Thursday: rainbows

Apparently there was a beautiful double rainbow after a storm this evening.

(image copied from Dad and Pat's blog)

I didn't notice because I was watching the crazy person in front of me swerve slightly over the lane markers as he tried out his latest and greatest software release. At least, that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

wednesday: bug

I feel like I have a touch of a bug that my body is trying to fight. I've been just out of it enough to make me wonder.

I hope I'm not fighting a baby. that would make the next three months sad.

But for good news, the baby would probably live if it were born now. It really needs to incubate some more though, so we'll hope he isn't born yet.

Wednesday: want, feeling, and notice and a second want

I want to lay down on my stomach with both my legs stretched out.

I'm feeling like Im getting a fever (although this feeling will probably be gone by morning)

I noticed that a ton of people wore green shirts with black pants today.

I want the Internet to stop having outages.

Monday: pants

I like pants. I especially like it when pants have pockets. I really like pockets. But sometimes the pockets let everything fall out. What is the point of those pockets? I hate it when my cell phone falls out of my pocket and I have to go find it.

Sunday: I'm from New York

Ben and I have found that if we say "I just moved to the area from New York", people always think that we're coming from NYC.

If we say "I just moved from upstate New York," only half the people think we're from NYC.

The lesson here is to not have a major city named after a state.

PS, we have this problem with Holland too, but if we say Holland, MI no one gets mixed up so it isn't as bad.

Saturday 2: apples

I guess the internet just wanted to prove me wrong, as it started working well right after my last post.

Here are Ben and I. My shirt is having problems. I'm just starting to not be able to wear some of my larger shirts but try anyway. I should probably stop trying.

And Dad and Landon are picking some apples.

Afterwards we took a look at the restaurant but it was way too busy. So we came back to Holland to eat at their satellite restaurant, which was not busy. The food was very good. And we got some donuts!

Saturday: internet

I was going to tell you about apple picking today (complete with pictures) but instead I'll tell you about the internet.

Recorded internet message: "There is a service outage in your area. It should be fixed by 6:43 pm"

What they meant to say: "There is a service outage in your area. It will get worse at 6:43pm. Around 9:30pm it will sometimes be working enough for you to get a few things done if you're patient, but you won't be able to upload pictures."

Friday: hi

Hi.

I have nothing that I really want to share with the world today.

Sorry, I've been having a lot of days like that lately.

It makes for a boring blog.

Wednesday: groceries

Today I got groceries. The exciting part of this trip was how many random things didn't hop into my cart. only the cheese sticks somehow invaded the cart, and one could argue that they should have been there in the first place.

let's list the invaders that didn't make it into the cart...because I'm really proud that I kept them out.

Oreos. Oreos tried really hard to get in.
Eggo waffles
Donuts.
different kinds of donuts
chips
Carmel rice cakes
candy
chocolate
Granola bars that are made out of peanuts

Tuesday: problems

My current problems are not big problems.

But they feel like big problems.

I'm working on trusting that God will take care of all my problems, and that he will understand that even though I know they're not big problems they still stress me out.

One of my life goals is to not worry about problems but instead trust God. Just as I think I'm getting it I fail.

I'll try again tomorrow. Or tonight.

Monday: rain

I woke up to a beautiful rainy day today. It was one of the better parts of the day. Except for going out to eat with Ben. That was nice too.

The rest of the day...left a lot to be desired.

Sunday: Sunday morning

This morning we went to the first of four classes to join the church we've been going to. At one point I thought that I had something profound to say about this, but can't remember anymore. Oh, the interesting statistic is that the church is about 40% kids. That seems like a ton of kids to me, but we've seen evidence that it is very possible (i.e., a huge VBS, kids running around all over the place, etc). And with a kid on the way, it's nice to know that the instruction of children is a top priority.

Thursday: squeak

Amanda: I'm going to bed. Good night.
Ben: Good night.
Amanda: Oh, I forgot to write a blog post. Guess it'll be a few more minutes.
Flurry: squeak! (What?!?)
Flurry: squeak! (It's time for water!)
Flurry: squeak! (You said you were going upstairs)
Ben: Flurry, chill out.
Flurry: mroww. (Fine, but I'd rather you go upstairs)

Wednesday: flaky

Our Internet is being super flaky. I'm not sure that this will post. I meant to send out some emails, but it was taking about ten minutes per email and it wasn't worth it.

Tuesday: embarrassing

So I've always been slightly prone to dizziness, especially when I'm standing still and not engaged in the conversation. Most of the time I can hide it.

but once in a while that just doesn't work, like today. I was with a team doing a big external audit. I realized once we were standing around that I also hadn't eaten breakfast...I had been expecting that some food was at the meeting but it was late. I hid it for a while by just crouching down. but then it was time to go and I wasn't going anywhere. I got the chair that was just vacated and within 30 seconds was mostly fine. Within a few minutes I was feeling well enough to walk again. But it was still embarrassing because it was with people I didn't know very well and they got worried.

At least I had a good excuse for once. I can blame a lot of things on being pregnant and people seem to understand. :)

Monday: two people

Two people have now commented on my pregnancy without any prompting or foreknowledge that I am pregnant. three cheers for looking pregnant.

Sunday: recap

So here's a quick recap of what's been happening...

Thursday I had a baby shower. It was a lot of fun and I got to see some family that I haven't seen in a while. (Sorry Pat...we only had one group picture)







Then an old friend of Ben and his wife were over for the weekend. It was fun to hear them reminisce about old times. We also played a ton of games, which was a lot of fun. (But I neglected to take any pictures.)

Saturday: people

There's been a lot of things going on and people around so I've been too lazy/busy/tired to write. Hopefully more tomorrow. :)

Wednesday/Thursday: natural disasters

the area in which we lived in NewYork is currently undergoing severe flooding. As in, 4 ft higher than the record flood.

I'm sad. I'm sad because I wish I could see it. But I more sad because I know that this is going to impact the lives of my friends. I've heard about feet of water in basements and cars underwater and our church was flooded. I saw pictures of some of the major shopping areas with the buildings half under water. The area there grew up by the rivers, and so there are a lot of buildings that will have lots of damage.

Tuesday: stars

So the "theme" of the nursery is going to be stars and planets. (Although I'm trying not to get too carried away with having a theme. Which is rather easy in this case because there aren't a ton of starry things and even fewer planet things.)

I was planning on taking a short break from quilting, but found myself contemplating the next quilt right away anyway. Oh well. So here is the cloth that I got today.

It will look something like this when finished, but the red will be brown and the stars will be colorful.

(November Stars created by Delaware Quilts)

Monday: water

Flurry found a new water source.

Saturday: registering take 2

Today Ben and I adventured out to Babies R Us to continue registering. (As a side note, one of the reasons the store won over Amazon was that it gave us a good excuse to get Indian food. There aren't any Indian restaurants close by.)

It felt like this trip went a lot better than the one to Target. I don't think we were really more prepared, but maybe we stopped questioning ourselves so much and just scanned the stuff. We hope it is the right stuff...we did the best we could. I guess that's all we can tell ourselves. We're afraid that someone will get something as a shower gift and then it won't be useful, but if we questioned ourselves on everything we would get no where.

Afterwards we were exhausted and took a nap. Which means it's after midnight and I'm not really tired.

As a side note, I'll be going back to Target within a week or two to add a few things to that list so that it isn't so small.

Friday: baby update

I saw the OB again today and got fun information!

My due date didn't actually change (sad), although all the measurements are still about a week ahead. I think all this means is a lot of hand waving is going on.

Baby Hilldore's abdomen cavity is in the 98%...i.e., he's chubby.

His head is in the 88%.

Everything else was pretty normal.

I have an anterior placenta, which apparently means I don't feel him move as much. But I think I'm feeling him move quite a bit. So I've decided that he's strong. Because if he is going to be chubby, he may as well be strong.

Also, since I'm wearing maternity pants it is harder to gauge how I'm growing. I can't say "oh, I can't button my pants anymore." So I measured myself, and my waist is at 37". This way I can tell a little better that I'm growing.

Thursday: broke vs broken

A few mornings ago I heard the following:

"We're not broke. Something something something. We are doing perfectly fine and all our procedures are adequate for what we are doing."

I thought, "hold on. I thought they were going to talk about money, not their well-being. I think I would have used broken instead of broke. I wonder if broke as an adjective can come from 'to break' or 'I broke it'. I also wonder if it is just a common vernacular that has it mean money-less."

(I hope you understood that. It turns out it is kind of hard to explain.)

Anyway, I looked it up. When used as an adjective, it can only mean lacking in money. Which I do find that a little odd, since it is the same word as 'I broke it' and verbs and adjectives are often the same.

Aren't you glad you know that now?!?