Can-Am Crown

We're missing out on a fun family activity today. Alas, it's the last weekend of hockey so we couldn't make the trek to Fort Kent.

If you're missing out on the action like we are, here's a link to your front row seats!

http://can-am.sjv.net

Enjoy.

Cold weather goals update:

I haven't updated in a couple of weeks.

My original goals are posted here: (Part 1 and Part Deux).

1) I haven't done any knitting in this amount of time. Because I've been too busy doing other things.

2) T got some information on how to buy raw milk. I haven't taken the next step yet. I'm running out of time, but I haven't given up yet!

3) We had a small mishap with our bread. I lost an entire loaf two weeks ago to mold. For starters, two loaves of bread are usually nearly gone by that point in the week. For some reason, we had only consumed one loaf by Friday. When I grabbed the second to make toast that Friday morning, I found the entire thing was moldy, much to my disappointment. Because we had company that weekend, I didn't get to make more, so we bought a loaf. And the timing has been off on my days available to bake since then, so we've since bought two more loaves. Sunday, I'm getting back on track. Monkey and I will be whipping up another batch.

5) I don't know why I lumped "paint our bedroom" in the "small miscellaneous" project list. This deserves to be a list item all on its own! T painted the ceiling in our room last weekend. Monday, I started painting trim. This is difficult because I have to time it for Monkey's naps. Monday, I got to put two coats of fresh white paint on the window trim. It still needs a third. Tuesday, I was at work. That night, T removed the closet doors and bedroom door so I could get to the trim/casings. Yesterday, I got two coats on the door trim. Today, I plan on putting a third coat on the door and windows. I feel like this one small room is going to take me a year to paint at this rate! I want to be finished trim by the end of the weekend. Next week, I can move on to walls... hopefully. Then I can take a trip to JoAnn's with my comforter to find fabric for new curtains and a new bed skirt. At least sewing is something I can manage while Monkey is awake! (Putting in an Elmo video helps, too. HA)

7) My Dad put up a cabinet for me above my desk. I purchased two unfinished wooden drawer units at JoAnn's yesterday. I need to paint them and put them up. I am already extremely excited because I can see most of my desktop!

9) I even impressed my Mom with this one. When they came to visit a couple weeks ago, I got her stamp of approval. I guess I'm doing a good job.

10) I have to keep reminding myself to not get caught up in the little things. For instance, the bedroom paint job taking forever started stressing me out. I just keep telling myself that one thing at a time, baby steps, and it will all get done.

I've died and gone to heaven

Pregnancy has made me cut out my two favorite indulgences in life: booze and sushi.

I obviously won't give in on the booze (except maybe a few sips in the heat of summer at the end of pregnancy) and we don't think I should even order cooked and veggie variety rolls at the places in town JUST in case.

Hannaford to my rescue. California Roll Salad was for dinner tonight. Monkey didn't like it. T and I did. Very much. Enough so that I gorged myself tonight. Oink.

I also needed to pull out another recipe for dinner Saturday night. I grabbed the top one on the pile of ripped out recipes and came up with another Rachael Ray recipe. Cheesy Hash Brown Chili sounds pretty tasty and looks pretty easy, too. And all I needed to buy for it was kidney beans and frozen hash brown!

So, I'm a little off on my schedule this week, but I had to share my extreme pleasure in dinner tonight.

Monkey's bedding has been ordered.

Thanks to Gram and some coupon codes for JCPenney's, I got an even better deal than I expected.

SHOPPER--- for 20% off til 3/13
CASPREPC-- for 20% off $100 til 3/13
REWARD-- $10 off
VALSJCPC-- 15% off til 3/1

I went with the quilt, shams and curtains from #4 (here) and we're going to try the bed skirt from #3 (here).

Since I'm changing her curtains (the ones I made her just don't go with the new bedding), I'll need to buy her some shades. We're going to check Target this morning, but we can leave up her current curtains until I find some that work.

I'm not sharing pictures of her new, big girl room until I've got her bed dressed and rearrange accessories a little. I'm making a few changes since we had to change the layout of her furniture.

It's very bittersweet. My little girl is a big girl now.

The end of an era

Yesterday was a fantastic mail day for us. T's new debit card arrived two weeks earlier than expected (his was one affected by the recent breach in security in New England), our seeds arrived and I received my latest edition of Country Home (the picture above is from the January/February edition - March isn't online yet).

Much to my immense disappointment, there was a letter to subscribers telling us this is the last edition to be published. And to make matters worse? I didn't enjoy the final edition all that much.

Country Home has been my most adored magazine since I started taking an interest in decorating at the ripe age of 13. If you look through my binders of ripped out pages from magazines, more often than not, you'll find "Country Home" printed in the bottom of the page.

And to rub salt into the wound, my subscription was just renewed for this month. And they'll be replacing it with Ladies' Home Journal.

I hope to enjoy Ladies' Home Journal, but I doubt it's a subscription that will be renewed again next year.

Now I need to find another magazine to enjoy as much Country Home. I already get Country Living and Martha Stewart Living - they're both OK, but still don't compare for me.

It was a sad day for me.