Oh Baby!

This is going to be the year of the Baby Showers- mine NOT included. A bunch of my friends are pregnant and although kids are nice and dandy, Chad and I aren't there yet. I feel enough pressure from my soon approaching 30th and the general feeling of Getting Older. This doesn't stop the people from asking when we will be popping out any kiddos though. I think it encourages them ... including my Grandmother.


Gerorgiana, Georgie, Memere, Meme, The Meems. She is a 95 year young woman who is the matriarch of my Mother's side of the family. Meme is probably one of the nicest people you will ever meet. She even has a nice way of telling people where to shove it. "That's a nice."

Being a wise old woman with no filter, she asked me recently when I called her to say hello, "Are you calling to tell me your pregnant?" I replied, "No Meme, I'm not pregnant. Chad and I aren't ready to have kids yet." The spit fire says in French Canadian accent, "Well, why not? What are you waiting for? You aren't getting any younger. You know, I was 26 when I got married and that was old in those days. When are you going to give me some great-grand kids? I want more great-grand children."

Thank you Meme for putting it all in perspective. I'm surprised she didn't tell me "That's a nice".

Turning 30 Kicking and Screaming

I've never had a problem with getting older but the next big mile marker is coming up in less than 6 months and I am not a happy camper. I think I will just start the tradition of celebrating my annual 29th birthday instead.

I don't need any more reminders that I will no longer be "in my 20's". I'm thankful I still have my youthful looks with no wrinkles but my body aches sometimes, I'm much slower at getting out of bed in the morning, I don't handle hangovers like I use to and ... I found something that looked like an age spot on my foot. I got that bitch removed.

The Huge Monstrosity

This room has been a work in progress ever since we moved in. We originally didn't have any furniture for this room but it slowly became the catch-all room while we tried to figure out what to buy. Then came "the compromise." Chad wanted a pool table and I wanted a dining room table.

He won.

This room is our formal living/ dining combination room. The tray ceiling divides the areas. This has created and issue for the placement of the pool table. We couldn't put in under the light because it would be off center so to the other side it went and stayed until we could figure out how to make this room work.


We changed out the dining room light for a fan/light and bought a new sofa to replace the futon. This would be our "living area" of the living/ dining room combo.


We then replaced the carpet with Bamboo Flooring and installed lighting over the pool table. I've given up trying to make it look like a huge dining room table.

And now I'm stuck again. This room is missing something. What that something is is my design dilemma. Damn that pool table. Grrr.