Update 8.15.13

Sorry I have been MIA, I wish it wasn’t so!   This pregnancy crap is hard!  I sleep WAY too much and don’t accomplish near enough stuff through the day.  I have received a ton of great tips and advice from all of you so thank you.  My favorite, because it works oh-so-well, eat Skittles to make nausea go away!  Thanks Heather, I should have known candy was the answer!  Candy is ALWAYS the answer!  I am shocked at how well it works though, seriously, so for all those people with morning sickness, try Skittles, it’s my new favorite ‘wonder drug’ :).

Onto the projects, James and I are focusing outside now, the inside is basically there (I still need to clean up the shower but I have to get my grey-water system in place first), He will be working on our next big project which I keep hoping he will post about, I think you’ll like it!   I will be getting my water system in place and start getting things weatherproof for winter. And of course the lawn stuff, curb appeal is important!  I have a ways to go there, including building some actual front steps so that people don’t have to greet my toilet before they get to my ‘front door’ :).  I should show pictures of that by the way, I don’t really have any from that side… My vines are taking off pretty nicely, they have a ways to fill in though!

Anyway, here is an update, I hope everyone is well!

Baby quilt planning, mom is going through her buckets of scrap fabric, with the help of my brother Dan we are picking all the textures and colors for the baby animals

She jumped right to work, by Sunday she had four blocks already made! Here is the alligator

and the Gazelle, its a red corduroy, NOT an antelope, which is what I keep calling it

and the lion, this one is pretty cool 🙂

so is the elephant with it's floppy ear!

I was contacted by Extreme Homes UK and asked to provide some exterior photos of where I am at, since I haven't taken any in a while I thought I would share here too. I have no idea if they will actually be filming my place, I know they are coming to my town.

Since the next area of work is actually on the lawn and exterior lets just consider these 'before' shots! 🙂

Awww pregnancy is fun... not really, pretty much everything sucks actually! This was my Sunday, I think I actually slept 20+ hours that day and felt like crap the whole time, no idea why James likes to take pictures of it, ha! If I could trade him places just one day! Anyway, this would be why my progress has slowed, I am hoping that I get a little more energy sometime soonish. Denny is a good nap partner though 🙂

I did accomplish one project that SHOULD have taken a couple hours max... it took me three days! This is the pantry before, it was the leftover holding space for my construction crap AND food, good mix 🙂

I put up some side rails to lay shelves on

And used some scrap pieces of wood I had sitting around from another project to make shelves, I can fit a heck of a lot of food in there! I actually designed them around the mason jars so that when I get into canning there is no problems storing my goods!

and a preview of James's weekend project, he had an old crappy shed that he was jusst told this weekend the previous owners made meth in...

few good hits

and it was on the ground in a matter of hours. Making room for our next project which hopefully James will be doing a post on soon! He's scared to post... so be friendly! (He's not really scared, I'm just giving him a hard time cause he's very pokey about it, really it's his idea though, he should share his project!)

And onto way too many dog pictures... There are actually a couple non dog ones at the end 🙂

This is actually my monthly preggo picture, this is officially 2 months... not that you can tell yet. Well I can't tell yet other than being completely sick ALL. THE. TIME. uggg!

Danny wouldnt just sit still for a good picture, he just always wants to play!

He's a little rougher with dad, and a little more spastic... good action shot here

I actually put these in as a little slide show, if you flip through them fast you can see what a spaz he is!

Hes got several tricks now, I am stoked to see he can actually be bribed with food, I was worried at first, he will show off though just for pets too!

The bandanna is actually very functional, I imagine he will mostly be wearing one, I will have to make some extra large ones, he cannot drink water without getting more on the floor than in his mouth, the bandanna is to wipe his face!

Very handsome boy! He always wants to be touching you, or leaning on you, or somehow being near you, its pretty cute.

I swear he thinks he is a toy poodle size... he sees no problem being a lap dog. As you see this picture he still has 120 pounds or so to grow... eventually he will be too big for laps, Im not convinced he will ever understand that though.

He made Tobi jealous who had to come try to steal my lap away. denny was happy to share but I don't think Tobi was interested in sharing really...

Tobi likes him, he always has the option to leave but he chooses to come hang out with him

and cuss him out, Denver never seems to mind too much though, and he is a claud but really does try to be careful with him, I know this now because he made some big dog friends this weekend, he is not nearly as gentle with them

This is Denvers Girlfriend Lily, she was getting her shots the same day. They had a boxing war, it was pretty hilarious, I wanted to let them really play, instead they got all on leash play time, waiting in line for the vet. Pretty entertaining

And apperently Denver does his best playing laying flat on the ground, he did this a bit!

This has very little to do with anything other than a building we designed at work is going up and they are using stained concrete, it still needs polished but I think it looks pretty awesome, cool graphite colored floors for a doctors office

Things always look so small before there are walls

And this is the other 'Extreme Home' that they are coming to film, quite different than a tiny house for sure. I knocked on this guys door to get his information for them, I thought it would be funny to show it here... My whole house is about the size of his entry parlor.

And last but not least, James got me some purty flowers cause I am building him a baby, even if they said 'Just Cause', I know its because of a little person I am piecing together 🙂