Apr. 22, 2008 - Spring has sprung
It's absolutely beautiful outside. The trees are blooming the Forsythia is in full bloom, we will be pressing their flowers today along with some of the many violets that are growing wild on our hillside. The Redbud are almost in full-bloom. We did get about 1/3 of our garden planted. We put in lettuce and peas in hopes that the cooler weather would encourage them to sprout. The children are watering them to encourage the process along.
I have my appointment this week with our natural Birthing Center at the hospital. Basically you go over paperwork at 36 wks so that if you go anytime afterwards you are registered and in their system. It's not exactly a registration process although they do a little of that. I've already sent in most of the paperwork many months ago so the insurance was taken care. It's more of an interview. They want to make sure that you're ready to go there. They look over your birth plan along with the pediatrician agreement and the like to make sure that your ped has rights to come into the Birthing Center.
I have been able to get a bit of work done around the house to prepare for the baby. I cleaned out about 75% of our garage although some things just need to be dropped off at Goodwill or rearranged. I've been rearranging our closets too. We don't have a chest-of drawers for the baby so I hang everything up and have a wire organizer in my closet for diapers, wipes and a few blankets. I've been getting out less and less with each baby. I think I have one receiving blanket washed and told Les that we could probably get by with only one. He said I should at least have another one for messes. Okay that's true. I will get down a few more. But I do hate clutter which is why I like the closet method. It leaves much less room for extra clothing that one doesn't need and sort of forces you to get rid of what you don't wear. I'm also doing another toss and give away today with toys that aren't getting played with. Most of the toys are in bins or in the closets as well and this keeps our floors clean for the most part...and it keeps me happy :) Now to tackle the storage room as most of what is taking up space out there (under our deck) are deck chairs, an umbrella for our table, and a few tents and bikes. The kids will love getting their bikes out!
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Apr. 26, 2008 - just random blogging
Posted by OldPathsMom
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