21 weeks

How far along? 21 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: -10 pounds 

       Starting Weight: 168

       Current Weight:  158

Maternity clothes? All the time lol

Stretch marks? None that I can see 

Sleep: most nights I sleep ok. Some nights not at all 

Best moment this week: I felt Della move for the first time last night  

Miss Anything? Sleeping on my back

Movement: for the first time last night  

Food cravings: hamburgers, peaches and crazy bread from little ceasers 

Anything making you queasy or sick: nausea is getting better but it’s still there at some points 

Have you started to show yet: yep 

Gender: Girl ❤️

Labor Signs: no

Belly Button in or out? Well it’s kinda in and kinda out lol

Wedding rings on or off? On when I remember 

Happy or Moody most of the time: moody. All the time. Like I’m feel like I’m always angry at someone and unfortunately Nick gets the brunt of all that moodiness

Looking forward to: feeling her kick more. In a few weeks I’m going to Virginia to see my cousins and while there, we’re going to go to a 3D ultrasound. 

The Hope for 2020

Christmas Eve 2019 was supposed to be so happy. It was but I was so depressed. I was supposed to have been 8 weeks pregnant on Christmas 2019 and I couldn't imagine that I would ever be not depressed. It wasn't anyone's fault. The problem was that I had this huge romantic feeling that being pregnant would make things all better. That my life would be complete. But my first pregnancy was nothing like I had imagined. We only told half our family, We had some family members that weren't happy or didn't appear to be, My Husband wasn't as excited as either of us thought it would be and then after just a few days, we lost that baby. Believe what you will, but I believe that life begins at conception. My baby might have never had a heartbeat, probably would have never survived the whole pregnancy but my baby was alive and was very important to me. When we lost that baby, I felt like a failure. I felt like my dream was being ripped away. I was worried and scared. In December of 2019, My husband told me that he didn't feel comfortable trying for a baby right away. He didn't want the miscarriage to happen again. We grew a lot and so close together but I was so depressed. 

I ended 2019 with such hope. Hope that my depression would go away, Hope that we'd have a healthy baby, Hope that we would be better at managing our finances, and hope that we'd enjoy life together and have fun. 

2020 has been a rough year for all of us but it's also had some good moments.

2020 started well for us. I added a new client in January and had very few migraines. I went to Michigan for a few days to see my best friend and my mom was able to come a meet her as well. I still battled my depression and anxiety but still was holding onto the hope things would get better.

February hit like a snowstorm, which we actually had lol. Early February while at the gym, I fractured the arch in my left foot. I've hurt this foot before in the same spot but this time, I had to wear a boot for a few weeks. My migraines came back and Money was tight. 

March - We started the month off with a bang. We flew together for the first time to Las Vegas (Which was a first for me.) to go to my Father-in-laws's wedding. It was a fast trip. We were gone for only 36 hours but it was so fun and I can't wait to go back someday. While in Vegas, I found out that I was going to be an Aunt. This is some of the best news I received in 2020 but it was also some really hard news that caused my depression and anxiety to spike. One the plane back from Vegas, I'm talking in a 3-4 hour time period, I went from feeling fine to feeling so sick. This was before I really knew a lot about covid. Something about me is that I hardly ever read the news so I knew of covid but I didn't lol. By the time we landed in Indy and my mom picked us up, I was so sick. My chest hurt so bad and I was coughing. I ended up being sick for a little over 2 weeks. I had a telehealth appointment with my doctor and she thought it was RSV and to stay quarantined. During my sickness, (We arrived home on March 4th) I started seeing more about Covid. We were home for 9 days before Indiana went into the Stay-At-Home Order. My cousins actually came back from Virginia the day before the stay at home order so they ended up staying for 1 week because, at that time, we all had hope that it would only be 2 weeks. 

April- Still in Quarantine. My life didn't change a ton. I was already working from home 90% of the time. Work was slow for me but Nick's was starting to pick up. I went to a state park that's close to our house multiple times a week to walk the day and help with my depression. This was the month that we decided to just let be what will be and stop preventing pregnancy. I went kayaking a few times with my family when it was warm. 

May - I felt like this month flew by! We went to a couple state parks. Me mostly with the dogs, I worked. May starts Nick's busy season so he worked a lot. Nick's company allows him to have his birthday off each year so it worked out great. We went hiking for his birthday and then for Memorial Day we went kayaking with Belinda and Emma Kate. 

June - was interesting lol I went to Virginia with my mom and sisters for a few days, we went to the beach and just had fun covid safe. Then we brought the girls back with us. With them here in Indiana, we went to lake Michigan 2 times, went kayaking, played games, had sleepovers, and much more. 

July- Charity came back over the 4th to get her kids. I turned 26 years old. On July 11th, the neighbor's tree fell and totaled our garage. This was a hard month. There are so many unknowns and adulting that you have to do when something like this happens. Thankfully with the help of all our friends, family, and insurance lady, it was a lot easier than it could have been. with the whole year and then this month, I decided that I needed help fighting my depression and anxiety. I talked to my doctor and she thought my depression was caused by my anxiety so she put me on some anxiety meds that really help. I also had a biopsy on something that I've struggled with for over 10 years. Thankfully it wasn't anything more than a skin rash and it's gone now. 

August - We had an interesting vacation. I had planned on telling you all about it but due to some of the information, I'm going to leave it as an interesting vacation. After Vacation, I felt like we (Nick and I) had a great month. We got a fish tank which has been nick's dream for years and at the end of the month, we found out that we were pregnant!

September - Started Great but then morning sickness hit and my migraines got daily. I gained 2 new clients and worked more this month than any other month since starting my business. 

October - I was sick for most of the month. We had a good moment. We went to Mackinaw Island with my family since we weren't able to go to Canada this year. It was a fun weekend. We brought Luna with us and it was fun to vacation with a dog. 

November - We had a death in the family and due to covid, we had a family-only memorial service in Ohio that we went to. We also went to thanksgiving at my parent's house. Nick got a deer for the freezer. 

December - Nick's worked a lot of weekends and We had a gender reveal party! We announced that we were having a girl and then we celebrated Christmas covid style with family. 

2020 is coming to an end. I had such hope for 2020 but I've learned that there's something good in everything. 2021 is looking good. So many things that I'm hoping will happen in 2021... Here's a shortlist. I'm hoping to do this every year so that I can look back and see if they come true

1) Have a Baby in April/May

2)  I would love to move houses. Our 800 Square foot house is getting small. I'm ready for a bigger house. 

3) I'm hoping that Covid improves and the borders open and we're able to take Della to Canada.

4) I'm hoping that Nick continues to like his job and continues to improve with his knowledge of HVAC. 

What's your plan for 2021? Do you have hope or dread for 2021? With this year, I've been seeing so many Facebook post about 2021 being like 2020. 

Merry Christmas!

Even though Covid has changed things, Nick and I had a great Christmas. I was a bit sentimental with it being our last Christmas just the two of us. 

20 Weeks!!! Halfway there!

How far along? 20 weeks baby! My mom had all of her babies 6 weeks early and due to my migraine medicine, I’ll probably go between 37-40 weeks so I might have less than 20 to go!

Total weight gain/loss: no idea. I haven’t weighted myself since last Monday. With it being Christmas and because I have self esteem issues I have over the years never weighted myself before/after Christmas  

Maternity clothes? All the time. 

Stretch marks? Not that I can see. Lol 

Sleep: getting better except I really want to lay on my back. 

Best moment this week: Christmas! Lol we had our first Christmas family dinner on Saturday.  

Miss Anything? Laying on my back to sleep 

Movement: no. Today we found out that I have an anterior placenta so it might be a few weeks until I really have kicks.  

Food cravings: this week I was craving corn dogs and stuffed crust pizza one day but I don’t really have anything that I’ve been craving. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: just about everything makes me nauseous but no more throwing up 

Have you started to show yet: yes :) 

Gender:  Girl!

Labor Signs: nope!

Belly Button in or out? Both? Lol 

Wedding rings on or off? On if I remember 

Happy or Moody most of the time: moody

Looking forward to: feeling her kick and her getting bigger until she’s finally here 

Here’s some fun pictures for this week...
I bought this shirt back in July before I was even pregnant and I prayed that I would be able to wear it over Christmas. It’s a super comfortable shirt.  Pictures from our ultrasound. Her profile and baby feet, with her ankles crossed. 

19 weeks

How far along? 19 weeks. Almost halfway there! I’m so excited. Since my mom went early with all of hers and I take migraine medicine, there’s a good change baby girl will come between April 20 and May 10th lol 

Total weight gain/loss: I’m at 157. Which is 11 pounds for my orginal pre-baby weight of 168.  

Maternity clothes? Yes. All the time. They are more comfortable. 

Stretch marks? Only on my butt lol 😂 

Sleep: horrible. My legs hurt all the time. I really want to sleep on my back. 

Best moment this week: 3 migraine free days!  

Miss Anything? Sleeping on my back. 

Movement: not yet. Soon very soon  

Food cravings: I’m still craving peaches. I was really craving pizza last week and popcorn puffs. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: most food lol 😂 I still have lots of nausea most days and have to be careful what I’m eating or drinking 

Have you started to show yet: yes. It’s a small bump but she’s there 

Gender: it’s a girl!!! I’m so excited. 

Labor Signs: nope. Hopefully not for a long time 

Belly Button in or out? It’s becoming more of an outie than in 

Wedding rings on or off? Haha I forget to wear them most days. 🤷‍♀️

Happy or Moody most of the time:  moody. I’ve had a lot of mood swings 

Looking forward to: we have our anatomy next week and Christmas!! I’m also flying to see my cousins in January and we are going to go do a 3D ultrasound which I’m super excited about. I’m excited about everything. 

I’m really happy to be having a little girl and I can’t wait to meet Della. 

It’s a....

We can’t wait to meet our sweet girl! We’ve decided that her name will be Rosadella Mae 

Week 18

How far along? 18 weeks

Total weight gain/loss:  I’ve gained some weight these last couple of weeks. We’re now at 156.4 which is 12 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight of 168. :)  

Maternity clothes? Yes mostly cause they’re expensive and I’m going to take advantage of them lol 

Stretch marks? None that I can see 

Sleep: horrible. 

Best moment this week: midwife appointment and counting down to gender reveal  

Miss Anything? Sleeping on my back

Movement: none that I’ve noticed.  

Food cravings: peaches, corn dogs, cookies and cream ice cream and fruit 

Anything making you queasy or sick: everything. Even good food. 

Have you started to show yet: yea 

Gender:  next week I’ll be able to answer this :) 

Labor Signs: nope 

Belly Button in or out? Still in 

Wedding rings on or off? In when I remember 🤦🏼‍♀️

Happy or Moody most of the time:  moody

Looking forward to: feeling baby kick, 20 week ultrasound right before Christmas and telling our family what we’re having. Also planning on announcing the name 

Week 16

Welcome back all!! I haven’t forgotten you. I’ve just been very sick with nausea and migraines. But I pulled out my tripod so I wouldn’t have to wait for my husband so hopefully I’ll do more of these. I’m starting to show now so it should be getting fun. 

We did some blood work at week 13. Basically it was to see if I was a carrier or if something is wrong with baby. Along with that it also checked to see what baby’s blood type and gender was. My blood type is A- so I knew that there’s a chance if baby is RH positive that I would have to have the shot. We think nick is A+. The result came back that baby is 96% RH positive which means I have to have the shot. It also said the gender but we aren’t telling anyone until December 12 which is when we are going to have our gender reveal party. 

With covid, we’ve had to make a few changes since the first time planning it but it will be fun anyways. We’re hoping to tell everyone the gender and the name! 😍😍 I’m like super super excited to tell people what our little baby is going to be named. 
Anyways. Here is week 16 update. 

How far along? 16 weeks 

Total weight gain/loss: loss total of 10 pounds since my last period.  

Maternity clothes? Yes. While I can still fit into most of my shirts, my jeans are too tight for comfort. I’ve also been getting some stitch fix boxes that are all maternity clothes and I love them! I’m taking advantage of the cost of maternity clothes and wearing them 

Stretch marks? Not that I’ve noticed. 

Sleep: um. Most days fine. But I’ve been having awful upper back/shoulder pain so I want to lay on my back so I’m trying to force myself to sleep on my side. I’m a Tosser so just cause I go to sleep on my right right means I won’t wake up in the same position. Always have been this way. Ask all the people I have black eyes too 

Best moment this week: today. I’ve been mostly migraine free except for about 2 hours. I’ve had more energy and less nausea.  

Miss Anything? Alcohol lol I’m a person that would have an alcoholic drink maybe 3-5 Times a year but in the last 2 weeks I’ve been craving some sweet alcoholic drink lol 

Movement: I’ve thought I’ve felt baby but I think it was just gas lol  

Food cravings: peaches, little ceasers crazy bread, salads. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: shrimp which makes me sad. Most fish. Any fast food 

Have you started to show yet: I think I look like I’ve started the holiday eating early. But those who know me know it’s baby 

Gender:  we know but aren’t telling yet 😘

Labor Signs: nope. And hopefully not for a long time 

Belly Button in or out? Still in but starting to look weird 

Wedding rings on or off? On when I remember 

Happy or Moody most of the time:  both lol with my migraines I get frustrated cause I don’t feel good but I’m very happy to be growing this baby 

Looking forward to: Telling family what we’re having, announcing name and hopefully celebrating Christmas with family. 

Week 11

How far along? 11 Weeks and 1 day, technically 

Total weight gain/loss: I’ve lost 12 pounds since the day I found out I was pregnant. 15 since the beginning of my pregnancy.  Maternity clothes? Yes because I don’t like tight stuff on or around my stomach and the jeans I have were given to me for free. 

Stretch marks? Nope, hoping never?

Sleep: horrible. My migraines don’t help that 

Best moment this week: I’m starting to show Miss Anything? I miss eating whatever I want, going to the gym and feeling good. My mimigraines and nausea have pretty much taken control of my life 

Movement: nope but I’m excited for the day I do    Food cravings: peaches and orange juice

Anything making you queasy or sick: everything. But my husband loves Doritos and his breath after makes me so sick 

Have you started to show yet: I think so :) 

Gender: we did the sneak peak at home gender reveal at 8 weeks but we aren’t announcing untilAfter we have an ultrasound confirming. Im sure positive the gender is correct. Only a handful of people know 

Labor Signs: no 

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On if I remember. Week 9/10 they were hurting my fingers. I don’t normally wear my bands at home and since I work from home 90% of the time, I hardly wear them. 

Happy or Moody most of the time: umm... neither.  Ive been pretty miserable with my mimigraines. 

Looking forward to: first doctors appointment next week, then feeling baby move and ultrasound/gender reveal party in December 

Pregnancy Update - Week 11

 Good Morning All!

I'm 11 weeks pregnant. I'm feeling better this week with the nausea but man.. Pregnancy has been rough. 

I've had a migraine every day since the middle of September, so going on almost a month. Because of this my Doctor has recommended that I see a neurologist so I have an appointment scheduled for November 10th. But when you're in horrible pain every day, It's so hard to wait. 

Another thing I've been having is nausea. I normally have a tough stomach and rarely throw up. But I've been super nauseous and with that has come some weight loss. Which the doctor said was ok, as long as i was monitoring it. So i weight myself a couple of times a week on my home scale just so i have an idea of if i'm gaining or losing. I also try to eat if i don't feel too bad. 

That brings me to the other problem. Nothing sounds good and if it doesn't sound good, then it probably won't settle in my stomach well. The one food that I've been eating a ton of is fresh peaches. My baby is going to come out wanting a peach! lol 

I'm going to start doing weekly belly bump updates once I start feeling a little better. But I'm super excited for the little baby that's growing and can't wait till May

Comment below if you have any suggestions to help my migraines

We're having a baby!

 We're so excited to share with you that we are having a baby! We're 9 weeks and so excited.

I can't believe it. I took a test early on a Friday morning not expecting it to be positive. Nick had already left for work and when the 3 mins were up, I saw a light line. I texted Nick and told him "I think there's a second line." I also send 2 of my friends the picture and asked if they saw the line too.

That afternoon, I took another test and the line was darker. I think I took a test every day for the first week. 

Because I had a miscarriage last fall, I wanted to be proactive with this pregnancy. I call my Ob that Monday morning when I was 4 weeks. I asked if they would do blood work and early ultrasound since I did have a miscarriage. The nurse told me of course. Anything to help my anxiety. I went for blood work Monday, Wednesday, and Friday the first week. The next week was labor day so I only went Tuesday and Thursday. I went to get my HCG tested until it was over 7000. Which it was by the end of week 5. 

At week 7, We had our first ultrasound. That was really cool. We were able to see the baby and see Baby's heartbeat. We weren't able to hear it but she said that was normal and everything looked fine. After the ultrasound, we decided to announce to our extended family. We had already told our parents and siblings.  After we mailed the pictures to our extended family, we waited a few days and then announced on Facebook at 8 weeks. :)

Overall every day I'm doing better with anxiety and giving everything to the Lord. A phrase that I repeat to myself often is "Remember what is true." 

Pregnancy has been hard since about week 6. I've had a constant migraine and feel miserable from that. Then I have all day nausea with or without throwing up, depends on the day. I also haven't been sleeping well, which I'm not sure if that's from my migraines or baby.

My Migraines have been so bad that I've decided its time to see a neurologist about them. I'm very miserable. I see the neurologist on November 10th. I'm hoping and praying that they will be able to do something to help me or else it's going to be a long few months. 

We're very excited about meeting our baby and we can't wait for May

2nd Anniversary

Today is our 2nd wedding anniversary. I've worked really hard to get 2 posts out today :) 

Because my husband got off early yesterday, we actually celebrated yesterday. I don't really like eating at restaurants and since COVID, I most defiantly don't. Nick agreed to grill steaks if I went and bought them so that's what we planned. I made more than enough food. 

I made steak, Bob Evans Mac and Cheese, Lemon Butter Shrimp, Roasted Potatoes, and Mexican Street Corn. Like I said, More than enough food.

We decided to watch the flash together as we ate. We had planned on playing Mario Cart but we both had a migraine last night so we just chilled. 

It's hard to believe it's been 2 years since we got married. This past year has been the best year of my life. It's also been a really hard year.

We have had some really fun moments. Nick went to Canada! That was a big moment. I also started my own business. This was big because yes I'm home but no I'm not free, I'm working. We finally painted the 3 rooms that we wanted to paint: Living room, Office and Kitchen. We went to Vegas for a wedding.

We had some down moments: the miscarriage. This was the hardest thing to walk through and I was incredibly grateful that I had my husband by my side. 

Marriage isn't easy. It takes a lot of work but each year has been better than the year before

Our Wedding Day

As I’m writing this, it’s the day of our 2nd anniversary. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 2 years. It feels like yesterday and at the same time, that it’s always been.  I'm going to go rather quickly through our wedding day.

The day before our wedding day was really stressful and the reason it was stressful was that I wanted to be in control. In the end, it worked out beautifully but I wish I could go back and change my attitude that day. 

On the morning of our wedding, Nick came to my house to pick me up. I think it was like 6:30 or 7. I don’t remember. Then we drove out to my mom and dads since that’s where I would be getting ready. 

When we got there, Nick and the groomsmen left to go get ready at the barn. My friend did my hair and then I did my makeup. My little cousins put my veil on me. (I have the cutest pictures from this.) then my cousin (who was my wedding planner for the day), the photographer, and I left for the barn. We went to go get first look pictures with my dad and nick. 

We took pictures at the barn and then we moved to the ceremony location which was my then boss’ house. And we took more pictures there. 

The whole time I was worried that it was going to rain but it didn’t! It was hot though. 

The ceremony was wonderful. Few things I would change. 1) practice lifting the veil 2) make sure everyone knows where the groom is at and 3) make sure someone picks up grandma two hours before the ceremony. 

After the ceremony, it started to rain so most people left for the barn. We stayed behind to get some video with the  Videographer. Some things I would change here 1) make sure you and your husband talk about cars 2) make sure you have cars and keys and 3) enjoy being married for 15 mins and 4) bring lots of water to an Indiana June wedding. 

Once we made it to our Reception, the real party started. Our reception was amazing and so much fun. We ate tacos, we danced our hearts out. Unplanned our reception lasted 2 hours longer than we had originally planned and that's because our get-away car got a flat tire. But it was so worth the 2 hours of more dancing and hanging out with family.

In the end, our wedding day was amazing and perfect. There are things I would change but the memory is great. 

At the end of the day, I married my best friend and that's really all that mattered that day.

Fun Facts about our wedding

1) My Grandma got lost on the way to the ceremony

2) We almost got left at our wedding ceremony

3) The Groom's and Groomsmen shirts got lost the morning of

4) It was so hot

5) Right as we said our vows, a horse across the pond neighed!

 

Nick's 24th Birthday

Today is Nick's 24th Birthday!! The company he works for allows the employees to have their birthday off as a paid day. So today Nick didn't have to work.

He's been wanting to go to this place called potholes. It's about 45 mins away. We tried to go over the weekend but it was just too busy. So today we woke up early and went. We took luna but realized rather quickly that that was a bad idea. She did ok but I would have rather gone without dogs.

We didn't stay too long there. A little over an hour. It's hot and we've been so busy. Tonight we have nick's birthday with his mom and grandparents.

Anyways back to Potholes...

It was a really short hike to the first water crossing. When we got there, there was a girl in the water. She slipped as we were walking up and slid down. That water was really cold. We hiked on for about another 5 mins when we came to the waterfalls. I have a video on the GoPro once I'm able to get my editing software up and running. I love waterfalls. In Canada, there are 2 sets of falls that we go to each year and I love it when the water is down enough that you're able to go stand under them. The falls that we saw today, I was able to go sit on a ledge near them.

We were at the falls for about 30 mins before we decided to walk on. We walked for another 15 mins before Nick got a tick so we turned around and walked back. Which is fine cause I was getting hungry.

Overall it was a great trip and I can't wait to go back again.

Covid Week??/ Memorial Day Weekend

I have actually lost track of how many weeks we have been in quarantine but the light at the tunnel keeps getting closer.

Nothing really exciting happened these last couple of weeks.

Today the Gym opened for the first time and I was there at 8:30! Let's make this a habit shall we? It felt so good to work out. I only did 30 mins but that's cause I knew we would be kayaking. I was also worried about overdoing it today. When you haven't been to the gym since February, You go back slowly!

For the last couple of months, I've been working with Luna to get her comfortable in the kayak. She doesn't like it and refused to get near it in the garage. But today I convinced Nick to go with me to a nearby lake and to test it out. Sometimes she's better once doing it. She did a lot better than I thought she would. She wouldn't lay down but she didn't tip us! She learned the "Boat Up" command and the "Stay in". She loved to jump in a swim but I would have preferred if she would have stayed in the kayak. She doesn't always listen to the command "Come" so I was worried that she would run off and bother other people. With Nick on the shore, she just ran to him.

After this morning with Luna, We went kayaking with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. The trip that we did, normally takes 2-4 hours, took us 1 1/2 hours. That was also with us stopping twice to swim, cause it's 90 degrees in Indiana. The water was high and moving fast so that helped us. Overall it was a wonderful trip. Right after we got out, Nick informed us that he left the RAV's keys in the other car (Which was at the start.) So my sister-in-law called a friend to come to pick them up. Right after she made this phone call, It started raining! It only rained for 45 mins and it wasn't bad. Sister-in-law came back with her truck and the keys. We loaded up and came home. I was hoping that we could do another trip because of how fast it took us but we decided not to.

It was a great Memorial Day. Lots of fun. Different than last year. But really fun..

I'm hoping to be able to take Luna out more on the kayak so that she will relax and maybe go to Canada with us

" As we express our gratitude, we must never forget the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them" JFK

Covid Week 5

Here we are... Week 5.

This week was more lazy than last. I finished the kitchen wall paint and was working on the kitchen cabinets. I'm still not done. I also worked and went grocery shopping.

On Monday, I went to work for about 2 hours and then I went grocery shopping. I went to Aldi, Target, and Payless. It was exhausting. People are rude. I know you're scared but it doesn't mean you should be rude to me. I also had a migraine all day so I went to bed early that night

Tuesday: I worked again. I also worked out. I also spent all day doing laundry. I think i did like 5 loads, which for 2 people is a lot. On top of doing these, I also dug out my sewing machine and sewed a few things.

Wednesday: I worked on the cabinets. Folded the said laundry. This evening I played a game of settlers with my sister and Adopted sister via Zoom

Thursday: I worked, I worked on the cabinet. I cleaned the bedroom. Then in the evening, we went to my mothers-in-law. We ate dinner with them and got some eggs.

Friday: It's my longest day at work. I actually go to a client so it's about an 8-9 hour day.

Like I said, It was a lazy wee

Quarantine Week 4

I still haven't learned how to spell quarantine. Spell check on my computer and Grammarly on my web browser is throwing tons of fits at me.

I had meant to upload some pictures with this post but my phone cord is in the other room and I'm not taking unnecessary steps today lol.

This week started by me getting the idea to finally paint my kitchen. I've lived here for 3 years and I've wanted to paint it every single day that I've lived here.

The walls, trim and ceiling were painted this beige/tan color ( I can't tell the difference between these two colors.) The floor is the light fake wood floating floor so everything in my kitchen was the same color. When I moved in 3 years ago, I had always wanted dark kitchen cabinets. So one of the first big DIY I did was paint my kitchen cabinets (Which at the beginning matched the floor color). I painted them this really pretty dark chocolate color which I liked until I hung the doors back up 3 years ago, and then I hated it. It made the kitchen look so dark.

For the last year, I've wanted to repaint the cabinets, paint the walls and the ceiling. But I've just never gotten around to it. Well... this was the week that I did it.

So back in January, I took this beautiful kitchen rug into Home depot and they matched the color in the rug. SO last week I went and got the paint, and got started.

I painted the cabinets white, the trim white and the walls this pretty color called "Sophisticated Teal"

And like all projects, it takes double as long. My goal was to be done in 3 days but I started on Monday and here it is Friday and I still have 2 walls of crown molding, 2 walls of trim and 1 window to paint white. I also have a small section of wall to finish with the teal and I still have all the cabinet doors to finish (I hate doors.)

It's going to take me a few more... days..weeks.months?? I can live without my cabinet doors so I'm working on getting the kitchen usable again and everything out of my living room. Then I will focus on the doors. But Man... I love this new color. It really makes this house feel like mine. I've wanted this kitchen painted for so long and now it is. I just want to go sit in my kitchen on the floor and stare at how beautiful the walls look. Eventually, I will get around to painting the ceiling white and it will make a load of difference.

I didn't just paint this week. On Monday, I went on a 3-mile bike ride and I about killed myself. Monday afternoon, I worked in the backyard. I scooped dog poop, mowed, pulled out the garden hose and tried to plan on what vegetables I'm thinking of planting. Tuesday I spent the whole day outside between sanding the cabinet doors and painting the kitchen. Wednesday, I painted all day. Except for when I let the dogs out and when I took breaks. Thursday, I didn't do anything in the morning because I had a migraine but it went away by the afternoon and I was able to tape and paint again. The only thing exciting that happened on Thursday was I had to run to Lowe's and Nick's grandparents live between my house and lowes. I called his grandma and told her that I was going to ding dong ditch them. I then had to explain what that means. But we were able to wave at each other and to see each other's smiles.

Today I worked. I worked a little on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, First thing in the morning. But today I pulled a 9-hour shift. Which probably doesn't sound like much but I've been self-employed for almost a year, I never work longer than 5-6 shifts at a time. So I got home and painted again. Then I called my cousin and after the phone call, I worked for another hour or so. Then I decided it was time to write this.

That folks, Was my week 4 in Quarantine. Since I'm self-employed, I don't feel like it's affected me a whole bunch. I don't normally go anywhere anyways but I'm started to see other people's boredness and it's started to create some of my own.

I'm looking forward to finishing my kitchen next week. Actually getting housework done and maybe, since it's going to be cold, maybe I will get my sewing machine out and sew.

Quarantine Week 3

How is everyone handling this quarantine? Is your house cleaner? Is the laundry done? Maybe you're working out more? or you're pulling your hair out trying to stay on top of e-learning?

We are at the end of week 3 and my life really hasn't changed a whole lot. I've worked from home the last six months so that's not really any different. A few things have changed. Before this, I didn't really grocery shop for longer than three or four days at a time. Because I live less than 1 mile from the grocery store, I would just run there whenever I needed anything. Now I'm trying to prepare a shopping list that would last us at least 10 days. It looks like I did a good job because we're at 10 days now and we still have food! 

Another thing that has changed is that I'm now working out at home instead of the gym. This has been surprisingly enjoyable. 3 years ago, My old job did a fitness program and I lost a good amount of weight. But then that program ended and I got engaged. I love nick, but he would rather eat out. After we got married, I got on birth control and we weren't eating healthy. I gained about 45 pounds in 18 months. So over a year ago, I decided to start working out again. I really do like working out because it helps with my anxiety. I started working out at home for 3 months and I couldn't stick with it, so I got a gym membership at the beginning of 2019. I didn't stay as committed as I wanted to but after I became self-employed i was pretty good about going 2-3 times a week. Since working out at home, I've worked about 4 days a week since quarantine started! I was telling my friend earlier this week that I actually really like this home workout and I'm thinking about quitting my gym membership. Honestly, I need the gym to get the motivation to do it at home. I've hit more of my fitness goals in the last 3 weeks working out at home then I did working out at the gym for the year. 

Another perk is that I've been able to stay on top of my laundry but I've been baking more so my dishes have gone downhill. But I've found the best bread recipe. Last week I made cookies, blueberry coffee cake, bread, rolls and I tried to make hamburger buns (Don't ask. these didn't turn out at all.) 

I've also been able to spend a lot more time studying my bible. I still have bible study homework to do and BSF homework to do but I'm staying more caught up. 

One of the verses that I've read in a book, saw on Facebook and read in my devotion lately, So I know that the Lord wanted me to see it so that it would stick in my head. 

Psalm 91:5 "You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day."

I thought I'd leave you with a quote I saw on Pinterest.

"The Fear of the unknown is so powerful, it convinces us to stay in the misery of our current situation simply because we already know it." Tory Eletto