A Week in Review

I find it interesting that the post I named “Nothing New and Exciting” got more comments than any post I’ve ever made, tied with the one where I announced I was pregnant with Felix. Guess that means I don’t know what is exciting to my readers. =)

We’re enjoying another Saturday at home after a fun week with friends. Jim has been busy putting the finishing touches on his shop and fixing things that have been sitting on his “mending pile” for a long time. I baked a batch of bread and two pumpkin pies. We have a potluck after church tomorrow so I need to make some food for that. I also needed to sweep/mop the floors after having 9 people in the house this week. I usually use a mop, but I’ve been wanting to do a hands-and-knees scrub for awhile and for some dumb reason, I decided today was the day. I think that used up all the energy I had left and now I’m pooped. I’m not sure I’ll get to the last item on my to-do list–taking my two-mile walk! Jim and I are both filling in for Sunday School teachers tomorrow, so maybe I’ll sit and study my lesson awhile and see if I feel up to it later.

The Lyndakers (friends from Red Lake) were here Tuesday night through Friday forenoon. It was good to see them again and host them in our home. They know others in the community that they also visited with while they were here but we got them all to ourselves on Thursday. Arthur went hiking, Collin rode with Jim, and the rest of us went to Grand Caverns. I hadn’t been there since I was a kid and we all enjoyed the tour. We grilled two chickens for supper and had a relaxing evening playing games. I’m so happy they took the time to come and visit us!

  

  

Their visit was the last “big thing” on the calendar before the baby comes, since Jim decided NOT to go to the meetings in IL. I’m relieved about that, since I know how terribly disappointed he’d be if he missed the birth. While your comments didn’t make the decision for us, they did influence my opinion! =) Here’s to hoping my firstborn comes early like so many of yours did! I appreciate all the recommendations for baby stuff too. I spent a long time the other day googling this and that, since a lot of the specific things/brand names I’d never heard of before. I think Rachel’s recommendation of the Nosefrida was our favourite. I looked it up on Amazon and the top two customer reviews made us both laugh out loud. It’s worth reading just for the smiles.

My sister gave me some hand-me-down clothes and I washed them the other day along with the thrift-store stuff Carolyn and I had bought on our shopping trip. The first of many loads of little boy laundry. Both of us just sat and looked at it hanging on the drying rack and kept saying mushy things like, “Awwww, isn’t it cute” and “I can’t wait for Jimmy to come.” I’m sure dirty laundry will lose its appeal fairly quickly, but, well, you know…. =)

  

What would really just take the cake is if Jimmy ends up being Lucy after all. Now that we’ve gone and told everyone its a boy and started stocking up on boy stuff. The ultrasound seemed unmistakeable, but those surprises do happen. I think God would laugh.

I did have a good surprise last Saturday after I posted and said my due date was only eight weeks away. Jim and I were talking about some dates and schedule stuff and I realized I was a week behind–that my due date was in seven weeks instead. It felt like I was getting to “skip” a whole week of being pregnant.  Other than the month between Felix and Jimmy, I’ve been pregnant for over a year now. Seems long, but the elephant still has me by a good bit. I’m glad I’m not an elephant (although I feel as big as one at times).

I’ve been on a bit of a kick to use up old things off my pantry shelves. One thing that was stumping me as a lone can of mackerel that was here when we got married. I asked Jim how he used it and he didn’t know. According to the date on the lid, it was packed in Jan. 2007 and expired Jan. 2011. I figured one year past that wouldn’t kill us and found a recipe for fish cakes. The day I made them, I was dreading telling Jim what was for supper because I was pretty sure I wouldn’t like fish cakes and doubted he would either. Turned out we both thought they were pretty good. I used up most of a jar of pear jam this week that I wasn’t sure when or how we procured. It was good too. Next thing up: some packets of dried “fish soup” that Jim picked up on a mission trip to Jamaica in 2008. Anyone wanna come for dinner?!

In closing, here’s Jim with the nephews last weekend. Love those boys!

  

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