Black Friday Fill-Ins

I'm not crazy, so I'm not going out today on the busiest, most insane, and perhaps most dangerous shopping day of the whole year. (But, if I had a shopping buddy, I might actually want to try it out one day, as I've never done it!) Instead, I slept in till, oh, about now, and I'm blogging, and I'm about to make some kick-ass french toast (for the first time, so how kick-ass it will be, I don't know). And little one is tumbling about in there, so I think she's excited for her first taste of the toast herself!

[Our tree, trimmed and gorgeous!]

Here you go:



1. Three things I must have on my Thanksgiving table: 1) Mashed potatoes, 2) Canned cranberry sauce, 3) Meatless turkey.

2. Poor Kevin has had a cough for a few days, so the past couple of nights, he's been sacked out on the couch so I could sleep.

3. This is been a busy, fast, wonderful year.

4. I've got my tree up, now it's time to decorate everything else!

5. Oh, man, thankfully it's only day 2 of my hubby's 4-day weekend, because I'm loving all this time with him!

6. Someday I will perfect the art of procrastinating.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hanging out with family again, tomorrow my plans include grocery shopping for a big cooking storm coming soon and Sunday, I want to hang Christmas lights (or rather, watch Kevin hang them)!

Friday Fill-Ins (You know, these are so fun!)

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1. Why does this baby want to be posterior?  There's only so many pelvic rocks I can do!

2. I want to see the world.

3. Thank you for supporting me, holding me, and loving me even when I cry in the Harris Teeter, my Mr. Brown.

4. Christmas is my favorite holiday because everything is so beautiful, and now because my daughter will be born close enough to it to be the best present ever!

5. I am SO ready to be on maternity leave! (4 more days of work, and counting!)

6. We can BE the difference to someone else if we make up our minds to be.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to working on Adelaide's quilt, now that I've finally gone to get more thread after running out of it, tomorrow my plans include maybe the Renaissance Festival? and Sunday, I want to decorate for Christmas (this is a heads up, hubby!)!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. When pigs fly I hope my camera is working.  If it happened today I wouldn't be able to get proof and nobody would believe me.

2. It's amazing how quickly some people will cut you out from their lives, for the silliest things (such as being authentically truthful for once)... I mean, seriously?!

3. Call me fat and you'll have a teary, slobbery, snotty pregnant woman on your hands.

4. I could really use some chocolate if you know what I mean.

5. The most entertaining person in my life is Kevin because he's a big goofball... always making me laugh whether I want to or not!

6. First me, then a 2nd grade teacher, then a 3rd grade teacher, then another 3rd teacher got pregnant, all within 5 months!  Who's next?

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to cleaning my house!!!, tomorrow my plans include visiting Kevin's sick grandmother :( and Sunday, I want to build a bookcase (finally) for Adelaide's room!

Friday Fill-Ins.

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1. While the cat's away I will miss the cuddles and lap-warming.

2. The weekend is fabuloso!

3. Children draw the weirdest things on free-choice days.

4. I always have a to-do list when I get home from work or shopping or what have you.

5. This may seem odd, but I'm really excited to go grocery shopping today (good deals and coupons!).

6. I just read about NaBloPoMo and that seems like a fine idea to me!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to, umm... grocery shopping, tomorrow my plans include working on sewing projects for baby (like a quilt and slings and baby legs, oh my!) and Sunday, I want to build a bookshelf for baby's room!

A few things. And Friday Fill-In.

I have a midwife appointment this afternoon.  I'm nervous.  Adelaide has been sitting differently in my belly all week, and I've been feeling strong movements way down low and not many up top.  I'm worried she's breech.  At almost 33 weeks she is probably getting into whatever position she's going to be in, and breech is not what I want.  We'll find out today, and I'll let you know.

I've been busy busy busy working on the house.  At the end of each night this week I survey my progress and it doesn't seem like much, but I know that at least some progress is being made.  My baby shower is in a couple of weeks, at my house, so that's kind of a deadline that I'm trying to meet.  Have the house presentable by then.  Which basically means not cluttered and halfway clean.

And one more teeny tiny thing:

Help the Teemant family.  I don't know this family, and I can only somewhat imagine what they are going through as the dad suffers from stage IV melanoma.  No matter how many projects are on my to-do list or how many bills I have to pay, I know they are nothing compared to what this family is dealing with right now.  I hope hope hope that he can get better for his wife and children.

Now for the Friday Fill-In, because they are so fun:

1. One of my strongest beliefs is that all people and animals are equal in the world.  There is no one being more important or higher than another.

2. My belly is getting huge!
 
3. The sky is cloudy with a threat of rain and wind and cold, so I wore a jacket and scarf today.

4. My bed, with all its layers and fluff is comforting to me.

5. I always thought I'd be a mom of a school-aged kid by now.

6. The students have been crazy this week so I vented to another teacher.  After hearing her theory, I agreed and then I went outside to look at the full moon.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching the show Medium, tomorrow my plans include a major purging of clutter and Sunday, I want to work on some cute bunting for Adelaide's room!

Friday Fill-Ins

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1. Wow, it's the middle of October already???

2. Everything has it's own way of being beautiful.

3. My favorite way to start a day is sleeping in!

4. I wish Kevin would come home and walk in the door holding a pumpkin.

5. I look out my window and see kids playing on the playground during recess (my classroom is right next to the playground).

6. Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide is what I've been thinking about lately.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing with the hubs, tomorrow my plans include CLEANING AND ORGANIZING and Sunday, I want to get everything ready for the week (food and clothes) so I don't have to worry about it when I'm dead-tired after work each day!

Friday Fill-Ins

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1. My favorite month is December because the weather forces cuddle-time, gift-giving (and making last-minute) is so much fun, baking is inevitable, and Adelaide will join our family this December!.

2. Everyone loves a fresh breeze.

3. I love to sniff my husband's shirts (when he hasn't been working outside all day!).

4. Waffles with melty peanut butter in between, butter, and a dab of real maple syrup is what I like to have as a treat for breakfast.

5. The hobby I enjoy most is a tie between creating anything and reading.

6. Sawdust and papers and dishes, oh my!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my mom coming to visit, tomorrow my plans include working in the yard and Sunday, I want to do something fun (not work) with moma!

Friday Fill-Ins

This is my first time joining in on the Friday Fill-in fun (love the alliteration, dontcha?).  My fill-ins are in orange (homage to October!).  Enjoy!

1. My back feels like it's pulling forward because of the belly... doesn't hurt today though!

2.  My imagination runs wild with thoughts of baby.

3. Leaves are falling all around, and I can't wait till next fall, when Adelaide will be able to play in them!

4. I have pregnancy-induced forgetfulness.

5. Healing is hard to do, but necessary to push forward with a good life.

6. List-making and organizing is what I've been up to lately!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching Tuesday's episode of Parenthood, tomorrow my plans include buying fabric for crib sheets and other fun stuff and Sunday, I want to help hubs with the shed!