I know it may seem like I’ve neglected this corner of mine for a while, and, well…. I suppose I have. But for good reasons. Adam and I needed to take some “computer time” break while at home here with the children. We have done so and I can really see a difference in things. So that explains my absence.
For the first time ever, I’m getting nauseous when I wake up in the morning until I go to bed at night. There are worse time during the day then others, but the feeling never really goes away. I know that since this is the 1st time in 6 pregnancies that I have felt this way, I don’t have much to complain about. But I’m just not prepared for this. It has put my exercising on hold until if passes (although I am happy to report I’ve lost 13 pounds!).
We are going on a trip, from February 28 through March 8. I am so excited about it! 10 days!! We will see St. Louis, MO, but beyond that, we’re not sure. We are outfitting the 15 passenger van to accommodate us sleeping, eating and basically living in it for the whole time. We have taken out the last 2 benches and Adam made a bed frame to fit in back there. There is storage space underneath and there will be 1 twin mattress and cushions on top for Adam, Malachi, Nathaniel and I to sleep on. Maacah and Grace will sleep on the remaining 2 benches and Isaac will sleep on some couch cushions on the floor. Okay, so it’s not the Hilton. But it allows us to sleep some-what comfortable and to go on an 8 day trip. Otherwise, we couldn’t afford the hotels. It’s the same with the food. We have bought a large converter and (hopefully), we will be able to run some small appliances off of it (like the crock pot, electric skillet, toaster, waffle maker and a burner). Obviously not all at the same time or even 2 at the same time. But if it works like we hope it will, we can eat and make most of our food at the van and save on those food bills. We will eat out some, but mostly not.
Anyway, a lot is going on around here. School is on hold for the next 2 weeks. There is still much to be done until we leave. The children and I have doc. appointments next week (so 2 days out of 5 1/2 are shot), there is the house to clean up before we go, food to make and the like that I’m not going to try and squeeze school around all that too. Besides, we all need a break!
I’ll touch back later at some point.
t's too late for me to be up, I know … 11:15 p.m. So you'll scold me in the a.m. when I sleepily answer the phone 🙂 I'm just finishing up my school week calendar and also added a new bookmark to my list: Quilts. I've decided to add to my "in-home gym" room a "sewing corner" — well, wall would be more like it! I'm going to pick up a table I found at Good Will which should fit & give me the height I need to cut out patterns as well as put up my sewing machine AND KEEP IT UP! I never thought I'd reach the age when I could do that … yikes! it seems like just last month or so I had 2 little girls running around the dining room table & I had to keep breaking down my machine. Get ready because I'm going to make you one of my chief recipients of my hobby products: quilts and wall hangings. So be thinking about colors, whose room/bed can I make things for … Luv ya — Grammy