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?!?