Getting close

As you can imagine, it's getting close to baby time. I've been busy and haven't had time to write much. So here's a gem to hold you over.

Rockin' steady

Things have been pretty busy and I haven't had too much time to post. But, a lot has been accomplished:

• We finished our baby classes, took breast feeding tonight and have general child care next week. Then we are done. haha, right. It just begins :)
• We planted corn and sunflowers by the house.
• We planted 2 small junipers in the wall's bed.
• We planted yellow and green squash.
• Several ugly storms have rolled through, so the city is actively trimming trees near powers lines. A few of our trees were cut in the process, saving me hundreds on car insurance.
• Last night around 10pm, we randomly decided to reorganize a shelf in the kitchen, which led to us rearrange the furniture and mop the floor, of course. [P.S. It looks awesome, so there.]
• I submitted Walker to a dog talent agent, hoping they might have a roll for Wolf #4 out there somewhere that could pay for dog food and meds [One can dream].
• We bought a rug for the nursery. It really ties the room together.
  

Interesting perspective

Four years after this photo was shot, I think this article is worth linking. How many lies does it take? Stop being fooled.

Progression

Since the big ride last weekend, we've been busy catching up. The house is in pretty good order and we're figuring out new things for the upcoming baby. For example, I learned how to install the baby seat yesterday. Yvonne got a breast pump (TMI?). Things like that.

I came home from work on Friday to find a neighbor edging my lawn. I walked down and had a chat with him. Basically, he's bored and he's testing his new gas-powered edger. I asked if I should take the hint (I've been blowing off edging all season) and he said, "No, I'm just looking for things to do." He misses his wife.

So what could I do? I couldn't just leave him out there to tend to my yard. Instead, I plugged in my edger and joined him--meeting him in the middle like he suggested. It took less than 30 minutes. If I did it alone, it would have been an hour. His gas-powered edger dug about an inch deeper than my electric one.

Otherwise outside, our yard is going nicely. We don't have many new plants to baby. And the only new plants we really need to worry about are tough banana trees.

Our bean stalks are rising. Our Carolina jasmine is climbing. Our roses are blooming. Our cat is hunting.

Yesterday while working out there, I came across the above spider. The sunlight was pretty on his web, so I shot the photo.

Great PSA

I wish they made one for drivers on cell phones.