November 19, 2011

I'm very uninspired today about how to make our day sound even kind of interesting but I will try.

Our alarm clock kitty woke us up at around 7 to 7:30 but I was able to get back to sleep.  She spent a few hours with us last night, sleeping on my side looking down at me.  She is so cute so I usually let her do what she wants.  But she was running around like a crazy cat this morning which is hard to ignore.

Tyler got out of bed at around 9:30 to do some studying and I just stayed in bed for a bit.  I didn't get back to sleep but I laid there just thinking about what I had to do today and a variety of other things.  I got out of bed at about 10 and started with the day.

After eating some honey nut cheerios for breakfast, I did the dishes right away.  I just wanted to get all the chores out of the way so we could just enjoy the day without having it hovering over us.  Once the dishes were washed and put away, I folded the laundry that was left in the dryer last night.  Of all the chores I get to do, folding laundry is my least hated one.  I'm not sure why I kind of enjoy it but there is something about organizing everything that makes it at least tolerable.  Also, I did the cutest load of laundry today.  I washed a bunch of baby clothes.  The great thing about those clothes is that since they are so small, you can wash more of them.  It was such a cute load.  We have been donated a bunch of baby clothes so after they were all washed, we put them in a suitcase ready to be taken home.  I just hope our baby fits them or else we will be making a desperate plea for bigger clothes.

I had started on our grocery list yesterday so it would be a huge task today so I finished up the rest of the menu once clothes were put away.  It always takes so long to make that list.  I have to make sure Tyler will enjoy the meal so I'm not stuck eating all the leftovers while also keeping the week's meals somewhat original.  We have about 7 recipe books but we like to use the same meals often.  I like trying new things but Tyler is a little less enthusiastic about it so I have to have a balance of new and old.

Once the list was done, we headed out to the store, knowing full well  we would be back tomorrow to finish it up.  I was surprised to find that we were able to get most of the items so it wont be a big trip tomorrow.

Back at home, we unloaded the food and continued on with our day.  It's a bit of a blur only because we didn't do too much.  I don't really remember everything but I know I fed and watched the deck cats.  TK is starting to learn that if she meows in her tiny kitten voice I usually will put food out for them.  She is just such a sweetie.  I also know that Tyler wrote his test and thinks he did pretty good on it.  He's a smarty pants so I know he's right about that.  We also ate a few times.  It's wasn't a memorable afternoon.

We just finished played another game of yahtzee which I lost.  Tyler created a spreadsheet on his computer that acts as our score sheet.  We play 3 rounds of yahtzee each time and today, I just didn't show up.  Tyler was getting great scores all over the place when I couldn't get anything.  It's not as much to lose like.

I spent a bit of time cross stitching, which I'm almost done.  This project was supposed to last a lot longer then it is but oh well, I guess I'll have to start something else soon.

We threw together some food and called it dinner but I'm sure there is an apple in my stomach's future.  Any some yogurt.

Baby J has been hanging out in the front of my belly today and it's really cool to be able to feel limbs.  Last night, Baby creeped Tyler out.  I told him to press on a certain spot on my belly and after he did, he retracted his hand with a disgusted look on his face.  He got to feel a limb and Baby J moved it when Tyler pressed on it.  I thought it was funny but I guess Tyler isn't used to that.  He said it made it really real that there actually is a baby in there.  But, today Baby J was hanging out in the front.  It made my belly hard and made me off center.  It made my belly look HUGE and I liked it.

I've been thinking a ton about our trip home.  I'm a little nervous about driving in the winter so I could use some prayers for clear roads, a safe trip home and for me to be calm about it.  If we could, we would travel some other way but there just aren't any other options for us.  So, pray for the weather to cooperate with us so we make it home in time for Christmas.  It should be an interesting trip.  We will be taking a few things home with us that we wont be needing just to make our next trip home easier.  We have to come back to Alberta again in May for Tyler's practicum so we want to take as much stuff this trip when we don't have a car seat taking up the back seat.  Kitten will like it.  When we moved out here, she had very little room to roam around.  This trip, we don't anticipate having our back seat filled to the top so she will be more comfortable.  We also will be taking many many blankets.  I'm afraid Kitten will turn into an icicle while we are on the ferry.  She has to stay in the car down at the bottom so I want to make sure she has a nest to sleep in to stay warm.  Also, blankets would be a great thing to have if for whatever reason Baby J decides to come into the world on the side of the road.  I really don't think it will happen, but we want to make sure we are ready for anything.

That post was longer then I thought it would be.

Sonja