Saturday, July 23, 2005

Death to Peace

Well, after 4 1/2 years of trying, I have succeeded! Yes that's right, the years of effortless neglect have paid off and my peace lily is has finally kicked the bucket! Mom keeps offering me more plants, but I have been saying, "Let me kill off the ones I have before I take on any more!" It did not take me long to kill the Schefflera because it is pretty picky about its care. The peace lily however, has really hung on despite my forgetting to water it for weeks at a time. When we moved to the new house, I replanted it, removing all of the dead portions. Though it was just a little sprout left, I thought it was going to pull through. I was wrong. I went in the spare bedroom this morning and there is not a single patch of green left. How sad! My other plants are doing ok. The ivy (I'm not sure exactly what kind it is) was looking great before we moved, but then it was left in my car in the heat as we moved. It really shriveled up and is just now starting to look healthy again. The mother-in-law's tongue always seems to do ok because it doesn't require much water. Lastly, my irises, which looked so pretty this spring that we decided to move them to the new house, are still sitting in a bucket on the patio. I am afraid that if someone doesn't plant them soon that they will be gonners too. So, Mom, you might want to get some more plants ready for me because I may be running out soon!

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Full Term!

I feel like I have had nothing to blog about, but I know many of you would argue!

Here is the baby update...

Little Natalie Renee is doing well. She is passing all of her tests with flying colors! Unfortunately, Mommy is not doing quite as hot since my blood pressure is staying a bit high! Dr. Wootton has working only half days until baby gets here, and I am supposed to be taking it easy the rest of the time. It is hard to take it easy though when there are so many things to do with the new house and getting ready for the new family member!

I am officially "full term" now, so we could go at any time. At my growth scan last week, they estimated Natalie to be 7 1/2 lbs already! If I go to 40 weeks and she gains the average 1/2 lb per week, then we're looking at 9 1/2 lbs! I'm not sure I'm ready for that!!! Dr. Wootton does not want me going past my due date because of her size, so she said that we can induce anywhere from August 1st on. I would prefer for things to progress naturally, but I am also very ready to have her!

That's about all I can think of for now, but I will try to blog again soon!

38 down 12 to go!

I think it would be easier to tell you where I still need to go instead of where I've been, so here it goes!

Alaska
Hawaii
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Delaware

Notice, I am missing the far North East and far North West, so I guess we will have to plan vacations to those areas along with Alaska and Hawaii!

As far as countries go, I have been to Canada, Bahamas, Spain and France. I can't believe I've never made it to Mexico! I guess that's on the vacation list now too!