Listening To: It feels like it's been forever since I grabbed any new music. So, I went on iTunes and was immediately drawn to the new The Civil Wars album. I love it! I've put it on repeat.
Book finished: When Twilight Burns; And the Mountains Echoed
Reading: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
On the Nightstand: The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen; Wedding of the Century; Selected Stories of O. Henry
Making Lists: I mentioned last week that I was making a huge list of projects. I dug into the list this week and crossed off a ton of smaller projects. I'm feeling very accomplished. I still have a ton of projects left and I'll probably be adding more, but it really feels good to cross things off.
Around the house: Another apartment nightmare... A few months ago we had a dripping ceiling and this week we have water collected behind paint in the hall bathroom. It looks like a leak from the upper stairs neighbor's bathroom. I hope this won't be an extensive repair job, but you never know what we'll find behind the paint...
From the kitchen: I hate cooking, but I am trying my hardest to cook extra large meals to freeze for after baby time. My goal is to have a stocked freezer for Arthur's arrival. I'm about halfway there. Lots of soup and marinated chicken ready to go. Now I need some more variety, maybe some Italian beef for sandwiches or Salsa beef for tacos.
Crafting: I finally made it to one of our Meetup group's crop nights. I've been trying for almost two months. And it was so much fun! We got together to work on our own projects with some great ladies. We even got to create a make and take Halloween card. Very adorable! The card used SU's Pumpkin Pie ink that I've been contemplating buying for Arthur's thank you and arrival cards. After using it, I am convinced that it's the perfect color. Now I have to revise my stamp club order.
These are the other cards I created on Wednesday night. The first two are my stamp club homework. I flipped the sketch for the second card. I really love how it turned out.
The other three cards are just some fun cards I whipped up using scraps from my giant scrap box. I think the polka dots one is my favorite. It's clean and simple, but oh so pretty!
Watching: Smallville S10; Monk S1; How the States Got Their Shapes; SYTYCD S10; Game of Thrones S1 (rewatching); Continuum S2. Since the boys left, I've been a crazy tv watcher. We didn't watch much during the day while there were here, but now that I'm alone during the day, I've got a list a mile long. Trying to finish old series (Smallville), starting some new ones (Continuum with J), and rewatching to play catch up (GoT).
Pregnancy Update: Wow, I have been all over the place this week. I've had days where everything is fairly normal and I have energy. I have days where I am absolutely drained of energy. And I've had days where no matter what position I put my body in, I'm uncomfortable. All the normal issues of pregnancy... I am getting more and more anxious to be done. I'm also getting the bug to finish Arthur's nursery. I did snap up a crib mattress on sale from Amazon. We still have to make a trip to Ikea for the crib and a chair (I think I want a rocker instead of a glider).
Wondering: What position can I put my body into to be comfortable? I have yet to find one...