In an attempt to not get huge during pregnancy, I am trying to stay in shape by swimming laps. At my last doctors appointment, the doctor pronounced my weight gain to be perfect! I am unreasonably proud of this for some reason.

Anyway, this morning when I went to swim laps, I saw this in the car parked next to me.

You can't really tell from this picture, but this is a Maserati. This super cute dog is sitting on a seat that cost more than my entire car did brand new. I mean JUST THE SEAT. When you add the price of everything else, we are talking about more than my car, college education (thanks HOPE!!), and wedding cost combined. Which come to think of it, isn't that impressive. But… how cute!!!

Seeing this dog brightened my entire morning. I loved that its owner thought, "Maserati, shmaserati. Fido wants to ride along."

My husband and I have been in negotiations for three weeks over a house we would like to buy, and last week we seemed to iron out all of the details with the seller. THINGS WERE LOOKING UP!!!

Then this week, I talked to the seller to organize the signing of the contract, and he casually mentioned they were cutting the lot size in half. So now the deal is dead. To say that I was upset would be the understatement of the year. I think Hubbie thought I was going to send myself into labor. His response to my sobs was to vacuum for me. Which did make me feel some better.

Staying at home, is harder than I thought it would. My days have no structure, and I feel that I get nothing tangible done all day. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE DAY GOES!! (I couldn't do my previous job while pregnant) And after reading--

this article

I am really scared that this feeling is simply going to continue. (Picture from here)

I am trying to get into the habit of posting something daily. My days are very open and consequently non-productive right now. I am pregnant and had to stop work because my job was extremely physical. I always thought that I would love not to work and boy was I wrong. Keep in mind, I was always working when I thought this.

I have learned that I have a real problem with motivating myself to get things done. I have more free time now than I ever have before and yet, I get less done.

Today though, I am getting at least one thing done. I am sending out the invitations to our Gender Reveal Party. I had no idea that these were are real thing until I got pregnant, but now I think they are great idea. This will be the first baby in my family in almost ten years, so everyone is really excited and any reason to celebrate is a good one.

When I first got pregnant, I felt as though an alien had invaded my body. I still feel that way in some ways, but now at 17 weeks, I feel more and more excited and less and less weirded out by the whole idea. Hopefully this will improve as the date draws near, and hopefully I will begin to get more done with all of this time.

Welcome, to My Dependable Home! I am just starting the process of becoming a homeowner. My husband and I have spend the past nine months looking for the perfect starter home and found the one we wanted to go for a couple of months ago. The house was built in the 1940s and is in pretty sorry shape right now. We are currently negotiating with the owners and hope to close on the house soon. In the mean time I spend my days hanging with the dogs and ANXIOUSLY await getting started on my home.