post holidays

last weekend the ornaments came down...

you might notice the one in the back (a new one) came down a bit too hard, as rabbit knocked it off the table, like kitties tend to do in an effort to keep tabletops and dressers free of clutter.
in the end, saint nick was reunited with his figure as greg glued him back together in his new 'shop' in the basement.



needless to say, our pets and the borrowed pet on the couch were bustling about wide-eyed at all of de-christmasing activity....

well, i'm told again and again that i need to put a new photo up of myself. even oliver in a beret wasn't a good enough substitute.

so, ignoring the hairstyle (?) and maybe even the face, here i am at a day before 29 weeks...

i'm now 1/2way through the 29th week. feeling well. getting plenty of protein and tapering off caffeine. walking through snow-filled prairies, because what else can you do when you're pregnant in wisconsin in the winter? awoken more often by pets than because of bladder, and bugged only by one everlasting knot in my back. amazed and even jealous of those who can accomplish a feat i only remember as a faint memory of something i must have been able to do, yet (because i took it for granted for 27.5 years (less 5 months... and however many months or years it took to gain the skill as a baby)), have no sensory memory of: lifting oneself up solely by strength of the stomach muscles... you lucky ducks.
otherwise, i'm doing well, happy to be in the state that i'm in.

lastly... little mister...