The Visual Mom

I'm not sure if its a nesting instinct or what, but my need to organize spilled over into the loft yesterday.  After getting about 80% complete with the two bedrooms (with decluttering and purging), I decided that I didn't like where my desk was sitting in the loft.  Hmmm...starting a project with two others still  incomplete...where else does that show up in my life?  No time for self analysis right now! The desk (a large oak roll top) had been sitting in the same place for 8 years -- since we moved in the house.  On the surface, it was just a move of about 10 feet.  Moving the desk, however was a HUGE project.  I think Dave was happy to not cleaning a closet anymore, so he contributed to the desk moving project.  It now nearly 18 hours later and we're finally getting to the point where we can walk across the loft.  Its by no means complete though.  Something tells me we should have painted this wall in the loft before moving the desk...

Hard to believe that there are just 10 short weeks left in my pregnancy.  I've been really lucky so far that everything is progressing well.  Aside from some moderate issues in getting comfortable at night (multiple pillows are a MUST), I really haven't had any negative side effects.  The few times I have had heartburn, I've taken Ultimate Aloe , which quickly nullified it.  Other than that, just healthy eating seems to do the trick. By the way, here is a picture of our wee one.  This was about a month ago.  Based on the movements I'm feeling, she is planning to pursue a career in kickboxing. In true Latka fashion, now that we're a bit less than 10 weeks out, we're finally getting around to prepping the rooms.  Yes, I said roomS.  Both the nursery and the new guest room (which was kind of a storage room), are getting cleaned out today.  In fact, I'm taking a bit of a break from doing that to write this post.  Its somewhat amazing t...