Donnie has gone into house hunting mode again and we have been looking at lots and homes again (we did this about a year ago). I don't want to go into all the nitty gritty details but lets just say last time we went so far as to rent storage for our belongings and actually put things into it before we stopped. We haven't made it that far yet but I am expecting to get to that phase soon especially if the price comes back where Donnie wants it. What stopped us last time is the first thing we checked this time. The number of foreclosures in our neighborhood. They have drastically reduced to 1! Yay. This time however other than a few things that we don't want out (like my glass heaven forbid someone cut themselves on it or break it) we aren't putting things into storage.
David had an audition this past weekend for the Fort Worth Youth Symphony. It has been postponed until this coming weekend because of lack of time/notice. I didn't notice the auditions were coming up and David didn't have the time to learn the required audition piece in 1 week. So good luck to him I hope he makes it in!
We have been trying to stick to eating at home more and so we have been doing meal plans and grocery shopping every weekend. Unfortunately we have found we can only really buy one weeks worth of grocery's at a time otherwise we forget and or don't use them and they go to waste (or forgotten land). So other than a few staple purchases that we can buy in bulk and use over time we have been going to the store every week. This is helping us out a lot in our pocket book and even more in my waistline. While we still really enjoy eating out it truly is a treat now and not a necessity because we don't have something in the house to eat or we are too tired to cook. I admit we are doing this in preparation for feeding Maria solids. We only want her to have organic foods for now and plan on making our own. So for now we try to limit it to twice a week (usually a lunch for Donnie and I and a dinner with all of us).
So Saturday and Sunday were spent doing things like going to the grocery store, me getting my manicure and pedicure (I was 2 weeks over due) Donnie and David getting haircuts (which they desperately needed) and me doing something fun and finding some "child" nail polish and painting Maria's toes (which I loved and will hate it when I can't do it because she puts her feet in her mouth). Donnie also "pre-ordered" his most anticipated purchase in a long time (he has been talking about it for 2 years now) he got Diablo III. I am interested in seeing what it is all about but since I literally have had Skyrim since Christmas and only last weekend got to play it (and that about 30 minutes worth) I am not too interested in trying to get involved. My time is precious.
And to that I have found that while I love Maria I completely forgot how much of my time is gone with an infant. Hot meal yeah maybe in another 3 or 4 months...shower longer than 10 minutes without interruptions....ha I say maybe in 3 years! Needless to say, to all the people in the nail salon on Sunday I am so deeply sorry that you had to listen to Maria yell for a good 5 minutes before I could get her calmed down. And to my nail guy thank you for your infinite patience while I held her and tried to take care of her next time I promise I will have my cell phone in a much handier location so I can call Donnie to come and get her. Here too is hoping next time she sleeps/is asleep through the whole thing.
Finally Google...
I do the majority of my information gatherings through three sources Yahoo news(not my only but definitely my first), Wikipedia, and Google. My goal at the end of the day to gather up all my Google searches (and other information gathers) and post them here...
04-30-12
How to undo in notes on iPhone (accidentally erased something in my notes turns out I cut it and just had to re paste it back in but I did however learn how to undo in notes!)
play a piece of music (I meant sheet music)
play a piece of music from a picture (I took a picture of David's audition music since there was no title on it to see if there was some software out there that could look at it and either identify it or play it. I wanted him to hear it before he had to audition it no success).
what should you do with a 5 month old baby (really wanted to know what types of activities we should do with Maria. Found lots of good info and began working on that with her tonight!)
iCloud
and then iCloud Photo Stream (I wanted to just download the pictures I needed from the internet without having to stress over putting iCloud on my computer so I could post them to the blog I however found a happy work around)
Finally last but not least my husband
Donnie I just wanted to say thank you for all you do, you are awesome. I hear you now washing the dishes so I will have my pump parts for tomorrow. You are the most wonderful husband a woman could ask for I love you xoxoxo.
