I'm Movin! (Kind of)

Google Tutor just ran a great contest, and I was one of the winners!

Having your blog url read "whatever.blogspot.com" is bad. Most people consider these urls as spam. I haven't had any problems using Blogger, except for the template stuff, but I have considered getting my own domain for this blog because of the perception that some people have about Blogger. Google Tutor thinks it's so bad he ran a contest saying he would pay $10 to 6 Blogger bloggers to get a domain name and help them set it up. I entered, and I won. Yippee!! So sometime this week this blog's new address will be nancyslife.com. Everything else will stay the same. Thanks Google Tutor!

18

18 years ago today, I gave birth to this beautiful girl:



I'm so very proud! Happy Birthday Sweetie!

The Best Breakfast

A good cup of coffee with a banana nut muffin from Costco (that muffin is sliced in half)



And a sleeping baby


Baby G slept through the night for the first time last night. 6 hours in row! Weeeeeee!
We've also stopped using the bouncer and have transitioned him to the Pooh Bear Play Pen in the Living Room. Once he's sleeping through the night regularly we'll transition him to the crib in our room, maybe.

Happiness Is A Good Cup Of Coffee

So I finally, after much research and thought, got myself a French Press. Luckily, I work at a bookstore that has a cafe that sells them, so I got a very nice discount, which made the decision easier as I would not be out too much money should it end up not working for me.
After one cup of French Press coffee... I threw away my electronic brewer.
Now to figure out how to grind my beans without scaring the heck out of Baby G; won't make that mistake again. (For now the solution is to grind in the bathroom, hehe.)

Playing Around With Template

Just playing around with my template today...so if it keeps changing on you, that's why :)

[Update]: 10 am: Yay! I finally found a three column template. How does it look? I'll probably play around some more, but I think I like it. I also got rid of a lot of extra side bar stuff, but only because I can't remember half of what was there (so why re-add it if I don't even remember it?)

10:15am: Now to figure out how to add my own header.

11:37am: Yay! I did it. Thanks to Tech Trouble! Now...I have to make a new header. (I was trying to make one while holding a squirmy baby, ugh.)

2pm: New header in place. Yay Me! Just need to tweak a few things and I'll be all done. We've got a nice storm coming through now so I may have to turn off the computer, fun.

Picture Of My Beaded Jewelry

I tend to pick up a new hobby every couple of years. Some hobbies I stick with and some just end up not as fun as I had hoped them to be. The few hobbies I have enjoyed over the past few years include knitting, painting, and making beaded jewelry. Today I was playing around with the settings on our camera to see if i could take better pictures of the jewelry I've made. I've had a lot of problems getting clear sharp pictures. Here's one that I was able to get that was actually clear:

It's now got me wanting to make more jewelry so I can take more pictures.

Happy V-day!

I'm not generally one to celebrate holidays, any holidays; I've been in retail too long and am very jaded about them. But today has been good so far. I got this:

Here's a close up of that little shiny thing on top of the box:

And before anyone says anything about how broke we are and "how could you afford that?!" The ring was free and not gained in any criminal fashion. I was about to pull out a can of kick-ass on him after I found it in the box, after I cried that is. But he let me know how he got it right away, so I hugged him again, and told him what an awesome man he is.

Aaron is the most fabulous thing to ever happen to me (besides having kids). I finally have a lover who is a best-friend, and someone I trust (I have trust issues born from my very selfish father, which I may or may not write about here some day). He is not afraid to express his love for me, he's not afraid to show his emotions to me, and he's someone I can be real with, and I appreciate that.
Love Ya Sweetie!

[Update (1pm): The other gift I got today? A migraine. Thanks so much!]

The Fussiness Fixer

So, I got the rebozo last Friday. I've been using it as often as I can this week. It took me a couple of hours to find a way to wear it that was comfortable. It fits a lot smaller than I thought it would, and I keep forgetting how much bigger I am. I found a comfortable way to wear it though and it's been wonderful. I can wash dishes, and fold laundry while I'm wearing him, and he gets close time with mommy. The really great thing is that within 5 minutes of putting him in, he's asleep. It works great when he's being fussy, like he was just 10 minutes before I took this photo. I'm thinking I'm going to go buy about 3 or 4 yards of breathable (very important) fabric so I have more options as to how to wear him, cause you know, I'm HUGE now and need about 9 feet of fabric....

Pimpzilla Browsing

Pimpzilla Browsing
Originally uploaded by ladyrhowan.

I'm now browsing in style! Check out this cool Theme for Firefox from http://www.pimpzilla.nl/

In other news:

Baby G is smiling! I got a great big smile this morning when he woke up. As soon as he saw me, he smiled. I melted....
Also, he has a knarly case of baby acne, ugh. It's a good thing he won't remember it, and doesn't need to worry about girls just yet.

Edited to add: This is my 100th post!

Maternity Leave Rocks!

I am officially on maternity leave now. My last day at work was Saturday and it's been so great not to have to worry about getting enough sleep to make it through work the next day, or how tired I will be at the end of the day. The nesting instinct is slowly coming on; I've gotten the pantry cleaned out and today I cleaned out the freezer to make room for the frozen meals I plan to cook this week. Sleeping is still not going well. I am so sore after a 2 to 3 hours that I just toss and turn. I usually just get up for a few hours and then go back to bed for a couple hours; take naps during the day. It's also nice to have "me" time before Baby G gets here. I am very much looking forward to him being out in here in the world; not only so I can drink again and enjoy my venti quad caramel machiattos, lol, but I just can't wait to see him!

So Far Behind

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead!
Originally uploaded by ladyrhowan.

I'm so far behind in posting (August 20th!!!) I totally missed posting pictures of my pregnancy for month 5 and don't even have any of month 6, ugh.
I've been busy getting the house cleaned out and organized. My best friend of 27 years came out to help me get things started and on the right track and now I have a much cleaner, organized home. It's still hard to keep it clean constantly; work just wears me out, and who wants to clean after running around on their feet all day?. I at least now spend less time cleaning when I do finally get around to it. We got the bedroom cleaned out and just have a couple things to move out so that we can put in a crib for the baby and I've got drawers for his things now.
The big news this past month is that my evil step-mother has finally left this world. Not only was this woman the epitome of the evil step-mother, she was a hateful, spiteful, evil person who took joy in hurtng others. I cannot describe the relief that I, and a few other people feel right now.
Okay, so I'll post the 7 month pics shortly. If I have forgotten anything I'll post it in the next post.

Wireless Wonders

Aaron just got me a wireless broadband router!!! Finally, I have the freedom to go anywhere in the apartment without wires!!! With my laptop, that is. ;) Can you tell how happy I am? :)