Still pregnant & bumbling

In case you were wondering. Feeling the soporific effects of sunshine. Also feeling rather hippo-ish and bumbling. I napped for about 3 straight hours this morning after a ridiculous night of waking up a zillion times. Woke up feeling entirely out of it and have been sort of stumbling around the house ever since. I [...]

38 weeks & babbling

So you guessed anywhere from next Wednesday to the following Friday, huh? I’m totally for the 20th. I also kind of hate anyone who even dared mention a date beyond the 25th, because seriously, if I have to wait until the 27th or 28th, I will gradually begin banging my head on the wall and [...]

Possibly pregnant forever.

I am feeling like I might never go into labor. The baby’s head is lodged in my pelvis. Sleep is a joke. Time for some entertainment: When do you think the babe will arrive? Day? Time? Weight? Length? He’s due the 25th. Closest one to guess will get a pretty postcard in the mail when [...]

Advice, please

Birthday party goodie bags. Yea or nay? Bean is turning 4, and aside from the fact that I am utterly dumbfounded by this fact, we have actually pulled off inviting a few friends to come play with him at our local lake aquarium for an afternoon. On Valentines day, because his real birthday is on [...]

Unscheduled time

In the back yard animal tracks zig-zag the snow like hieroglyphs spelling secret messages of those that came before. The air is bitter cold. The windchill much below zero. But the light is perfect and golden against the snow; the shadows purple and long, making zebra stripes of light and dark at the edge of [...]