Arg!

I was driving home from school yesterday and the battery light came on in my car. Great, right? So I drove home, and went out to start my car later to head to a friend's house. It started fine and I got to her house, although the car seemed funny. So I left her house a few hours later and the car started and on the way home, the lights dimmed and the car seemed less powerful. I turned off the radio, A/C and rolled down the windows (it was like 90 degrees out for God's sake) so I am praying that I make it home and ANOTHER light comes on----the service light! FABULOUS! So LOOONNNNGGGG story short, Paul managed to get my car to the shop this morning and not only is the battery toast, but so it the alternator. We spent almost $700 to fix my car. Just what we needed. Not only is it alot of cash, but we had to juggle getting me and Paul to work. So I have to pick up the car soon. Please pray that all is well for a while!

Headaches

This is my second pregnancy and so far, I have had similar in symptoms. The new symptom for me is these gosh-darn headaches. Last month, I told the doctor and he was kinda blah about it, saying to take Tylenol or use ice but this is getting rediculous. I get them at least 3-4 days a week, they differ in their severity. I did have an appointment Friday but it got moved to 2 weeks from today so I waswondering if anyone is bloggyland got pregnancy headaches and if so, what did you do to rid yourself of them? Tylenol does little for me. Ice is only temporary. Any suggestions? If you didn't have headaches and know someone who did, please ask them. I am getting weary. It could be the God-awful heat that is causing them. COuld be something I am eating however, ther really hasn't been a pattern. Could it be the vitamins? THe doctor didn't think so. I don't know. So if anyone has any ideas/suggestions, let me know!

Story time with J!

We went outside today and J decided to draw a chalk version of the book, Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. The audio isn't great because he ran fast ahead of me but just turn up the volume. It is really cute.

The Pit

Yesterday J had a birthday party at a gymnastics place. He had a ball. First they went to the little gym where they had the low bean, the rope swing, trampoline, and lots of other climbing activities. Then they went to the big gym. The parents seemed to have more fun than the kids. First of all, the floor was a spring floor so every parent is bouncing up and down on this floor. It was quite comical. Then the kids got to swing from a trapeze bar into this 9 foot-deep pit filled with red and blue foam squares. It was hysterical. Well then Paul and another dad really wanted to try, so after the kids went down for cake and ice cream, they did it.

Here is the video. It was hysterical. Paul and another man did it and it took a while for them to get out of the pit. Remember, it is 9 ft. deep! I kept saying to him, "Can you get out?". All I could picture was all of the dads having to fish him out of the pit. He wanted to do it again but I think getting out of the pit was more tedious than expected.

The Fabric Softener Incident

So we went to Target yesterday and bought various items we needed including a brand new bottle of fabric softener. When we got home, I put the bag containing the fabric softener on the washer and shut the door. Apparently, the bag was leaning against the door and when Paul opened the door, the bag fell in between the washer and dryer, the lid cracked and the WHOLE DARN bottle emptied onto the floor. Our laundry room is actually a laundry closet, the slider doors open to the washer and dryer and a space in between them just big enough to hold a BOTTLE OF FABRIC SOFTNER!!!!! So, we had blue fabric softener all over the floor, UNDER the washer AND dryer and behind both machines!!! So long story short, we had to get the mop and bucket, paper towels, rags, etc..... pull out both machines(not easy) and clean it up. Not fun!!! The good news is the the floor in the laundry closet is sparkling clean and it inspired me to clean like a mad woman today, which I did. And now I haave an excuse to go back to Target to buy more and look around! Of course, after I slaved over cleaning the kitchen floor, J was painting with water colors and spilled the water all over my clean floor. ARg!

Nothing new but the heat

This is not a very exciting week to blog. I am working at Summer School (which has been very interesting to say the least) J is going to Vacation Bible School which is fun. Other than that, we are just trying to stay cool. It is hot and humid. Yesterday was my Nan's 87th b-day. We are celebrating tomorrow evening with my mom and Uncle who is in from Illinois. Should be nice. I get to bake the cake! Lucky me! Anyhow, It is nice to have uneventful weeks. I hope it stays nice and calm.

Happy 30th B-day Julie!

We had a surprise 30th b-day party for my sister Julie yesterday. My bro-in-law Tim planned it at his work in downtown B-more and up on the 22nd floor of his building! OMG! THe view was so beautiful. Here are some pictures that don't do the view justice! We had about 25 people, just family and a few friends and it was really nice. The best part is that Julie was surprised and seemed to have fun.

I have spent several months making her a scrapbook of the two of us. She absolutely loved it and we laughed at the many heinous pictures of ourselves. Now I suppose I can get back to working on the pictures I need to scrapbook from Jan '07!:)