crystal's little corner

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I may not post very much for the next couple of days.. we're at my parent's house for Xmas this year and they are still on dial-up.. so, Merry Christmas to all!

gizmo's new favorite place to sleep :)

but i just received the grey's anatomy season 1 dvd set for my birthday (thanks to my bro!), and am completely in love. what a fantastic show. i've watched the first 4 episodes already today and i'm sure the last 5 of this season will be watched before we head home for xmas on saturday! other great gifts i got for my birthday: a great pink & brown sweater, brown pants, a gorgeous necklace (think those circle diamond pendants that are always advertised on TV, and subtract most of the cost), shoes, fleecy jammies, scrapbooking stuff, makeup bags & brushes, and taken out to dinner & the theatre. am i spoiled? hell yes. am i apologizing for it? NO WAY! :D xmas is in one week.. i can hardly believe that in another 7 days , all the hubbub (spell?!), excitement, and fun will be over for another year. we're doing two christmases really.. one with my family on the 25th, one with mark's family on the 26th.. not much on the go for this week, really. i'...

my favorite christmas socks... just wearing them makes me feel more Christmas-y.

friday night we had our xmas party and then over to ed's for what was supposed to be a couple of drinks. those couple of drinks turned into 3 bottles of wine for cat & i, followed by a trip to the tavern. i was SICK, but i definitely needed the night out.

this week went soo fast. headed back to chester on tuesday afternoon. wednesday, i spent the day in bridgewater shopping with my mother in law, thursday had a couple of friends drop in, and here it is friday already! we're dropping alex off at the sitter's around 2:00.. both mark & i have haircuts today, followed up by xmas wrapping & putting the outside lights up on the house, and then off to the xmas party at the innlet cafe in mahone bay. i'm actually really looking forward to today & tonight, first break i've had from alexander in a few days, and hubby & i are in desperate need of a date night. i find that after we both hit a certain point with no sleeping, and stressful days with the baby, we tend to argue quite a bit.. this week has been no exception, and i'm really hoping that we'll be able to enjoy the next 24 hours free from the baby and learn to enjoy each other again. don't get me wrong, i love alexander with my whole heart ...

alright. this needs to stop. i want to go home. not home to cumberland county home, but home to chester, to my house, my wonderful husband, and my adorable giant cat! i had full intentions to go back today, but mother nature beat me to the punch and the roads got very slippery very quickly this afternoon. so alexander and i are staying put for another night. tomorrow i'm going home to my house though darnit, no matter what happens. the big plan for this week.. weight watchers weigh in tomorrow since i missed today, our prenatal reunion class on wednesday, and friday night we're going to the xmas party for my former job , and since we have a babysitter for alex, i'm going to go out and get rip-roaring drunk and stumble home late at night.

once upon a time, there was a girl named crystal who used to love packing up her car, and heading to beautiful cumberland county for some recharging at her parent's house. then, the unthinkable happened. her parents sold their house, and moved in with her grandmother. that's right. life has become increasingly difficult since my mom & dad moved into my grandmother's home. she's very hard to live with, and the stress level is so high that i swear, the place is a living, breathing stroke waiting to happen. anyway.. my vent for today is that she thinks that she knows everything that there is to know about raising babies. this from the woman who had one child almost 50 years ago, and only started taking care of her grandchildren after we were in school. so, tell me.. what makes her the expert on all things baby? i snapped at her this evening that i do know how to take care of alex.. he's my baby and i'm the one who has been tending to his every need for the ...

my favorite month.. christmas specials, parties & my birthday.. of course, along with all that comes the shopping, wrapping, cleaning, decorating, etc.. what a huge task for one or two days at the end of the month! i'm having a hard time getting in to the swing of things this year, which i don't really understand.. but, this weekend i'm going to make an honest effort to enjoy hearing the carols on the radio stations, and get into a more festive frame of mind. mom, marilyn & i are going on the christmas house tour tomorrow in amherst, and possibly hit up a couple of craft sales.. sunday we're putting up the tree here at mom & dad's.. surely that will help. it's a weird year... i'm normally soo excited to see christmas arrive, and thought for sure this year would be different since the baby is here.. i guess maybe because he just is too little to understand the whole concept, it's just not what i expected.. ask me again in a week or so!

this one's for you michelle !

egg nog or hot chocolate? hot chocolate does santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? wrapped.. all the way, including the stocking stuffers. colored lights on tree/house or white? white outside, coloured inside.. this year, we're doing all coloured. do you hang mistletoe? nope, i think its ugly. when do you put your decorations up? usually around my birthday on the 14th, or whenever i have the time. what is your favorite holiday dish? turkey!! pumpkin pie!! what is your favorite holiday memory as a child? playing board games with my brother til the wee hours of morning waiting to hear santa downstairs. when and how did you learn the truth about santa? the year that i found all the gifts that were not hidden really well.. do you open a gift on christmas eve? we open gifts that mom & dad receive from the mail run. how do you decorate your christmas tree? usually, coloured lights, garland and fun ornaments that we've collected together. snow! love it or dread it? ...

i normally don't go to the doctor. i broke down and went this morning since my cold has turned into something a little more evil, a little more menacing. that's right. i've got a throat infection and was on the verge of strep throat. so, 10 days of penicillin are supposed to cure me. god i hope so. mark's home today, so we just took alex out for a walk, with a pit stop at the kiwi for white hot chocolate & the best ginger cookies on the planet, and i'm a happy camper. 5000 calories later, life is good. i weighed in for weight watchers on monday and lost 1.6 lbs last week. that set me at exactly what my weight was at my very first OBS appointment when i was 11 weeks preggo. only 29 more lbs to go.

So, as of my last post, I was 7 months preggo.. Alexander Mark arrived on 9/18/06, at 3:38 pm. It was the scariest, most amazing thing that I've done in my life, and I'm so proud of him and me both. Being at home is a weird thing. I really thought that I would love being a stay at home mom, but without a whole lot to do during the days except talk baby talk and change diapers, I have a whole new respect for people who CAN do be SAHM's. Good on ya's. I figure now that I'm at home all the time (and I know I've said this before), I'll have more time to blog and hopefully will become as interesting as some of the other blogs I read on a daily basis.

That's right. I'm done. I'm tired of being pregnant, and I'm sure all you poor people who know me are tired of hearing me complain about how it's hot and gross, my maternity clothes are too small and, as of yesterday, I can no longer wear my wedding rings. I'm ready to meet this little child. Big news for Halifax today.. apparently the Rolling Stones are coming to Halifax in September. Too bad I won't be going. First of all, it's only about a week after my due date, and secondly.. I can't afford to dish out that kind of cash on concert tickets. I'm sure it'll be a great show though! Work is goin' ok.. Darlene is off on vacation this week again and then Phil goes in August. I'm down to 5 weeks of work left! The countdown is on baby!

This week has finally come to an end.. didn't feel like it was ever going to happen.. I'm so pumped about my plans for the weekend, of course that's always the way.. Tonight Mark & I are heading to Halifax to go for dinner with Mom at Kokomo's and then heading off to look for two things.. a rocking chair for the baby's room, and an outfit that doesn't make me look like a blimpy whale for Lori & Larry's wedding next weekend. Might be a challenge. Tomorrow, Mom's coming down in the morning.. We're going to work at getting the babys' room finished, and I'd like to get out to the beach or something.. we'll see. Sunday is my shower, and I'm very excited about that.. only cuz I haven't seen alot of the people invited in AGES! Lunch is just about upon me.. So, I'm out! :)

So.. I'm a total slacker in the blogging department. I created this blog ages ago.. and well, let's just say, it didn't get used. I'm going to try and do a little something here every day, but you just never know with me.. :) Things are going well for us right now.. My due date for the baby is quickly approaching (only 2 months & 2 days left!), and we have a very busy summer ahead of us. Happy Hump Day!