I woke up at 2 a.m. to being kicked, not violently but definitely kicked. Then some rain started, pretty heavy. The rain quit then the neighbors' dogs started barking so I got a little worried that there was a burglar in the area. (I also fantasized about yelling out the back door, "Shut your damn dogs up already.")
So I let Dudley out, figuring if there was anyone within a one-block radius, he'd let me know by going after them. He just went out to pee, so apparently no one was out there. I tried to go back to sleep but my wonderful husband was snoring a bit, and I kept smelling the smoky barbecue on him from earlier today. Normally neither thing would keep me so completely awake but tonight it did. Then the dogs, the kicking, and the rain all started in again, and to top it all off I was too hot.
I gave up and got out of bed, really hoping that the clock would say 6 a.m. and I would be justified in getting up, since I passed out on the couch before 9 last night. But no such luck; it was 3 a.m. I decided to read the rest of my book, "Haunted Ground" by Erin Hart. Gotta remember to take that one to mom, she'll enjoy it.
Now it's almost 5:30 a.m., I'm done with the book and trying to figure out if I should get some work done or just surf the Net.
The wind and rain are alternating now; at one point I heard a waterfall coming off the front gutter and downspout.
I'm hungry (when am I not anymore?) so I think I will get some cereal and finish up my data entry for work. Maybe that will get me back to sleep for a little while before we need to get up for church.
We planned on going to the mall today -- yes we are a little crazy -- but I think we can skip it because I thought of a couple of ideas for gifts that my sweet husband can get me, and they do not involve the mall in any way. I was the only one left he had to shop for. Plus I need to find an easy mousse recipe online so I can take my fabulous chocolate cups for the Christmas Eve bash at the relatives'.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Today's musings
It's a very blustery day, as Pooh would say. Dudley keeps barking at the wind howling around the house (between naps of course).
Lots of little things happening lately... went to my dr. appt today and everything is progressing normally. I'm 24 weeks and 2 days now. No hiding the fact that I am having a baby at this point! I even had to upgrade to the "fat" maternity clothes. But I am still only 1 pound over my pre-wedding weight. The dr. said I probably won't make the 35-pound weight gain goal by the time the due date rolls around but as long as I keep with the 1-2 pounds a week gain, that's OK. My mom says it's not fair; apparently she gained 50 pounds with each of her pregnancies. But my sister hasn't gained a lot with any of hers, so I think I must be on track. Today when the nurse put the heart monitor on my belly, the heartbeat was good and strong like usual, and then I was hearing this other noise, like a thump, in the monitor. The nurse laughed and said that was the sound of the baby kicking, right at the spot where she was holding the monitor's wand.
Work is getting interesting. We have discovered there is a huge demand for children's books in Arabic. Now the fun part is finding out if we did translate even ONE book into Arabic, how to pay for the new illustrations, the translator, new printing and then guarantee sales to cover those expenses. Not an easy task. I found a few Arabic language book sites online but the quality of the illustrations is just not there. I think we'd do quite well with one of our books particularly; but heck, if there's that much of a demand for anything in Arabic for kids, we could do any one of our books and it would probably sell great. We'll see what comes of all that. I told the boss, find us a way to pay for this stuff and we will get it cranking. She wants guaranteed sales first though. I don't think I can promise that or deliver it.
Trying to get some of the Christmas shopping list completed for the family... a few more gift cards and a couple of specialty things and we'll be done. We don't have the tree up yet and I already have some packages for under the tree! Hopefully we can get some decorations up before this coming weekend.
Meanwhile... the mouse genocide continues in the garage. Thanks to Scott's genius idea to make the mousetrap we have a "hair-trigger," it's us 17, mice, 0. We're thinking we've got most of the mice that would have camped out in the storage area of the garage for the the winter. Hopefully the word has spread through town via the mouse network to stay away from our place -- it's no longer the posh digs it once was!
Lots of little things happening lately... went to my dr. appt today and everything is progressing normally. I'm 24 weeks and 2 days now. No hiding the fact that I am having a baby at this point! I even had to upgrade to the "fat" maternity clothes. But I am still only 1 pound over my pre-wedding weight. The dr. said I probably won't make the 35-pound weight gain goal by the time the due date rolls around but as long as I keep with the 1-2 pounds a week gain, that's OK. My mom says it's not fair; apparently she gained 50 pounds with each of her pregnancies. But my sister hasn't gained a lot with any of hers, so I think I must be on track. Today when the nurse put the heart monitor on my belly, the heartbeat was good and strong like usual, and then I was hearing this other noise, like a thump, in the monitor. The nurse laughed and said that was the sound of the baby kicking, right at the spot where she was holding the monitor's wand.
Work is getting interesting. We have discovered there is a huge demand for children's books in Arabic. Now the fun part is finding out if we did translate even ONE book into Arabic, how to pay for the new illustrations, the translator, new printing and then guarantee sales to cover those expenses. Not an easy task. I found a few Arabic language book sites online but the quality of the illustrations is just not there. I think we'd do quite well with one of our books particularly; but heck, if there's that much of a demand for anything in Arabic for kids, we could do any one of our books and it would probably sell great. We'll see what comes of all that. I told the boss, find us a way to pay for this stuff and we will get it cranking. She wants guaranteed sales first though. I don't think I can promise that or deliver it.
Trying to get some of the Christmas shopping list completed for the family... a few more gift cards and a couple of specialty things and we'll be done. We don't have the tree up yet and I already have some packages for under the tree! Hopefully we can get some decorations up before this coming weekend.
Meanwhile... the mouse genocide continues in the garage. Thanks to Scott's genius idea to make the mousetrap we have a "hair-trigger," it's us 17, mice, 0. We're thinking we've got most of the mice that would have camped out in the storage area of the garage for the the winter. Hopefully the word has spread through town via the mouse network to stay away from our place -- it's no longer the posh digs it once was!
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