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Friday, 20 November 2009

  • A Little Scare

    Earlier today I was throwing out some boxes, tripped on the stairs, and fell really hard on the concrete.  I skinned my right knee, and bruised my left side.  Because the baby continued to move regularly afterwards, and I know many women fall while pregnant and are fine, I wasn't too worried.  But to be on the safe side, I gave my hospital a call and the nurse suggested that I come into the hospital for some monitoring.  If something was wrong and I hadn't gone to the hospital, I would have never forgiven myself.

    Once I got there, they hooked up a monitor that tracked the baby's heartbeat, contractions, and my heartbeat.  I had contractions so light that I couldn't even feel them -- but it was freaking me out watching the baby's heartbeat on the monitor go up so high!  It was a glimpse of how anxious I'd feel once I'm actually in labor. 

    The baby turned out to be fine, and I'm now also 1/2 a centimeter dilated -- I wasn't dilated at all at my appointment last week.  That doesn't really give any indication of when I might go into labor though.

    I do tend to be a little clumsy, so I'm glad that I'm not going to be pregnant once it starts snowing!  I've also been doing too much again lately, but I've really learned my lesson now and am going to take it easy the rest of the pregnancy.

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

  • 37 Weeks

    Today I'm considered full term!  This baby is cooked and ready to be born!  Though my official due date is December 10th, I'm really hoping the baby comes early.  Too early and it'll be Thanksgiving, too late and it'll be Christmas.  Besides I've been super uncomfortable for some time now, and this baby is grande.  There isn't much room left in my belly!

    After Weddingbee blogger Miss Cheeseburger blogged about funfetti cake yesterday, I bought a box and made some.  I grew up on cake from a box, but hadn't had it in years.  Box cake is the best!


    I'm going to watch the New Moon premiere at midnight tomorrow night.

    We have no Thanksgiving plans this year since I can't be far from home, so I was thinking about hosting a dinner for other misfits.  What are you doing for Thanksgiving?

Monday, 16 November 2009

  • Broiled Tilapia Parmesan

    I made broiled tilapia parmesan with garlic lemon broccoli for dinner tonight.  The tilapia was so good and so easy, and Mr. Bee loved it!  I think I'll make it again sometime in the future for a dinner party.


    (styling/photographing food to make it blogworthy takes too long so this image is from allrecipes)

    Now that I'm cooking three times a day, I can't imagine living without a dishwasher.  I never used one growing up, but it's really a lifesaver when you cook a lot.

    Do you have any yummy recipes that I should try?  I'm trying to make more nonKorean dishes....

Sunday, 15 November 2009

  • Lazy Sunday

    I made samgyetang this morning, went to the market, did a load of laundry, and now I'm watching figure skating while on my laptop.  (I used to be obsessed with figure skating once upon a time, and 2009 World Champion Yu-Na Kim is just incredible.)

    I feel very housewifey.

    Last night we watched The Watchmen on pay per view, and for a second I thought Jeffrey Dean Morgan was Robert Downey Jr. (one of my all time favorite actors).  Don't they look alike?



    Ever since getting a dvr, I've watched more tv than I ever have in my entire life.  My favorite new fall shows are:

     

       

    Any other shows I should check out?

    Sparky got a new bee collar from etsy seller Rescue Paws.



    It's such a nice day I'm gonna have to leave the house to enjoy one of my last free weekends.  Later gators.

Saturday, 14 November 2009

  • Dirty Laundry

    We have a gap in between the wall and our stacking washer/dryer, so I've been searching for a hamper that'll fit in that space.  I just ordered this one from Cost Plus World Market -- I hope it works well!



    It looks similar to this one from Pottery Barn, which is 3x the cost.



    PS - you can get 15% off all purchases at Cost Plus with code PEEKAF through tomorrow.