Author Archives: Kara

Ten on Tuesday

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1. What is your favorite online-only store?
Does Etsy in general count? I don’t really do any online-only shopping otherwise!

2. Do you enjoy wrapping gifts?
I do, even though I suck at it. I can never fold the sides down good enough! They look awful.

3. What is the temperature in your city today?
Right now (Monday evening at 8:35 p.m.) the thermometer is reading -2.5°C. That’s 27.68°F for you American folks!

4. What time do you eat dinner?
It depends on whether or not Kyle is working. If he’s not, it’s around 5:30 or 6 p.m. When he is, it’s around 7:45 p.m.

5. Will you be making New Years Resolutions?
Probably not. It’s not like I can stick to them anyway.

6. How old is your oldest pair of shoes that you still wear?
I’m not too sure. Other than a couple pairs of old heels, I would say two or three years.

7. Do you have any restaurant phone numbers saved in your phone?
I do! A pizza place, a Chinese place and a Greek place. Standards, if you ask me!

8. What is your favorite and least favorite letter to write in cursive?
The letter Sm, and I’m saying that without writing out the whole alphabet.

9. Do you know any good riddles?
Not off the top of my head. At least no “G” rated ones ;)

10. How do you feel about snow?
I don’t mind it, as long as it’s not melting. I hate slush with a passion!

Have you had snow yet?
Are you an awesome present wrapper or a crappy one like me?

13 Weeks

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Not much of a change yet!

How far along? 13 weeks

How big is baby? About 3 inches, or the length of a medium shrimp (ha!) according to BabyCentre.ca.

Total weight gain/loss: I have no idea, although my waistline is starting to feel a little chunkier

Maternity Clothes? Still none, but I’ve been “modifying” my jeans with a small hair tie when they’re feeling snug. (Usually when I put them one after they’ve been washed)

Stretch marks? None!

Sleep: I’m still waking up every couple hours to go pee (marvelous) and it’s started to get uncomfortable to sleep on my tummy. I can notice a little bump when I do!

Movement: Still nothing!

Food cravings: This past week I’ve been craving Asian food – Chinese, miso soup, sushi – and chocolate!

What I miss: Not too much, really. I kind of miss drinking more than one cup of coffee still. That’s about it!

What I am looking forward to: My doctor’s appointment on Tuesday. It will be Kyle’s first visit with me since we confirmed the pregnancy with my regular doctor. I’m hoping he’ll let us listen to the heartbeat again!

Milestones: I let the “secret” go at work and now most of my coworkers know that I’m expecting. I’m still not 100% sure if my actual bosses know though. They haven’t actually mentioned anything to me. Oh well?

Friday Bullets

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It’s Friday. I have an awesome headache and so I’m pounding back coffee to make it go away. As a result, you get bullets.

  • Random question: How many of you are judging me for drinking coffee while pregnant? It’s not like it’s actual crack. Besides, sources say I can have 2 (measured) cups a day of regular coffee. And I only ask this because no one has actually told me I shouldn’t drink it, they just say it’s bad for me. Splitting headaches are also bad for me, and there’s a lot less I can do about those!
  • I tried to make snickerdoodles last night and it was a mess. My oven, as it turns out, runs about 25° too hot, so I had burnt cookies :( I’m quite depressed about this because I was really looking forward to devouring cookies all night. Instead I ate Doritos.
  • My MIL gave me a tripod to have for my camera! It was for her old camcorder but since it broke/we’re not 5 anymore she doesn’t use it. I’ve been wanting one for a while but they can be a little pricey, so it was a perfect hand-me-down! I can’t wait to try experimenting with long-exposure shots.
  • It has snowed the past two nights in a row – the most snow we’ve had since sometime in November! I’m already tired of shoveling snow. Why the hell did we move to the top of a stickin’ mountain??
  • I’m finding being pregnant has made me marginally cranky. Mostly I’m just getting annoyed at dumb little things. I blame everything on hormones.
  • Since I enter my 2nd trimester Christmas Day, I get to go for my 14 week appointment on Tuesday. I’m really excited!
  • I’m pretty sure my bosses haven’t figured it out that I’m pregnant yet. Either that, or they’re not saying anything.
  • That’s the last pregnancy bullet, I promise.
  • Can someone recommend a good, but decently priced, white wine? I’m buying a bottle as a Christmas present but since I hate wine, I have no idea what to get. Usually I just judge a bottle by its label and it ends up being pretty tasty.
  • I have done extremely well on not devouring Christmas goodies. In fact, we don’t even have any chocolate in our house! This may change tonight when I go buy stocking stuffers.
  • I am fiercely avoiding my freelance work. I did all my interviews early last week and now I’m procrastinating the transcribing part of it. It’s my least favourite part of interviewing over the phone.
  • I think I finally have New Year’s Eve plans. I just have to confirm with friends and buy my ticket. Woo!

That’s enough for today, time to do some actual work!

What are your weekend plans?