I hope you are all cozy and warm wherever you are. We had our first serious snowfall last night... about 3 inches. Winter has been held at bay long enough I guess. It's supposed to get frickin' cold later this week too. Yuck!
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I had my weekly NST and Dr. U appointment this morning. My blood pressure was up again, but not terribly high. I'm pretty certain she used the wrong size cuff on me tho (if you are a plus size person, ALWAYS make sure they use the right cuff!). Then I went over and saw Dr. U. He did my GBS swab, and stripped my membranes. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but still pretty uncomfortable. I'm feeling a little crampy now, but nothing unbearable. He was very complimentary about my weight gain (or lack thereof) and how hard I've worked on my blood sugars. Everything is on track for next week Thursday, and I have no more OB appointments. It was so strange walking out of his office and not booking for next week. Amazing!
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So, today's blog challenge assignment is to talk about my worst habit. I'm sure that there are a lot of things that I could say here, but really, the one thing that I do that irritates ME more than anything, and it has to do with my socks. I love socks. I love having warm and toasty feet, and I have a big thing for stripey socks (I love how my feet look in stripes... weird, I know). But every day I hit a point where I can no longer stand having my socks on. They just start driving me nuts... my feet get too hot, or the socks feel too tight, and I have to take them off. It's essential and immediate. The bad habit comes in at this point. I tend to leave my socks where they fall. Beside the couch, under the bed, in the bathroom, between the couch cushions. Sloppy and lazy, I know.
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I need to give a shout out to my long time IF/TTC message board buddy, Steggie! She's had a blog for a while, but is just now getting into posting regularly. She's getting into the swing of things by starting the 30 Day Blog Challenge. Pop by and say hi if you have time.
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I'm way late in getting to this, but it's Creme de la Creme time again! Stop by Mel's corner of the blogosphere to get all kinds of details about how the Creme list works... but the basics are that this is our chance to toot our own horns and put forward our best posts of the year. Everyone in the ALI community is invited/encouraged to participate... so if you posted this year, then it's time to pick the best of your best.
I'm a little stuck this year. I can't decide which post I like best, so I'm enlisting your help... Which of these posts should I use as my submission?
My Memory Sucks
or
Riding the Bench
or
Remembering & Pondering
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I've had a couple of questions recently...
Amy asked about the picture over our couch. It's "La Seyne-sur-Mer" by Roger Duvall. It makes me want to write a story set in this village some day (cheesy huh?). I love artwork that makes me ask questions about what's happening in the background.
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| image courtesy art.com |
Do you have any questions for me? I'll answer just about anything...
I vote for submitting Remembering and Pondering.
ReplyDeleteLove that picture.
And, heading over to check out your friend's blog.
I liked the bench one, but Remembering is, I think more poignant.
ReplyDeleteI have tons of stripey socks too. And ones with stars, ones with dots, ones with dots AND stripes. It's crazy!
ReplyDeleteIt's makes things so much easier when you are doing the laundry :)
Wow! You are so amazing. Keeping your blood sugars in check AND cooking up a storm. That sock habit made me smile. DH does the same thing and gets in heaps of trouble for it around here :)
ReplyDeleteI loved Riding the Bench when it was first posted. I find it especially moving now that you are days away from having your baby. There is a lot of hope and faith in that post.
ReplyDeletethanks for the shout out, boy do i feel like i need to preform now! ;)
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