I didn't quite accomplish my goal of getting all three rooms presentable, but one out of three isn't too bad, right? 1 1/2 is even better... I'm working on the kitchen today, and the dining room as well. Perhaps by the end of this weekend I'll finally have a livable house...
Rebecca enjoys laying on her tummy and looking around now. It used to be that she would fuss about being on her belly, but not because she couldn't hold her head up. I guess she just didn't like it. Anyway, I took a few pictures of her on the floor on her belly... just haven't had time to get them on my computer yet. I'll do that sometime soon!
We went to our church's Valentine's dinner last Sunday evening, and had a really nice time. Rebecca was good enough to sleep through it! At least, the time when we were eating. She's quite social though, so any time there are a lot of people moving around, she's generally wide awake watching them instead, as evidenced by our activity last night. We went to the "intergenerational games night" thing at the church which was a part of the sr. youth group lock-in they were doing. I'm really starting to wonder if anyone else is going to go to these games nights, but anyway... Rebecca stayed awake for nearly the entire time with only like a five minute "nap" somewhere in there! Oh, and while we were there, I'm not sure if I was given a compliment or an insult... one of the teens asked me my name, I told him Melissa, and he asked if I wanted him to call me "Miss Melissa" or if Melissa was fine. *sigh* I didn't think I was that old! I told him Melissa was fine. I mean, seriously, I'm not even ten years his senior! It's one thing if it was a six year old, but a 16/17 year old? Apparently as soon as you have a baby you're old enough in a teen's books here to be a "Miss ____"...
Cinders made a trip to the veterinarian on Thursday because of a giant oozing sore on her back. it turns out that one of the cysts she has had for ages sprang a leak and abcessed and got infected. She's on antibiotics and painkillers now, in the hopes that her body will heal itself properly. If it doesn't, we are probably going to be looking at having her put down rather than the surgery that would be required to fix this problem. She's nearly nine, so I suppose she's lived a pretty good life, plus, the only reason half the breeds out there have a life expectancy of like 12 years is because a lot of them are medicated for the last 3-5 years of their lives. Somehow I doubt people used to "help" an animal in such a way. They probably just took it out and shot it when it started to seem unable to survive much longer.
We are trying to figure out where would be best to place a couple of closets in our home, because we have almost literally no easily accessible storage, and I need a place to put things like hats and coats, sheets and towels, my vacuum, and my mop... and I guess general cleaning supplies. Justin's made a suggestion, but I'm not a big fan of it, so I'm still thinking on where I want them. I need them, but I want to place them in good locations that I won't regret down the road.
Anyway, I need to make the most of this nap period that Rebecca is being so good as to take, and perhaps get ALL the dishes done, and maybe my kitchen cleaned! I'll try to post some pictures in the next few days...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Choir Baby
Rebecca is referred to by most of our church as "the choir baby". She comes to choir practises with me, and she sits with us in the choir on Sundays. I have to say, she's probably the most popular member of the choir (lol). Anyway, I took my camera with me to choir practise last week, and got some pictures of her, and of the choir in general.
Hanging out with Mrs. Poynter
Again with Mrs. Poynter. This is how Rebecca has started to spend every practise.
Getting music and signing someone's birthday card.
Signing said birthday card some more. :)
See what I mean about her being the most popular member of the choir?? Seriously, it takes an additional 5-10 minutes for people to sit down for practise now, and we (Rebecca and I) leave nearly 1/2 an hour late every week!
These are Dave and Cecil... I'm pretty sure they even sit in these exact chairs pretty well every week.
Becky and Pete. Pete is DeAnna's fiance, and these two are often caught in this position, even in the middle of practises. ;)
DeAnna, the music/choir director for our church! She says her hair was a disaster on this particular evening, but I really don't think it looks that bad, hehe... :)
DeAnna with Rebecca
And, again. :)
The candy jar! I think it's DeAnna's method of bribing the kids choir to behave ;) , but I'm not really sure. There's almost always some sort of candy around on Wednesday evenings.
Speaking of choir, I get to sing a solo in one of the songs the choir is singing on March 22, and I think that's the day that DeAnna and I are supposed to be playing a duet as well. I've got to get that piece practised at some point! Oh, and then sometime after that I'm playing the music for one of the songs while the children's and adult's choirs sing. Lots happening in the music department, I guess!
And, that's all the choir pictures I have. The rest are from around the house.
We were given a bunch of clothes, and it happened that most of the newborn sized stuff actually fits Rebecca. I think she looks really cute in this outfit, but she'll probably have outgrown it in another couple of weeks. Of course, I keep saying that and after a couple of weeks she still fits things, so who knows!
I just thought this smile was adorable! We were chatting one morning, and she was just getting a kick out of SOMETHING! I have no clue what it was though! :)
And, though it is blury, this is a picture of Rebecca and me, taken by me. (that's why it's blurry) You should be very impressed that she is looking at the camera, considering there's no one behind it to attract attention. ;)
Anyway...
I did laundry yesterday and threw the detergent measuring cup thing into the machine because it was getting so caked in soap, and spent the next three hours trying to figure out where in the world it had gone, because when I pulled the laundry out, I didn't find it, I hung the laundry to dry, and still didn't find it. Finally, three hours later, I went outside, and found it on the lawn, in a location nowhere near where the line is. Don't ask me how it got there since there wasn't any wind really, but I'm glad it didn't break in the machine and disappear permanently!!
Today I am going to be trying to get more laundry done, as my laundering got stalled yesterday. Probably just Justin's and my stuff, and a load of diapers (which are currently running right now), as it is too windy today to hang little things out. I'm not even going to be hanging diapers outside, as I hung a cover and it tried to blow away on me!
Rebecca's sleeping habits seem to have changed again. I think I would prefer to go back to the "waking four to five times in the night" thing. She's apparently decided that it is time to get up at 4am. Not something I'm too thrilled by. She goes down, whether I want her to or not, by 8:00, whether she is nursing, being held, lying on the floor, whatever. She goes to sleep. She'll wake again between 11:30 and midnight, and then again at 1:30 or 2... and then she wakes up and is ready to go at 4am! And, this is regardless of how much time she slept through the day. She could take a three hour nap and do that, or take two ten minute "naps" and still do that. I'm going to go crazy, lol! Anyway, hopefully her little internal clock will tell her it is time to sleep from 4 until at least 6 sometime soon, as she was doing wonderfully, waking between 7 and 7:30 for the longest time.
And, with that, I must be off, because I need to get laundry, dishes, cleaning, etc done... I'm hoping that at least my kitchen, diningroom, and living room will look halfway decent by the end of tomorrow...
Hanging out with Mrs. Poynter
Again with Mrs. Poynter. This is how Rebecca has started to spend every practise.
Getting music and signing someone's birthday card.
Signing said birthday card some more. :)
See what I mean about her being the most popular member of the choir?? Seriously, it takes an additional 5-10 minutes for people to sit down for practise now, and we (Rebecca and I) leave nearly 1/2 an hour late every week!
These are Dave and Cecil... I'm pretty sure they even sit in these exact chairs pretty well every week.
Becky and Pete. Pete is DeAnna's fiance, and these two are often caught in this position, even in the middle of practises. ;)
DeAnna, the music/choir director for our church! She says her hair was a disaster on this particular evening, but I really don't think it looks that bad, hehe... :)
DeAnna with Rebecca
And, again. :)
The candy jar! I think it's DeAnna's method of bribing the kids choir to behave ;) , but I'm not really sure. There's almost always some sort of candy around on Wednesday evenings.Speaking of choir, I get to sing a solo in one of the songs the choir is singing on March 22, and I think that's the day that DeAnna and I are supposed to be playing a duet as well. I've got to get that piece practised at some point! Oh, and then sometime after that I'm playing the music for one of the songs while the children's and adult's choirs sing. Lots happening in the music department, I guess!
And, that's all the choir pictures I have. The rest are from around the house.
We were given a bunch of clothes, and it happened that most of the newborn sized stuff actually fits Rebecca. I think she looks really cute in this outfit, but she'll probably have outgrown it in another couple of weeks. Of course, I keep saying that and after a couple of weeks she still fits things, so who knows!
I just thought this smile was adorable! We were chatting one morning, and she was just getting a kick out of SOMETHING! I have no clue what it was though! :)
And, though it is blury, this is a picture of Rebecca and me, taken by me. (that's why it's blurry) You should be very impressed that she is looking at the camera, considering there's no one behind it to attract attention. ;)Anyway...
I did laundry yesterday and threw the detergent measuring cup thing into the machine because it was getting so caked in soap, and spent the next three hours trying to figure out where in the world it had gone, because when I pulled the laundry out, I didn't find it, I hung the laundry to dry, and still didn't find it. Finally, three hours later, I went outside, and found it on the lawn, in a location nowhere near where the line is. Don't ask me how it got there since there wasn't any wind really, but I'm glad it didn't break in the machine and disappear permanently!!
Today I am going to be trying to get more laundry done, as my laundering got stalled yesterday. Probably just Justin's and my stuff, and a load of diapers (which are currently running right now), as it is too windy today to hang little things out. I'm not even going to be hanging diapers outside, as I hung a cover and it tried to blow away on me!
Rebecca's sleeping habits seem to have changed again. I think I would prefer to go back to the "waking four to five times in the night" thing. She's apparently decided that it is time to get up at 4am. Not something I'm too thrilled by. She goes down, whether I want her to or not, by 8:00, whether she is nursing, being held, lying on the floor, whatever. She goes to sleep. She'll wake again between 11:30 and midnight, and then again at 1:30 or 2... and then she wakes up and is ready to go at 4am! And, this is regardless of how much time she slept through the day. She could take a three hour nap and do that, or take two ten minute "naps" and still do that. I'm going to go crazy, lol! Anyway, hopefully her little internal clock will tell her it is time to sleep from 4 until at least 6 sometime soon, as she was doing wonderfully, waking between 7 and 7:30 for the longest time.
And, with that, I must be off, because I need to get laundry, dishes, cleaning, etc done... I'm hoping that at least my kitchen, diningroom, and living room will look halfway decent by the end of tomorrow...
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