Miscellaneous Monday

*Pliers - This morning, my husband got a pliers out to replace a piece on our kitchen faucet, and I gasped and feigned horror because, when Cakes was a tiny baby, I left her in his care so I could get groceries. When I returned, I found a onesie and a post-it on the kitchen table, with the message "I ruined this onesie," accompanied by a frowning face. I went to find my husband, and he explained that he couldn't get the snap to work, and he got so frustrated that he tried to force it to work with his pliers. He then figured out that he had been attempting to snap the onesie to her sleeper, instead of to itself. Men are so funny! If something doesn't go their way, they figure either brute force or a tool ought to take care of it. I teased my husband about how he's dangerous with pliers, and asked if we need to go over how onesies work before DJ is born. He thinks he can handle it.

*Pregnancy stuff - I'm now in my 33rd week! I think DJ might have moved down, because every now and then, I suddenly feel horrible pressure on my bladder, and think, "Oh no! I'm going to pee my pants!" (I haven't yet, thank goodness). Also, the pain in my rib cage was better over the weekend. My only complaints now are my inability to sleep, and lack of appetite. I don't want to eat much of anything, because nothing appeals to me. Cooking is becoming a real challenge, because I don't feel hungry, so I can't decide what to make. Do you think it's normal to not be hungry at this stage?

*Nesting - I'm starting to feel that inner drive to get stuff done. I've been working, little by little, on cleaning and decluttering. Over the weekend, my husband even helped me clean the oven, which I despise. We used the fume free cleaner, which still has fumes, by the way, but he did the dirty work so I wouldn't have to breathe them. I took care of the grates and drip pans. I soaked them in the bathtub overnight with a cup of powdered dishwasher detergent, in just enough hot water to cover. The gunk literally floated right away. Easy peasy!

*Reading - I just finished "The Knitting Circle," by Ann Hood, and "Garden Spells," by Sarah Addison Allen (second time through). Now I'm starting on "Mercy," by Jody Picoult. I have lots of time to read, because I wake up every single morning around 3:30 AM, usually because I have searing heartburn, or DJ is having gymnastics class in my uterus, and then I read until I'm able to fall asleep again.

*Christmas party - It was fine, but there was a woman there who is due about a week after me, and she's one of those very cute, teeny-tiny women who doesn't look pregnant at all until she turns to the side. Next to her, I look like I'm carrying 5 or 6 babies. Of course, one of my husband's co-workers kept insisting, "Let's have Ashley and Heather compare bellies!" I refused. Also, at every one of these events, another co-worker, who seems to have a strange fascination with the fact that my husband married a woman who is 15 years his junior, loves to make little comments to people, like, "He's old enough to be her father!" I'm going to chalk it up to pregnancy, but I finally got sick of it, so I took him aside and said, "I know you just love to call attention to our age difference, but I just wanted to point out that I'm going to be 36 this month. Perhaps you're confused, but I'm not 14 or anything. I'm of legal age." He had nothing to say to that, but he did keep his mouth shut for the rest of the night.

*Dueling piano bar - This wasn't really my thing, although I did find some parts of it amusing. For example, the very loud, obnoxious, female piano player did a rendition of "The Age of Aquarius," to embarrass this poor guy on his birthday. It was called "His Scary Hairy Ass." It was really quite funny, but I'm just not a bar type of person. I did enjoy spending some time alone with my husband though.

*Date night - On Friday, our church is offering free dinner and child care for kids, so parents can go out alone from 6:00 until 10:00. They do this every year, but we didn't take advantage of it last year because Cakes was still scared to be left in the nursery. This year, we signed up! We haven't decided what we're going to do yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

*Snow - We had just a light dusting last night, but we're supposed to get more over the next three days, with a high temp at only 30 degrees! The kids are excited. I'm not.

*Plans for today:

-Type up a few eBay auctions
-Clean both bathrooms
-Work on basement
-Get stuff ready for consignment store
-Bee's Christmas concert tonight!

Of course, I'll probably not get anything actually finished, because my pattern lately is work 15 minutes, rest 30 minutes, but at least I'll know I tried.

Have a great Monday everybody!