I've had a variety of things on my mind to post about lately...
For those who aren't aware, we put our house on the market the day we went to the hospital to have Squeak. You read that right, just hours before going to the hospital. But anyway, I keep thinking about what it will be like to not live here (assuming it sells)...we have so many memories here. The other day I was standing in the "Grandparents Suite" (funny how in just two and a half months, 28+ years of referring to my mom and dad as my 'parents' gets replaced with 'grandparents') thinking about how my parents must feel about our move. This place is ideal. A guest suite on the main floor. If I had the set-up they have here at a place I frequent often, I'd be so disappointed to find out it was going to be gone. Hopefully our next place will be accommodating enough that they'll still come. I guess there's always having an adorable, lovable grandson to get them here as Plan B.
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| My parents standing at the door of the "Grandparents Suite." This was their Christmas present in 2010 (our first year to host Christmas), hence the bow. It was a beauty salon before the remodel. |
Last Friday was a normal day, with a trip to town and then the evening at home for Matt, Squeak and I. It wasn't until I slowed down late in the day that I noticed my evening had taken on a theme. STRAWBERRY. I had made a run to the liquor store, leaving with Strawberry Acai Smirnoff and one of those Straw-Beer-Ritas that came out while I was pregnant. I had only heard good things about the Straw-Beer-Ritas, so I was really excited to try it. Turns out it either has a hint of beer flavor, or they just did a poor job at making a tasty margarita, either way, it was 16oz of disappointment. I also found myself grabbing a strawberry jello from the fridge for an evening snack. How I found time to have such a random thought is beyond me?!?!
Reoccurring "Mommy Moment" of the month: Forgetting to take my purchased items with me after paying.
At our two month doctor appointment we were told we needed to make an appointment for Squeak's immunizations at either StatCare or the health department here in Minneapolis because they don't do shots at our doctor's office. Slightly inconvenient, but the kid needs shots so I guess we'll make do with the options available. OR WILL WE?!?! Two things: 1) So often I wish people would just tell me where to be, and when, so I don't have to worry about looking at a calendar and figuring out what works best. I will overcomplicate the process everytime, and 2) In my mind I am strong and can handle a little crying when I know it's from something that is necessary, such as immunizations, but my prolonging of making the simple call to schedule the appointment, doing my best to be sure Matt will be able to be present, makes me think my "okayness" about the situation is just that...all in my head. I did finally make the appointment yesterady, and Squeak will get his 2-month immunization shots a day before he's 3-months old...oops!
I am very guilty of making goals, but never writing them down and documenting the proper steps to accomplish them...does blogging about a goal count as writing it down?!?! Whether it does or not is indifferent, I'm going to share my November goal with you all anyway.
NOVEMBER GOAL:
Finish all my Christmas Shopping, have gifts wrapped, and have my Christmas cards ready to put in the mail by December 1st.
My thought is if I can get all of that stuff done in November, before Thanksgiving, I can take a deep sigh of relief and just kick back and enjoy all the festivities Thanksgiving and Christmas have to offer. It doesn't seem too terribly unreasonable, although in my mind I'm already set up for failure because I keep thinking to myself, "if I set a goal of getting all of that done by the end of November, I might have a shot of actually getting it done before Christmas." I haven't quite come to grips with "baby time" yet. Everything seems to take three times longer than it did pre-baby. I'm off to a decent start, though. I ordered my Christmas cards yesterday, and just about have the labels ready to print. And Squeak and I went to a craft show in Lincoln last weekend and got a start on our Christmas shopping. As long as we can get ideas from everyone on our list, we might actually be able to accomplish our goal. And to get in the spirit, I better turn on the CHRISTMAS MUSIC! Oh how I love Christmas music. (Okay, so I'm actually kind of torn about this, as I've always been a wait-til-the-day-after-Thanksgiving-Christmas-music type of person.)
Speaking of holidays, Halloween was celebrated last week. Halloween has never really excited, at least not in the past 10 years. Poor Squeak, his parents actually met because we were the only two people in our "group" not looking for costumes at Walmart for a Halloween party at the retreat we were at. As an adult without children, it's pretty easy to avoid the holiday, and turns out when you live in a house with no front door and houses on only one side of the street, you don't even have to worry about trick-or-treaters (this did actually bum me out the first year). However, now with Squeak, I suppose I should partake in the holiday, for his sake. This year it worked out well that we were called in to help hand out candy on behalf of the newspaper office I work at for the Lincoln "Business Boo." Hayden sported his Halloween bib from his great-aunt and we handed out several bags worth of candy. It was a good way for us to spend this Halloween, since me taking him trick-or-treating would've looked a little suspicious...I think they would've known he wasn't going to be able to "gum" the candy.
