Making Strides

i am proud to say that i'm getting better at that blasted machine known as the elliptical. what was once my most despised enemy is slowing becoming my friend. (my friend that kicks my ass and makes me sweat more than i thought was possible) i've found that i work well in five minute stretches. 5 minutes on - walk around and drink for a few seconds - 5 minutes on - etc. it's working. yay :)


in other news - a friend at work is due to have her baby on March 1st. we were going to have a shower for her in February but unbeknownst to me it got moved to this Wednesday! i just started her gift this afternoon (thinking i had plenty of time!). now i'm faced with the task of finishing to custom burp clothes in less than 48 hours. eep! (reminds of carrie's shower where i found myself in the same situation - only then it was my own fault) i know i don't have to have them finished by the shower date - but i want to have them done. and so....after this post i will be plopping myself down in front of the tele for a night of crocheting. not that i mind though. i actually really love doing this.


speaking of crocheting - i'm down to one bear - as in one bear left to make. then all of my christmas presents will be complete and all i'll have to do is get them in the mail (which for me is usually the hardest part). since my reading has been sorely lacking since i've picked up this new habit i've decided to add a 'crocheted in 2008' column. i'd like to be able to include pictures too but haven not been able to figure that out. i'll start it as soon as i'm done with the bear :)


what else? went to joann fabrics this weekend and used up most of my gift card. yarn yarn and more yarn :) we also picked up two yards of this really pretty (and durable) fabric to use on the cat post :) i'll post pictures when it's done.


oh - i also got my new (pink) phone yesterday. i get (sadly) very attatched to things and hated to say goodbye to the old (red) one - especially since i had pictures on there that they could not get off. (there were two files in the phone 'In Camera' and 'Saved to Phone'. Once you took a picture it went to 'In Camera' - from there you could send it to another phone or your e-mail. Once you 'Saved to Phone' however it was just that - saved to your phone - unable to be sent anywhere. really annoying and rather misleading. hmph) so i ended up losing some really great pictures. sigh. i like my new phone though. the camera is way better and it's got some other fun features. i hate having to buy them though. i always feel like i'm getting taken to the cleaners (which i'm sure i am). ah well.


and now it's time for dinner :)


how was your day?

settled?

when does one feel "settled"?

today i went to carrie's baby shower. it was really fun - second baby shower i've ever been to! her friends did a lovely job of decorating and making everything adorable. the food was excellent as well and the conversation was good.

what does this have to do with feeling "settled" you ask? i'm not quite sure.....

even though i had such a great time i left the shower feeling slightly off. reflective perhaps. in a zone. do you know what i mean? chris picked up on it right away when i got home - saying that women always seem to act that way after being in a large group together. it's not always a bad 'off' just off. reflective....

the shower was at carrie's friend laurie's home - it was beautiful. but it was a home. a house. she was married with a child and another on the way. everything seemed so well put together. a place for everything and everything in it's place.

there were also a few babies there. all very cute and adorable! little blankets. little clothes. and well - it was a baby shower after all - all the baby stuff! there were 2 people - including me - that did not have or were not in the process of having babies. it made for the guessing the price of certain baby items (ala The Price is Right) rather difficult (ah yes! i believe i just bought that feeding set last week...now how much did that cost?) but it was still fun.

i don't know where i'm going with all this really. like i said i'm off...reflective and just trying to understand why - or be able to get it out in a coherent way - ya know? if only i could write like molly...

i am extremely happy where i'm at - i don't mean to convey otherwise. i just don't feel "settled"

i know that having a home doesn't make that go away. having a baby doesn't do it either. in fact i'm sure they can do the exact opposite. i just wonder sometimes if i'm letting days slip by without notice waiting for that "settled" feeling to happen. waiting. like "settled" will just one day knock at my door and say 'Here I am!'

hmph.

perhaps i'm just feelings a tinge of jealousy for the home owners. the mothers. the mothers-to-be. the married women. the "settled" life.

do you feel "settled"?