"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson

Saturday I had my first pregnancy induced emotional breakdown: I burst into hysterical tears because our house is trashed and the kitchen floor was disgusting. Matt brews his beer, but never really mops the floor when he's done....so there are these dried puddles of beer, throw 2 dogs into it, and you've got sticky hairy puddles on the floor.

I kept saying to Matt that we needed to clean the house and he would just kind of brush me off with "Yay, I know"....and I burst into hysterical tears. He just stood there looking at me. At that moment my mom and sister walked in and they all just stood there and laughed at me....I was laughing too, because I knew how ridiculous I was.

I had the morning off and went to the farm stand that we go to (45 minutes away). I got a couple of bags of dirt, as well as five baby chicks, a couple of plants, and some fruit that my mom asked me to pick up.

On to the chicks: We got 3 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Plymouth Barred Rocks. Hopefully they'll be laying by the end of August.

Sage and Thyme are not too impressed with them. Thyme kind of looks at them and wanders of, but Sage is very much obsessed with them...I'm not sure if it's their chirping, the smell, or just the fact that there are BIRDS in the house (Sage LOVES birds).

In the afternoon I ended going to the store and working for a few hours to give my mom a break, or really, so that she could go home and do some bookkeeping. It never seems to end...I think we're all starting to get worn down with working so many hours. I'm glad that we're getting a week off, but I'm seriously starting to feel bad about leaving my parents alone for a week.

Saturday evening we went to a concert in our town; We're very fortunate to have a theatre...there are several groups that work together to bring different musical groups to our theatre and they are almost ALWAYS excellent. I've often said that if I ever win the lottery I will be paying whatever is needed to restore this old building. The history of this building is so cool! Teddy Roosevelt actually gave a speech here.

Anyways, the groups that we saw were Jay Ungar & Molly Mason and Liz Carroll & John Doyle. You've probably heard Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, they actually have a song on the Legends of the Fall soundtrack. Another famous song of their's is "The Lover's Waltz", which we had played at our wedding...it is one of the most beautiful and perfect waltzes out there.

Sunday morning we skipped out of church (this is the first weekend, that I don't have to do bulletins-someone else is now doing them...yay!). We didn't get out of bed until 10:30...it was quite nice to not have to rush around for once.

I did some stuff around the house, planted some seeds, we worked on cleaning...the house looks a bit better, but there's a long ways to go still. In the afternoon I laid on the couch and watched "Harvey" while Matt started trimming the trees along our property so that we can get started on the fence soon. In the evening we went to my in laws for dinner.


I've started my list of questions for the doctor next week, as to what I can and cannot do in NC. I've already started having people (MIL was an OB nurse for 25 years) telling me I what I can't do. I'm generally a very active and self-reliant person, but I know not to push myself. If I feel comfortable doing something (gardening, lifting etc) I'm going to do it. So, I figure it's best just to ask the doctor and that way I can just answer that my doctor says "XYZ".

I'm really looking forward to NC.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The concert last night was above and beyond any expectations! The opening act was 'Naturally Seven' which is a vocal-play group. They were FANTASTIC! They first came out on stage and were beat-boxing...the look on my dad's face was priceless. He was not game for that, but then they did some Simon and Garfunkel, Genesis, and an original Christian song (LOVED THE LYRICS--will post them if I can find them). They were great!

Michael Buble was...there's no words. My biggest thing is that I was worried he wouldn't be as good as Josh Groban: He was just as good. It's a different kind of music so you can't really compare, but he was wonderful!

Of course the highlight of the evening was when my sister (who didn't even want to go to the concert) wanted to go up front (our seats were on the floor). We went up and were about 6' from the stage. I've never seen my sister quite like this...she isn't one of those giggly, screamy girls about guys...but she was! When he came over at our side of the stage and was touching hands, my sister literally dived/jumped for the stage...pushing smaller girls aside. She was rewarded: He touched her finger! OOOOHH: SWOON! :-)

I'd say it was a pretty awesome first concert experience for her. Once he had touched her hand we then had to buy a t-shirt.