Ok, apparently I was not swift enough for some of you, but it is still Wednesday and I am updating. A lot seems to have happened in the last MONTH and I'll do my best to get you caught up.
My nephew turned 5 and had a hilarious Star Wars themed birthday party complete with light sabers, an obstacle course, and Darth Vader. They had missions to complete and everything. He's SO into Star Wars, 6 movies I'd never seen completely through and don't really plan to anytime soon. He has though and can tell you all about them and who he likes best. So funny...
Work is work... some days I really enjoy it, others I come home and wonder why on earth I decided to work there. If they ask me to teach one more 45 minute something in my 2 1/2 hour time frame with my kids, I'll scream. Hopefully it will get better... certainly makes a person do a little research into other school districts in this area. I'll probably stay one more year regardless because all the schools are going K-5 next year and that might bring about a good change that I need, and that I'm hoping for.
Thanksgiving was fabulous... I ate great and spent freely. My mom, step-dad, and dogs spent 5 days with us and naturally, my mom and I shopped. Kyle and I decided to have Christmas with his family at our house this year. How I am going to handle that, I'm not sure yet but it has caused me to get in the Christmas spirit and decorate our house real cute. With virtually all my Christmas shopping finished, I have been able to just decorate, and I've loved it. We hung lights up outside, bought a 2nd tree for the living room, and enough decorations for each room of the house to have a little something in it. I like our tree to be seen from the street so we bought another one for his family's presents that you can't see so much from the road. The other one glows brightly from the study window. :) Since we started buying presents in October, we've spread out the cost of everything over many paychecks so I haven't found Christmas to be so expensive this year. I have to do this every year.
As far as BIG purchases go, Kyle and I did the unthinkable for us. We splurged. We want many new things but only make one major purchase at a time to control the amount of debt we take on at once. I finished paying on our appliances and we were talking about what we wanted next. We looked at TV sales for Black Friday and couldn't find the perfect TV for the perfect price. Plus, we didn't have adaquate furniture for said furniture I didn't think. While my mom and I shopped Friday, my step-dad played golf, and Kyle worked, I fell in love with a HUGE entertainment center, coffee table, and matching end tables. It wasn't priced for Friday only so I promised to take Kyle to see it. Saturday night we talked a lot about a budget and what we wanted because with Baby K on the way, we didn't want to take on a major purchase. We gave ourselves some guidelines and went to bed. Sunday morning we headed out and did everything we said we wouldn't. Kyle loved the entertainment center as well and thought we should get it. No big deal, it was within our budget. BUT, when the salesman told me they were ordering less and less of the matching pieces, I didn't know what to do. I have serious issues with things matching and looking right SO we splurged and bought the whole set. Yeah, there was budget busting mistake one. Did we take ourselves home after that? No, of course not. We ate lunch and broke our budget even more so. I promised Kyle we'd go to Circuit City and look at TVs because he thought he found one there for a really great deal and wanted to check it out. No big deal, right? Wrong. This TV was exactly what we wanted, fit into the new entertainment center perfectly, and was $1000, yes that's 3 zeroes, off the original price. PLUS, Circuit City matched Best Buy's advertised price that was $200 dollars less than theirs and threw in an extra 10% off. WHAT?!?! I'm a total bargain hunter and I completely caved. After the TV, warranty, all the HD garbage that it comes with, plus a guy to come out and calibrate it just perfectly for our insanely bright living room, we still paid less than the original price of the TV. So, needles to say we did everything we said we wouldn't but after my furniture is delivered Saturday and his new TV is sitting in its new home, I don't think I'll care at all. It's going to look so good. After that, we got our wits back and drove straight home and locked ourselves in so we didn't spend anymore money. I will post pictures once it's all here. Can't wait!
Today, I had taken the day off for reasons I wo't go into on here (just one more reason why my job gets on my nerves) and we went to the doctor for the glucose test thing. I managed to drink the drink pretty quickly and about 10 minutes later, wanted to puke. I'm not that into sweets and I felt like I just ate a bowl full of sugar. I survived it... until she took my blood. I hate needles so I'm already extremely tense and no one can ever find my veins so the process isn't pleasant but I'm getting better. Anyway, she couldn't find one she liked in my left arm and decided to use my left hand. Why we didn't bother with my right arm is something I'm still processing. Needles to say, it actually brought tears to my eyes, made my doctor mad that she took it in my hand, and then told me to not let that lady take my blood anymore but to ask for her other nurse (who I just like better in general anyway). There's a knot on the top of my hand, a lovely bruise forming, and it aches so much. On the upside, I did get a Z-PAK for the crud that I have been battling for 2 weeks and we all hope that this keeps away the bronchitis that I get at this time of year every year. Z-PAKs work like magic for me and usually within 24 hours, I'm feeling MUCH better. Can't wait!
I think that about sums it up. Unless my computer dies again, you should hear from me more often. The nursery is just about finished so I will try to take pictures and post them this weekend, along with maybe announcing his name. I heard a little boy at WalMart today and his name was the same as Baby K's will be and it pretty much sealed the deal for me. I've never heard his name used before and I loved it. Hope yall do too. For now, he's a pregnant lady picture. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! (Assuming you stuck with me through this whole thing and read it all). :)
27 weeks - Can you tell I'm pregnant now??
I think Kace is going to have to like cars. His daddy's a mechanic and my parents love Corvettes and own a few of their own "little red Corvettes" so my parents got him this.
My mom and I found this while out shopping. It's going to be perfect for NEXT Christmas, so we bought it this year. :)
