i am bleary-eyed and confused today because i am s o t i r e d . . .
weekend in brief:
friday night - printing shirts, last minute house cleaning
saturday, began 6:30am - baked a cake, organized stuff, publix, picked up matt's mom, went to high springs, made more food, had a party until 5:30pm, drove back to gville, went out to eat, watched a movie (the ruins, it was stupid).
sunday, began 8am - drove matt's mom to pick up rental car, went to target, went to lowe's, went to lunch, back home, matt's mom left, went to ward's, planted the gardens, went to home depot, made dinner, watched a movie (indiana jones and the crystal skull, i fell asleep).
i did NOT get enough sleep this weekend. but we did get a lot done plus a few awesome extras! matt's mom gave us her truck, which is shiny and perfect. she also paid for the flooring in rowan's room, so now all matt has to do is install it, yay! we got a bunch of useful things from the registry as gifts, which i was not expecting.. i really thought the "no gifts expected" clause would mean something to people but most brought gifts anyway. it was very appreciated. we got the garden planted just in time for spring to begin, and we got a big storage rack for all matt's canning stuff.
the mother blessing was really nice, too... i should've known that my dreams of having a really intense, connective experience with so many women was too idealistic, but i think it turned out fine anyway. everyone seemed to like her name too! in retrospect i would have chosen a different game than "how well do you know the mother" because it felt REALLY awkward/narcissistic to have 30 minutes of mememe questions. and i would have enforced the "sharing of wisdom" aspect more. but oh well. the food was awesome, the henna was fun, and it was a really beautiful day. i hope people enjoyed it. i have cookbooks to give away too, so i guess i will just mail them out with the thank you cards.
all in all i think it went well. and it was actually really nice to hang out with matt's mom... she was great the whole time and we had a pleasant day shopping for floors and baby necessities. she even pushed me a little about using eco-friendly disposable diapers instead of cloth, and i firmly said no; no sparks or conflict ensued. i was happy about that. oh and the first thing she said when i told her the name was "that's really pretty!" ...no vague noises or indifferent responses. score!
so yeah. i'm just really sleepy now. i think i will go to bed way early tonight.
weekend in brief:
friday night - printing shirts, last minute house cleaning
saturday, began 6:30am - baked a cake, organized stuff, publix, picked up matt's mom, went to high springs, made more food, had a party until 5:30pm, drove back to gville, went out to eat, watched a movie (the ruins, it was stupid).
sunday, began 8am - drove matt's mom to pick up rental car, went to target, went to lowe's, went to lunch, back home, matt's mom left, went to ward's, planted the gardens, went to home depot, made dinner, watched a movie (indiana jones and the crystal skull, i fell asleep).
i did NOT get enough sleep this weekend. but we did get a lot done plus a few awesome extras! matt's mom gave us her truck, which is shiny and perfect. she also paid for the flooring in rowan's room, so now all matt has to do is install it, yay! we got a bunch of useful things from the registry as gifts, which i was not expecting.. i really thought the "no gifts expected" clause would mean something to people but most brought gifts anyway. it was very appreciated. we got the garden planted just in time for spring to begin, and we got a big storage rack for all matt's canning stuff.
the mother blessing was really nice, too... i should've known that my dreams of having a really intense, connective experience with so many women was too idealistic, but i think it turned out fine anyway. everyone seemed to like her name too! in retrospect i would have chosen a different game than "how well do you know the mother" because it felt REALLY awkward/narcissistic to have 30 minutes of mememe questions. and i would have enforced the "sharing of wisdom" aspect more. but oh well. the food was awesome, the henna was fun, and it was a really beautiful day. i hope people enjoyed it. i have cookbooks to give away too, so i guess i will just mail them out with the thank you cards.
all in all i think it went well. and it was actually really nice to hang out with matt's mom... she was great the whole time and we had a pleasant day shopping for floors and baby necessities. she even pushed me a little about using eco-friendly disposable diapers instead of cloth, and i firmly said no; no sparks or conflict ensued. i was happy about that. oh and the first thing she said when i told her the name was "that's really pretty!" ...no vague noises or indifferent responses. score!
so yeah. i'm just really sleepy now. i think i will go to bed way early tonight.
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