Well, we have been without internet since last Friday, so I am thumb typing this post from my phone. If you hear an explosion, it will be Mark’s head if our internet provider doesn’t finally concede to the man who has 20 years of experience in the phone realm {that’d be Mark}. They keep trying to send us a new modem, which they’ve done twice now, even though Mark vehemently insists that it’s the phone line which is the problem. After an hour of arguing with them last night, they’ve finally decided to send a tech out to look at it, so we shall see how this saga plays out. I’m doing my best to stay blissfully in the background as Mark’s sounding board. :) It’s not been all bad, though, because we’ve gotten a LOT done in the cleaning/prepping for baby department these last few days.
Mark had a golf tournament that he had to be a part of this past Saturday since it was sponsored by his company. Initially, I wasn’t thrilled about him being gone again on a weekend {the boys have been selling popcorn for Scouts which has eaten up our Saturdays for a month}, but he wound up bringing home a toaster/convection oven, a skil saw, a food dehydrator, AND a $75 Lowes gift certificate when it was all said and done! The biggest happy for this nesting Mama, though, is that he spent that gift certificate on a steam mop that I have been drooling over for awhile. He is such a sweet husband for doing that –or maybe he just likes clean floors- whatever the case, I’m in housekeeping heaven! This house doesn’t have a stitch of carpeting, save a few area rugs, and with a crawling baby who puts EVERY little piece of anything in her path in her mouth, it’s a good idea to have well vacuumed, and lo, even sanitized floors. Now we are covered.
Other than floors, we have been washing walls, curtains, and baseboards; and just giving this place a good, overall deep-cleaning before baby makes her arrival. After I switch out the Summer/Winter clothes today, I will only be down to making some meals to freeze, washing all of her bedding and clothes, and setting up her bassinette and crib. I’ll still need to pack our hospital bags, but I won’t mess with that until the end of the month. Only a few more weeks! I can hardly believe it!
Alright, I’d better go… my thumbs are getting sore and those clothes aren’t moving themselves.

oh gosh…that post reminds me that I am behind on my deep cleaning!!!!
LOL, Jane… I am *always* behind on my deep cleaning unless I’m in this stage of pregnancy!!
I am so EXCITED for you!!! I’ve decided to hold off on nesting until we get moved – but then I’m 6 weeks behind you so I hope that gives me at least as long as you’ve got. Nesting rocks. I love that deep clean feeling and I especially love washing and folding tiny baby clothes and putting them away. SQUEEEEEE!!!:)
Hi Gayle
It’s lovely to catch up here & thanks for the email the other day ~ will answer it, but I have been praying for you & bub!!!
Glad the nesting is going well ~ if you run out of things to do, you could always come & visit me ( although they may not take too kindly to you going overseas on an aeroplane right now
So excited for you!
Blessings
Renata:)