2:45 am:
I've spent the last hour lying awake in bed. Trying to decide if "this is labor" or not. This has happened before. I wake up, have a few braxton hicks contractions, then my mind won't fall back to sleep.
It is like that tonight too. Except I had really bad heart burn too. And the more I lay there the more I thought I would either throw up or pass out. Ah-ha! those are my classic pregnancy related "hunger signs."
So now, here I am. It's now 2:49 am, I have just finished up my glass of Ovaltine and I think that I probably won't pass out. I have to wait a while before I head back to bed. That much liquid needs to settle before I sleep on it or I really will throw up.
In pregnancies past I was a die hard instant breakfast girl. I still love it, but HELLO! talk about inflation. Since when does 10 little packets of instant breakfast (no milk even, it's just the powder!) cost almost $6.00?!? Since I'm an addict, do you know what that would cost me a week? Ovaltine is my second string player. When I first got pregnant and I knew I NEEDED something, and I couldn't rationalizing spending more than my future weekly diaper allowance on 10 tiny packets of powder I bought some Ovaltine. (I also got some nesquick because I couldn't be sure that I would like Ovaltine.)
Thank goodness! My second string player has turned out to be my new starting star! (Do you think Ovaltine will pay me for this post?) I miss the variety packages of instant breakfast. I must say I am a sucker for the vanilla flavored.
Well, there you have it folks. It is now 3:05 am and I have tortured you with the ramblings of my middle of the night thoughts quite long enough. My verdict is that no, I am not in labor. I am actually quite happy about that. My mom gets here in less than a week. (Right now it's just a few hours less than a week, but I happen to be counting hours so it's ok.) The kids are smack in the middle of TCAPS (Tennessee State testing) and even though I have night time back ups, I am a bit shy about calling them in the middle of the night.
I really should go to bed now. I promised the kids I would make breakfast every morning of TCAP's. (Per teacher instructions...) Last time this "fake labor" thing happened to me I had super bad pregnant dreams. Do you / did you have those? That is where Jonathon stars in my dream as the villain. Usually I wake up so fuming mad at him that I don't even want to look at him. And usually my dreams play out like some bad tv drama and I wake up right before I have the satisfaction of yelling him down and taking it all out on him. That's why I am so mad when I come to in the morning. I wonder if that will happen tonight. (Just for the record, I am not in any way mad a Jonathon right now *pre-dream time.* We are quite happy right now. His work is a little weird because all of the Japan stuff, but we are great. We even got to go to lunch yesterday. I love lunch dates. I feel like we are cheating they system. No babysitters are involved. I'ts a bit like skipping school...)
3:19 am
I am signing off. Good night all.
8:26am
Still here. No labor, no baby!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Kim's Salad
A few weeks ago our stake RS put on the annual Women's conference. Maybe you would call it something else because our stake actually only does it every 2 years while the other Knoxville does it on the off every 2 years. anyway, our stake was in charge.
**detour** I was called to be the Stake RS secretary almost exactly a year ago. At out first meeting the RS presidency went over what we did. (I have never even been in a ward RS presidency before. I usually am with the kids...) They talked about ward conferences, newsletters, visits, trainings and then that it was our turn to host Women's conference. Last years that the other Knoxville Stake put on was FABULOUS! They started to throw around ideas. Things like have the same speakers who always speak come, then do a craft and have a lunch. UGH! Really? I go to things like that, but not very often to I come away feeling like it was time really well spent. Especially if I have to drive over an hour EACH WAY just to get there. And if they were going to make me put my name by it, double ugh!
I went away from that meeting and the next few similar ones thinking that I REALLY didn't want women's conference to be a something that I didn't want to go to, that I wanted it to be good. Something that I wouldn't walk away from regretting all the time away from my family that it cost.
Most of you know me and know that I can be, sometimes timid, shy or reserved, but not very often. Usually I am too bold and outspoken. Well, I was true to my character this time. I was talking to Jonathon about how much I didn't want Women's conference to be a bore, how I wished that we could make it more like a "Time Out for Women." Something that would make everyone feel good and walk away feeling that the time they spent was a good investment. I talked about how I would love to bring Cherie Call out. (She is our family's favorite LDS singer.) While I talked to him I decided to try. She could only say no, right?
So I got on her web page, emailed her with my idea and I am not kidding, but within 15 min she had emailed me back and said she would do it if we could get approval from the stake and as long as we paid her transportation etc. she did things like that for free.
Wow! Well a few months later we had approval, we had a date, and things were set. Fast forward to March and we are hot and heavy in women's conference plans. I was so excited. I love planning and putting together things like this, especially when I believe in them. I had more meetings and trips to Knoxville than I like, but things were getting put together.
The day turned out to be almost exactly like I wanted it to. (Except the fact that I was so dead on my feet that there was no way I was going to be able to stay for the YW fireside she was doing.)
That day I was in charge of the salad. I thought I was getting off easy. I got Kim's salad recipe that she has made several times for our RS and I was ready. Except I didn't want to go to Knoxville again and buy a Sam;s club membership just to get pre cut and washed Romain lettuce. Do you know how much time it takes to wash and cut (with a plastic knife so it doesn't brown over night) 10 heads of Romain lettuce? Neither did I, but I do now, and it would have been MUCH less time and worth the membership fee to drive to Knoxville.
In the end it was worth it though. The salad was really good, and I have had dozens of requests for the dressing recipe. I can brag that it was so good, because it's not my recipe. I thought I'd share it with you. And this way I won't loose it! The salad is a fruity one and will serve 20-25+ people. The dressing is so good and it works on any kind of salad.
Kim's Salad:
1 head Romain lettuce chopped
1 head iceberg lettuce chopped
1 pkg spinach
red grapes (I used about 4 cups)
grated Swiss cheese (I used about 1 1/2 cups)
sliced almonds (sugared if you want) about 1/2 cup
1 can drained Mandarin oranges
1 pkg craisins
1/2 sliced purple onion
optional: crumbled bacon
Dressing:
1/4 C. cider vinegar
2tsp. Dijon mustard
6T Brown sugar
1/2 C. canola oil
You can mix the dressing in right before serving (It will get soggy if left too long) or make a double (or triple) batch of dressing and serve it on the side. (At Women's conference we ran out of dressing before we ran out of salad because I didn't mix it together.)
Perfect for LARGE family get togethers or RS women's conferences!
**detour** I was called to be the Stake RS secretary almost exactly a year ago. At out first meeting the RS presidency went over what we did. (I have never even been in a ward RS presidency before. I usually am with the kids...) They talked about ward conferences, newsletters, visits, trainings and then that it was our turn to host Women's conference. Last years that the other Knoxville Stake put on was FABULOUS! They started to throw around ideas. Things like have the same speakers who always speak come, then do a craft and have a lunch. UGH! Really? I go to things like that, but not very often to I come away feeling like it was time really well spent. Especially if I have to drive over an hour EACH WAY just to get there. And if they were going to make me put my name by it, double ugh!
I went away from that meeting and the next few similar ones thinking that I REALLY didn't want women's conference to be a something that I didn't want to go to, that I wanted it to be good. Something that I wouldn't walk away from regretting all the time away from my family that it cost.
Most of you know me and know that I can be, sometimes timid, shy or reserved, but not very often. Usually I am too bold and outspoken. Well, I was true to my character this time. I was talking to Jonathon about how much I didn't want Women's conference to be a bore, how I wished that we could make it more like a "Time Out for Women." Something that would make everyone feel good and walk away feeling that the time they spent was a good investment. I talked about how I would love to bring Cherie Call out. (She is our family's favorite LDS singer.) While I talked to him I decided to try. She could only say no, right?
So I got on her web page, emailed her with my idea and I am not kidding, but within 15 min she had emailed me back and said she would do it if we could get approval from the stake and as long as we paid her transportation etc. she did things like that for free.
Wow! Well a few months later we had approval, we had a date, and things were set. Fast forward to March and we are hot and heavy in women's conference plans. I was so excited. I love planning and putting together things like this, especially when I believe in them. I had more meetings and trips to Knoxville than I like, but things were getting put together.
The day turned out to be almost exactly like I wanted it to. (Except the fact that I was so dead on my feet that there was no way I was going to be able to stay for the YW fireside she was doing.)
That day I was in charge of the salad. I thought I was getting off easy. I got Kim's salad recipe that she has made several times for our RS and I was ready. Except I didn't want to go to Knoxville again and buy a Sam;s club membership just to get pre cut and washed Romain lettuce. Do you know how much time it takes to wash and cut (with a plastic knife so it doesn't brown over night) 10 heads of Romain lettuce? Neither did I, but I do now, and it would have been MUCH less time and worth the membership fee to drive to Knoxville.
In the end it was worth it though. The salad was really good, and I have had dozens of requests for the dressing recipe. I can brag that it was so good, because it's not my recipe. I thought I'd share it with you. And this way I won't loose it! The salad is a fruity one and will serve 20-25+ people. The dressing is so good and it works on any kind of salad.
Kim's Salad:
1 head Romain lettuce chopped
1 head iceberg lettuce chopped
1 pkg spinach
red grapes (I used about 4 cups)
grated Swiss cheese (I used about 1 1/2 cups)
sliced almonds (sugared if you want) about 1/2 cup
1 can drained Mandarin oranges
1 pkg craisins
1/2 sliced purple onion
optional: crumbled bacon
Dressing:
1/4 C. cider vinegar
2tsp. Dijon mustard
6T Brown sugar
1/2 C. canola oil
You can mix the dressing in right before serving (It will get soggy if left too long) or make a double (or triple) batch of dressing and serve it on the side. (At Women's conference we ran out of dressing before we ran out of salad because I didn't mix it together.)
Perfect for LARGE family get togethers or RS women's conferences!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Fun in the sun!
It is really too cold to really enjoy being wet outside, but there is a certain novelty about the first sprinkler time of the year. My children have asked me almost every sunny day since we've planted our little garden if they could get in their swim suits and play in the water, but I have just been too cold to let them. (Good logic, right?)
Today has been pretty warm. It's 70* right now. We had frost this morning. Who am I though to stop the joys of childhood? As I think about bringing another child into this world I have reflected again and again about bringing each one of these cute kids in. It was just yesterday, wasn't it? When Aspen was Olive's age, Cedar was four and Olive was 2. We were wondering if we'd get to have another baby.
Fast forward to today and we are literally days (hopefully 14!) from having that dream come true and yet the three that are playing outside aren't little kids any more. They seem like it right now though. (Because NO rational adult would be out playing in the sprinkler for at least another 10*!)
So let them play in the water! (We can always warm up with hot chocolate and space heaters!) Let them be little kids running and playing and laughing. I might even overlook that their chores might not be done yet, homework isn't finished and piano hasn't been practiced. I am simply enjoying the sounds of little kids playing.
Today has been pretty warm. It's 70* right now. We had frost this morning. Who am I though to stop the joys of childhood? As I think about bringing another child into this world I have reflected again and again about bringing each one of these cute kids in. It was just yesterday, wasn't it? When Aspen was Olive's age, Cedar was four and Olive was 2. We were wondering if we'd get to have another baby.
Fast forward to today and we are literally days (hopefully 14!) from having that dream come true and yet the three that are playing outside aren't little kids any more. They seem like it right now though. (Because NO rational adult would be out playing in the sprinkler for at least another 10*!)
So let them play in the water! (We can always warm up with hot chocolate and space heaters!) Let them be little kids running and playing and laughing. I might even overlook that their chores might not be done yet, homework isn't finished and piano hasn't been practiced. I am simply enjoying the sounds of little kids playing.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Lightning!!!
It's Aspen. Well, there were some big storms yesterday, and during the storm, the screen door was open (my mom thought it was hot) ,and we heard this big thing of ... Thunder!
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was CLOSE. Everybody jumped.And today, we found out what the lightning hit:
Yup. Pretty scary.
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was CLOSE. Everybody jumped.And today, we found out what the lightning hit:
Yup. Pretty scary.
And now for(what else?) a cute picture of my cat!
Aw, cute!
P.S. I have decided to use color! Like it?
P.P.S
There was hail, too!
Aw, cute!
P.S. I have decided to use color! Like it?
P.P.S
There was hail, too!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Gardening
It's Aspen.I know I blogged a half hour ago, but...
Our Beautiful Garden!
P.S. Thank you to the people who comment on my blogs!
Our Beautiful Garden!
P.S. Thank you to the people who comment on my blogs!
I will answer questions if you ask them, so feel free!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Snow???????????????????
This is Aspen, and it is snowing! Go ahead, look it up on the Internet! It is supposed to be raining! But I have proof!
I used a video because a picture would not show snow!
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