My Newest Craze

I've become a little baby crazy lately! I really have no idea why. It's not like I'm pregnant or Seth and I are even trying. . . The other day, I found myself looking at baby furniture on line! What is that about? And I had a dream the other day where Seth and I had a baby, but we had literally nothing prepared! No crib, no clothes, no car seat. . . The baby actually had to sleep on the chest in our bedroom :)

I think this craze may be because of two reasons:

First, Seth and I are in the process of cleaning out the room that will one day be our baby's nursery :) Seth isn't nearly as excited about this as I am, mostly because he knows he will inevitably be buying paint and supplies soon so I can paint the room. Currently, the room is a very dark blood-red color :/ Kind of creepy and not a color that would soothe any future babies! So, I'm having fun looking through paint colors for that room, which I guess led to me looking at furniture. . . Seth wasn't excited about that either ;)

Second, after the new year, Seth and I wrote an extensive to-do list called "Before Baby." It's a list of all the things I want to have done in the house before we introduce a baby into it. The list has 25 tasks, everything from redoing the floors to putting a ceiling up in the basement. So far, we have finished two things and I crossed them off with a very satisfying straight dark line that makes me very happy whenever I look at it :) 

The first task I completed was Organize Old Drawers. Apparently, there are drawers in this house that haven't been cleaned out since all the boys moved out, or even since all the boys moved in. Some of them still had stuff left over from Seth's grandparents :) Oops! I love knowing what's in my drawers now and where I can put things.

The second thing (and something I never thought would happen) was getting a locking trash can for outside. I've wanted one of these for the longest time, and Seth always went on this tirade about how he would never buy a trash can when we have perfectly good ones. Just so you know, perfectly good ones to Seth mean cans that are cracked and disgusting without lids. Anyway, we have several very fat, very happy squirrels that live near our trash cans. These squirrels are fat and happy because their favorite activity is to tear open the trash and strew it all over our yard. I'm quite sure our neighbors don't appreciate it, and I would prefer a trash-free yard as well :) Actually, as I write this, the trash can has fallen over again and the squirrels had dragged several paper towels, a coke bottle and brownie box across the yard. Oy Vey! I can't wait to use the new trash can, and have a cleaner yard. 

When getting married, does anyone realize that these are the things that are going to excite them in a few years? Clean drawers and a new trash can!!

More Love, Less Cooking

I've decided this blog needs a little more love and a little less cooking. I promise! Seth and I do more than cook and eat :)

Studying his butt off!

Right now, this guy is at HCC taking a Praxis test for Biology. For those of you who don't know, this means that Seth is taking a test to get certified to teach Biology on top of his certification in Earth Science. This isn't exactly voluntary!! The County has decided, starting next year, to no longer have Earth Science as a required course :( It'll still be an elective, but the amount of classes to be taught will go way down. So, the teachers need to find something else to teach!

Seth was really bummed about this at first. My handsome nerd has dreamed of teaching Earth Science pretty much his entire life. On our honeymoon, we were on a tour of a waterfall, but my hubby was more interested in the volcanic rocks on the side of the stream!! :) He's a nerd, but I love him anyway! 

He's been studying his butt off these past couple weeks. I really miss him, but I've tried to be as supportive as possible! He's really nervous :/ Thankfully, the County pays for two tries at the test, so if he doesn't pass this time he can take it again. But, that would mean more studying and more headaches! 

Last night, Seth had to go to a basketball game at the school to supervise. When he left, he was really down. But, he actually came home with a really good outlook :) Apparently, he mentioned to his assistant principal that he was taking the test today, and he actually prayed for Seth right then and there!! In front of 200 parents, students and faculty :) We were so inspired! And I was so thankful to see a smile on my guy's face again!! How many times have I missed an opportunity like this? I'll have to remember that taking the time to pray for someone can completely change their outlook on the situation :) What a cool thing to come out of such a frustrating situation!! :)