My Pregnancy Log- 27 Weeks

Date: July 2, 2009

I’m 27 weeks along!

My belly measures 41 inches around.

Physically, I feel big & am not really able to move around all that well anymore. I hate that!

I’m not craving any specific foods lately. I’m just hungrier and wanting to eat every 3 hours or so.

This past week I’ve been busy sewing things for my Etsy Shop. I’ve gotten lots of things completed and listed! I’m getting so many things accomplished now that my sewing room is put together!

Future plans are to get to work on sewing things for the baby’s room. I still haven’t made the curtains, bedding, cloth diapers, and a million other things that need to be worked on. I have the cloth diapers on my to-do list to make but I also have a bazillion other things on my list to make for my Etsy Shop too. Wish me luck that I get everything done in time!

Summer Recipe!

My favorite summer recipe is fresh homemade lemonade! Yummy, refreshing & easy to make!

You will need:
· 4 lemons, peeled & quartered
· ¾ cup sugar
· 6 cups water
· Ice cubes & lemon slices to serve

To make:
1) Place the lemons in a blender or food processor with all the sugar and 1 cup of the water. Processes for a few minutes until the lemons are finely chopped.
2) Pour the mixture through a strainer into a pitcher. Add the remaining water and stir well. Add ice cubes and a few extra lemon slices before serving.
3) Enjoy!

New Windows!

2009 seems to be the year of changes in my life. So far this year I worked for my mom during the tax season, came home again, got pregnant, got a new sewing room, and got new windows.

We finally replaced half of the 60 year old windows in our home. The backside of our house is fairly unprotected by the elements and the windows had severely deteriorated. They were also single paned windows. Imagine how hard that is on our heating and cooling bill! We opted to replace those windows this year and take advantage of the economic stimulus package. Our budget allowed us to replace half of the windows this year and the other half in a year or 2 to come. It feels strange but I’m so excited about the new windows! I can’t imagine why. LOL I can already feel the temperature difference and that’s a big deal with the heat index being around 110 degrees these past few days.

I opted to keep the window casement style but change the layout from a 3 window unit to a 2 window unit. All the hardware works, unlike the old windows where half the handles were missing and I had to use a pair of pliers to open them or they just wouldn’t open. The new windows are double paned glass, a huge improvement from the single glass. All the windows sills were also replaced because the previous owners had a large dog that destroyed them. I’m going to either stain the sills to match the other woodwork or paint all the trim to match the new windows. I haven’t decided yet and I’m already arguing with my husband who balks at any mention of painting wood of any kind.

We purchased the windows through Home Depot. They were very professional throughout the whole process. They are very serious about doing good work and making the customer happy. And I’m happy!

I took a ton of photos of each window for my husband who’s been out of town these past 3 weeks attending his annual training with the National Guard. He always seems to be gone when major projects like this happen. That’s just a minor hazard of being in the military I guess.

I’m only going to post a few of those photos because it takes forever to upload them.

Before:

During:
(Of course, Ian had to help.)

After:

My New Sewing Room!

All the hard work has finally paid off! My new sewing room is complete!

We started off with a messy basement corner…

After it was cleared out, we put down sub-flooring and built a couple walls with doors.
Here I painted a test patch on the ceiling. I was trying to envision what the whole thing would look like painted.
Once I’d completed the drywall I primer painted them white.
New carpet was installed June 12, 2009. It feels great under my feet!
Once I bought the paint I painted a test patch. I chose pale yellow for on the walls with a little darker shade of yellow for the doors and trim work.
My dad came over the weekend after the carpet was installed & sprayed the ceiling white. That was a huge job! The first coat went on Saturday and the second coat went on Sunday. I also painted the doors over the weekend.
Monday, June 15th, I painted the walls and trim work in the morning. Luckily, one coat was enough. Once that was done I moved all my sewing things into the basement. My brother-in-law and a friend came over in the evening to move all my heavy furniture into the new room. He also moved all the baby furniture up into what is now the baby’s room.

Moving out of the baby’s room…
Moving into the new sewing room…
The next few days I spent putting all my sewing stuff away. I got rid of a few things and did my best to organize everything else.
This past weekend I bought a folding table to serve as my sewing table. The other table will now be just for computer stuff. I love having so much extra room! The room is much larger then my old sewing room and I now have more of an ideal place for my sewing!
The last few things that will need to be finished up are extra lighting and electrical outlets. My dad plans to do that in the near future. The lighting isn’t too bad as it reflects off of the nice white ceiling and I’m making due with an extension cord to run my sewing machine. I’ve already put the space to good use!

Next on the to-do list is the baby’s room…

My Pregnancy Log- 25 Weeks!

Date: June 18, 2009

I’m 25 weeks along!

My belly measures 40 inches around.

Physically, I feel pretty good. I have a few complaints like heartburn and leg cramps but it’s nothing that can’t be managed.

I’m craving fruits, potato chips, ice cream, hot tea, and I’m sure there’s other stuff too. LOL

This past week I completed my basement sewing room. The carpet was installed last week, my dad came over & sprayed the ceiling white, I painted the walls, my brother in law moved all the large furniture out of the nursery and into the sewing room & I hauled all my sewing crap down the stairs by myself. I thought I was gonna die but it’s done! I really overdid it on working but the huge stuff is done and out of the way now.

Future plans and hopes are to refinish the baby furniture, see if I need to paint the room, sew curtains, cloth diapers, bedding, and any other baby stuff!

My husband has been out of town for the past 2 weeks and will be gone another week. He’s doing the annual training with his National Guard unit several states away from home. We sure do miss him!