Be True to You

It’s my belief, after observing thousands of people in the past few years, that almost all of us would prefer to be with the people and do the things that are most meaningful in our lives. Yet so often we aren’t with those people… and we don’t do those things.

This comes from Meditations on Meaning I agree with Dan’s thoughts, and sometimes wonder why people choose to stick with things and people that they aren’t truly dedicated to. Wouldn’t it be better for all those involved if we would sometimes just admit, “Hey, I really don’t want to be here and don’t really want to do this. I’m going to go do something I really do want to do.” I think of the many times I sat with other moms at the ball field and suffered through what I felt were meaningless conversations about things I didn’t care about. I’m sure they were just as uncomfortable with my attempts to fit in as I was. I enjoy watching my son play ball even more now that I have decided to take my knitting with me and sit alone. I can concentrate on two things that I are important to me, my son and knitting, instead of trying to figure out how to fit into a conversation about material things like manicures and pedicures when really I see them as a waste of time and money. I like to believe that we are all happier with this arrangement. We are all happier when we are true to ourselves.

One Centimeter

I guess we are getting closer and closer to special delivery time. I went to Dr. Carter yesterday and found out that I will be seeing him once a week. I also found out that I am dilated to 1 centimeter. I’m going to see my diabetes doctor today. They will do an ultrasound and measure the baby. I’m anxious to see how big it has gotten since the last measurement. Maybe I’ll have pictures to post when I get home.

Baby Update

I haven’t done a very good job keeping everyone updated on the pregnancy, so I decided to post an update here. We found out several weeks ago that I have gestational diabetes. I’ve been doing a fairly decent job controlling it with my diet. I just have to take a low dose of glyburide before bed each night since I can’t eat while I’m sleeping. I have to visit my diabetes doctor once a week so he can check my numbers. I have to prick my finger four times a day to check my sugar level and turn those numbers in each week. They also do a BPP each week. This is just where they do an ultrasound to check for movement and such. They do an ultrasound every fourth week to measure the baby to see how big it has gotten. Last time they measured it was 5 lbs. 4 oz. That was three weeks ago. They will do another on Friday. The doctor told me today that it will probably be my last one since I’m due in five weeks. They also said everything looked great.

Wordless Wednesday

The Walls are Green

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Here is what it looked like when I went to bed last night. I have to go in to work today, but I plan to get in there and put a second coat on things this afternoon. I should be able to get all the painting utensils out and start getting the baby utensils in before bedtime tonight.

Nursery Painting Time

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Now that school is out, I figured it was time to decide on a color for the nursery walls and get busy putting the nursery together. Slowly but surely, I’m getting it done. Believe it or not, this is what the room looked like this morning after two days. I’ll take another picture before I go to bed and share it tomorrow. The plan is to get it painted and get things moved in by Saturday. It will be nice to get my new glider rocker and the baby bed out of the living room. Right now I have a cute little 8 year old curled up in my lap. I think it is time for a bedtime story.

Lattice Blanket Finally Finished!!!

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Mother’s Day Flowers

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For Mother’s Day this year, Bill sent me flowers. They were lilies. 100 Peruvian lilies. Lily is the girl name that we have chosen, and Bill is convinced that this baby is a girl.

A perfect gift.

Lattice Blanket

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The color doesn’t show very well in this picture, but here is the lattice blanket I’ve been working on for the baby. It is a fresh green color. Blue Sky Alpaca 100% organic yarn. I fell in love with this stitch when I saw the sample at Angel Hair Yarn. I had to pull out about 10 rows because I got off somehow and didn’t notice my mistake until 9 or 10 rows later. I had to let it rest for a few days before I could actually pull out my mistake and get started again. But I’m back on it. I took it to the ball park with me and added a few rows between watching Will bat and play the field. I can’t wait to see it finished and folded up in the nursery, but I find the knitting very relaxing. With each stitch I find myself thinking about the little one that will be cuddling up in it.

Fruit

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It’s my month to serve as deacon usher at church. This means I get to provide the after service snack. I am loving this platter I picked up at Christmas time. Doesn’t it look great filled with fruit? It is so easy, I think I’ll be filling it up like this every Sunday.

Of course, it is tradition at our church to have cookies with our coffee, so I baked a few cookies to go along with the fruit. I always enjoy putting these little snacks together. As I gather, pour and stir, I think of all the members of my church family and say prayers for each of them.