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A Well-Rounded Post

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It may have taken me a sweet forever to get here, but now that this baby’s arrival is less than 8 weeks away, I’m finally starting to get things ready for her. I realize that some people would have the nursery completed, a closet full of clothes, and the hospital bags packed by this point.  So I’m a bit behind but it’s all good.  The music man has told me all along that it’ll all be taken care of in time.  I believe him, but I’m realizing now that they will get done because I will do them!

Sooo…Here are a few things I’ve been working on this morning…

I chose my new car seat cover…only with hot pink minky instead of the pale pink.

I also chose the pattern for the car seat canopy I’m making. I’ll cut up a cute black and white fleecy blanket I found on clearance at The Walmarts and use hot pink fabric for the straps to match the car seat cover.

It may not seem like much and The Music Man would tell you that these aren’t even necessary to get for baby (Hello Wife!  We’re going to need diapers and clothes for this child.), but trust me when I say it’s a very good thing that Mamacita is finally wanting to do anything for baby so let’s just go with whatever fixation she’s having at the moment.

I also got these in the mail yesterday.

Ebay’s a great place to get gently used things for baby.  However…I’m not 100% please with my purchase.  I don’t feel like going into the whole story of the whys, but I do have a strong word for sellers on ebay or any other company for that matter…BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SELLING even if it means saying things that you think won’t sell your product.  Don’t gloss over things.  If you do, you’ll just get unhappy customers that will want to leave bad feedback to warn other buyers of your ways. If you’re product is more than “gently” used, just say so.  There are still people out there that would buy it.  Just be honest for crying out loud.

There.  I’m done.

(Can you tell that Mamacita’s fuze is short these days? Sorry about that.)

I promise that this blog won’t turn into a giant baby shower in the weeks to come.  I’ll try to be well-rounded. I am literally well-rounded so it shouldn’t be too hard to write well-rounded posts.

Bahaha!  I’m funny.

 

 

MIA no mo’

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I have had a whirlwind life these past few weeks. I’d love to say it’s because I’ve been jet-setting around the world, but it’s really much simpler than that. School, new job, potty training, organizing my house, running a B&B, and growing a baby has kept me surprisingly busy. It’s all rather ordinary and normal, but insane when all thrown together.

I am now 31 weeks, or is it 32 weeks? I forget.  I think 31.  Either way, I’m in the 30+ weeks of pregnancy now which means I have just a few weeks left before this child makes her grand entrance.  As of 2 weeks ago I had nothing ready and by nothing I mean NUH-THANG!  I had two, count ’em TWO outfits hanging in her closet and that was all the clothes in the world I had for her. Pathetic, right?  The Girl and I happened to have a few minutes to snoop around at the Goodwill the other day and found a very few cute things, so now we have 4 outfits hanging in the closet.  Woot woot!

And I promise she wasn’t driving.  

I also bought her a couple pair of Robeez off ebay the other day, so I’m not completely unprepared anymore.  ‘Cause everybody knows that all a baby born in November needs is a few summery outfits and a couple pairs of Robeez to survive, right. Right?  Beuhler?

 But it’s all good.  Everything will get done. Or so the Music Man keeps telling me.  I’m choosing to believe him and stay off my feet as much as my life allows. (Which can I just whine for a moment and say that’s it’s really not much.  Boo hoo for me.) He is usually right about these kinds of things. 

I just forget all that goes into preparing for a baby.  I’ve done this a few times, so I shouldn’t be so clueless. Besides getting a few more clothes, what else do I need to do? What would you do if you had a baby coming in roughly 7-9 weeks and had done nothing yet? (I’m not saying that you would do that because I’m sure you’re much more on top of things than I am, but hypothetically speaking…)

Sentimental Sunday

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I’m a sappy person by nature. I’ll admit it. I’m nostalgic and weepy about the most random things. I like to surround myself with things that have meaning. I may be the only one who finds them meaningful, but I don’t care. I know what they mean and each one melts my heart in its own way.

This little treasure is one of my most prized possessions and it’s in my top five things I’d grab if my house was on fire.

It’s one of those flip calendars with sayings for each day. My best friend, Morlie (pronounced Mor-ee-ay) gave it to me for my 16th birthday. I have flipped these pages just about everyday since. It’s gone through the majority of my life with me, quietly reminding me of what is real and what is important.  It has lived on my dresser at my parents’ home when I was in high school. It sat front and center on my desk in my dorm room at college.  It was right next to the phone on my desk at my first job after college.  For the past seven years it’s resided above my kitchen sink as I’ve embraced my life as a stay-at-home/homeschool mommy.

Despite the fact that I’ve flipped through the pages going on 17 years now, they always surprise me. God uses each day to brings a fresh word to my heart. Of course I have many of the days’ quotes memorized and know what certain days say, but God still refreshes me every day with a new whisper from His heart.

I love today’s saying:

The Lord’s goodness surrounds us at every moment. I walk through it almost with difficulty, as though thick grass and flowers. –R.W. Barber

Many times I have tried to find this little calendar to give for gifts, but I can’t find it anywhere.  I guess it’s no longer in print nor are any old ones on the web to be found.  It’s really too bad, because this is a treasure.  It reminds me daily of the goodness of God and the blessing of friendship.

It also reminds me of the amazing girl who gave it to me.  Morlie–the chocolate to my vanilla.  We met our sophomore year in high school.  I think it was an instantaneous best friend situation.  We became inseparable. One of my favorite times in my life was our senior year when her parents move just far enough away that driving to and from school each day was impossible.  So Morlie lived with my family during the week.  It was  an incredible time for me.  She just got me and I got her.  I didn’t always feel as though I fit anywhere, but with our friendship I just fit.  It was easy and it was probably the best friendship of my life.

Sounds like the friendship has ended, huh?

It hasn’t.  Distance has put it’s strain on it, but at the core of my being I know she is and will always be my best friend.  Always.  No matter where life takes us.  She has an amazing husband and three gorgeous boys now.  She’s a hot-shot (seriously!) hair stylist extraordinaire in the Twin Cities and just so happens to also teach at the Aveda Institute.  We haven’t seen each other in years and we don’t talk nearly enough, but I love her just the same.

At my wedding with my sister…

At her wedding…

The last time we were together…My baby girl is now seven and her baby #2 she was pregnant with in this picture is 5.

So, yeah, I’m sentimental about this little flip calendar because it’s so much more than a flip calendar.  It’s a life-long friendship done right.  It’s the peace that comes with knowing there is someone in this crazy world that gets you and loves you anyway.  It’s seeing a daily reminder of one of the best things to have ever happened to my life.

I will never stop flipping this calendar and I pray that this friendship never ends either.

I love you Barb! I miss you so stinking much it hurts!


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