Categories: Regular every day stuff

• 7 weeks and change

  and then baby number 2 gets here. to say that went by fast is an understatement. granted i’ve not felt the best this time around, but i’m forcing my nesting instinct into gear, and trying to give husband some relief that he sorely needs. i took the last three days of this week off to get stuff done, and it’s working out great. i got another load of baby laundry put away (since i’ve been lucky enough to both have [...]

• i usually don’t write nastygrams…

  my experience today at panera – i’ll let this letter i just sent them through their web site speak for itself. needless to say i am still pissed.

  First off – shame on me for not complaining sooner. Today was the third time that this Panera has messed up my order, and the only thing I can promise is that it will be the last.
  I know this is a busy location, but the general disregard for people is insulting and offputting. [...]

• funny things around the house

  alex is quite a talker, and at 2 is outtalking many of the kids in his class. sure he’s small, but he’s quick witted. give and take, right?
  so we’ve been trying to prepare him for the baby, and talking about that she’s coming, introducing him to the concept of siblings, a baby around the house, etc. we’ve asked him what he should do with the baby (we suggest things like love, kiss, hug) and the things he’s suggested [...]

• so since i’m a slacker

  i don’t think i ever mentioned we found out that this baby is a girl.
  we were going to not find out again, but we figured we’d just do it one way one time, and the other the other. i don’t regret knowing really, but i think i’d be ok if i didn’t. it’s fun to look at girl clothes though, i fully admit.
  each week is moderately better than the last, but i’m still somewhat dry-heave-y. nothing terrible, just [...]

• look, a comic that i could have drawn myself

  no, seriously – i’ve had this conversation. but usually when the first line delivered by the other person is said in a totally snarky manner.
  i’m not sure why some people begrudge when you can actually do something well. i’ve had people say, ‘i thought you just knit scarves’ when they see i’ve done something complex and nice, and others say, ‘couldn’t you just have bought that’? i can do few things reasonably well, and one of them is knitting. people [...]