Spent Friday night recouping from long first week of training temp. On top of normal pregnancy tiredness, add to it training someone who doesn't get things quickly and you have one exhausted pickle on your hands.

Saturday, we lounged around in bed enjoying cuddles with furkids and each other. Didn't sleep well Friday night so I was pretty drained as well on Saturday. Jamers made yummy breakfast of crepes that we filled with bananas, peaches, blackberries and strawberries which we drizzled with homemade whipped cream. They were delightful. I can't seem to get enough of fruit lately. I've been craving it quite a bit which is fine expect for when I'm craving fruit and I want to eat tangerines, but my heartburn doesn't allow for the extra citric acid in my tum-tum. Anyways, we, well James primed two of the walls downstairs for sample painting. I wanted to do it myself, but my body has switched from I can do manual work to try it and I'll give you such a pain in your mid section you will have to lay down for an hour just to make the pain stop. Seriously, this is the worst part - I physically just can't do much of anything right now.

So Jamers primed the walls why the hormonal wife back seat painted and we had nachos and Babylon 5 for lunch. Well we watched BB5 and ate nachos which was just loverly. Xine and Kurt came over later in the afternoon and we hung out watched an episode of Cowboy Bebop (which I fear at the rate we are going we'll never finish), played Chez Geek (it has been so long since I played I totally forgot how!) watched the last real Indiana Jones movie the one with, as James literally pointed out by throwing his thumb back at the wall behind him and saying "that guy" in regards to Sean Connery. By the end of the evening it was like 10:30 when they left and I was ready for bed.

The great stupendous miraculous thing was that I slept well last night! I started without pillows, but about mid-way through the night I pulled them into bed. It was the most restful sleep I have achieved in I think weeks. We got up this morning and Jamers said, I'm in the mood for Dim Sum. So we called B-rye (hmmmmm, rye Wild Turkey - must purchase for when Xander has arrived and breast pump can relieve me for an evening of indulgence) and we meet him out at a place on 82nd and Division. Bryan had never had Dim Sum before, which is funny because I've only had it twice prior - once with James and Risa up in SF, and the other time was with Betsey and Noe (Bryan's wife). Anyhow it was a tad overwhelming at first with all the carts, but in the end I think we all enjoyed our lunch out. I love Dim Sum, as I'm sure most people do. I love little appetizery foods and being able to eat the variety of foods at one sitting makes me feel all special. I know I have a weird sense of self.

We got home this afternoon and just piddled around - oh how I loves the piddling around. I haven't been to excited about doing things, again, so Jamers made me some warm almond milk and we went down and watched some BB5 again. Now he is in the kitchen making yummy din-dins and I'm sure we will watch yet more BB5 whilst nibbling on pasta, salad, and garlic bread.

We've moved the cradle into our room so the furkids get used to it. I almost wish I had a life like baby doll to put in there and see how they react. So far the only one that has shown interest in climbing in has been Baz, which is to be expected. Other than that, life has been going on pretty much the same as it has been. Jamers has good days and bad as do I. We are down to less than 5 weeks left before Xander is scheduled to arrive. I'm alternately having feelings of anxiety over the delivery and calm over the fact that these will be our last few days of "us" time for quite awhile.

I'm told din-dins is almost ready so off a toodling I shall go.

Two nights ago, Jamers made my Christmas Bonus for dinner. My company doesn't give monetary bonuses for Christmas, last year we got them around Mid-February. However, they do give us Ham. A big ole spiral cut Ham.

Pickle's only pork love is bacon. I could totally do without pork chops or pork loins or ham. However, although we are given the option of donating our ham to the Oregon Food Bank I choose to take mine as it could feed the two (or three if Alexander counts yet) of us for a good long while.

He made the ham along with scalloped potatoes from scratch and cheesy broccoli. Dinner was yummy despite the porkieness of it all. For lunch yesterday I had leftovers from a couple of assorted dinners previous to the ham dinner. Dinner last night was a replay of the ham dinner from the night before. Lunch this afternoon was ham dinner less broccoli, but added spinach souffle instead. It too was yummy.

Tonight however is a different story. After feeding the pets I turn to see James pulling the big bag of ham out of the fridge. I look at him and say, "We aren't having ham again, are we?" "Pork and Beans. You said you loved Pork and Beans." I don't like ham, but I'll eat it. However after having it for dinner two nights in a row and then again for lunch the last thing I wanted for dinner was yet more ham. So I did what any pregnant women who was sick of ham would do, I almost started to cry. Seeing my face he quickly put the ham away and said he would make something else.

See I don't mind eating off the ham for awhile. What I do mind is eating it at every meal for days on end. Bless his little heart he is down there now trying to find something to throw together for dinner so that I don't have a breakdown.

Sometimes he does get it.

#56 why I loves my Jamers

He made me the most wonderful breakfast today! Cheese Blintz crepes, three of them to be exact! One with bananas, one with blackberries from behind our yard and one with strawberries. They were so tasty. I couldn't even finish all of them so he had to have the remaining bits. None of them were too sweet and they had cottage cheese and cream cheese and whipped cream all on handmade crepes. Sometimes I think James missed his calling as a chef.



See the yummies? Aren't I the lucky one? Course yshaloo's skully head cupcakes look just about as tastey.

Toodling off to work in the yard with doggies and Mr. Lovelins.

Last night I meet my old boss and a few co-workers for dinner after work. We went out to chinese and it as yummy. The problem was I didn't get home until almost 8. Then since it wasn't raining, I decided we should probably do a run to storage. We packed up the dining room table and chairs, and hauled them on over to storage. I think we are going to be okay space wise there. The 10x20 should have ample space of everything, woot! What a relief that is.

While we were up at granny's I went ahead and fabreezed the sofa and the two easy chairs as well as the mattress for the day bed (we've decided to keep it). It really did make quite an improvement in the smell. I love my grandma's smell, but not the smell of stale cigarettes. I'm quite sure I'll have to spray them again, but any step in less stink is a good step.

By the time we got home from the storage run, I was so exhausted. Today we're going to try to take the two easy chairs to storage on our way to game. If it doesn't rain we'll be able to do it. Then the only things left to move will be the mattress, bottom of the daybed and the sofa. The problem with the sofa is that I don't think it will fit into the truck bed, so we're trying to come up with a way to move it. Crystal says just to put it on the bed and bungee the hell out of it. Not quite sure that will work. Anyhoo, went to be around 10:15, much later than I had wanted. I haven't even had a chance to read in like a week.

In other news, here is a list of restaurants I want to go to before we leave California:
Ristorante Italino
Tyrolean Inn
La Fondue
I'm sure there are more but I can't remember them now.

Toodles.

Sid (the Pres) decided this morning that since we had to work today he was taking us all out to sushi for lunch. We went to MOBO (my favorite restaurant) and had yummy food. Just another reason why I'm going to miss working here.

Spending my lunch making my Star Wars character. My character without any background or personality. Anyhow, I really don't feel like game today. I'm still exhausted and focusing on anything, even something as simple as character creation, is feeling like torture. I was doing fine this morning, but now I'm fried.

Last night went okay. We met Xine and Kurt and AJ's and had dinner. I wasn't terribly impressed with my steak, but dessert was fantastic. We got a deep fried cheesecake thingy. Probably 400 calories a bite, but it was sooooo worth it. We didn't know how big they were going to be when we ordered dessert, so each couple ordered one. Well when they came out there was four good size chunks on each plate. We each had a chunk and Jamers and I brought the other four home for today or tomorrow.

This weekend has no "must do" plans, and I'm thankful for that. I've had soo much fun lately, but my body can't keep up with me. I think this weekend will be very laid back and only minor moving stuff will be done.

Now that James and I have had our honeymoon, our weekend away at Costanoa, we need to have our reception. We had previously talked about doing it sometime this year. We've been so consumed by the moving thing, that it had fallen off my radar. Well I put it back on today. I would love to have it here in SC before we move up to Oregon and away from most of the people who would be attending.

I haven't even brooched the subject with Jamers yet. I spoke with Christine here in the office this morning about whether they do events at the winery or not. She said technically no, but for friends and the like, they could swing it. I told her about James and I not having had a reception yet. She said to just let her know when and they could do it. Now James and I should sit down and figure it out. Money isn't really going to be a worry for us, I don't think. If it is a small number of peeps 30-40 we could do it up there. I don't know. Just a thought floating through my head.

Well must off to work on character in the next 15 or so minutes. Toodlies

Innocent and small. How could anything so tasty be evil? I'll tell you. Tamales are imbued with a magical substance that causes them to inflate to gynormous proportions when sitting in your stomache. I feel like I ate one of those little toy capsals that you put in water and watch it grow to 500 times its original size! You know they make huge dinos or alligators or whatnot. That is what I ate. But it was disguised as a tamale. And I didn't eat one, I had 3!

Now I feel like I'm going to explode. My head is swimming in a state of food bliss and delireum. I'm guessing they are soaking up every once of liquid in my body in order to create the beachball that is pushing it's way out of my belly. Maybe I'll leave the car at the office and bounce my way home.

Boy were they tasty though. There is a bag of them sitting on my counter. Crystal and I are the only two in the office for the rest of the day. We will divide them up and take them home. I will feed them to my husband whose body seems to have a portal somewhere in the stomache lining that allows him to eat as much as he wants without getting full. I think tamales were made for people like him. 4:30 can not get here fast enough. I need a nap. Stoopid. Evil. Tamales.