Monday, Tuesday, Happy Days…

I feel like all I do on here now is give random update posts.
Sorry, here's another one.
I hope this absence is encouraging for you and energizing/inspiring for me.

I am apparently a wuss when it comes to pregnancy. It turns me into an exhausted introvert. I mean, a side from the normal, "I'm growing a baby and its tiring" I have dealt with more nausea and vomiting in this pregnancy than any other. I'm not sure if its going away either...Scary!

On tops of that, I have a heart murmur which apparently cause my irregular heart palpitations to be significantly heightened during pregnancy. What the smack does that mean? If I suddenly feel I'm not going to vomit for the next few minutes, I get up, walk across the room to do some sporadic cleaning, laundry, showing, etc then about 5 minutes in, I feel like my heart is going to explode, I can't catch my breath and I need to sit lay down pass out somewhere.

Then, there are these little people who want me to feed them. Play with them. Utter words of guidance rather than just give them a look when they are making bad choices. Words. Those take energy. Aside from the adorable little munchkins, there are friends whom I want to hang out with. I head to the valley for services and by the time I get there all my energy has been spent showering, talking to children, and getting car sick on the 30 minute commute. Socializing is the furthest thing from my mind. That sucks! I LIKE people. Before babies, I think I used to be known as a fun energetic, sociable person who was a productive citizen. Now? Lethargic, grumpy, dazed pregger...

So, back to the "What have you been doing other than feeling sick & tired while lying around your dirty house?"

• Surviving

• See above 😉
  
  
• Last Week/beginning of this week we got to hang out with my sis-in-law who was visiting from NC, celebrate the 4th of July with friends, food, and fireworks, greet Matt's BFF & his lil sis who will be interning at the valley for the of the summer and then lots of hanging out/running in circles.
  

• Buying a House!

The process of making an offer, signing papers, patiently waiting has gone both fast and slow. I feel like I just got to take a deep breath now that I know we are finally going to be moving to THE FIELD. Where to now?

• Wednesday we closed on our house!
  
• Today we bought paint for 2 bedrooms and part of the wood for the back fence.
• Tomorrow we {hopefully} will be painting the rooms, building the fence, and cleaning the house.
• Saturday we {if the timeline is working out} will paint murals {princess tower, cityscape, and brick wall}, hang closet rails, finish fence, and try to be patient.
• Sunday- valley
• Monday there will be guys at our house stretching and cleaning the carpets and WE will be at the OB office where {HOPEFULLY} we will find out who baby #4 is {boy vs girl}.
• Monday night or Tuesday we will move our essentials into the house and LIVE THERE!
• Saturday is the BIG move day where we will have friends helping us move all of our stuff from "the cabin" to our HOME! and then we'll do a final cleaning of the borrowed home.

• Starting/thinking about projects

During all this "down time", I have been dreaming of projects I'd like to start on. If 2nd trimester ends up being my relief months, then I will be going full throttle at them. This is where it should be exciting for you: MORE TUTORIALS! Some of the things I like to get to are:

1. Redecorating an entire home!
   • painting bedrooms
   • painting murals
   • hanging pictures {entire walls of picture frames} for the first time in 6+ months.
   • setting up a new play/school room
   • setting up a Back Yard {its been WAY too long}
     
2. Selling all my furniture {kinda} and picking out new {to us} furniture for the 1st time in almost 10 years. This could lead to lots of DIY projects including but not limited to
   • painting our master bedroom furniture
   • repainting the girls furniture
   • building shelves
   • repurposed/painted living room coffee & end tables
3. Selling anything that's not tied down/completely necessary
   • take pictures for online garage sales:
     rugs
     dishes
     household...stuff
   • prep for consignment event:
     clothes
     toys
4. Sewing
   • another seatbelt pillow
   • pillows {indoor & outdoor}
   • shade curtains for our deck
   • curtains for inside {just a couple of rooms}
5. Get back into a Routine
   • School Work with girls
   • Outing {library, park, regular grocery shopping}
   • Making Meals {At Home}

• Packing

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Yeah, I should really get to this one... I have some boxes. I just hate putting stuff in them. Don't know where to start. And I'm not sure I have enough for all the stuff that needs to go in boxes.

• Planing

1. This post is yet another way I am trying to organize things in my head to get ready to be productive.
2. Weekly general plan
3. Budget(s)
4. Menu(s): easy meals for the next week of chaos, freezer meal ideas for the crockpot {hoping the fam will like them so then I can stock pile them for baby-go-time}
5. Grocery list(s): normal/weekly list & stockpile list for SAMs

Thanks for letting me share! Now, lets see how much of this I can actually get done.

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