Quick Takes

Before I get started on my Quick Takes, I have a question.  Several months back someone, I believe Sew, posted something about a contact list.  It was some sort of list so that when one of the girls had a baby or adopted we could all get together to send gifts.  Time escaped me and I forgot to sign up.  I know there are some girls coming up on their due dates and I want to be able to participate in sending them gifts for their new little ones.  Does anyone know who is in charge of that?

1. I discovered something new yesterday while shopping at Fresh Mar.ket, (It's a great little gourmet grocery store I don't make it to often because it's out of the way and a bit pricy.) blueberry cornbread!  Um, seriously?  Where has this been all my life?  It's probably the best thing I've ever eaten.  Food shouldn't taste that good!.  I ate some last night for a snack.  A little this morning for breakfast.  And I've got just a little left.  I'm sure it won't last long because it's calling my name as I type.  I'm going to have to go back for more. :)

2.  DH will be gone tonight. :(  I really really hate him not being here.  We have only spent a handful of nights away from each other since we got married.  I never sleep well when he is gone.  He's going up to Brooksville which is a small rural town about 45 minutes North of here.  My family has owned some property up there since my grandmother was a baby.  It's awesome and a great place to escape that isn't far away...and it's free. My dad decided to have a boys weekend this weekend so DH is joining him and my uncle, BIL, Nephews, my other sisters boyfriend, and possibly my grandfather.  I'm sure he's have fun.  It's sure to be a night of beer and whiskey.  :)  But I'll miss him.

3.  My Christmas decorations are still up.  Yep.  I'm sitting here typing still staring at my tree (Don't worry, it's fake, first time ever having a fake tree and I hated it!).  And while I love the house all festive, I think it's time to come down.  I would usually never leave them up this long but with everything that has gone one over the past couple of weeks it's just been at the very bottom of my todo list.  It's starting to drive me crazy.  Maybe since I will be spending the evening alone tonight it would be a good time to do it.

4.  I'm 31 weeks this week.  Crazy if you ask me.  I don't know what it is about getting into the 30's but it just feels different.  I'm seriously feeling the time crunch.  I'm due in 9 weeks!  Just 9 weeks.  I know I can go up to 2 weeks after that but even 11 sounds crazy.  If you consider that full term is actually at 37 weeks (at least according to my doctor) I could go in as early as 6 weeks.  And my doctor told me at my appointment yesterday that if I went into labor at 36 weeks they wouldn't do anything to try to stop it.  Wow!  I'm so ready to see sweet Mary-Grace's little face but I'm also not really ready for her to be on the outside.  At least while she's in there I can keep her safe.  I told dh yesterday that I'm going to miss her kicks once she's out.

5.  K and I have tickets to see Scott Hahn next weekend!  Wahoo!  We are so excited.  It's an all day event beginning with Mass at 8:30am.  I think it ends at 4pm or so.  So it's going to be a long day but I can't wait.  Scott Hahn's books and cds really helped me understand Catholicism.  It was reading The Lamb's Supper that everything really began to click for me. I think it's fair to say that he played a huge role in my conversion.

6.  My baby shower is tomorrow.  I'm really excited, but really nervous.  I'm sad that Nana won't be there.  I'm going to try really hard not to completely breakdown.  I'm hoping people have enough sense not to ask me how I'm doing or tell me how sorry they are for my loss.  I know that that is what you say, and that no one would mean any harm by it, but I just feel like it might not be the right time for it.  I sound terrible saying that, I know.  But it's going to be hard enough getting through the day without her there without having to talk about it.  I still don't really want to talk much about it.  It's way too painful.  But I am excited.  I'm sure it will be a lot of fun.  And it's going to be great to see some of the people that I haven't seen in awhile and don't get to see too often.  Maybe a few prayers for me for peace tomorrow.  I know I've been asking a lot of them lately.  I'm sorry.

7.  I'm going to ask for one more prayer request.  Please, please keep praying for my grandfather.  I stopped by to see him yesterday and he isn't doing well.  He really is the picture of health for a man who is 72.  He's always been in great shape.  However, he has aged considerably in the last 3 weeks.  I can't believe how much older he is looking.  In talking to him I am really getting the sense that he feels responsible for my Nana's death.  He is starting to questions if he made the right decisions.  I cannot imagine what if feels like to watch your wife of 50 years take her last breath and then wonder if you did the right thing and that maybe if you would have made different decisions things would have been different and she still would have been here.  It's heartbreaking to say the least.  So any prayers you can send up on his behalf I'm sure he would appreciate.  I hate to see him in such pain.  He is usually such a rock.

Have a great weekend ladies!  Thank you all for all of your prayers over the last few weeks.  I can't tell you how much they mean to me and my family.  I'm keeping you all in my prayers as well.