Another date night thanks to my generous neighbor Amy. She's so cool. In the middle of a complete kitchen remodel, she had two of her own(3 yr and 5 mo), was babysitting her neice(6), babysat my two (9 and 4) this evening and had another neighbor girl(6) over to play most of the evening! While her own kids were fast asleep, Amy played Star Wars Monopoly with my kids till all hours just to please Henry, who had to put up with all those girls all night! And all while her fireman hubby was on the job. I wanna be like her when I grow up. Oh, wait . . . it's too late now, eh? Bummer. And she fed them pizza. And wouldn't take money but we got her . . . we brought her home a half gallon of Dewar's Peanut Butter Fudge Ice Cream! Bet she's digging into it right now! Her eyes did light up a bit when she saw it. Kindness like that just deserves Dewars! That's all I have to say about it.

We went to see Insomnia tonight. It was pretty interesting, not what I thought it would be. But being pregnant and watching Al Pacino's eyes get glossy and out of focus all night made me pretty tired. Thankfully, I am currently on a sugar high - LOL. The theatre packed up cheek to cheek even with Star Wars . . . it was nice in Insomnia - no kids in that one! Mostly us old folk. Ha. Had Mexican food, a Que Pasa restaurant - seafood enchiladas - Excelente!

So . . . I am so tired and swollen and my house is so messy. I am a bad momma - I put my kids to work. Slave labor. Actually, it worked out pretty well. We all three just cleaned, dusted and vacuumed the living room. It took like an hour longer than if I could've done it myself, but it's done now! I let Henry off school early today so he can help out around the house and even Kait is pitching in. I think for lunch I'll make good old fashioned grilled cheese 'sammiches' and I may not even make them eat any vegetables with it! (Maybe some fruit, though!) They worked pretty hard and now we can actually enjoy the room.

I also did my first baby laundry! I am washing some little gowns and caps and mitts - yellow duckies everywhere - to take to the hospital in a few days. Control freak that I am, I am disappointed I didn't bother to get matching receiving blankets! Hmmm . . . maybe I'll do a little yellow duckie set! Well, I need to pay the bills first. Then if I can still sit here, I'll play around with it. We'll see.

OK folks - please vote here: Which do you like better, net comments or the tagboard?

I like the tag board, but sometimes it can be confusing what the comments are about. But it more like a conversation and less like a bulletin board kind of thing. Both would be silly, so I will probably ditch on or the other. Whatcha think?

So . . . at the risk of appearing like a crazed tv fan . . . did anyone watch Trading Spaces yesterday? Surprisingly enough, I liked both Doug and Hildi's rooms! For some reason, I couldn't find pictures of it on the net yet - watch for North Carolina:Southerby Drive, but Hildi's room made me think of Jenn's personal website. Jenn, I would have called you right on the spot, but I assumed it probaby wasn't on - I forgot I was watching cable! duh! Anyway, Hildi actually did a room NOT in dark brown or some such thing - no felt on the walls - no teal green grout! She did this whole room in a green similar to Jenn's personal site graphics, even added crackle-finished shoji screens and furniture - sort of a monochromatic thing, except for the DEEP PURPLE VELVET LOVESEAT and CHAIR! I so thought of Jenn right away and just loved the room. I am gonna keep these colors in mind for my master bedroom whenever we get to the design point! It was striking. Very cool for Hildi. (Doug's room was less impressive, but pretty good for him, although maybe a little too themed? Not sure how I feel about it, but the painting technique he used was very unique!) OK - so that's the story of my afternoon yesterday! That, and folding clothes. Wowee, I can't stand it!

How boring am I? I have just sat here for 5 minutes, reviewing my databanks (faulty and full of holes that they are) looking for something to blog about! Sheesh. Pretty sad. OK - well I have a few things. My problem is that my B-B-Baby Blog and this one are kind of meshing for me as the big day looms. It is just about the only thing on my mind right now. For those of you not reading the other blog, we are scheduled to go induce next Wednesday. I'd go today if I thought I could get away with it! Anyway, in preparation, I have been creating baby-themed/announcement blog templates. I'm on my third and a little stumped, but I thought I would not post them to the web until I decide which one I want to use for myself! Stingy!! I am starting to get that proprietary feeling about some of my sets. I put so much into them and don't want to give them away! LOL! I suffer the same experience with sewing and crafting items. Do all "artists"do this? Can I call myself an artist? Ah, I am too hormonal for this discussion right now. Feet swelling as we speak.

I received this lovely little story in my inbox this am - made me tear up. Probably hormonal, and certainly especially relevant to me right now, but you might enjoy it, too. I had in mind both of my children's threadbare, colorless blankies and have been looking forward to starting a new one with this baby - I love the association the author draws between these wonderful childhood comforters to the Ultimate Comforter.

Gotta go waddle around or my balloon feet will start to float! ;-p

Went swimming yesterday. I would just like to say that gravity stinks. Well, I suppose you can make an argument for it. But it was so nice for my tummy to be weightless for awhile, but getting out and over that ladder was a bummer! And today it's only supposed to be in the seventies and raining, so to avoid cardiac arrest, I'll probably stay out of the ice water. Oh well.

Talked to Jenn this am - such a sweetie! Check out her new blog set - it's so . . . Jenn! (Sorry I couldn't call earlier. If my dh would just go to work at 6:30 like he used ta, nahh, that just means I'd have to get up that much earlier to cook. Nevermind. )

While I am on the subject - I think I am gonna get banned from the Groovy Blog! Every time I post to her tagboard, I manage to get it in there twice! Sheesh, how embarrassing! I finally figured it out and promise (I think) not to do it again. She's got an adorable new "thang" on her blog today, too. Check it out.