a little motivation

I had a great recommendation to read this book, and I'm really enjoying it. (Two more chapters and I've finished it!) One of the things that has caught my attention is that I need to evaluate the way I organize the things I do, and how much I need to exercise a little more self control over my consumption of all things sweet. Like it or not, my eating habits will inevitably become my child's eating habits. I'm doing great in the department of 5-7 veggies/fruits per day, but there is one area for me where I'm a little over the top.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

My point is that I get it in my head that I NEED a sweet treat, and then I eventually give in. I've weeded it down to one treat per day (i.e. a bite of chocolate candy bar, a scoop of ice cream, etc.), but lately, I think it's killing the way I feel...physically. How do I say "no" when I'm around that kind of stuff all the time? I am open to any and all suggestions...even feel free to tell me all the bad things that happen to my body when I go for more food when I'm not really that hungry...I need some sort of motivation to stop my bad habits.

details, details, details...

I've been studying with Jim for the bar exam (mostly just reading flash cards with him), and I'm finding that my tongue gets all jumbled in all of the legal jargon. However, I'm learning new forms of words like mootness, and lots of Latin like vis-a-vis. Jim keeps joking that our daughter's middle name might just have to be moot since I like that word so much! There are three more weeks and one day until I'm done with this whole flash card business!

Speaking of the baby, I'm not so sure how, but she has found my ribs, and I think she thinks they could be a xylophone of sorts. It's the strangest feeling to feel what I might describe the equivalent of a vibrating video game controller in my belly. We haven't taken a current photo recently, but I promise that I'll get one posted soon since I've received that request.

28.5 lbs.

Have you ever heard of this book? Well, I would be the mouse.

These beauties, picked by my wonderful mother-in-law & me, recently kept me busy for quite some time.

I also made fruit roll-ups (blended berries & lemon juice), but I didn't take a picture before I packaged them. You'll just have to use your imagination.

it looks like I'm a wimp

When we moved to Utah, I decided it was just too uncomfortable for my pregnant body to keep running for exercise. So, I go walking almost every morning for about 1 hour.

This morning, I decided to walk through the nearby park, and what do I see coming head on? A woman who is probably ready to have a baby any day coming towards me. What is she doing? Running! It turns out I'm more of a wimp than I thought, but I don't think I'll go back to running for a few months!

the park

Yesterday I got to go to This is the Place Heritage Park with some friends and their children. I didn't take my camera, so, sorry, no photos. I think my favorite things to see were the mud huts and the wood shop. It was nice to get out!

Someone recently mentioned that Jim is looking more run down every day. Someone told me a couple years ago that law school graduation is anti-climatic because, after all, there's still studying to do after graduation. It may even be safe to say that Jim is working/studying more hours right now than he ever did during school. Yuck!

7 weeks and counting until my job of "staying out of the way" is over!

Can you abbreviate?

I went to visit the doctor as well as the credit union today, and the abbreviation for the state of Nebraska came up both places. Perhaps with all the states that start with "N", Nebraska's is one of those that has several possibilities. I just thought it was funny. Someone asked me how I liked living in Nebraska. I do not miss the tornadoes, but I do miss how much of the sky that you can see. On some days, it seemed like I could see forever! So, just for the record, I do know how to abbreviate Nebraska. It's NE.

raspberry patch just north of Lincoln where we got to pick our own raspberries...yummy!

suggestions

I've come down with a yucky head cold. Being pregnant and ill is no fun!

I haven't started to think too intensely about what accessories are most useful with a new baby, and which ones are absolutely unnecessary. For those of you who have crossed the road to parenthood before, I would like to get your input on what baby accessory you wouldn't do without, and what things you have that you would never get if you had your choice to do it all over again.

I know it's cliche to say, but thanks in advance!