26

That is it. Twenty-six days until our scheduled date. I'm starting to freak out. Not about getting things done but going early. Lately I have been feeling like absolute crap. Headaches, stomach aches, a stead "flow from below" if you get my drift, and just exhaustion. All things that are signs of your body getting ready. Knock it off already! 26 days, just stay in there for 26 more days kid! I beg you! I had a dream last night he came early. That didn't help either. I know it's not up to me but I woud love for him to stay on schedule. Here is to keeping my fingers, among other things, crossed for him to stay put for another 26 days!

Yeah....I need sleep

One of our many text conversations of the day:

Jana: BTW...you are going to coach with me over Christmas. Just sayin!

Me: Coach what? Basketball? Wait, you're here long enough to coach a sport?

(3 minutes later)

Me: Ohhhhh, you mean the store.

I can dream....

I honestly could keep watching these for hours. We have had them saved in our "favorites" folder for a few years because we just are fascinated by them. Jake loves to watch them over and over. I could only dream of being able to do this. Being married to an Electrician, you think I would be able to someday. He already said he knew how it all worked. Something to think about when purchasing our next home. HA! Although, the electric bill would probably be a years salary! I still love watching it though!

Booyah!

I am getting a little excited here! I have honestly got a lot crossed off my list in the past two weeks! I am way proud of myself! I deserve an A for this! Michael cannot believe how fast things are getting done. I can't either!

Friday we finally went around and got our tree! We had about 3 we were looking at and we finally decided on one! I am way excited about it! I love Christmas. It's may favorite season (minus the snow) and I wish it would last a lot longer then it does. I can do without the gifts and that jazz. I just love the meaning, the music, the lights, the movies, the family time, all of it. Anyways, when we went to pick up our tree we also found an awesome train to go around it at the bottom. Jake wants to play with it so bad and gives attitude every time we say "no" and tell him we have to wait till we put up the tree. He was so excited that we bought one though. I know he will love it! We also got a big dent in our Christmas shopping started on Friday. Yes, I know it sounds early, but we have to have it done. I do not want to leave Michael in charge of it come December and I also wouldn't wish that on anyone to have to go out alone for a lot of shopping. We got home after a very productive evening, ate dinner, and I will not lie, crashed. I was exhausted. This week did me in. 

Saturday we got up early as usual, had a fantastic breakfast, hit up Starbucks and went out shopping again! We now only have 2 more kids to buy for and 3 adults! Rock on! Jake is completely done! The sales are insane already. We even got wrapping paper and all the trimmings so I can start on that this week! I figure that if I wrap as I go, it will be a lot easier. David also came home for the first time in 2 months. The kid has been MIA for way too long. He looked like it too. We took Amber's photos in the afternoon and I felt it went pretty well. She didn't want anything "senior pose" like, so it's interesting to get her in her own element. Jeff being there really helped. He got her to laugh at the right times. We then stopped by the rents to check up on them and talk about the Iowa game a little bit. Jake will make any excuse to stop by my parents house. I think it's cute. He is very into my dad right now. He talks about him at home all the time. The boys watched football and played their game the rest of the afternoon. I cleaned. I got 3 more things crossed off my list! Check and mate! We had a pretty low key evening of pizza and a movie. We stayed up later due to gaining an hour of sleep. I tell you what, I could have gone to bed at 9 instead of 11:30. I was beat. 

Sunday we woke early, went to Perkins for a fantastic breakfast, went to church, got our grocery shopping in, and then headed back home. I wish 'falling back' would actually work on kids. Instead of the normal 6:30 wake up call, we got a 5:30. You can't blame the kid, he doesn't understand it yet. Ugh. I wish they did though. This afternoon I got the pantry cleaned out (another item off  my list), filled about 2 body bag trash bags full of junk, and went through all the food in all the cupboards in the house. My dad gave me a call to help with taking some photos in the afternoon so I then decided to finish my 3 loads of laundry and headed out to do that. We had dinner at Michael's parents house. We got a few outfits that Michael wore when he was a baby. It's so cute. I think it will be fun to take a few pictures of Baby J in them. Hopefully they will fit. Michael and David were pretty small for awhile. We will have to see. I also got a sneak peak of Baby J's blanket from Marilyn. Oh my word. Amazing. She went all out. None of the other grandkids have a blanket like this. I love it. I can't wait till I'll be able to have a baby to wrap in it! We finally got home to watch the Packers beat up on the Cowboys. No surprise there. Those Cowboys are sucking it up this year. We took some time to put up our new tree during the beat down. I love it!!! It's taller then our old one, that is for sure. I think I'm going to donate it to Goodwill if we can. I am not sure if they take Christmas trees or not. We will see. I will decorate it during the week this week. I figured we could let it "relax" a little on it's own since it is new this year before we attack it with our decor. I could just sit here and stare at it. It's relaxing. 

Another weekend down, only a few more to go. We are under the 30 day mark. I only have 2 more weeks of work left. That in itself is scary. I am really looking forward to that though! I need naps! I really do. I hit the final hump and now I want to sleep all the time again! Yet, I have so much to do still. Taking it one day at a time!

Politics...they make me want to vomit

I will not shove my beliefs down your throat. Please have the respect to do the same back. I believe what I believe. I have stern convictions with certain topics and whether I go one way or the other, that should not be a reflection on who I am. That is one part of me. I could go into how much I either like or dislike how Tuesdays events unfolded but I won't. I could say how much I loathe/like how the elections 2 years went, but I won't. I don't talk about it because you can't do much to change it once it happens. I do research, I go above and beyond with looking at who I am voting for. I don't vote for someone because the majority does, or because some famous person endorses them or because my boyfriend love them and I am trying to please him. I do it for me and me alone. Yes I grew up in a Christian home and I still hold those beliefs dear to my heart and will always. People who really know me and what I am about, know that I am a Christian first and everything else is branches out from that. We all have different views on how we want the US or even the World to run and we all don't have to agree. Just don't attack people for making changes when you are only one person. You can't make someone vote/believe the way you do. So why bring them down? It just makes you look like a fool. Especially when you blast everything on FB people! Seriously, keep it to yourselves or just tell someone. Don't dump all your feelings on your FB status. Do you know the people that look at that then lose respect? Quite a few. Especially when you start name calling. Just because you voted different then someone else doesn't make you an idiot or an a-hole. Sometimes I wish people would just keep their mouths zipped and move on with life. Not everything can be handed to us they way we want it. That is life. Welcome to it!

Ok that is my rant from today. I have had it up to the 5th floor with talk from both sides today. What happened last night, happened. Not much anyone can do about it so let's move on! I am just thankful we have at least another year off before primary starts for the next round. Ugh. Again, I dislike politics more then anything but I do have my beliefs and I stick with them. Love me or hate me, I am who I am. Nothing is changing that! =)

Major upside! No more polictical ads during football!!! I can live with that!! (I am sure they are on during other TV shows but I record most of my shows so I can fast foward through them!)

Another upside: It's Wednesday! 2 days left of the work week!!

To each his/her own.

Am I pregnant? Didn't realize.

Apparently I don't talk about being pregnant enough. First off, the word "preggo" makes me want to vomit. I hate hearing it, I hate seeing it written out, I dislike the word period. It just sounds...lazy. I don't know. Anyways. It's becoming apparent to people that I am pregnant. I guess that only took 8 months. Come on! I have a round baby gut that has a 4 foot clearance and can wipe out a glass if it's too close to the end of the table. People keep telling me that they just forget I am because I don't talk about. I don't think I need to. Why complain? Why say unnecessary comments to get people to ask questions or remind them I am pregnant? I do not need any extra attention. I am not going to log on to my FB or constantly talk about being pregnant. I am sorry but it gets really old when all people can talk about is being pregnant. I can maybe understand if it's your first, but by your second or third, you should be use to it and not have to complain or comment about everything. The worst for me is when people are only in that 6-16 week mark. They complain about smells, sickness, names, babies sex, how it hasn't hit them yet, and if they just keep saying over and over and over that they are pregnant. I get it if you feel the baby move the first time, you find out the sex, maybe your due date is set, or if people ask. I will ask if I want to know. Somethings are personal and I feel like pregnancy is a pretty private experience. I'm not going to get into every gyno appointment I have so others shouldn't either! I of course tell my close friends about certain "accidents" or little things but I do it to the ones that get me and that I know care. I am not going to ramble on and on to people that either know me at work of via the internet. So yes, I am pregnant. If you haven't figured it out yet, well, it's not big deal. I only have 5 weeks left so bring on the countdown!

I feel like when it rains, it pours. I have a few friends that are just going through some unnecessary life experiences right now. Well, in my opinion they are not needed.

1) I have a dear friend that had a normal uneventful surgery that has turned out to be not even close to uneventful or normal. She doesn't deserve it. Her family, who are amazing, do not need to be put through this either. It's always hard to see a loved on hurting, in pain, sad, feeling like they are going no where. Set backs are never something we like to deal with. You have a plan for something and when it doesn't go through, it's hard to get past it sometimes. I think about my "plan" for this arrival of this baby. I know things happen and there could be difficulties or a change in plans but I still always hope that it will go as is. Jake sure as heck didn't, so maybe this one will be good. A verse that always comes to mind is Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today's trouble is enough for today." It's very true. Today is today, tomorrow is another. We can't predict what is going to happen tomorrow or the next day. We can only have faith no matter what happens, it has a reason and a purpose. Life gives us trials and tribulations for reasons that are unknown. Whether it's to make us appreciate something or to understand someone else's perspective, or just to grow from, we have to have these experiences to make us stronger. Another verse John 14:1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me." I continue to pray for her and her family and hope things are starting to look up! I miss her terribly everyday and I can't wait till I am on leave and I can bug her daily, in person!

2) You know those parents that are just awesome? The ones that you strive to be because they just blow your mind? Well I know a few but one in particular because she has gone above and beyond for her kids. She gives the most amazing advice for parenting (among other topics) and is always there to listen or laugh! Lately she has had a giant speed bump in her road. Something she doesn't deserve and that honestly, no one deserves. She is my Mother of the Year nominee every year. You can't control people, which at times I wish we could, but my heart just breaks when someone thinks they have a right to mess up everyones lives because they are selfish. It really comes down to that. I am not going to go into detail about any of this. But she knows that she is loved by so many people and we would all do anything for her and we will always be there for her! She is my Elphaba! I love her so! =)