Today, I'm annoyed

I woke up this morning and one of the first things I thought about was how annoying people can be when it comes to the English language. I mean, really, how hard is it to type properly? I'm well aware that typing mistakes happen and that's not what I'm referring to. I'm talking about those people that constantly use two i's in every word, use a 3 insead of an 'e' and 'q' instead of a 'g'. Also, 2 in place of to or too. 2 is a NUMBER not to be used to replaced non-number words.

Sentences like "My doq is 2 k3wl and ii'm so 3xciit3d to qo hom3 and play wiith hiim" really bug me!

Oh and "a lot" is two words, not one. (Though, admittedly, I'm guilty)

25 weeks

How your baby's growing

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.


And so the countdown to Rosalie's birth begins! 15 weeks until her due date...we'll see if she makes it on time! about a week later is Easter and I would LOVE to be able to take our baby to Easter mass! Mike's parents and sister were going to fly in around the time she's due but we all decided that it would be best if they took their vacation time when we come home this summer instead. We're sad they won't be here but Rosalie will only be a couple of months old when we come home and we'll have a bit of a hold on the whole parenting thing. We're REALLY looking forward to coming home and I think the first thing (for now!) I want when we get off the plan is an Arby's beef 'n' cheddar. My uncle in AZ always wants White Castles so why not Arby's?

We've been cleaning out the house and getting rid of all the JUNK we don't need. We had to switch around rooms because I wanted to give Rosalie her own space (even though she won't remember it!) and because we likely aren't going to be having house guests so there isn't a point in having a guest room though we have a spare bed still just in case. We turned the larger room into the Craft/computer room with some oddball stuff thrown in. I got a Cricut from Mike's parents for Christmas and I LOVE it! It's so fun! I also ordered a sewing machine and I'm excited to learn to sew! Mike says my hobbies are expensive but i figure sewing will save us money at some point down the line and he has golf and electronics which is expensive, too!

We had an awesome Christmas. We miss home a lot but it was nice to have eachother and not have a countdown to him leaving again. We went to midnight mass (at 8pm, what?). Then Christmas morning we opened presents then Skyped with his parents. Christmas night we went to our friends' home and had dinner with them and some other people from Mike's company. It was a good time!

New years we went to their house again and the guys played poker and we of course had a midnight toast.

For my new years' hopes I'm keeping it relatively simple.
*Be able to come home in the summer (hopefully in time for the Ross wedding!)
*Lose the baby weight
*Be a better wife and friend
*Keep my house organized and clean
*Successfully breastfeed
*Learn to sew