Not a whole heck of a lot going on around here. The baby has started eating solid foods. She's a big fan of bananas, not so much sweet potatoes. :) We got to my weekly spanking last Sunday, which seems to be the most convenient day for it. It was very nice, and followed by other stuff that was even nicer!
I'm settling into the routine of cooking every night, and I'm actually quite enjoying it. The house looks nice the vast majority of the time, and it's just nice to be able to be home with the baby. Anyway, sorry for the boring post - just popping in. Have a great week!
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Loved
Mmmm...I sure do love my husband! I got my weekly spanking yesterday (okay, so it was from last week, but we get to it when we can!). He used a new-ish bath brush, and boy did it sting! We've actually had the brush for a long time, but it went into my trunk after I bought it, and stayed there for a very long time. Eventually we cleaned out my car and it ended up in the garage, and it stayed there until just very recently when we cleaned it out too, so this was the first time he ever used it. I think he likes it! I got about 75 licks, and they were nothing to sneeze at; but it wasn't a punishment, so it wasn't full force by any means. It was enough to leave me feeling toasty and well loved, and I'm just so very glad that this is a regular part of our lives again!
Life is going well. Money is very tight, but God is providing. Actually, we're getting our income tax refund back soon, and Nick has promised to buy me a digital SLR camera. This is something I've wanted for a very long time. My sister-in-law is kind of a photobug too, and we've talked for several years about someday starting photography business together. She's done a few weddings and engagements, but she doesn't enjoy the photo editing part of the job, which I love. Hopefully as summer comes we'll be able to book a few weddings together and maybe start to establish a client list. I'd love to be able to do something to bring in some income with weekend work, and photography is something I really, really enjoy!
Anyway, I'm off to bed - hope you guys have a great weekend!
Life is going well. Money is very tight, but God is providing. Actually, we're getting our income tax refund back soon, and Nick has promised to buy me a digital SLR camera. This is something I've wanted for a very long time. My sister-in-law is kind of a photobug too, and we've talked for several years about someday starting photography business together. She's done a few weddings and engagements, but she doesn't enjoy the photo editing part of the job, which I love. Hopefully as summer comes we'll be able to book a few weddings together and maybe start to establish a client list. I'd love to be able to do something to bring in some income with weekend work, and photography is something I really, really enjoy!
Anyway, I'm off to bed - hope you guys have a great weekend!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
A Perfect Angel
I've been good. Very good. Practically an angel, really. Fortunately my dear husband hasn't let that stop him from spanking me! We didn't get to get to it till Saturday. We spent a nice long time talking about my goals for the house, and Nick was very sweet in telling me how proud of me he was for the job I've done in keeping the house clean. He also told me that he did not feel that I deserved a spanking, but that he understood that I needed it to keep my head on straight. He only gave me 25 swats with the AngelBrat Paddle, but he made them count, and it was just what I needed. I think I'll go see if there's anything I can do for him...
Friday, January 15, 2010
More Blessings!
So my last post was about an answered prayer. And that was pretty neat. But it was peanuts compared to what God has done for us now! Nick's check was pretty small this week compared to what it usually is. For one thing, there was a holiday on there. Now that's good for most people, but for Nick it means that instead of them making the 10-15 commission hours they would usually have for that day, his teams gets $40 each. That takes a pretty good chunk out of the check. On top of that, we had several days of snow last week, and very few people were bringing their cars in for service which cut down on their commission even more. What it came down to was that we were around $700 short of what we needed for the bills, groceries, and necessities.
Okay, $700 is not a huge big deal for a lot of people, but in my house, that's a big chunk of money, and there was just nowhere for us to get it. So I spent a few minutes praying about it, telling God how much we needed His help, and then I did my best to let it go and not worry. A little while later I logged onto our bank account to see what had cleared and where we were with our balance, and I about fell out of my chair. Instead of the roughly $30 I expected to see in there, our balance was over $700! I looked at the activity, and saw that my former company had deposited $692. Okay, this couldn't be right - I had just quit, and since I had been on maternity leave for months beforehand, it's not like I had a last paycheck coming, right? And surely as soon as we spent it they would realize their mistake and take it right back out.
Fast forward a few hours - I called employee services to see what was going on. It turns out that when you quit, you get to get paid for any unused sick time. Mine reset for the year on my hire date anniversary, less than three weeks before I quit, so I got paid for the full yearly allowance!
I never in a million years would have thought about that being the policy. And it's really a sweet irony after all the stress I went through over the past year trying to juggle my sick time with my doctor's visits throughout my pregnancy. In fact, the last couple of visits I had before I went out on bed rest were unpaid for me because I had run out of all sick time and merit time.
Anyway, I just had to tell you guys what an amazing God I have!
Actually, there have been a couple of other neat blessings this week too. Last school year Morgan won a Wii during a school fundraiser. All three of us are big fans of all the Mario Brothers games, and we were pretty excited to hear about the new Super Mario Bros. Wii. However, with a $50 price tag, we weren't counting on getting it any time soon. Of course a video game is by no means a necessity, so it wasn't like we were suffering without it, but we really wanted to play it.
Well, going back to my job again - for certain anniversaries (5 years, 10 years, 15 years, etc.) the company would award you reward points that you could then redeem for prizes. Just before I quit, I got my 10 year anniversary points, and they were just enough to get a $50 Best Buy gift card. It came in the mail a few days ago, and Nick went yesterday and used it to get our game! All we had to pay was the tax, and we've had SO much fun with it!
Another cool thing: Morgan got a $20 gift card for Christmas to Justice from Nick's sister. Then Nick's other sister gave me a coupon for $15 off a $40 purchase at Justice, so if we put $5 with the coupon and the gift card, then she could get $40 worth of stuff. Morgan has been begging me to take her to spend it since Christmas, but I hadn't really had a good opportunity until today. Today I took her by the mall after I picked her up from school, and it turned out that the Justice there was going to be closing soon and everything in the store was 40-50% off the lowest marked price! I let her take her time, and she tried on half the store. In the end I paid about $17 out of pocket, but she got $115 worth of clothes and accessories. And on my way out of the mall Bath and Body Works had two types of foaming body wash for 90% off! One of them was even one if Nick's favorite scents, and I got 5 bottles for $1.20 each! All in all we got $175 worth of stuff for less than $25!
Okay, enough about my awesome shopping trip. :) We haven't forgotten about our weekly spanking. Last night Nick and I tried out the Wii game after we got Morgan to bed (we didn't tell her about it until today, because we knew we'd never get her in bed last night if she knew!). By the time we were done it was very late and Nick had to work today. Tonight we just could not get the baby to sleep, and Nick has to work again in the morning, so we're going to do our very best to get to it tomorrow night.
Anyway, I'm off to bed!
Okay, $700 is not a huge big deal for a lot of people, but in my house, that's a big chunk of money, and there was just nowhere for us to get it. So I spent a few minutes praying about it, telling God how much we needed His help, and then I did my best to let it go and not worry. A little while later I logged onto our bank account to see what had cleared and where we were with our balance, and I about fell out of my chair. Instead of the roughly $30 I expected to see in there, our balance was over $700! I looked at the activity, and saw that my former company had deposited $692. Okay, this couldn't be right - I had just quit, and since I had been on maternity leave for months beforehand, it's not like I had a last paycheck coming, right? And surely as soon as we spent it they would realize their mistake and take it right back out.
Fast forward a few hours - I called employee services to see what was going on. It turns out that when you quit, you get to get paid for any unused sick time. Mine reset for the year on my hire date anniversary, less than three weeks before I quit, so I got paid for the full yearly allowance!
I never in a million years would have thought about that being the policy. And it's really a sweet irony after all the stress I went through over the past year trying to juggle my sick time with my doctor's visits throughout my pregnancy. In fact, the last couple of visits I had before I went out on bed rest were unpaid for me because I had run out of all sick time and merit time.
Anyway, I just had to tell you guys what an amazing God I have!
Actually, there have been a couple of other neat blessings this week too. Last school year Morgan won a Wii during a school fundraiser. All three of us are big fans of all the Mario Brothers games, and we were pretty excited to hear about the new Super Mario Bros. Wii. However, with a $50 price tag, we weren't counting on getting it any time soon. Of course a video game is by no means a necessity, so it wasn't like we were suffering without it, but we really wanted to play it.
Well, going back to my job again - for certain anniversaries (5 years, 10 years, 15 years, etc.) the company would award you reward points that you could then redeem for prizes. Just before I quit, I got my 10 year anniversary points, and they were just enough to get a $50 Best Buy gift card. It came in the mail a few days ago, and Nick went yesterday and used it to get our game! All we had to pay was the tax, and we've had SO much fun with it!
Another cool thing: Morgan got a $20 gift card for Christmas to Justice from Nick's sister. Then Nick's other sister gave me a coupon for $15 off a $40 purchase at Justice, so if we put $5 with the coupon and the gift card, then she could get $40 worth of stuff. Morgan has been begging me to take her to spend it since Christmas, but I hadn't really had a good opportunity until today. Today I took her by the mall after I picked her up from school, and it turned out that the Justice there was going to be closing soon and everything in the store was 40-50% off the lowest marked price! I let her take her time, and she tried on half the store. In the end I paid about $17 out of pocket, but she got $115 worth of clothes and accessories. And on my way out of the mall Bath and Body Works had two types of foaming body wash for 90% off! One of them was even one if Nick's favorite scents, and I got 5 bottles for $1.20 each! All in all we got $175 worth of stuff for less than $25!
Okay, enough about my awesome shopping trip. :) We haven't forgotten about our weekly spanking. Last night Nick and I tried out the Wii game after we got Morgan to bed (we didn't tell her about it until today, because we knew we'd never get her in bed last night if she knew!). By the time we were done it was very late and Nick had to work today. Tonight we just could not get the baby to sleep, and Nick has to work again in the morning, so we're going to do our very best to get to it tomorrow night.
Anyway, I'm off to bed!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
New Routines and Answered Prayers
Whew, this has been a busy week! We finally got to have our weekly spanking session on Sunday night. Nick spent some time before the spanking going over the things he expects of me now that I've quit my job. I had asked him to give it some thought, so he came up with a list of chores.
It's all pretty basic housework stuff, but it feels good to have some guidelines. So all week I've done my best to keep things orderly, and so far it's going well. It's definitely a full day though between nursing and laundry.
The spanking was pretty lenient compared to most that I get, a bit under 100 swats with the Polynesian paddle, but an effective way to put a point on his lecture.
What has been really neat has been watching the way God is already providing for us. Every time we've needed money it's come from somewhere unexpected. Just today for example: we needed about $20 to cover some things in the bank account. I had literally no money to put in there, and no prospects for getting any. Okay, back up a couple of weeks - we hadn't used our printer for some time just because I was usually at work when I needed to print anything. Well, a couple of weeks ago I pulled it out and dusted it off and found that it needed new ink. So we bit the bullet and spent the $40 on new ink cartridges...only to find out that there's a fatal (non-fixable) error in the printer's brain somewhere. HP told me it would just have to be replaced, and since our model was discontinued three years ago, we would have to upgrade. Okay, so now we had no printer and $40 worth of useless, unreturnable ink.
Then my mom called today. Turns out that her printer (while a different model) uses the same cartridges, and she wanted to buy them from me. Since they hadn't been used at all she insisted on giving me the full $40 for them, amd she brought it by today. Before she called I had spent a minute praying about it (Okay, God, we need about $20. I don't have it, Nick doesn't have it, so it will have to come from You.) Then I sent Nick a text telling him we needed $20 in the bank if any came his way, so it was pretty neat to get to text him again a little while later telling him God had provided twice what we needed! Now I just need a new printer. :)
Anyway, Nick has fallen asleep on the couch, so I'm off to try to get him into bed. 'Night all!
It's all pretty basic housework stuff, but it feels good to have some guidelines. So all week I've done my best to keep things orderly, and so far it's going well. It's definitely a full day though between nursing and laundry.
The spanking was pretty lenient compared to most that I get, a bit under 100 swats with the Polynesian paddle, but an effective way to put a point on his lecture.
What has been really neat has been watching the way God is already providing for us. Every time we've needed money it's come from somewhere unexpected. Just today for example: we needed about $20 to cover some things in the bank account. I had literally no money to put in there, and no prospects for getting any. Okay, back up a couple of weeks - we hadn't used our printer for some time just because I was usually at work when I needed to print anything. Well, a couple of weeks ago I pulled it out and dusted it off and found that it needed new ink. So we bit the bullet and spent the $40 on new ink cartridges...only to find out that there's a fatal (non-fixable) error in the printer's brain somewhere. HP told me it would just have to be replaced, and since our model was discontinued three years ago, we would have to upgrade. Okay, so now we had no printer and $40 worth of useless, unreturnable ink.
Then my mom called today. Turns out that her printer (while a different model) uses the same cartridges, and she wanted to buy them from me. Since they hadn't been used at all she insisted on giving me the full $40 for them, amd she brought it by today. Before she called I had spent a minute praying about it (Okay, God, we need about $20. I don't have it, Nick doesn't have it, so it will have to come from You.) Then I sent Nick a text telling him we needed $20 in the bank if any came his way, so it was pretty neat to get to text him again a little while later telling him God had provided twice what we needed! Now I just need a new printer. :)
Anyway, Nick has fallen asleep on the couch, so I'm off to try to get him into bed. 'Night all!
Thursday, January 07, 2010
A New Era
Today was a very big day for me. While Morgan was in school, Nick drove me and the baby down to my place of employment where I packed up my desk, said my goodbyes, and turned in my badge. Yep - I quit my job today! For the first time since half my lifetime ago I am unemployed. Or at least not part of the paid workforce. It was a huge step for me on an emotional level. After all, my ten year anniversary at the company was just before Christmas. That's far longer than I worked at any other place, and while there have certainly been stressful aspects of it, it was overall a pretty good place to work. There are a lot of people there I consider my friends, and I know that despite our best intentions, there will be a number of them I will never see or talk to again. It was harder than I thought it would be to clean out my desk. I had actually taken a couple of boxes home with me before I went out on my maternity leave, but there was still a ton of stuff, and a surprising amount of it has fond memories attached.
Will I miss the repetitive nature of the work or putting up with rude and petulant customers? Definitely not! And I certainly won't miss the ridiculous micro-management. Everything was closely regulated, from the number of calls you took to the amount of time spent on each call to the amount of time you spent doing paperwork to the amount of time you spent in the bathroom. It was really enough to drive you crazy! But...the facilities were nice, and the pay was decent, and the building was safe, and the coffee was free, and the coworkers were (for the most part) great. I was sitting on my butt in an ergonomically friendly chair in a comfortable room, and if management sometimes left me feeling harassed, at least I wasn't feeling harassed while doing something with hot tar for minimum wage.
But all of that aside, this was a scary step for me just because this is a huge leap of faith for both of us. However, we have talked and prayed and talked and prayed, and this is absolutely what we feel that God was telling us to do, so we did it. Now it's up to Him to provide, and that is something He has shown us He would do multiple times over the last couple of months when I was without a paycheck. Being a stay at home mom has long been the desire of my heart, and I am bursting with gratitude that He has granted it.
On another subject - normally I would have been spanked tonight, but it's been postponed until tomorrow. I got very little sleep last night, and my poor husband spent most of this evening outside in the snow pouring hot water over the solid block of ice filling and encasing our heating unit. We were both pretty worn out, so we'll get to it tomorrow night.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. 'Night all!
Will I miss the repetitive nature of the work or putting up with rude and petulant customers? Definitely not! And I certainly won't miss the ridiculous micro-management. Everything was closely regulated, from the number of calls you took to the amount of time spent on each call to the amount of time you spent doing paperwork to the amount of time you spent in the bathroom. It was really enough to drive you crazy! But...the facilities were nice, and the pay was decent, and the building was safe, and the coffee was free, and the coworkers were (for the most part) great. I was sitting on my butt in an ergonomically friendly chair in a comfortable room, and if management sometimes left me feeling harassed, at least I wasn't feeling harassed while doing something with hot tar for minimum wage.
But all of that aside, this was a scary step for me just because this is a huge leap of faith for both of us. However, we have talked and prayed and talked and prayed, and this is absolutely what we feel that God was telling us to do, so we did it. Now it's up to Him to provide, and that is something He has shown us He would do multiple times over the last couple of months when I was without a paycheck. Being a stay at home mom has long been the desire of my heart, and I am bursting with gratitude that He has granted it.
On another subject - normally I would have been spanked tonight, but it's been postponed until tomorrow. I got very little sleep last night, and my poor husband spent most of this evening outside in the snow pouring hot water over the solid block of ice filling and encasing our heating unit. We were both pretty worn out, so we'll get to it tomorrow night.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. 'Night all!
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Starting the New Year off (sort of) right
Well, we started the New Year off right. Sort of. We got the spanking part right. Somewhere just over 100 hard swats with the AngelBrat Paddle shortly after the ball dropped left me feeling toasty and submissive heading into 2010. Unfortunately a very small person interrupted our after spanking play by waking up and loudly demanding my attention. And our niece spent the night with Morgan last night, so we didn't have much privacy then either. I'm really hoping we can spend some alone time tonight!
This morning I'm up bright and early doing some laundry before Morgan and her cousin wake up and craziness ensues. I hope everyone has a blessed 2010!
This morning I'm up bright and early doing some laundry before Morgan and her cousin wake up and craziness ensues. I hope everyone has a blessed 2010!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
A lovely Christmas
Did everyone have a good Christmas? Ours was great. Nick's sister was in from Texas, and it was wonderful to see her and her husband and kids. Her daughter is 16 months older than Morgan, and they took Morgan out for fun stuff almost every day. Nick and I bought each other new jackets, and Morgan and the baby got way more than they needed. Actually, the baby didn't get a whole lot, but she is less than 3 months old - there's not too awful much she can appreciate yet. The best Christmas gift was from Nick's sister and her husband. Before they came in, they sent us some money to help with bills. This was such an answer to prayer, and such beautiful evidence to me that God is going to provide for us in our new venture as a single income family.
Due to the holidays, we didn't get to do our Thursday spanking last week, but we hope to get to do it tomorrow. Tomorrow is actually our 6th anniversary with DD. This has been a difficult year for us with DD, but I feel like we're back on track.
I'll be going in to work next week to tell them that I'm quitting, so I would appreciate your prayers that that goes well. Anyway, the baby needs to nurse, so I've gotta run...Happy New Year!
Due to the holidays, we didn't get to do our Thursday spanking last week, but we hope to get to do it tomorrow. Tomorrow is actually our 6th anniversary with DD. This has been a difficult year for us with DD, but I feel like we're back on track.
I'll be going in to work next week to tell them that I'm quitting, so I would appreciate your prayers that that goes well. Anyway, the baby needs to nurse, so I've gotta run...Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
A broken tea cup, a humble manger, and the best deal I've ever gotten
A broken tea cup, a humble manger, and the best deal I've ever gotten
I wanted to share this - a wonderful post indeed from Money Saving Mom. Merry Christmas, all.
I wanted to share this - a wonderful post indeed from Money Saving Mom. Merry Christmas, all.
Friday, December 18, 2009
It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...
I thought I'd post again before we get into the Christmas madness. Nick's sister and her kids get in from Texas tomorrow, and we have Christmas celebrations to attend tomorrow night, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, so we'll be pretty busy.
I got my regular Sunday/Thursday spanking tonight. I've been a very good girl all week, so Nick let me choose my implement, and I picked his belt. It's been a very long time since he's used a belt on me, and I had forgotten just how much it could hurt, but it was a good kind of hurt, one that made me feel safe and taken care of. We managed to get in a few minutes of reconnection time afterwards before the baby woke up, and it was very nice indeed.
All my Christmas shopping is done with the exception of one, possibly two gifts, but they won't be given till Christmas morning, so I've got a few days yet. I took the baby in for her two month check up today, and she's weighing in at 11 pounds and 12 ounces, and is 23 inches long. She's growing so fast! Nick's sister's little boy is 6 1/2 months old now, and I can't wait to see him again. When we last saw him he was 3 1/2 weeks old, so I know he's grown a mile. Anyway, I'm off to bed - I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
I got my regular Sunday/Thursday spanking tonight. I've been a very good girl all week, so Nick let me choose my implement, and I picked his belt. It's been a very long time since he's used a belt on me, and I had forgotten just how much it could hurt, but it was a good kind of hurt, one that made me feel safe and taken care of. We managed to get in a few minutes of reconnection time afterwards before the baby woke up, and it was very nice indeed.
All my Christmas shopping is done with the exception of one, possibly two gifts, but they won't be given till Christmas morning, so I've got a few days yet. I took the baby in for her two month check up today, and she's weighing in at 11 pounds and 12 ounces, and is 23 inches long. She's growing so fast! Nick's sister's little boy is 6 1/2 months old now, and I can't wait to see him again. When we last saw him he was 3 1/2 weeks old, so I know he's grown a mile. Anyway, I'm off to bed - I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 11, 2009
So very blessed.
I got spanked tonight. It was supposed to happen Sunday, but it seems that our Sunday schedule has morphed into a Thursday schedule. That's okay though - I'm getting spanked on a regular basis again, so no complaints from me! Actually I'm probably lucky that it didn't happen until tonight. Sunday night it got pretty late, he was ready for bed, and I didn't remind him. Unfortunately when he came home on Monday afternoon remembering that he was supposed to have spanked me the night before, it was rather unapparent what I'd been doing all day other than scanning old high school photos into the computer to give all my facebook friends a good laugh. The table was piled high with the scanner/printer, my laptop, and about 8 leaning stacks of variously sized pictures.
Now in my defense, I did do more than it looked like. I took all the pictures out of the box in the garage that he'd been after me to clean out, and I dug the scanner out of the back of my closet and hunted down the power cord and USB cable for it, then spent quite a while downloading the drivers for it so it would work with Windows 7. I had also started dinner, although admittedly that meant that I had put the ground beef in the microwave to thaw. And of course I was periodically nursing and changing the baby throughout all of this. Okay, maybe I hadn't done the dishes or any laundry, but what was more important, the housework or the amusement of 150 of my closest friends? Er, right - the housework.
Now I was REALLY fortunate that the baby stayed up past his bedtime that night, because he was pretty pissed. The look on his face when he mentioned to me that I had let him go to bed the night before without reminding him was less than friendly. Tuesday night we held off because he had an early meeting Wednesday morning and had to get up extra early. I really thought it would happen last night because Morgan spent the night with my parents, but since he was off today and it would just be us and the baby until Morgan got home from school, he decided to wait till today. So all day long I'm thinking it's going to happen at any time. Meanwhile I'm quite enthusiastically going about helping him in gathering the trash for a trip to the dump and cleaning out the garage. But of course time ran short, and before we knew it we had to leave because he had an appointment to get his hair cut. My mom dropped Morgan off just after we got back home. She went upstairs to watch cartoons for a few minutes and rather unexpectedly fell asleep. The baby was asleep too, so I thought, okay any minute now he's going to call for me. But before that happened Morgan woke back up and came down to do her homework and the opportunity was gone.
Eventually I got her to bed and asleep, but by then he was watching a movie. By this time I figured it would probably be tomorrow night at the earliest. I mean, he has to work tomorrow, and the movie didn't go off till almost 1 AM. Nope, Mr. Spontaneous decided the time was right. So he took me upstairs and got out the CANE-IAC Jr with holes. Now for quite a while this was all he used, and I always HATED it, but I have to tell you, after my last two spankings with the Spencer paddle, I was kind of relieved to see him pull it out. Not that it didn't set me on fire. We started out with me just bending over the side of the bed, but it seems that having my feet under me makes it a little too possible and tempting to escape, so after I got out of position a couple of times he stopped and made me lie on the bed on my stomach.
When he's using anything wooden with holes on me, I lose all ability to count, which usually helps me work through the pain a little. He spanked me hard enough that counting just wasn't an option, so I really don't know how many I got. I do know that I cried, and that the last five alone were hard enough to leave me sore.
When it was over and we'd cuddled a bit I set about putting him to sleep, much to his appreciation. Having accomplished that, I said, "Thank you for taking care of me."
"Thank you for taking care of me," he said.
"Mmmm. Why is it that when you take care of me, you beat my butt, but when I take care of you, you get a blow job?"
"I don't know. That's just kind of the deal we have worked out," he said, grinning at me. "I think I've probably got the better end of it."
"It sure feels like it!" I answered. Honestly though, it means so much to me that he's doing this for me, and doing it on a regular basis too. He's so very good to me, and I'm incredibly blessed to be his.
Now in my defense, I did do more than it looked like. I took all the pictures out of the box in the garage that he'd been after me to clean out, and I dug the scanner out of the back of my closet and hunted down the power cord and USB cable for it, then spent quite a while downloading the drivers for it so it would work with Windows 7. I had also started dinner, although admittedly that meant that I had put the ground beef in the microwave to thaw. And of course I was periodically nursing and changing the baby throughout all of this. Okay, maybe I hadn't done the dishes or any laundry, but what was more important, the housework or the amusement of 150 of my closest friends? Er, right - the housework.
Now I was REALLY fortunate that the baby stayed up past his bedtime that night, because he was pretty pissed. The look on his face when he mentioned to me that I had let him go to bed the night before without reminding him was less than friendly. Tuesday night we held off because he had an early meeting Wednesday morning and had to get up extra early. I really thought it would happen last night because Morgan spent the night with my parents, but since he was off today and it would just be us and the baby until Morgan got home from school, he decided to wait till today. So all day long I'm thinking it's going to happen at any time. Meanwhile I'm quite enthusiastically going about helping him in gathering the trash for a trip to the dump and cleaning out the garage. But of course time ran short, and before we knew it we had to leave because he had an appointment to get his hair cut. My mom dropped Morgan off just after we got back home. She went upstairs to watch cartoons for a few minutes and rather unexpectedly fell asleep. The baby was asleep too, so I thought, okay any minute now he's going to call for me. But before that happened Morgan woke back up and came down to do her homework and the opportunity was gone.
Eventually I got her to bed and asleep, but by then he was watching a movie. By this time I figured it would probably be tomorrow night at the earliest. I mean, he has to work tomorrow, and the movie didn't go off till almost 1 AM. Nope, Mr. Spontaneous decided the time was right. So he took me upstairs and got out the CANE-IAC Jr with holes. Now for quite a while this was all he used, and I always HATED it, but I have to tell you, after my last two spankings with the Spencer paddle, I was kind of relieved to see him pull it out. Not that it didn't set me on fire. We started out with me just bending over the side of the bed, but it seems that having my feet under me makes it a little too possible and tempting to escape, so after I got out of position a couple of times he stopped and made me lie on the bed on my stomach.
When he's using anything wooden with holes on me, I lose all ability to count, which usually helps me work through the pain a little. He spanked me hard enough that counting just wasn't an option, so I really don't know how many I got. I do know that I cried, and that the last five alone were hard enough to leave me sore.
When it was over and we'd cuddled a bit I set about putting him to sleep, much to his appreciation. Having accomplished that, I said, "Thank you for taking care of me."
"Thank you for taking care of me," he said.
"Mmmm. Why is it that when you take care of me, you beat my butt, but when I take care of you, you get a blow job?"
"I don't know. That's just kind of the deal we have worked out," he said, grinning at me. "I think I've probably got the better end of it."
"It sure feels like it!" I answered. Honestly though, it means so much to me that he's doing this for me, and doing it on a regular basis too. He's so very good to me, and I'm incredibly blessed to be his.
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Name This Paddle Contest
I'm terribly late in posting this, but I wanted to let you all know that John from Leather Thorn Paddles is having another Name This Paddle Contest. John does incredibly high quality work, and I recommend him to anyone, whatever your spanking needs. I have two of his paddles myself, and you can bet I submitted an entry for the contest! You need to hurry though, because entries need to be submitted by December 7th!
Take a look around his site - there's still time to place an order for Christmas if you see something you like other than the featured contest paddle, or if you want to go ahead and order one of those to be sure you get it, I know you'll be pleased with the product. John is easy to work with and works hard to provide you just what you want, so if you'd like to have him customize something you see on the site, shoot him an email - I'm sure he can help you.
Friday, December 04, 2009
The Sapphire Spiral
A few days ago I was contacted by The Adult Toy Shoppe and asked if I would be interested in reviewing some of their merchandise. Reviews are always fun, and I saw a number of great products on their site. What really caught my eye though was their selection of glass toys. I've always wanted to try a glass dildo, so I was thrilled when they let me know they would be sending me the Sapphire Spiral. Arriving yesterday, it took less than a week to get here (and keep in mind that Thanksgiving was during that week), and it arrived packaged very discreetly in USPS packaging. There was nothing on the outside of the package to indicate what was inside or what type of merchant sent it. The first thing I noticed when I pulled it out was how beautiful it is! I could hardly wait till Nick got home and we got the girls to sleep so that we could try it out. Unfortunately the baby didn't much care that Mommy and Daddy needed some alone time. It was almost 3 AM before she fell asleep, and I had long since tucked Nick into bed by that time.
Tonight the stars were aligned, both kids went down at a reasonable hour, and Nick and I jumped on the opportunity to be alone. We first of all took care of the spanking I told you about in the last post, and once that was done with I pulled the Sapphire Spiral out. I handed it to Nick and got on my knees to give him some very personal attention. While I was going down on him he slipped the dildo into place, and very soon he was moving it in pace with my mouth on him. I finished with him and gave him time to recover a bit, then lay back so that he could give a little more attention to me. The spiral around the shaft feels amazing moving in and out, and one thing that was really cool was the way it trapped the heat from my body and the friction of the thrusts. We took turns controlling the rhythm, but before too long I just lay back and let Nick take over. The flat base is a great design because he was able to rest his thumb on it and tuck the shaft between his first two fingers, giving him excellent control. The lines of the spiral bumped over my clit, and it was the perfect stimulation because it slipped back and forth over it so easily, giving just enough pressure. It didn't take me long at all to tip over the edge, and my orgasm lasted longer than most. When we were finished with it, it was super easy to clean. I'm very pleased with everything about it, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in a glass toy. I found it reasonably priced at under $27.00, especially for such a beautiful piece, and the shipping was both quick and discreet.
Well cared for...
I got spanked tonight, and it was just what I needed. When I got spanked last week I asked Nick if we could start doing it on a weekly basis (although a less severe version of what I got that night) and he agreed. We settled on Sunday nights as a good time for it, but unfortunately every night from Sunday until last night had something going on (okay, "something" here means an 8 week old baby). Fortunately she cooperated with us tonight and fell asleep pretty soon after Morgan did, so we headed upstairs.
Now this was not a punishment per se, so I was pretty surprised and more than a little alarmed when he pulled back out the Spencer paddle. It seems that I've managed to provide him with a new favorite. I did my best to talk him into using just about anything else, but he was set on his choice. He did however allow me to keep my jeans up this time, and after some gentle lecturing on what is expected of me now that I'm staying at home, he spanked me. It was considerably easier to take than my last spanking; still, I was in tears pretty quickly, but it took me right where I needed to go.
Afterwards we played with my new toy, which I'll tell you about in my next post (which I'm sure you'll read after you pick yourself up from the shock of seeing two posts in one night from me.)
Now this was not a punishment per se, so I was pretty surprised and more than a little alarmed when he pulled back out the Spencer paddle. It seems that I've managed to provide him with a new favorite. I did my best to talk him into using just about anything else, but he was set on his choice. He did however allow me to keep my jeans up this time, and after some gentle lecturing on what is expected of me now that I'm staying at home, he spanked me. It was considerably easier to take than my last spanking; still, I was in tears pretty quickly, but it took me right where I needed to go.
Afterwards we played with my new toy, which I'll tell you about in my next post (which I'm sure you'll read after you pick yourself up from the shock of seeing two posts in one night from me.)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
I really should be cooking, but instead I'm sitting here posting with my precious little baby girl sleeping on my shoulder. It amazes me that she's already 7 weeks old. She's a bit clingier than Morgan was, which can be very sweet, but also tends to throw a wrench in the housework. Tomorrow's a big day, not just because it's Thanksgiving, but because it's her FIRST Thanksgiving! Morgan was 7 months old for her first Thanksgiving, so she was able to feast on pureed corn, turkey, and peas. This one will just have to get her tryptophan through my milk. :)
My sister-in-law and I will be doing most of the cooking. She's actually got the heavier load: casseroles - broccoli, corn, and sweet potato; twice baked potatoes, 7 layer salad, pumpkin pie, rolls. I'll be bringing cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, pumpkin trifle, and my infamous macaroni and cheese from last year (done the right way!) I hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving!
My sister-in-law and I will be doing most of the cooking. She's actually got the heavier load: casseroles - broccoli, corn, and sweet potato; twice baked potatoes, 7 layer salad, pumpkin pie, rolls. I'll be bringing cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, pumpkin trifle, and my infamous macaroni and cheese from last year (done the right way!) I hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Turns out it's still a spanking blog...
Hi, guys. Is everyone having a nice autumn? I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving here in the States, and before we know it, Christmas will be here! As I've mentioned, I collect "Naughty" Christmas ornaments, and I found one this year at Cracker Barrel:
Of course they had a "Nice" version too, but I just bought the Naughty one.
In other spanko news, I got spanked pretty hard last night with the new Spencer paddle. It was kind of a realignment spanking, to get me focused on my new responsibilities as a stay at home wife and mother, as well as to head off some hormonal craziness. Let me just say that it's a VERY effective implement. I'm very sore this morning, not to mention pretty bruised.
I knew it was coming, but the timing of it took me a little off guard. Morgan spent the night with my in-laws last night, so we just had the baby, but it was so late when we went up to bed that I just assumed it would happen today before Morgan got home. Nope, 2:30 in the morning and he was ready to do it. All my reasoning with him about not wanting to wake the baby got me nowhere, so before I knew it he had me on my stomach and my panties down. I have no idea how many swats I got, just that it was probably somewhere over 100. It hurt way to much for me to keep any sort of count, but I did my yelling and crying into my pillow and the baby slept right through it.
There was some very nice time spent reconnecting afterwards, and today I feel much more on track.
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Just rambling...
Hi, all. I don't really have anything to post about - in fact I should take advantage of the baby sleeping and go hop in the shower, but I feel like posting, so here I am. The baby will be a month old Thursday- impossible for me to believe. It seems like I just came home with her. In less than two weeks I will have to quit my job. This is scary for me. I absolutely do not want to go back, but it's also a pretty big leap of faith to give up my income. That said, we do believe that this is God's plan for us, so unless Nick tells me differently in the next couple of weeks, that's what will happen.
There's been no spanking happening, although there has been sex. With Morgan I was about 9 weeks post-partum before I was ready. With this one I was 20 days, and it was lovely at that. I've lost all my baby weight, and even a bit more. I'm a size down from what I was before I got pregnant, which is very nice. It's great to get back into jeans I had just about given up on pre-baby.
So far being a stay-at-home-mom has been tiring, but that's mostly due to the fact that she's nursing so frequently. I've done pretty well at having dinner ready or almost ready by the time Nick gets home, and I usually have the dishes and some laundry done as well. I think it will get easier as she gets a bit older. Right now if she's awake she wants to eat, and if she's asleep, I try to sleep too.
Anyway, like I said, not much to post about, just rambling. I'm going to go try to get that shower in. Have a great day!
There's been no spanking happening, although there has been sex. With Morgan I was about 9 weeks post-partum before I was ready. With this one I was 20 days, and it was lovely at that. I've lost all my baby weight, and even a bit more. I'm a size down from what I was before I got pregnant, which is very nice. It's great to get back into jeans I had just about given up on pre-baby.
So far being a stay-at-home-mom has been tiring, but that's mostly due to the fact that she's nursing so frequently. I've done pretty well at having dinner ready or almost ready by the time Nick gets home, and I usually have the dishes and some laundry done as well. I think it will get easier as she gets a bit older. Right now if she's awake she wants to eat, and if she's asleep, I try to sleep too.
Anyway, like I said, not much to post about, just rambling. I'm going to go try to get that shower in. Have a great day!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Borrowed Meme
A quick meme while the baby's sleeping - borrowed from PK.
1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. PK's daughter and the son of another online friend (but she doesn't blog, so I won't say who in case she'd rather that not be known).
2. Where was your first kiss? It was behind the counter in the deli department of the grocery store where I worked, and it could not have been a worse experience. Now my first kiss with Nick was over a rather stacked game of spin the bottle, and it was very nice indeed!
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property? Nope.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? Yes, but not seriously.
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? I was in several choral groups in high school (not that I can sing, but at least in a group I got drowned out!).
6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex? Lips and hands.
7. What really turns you on? Well, this IS a spanking blog (or so the rumor goes). But beyond just spanking, it really turns me on when Nick just gets stern with me.
8. What do you order at Starbucks? It's been ages, but usually a Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino or Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino.
9. What is your biggest mistake? Letting my insecurities take over.
10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? Nope.
11. Say something totally random about yourself. I used to be a smoker.
12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? When I was younger I used to get Brooke Shields a lot, but I think it was just because we both have dark eyebrows.
13. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows? I have an eight year old! The day is not complete without some Disney or Nickelodeon!
14. Did you have braces? No
15. Are you comfortable with your height? Yeah, I'm 5'10", so I'm pretty happy with that, although there have been times I wished I was a petite little thing Nick could pick up throw around. :)
16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you? Sometimes Nick will send me a sweet text or bring me flowers for no reason.
17. When do you know its love? When you try your best to ignore it but the feeling just will not leave you alone. (This was PK's answer, but it was so well put and descriptive of how I first felt when I fell in love with Nick that I left it).
18. Do you speak any other languages? Not with any fluency. I know a few words and phrases in Spanish.
19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon? Nope! I would just burn and peel at one of those, so the only tanning I get is at home on my butt!
20. What magazines do you read? I try not to buy them because they're so expensive, but I love People Magazine, and I used to have subscriptions to Glamour, Cosmo, Reader's Digest, Redbook, and Southern Living. Nick and I once took $100 and bought two or three year subscriptions to several magazines each. I'd actually really love to do that again!
21. Have you ever ridden in a limo? Just once. Nick's sister had us picked up in one at the airport when we arrived for her wedding.
22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away? Yes. I've lost all four grandparents and a very dear uncle, as well as Nick's mom and grandmother.
23. Do you watch MTV? Very, very rarely.
24. What's something that really annoys you? Interrupted video feed online.
25. What's something you really like? Snuggling.
26. Do you like Michael Jackson? I wasn't really a huge fan.
27. Can you dance? Yes. Oh, did you mean can I dance well? Hahahahahaha!
28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up? All night.
29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room? Once when I was 17. I was in a serious car wreck, although my brother was hurt much worse than I was.
30. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out? Of course!
1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. PK's daughter and the son of another online friend (but she doesn't blog, so I won't say who in case she'd rather that not be known).
2. Where was your first kiss? It was behind the counter in the deli department of the grocery store where I worked, and it could not have been a worse experience. Now my first kiss with Nick was over a rather stacked game of spin the bottle, and it was very nice indeed!
3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property? Nope.
4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? Yes, but not seriously.
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? I was in several choral groups in high school (not that I can sing, but at least in a group I got drowned out!).
6. What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex? Lips and hands.
7. What really turns you on? Well, this IS a spanking blog (or so the rumor goes). But beyond just spanking, it really turns me on when Nick just gets stern with me.
8. What do you order at Starbucks? It's been ages, but usually a Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino or Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino.
9. What is your biggest mistake? Letting my insecurities take over.
10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? Nope.
11. Say something totally random about yourself. I used to be a smoker.
12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? When I was younger I used to get Brooke Shields a lot, but I think it was just because we both have dark eyebrows.
13. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows? I have an eight year old! The day is not complete without some Disney or Nickelodeon!
14. Did you have braces? No
15. Are you comfortable with your height? Yeah, I'm 5'10", so I'm pretty happy with that, although there have been times I wished I was a petite little thing Nick could pick up throw around. :)
16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you? Sometimes Nick will send me a sweet text or bring me flowers for no reason.
17. When do you know its love? When you try your best to ignore it but the feeling just will not leave you alone. (This was PK's answer, but it was so well put and descriptive of how I first felt when I fell in love with Nick that I left it).
18. Do you speak any other languages? Not with any fluency. I know a few words and phrases in Spanish.
19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon? Nope! I would just burn and peel at one of those, so the only tanning I get is at home on my butt!
20. What magazines do you read? I try not to buy them because they're so expensive, but I love People Magazine, and I used to have subscriptions to Glamour, Cosmo, Reader's Digest, Redbook, and Southern Living. Nick and I once took $100 and bought two or three year subscriptions to several magazines each. I'd actually really love to do that again!
21. Have you ever ridden in a limo? Just once. Nick's sister had us picked up in one at the airport when we arrived for her wedding.
22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away? Yes. I've lost all four grandparents and a very dear uncle, as well as Nick's mom and grandmother.
23. Do you watch MTV? Very, very rarely.
24. What's something that really annoys you? Interrupted video feed online.
25. What's something you really like? Snuggling.
26. Do you like Michael Jackson? I wasn't really a huge fan.
27. Can you dance? Yes. Oh, did you mean can I dance well? Hahahahahaha!
28. What's the latest you have ever stayed up? All night.
29. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room? Once when I was 17. I was in a serious car wreck, although my brother was hurt much worse than I was.
30. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out? Of course!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Popping in...
Hello, all. First of all I would like to say a big hello and thank you to those of you who poked your head in to say hello on LOL day. It was great to hear from some old friends, and great to get to meet some new ones too! And congrats to Heather and Vickie on the new little one and the one on the way! Things have been hectic here, which hopefully explains in part my absence on here. The baby has her days and nights mixed up, which is leaving me pretty exhausted. Nick has been a huge help, but breastfeeding is something he can't do. I have a breast pump, and I've pumped milk a few times, but right now she's eating often enough that it's rare for there to be enough time for my milk to come back in enough to pump before she's ready to nurse again. Even so, this is a precious, precious time, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Yesterday was my birthday. My in-laws took us out for lunch and got me a couple of things for the baby. Nick, Morgan, the baby and I did some running around and were going to go see a movie, but unfortunately I ended up feeling pretty rough before we could get that far. This morning I woke up definitely sick, dealing with a hacking cough and a runny nose. The good news is that my stitches seem to have healed enough that I'm not ripping them loose with every cough. Hopefully once I recover a bit we can celebrate a little better.
Anyway, that's what's going on here these days. Once things get settled a little I'll be able to spend more time posting (and hopefully will have something to post about!).
Yesterday was my birthday. My in-laws took us out for lunch and got me a couple of things for the baby. Nick, Morgan, the baby and I did some running around and were going to go see a movie, but unfortunately I ended up feeling pretty rough before we could get that far. This morning I woke up definitely sick, dealing with a hacking cough and a runny nose. The good news is that my stitches seem to have healed enough that I'm not ripping them loose with every cough. Hopefully once I recover a bit we can celebrate a little better.
Anyway, that's what's going on here these days. Once things get settled a little I'll be able to spend more time posting (and hopefully will have something to post about!).
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
It's Love Our Lurkers Day!
And I am sooo late posting this! I'm afraid I've been too busy this last week to do much of anything online, but better late than never, right? We've had 5 doctor's visits in 5 days, but we seem to be all finished for now. Morgan has walking pneumonia, and the baby has been dealing with an elevated bilirubin level. Fortunately it never got to a dangerous level, and it's well on it's way back down to where it should be. Morgan is a few days into her run of antibiotics and feeling much better. Anyway, today is the day we let our silent readers know how much we appreciate them, and I want you all to know that I very much do! So please say hi if you have a chance (if you're not too worn out from commenting on all the blogs that got their LOL posts up in a timely manner)! I'd love to meet you and to know that you're out there!
Friday, October 09, 2009
Hooray!
We have a baby! Our little angel was born at 9:06 on Monday night and it could not have gone more easily! I had a doctor's appointment at 1:00 that day, and I was 5 cm dilated. I let her know that I was ready to have the baby if she thought we would do it that day, and she decided that it would be wiser to go ahead and induce than to take a chance on having my water break when I was away from the hospital. I called Nick and everyone else and went over and got checked in. They started an IV and took some blood, then Nick got there and they gave me my epidural. My doctor came and broke my water around 5:00. The baby was born 4 hours later after 8 whole pushes. I only had to have about 4 stitches and thanks to the epidural I didn't feel a thing!
She is just beautiful, 21 inches long, 7 lbs even, with APGAR scores of 9 and 10! With Morgan my water broke at home, and by the time I got my epidural I was having hard contractions about a minute apart. I pushed for 3 hours and then they had to use forceps. It took about 45 minutes to sew up the tears, which went through 3 levels of tissue, so this whole delivery was a piece of cake! Thank you so much everyone for all the prayers and well wishes!
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Still holding...
Well, I'm still pregnant. As of Tuesday I was dilated "3-4 cm". I'm now 5 days more pregnant than I've ever been in my life. And I know, I know - I'm not actually due for another 15 days, but I'm READY! Nick's ready, Morgan's ready, and I can tell you that my mom is most certainly ready!
I go back to the doctor on Monday. She told me on Tuesday that I will very likely not make it to 39 weeks, but that was before she actually did a pelvic exam. Once she did that and found out how far I was dilated, she said she wasn't sure that I would make it through the night. But of course I did. And the next night, and the next. With Morgan I didn't get to 3-4 cm until I was in active labor, 10 hours or so before I had her. And I know that lots of people lay around for a couple of weeks at 3 cm, but c'mon already! There were 3 of my friends with due dates around mine, and they've ALL had their babies. Anyway, that's the news, or the lack thereof.
I go back to the doctor on Monday. She told me on Tuesday that I will very likely not make it to 39 weeks, but that was before she actually did a pelvic exam. Once she did that and found out how far I was dilated, she said she wasn't sure that I would make it through the night. But of course I did. And the next night, and the next. With Morgan I didn't get to 3-4 cm until I was in active labor, 10 hours or so before I had her. And I know that lots of people lay around for a couple of weeks at 3 cm, but c'mon already! There were 3 of my friends with due dates around mine, and they've ALL had their babies. Anyway, that's the news, or the lack thereof.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Another Update
Okay, I've not totally dropped off the face of the earth, I promise! I just haven't had much to post about the last week or so. I started having some more powerful contractions yesterday, but they seem to have stopped entirely, so I guess they're still just the Braxton Hicks variety. Today marks the point in pregnancy at which Morgan was born, which means that I have 20 days left till my due date. My blood pressure and glucose are holding pretty steady, which is good, although I did overdo it a bit on Friday.
Nick absolutely hates to grocery shop, so I made up a menu and a grocery list and headed out to do it myself once he got home to watch Morgan (I definitely know better than to attempt shopping with an 8 year old in my condition!). It was a pretty big shopping trip, meant to cover enough meals till next payday (14 days), plus I had to pick up a few small things at Wal-Mart. Toward the end of the grocery store I got really shaky and nauseated, so I think my pressure probably got pretty high. I made it through the line and home, and Nick and Morgan did the unloading and putting away for me while I lay down. But other than that I've done pretty well.
I go back to the doctor tomorrow, so we'll see if I've dilated any farther. We've pretty much got everything ready for the baby to come, although there are still some hand-me-down clothes I've got to wash (or rather have washed for me). I do have a baby shower coming next weekend (Oct 10th), and I hope to get either a crib and mattress or enough gift cards to go get one. She will probably be here by then, but she'll be sleeping in a bassinet for the first few weeks anyway, so we can do without one for a little while.
One thing I would really appreciate is your prayers on is my job situation. We still feel strongly that God's plan for us is for me to be a stay at home mom, and right now we both love the way that's working, even with me being on bed rest. I'm able to pick Morgan up right after school, be here to help her with her homework without being worn out from work, take care of all the bill paying online (which I've always done, but it was always a struggle to get it done during business hours while working), and plan menus for the week and make out the grocery lists (which saves us money, even if I don't need to do the actual shopping right now). It's also been wonderful as far as Morgan's school schedule - for instance there's a teacher's inservice this Thursday and Friday, and now we don't have to worry about finding a sitter while we both work. A side benefit is that Nick has been taking her in the mornings, which gives them some quality time together, and also gets him out the door in time to miss all the school traffic on the way to work, actually making his commute easier! And once I'm off bed rest I'll be able to actually spend time doing housework and have dinner ready for Nick when he gets home!
All of this is working wonderfully, but right now I still have a pay check coming in. When that stops and Nick's job goes into the inevitable winter slump, things will get more difficult unless God really steps in and provides. Now He has promised to do just that, so long as we are doing His will - I just need your prayers that we will have clarity and peace as to whether or not His will is for me to leave my job! I truly believe that it is, but I also badly want it to be, and I don't want my desires to drown out His voice. I guess one big sign will be whether or not He provides the money we needed from the refinance that didn't happen due to the flood insurance issue. Anyway, your prayers will be very much appreciated. Hope you guys have a great week!
Nick absolutely hates to grocery shop, so I made up a menu and a grocery list and headed out to do it myself once he got home to watch Morgan (I definitely know better than to attempt shopping with an 8 year old in my condition!). It was a pretty big shopping trip, meant to cover enough meals till next payday (14 days), plus I had to pick up a few small things at Wal-Mart. Toward the end of the grocery store I got really shaky and nauseated, so I think my pressure probably got pretty high. I made it through the line and home, and Nick and Morgan did the unloading and putting away for me while I lay down. But other than that I've done pretty well.
I go back to the doctor tomorrow, so we'll see if I've dilated any farther. We've pretty much got everything ready for the baby to come, although there are still some hand-me-down clothes I've got to wash (or rather have washed for me). I do have a baby shower coming next weekend (Oct 10th), and I hope to get either a crib and mattress or enough gift cards to go get one. She will probably be here by then, but she'll be sleeping in a bassinet for the first few weeks anyway, so we can do without one for a little while.
One thing I would really appreciate is your prayers on is my job situation. We still feel strongly that God's plan for us is for me to be a stay at home mom, and right now we both love the way that's working, even with me being on bed rest. I'm able to pick Morgan up right after school, be here to help her with her homework without being worn out from work, take care of all the bill paying online (which I've always done, but it was always a struggle to get it done during business hours while working), and plan menus for the week and make out the grocery lists (which saves us money, even if I don't need to do the actual shopping right now). It's also been wonderful as far as Morgan's school schedule - for instance there's a teacher's inservice this Thursday and Friday, and now we don't have to worry about finding a sitter while we both work. A side benefit is that Nick has been taking her in the mornings, which gives them some quality time together, and also gets him out the door in time to miss all the school traffic on the way to work, actually making his commute easier! And once I'm off bed rest I'll be able to actually spend time doing housework and have dinner ready for Nick when he gets home!
All of this is working wonderfully, but right now I still have a pay check coming in. When that stops and Nick's job goes into the inevitable winter slump, things will get more difficult unless God really steps in and provides. Now He has promised to do just that, so long as we are doing His will - I just need your prayers that we will have clarity and peace as to whether or not His will is for me to leave my job! I truly believe that it is, but I also badly want it to be, and I don't want my desires to drown out His voice. I guess one big sign will be whether or not He provides the money we needed from the refinance that didn't happen due to the flood insurance issue. Anyway, your prayers will be very much appreciated. Hope you guys have a great week!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Yikes!
So my other paddles came yesterday, and all I can say is yikes! Even Nick thought they were a little heavy! Not that we've tried them out yet - right now we're being super careful because of the whole bed rest thing. But I'm sure that once the baby comes and I've had some time to recover we'll give them a test run.
Speaking of paddles...
I don't know if I've ever mentioned it, but Nick does pin striping as a hobby. He's actually quite good, and has done a number of pieces for people, both simple art pieces and even a few vehicles. Anyway, lexan makes an excellent surface for doing signs on, or even just for practicing on; one of his friends was given basically a pallet full of lexan sheets, and he have 30 or so of them to Nick, between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. Sooooo...he's going to try his hand at making lexan paddles. There's probably enough there to turn out between 60 and 80 paddles, depending on size and shape. He's going to make one or two for us to see how they turn out, and if it goes well we may offer them for sale. I've never had a burning (heh) desire to be spanked with lexan, but I suppose I could offer my butt up in the name of industry.
Things are going well baby-wise. I was supposed to have an appointment today, but I ended up going in yesterday instead. I hadn't felt any real movement from her all day, so they told me to come in for an ultrasound. She was just fine, apparently just having a lazy day. We had an ultrasound last Monday and she was weighing in at six pounds and three ounces. As of today I'm six days away from the point at which I had Morgan, so I don't think it will be too much longer. Hope you guys have a great week!
Speaking of paddles...
I don't know if I've ever mentioned it, but Nick does pin striping as a hobby. He's actually quite good, and has done a number of pieces for people, both simple art pieces and even a few vehicles. Anyway, lexan makes an excellent surface for doing signs on, or even just for practicing on; one of his friends was given basically a pallet full of lexan sheets, and he have 30 or so of them to Nick, between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. Sooooo...he's going to try his hand at making lexan paddles. There's probably enough there to turn out between 60 and 80 paddles, depending on size and shape. He's going to make one or two for us to see how they turn out, and if it goes well we may offer them for sale. I've never had a burning (heh) desire to be spanked with lexan, but I suppose I could offer my butt up in the name of industry.
Things are going well baby-wise. I was supposed to have an appointment today, but I ended up going in yesterday instead. I hadn't felt any real movement from her all day, so they told me to come in for an ultrasound. She was just fine, apparently just having a lazy day. We had an ultrasound last Monday and she was weighing in at six pounds and three ounces. As of today I'm six days away from the point at which I had Morgan, so I don't think it will be too much longer. Hope you guys have a great week!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
You'd think I'd know better...
Last week when I bought the Spencer paddle on eBay, I also bid on another set of paddles (with Nick's permission). I really didn't give it much thought because the bid for both paddles was only $9.99, and there were about 5 days left on it. Well, you guessed it...I won the auction. Sigh...so these should be arriving sometime next week. 
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