Our little cinnamon bear

I had an ultrasound on Tuesday just to check on the baby, get the heartbeat, make sure growth was normal, etc, and learned that it was 1.5 inches from head to rump. According to the doctor, that's six days early in development!

It was really active, kicking and dancing in there, it's little knees bending and elbows waving. What a weird experience to see that, know that it was happening inside of me, but not feel it at all.

Don't get me wrong, I have felt pregnant... nauseous, tired, hungry but completely repulsed by food. Scott has been a good sport eating a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches because half the time I just can't get myself to cook--it makes me want to puke.

05.22.2009

Hairy Affair

When we moved, we left behind the professional hair doctoring genius of Sarah. Yes, it was a very sad sacrifice. Scott has been in denial ever since, believing he could just grow out his hair for the rest of medical school. Well, it finally got to a point where he couldn't stand it. He wouldn't even let me take a picture of his long hair! But he DID let me cut it.... he he he

Look at all that hair!

This was my very first haircut with clippers! Thank goodness for clippers! Scott was one brave man to let me do that.

Blogging Slacker

I promise to keep up with blogging better in the future. I want to write a few points about the past month or so for posterity sake, and I'll catch up more later. Here goes:

• Scott and I had to give in and replace our sewage line. Our old pipes were orangeburg pipes and were a) collapsing in on themselves b) missing the bottom of the pipe in places where it had worn down (what? I didn't know that happened!) c) had tree roots growing into it that the roto rooter guy couldn't get to because of (a). Now we can flush our toilet in peace knowing that it will all go down... aaaahh.
• I did end up getting a calling and it was in Young Women: I am the Stake YW Secretary. I love the youth and I'm excited to still be involved with them. The downfall is that most of the stake action happens a minimum of 2 hours away, so I'll be making (and have already made) many trips to Nauvoo.
• I keep having random dreams about my finiances. Of course there's an obvious source to this anxiety. One night it was so real that the second I woke up, I rushed to the computer to make sure I still had money in my bank account and no one had stolen my credit card number. Is anyone else feeling nervous?
• I'm so grateful for the truths I know from the teachings of the church. With all the noise about Prop 8 in California, along with the craziness of the elections and the economy, I'm so glad I have a solid foundation and have (somewhat) prepared for emergencies by keeping my spending within my means and building up a food storage... I really could go on about this, but I'm out of time

More news next time, I guess.

I like Fall!

Notice, I didn't say "I love fall".  I actually love a lot about it, but it also brings with it colder, shorter days, which I don't really love.  So, I think, "I like Fall" is accurate.

One of the things I do love about Fall is the changing colors of the leaves.  I know it has to do with the loss of chlorophyll, but I like this explanation better

Putrid Petrol Prices

The title is meant to be provocative.

How much does gasoline cost where you are?

At the station down the street, gasoline prices have steadily fallen as the summer has ended (minus an $0.11 one-day jump for hurricane Ivan) and now prices are at $3.09 last I checked.  When we left Utah valley in July, gasoline there was at $4.15/gal and when driving to MO we saw it for as much as $4.25/gal.

Because we live in a small town now, we are driving less time and less distance so we don't fill up as much, and I'm guessing that our gas bill as about half of what it was in Utah per month, (this includes our trips to Nauvoo to go to the temple).

I can't believe what I'm about to say: $3.09/gal gasoline feels nice (relatively).

When Britta and I got our new (to us at the time) car almost four years ago we got gasoline for $1.69/gal.  And we were so upset when gas jumped to over $2.00/gal the next summer.

So, have gas prices affected you guys?  How much are you currently paying?  I suppose it could be worse . . . but I REALLY don't wish it to get worse...