oh lawdy lawdy!

12 more weeks to go!  i’m in the home stretch of this pregnancy and getting more uncomfortable everyday.  the baby spends a lot of time playing punch-out in my uterus.  of course, when he doesn’t move a whole lot, i start to freak out.  like right now, he isn’t moving much today.  i’m sure he’ll get more active later in the day as he usually does, but still, it’s unnerving.

so other than feeling huge and still trying to keep up with the Dictator, i’ve been sitting on my ass watching a lot of HGTV and Food Network.  probably not a good idea for a couple of reasons.  first of all, i am really susceptible to food suggestion.  one night i was watching Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and they had something on with brown gravy.  i HAD to have mashed potatoes and gravy that night.  in fact, that was ALL i had for dinner that night.

another reason i shouldn’t be watching so much TV is that i should be PACKING.  yup, we are moving.  we are actually going to be living right down the street from my mom which will be nice.  turns out we are just another victim of the economic crisis.  between the cut in my husband’s pay, the lack of a yearly raise, me not working, the gas price increase (last year’s and the slowly creeping of this summer’s prices), the coming baby, etc etc.. we are jumping ship.  we have come to the realization that we don’t want to be here as long as it will take to make our money back on this house.  so we are trying our hand at a short-sale.  hopefully we can get out of this relatively unscathed.

i am excited about the house we are renting though.  it’s bigger than the house we have now and will cost us less per month than our mortgage now.  it has a large loft which will be my sewing room and one of the boy’s bedrooms has dragonflies all over the walls.  D wants that room and i’m not surprised.  it’s really close to a library and a playground.  plus, it’s walking distance to the school i went to for the last half of 6th grade.  (i went to a lot of elementary schools.)

and now for something completely different.

i have a new celebrity crush.  if you know me, you know that looks don’t do as much for me as brains, so my new crush might not come as a HUGE surprise.  Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

he’s the host of Nova Science Now.  what a fantastic show.  i’m irritated i just recently discovered it!  Dr. Tyson has been on other programs i’ve seen and i’ve always thought he was awesome.  anyway, check out the show if you haven’t before.  it’s on PBS.

that’s all for me today.  maybe after i get my brain back i will be able to write better blog posts.