Nursery

The nursery is on it's way! The painting is done and the carpet was professionally cleaned yesterday. My three nursery furniture items I recently ordered online have all shipped: the crib, the changing table/dresser, and glider. We received the glider yesterday. Once Mitch puts all those things together, I'll take a picture of the room with the furniture in it! I have no amazing insights today except that Leo graciously decided to help me get an idea of what it will be like to be kept up all night by the baby. He meowed, jumped up on stuff he wasn't supposed to, and banged on doors most of the night last night. Actually I think he was getting me back for having him locked up in our room while the carpet cleaners cleaned the living room yesterday.

Movie Recommendation

I watched Akeelah and the Bee yesterday and found it very enjoyable. It came out last year, so some of you may have seen it. Akeelah is a middle school African American studen from South L.A. that aspires to go to the national spelling bee in D.C. It is a "feel good - you can do anything once you put your mind to it" kind of movie. The cast includes Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett. Check it out!



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437800/



BTW: Want to know where I gain all my movie knowledge (and where this link above will take you to)? It is imdb.com (internet movie database). It is awesome.

Out of the Habit

My cousin just sent me a link to her new blog and it inspired me to start blogging again. Of course, by now everyone has stopped checking to see if I have posted, so it will be like talking to myself. Maybe if I can get in the habit again, I'll let people know I'm still here and gain my once interested public! :)

One of the main reasons I couldn't get into blogging for awhile is because when I found out I was pregnant back in April (I was actually pregnant when I posted my last entry, but I didn't know know yet :), I didn't feel comfortable writing about the pregnancy until I was further along. But being pregnant was ALL I was thinking about, reading about, dreaming about. So it was hard to come up with anything else. Plus, most of you who know me well know that I keep a private written journal that I have had for many years. My journaling needs are met by this journal. So, I got out of the habit of blogging, and before I knew it, it had been six months. Oh well.

Today is the day that I am finally going to finish painting the nursery! Back on Labor Day weekend, my mom, Mitch, my friend Meredith and I painted the walls. But I have been doing touch ups and painting the doors and baseboards on my own. I have been painting a little every day for two reasons: one so that I won't be in a room all day with paint fumes and another so I won't be on my feet all day and potentially straining my back. It has drawn out the process a lot, so I am very excited that will be over today! All I have left is the baseboards on two walls. Baseboards don't take long to paint, I have discovered.

I am going to order the baby furniture online now that I am done painting. I am ordering a crib, changing table/dresser and rocker from Target.com. The furniture is black which will look sharp in my light, pastel colored nursery. The walls are a light, mint green and the bedding and curtains are going to be lavender. I love green and purple together. I am then going to use brighter colored polka dots as accents on the bedding and walls to make it a little more "whimsical." I hope Madelyn will like it :)

I am enjoying being home right now. And I know I will look back on this time and be glad I had this time of leisure before Madelyn was born. I have been in an organizing frenzy lately. Back in July, Mitch and I had a yard sale with our friends Meredith and Andy. I went through all our clothes, books, movies and CDs then. But last week, I did it again. I am finally learning how to let go of things. I am determined to not be a pack rat. Clutter stresses me out. Through all this, I have also learned that going to the library to get books, especially fiction, is the best way to go. It is a waste of money to buy books at the new release price when I could find the same book at a yard sale in a year or two for a dollar. Because I enjoy literature so much, I like to have it in my house. But my house does not have to be Barnes & Noble. I can keep the books that really made an impact in my life and not hold onto those bestsellers I really enjoyed when they came out but now have lost their charm. It is interesting to see how my thought processes change over time. I think part of that is just growing up and maturing. And I think part of it is learning from my mistakes.