Book finished: Warm Bodies; The Firebrand; Never Let Me Go; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Reading: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

On the Nightstand: Lost by Gregory Maguire; Fables 18; Rise of the Governor

Making Lists: Finishing our packing lists for vacation.  We leave in six days...  must start pulling things to actually pack.

On the Job: Lots of big changes on the horizon.  We're moving into the next phase of the project which means new timelines, new tasks, new responsibilities.  I spent a ridiculous amount of time this week writing up an instruction manuel/kick off meeting agenda for our new team members.  I got a bit carried away and wrote close to six pages worth of instructions and information.  Of course, I will not give all this text to the new team members, but I do love to think through everything I should mention first.

From the kitchen: With the boys here, I'm making dinner almost every night.  And I am not a fan.  No matter the recipe, I just don't really enjoy cooking, but I do it for the family.  I haven't tried any new recipes yet.  I've been relying on favorites.  I did try to make poppy seed pound cake muffins and somehow completely messed them up.  They were completely tasteless.  Hmmm...  maybe next time.

Farmer's Market Finds: Kettle corn, nectarines (not quite ripe, but I love them so), fresh squeezed orange juice and grapefruit juice.  Yummy!  I won't be getting the fresh juice every week as it's a bit expensive, but it will be a great treat every once in awhile.

Crafting: Waiting until the last moment, I scrambled to finish my stamp club homework last week.  I got on a roll and made four variations.  My favorite is the first one.  I love the subtle colors and play on pattern. The last one was my second attempt at negative image using a brayer. This one turned out much better than my first attempt.  I love the watermelon colors and the simplicity of the star stamps.

This beauty of a card was made by my Stamp Club friend Sara.  She made each of a us a pretty card.  Of course, I got a new baby card with a nice little message inside.  I love the simplicity of this card.  Although I can't believe that she cut out that kangaroo.  So nice!

At stamp club, we made three awesome cards.  I always love Pam's designs.  I love the ruffled ribbon on the first one, but don't think I would use it enough to justify the cost from Stampin' Up.  The second card makes great use of washi tape to add extra fun to the butterfly.  The third card was sent through Pam's trading program.  The lady cut out each of the inserts.  So time-consuming!  But it does make for a gorgeous card.

Watching: Rewatching Mythbuster and Doctor Who episodes with the boys.  We also started them on Firefly.  Fun fun!  On the movie front, we Redboxed Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and Warm Bodies.  Decent movies, but they really could have gone further.

Pregnancy Update: After the news a few weeks ago, I've calmed my worries and settled in.  More and more people are noticing my very apparent pregnant stomach and commenting.  I feel huge for 23 weeks, but thinking back, I was this big or bigger with the twins.  I guess I just pop early and carry out.  I'm also noticing more and more movement.  Arthur is especially active when I lay down at night and right before noon.  Weird feeling sitting at my desk at work and feeling weird rolling sensations.  Fun movement story:  J decided to have a bit of fun with the car last Sunday.  As we entered the highway on the cloverleaf, he floored it.  The movement definitely woke up the baby.  He was rolling around for the next 10 minutes, an uncomfortable 10 minutes for me.

Shopping Scores: Other than groceries, I haven't really bought anything lately.  Saving money for bills and our vacation starting next weekend.