Look up

Less than 2 months to go! Almost 33 weeks! It couldn't come fast enough! I'm so ready to meet him and to get my back back! :)

On another note, only 3 weeks till Camilla's 5th birthday! Nooooooooooo, she's growing up so fast! What a great big sister she is going to be!

Until further notice

There will be no more bending over. It just doesn't work anymore.

Thanks.

:)

Just pictures

Reminds me of me

As embarrassing as it is, I have never learned how to fold a fitted sheet! Martha Stewart I am NOT! So I'm loved reading these comics the past few days and laughing at myself! My mom and my sister both have tried to teach me but I just give up. I guess it's not too important for me! Maybe someday I'll learn! Maybe when I'm 30, which by the way is exactly a year and one day from now. Yep, I'm turning 29 tomorrow, I feel old. That's way to close to 30! :)

Devils work

A local soldier lost his life in Afghanistan, his body was to be flown in today and the funeral scheduled for Saturday. What a loss for his family, they apparently had just talked to him the day he died. He was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan and was the USO sailor of the year in 2011. In the newspaper article today about the story, it said that the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church members will be there to protest. I've heard of this group before and have always thought that they were just against the war and that is why they are protesting. But no, they say God is punishing us for accepting homosexuality. So what does that really have to do with soldiers dying? I haven't done a lot of research on this group, don't really want to. But I don't understand why they protest at soldiers funerals?

Can you imagine losing your son/daughter or other family member and go to the funeral and having to see these people? What an awful thing, I wonder how many of these protesters have been attacked by family members. You could hardly blame the poor families, such disrespect. It is just the devils work at it's finest. The fact that they could even think that they have anything to do with God is beyond me.

Anyway off that sad subject.. The floor really seems to be getting further away and my shirts seem to be shrinking. There is something strange going on around here! :) 30 weeks already, time has flown by. Can't wait to hold the little guy and see his little face. Was wondering today if he is going to have the red hair like Camilla had? I think we have settled on his name, it starts with a K. We will (try) and keep it a secret till he's born. But you know me and my own secrets! haha!

Have a lovely day!

If you want a lesson in

Being thankful for what you have. Then go to a laundry mat and do just even one load of laundry. Wow, I had a big blanket that wouldn't fit in my washer so took it in today. I know that for many of those people this is what they do every week, multiple times a week. So today I'm so thankful to have a washer and dryer! Only problem is that I feel like I should wash the blanket again cause it kinda gives me the willies thinking about what has been in those washers. But, since I spent $5 to wash and $1 to dry guess I'll just deal with it. I did use soap after all, but still...

Yay for getting to do my laundry at home!

New year

It was mentioned yesterday in meeting of how nice it was the the first day of the new year was on the first day of January and first day of the week. Makes it really feel like time for a new start, fresh and clean.

In thinking about some of this years ups and downs, I can see the experiences that I wish I would've used more as a learning experience and less of a get me down experience. Some good changes that I made for myself, especially after learning that I was pregnant (finally:)) was just of distancing myself from the emotional side of our business. The business we are in is brutal and the people we work for are just about as bad. So it can be emotionally really stressful in the unfairness of different situations. Then to top it off dealing with the people who work for us is so hard. Again because of the nature of our business it is hard to get good people to stay with us for a long period of time. So we spend extra time and extra money to interview and train people and they quit within days. In 2 months we had 2 people get fired, 3 people get hired and 2 quit within the first 2 days. Because we are a small business if we are down even a guy it is a big deal, it means this momma is working a lot more which means Camilla is also a working girl or spends days at grandmas. I know of people who have questioned why we stay in this that it's not worth it. Well, for us it is. We pay our bills, we have dependable cars, a big enough place to live, a little extra money to do things and essentially I guess peace of mind as far as finances which a lot of people these days don't have. Not that we are millionaires but if you talk to people a big portion will say we are paying our bills and that is a big deal. Every day we see homes that people have lost, some because of their own financial decisions. Some because of situations beyond their control. There are little handprints in the concrete, writing on the wall from kids being measured and bedrooms they have painted just for their kids. We see it all around us, the consequences people pay when they lose their jobs or just can't find one. For us it's not about having millions it's about paying our bills and that in its self is good. Camilla is taken care of, we are self sufficient. I'm not trying to act like we are just rolling in dough, the job is stressful but it would be more stressful to not be able to pay what we need to pay to live. Besides are there any jobs that you don't have to work hard at to be successful? There are few get rich quick things that actually aren't a scam. I think back to when my parents first had their business and how it was not easy. My Dad worked a lot and they didn't always have a lot to show for it. But I'm sure now that they are glad that they stuck with it. Especially where they live in their little town, jobs are scarce. Well anyway didn't plan on that big ramble but that's what I have on my mind.

So to 2012, to being content, to holding a little boy, to watching my first baby take her first steps into kindergarten, to loving my little family, to being a help to my friends and most of all thanking God every day for all that I have because of him.