Its cold, and I love it

We left our windows in the bedroom open last night, and I woke up freezing.... YES!

Fall is my favorite season, it always has been and always will. My birthday falls what I consider in the middle of Fall (October 14th!) and has always made Fall that extra special. My Fall season is from September 1st through end of November. That's Fall to me, because once you hit December, that is all about Christmas, that's Winter.

Fall just makes me happy, and I totally need that right now. I've decorated, and started preparing the gardens for the season, and thinking about wearing sweatshirts and boots just makes me smile. The only downside this Fall is no camping... we love to go camping in the Fall and at 8-9 months pregnant, I just don't know if I could handle it. There is always next year.

BUT THIS FALL... is the best of any Falls, I will get to meet my sweet boy.. less then 6 weeks til my due date now... and I'm getting more and more excited. I'm hoping to have an early birthday present! A girl can hope!

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Nights are beginning to be harder and harder to get some good sleep. I don't wake up every hour to pee like some women, just once between 2 and 4 am sometime... but my bones... oh my bones how they hurt. My lower back and hips and all those joints around there are hating me. Getting up at night and in the morning... shit, anytime I sit for an extended period of time makes me want to cry. OK.. not cry, but  DAMN IT HURTS. I swear one of these days my legs are just going to give out underneath me.

The belly is definitely starting to get in the way... of everything.

Also... people keep telling me that he will stop moving as much as he is getting less and less room. Well, he hasn't yet. I think he's got a shit ton of room in there, because he still moves like he is doing gymnastics or something. And as much as I enjoy feeling him move, and just sitting here wondering what he is possibly doing in there.... OUCH. He's under my hip bone, pushing out my belly button, and he is low.. oh so low that I think he could stick a hand out and wave.

Don't get me wrong, I love it.. and as a million and one people have told me that I will miss it... sometimes depending on what he is doing in there, I don't think I will miss is that much... especially when he's down there pinching on my bladder sending pain the whole way out... well you get it. Miss that? Probably not.

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You know what I love? My husband. (big surprise right?) But seriously, I have to give a little credit to him in the fact that he's totally awesome. He has been the best through this whole pregnancy... listening to my every "hey, babe he's moving, come feel!" (probably ten times a day) to my every complaint, and whine of "can you help me" (he's hearing that ALOT more these days). But after everything, he still makes me feel great. Those developing stretch marks that I finally saw and pointed out to him, he just laughed and said "All I see is beauty marks." To this morning when finding clothes is becoming harder and harder, without wearing the SAME maternity shirts I have over and over again, he looks at me and smiles and says how cute I look.

Gosh... he's great. I won't say perfect, because NO ONE is perfect, and I hate when people say that, but he's pretty darn awesome, and I'm pretty darn lucky to have him. It's the little things that count people. He's going to be a great father.

My next few nights...

This is how I will be spending the rest of my week...

Painting, and looking at this hunk...

I have to admit... the hunk gets me through it.. and the vision of a finished basement too.

But, the painting? Yeah, that sucks...

I'd say in 2 1/2 hours last night we got a quarter of the basement done... it went by fast, and my hands and shoulders were definitely feeling it by the end. But, I'm not one to complain.....that much.

Of course Ryan, being the best husband kept complimenting me on my painting, and was telling me I was doing such a good job... maybe he was afraid I'd give up and leave it all to him.

I would never do that (although, I did think of it.)...this is as much of a dream/vision of mine as it is his, and it feels good to be working on our home, together.

So, if I don't write much this week.. it's probably because this is all my life is consisting of these next couple days... which writing about painting everyday could get boring.

We were having a good time while we painted.. we made sure to bring an iPod player and were singing and dancing while we threw the paint on... so it's not all that bad =)

But, I'll definitely be happy when its over...

 

Happy Valentine's Day

It's been a few days since I have wrote... and it was not to my liking.... but I'm finally back.. and ready to dive in. 

I totally missed reading my normal morning reads.. I actually felt a little lost. I guess I can now say I am addicted to Blogger... along with Pinterest and Facebook. I live on these... literally. It's sad.

But, today is suppose to be a happy lovey day... so I'm in a good mood to say the least. Nothing crazy, I'm not one to.."OH MY GOSH IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY...HORRAY" Nope, not me. I won't get offended if Ryan doesn't buy me diamond earrings.. I'll get him a card, and maybe a few other things =) But, I'm not expecting the world, he already gives me that.. not too get too mushy. Valentine's day is definitely overrated.

We decided to go out to dinner... and don't think I'm such a hypocrite, because it's not a fancy thing. It's a special thing. We are actually going to the diner where we had our first date... almost 5 years ago, and haven't been back since. I'm not sure why? It's 15 minutes away... cheap food... good food.. cool atmosphere, I guess we just got lost in life, but were finally going back. So, it might not be expensive fancy, but it is definitely special, so I am excited.

I did get him a gift for V-Day, not your normal, mushy gift, you might even laugh... but it's so him, and why not get him something he will actually like? I never go crazy, but I'll fill you in on it tomorrow. JUST IN CASE my husband actually decides to read this before I see him... (I won't hold my breath)

It should be a nice evening to ourselves =)

Otherwise, it has been a crazy busy week at work... and we've been busily working on the basement of our house... which has come a long way, but is starting to be a BIG PAIN IN THE RUMP.. I keep telling myself it will be all worth it.. even if I can't move the next day...it will all be worth it.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day...

Amberlee 

A goal for 2012

In my last post I talked about the bundle that I bought full of goodies... I've been thinking about this for the last couple days. Even though I still got the items at a discounted price... it is not enough! You all know how I like my deals... I am constantly updating my sweet deals page, which you should check out! But, I've decided I want to become a extreme couponer!!! This is one goal for myself in 2012...to become a super saver. I need to study up on this... but I will fill you in with how it goes with my journey to become a EC.... I'm totally excited. It seems like it could be a lot of work, but it's totally worth it.. I just need to make a game plan. Check back on my sweet deals page for updates and how I am doing.

This week is the week of the birthdays. You guys are going to drop your jaw if you don't know this already.....

My husband's birthday is this Friday.. he will be 23! I'm not sure what we are doing yet... maybe dinner and a movie? We will see....

But... this Friday is also his mom's birthday.... oh and don't forget... his DAD'S birthday too! Yes, all three of them have the exact same birthday. Crazy right? It only makes for having to think of triple the gifts... but then our little nephew came along almost 3 years ago.. and he was born on February 5th! oy vey... my sister in law actually went into labor on the 3rd... thank the lord she held him in. When I have kids... you better be damn sure I will plan to stay away from February as BEST I can. So, I am in the yearly mad rush of, what should I get them... and them... and them... and them...? It's never ending.. and my wallet is feeling the pain. It's the crazy birthday month..... but it's fun all the same! I will be making them a cake for Saturday.. which is when all of us will be getting together to celebrate. I'll be sure to put up a picture of it... it's going to be super yummy!

I've also decided that my left over tax money (after buying couches) will be used to buy a brand spankin' new DSLR camera... I can't wait! I've only ever had the cheesy digital cameras, which don't get me wrong, work just fine.. But I love taking pictures (a lot) And it's a hobby I'd like to get into more... so I'll get a camera and go from there! I can't wait! I might even get an iPad if I have some extra money leftover after that.. It's like Christmas over here... yippee!

Happy middle of the week!

For the love of banjos.

I saw this picture today...

 

I almost died laughing... 

Why you ask?

My husband wants a banjo so bad, he'd probably give up his left arm to get one. Which wouldn't really help him when playing would it?

I guess the whole thing with this picture is referring to hearing some rednecks/hillbillies or whatever you may call them... which I guess are scary? I beg to differ a little. Being someone whose family originates from down south, and who actually has immediate family living down there now, including my grandparents in Tennessee, and Aunt/Uncle/Cousins in Virginia, I guess I am kind of use to it.

Scary? No.

Loud, obnoxious, crazy, and not afraid to have a good time, yes.

I'm actually planning a weekend trip down to Virgina soon. My cousin is about to have a baby.. so I of course want to go see the little guy. It's actually really beautiful down there, and makes for some nice pictures, which you know I'll be taking.

Back to the banjo..

My husband is all about this banjo thing... He wants to learn to play one so bad. I just might have to get him one so he can finally shut up about it... all I hear coming from our iPod player or a YouTube video is darrrnarrr narnarnarnarnar..bare with me... you know what I mean. Which, I am sure YouTube will be his first stop in learning how to play, you can learn anything from that damn site... including him playing the harmonica (which he isn't too bad at) and his newest venture of making hard cider (I got him away from the attempting to make moonshine idea finally)... yes, I married a redneck. But, he's a wonderful redneck.

The banjo sound will go good with me barefoot, pregnant, with a baby on my hip and in the kitchen cooking...right?

I think so... 

I thought this fit well with this post.
A picture from my wedding... no explanation is needed.
But, can you guess that it was HIS idea?
American Gothic, Wedding Style.