Well, things are moving right along. We have made considerable progress in the nursery and once it is finished I will post pics for all to see. Rocky did a great job with the chair rail. I am currently trying to organize the massive letters of the alphabet on one wall. I don't know if my OCD is helping or hindering the process...
My nesting, if that's what you want to call it, has been contagious. Either that or my constant nagging and the growing pile of "stuff" that needed to go in the attic. Rocky spent all day yesterday up there flooring it in so that all that junk would have a home since we lost an entire closet of space overnight thanks to Jake. I also came across a blog full of great household ideas, one of which I implemented with great success. The idea is to do one major chore each day (max 15 minutes) and in doing so your house is clean all the time. I was skeptical, but I worked out a schedule (and yes, I printed and posted it in the laundry room) and I started following it. I have been pleasantly surprised at how great it works out and it allows me to have my weekends open for relaxing rather than cleaning the entire house. I highly recommend it!
On the belly front, I'm pretty sure my boobs grew another few inches. I think they attribute to 50% of my weight gain. From what I can tell, the baby spends most of his time upside down with his feet in my ribs. I have a constant uncomfortableness that is making me nuts. And I'm pretty sure I can out fart my husband at this point. Sometimes they sneak out and I don't even know they're coming and it's getting more and more difficult to convince Rocky it was the dog.
We started thinking about child care for August and it is a lot more unsettling than I expected. Best case, we hire a nanny which is WAY out of the budget. If we could find another family and do a "nanny share" it would be perfect, but so far that isn't working out. We are weighing out options.
On the bright side, this little situation did motivate me, however, to get on top of a project I have been putting off for a while. For several years I have played with the notion of creating a teaching website full of resources that could somehow make me money. I originally thought it could just be spending money, but now I really want for it to take off and allow me to work from home, at least part time. I started researching because I really didn't want to exploit teachers. We are all doing the best we can with what we have and sharing ideas and resources among colleagues shouldn't cost money. I'm hoping that by sticking to my morals I have some good karma coming my way. I am now diligently building this website from the ground up (which is really a big pain because I know precious little about HTML) in the hopes of making something amazing out of it. Cross your fingers, say your prayers, and anything else that might send a little luck my way. It is a lot more work than I thought it would be in the beginning, but it is starting to at least take shape so we shall see how it goes.
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