Thermalgal’s Temperate Mumblings

Baby’s first concert T

November 26, 2007 on 3:19 pm | In Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Okay, probably not what you were expecting. There were a bunch of leftover onesies from the shower, so I decorated two over the weekend. My little guy needs something to wear to when he goes to hear mommy play in May. So, I made him a onesie that all oboe groupies should have. It is actually a joke that Scott and I have (he is my first groupie). I also made a rocket one, since you know rockets go with everything! I’m going to have another go with tie dyeing the rest of the onesies.

One last picture on the baby related topic before moving on to Thanksgiving and crafty news. I took a picture this morning (36 weeks, 3 days). I was feeling pretty good about myself and my belly until Thursday. At the top of things a pregnant woman doesn’t want to hear is “You are fatter than me now!” Excuse me? I’m not fat, I’m pregnant. Also on the list, but not as far up is “how long do you think it will take you to get back to your pre-pregnancy weight?” I’m not going to think about weight for at least six months. First I’m going to concentrate on labor and delivery. Then I’m going to concentrate on taking care of the little one. After that will be getting back into running (I’m doing one leg of a marathon relay in May) and adjusting to work/day care. After the relay in May, I’ll take a look at where I’m at body wise and take any steps necessary to get happy with it again.

But let’s talk turkey…

Scott cooked a wonderful turkey (he used AB’s Honey Brined Smoked Turkey Recipe) and made lots of yummy side dishes (in the picture above you can see on the left his corn bread using Emeril’s Skillet Cornbread recipe and his chicken tortilla lasagne). I made mashed potatoes and mashed sweet potatoes as well as the mango salsa (he forgot about it, so I ended up making it like planned). The day before was busy with Scott making banana chocolate chip muffins, chocolate dipped coconut macaroons, fruit cake (two pans), cranberry pecan pie, three loaves of bread (sourdough, multi-grain/seed, and cinnamon apple raisin), and two batches of ice cream (vanilla and butter pecan). I made my pumpkin harvest roll (on the foil in the picture below). Things I wish we had done better… we had no Cool Whip for the pumpkin roll since the french vanilla isn’t out and Scott didn’t get regular instead and we forgot to make the gravy (I made some on Thursday Friday without the drippings to go with the leftovers).

Also, the weekend I carried on the tradition of doing some demo Thanksgiving weekend. I cleared out the baby’s closet (including the rods and shelves that were nailed to the walls) so I can put in the Closet Maid organizer. Scott sanded the walls a bit (where the paint has built up over the years) and I patched the nail holes (and the new hammer hole I created). I have a little bit of patch work left (the hammer hole needs a second layer), then I can prime and paint the bare areas and finish that up. That should get the floor of the nursery a little more cleared.

Oh and some crafty updates. I finished up a gift knit this weekend (will post later after giftee receives it) and I started a new project. I’m making My So Called Scarf using handspun Cormo/Alpaca fiber that I bought at my first fiber festival (Md about three years ago) and that I spun up more than a year ago.