Ok, it’s way past time for some photos:

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It seems I disappeared from blogdom for a while. I thought it would be easy to find a few minutes here and there to post something, but funny thing, I don’t really care right now! But I wanted everyone who reads this (all ten of you) to know that Anna and I are doing great and I’m absolutely loving these first few days, even with a little sleep exhaustion thrown in.

I’ve done a lot of thinking/reflecting on the whole experience. In fact, I’m having trouble sleeping, not just because of taking care of a new baby, but because even when I do have the opportunity to sleep, my mind is racing and re-living everything.

I am amazed at how many things are so different than what I expected. Some of this gets a lot more personal than I usually care to get in a blog post, but I’d like to write it. After this, I’ll probably go back to being my old stoic self. (more…)

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Well, I finally ran out of things to do, so I have a new diversion—jigsaw puzzles. I’ll just keep working jigsaw puzzles until Anna gets here. Unless, of course, my nesting instinct ever kicks in and I feel like scrubbing every nook and cranny of the house. But right now, that doesn’t sound like fun. And I’d rather do something fun.

We went out to Marketplace for dinner tonight, which we had planned to do; it turns out it fell on a good night because the torrential rains brought an infestation of ants into my kitchen. Ugh! I put out some ant baits, which usually take care of the problem in about 24 hours or so. The hard part is just letting the ants crawl around and not killing them. (So I guess I’ll have to take a break from puzzles and clean my kitchen in a day or two.)

Does anyone actually have a yard right now? I think we used to have one, but now we have a pond. This is going to be such a mess this spring. And something tells me we won’t have a lot of time to put into spring gardening. On the positive side, there shouldn’t be a water shortage this year.

David’s been getting all the pregnancy cravings. Now he’s craving bread pudding. (Perhaps the recent Irish holiday put it in his mind?) So we got the stuff to make it. Maybe if the ants go away tomorrow, we’ll have a tasty dessert for after dinner!

I went to Rhea Lana’s consignment sale and got Anna a few cute things. David and I both went on Friday night with my mom-to-be pass, and it was nuts. I had no idea there was a line to get in the store! It moved quickly, but it was still kind of crazy inside. I went back yesterday for the half-price sale. I’ve decided that in the future I’ll just wait until half-price day. It’s less crowded, you get much better deals, and I actually find more stuff if there’s less to sort through. So what if a lot of good stuff is already gone; I’ll never know what I’m missing! (I saw a couple of outfits with dogs, but they were marked way too high to begin with and they were not half price. Phooey.)

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Today we went down to North Little Rock for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by the Irish Cultural Society of Arkansas. Here are a few highlights:

Some of our Arkansas Celtic Music Society friends:
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I’m ready for this baby to get here. I’m certainly not miserable, or even that uncomfortable really; I’m just a little impatient and curious about how it’s all going to happen.

Fortunately, I have something I can do (as long as I still feel up to it, of course) every day and/or evening for the next several days: Thursday—community group; Friday—Bible study and shopping at Rhea Lana’s consignment sale; Saturday—St. Patrick’s Day parade/music/dancing in Little Rock; Sunday—church and St. Patrick’s Day party at a friend’s house; and Monday—doctor’s appointment and Irish music session.

So I think Tuesday would be a good day for her to come.

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I mailed our taxes today. Usually I get a “Certificate of Mailing,” which does not include proof of delivery, but is proof that I actually mailed the item. So if the IRS says we never mailed our taxes, we can prove we did. Or so I thought.

When I asked for it, the postal worker kindly informed me that the IRS doesn’t recognize a Certificate of Mailing as proof that it was mailed and strongly suggested the (pricier) Certified Mail, which includes delivery confirmation. “Why not?” I asked. She didn’t know. “But… it’s proof that I mailed it!” Nope, not to the IRS. They just, well, simply won’t accept it. She agreed that it made no sense. I think she sympathized with my need for a logical explanation but, alas, could offer none.

So apparently the Internal Revenue Service, paragon of virtue that it is, thinks the shady United States Postal Service is a bunch of liars and cannot be trusted.

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I’m 38 1/2 weeks pregnant, and I can still give the dog a bath. I consider that quite a feat.

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So the point of this post is to show off; I guess there’s really no other reason for it! :-)

I finished piecing Anna’s quilt. This isn’t part of her bedding; it’s more of a playing-on-the-floor quilt. The lighter fabric that it’s lying on is the back, and it will also be the binding. It’s a very simple design, but it’s only my second quilt, so I didn’t want to get in over my head. I probably won’t quilt it until several weeks after she’s born; I do it on the big machine at the quilt shop, and that requires standing up the whole time.

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