August 2003

Wow, I did I get some maternity clothes today! We spent $110! But I got three full outfits and we’re talking nice outfits. I got some dark grey stretchy pants, plum 3/4 sleeved shirt, a white/grey/black shortsleeved sweater and matching black knit pants, navy blue slacks and a burgundy long sleeved blouse. So when we go to church and MOPS, I won’t look like such a slob. I wanted to get some jeans but I had a hard time finding anything that would fit. So I guess I’ll have to look elsewhere for jeans.

We went to Mimi’s for lunch. I thought we’d be cheap but K had to go mention the french onion soup. So that was that. Then we came home. Such a thrilling day, let me tell you. Oh well.

I had a heck of a time waking up this morning. That’s not normal. Shoot, K was up before me. What does that say??

Well, I’m all but ready to roll on the new design and update. It’ll be a lot of uploading, but all the pages are done. Woo hoo! Next, I’ll work on more Thomas Kinkade paintings and then replace the flashy purple bath and the purple brocade living room. At least I’ve got goals, right? And Susan has been fabulous. Her new started houses are off the hook.

K’s making fried rice and I’m watching Trading Spaces. I wish there was something good on at the drive-ion. But everything sucks right now. So looks like another night chillingout at home. So tell me what else is new!

We went to Chili’s for dinner tonight. I had a Chicken Ranch sandwich and it was huge! I almost got the boneless buffalo wings, but I thought my tummy might rebel too much. I still have 1/2 the sandwich to eat later. It was really big.

Then we went to Shopko and got K some socks and both he and H some shoes. All, of course, on sale. Naturally, H is in another one of his moods and is being a total pill. His attitude really stinks, lately. He seems to bait us to punish him. And hey, if he’s asking for it, he’s gonna get it. Just now I took away his blocks because he baited me when I threatened to take them away if he didn’t pick them up and put them away. So that’s it. No more blocks.

Ugh.

ANyhow, shopping went well. Totally wore myself out of course. I’m gonna have to start doing something different soon cuz I won’t be able to marathon it like that here pretty soon. But good times were had by all. I got a ton of stuff. I mean a TON. It’ll take us till next month to put it all away.

I’m about ready to strangle this kid.

Shopko has maternity clothes now! It’s not a really great price, but hey, having them is 1/2 the battle, right? They have to go on sale sometime! I think tomorrow we’ll go to the mall and look for some clothes there. I heard JC Penny has some great ones.

A little late, isn’t it? Ah well, I’ve been distracted today. Working on the new site design. There are a lot more snags than I expected. It’s ironing out, but there are still a few kinks to work out.

However, I’m going to be rather busy tomorrow. What with lunch and shopping. But I’m determined to get this done by Sunday. I want the new design up by September for the grand anniversary celebrations.

I talked to Michelle today, told her our news, finally. She sounded excited, more than when I told her the last time. So that was nice. We talked for ages, mostly about her psycho neighbors. I swear, that’s a living example of what happens when you strand people on a military base in a foreign country. They have nothing better to do than lose their minds.

Chillin’ out. Closing in on nine weeks. Wow! That’s seven weeks gestation! Time flies. But that’s good, the more time the better. It’s not going as quick as perhaps I’d prefer, but progress is progress.

I have a pregnancy diary at Pregnancy Today! The only thing I’m waiting for now is for them to email me the particulars so I acn start sending in entries. I should come up with at least an intro. Prolly not this weekend though, I’ll be pretty busy. But isn’t that exciting? Shoot, I read those when pregnant with H. And I tried for AGES to get a diary on Preconception so this is a good thing!

Other than all that, today was pretty uneventful. We had lunch. I napped. Dawson’s Creek was watched. Life went on as usual!

I have another headache. At leaset it’s not the same one I had monday and tuesday. That was horrible. At one point, I literally would have killed for an 800mg motrin.

More carnage on the pregnancy boards. It almost seems that for everyone that has good u/s results, there are at leaset as many that don’t. And it seems to be all the most active, friendly people too. Like on the 404’s, Bonnie had a blighted ovum and she was in charge of the header there *and* at Peculiar Preggos. So Lori took over the header at the 404’s and this morning she had a bad ultrasound. Seems to me that header is cursed. You couldn’t pay me to update it now.

In other news, big changes over at the Sim Lair for the one year anniversary. New layout, new prices, new downloads… It’s all about the new! I’m all about freshening things up. And hopefully the increased subscription prices will bring in more $ so I can afford the next hosting plan. I’m quickly running out of room. You gotta do, what you gotta do. Now that I’ve proven myself as a stand-alone paysite, this move is justified.

The new layout is great too. No wolves, but purple and Kinkade. Doens’t get better than that, does it? I’m excited to try it out.

I think I may make it here. I may just get this to nine months after all. The seed of faith has been planted. I know there are risks, but I may just see it through. And won’t that be wonderful? A goal I’ve been working towards for three years is finally within my grasp. Just gotta keep those fingers crossed and hope in my heart. I’ll get there yet!