Nice Weekend

I had a really nice weekend. I got off work early on Friday. When I got home, Bill was already there cleaning the house. Now that's a great way to start the weekend in itself. But wait there's more!

There was a gift wrapped up for me on the dining room table. It was large, rectangular, and kinda HEAVY! I said, "It's heavy." Bill said, "No. It's light!" His response didn't make sense until I opened it up and saw that it was a NEW MAC!!! I was so thrilled. My old PowerBook was so old and slow that just clicking the mouse would make the little rainbow swirlie (Mac equivalent of the hour glass) spin! Let's see I think I got the PowerBook in 2000 or 2001, so it was getting pretty old. The new computer is a white 13" MacBook 2.4 ghz.



Also, some maternity clothes I had ordered arrived (three days earlier than I expected), so I was able to wear a pretty new outfit when I went out that night for hibachi! Oh, and the shrimp was delicious! Also, I didn't puke at all the entire day!

It was a thoroughly perfect Friday.

Saturday was nice, too. We had lots of people over to play poker with Bill. I don't really enjoy gambling, so I just hung out and socialized with people as they were eliminated from the poker tournaments. It was quite a long day, but a lot of fun to see everyone. This time Bill didn't win, but he had a great time.

Sunday was mostly about relaxing. I did go to see Baby Mama, which was very cute and funny. I also tried to do some maternity shopping, but I couldn't find anything I liked. It seems like the only maternity clothes I like either cost about three times more than I feel they should OR are only available online. I'm getting closer to getting a decent maternity wardrobe together, though.

Ah, we also watched a really great DVD last night called Rocket Science. It was a really good movie about a boy with a stutter who joins the debate team (because of a girl, naturally). It's directed by the director of Spellbound (the documentary about spelling bees), Jeffrey Blitz (if I'm remembering the name correctly).

Bill and I both liked the movie a lot. It came to us from Netflix via Bill's queue, but I had been wanting to see the movie since hearing some interviews with the director on NPR and Sirius radio.

Trivia Tidbit: The director is also a stutterer

The soundtrack featured a lot of Violent Femmes songs played on cello, so I ask you, what's not to like?

Photos from Camp Hazelton

Look at the treehouse! Now with a finished roof, porch rails, and windows! Uncle Bill was a busy guy!


The beach area usually extends beyond the far pine tree in the picture above. The water is really high!


Bill showing off my belly. :)

TV Relocated to Above the Fireplace

We had our TV mounted above the fireplace yesterday by a professional (so it won't fall on the cats or the baby and squish them). I'm super excited about it. The plan is to turn our formal dining room back into a dining room instead of a den. The living room will then be the spot where we watch DVDs and TV shows online. I think our house is going to look a lot better once we get all the furniture moved around.

I'll post pics here soon!

Weekend at the Lake

Treehouse pics! Woo!!


Bill and I rode up to Camp Hazelton with his parents on Friday morning for a long weekend at camp. The weather wasn't ideal; it was cold and cloudy. We didn't mind, because it's nice to just be at the cabin.

It was really heartbreaking to see the flooded homes on the drive over to camp. Luckily, the cabin at Camp Hazelton is high on the hillside, so there's no danger of it being flooded (until the ice caps melt). But the lake is higher than it's ever been, surpassing the Flood of '73 levels. The treehouse can be considered "lakeside" now. The water comes all the way up to the "do not build line" designated by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Bill and his dad were going to use a fishing guide on Saturday morning, but the trip was canceled due to the weather, the flooding, etc. There were wind gusts of up to 30 mph! They will reschedule for another time. We went to the marina where the boat is stored, and the parking lot for the marina is now part of the lake! Astonishing.

Bill attempted a bit of fishing at the lake at Camp Hazelton, but since the water is up in the trees now, it just wasn't working out. Instead, he put a lot of effort into working on the tree house with his new tools. The treehouse now has railing on the porch and windows have been cut out! Also, a cool pulley system has been installed, and the roof is complete at last! There are a few finishing touches left: flower boxes on the porch, screen for the windows, etc. It's a really adorable little tree house. I look forward to worrying that my child will fall out and break his or her arm. :)

We watched a few movies, read a lot (I read baby books and Guy de Maupassant stories) cooked meals, and enjoyed each others' company for the weekend. It was a very relaxing weekend. The highlight of the weekend for me was the way breakfast tasted on Sunday morning. I had no nausea at all and the flavors of everything I ate took on a new dimension. I can't even begin to explain how delicious my scrambled eggs with sharp cheddar cheese tasted. It was divine.

Pregnancy brain is to blame for the sad fact that I left my camera at home. My mother-in-law brought hers, luckily, and took lots of photos of the treehouse and the flooding. As soon as I get copies of the pics, I'll post some here on the blog.

Bill Rocks - He Did the Taxes!

How awesome is Bill? Very awesome. He finished our taxes up! YAY! Now we're waiting for that refund check, which will go into home improvement projects most likely!

We watched Black Sheep over the weekend, and it was really a lot of fun to watch. Something about evil zombie sheep is hilarious! Since it's from New Zealand and combines comedy and horror, you can't help but think of Peter Jackson. There are similarities, but it's definitely its own movie, I wouldn't call it a wannabe or derivative.

We also watched Stranger Than Fiction, which reminded me of one of my favorite stories, Niebla (Mist) by Miguel de Unamuno. Like Niebla we see a fictional character confront the author who created him. It was a bit strange to see Will Ferrel in a role like this, and I think he did all right, but I might have liked to have seen this movie done with different leads and perhaps a different director, too. I think Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman both did a good job, however. Queen Latifah was good, too. That's not to say it was terrible movie, I just really think it could have been better.

Bill Returns Today

I haven't posted here in a while because I'm all about the baby, which I suppose is understandable. So all my posts wind up on the Baby Blog.

Nothing else interesting is going on with me really, anyway.

Bill has been in Florida this week; he comes home this afternoon. I always miss him when he goes away. If the weather is nice this weekend we'll be working on the yard a bit. We also may make a belly casting of my lil baby bump. We were planning to do a casting near the end of each trimester.

Tomorrow I have a prenatal appointment, to do first trimester screening. Hmmm. See! Everything going on in my life right now is BABY RELATED!

In other baby-related news, my morning sickness is definitely improving and I intend to announce my pregnancy at work next week. And if you're wondering what else I've been up to, trust me, it's baby-related and on the baby blog!