The Past Few Weekends

We've I've been pretty lame lately, mostly due in large part to how I've felt. But, good news folks -- I haven't vomited in a whole week! I think the hangover is finally diminishing. Thaaaaaaank the lord.

Sick or not, life hasn't stop for us these past few weeks. I may not have felt like cooking or even watching much TV lately (can you believe it?), but our travel plans forced me to stop being a hermit crab.

Two weekends ago, we went to Grandma's to help out around her house. She recently had her foundation fixed and had some major damage to her grass. So, me, Bri, Momma K and Aunt Kathy from Denver all stepped in to help out. Well, not so much myself, but I did what I could:).

Brian also got to complete the annual spring job of cleaning out the fish pond.

 Those are some sexy pants. It doesn't look cold out, but it was.

The damaged grass that had to be tilled and reseeded.

The finished fishpond. So pretty!

While they worked really hard outside, I opted to help cook and clean inside. Momma K brought this to-die-for Raspberry Oatmeal Bar recipe that I'll post soon. They were so freakin' good, the five of us finished the whole pan in one weekend.

Last weekend, we were off to Clay Center, KS, for my oldest niece's high school graduation. My half sis put on a great graduation party.

Isn't my niece Britt so cute? I used to think she sort of resembled Brittany Spears, until our celeb of a roller coaster shaved her head and went crazy. I guess she's made a comeback, but I somewhere along the lines stopped thinking my Britt resembled her.

I used to change this girls diapers. I can't believe how grown up she is. She will be going to Butler CCC on a full ride dance scholarship. So proud of her! I bet my parents are wishing I could have landed a scholarship...

The graduation was outside on the football field. It was a little hot, and I left with a sunburn on only my left shoulder and left knee, but I thought the outside ceremony was a really nice touch.

More nieces and nephews. Any of you recognize Kenzee? She was the flower girl in our wedding and also the one who was breakin' it down on the dance floor.

Ahhh, to think back to the carefree days of finishing high school and going to college. If we could all go back for just a day...I would choose a warm day in Aggieville over cheap booze and bar food, when the only thing I had to worry about was getting myself home to then rally and make it out again that night.

Oh how life changes and how college really doesn't prepare you for the real world much.

So, my mom leans over to me during the graduation and whispers, "The baby will graduate high school in 2030, that's a good year."

While my mother was thinking about when the baby will experience his/her high school graduation, I was thinking about how I will be 46 years old when my first child leaves home. Which means, I probably will be around 50, when all my kids leave the house.

I couldn't help but think, "damn that's old!" Not entirely true, but getting old is so depressing. I definitely don't feel my age, and I really can't believe that I have been out of college for four years. And that was on the 5-year plan people. I just simply don't feel as old as I am.

Do we ever truly feel our age? Or will I feel 30 when I'm 40?

Coming Out of My Hole

I know what you're thinking...FINALLY! Right?

It's fine, I deserve the "Major Suckage" Award. It was brought to my attention last Friday at a get-together with the girls, that's it has been more than a month since I updated this blog. Yes, this one, that is collecting some major dust bunnies. I bet most of you don't even remember that I used to be really good at this whole blogging thing.

I actually never thought I would be one of those people that didn't blog for a long extended period of time, but certain things in life can make this happen.

One, I have been EXTREMELY busy at work. Like the pull your hair out, almost in tears, question throwing in the towel kind of busy. It's been brutal and not very fun, but that's just life. I've got just a little under three months of this crap left until the other coordinator decides to come back from maternity leave to save me.

So, amidst all this craziness at work, I have been quite sick. And tired. And somewhat miserable.

Why do you ask? Well, because Baby Kutter is the now the size of an apple and growing in my belly. Yes folks, I'm going to be a mommy!

I'm at 15 weeks as of yesterday, due in November and finally starting to feel better. Let me tell you, this pregnancy stuff is NOT glamorous! At least my experience hasn't been. Nausea, vomiting and feeling like you have a hangover 24-7 is the worst feeling in the world.

Literally, all I have been doing is sleeping, eating saltine crackers, getting sick, trying to find something I can eat (and keep down), and being moody with my hubs. He sure does love me these days. Actually, he's been an angel. He still manages to get in lots of "Moody Woman" comments:), but other than that, he has been extremely helpful. Grocery shopping, bringing me breakfast in bed (helps with the nausea to eat before getting up), and dealing with the fact that I haven't cooked in over a month.

But, it will all be worth it! So there you have it, the real reason why I have taken a long hiatus from the blog. I hope to get back into it though. And I promise not to bore you with too much mommy/baby stuff, although our lives are about to significantly change. For the better of course!

We're super excited about his next chapter in our lives! More posts to come on what we've been up to the last few weeks.

Until then, enjoy a glass of wine, a nice cold beer or a turkey sandwich for me. Did you know you can't eat deli meat when you're pregnant?