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I am reminded: I AM CHEAP 30 July 2009

So often I go about my daily life, living according to MY understanding of appropriate…and then BAM.  I’m totally reminded that according to THE WORLD’S understanding of appropriate…I am cheap.

For instance, just this morning…cruising some new blogs…I stumble upon a *glowing* recommendation for an online dress shop with super cute stuff at amazing prices.  Hmmm, sounds cool, I’ll check it out…click-click and HOLY COW! 

According to MY understanding, $62-180 is NOT an amazing price on an every-day-wear  dress.  Not. Even. Close.  NOT EVEN if it’s super cute (which I must admit, they were super cute dresses).   

Maybe that makes me weird or totally off base.  In any case, there was my reminder.  BAM.  Especially as I considered that comparatively I only spent $190 on my wedding dress…

So there you have it.  I fully admit it and embrace it.  I am cheap.

Pregnancy Ate My Brain 28 July 2009

I’ve learned first hand that pregnancy is ripe with thousands of symptoms that may or may not hit you.  And while it’s not true, it is easy to feel like I’ve somehow been designated to deal with ALL of the symptoms.  Probably one of the harder ones for me to deal with has been “pregnancy brain”, which is actually better described as “pregnancy non-brain”.

I have always been an organized person.  The Type I, plan it all out, list list list, keep it filed perfectly in my over-achiever brain.  People who know me can attest to this.  My brain is the dictionary, the spell-checker, the calendar, the franklin planner, the story book, the phone book, the map, the bank account, the price checker, the 4-1-1, the EVERYTHING.  I hope that doesn’t sound arrogant or conceited, because that’s not my intention.  My brain has just always gathered and organized and stored information really well.  Until my body was invaded by the fetus.

Now my brain is a joke.  Sure it keeps me breathing and keeps my heart beating.  Sure it’s running its own schedule of baby making.  But that seems to be all my brain can do anymore.  Spelling? gone.  (thank goodness for spell checker!)  English and math skills? obliterated.  (good thing there’s a calculator on my cell phone!)  Bank account? Phone book? Calendar?  non-existent.

“My brain” is now what The Warrior and I have  nicknamed a fluorescent green 3×5 notebook that I carry around with me.  I have to write everything in it.  If someone asks me something I have to flip through pages and pages of notes and lists and scribbles to find the answer.

Pregnancy brain also keeps me from recognizing the most obvious physical things around me.  I have more bruises from bumping into things now than I probably did throughout my whole childhood.   And then fun things like this happen:

“What is this heavy thing in my hand?  Oh it’s my water bottle that I apparently have been carrying around for 15 minutes without realizing it.  Why did I pick this up?”

OR

“Why did I bring this tub of cream cheese to the bedroom?  Why am I even in the bedroom?  Where’s the toaster with my bagel?”

Fun with Rocks 22 July 2009

Vacation picture #1, although it’s really a collage TW put together of him and his brother.  Boys just never outgrow their need to toss rocks into lakes, huh?  Anyone up for a simple game of catch in a freezing cold glacial lake with a 30 lb boulder?

Pregnancy Picture 21 July 2009

I promised vacation pictures in which you could all enjoy my pregnant look.  But we haven’t finished sorting through them yet.  However, making good on my promise, I’m posting this picture captured on the 4th of July:

We are at my father-in-law’s place for a family BBQ and I am laughing at all the kids and their water antics.  My brother-in-law took the picture with one of his fancy-schmancy cameras.  He is an amazing photographer, as you can hopefully see just from his candid here.  He did our wedding photography and we’ve gotten the most brilliant compliments on his work.  If you’re looking for a quality photographer in the Salt Lake/Utah County areas, he’s the guy to call, for sure!  Here is his website if you want to check out some of his portfolios:  Remember4Ever

Today I feel fat… 17 July 2009

Not the teenage girl “I weigh 78.23 lbs, but I’m so fat” kind of feeling…

Instead I feel like the indulgent adult “I just ate 3 Thanksgiving dinners and there’s no way my skin can hold it all in” kind of fat feeling.

The kind of fat feeling where you’re sure you’re going to explode so you lie down and moan while holding your abdomen hoping that it just might stop the ache.

But I didn’t eat 3 Thanksgiving dinners, I ate a bowl of cereal.

And I definitely weigh more than a teenage girl.

And I’ve learned that moaning and holding my abdomen doesn’t alleviate the pain.

And PLEASE before all you experienced pregnant people out there go off on me, I KNOW it’s only going to get worse.  Ugh.  It doesn’t help to know that or to hear that.

And all you blog readers keep asking me to post pregnancy pictures.  Do you see the struggle I face?  In the first place, who wants a picture of that fat feeling?  And I’m concentrating so hard on trying not to explode that I’ve just not had the opportunity to post any pics…However, for those patient few of you, we just got back from vacation, so I will work on posting some of those pics this next week.  All your pregnancy picture dreams really will come true…

Until then, since I can’t do it myself, regardless of your weight or your waist size, please feel a little less fat for me.