Happy Mother's Day!!!

I plan on spending my day in my comfy clothes doing whatever I want.  I'm going to read and craft and laze around.  I even thought ahead and bought dinner supplies to grill out later.  Mom and the boys picked out and sent me some awesome Cheryl's cookies.  They definitely know what I like.  I'll be diving into those after dinner.

Listening To: The usual podcasts and Pandora channels.  I've really gotten into watching The Voice in the background at work.  I don't really need to see it, but I'm loving the contestants rendition of songs.

Book finished: Unbroken

Reading: Sixteen Brides

On the Nightstand: Emma by Jane Austen; The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins; The Walking Dead; The Hostage by Susan Wiggs

Making Lists:  I finally got my list for Bout of Books ready.  I have seven books listed.  I know I won't read all of them, but I'm definitely going to focus on my reading this week.

On the Job: Stressful week, but I'm still excited about where the project is going.  It's definitely interesting and new.

From the kitchen: We cooked!  Okay, okay, really I went to the store and grabbed some brats for grilling last night.  Brats, mac and cheese, carrots with ranch, and strawberries.  The taste of summer!  Today we plan on grilling steak and potatoes for a low key Sunday dinner.  Pretty soon, I'm going to have to buy food and cook again.  The boys are coming...

Crafting: A fun card class on Thursday.  I forgot to take pics of our creations, but I loved the designs.  Either today or next weekend, I plan on making my own versions.

Watching: On the movie front, we randomly watched Dredd last night.  Way better than the Stallone version.  I loved what they did with the slow motion.  Very good action movie.  On tv, we caught up on some of our currently airing shows and some others (S2 of The Walking Dead).  We'll be finishing ST:TNG S4 today and moving into S5.  Lots of good choice viewing.

Pregnancy Update: Momentary freak out this week.  I kept waking up with numb hands.  I thought I was absolutely going crazy.  After some investigation, I figured out that I have pregnancy induced carpal tunnel.  Awesome...  I only have the numbness, not shooting pains.  The boards all said to be careful not to sleep on your hands and wear a wrist brace if it becomes bothersome.  Unlike many women, I have not experienced much trouble outside of waking up.  It should go away when I have the baby.  So five more months of weird symptoms.  Awesome...

Shopping Scores: I went a bit crazy this week with the shopping.  Both Old Navy and Think Geek were having sales.  I snapped up a few tunics from O.N. and a few absolutely adorable onsies.  From T.G. I grabbed two t-shirts (very geeky ones, of course) and a Tardis nightlight to go in the boys'/baby's room.  I also finally ordered some glossy paper so I could try out the negative technique with my new brayer.  On Saturday I ventured to Target for some health and beauty supplies and came back with some cute baby clothes, leggings, new underwear (I get way too excited about new underwear) and some cute clearanced slip on sneakers.  Finally I stopped by Marshall's.  Sometimes they have awesomely cheap crafting supplies.  I found a 4-pack of glue runners for $5 and some pink baker's twine for $2.  But my most exciting purchase was a collapsable cooler/picnic basket.  I've wanted one for awhile, but they are so expensive online.  This one was $17 and in great shape.  Now we have a picnic basket/cooler to take to the beach and on vacation.  Whew!  That's quite a haul!

Project: Still vacation planning.  I locked in tickets to Tournament of Kings and Penn and Teller this past week.  Next week, I plan on locking in our Vegas hotel and the Legoland hotel.  I have to get J's Hyatt points to book our Anaheim hotel.  That will probably be later. I love the idea of prepaying for most of the big ticket items so we don't have worry once we arrive.  Still checking out the guidebooks.  I now have a better idea of what we can do in Vegas with two 10-year-olds.  I'm also making a list of things I need to buy for vacation (new filters for our Brita water bottles, sneakers for the boys, hat for me, etc).  I pick up things here and there when I find them cheap.  Anything left over will be bought the week before vacation.  It's all coming together.  I'm really looking forward to it!