Ants go marching.

On Friday, Alanna and the kids came over to play on the Slip n Slide. I sat on a towel under a tree. That is my usual spot, it's still hot, but not nearly as bad as the direct sun. I usually don't pay attention to my towel, but I think I will start. First, I saw an ant carrying a dead spider. Go ants!! Then there was a precious blue butterfly that apparently had a fascination with my flip-flop. I'm pretty sure he was drinking the water that was on there from when I got my feet wet in the hose. He stayed around us for a long time, and even ended up on my shoulder at one point. Have I mentioned how much I love butterflies???

THEN, Alanna apparently put her leg down on an ant, and killed it. It wasn't smushed, but it was obviously not alive. A second ant was doing everything he could to carry the dead ant off. He kept letting go and trying a different way, determined to get his friend over the little wrinkles of the towel. It felt very "no soldier left behind" to me. It almost made me a little teary watching how hard he was trying. He finally made it to the grass, with a little help from me and a blade of grass, with his injured brother.

OK, I realize there is a GREAT possibility that he was carrying him back to the others so they could eat him, but I like happy endings, so in my mind, they went back and had a proper funeral and burial for their fallen soldier. :)

What's another word from random??

~ 8 weeks to go. Just so you know!

~ Saturday we spent the day at Clinton Lake fishing. Like, the entire day. We even took our little grill and ate grilled hot dogs, and surprisingly, I didn't hate it. I was sure I would be ready to leave after the first hour due to the heat, but I was able to put my chair in the lake and have my feet in the water, and that was really nice. I enjoyed the sun while reading magazines and watching my bobber. We eventually left that evening because I was becoming concerned with the SNAKES that were trying to sneak up on my children.....

~ Yesterday I spent ALL day cleaning.... Yeah that's right. I took full advantage of Hubby being home to help with stuff I don't like doing, and managed to get the house looking pretty decent. My feet were way swollen by the end of the day, but the house is in order and just needs the everyday upkeep.

~ I don't have a menu this week because my brain isn't functioning and I can't think past today. Hopefully my mind will come back to me eventually.

~ I am still looking for way cute butterfly decorations. I haven't really been actively looking, but I need to. I also would LOVE to find baby green material/curtains with butterflies on them. The other day when I was in the baby's room, I actually thought to myself, "WOW this is A LOT of pink!!" I love it, but we may need to throw another color in there to offset. :)

~ Trent's baseball games start this week. This is his first year of sports and so far he has liked it at practice. I just hope he continues to like it.

~ I only have two 2 week appointments with my OB and then it's every week. Did I mention this baby will be here in 8 weeks (if not before.....)!?!?!?

Don't have a lot to say, but I need to blog more.....

~ Just over 9 weeks until baby day. 9 weeks. That's not very long at all. This pregnancy has FLOWN by!

~ We brought home a project last weekend and I have been hesitant to blog about it because we aren't sure what we are doing with it yet. I will say tho, there is absolutely NO room in our garage, and there won't be for quite time.

~ I am so thankful to see the sunshine! Rain is good and all, but I really need to see the sun every once in a while.

~ I'm still on the look out for some butterfly decorations. I did find a way cute switch plate at Babies R Us, and they have a matching night light and hook, but I can't see paying $15 for them.

~ My little boy will be 4 in three weeks. Wow.

Daylight Savings randomess

~ My first night of daylight savings was awful....... I was on Facebook wayyy to late chatting with an old friend until almost 2 (so like 3). I haven't stayed up that late in a while. Then after prying my sleeping hubby off of the couch, I got to bed and was drifting off to sleep, when it all started. I heard a cat scratching and meowing at the boys' door. Well that isn't normal. So I go out in the hall and he is literally trying to get under their door. hmmm So I opened it, thinking that maybe the other cat was in there. Nope. This stupid animal jumps on Trent's bed, meowing and going in circles. What the heck!?!? So, being me, I was all worried that something was wrong. This was not normal behavior for this cat. He rarely bothers us at night. So here I am all tired, half asleep, freaking out that my son is dying (rational much???). I got the cat off the bed, made sure Trent was breathing (he was), and got the cat out. He spent the next 2 hours meowing, pacing and chasing an invisible something around the house. At 4:30 am I was sitting on my couch crying because I was sooo tired and he just wouldn't stop. I thought about throwing him outside, but I really thought something was wrong, because he has never acted that way before..... UH

~ I spent a good portion of my day yesterday pestering a sleeping cat. He didn't bother me last night......

~ Saturday was a fun day. My father-in-law came early and picked the boys up and took them to the Snake Parade. Oh and he brought me cinnamon rolls, and they were good!! Jason and I stayed home with plans of getting stuff done. It's nice to have dreams........ While eating said cinnamon rolls, Stripes came on TV and we sat there, for 2 1/2 hours and watched it. Talk about a wasted morning!! I did get some laundry done, and he got a bit done in the basement, but nothing like what we wanted. My father-in-law was nice and took the boys to lunch. When they got home, we went to meet my friend, Kari and her family, for bowling and then to T-Rex for dinner. They took Trent to the motel with them so he could swim then brought him home.

~ Sunday wasn't a fun day. I was so so tired. Didn't make it to church..... My hubby let me sleep until noon, but it didn't really make me feel any better. I was so groggy all day and was just sick all day. I took a small nap, but didn't sleep to long because I wanted to make sure I slept last night. Kari's son came over to play while the rest of them went shopping, and then we all met up at Taco John's for dinner. They don't have one there, so they were much excited about it! :)

~ I have to mention my sweet husband. He made a Sheridan's run for me at 9:30 on Thursday night because "the baby" wanted ice cream. :) Isn't he the sweetest!?!

Random acts of Random-ness

~ Drive by about 120th street and Parallel, on the north side some has built an awesome snow polar bear. It is really neat, and we had to drive by it a few times!

~ I LOVE the idea that they are making pop with natural sugar. I tried Pepsi Throwback first. It has a bit of a diet taste for some reason, but it was still good. Then yesterday I found Heritage Dr. Pepper and was excited. Dr. Pepper is probably my favorite food-like product in the whole world, and was hoping that the natural sugar one would be just as good. Sadly to say, it wasn't. It had even more of the diet taste than the Pepsi did. And if you know me at all, you know that I don't do diet pop. Not even a little bit. Poop!

~ I am so over the snow. I love to look at it, but I hate the dirty slushy mess that comes with it. It is especially annoying for me because I am short and I don't have pants that fit. They are all too long, and drag in said dirty slushy mess. It seriously puts me in a bad mood.

~ Speaking of pants that are too long. My wonderful friend Shannon offered to hem my jeans! Woohoo!! That is something I am very much looking forward too.

~ I am really trying to stay neutral about the sex of my baby, but it is becoming really difficult for me. It doesn't help that I have crafty friends who make THESE, oh and THESE. Also I have been having a CRAZY amount of baby girl dreams. I could fool myself into thinking that these dreams mean something, but I know it's just because that is what I want. It's just knowing that this is the last baby and all.

~ I will be just fine if I have a boy, by the way. :)

~ I don't remember having this many food and smell aversions the last 2 pregnancies. Pretty much anything from Bath and Body works makes me sick. Hamburger, ham and tuna are way out. I really hope chicken doesn't become a problem. I don't want to be a vegetarian! I really like cinnamon toast tho. :) And, I've been drinking way more milk than before too.

~ I have my 12 week appointment tomorrow. 12 weeks. I can't believe I am 12 weeks already. It seems like we just found out.

I think I am the only one.......

You may want to sit down for this............


I think I like my hand mixer better than my Kitchenaid. (Gasp!) I bought the Kitchenaid a year or so (or longer, I don't remember), and have only used it a handful of times. Why? I don't find it very easy to use. I have to stop it and lift the thingy to add ingredients. So why not just set down my hand mixer? I thought that was the point of it, to be able to add stuff while it is still going, but there just isn't enough room. Plus it is big and bulky and where the heck am I supposed to store it? Maybe it's just me............