skip to main |
skip to sidebar
I love snow. A lot. Actually, silly lots. But in December. Not at the end of February. Please please stop now. It has been snowing since Saturday. The snow (lots of it, in true Manitoba fashion) has prohibited a visit from my dear dear friend Bren. She is in the province, but stuck at her parents' house (which is a block from my parents' house. I guess she could visit my mom and pretend it was me...) So, boo-urns. I was really excited to see her and talk about being pregnant and give her the baby gift I bought and see if she wanted to borrow any maternity clothes. But, alas, it is not to be. (So, Bren, now you know that there is a baby gift for you at my house.)
The snow is beautiful, I have to admit. Also it makes for good comedy. Our Realtor stopped by to bring us another For Sale sign (we have two now. aren't we lucky). He trudged through the snow to put it up. I think he was a tad surprised at the depth of the snow which was essentially up to his knees. Baby and I watched from the house with glee. He brought some promising news though. He has received a number of emails inquiring about our house. That is a relief. Hopefully now some of those people will be interested enough to come look at it.
Husband is out curling right now. This is how you know we live in a small town. It is literally the only thing to do here (hence the planned move to a slightly bigger small town). I curled last year, which was my first attempt at it. I was not good. Luckily, the rest of my team was, so they could fix my mistakes. It is not my lack of skill that has kept me from curling this year. It is the new baby whose bedtime corresponds exactly with the draw time (that is, the beginning of the game, for those of you who don't speak Canadian). I kind of miss it, but at the same time, I'm sort of relieved that I don't have to go make small talk with people that I have very little in common with every week.
Well, today's lunch date with Brenda was going to be the highlight of my week, so now I will need to plan something else fun. Days are long. Hmmm. Spring is coming right?
We did it! We went on a date last night, leaving baby at home with a sitter and the world (surprisingly) did not come to an end!
I was so nervous at supper time I could hardy eat. Talk about separation anxiety. We put Baby to bed as usual, and he was well asleep when our babysitter showed up. Now, I mentioned yesterday that she is an adult with kids of her own, and that's exactly what she said to me, "It's not like you are leaving him with a teenager."
The movie was good, we both liked it. If you like Hugh Grant, then you will like it. Very much a cute rom-com, but that's what I like every now and then. When the movie was over we got our pictures taken in the Mall Photo Booth. "Photos. Electric Lighting. All Photos Sharp and Clear." I love those things. 4 poses 3 minutes 2 Dollars. Talk about good clean fun.
Now Baby and Husband are out for a walk to pick up a news paper and the mail. The blizzard still hasn't shown up, by the way. It was windy last night, but nary a flake of snow. (Well, maybe one flake.) This morning, however, everything was covered in a thin layer of ice, which I discovered while shoveling the walk.
I forgot to floss my teeth last night. I didn't even make it three days. I'm sorry, I will try harder. The chocolate thing hasn't been a problem (we got popcorn at the movie instead of M & Ms).
I am not reading a book right now, and need to pick a new one. Any suggestions? (I have a couple I want to read sometime soon, but aren't appealing to me right now. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and an Ian Rankin one that I haven't read yet)
Have a good weekend.
Thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude.
Yup, a blizzard. This evening. When we are supposed to be going on our first post-birth date. The plan is to head to town for a late movie, after baby is in bed. We have a babysitter lined up and everything (an adult one. with three kids of her own. you don't think we'd leave him with a teenager do you?!) So we will wait and see if Environment Canada knows what they're talking about. I have to admit, I am feeling a tad apprehensive about the whole thing, so perhaps a blizzard isn't a bad thing. It's not like I haven't left baby before. I went to a La Leche League meeting last month while daddy stayed home (baby was in bed by then too). I will eventually be able to do it with glee I'm sure.
As the sub-title of my blog says, I need to keep you up-to-date with non-happenings. Well, nothing is more
non-happening than interest in our house. It has been on the market for a week and a half and we haven't heard a peep of interest. Now, I know we are not in Calgary (or even Winnipeg for that matter) but it is a cool house, surely someone would jump at the chance to buy it. We are trying our best to not get impatient, but you know how it is.
I will let you know if we make it to the movie tonight. We are planning to see "Music and Lyrics". It is actually a late Valentine's Date.
Ciao.
So, I will be starting a regular blog feature entitled:
What They Forgot To Tell You in Prenatal Class
Here is the first entry...
When your baby is four months old, he will be tired during the day, but never sleepy. This means you will spend more time trying to get him to sleep than he spends asleep. So, have fun.
Funny how they don't tell you any important stuff like that, just silly things like what to expect in labour (This is silly. I don't think anything we talked about in class applied to my labour and delivery.)
In other exciting news...Yesterday I decided Baby was bored. So I called Husband at work and said "I think our baby needs something new to play with". So, a stop at Evil-Big-Box-Mart on the way home resulted in Baby getting an ExerSaucer (for those of you in a slightly older demographic, this is the modern equivalent of a walker, but it is stationary). We put it together last night. So far Baby is not showing too much enthusiasm for it, but I'm sure he'll warm up to it.
And yes, I did floss my teeth last night before bed.
Okay.
So today is Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Carnival, Pancake day. Whatever you call it, it means one thing. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the first day of Lent. Now, the word Lent, to me, conjures up memories of somewhat reluctantly putting my allowance money into a Share Lent box, and telling my Sunday School teacher that I was going to "give up bugging my brother" for Lent this year. That was many years ago and my perception of Lent has changed.
I have done different things for Lent over the Years. One year Joel and I gave up TV. One year I gave up Chocolate. One year we committed to do push ups and sit ups everyday. I will now share with you what I am planning for this year. Once I say it, I can't go back...
1. Give up chocolate. Hmmm. I've done it before, I can do it again.
2. Floss my teeth everyday. I should be doing this already anyways. I figure after forty days of doing it, I will be firmly in the habit.
3. Only check email etc. ONCE per day. It's like back in college looking in the mail room every time I walked passed it. The more often I check, the more often I will be disappointed. Also, this decreases the likelyhood of me frying another mouse with static electricity...
Okay. Now it's out there, no going back.
I would encourage anyone else who is observing Lent in some way to leave a comment about what they are doing. May this season be a blessing to you.
"This is post number one," the old Grinchy Claus hissed.Okay, so here I am, writing my first blog post. Baby is sleeping and CBC Radio Two is playing in the background. Do I have anything interesting to say? Not likely. Will I say something anyway? Most definitely. I reckon a blog is a good way for people to stay connected.
(Wow, this is already harder than I thought it would be...)
Keep warm.
