hear that beautiful sound.

Something I’m thinking: I’m thinking about how crazy I was to take on this yard sale stuff. It’s taking over everything!!! Fortunately, the first one is pretty soon, so we’ll see how it goes.

Something I’m hoping: I am hoping that bedtime is going smoothly for Maddie. Gabe is putting her to bed. I’m not hearing much, so that might be a good sign.

Something happening around the house: Pretty much the big thing around the house for the next two weeks is the yard sale. Donations can be found in almost every corner of the house. It’s a tad crazy!!!

Something I’m reading: I’m still reading My Sister’s Keeper and should finish it this week. I’m on the library waiting list for our book club’s August book, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. I hope that it arrives on time!

Something tasty I ate this week: We had new muffins this morning that were not too shabby - I’m still looking for a replacement for my favorite blueberry streusel muffins that have apparently been discontinued. We tried a cinnamon streusel this morning. They aren’t nearly as tasty as the blueberry ones, but they are pretty good.

Something Maddie did this week: We went out to dinner as a family earlier this week. The food was awful, but the company was wonderful! The meal took longer than it should have, but Maddie was great the whole time. She also tasted several foods that we were surprised that she would even touch. Afterward, we went to the grocery store and she had the time of her life running around the aisles.

Something happening with the pregnancy: The news of my pregnancy became public this week! Sadly, I’ve already received two inappropriate and insensitive remarks. Amazing what people feel that they can say to a pregnant woman!!!

Something I struggled with this week: I struggled with putting Maddie to sleep last night when Gabe was out playing poker. Gabe definitely has far more patience than I do when it comes to putting her to bed. It finally worked, but she used every trick in her secret book.

Something I’m doing towards my goals: We bought and put together bookshelves, organized the games, donated quite a few to the National MS Society yard sale (over 50!), and updated the database list (it had been a while). We have a few more things to do before I can call this project done and check it off on my goals list. It looks great!!! We’ve also raised almost $500 for the National MS Society already, and the first yard sale is still about two weeks away.

Something I learned this week: I learned that “new baby” is about the size of a peach - so big already!

Something I’m looking forward to next week: For once, our activities last week didn’t get canceled! We’ve had a great weekend visiting with friends. This week, I’m excited about book club. We’re also going to a wedding next weekend.

Something random: When cooking, I absolutely hate cracking eggs and handling raw meat.

Something I captured: I figured it was time to post some of the chaos around the house. This photo just scratches the surface. I really should walk through the house with the video camera…