Today's to-do list.

Clean basement room
Wash sheets
Clean bathroom
Put away clothes
Clean living room
Clean dining room

Pick up Graem
Pick up Emmy

Go to library and pay for library book.

Figure out a meal for tonight for kids.

What next??

The other day I was at home when we had an earthquake. I think that I was watching television but I can't be sure. The next thing I hop online to find out that there was an earthquake and most people in my area noticed it!

With all of the hurricanes and earthquakes happening it makes me wonder if tornado shelters aren't such a bad idea!

A few months ago a tornado hit about 4 miles from here and it was really a mess. I don't care about my items...I just want to make sure my family is safe.

No more work for me!

I'm taking off til Wednesday of next week. Alex and Dom are getting here later tonight and I can't wait to see them. It's been way too long! Not to mention, they haven't seen our new house yet.

I really don't know how much longer I can work. I'm getting BIG. The belly is stretching and I can't even see my feet!

Last Friday I messed up my back leaning over to get a pen that had dropped on the grass. That took two chiro appointments and a massage therapist appt. I didn't even make enough to pay for the appointments last week!

Sump and pump.

When we first moved in we realized that the sump pump in the basement was broken. I would go down and wiggle it around and it would work. Then one day I wiggled it too much. The piping broke!

We looked at industrial pumps and ended up going with a highly recommended pump that was a little bit more expensive.

The one thing that I constantly worry about is WATER. Whether it's coming into our basement or a pipe busting or toilet overflowing.

The money was well spent because the pump works great and we have never had an issue!

21 weeks!

It's starting to go fast now. In 19 weeks or so...we're going to have a baby boy!

Shawna's been feeling the baby inside for a few weeks and starting Sunday he started kicking on the outside!

He typically wakes up around 8pm and stays up for a few hours. The rest of the day he's pretty laid back.

It will be interesting to see if he stays that way when he gets here!

Jammin'

Today as I was cleaning the house I hooked up with our ipod docks. I used the first one to charge the iphone and then I used the other to run the ipod and listen to some great music that I had!

We have the BOSE dock and we can plug our iphone or ipod into it. The clarity is PERFECT and much better than you would get from a CD or on the radio.

TWO ROOMS LEFT

SO unmotivated now. I have been cleaning the house all day long for the cousins and I'm friggin' EXHAUSTED!!!

I have the dining room and living room and then I'm done-o.

Obviously, I'm on the computer and would rather be doing blog stuff than cleaning those last two rooms!

Uh oh.

We all know that your body isn't the same after having a baby. Now that Shawna's pregnant with the boy... It's hitting her. She's had the occassional accident during the first trimester when she was getting sick all the time. I'm not just talking a little bit. I'm talking full puddle on the floor. Poor girl.

Now that the baby is getting bigger and she's running to the bathroom there have been times when the smallest sneeze or bending over can leak urine.

She might think incontinence products are for older people but until her kegels build up a bit...it might be necessary!

The girls...

are getting so big. Graem will start 1st grade in less than a month! How did this happen? She has gone to some great camps this summer and she's ending it with 2 different sciencecamps!

Emmy has been going to daycare three days a week and she's made so many great friends. Plus, I think it's nice for her to have a place that has rules and where they do tons of fun things.

Shawna's still tredging along at work and figures that at some point she'll just take it week by week when she gets further along!

Summertime!

Our summer has been intense and it's not even close to being over! We have cousins visiting this week and then Alex and Dom are coming in a few weeks!!

We have friends who go RV'ing every summer. The rented one last year and are seriously considering purchasing one for future years. They love it! She was looking for rv insurance quote and was shocked to find some good and affordable quotes online.

Maybe when the baby gets bigger we can do something like this. Of course, I hear the bickering from the girls ... I can only imagine what it's going to be like with three little ones in the backseat!

19 weeks!

So now it's going fast. In 21 weeks....we're having a baby. Damn. YIKES. We still have to get the carseat and stroller. Shawna even made sure that we're pretty stocked with cute boy clothes toO!

We get another ultrasound at 24 weeks and I sure hope that he's still a HE!

Smokin'

A few years ago Shawna was really into cigars. In fact, within minutes of being in London she was walking down the street smoking a Cuban cigar!

These days there will be none of that! With two kids and a baby on the way - I can't imagine smoking cigars and relaxing is in our near future!

On a side note. We went for a nice date night last week and had a great time. It's bizarre not to have to apologize to a waitress and enjoy a meal.

What a concept?

Almost 17 weeks....

Wow...this is going fast. I just worked some on the registry and realized we need tons of stuff!?!

We got rid of all of our baby gear last time thinking that we weren't going to have any more babies. Damn.

Now we have to buy new stroller, carseat, and some more goodies.

Testing, testing, 1-2-3

Our home theatre is a piece of junk. We got it a few years ago and it had good ratings when it first came out. However, over time the ratings went downhill. When you put a DVD in half of the time the volume goes out completely.

I've looked into a new home theater system and I think the best route is going to be to purchase something online. Not only can you get a great deal but it's so easy to have it delivered right to the house instead of dealing with a retail store!

Must work more.

So we're at a stopping point with the kitchen. We have to wait til next week until the countertop people come. Then we wait for 4 weeks until the granite comes in!

Then I think we're at a standstill until we can afford the hardwood floors. Shawna had it out with the local guys and rightfully so. They kept coming back and asking for more money every few weeks.

All in all, I think they probably had the best price and would have done a good job.

He's growing up!?

So my brother is getting older. I totally remember a time when he used to wear hip hop clothing and tennis shoes every where he went. These days he actually wears suits and nice clothes to work.

The last time he came to visit he worse some expensive flip flops and looked like an adult.

That's just weird...

Dinner...

We're out of options. OUr kitchen is still in bad shape. We have countertops and at cabinets. I'm going to try to set up the sink so that we can wash dishes and at least we can do minimal stuff.

We might actually put the stuff in the cabinets too.

So much to do...so little time.

The time has come...

Shawna has been wearing the same sandals for years! I think it's time for her to start looking at womens sandals. I've tried Keens and really like them but I don't like that it takes long for them to dry after they get wet.

I've also had Tevas in the past and they do great with water. Plus they offer pretty good arch supports.

Maybe I'll just wait til the fall and get them on super clearance!

Is it Friday yet?

We have a pretty booked weekend. Birthday party Friday night, Saturday morning, and then Sunday we're headed to Philly. We have yet to pack or even clean the house, or write the list for the boys who will be wtaching the girls.

So much to do....

I need an assistant.

Maybe it will work again?

I went out the other day and purchased some new cables for the home theatre system. At first we thought it was the crappy home theatre system we had. Then I looked in the back and saw the expensive Monster cable we purchased was bare.

So after purchasing a new cable I hope that the sound actually works better. Of course, I've also been eyeing 5.1 speakers! Right now we have the ones that have came with the home theatre and they do the job.