First Craving

As everyone reading this probably knows by now, JR and I are expecting our first baby in September. For the most part, things are business as usual, but I have started having some issues with eating. This started a couple of days ago and has gotten progressively worse.

For me, this so called "cravings" thing, is actually just a process of elimination. I run through several different foods in my mind and end up eating the one thing that doesn't make me gag at the thought of it.

Last night, I bought a bunch of cereal and pop tarts and macaroni and cheese(Kraft). I can tell this is going to be a sad sad time in the food department. Apparently, I am going to be eating out of a box for nine months. Also, my pop tarts and cereal are presently removed from the list, since the thought of them are making me gag. Also, I am glad that I only bought two boxes of mac and cheese, because now that I just ate it for lunch, I think it is off of the list too.

.....dreaming of the days when food was enjoyable.

Captured

We captured our cheating cat. I saw her running in the back yard towards the neighbor's house. She saw me and I think I saw her duck and try to act like she didn't see me. But, she reluctantly came to the house when I called her. She went over to her food bowl and turned her nose up, rolled her eyes, and walked away.

She is so sweet.

Our cat is cheating on us

JR and I have two cats. One named grey-C(grey cat) and the other named baby skittles(or her nickname "fatty"). Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed that baby skittles has been showing up less and less, which is VERY rare, since she is grossly obese and hardly ever misses a meal. Also, she hasn't been wobbling around the house and fussing at us everyday.

Since she has made a few short appearances and still lives up to her nickname(obviously finding her meals elsewhere), I have decided that she is living with someone else. That cat never has liked us and she has finally ran away from home and adopted a new family. I am so bitter about it. I have been thinking back at our relationship over the past couple of years and every time that JR or I tried to pet her, she would make a face and fuss. All of our neighbors would brag about how sweet she was and how she LOVED for them to pet her. She never let us pet her. She didn't like her family and went out in search of a better one. I feel so betrayed.

Anyway, Grey-C loves us and she growls at strangers walking down the street.....a truly loyal cat. But, I have a feeling that baby skittles will be back once she gets tired of what her new family is serving for dinner.

I just realized

I just realized that I didn't make a new year's resolution for 2009. My resolution for 2008 was to be more thoughtful towards people's special days by sending a card or some other type of recognition. It is something that I will continue to do and hopefully get better at, so maybe I will just keep the same resolution for 2009 and build on my skills, add more people to the birthday calendar, and be more aware of what is going on in other people's lives.

While writing this, I just came up with my "real" resolution for 2009. I am going to make every effort to cook all of our meals at home and try at least one new recipe every week. I feel so much better now.

....I love and am truly inspired by people who pay attention to detail and really strive to make things special.

Yummy!

I made vegetable soup with broccoli cornbread tonight. We had dinner with JR's parents and we had a great time. The broccoli cornbread turned out really yummy.

Also, Happy New Year to all!

Merry Christmas

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas!!

Shopping Madness

I went Christmas shopping this past week in Charlotte. I took a day off from work so that I could go during the week and avoid the weekend crowds, but it was still pretty insane.

There are a few things that I experienced that added extra stress to my shopping experience and I will discuss three of them.

1. The Apple/Mac store. That place is a mad house full of nerds. My heart rate went up the second that I walked into the store. From the really bright fluorescent lights, the noise, the four representatives to each customer, to the "genius bar"...I had a sensory overload/almost breakdown. After someone finally informed me that the genius bar wasn't the checkout and some nerd/salesperson helped me pay for my items....I was outta there!

2. The middle of the mall lotion sample people and middle of the mall hair straightener people. You see them from several feet away and start anticipating their attack before it ever happens and try to plan your diversion, but somehow they always get you. No, I don't want to try your weird lotion....and REALLY no, I don't want some stranger straightening my hair in the middle of the mall. Seriously!

3. Shoe sales people. When I am shopping for shoes, I don't like for the salesperson to hover around me. I would prefer that they bring me my shoes and go away. I feel insecure about trying on the shoe, because if it is ugly, I don't want anyone to see. But, for some reason, the sales people like to make you feel like Nemo and they are the sharks swimming around you. They all want to come and watch you try on the shoe...why is that?

That was just a few of the experiences that I had shopping for Christmas. That's why I love the Internet and shopping online.