09 February 2014

To Document What I Look Like This Pregnancy

I took these pictures and what better place to do that than in the guest bathroom.

I think this guy sits really low because I am waddling toward the end of the day.  He kicks down low and at times it doubles me over or brings me to my knees.  
(I made the pictures in the background from strips of colored/patterned paper... took a long time)


and Miss Honey



07 February 2014

05 February 2014

What Did I Do Today?

On Monday I bought 30 pounds of Jonagold apples.  What does that look like? A full fruit box... sorry I didn't take a picture of it.

On Tuesday I thought I was going to get the whole process of cutting, coring, pealing, and canning done.  Not so.  We got the apples pealed, cored, and cut then dipped in salt water and stored overnight in a bit of sugar.

Today (Wednesday), we did the packing, de-bubbling, and water bathing.  We used the awesome cache cooker that GoodLookings mom got us and did it outside!  So much safer that way because water splashed everywhere.
14 jars of delicious Jonagold Apples.

04 February 2014

Little Known Info About Me

1. I am a major cookie dunker.  Like, fingers-in-the-milk dunker.  When I married GoodLooking, it was one of the things I gave up because he didn't like it.  He takes a bite of the cookie then a drink of milk and "dunks" it that way.  BUT when I am alone and he isn't there to be disgusted, I dunk to my hearts desire ;)

2. I play with my eyelashes and eyebrows when I am tired (along with getting really giggly).

3. When I was a kid, my mom didn't cut my crust off my sandwiches (not that I ever asked her to) and I grew up not wasting food so when I would eat a sandwich, I would eat the crust all the way around first then enjoy the good part of the sandwich (not that I didn't like crust, just preferred the middle).  I still do that.  Unless it is specific types of bread where the bottom crust is sometimes the best part of the whole sandwich.

4. I like to watch make-up and beauty how-to's though I only wear make-up maybe 3 times a week which is how I justified my new bare minerals splurge of $30 (I've never spent that much on make-up before but I really like it).

5. I used to hate running now I can't wait to start my training for a race after summer.

6.  When I was a Junior in HS I was in a play called "The Mouse That Roared" and I was the grape smashing peasant girl and I show up toward the beginning of the play. On opening night I was really nervous and couldn't concentrate and I repeated my lines. I didn't realize it UNTIL my part was almost over.  It was like I was in a trance just robotically spitting words out of my mouth.

7. After I had Honey, I had a major problem with itchy armpits.  I tried everything for example; letting the hair grow out, not wearing clothes, skipping deodorant, extra deodorant, and showering 3X a day.  I finally went to the doctor and told me to rub some cream on it then put cortizone over the cream.  I did that for a week and my skin started to peal and it wasn't getting better.  If I skipped the cream to see if it was fixing the problem I would get itchy again. By itchy I mean scratch till it bleeds or cry hysterically because I just got Honey to sleep but now I can't sleep because I am itchy and she is going to wake up again in 45 minutes (the first month or so of Honey's life I was a complete mess!). So I went to trying my own thing again.  I finally tried shaving my armpits every day and that did the trick.  I think that what happened was my hormones were making my hairs thicker and my skin more sensitive and that was making it itchy.  I still get itchy around my time of the moon (which never happened before I had Honey... the itching I mean).  Having a baby changes you-me.  BUT now I know for when this kid comes out that I need to just shave the pits everyday.  (if any of you want the name of the other cream I will look it up... I think it was a prescription).


That last one was a bit long but I am sure few of you knew that before.