Mad Lib Winner!

Using the random number generator, a winner has been selected! Congrats Sarah!! You are the winner of some new Christmas ornaments. They are still a work in progress as they need hangers, but I saw these round pieces of wood when I was collecting my Christmas tree and I thought they would be perfect for little paintings. I hope you enjoy them.

Now onto the fun part...the Mad Lib. I figured I would give the Mad Lib to you blank and that way those that didn't win could see how theirs would read. Let me tell you, there are some funny entries! It's a good thing I did a random selection and not by humor because that would have been more tough. So the blank Mad Lib is:

Snowed In
If you can't get out of your house because of a sudden (noun) storm, don't panic!
You'll be (adverb) safe if you have warm clothes. Preferably woolen (plural noun), thermal (plural noun) and, of course, (adjective) underwear.

And now for Sarah's winning entry!

Snowed In
If you can't get out of your house because of a sudden Nutcracker storm, don't panic!
You'll be blatantly safe if you have warm clothes. Preferably woolen margaritas, thermal
sprinkles and, of course, flashy underwear.

Nice one! Congrats Sarah. I already have your mailing address so your ornaments will be mailed to you shortly! Thanks to all those that participated.

19 Weeks

Wow, that's so close to half way that is scary! It really goes by quickly and yet at times you want it to be quicker. The baby is now the size of a heirloom tomato. My mom was here for a visit and some more room planning was done. She's making me a great crib skirt with a vintage looking fabric that has letters and numbers all over it. I also found some fantastic vintage flash cards at the thrift. I'm going to frame them with a bunch of those Ikea frames and use that as the art. So the room will just have kind of a vintage ABC and 123 theme. I can't wait to get started, but there is alot of stuff to get out of that room first. It's safe to say we won't be doing any of that until after the holidays. So, without further ado..here is the survey. I've made a couple changes...removing the gender because by now you have figured out that we aren't going to find out! Enjoy!

How far along? 19 weeks.

Total weight gain/loss: You'll just get this one once a month. I'm not a big scale user so I'm limiting my weigh ins to my 4 week appointments. I'm sure there is another pound or two in there somewhere though!

Stretch marks? There are two small ones now. I've got to get on the vitamin E regimen before it's too late!

Sleep: The Snoogle is awesome, but it's still tough sleeping. You definitely get somewhat prepared for waking up with baby during the pregnancy while you wake up to pee, wake up to roll over, wake up just because.

Best moment this week: Finding my dog curled up inside my Snoogle.

Movement: Yep, although I wish I felt it more. Should in the next few weeks...for now it's just sporadic vibration.

Food cravings: I really don't know if there are cravings. I guess there are things that I suddenly like that I never used to. Drinking a glass of milk for example. Tastes so delicious now, but never did before. On the other hand I'm not guzzling the milk. I feel like I crave things no more than usual. I do really still like orange juice and have some every day.

Frustrations: The round ligament pain is off the charts right now. This make sleeping difficult cause I feel every movement I make. Stretching at night helps. Still need to get into the yoga class, but I also have ANOTHER cold right now and yoga plus drippy nose is never a good idea.

Belly Button in or out? Cavernous.

What I miss: Being able to just pick stuff up and carry it around without thinking about it.

What I am looking forward to: The ultrasound next week. Although at the same time it makes me nervous. Being pregnant is such a worrisome thing. I was finally in a place that I wasn't worrying much and now knowing that we are going to look at the baby makes me freak out just a little bit.

Weekly Wisdom: Embrace the belly and show it off!

Milestones: Posting a picture of what looked like a beer gut on the world wide web.

Christmas Time!

Last weekend we went to Apple Hill and got our tree. We were going to do a trip with the family up to the Redding area, but the hubby was under the weather so mom and I drove up to Apple Hill for a day of tree fun. It was actually painless and we found a great tree at the first place we stopped. We go with the colorful hodge podge decorating theme. You can find fishing stuff, Snoopy, Nascar, and general Christmas. I love it!It looks so bare in this photo but I can assure you that there are a lot of ornaments hiding in there..and look already packages thanks to Mom! I also put out our few Christmas decorations around the house and thought I'd show you my favorite one...I know you are probably thinking it's the Iron Maiden box set, but actually it would be The Grinch. See, the Grinch is one of my favorite Christmas stories. Long ago at a job far far away I participated in a Secret Santa. The rules were that you had to gift every other day for two weeks and then give a gift costing no more than $5 on the final day. Only problem was I wasn't getting any gifts. Everyone was getting all this crazy good stuff and I had nothing. After week one of no gifts I started getting vocal with my coworker that sat on the other side of the cubicle from me about how awful my Secret Santa was. A day or two later I got a candy cane. I really bitched more then. I waited a week and a half for a stinking candy cane?! Finally the reveal came and boy was I ready to really glare at my Secret Santa. Unfortunately for me, my Secret Santa had been the coworker on the other side of the cubicle the whole time. You know, the one I bitched to constantly about the lameness of my Secret Santa. I was mortified and learned the lesson that it's best to not be a greedy bitch and to keep your mouth shut! He gave me the Grinch...which cost way more than $5...cause he knew that it was my favorite. I have put him out every year since and even bought the dog to go with him...he's on the other side of Iron Maiden!

No dummy!

Even Whisky knows the comfort of the snoogle!

Finally a contest!

I think I said I was going to have a contest on, um, Thanksgiving. Unfortunately a week got away from me and I never got around to it...so today is the day my friends. It's super cold here in Sacramento right now, in fact snow touched down very close...it's finally feeling like winter. When I came into work my Mad Lib calendar had the perfect little story so I thought it would be a great segway into a contest. So, here's the deal. Leave a comment, either on the blog or on Facebook, giving me the following information so I can fill in the Mad Lib.



1. Noun
2. Adverb
3. Plural Noun
4. Plural Noun
5. Adjective

On Friday I will randomly draw a winner. Unfortunately I can't show you what you will win because it is a work in progress, but just know that it involves painting, Christmas Tree ornaments and possibly an elf or two. Basically, it's going to be kick ass so gets to submitting. Deadline is Friday morning at 8am Pacific Time.

Two fer Tuesday!

Except it's Sunday. I seem to have a desire to post two humiliating photos of myself in a row though so just go with it. We're here to discuss the bump. When looking at the photo I myself see quite a few bumps! The belly is in full force and has grown with each day this past week. Normal tops slide up, as you can see in the photo. Don't worry, I don't wear that out of the house like that. No, instead I just post it online for thousands (ok all 40 of you) to see.

Being a full size woman posting a picture of my stomach is not an easy thing to do, but golly there is a baby in there and I feel like I deserve to revel in it as much as the skinny girls with the cute round bellies do. I've never been one to have a pouchy round stomach so you are looking at all baby there. My butt on the other hand, always pouchy and round as much as I'd like to convince myself that maybe there is another baby living in there too. I thought maybe the Christmas lights would be a small distraction!

On a side note, I've watched my fair share of Ghost Hunters. When ghosts are present there are sometimes these orbs in the photos or film. If this shows up in every picture of my belly I'm going on record to say that I'm going to FREAK OUT.

The ultimate comfort!

This is for you Carol Browne, this is for you!