I have this incredibly yucky headache, probably brought on by a renewed effort to cut back on caffeine. I've gone from:
- full-strength Starbucks Gold Coast from Schnucks, to
- half full-strength, half House Blend decaf, to
- half of the half... I guess that makes 1/4 full-strength, 3/4 decaf House Blend
My body's not crazy about this mostly-decaf thing!
So, while I wait for some ibuprofen to kick in so that I can run back out to Walmart for my *second* visit this week, I'm sitting here at the computer. The uniform pants I bought for my daughter fit, so I'm going back for a few more pair so that I don't have to wash them every other day; I need to pick up a gift for a b-day sleepover she's going to tonight; and I need a skein of candy-cane red yarn for some hats I'm knitting for the kids to wear around this winter. Thanks to my daughter's Knifty Knitter tools, *I knit hats*! Someday soon I'll post a photo of the hats I'm calling "Chocolate-covered Peppermint Bark" ... yum!
Ooh, my husband just called to tell me about a memo he just got at work. I now have some added hope for the future of the legal profession! His firm has cancelled its annual Holiday party and is instead going to donate $10K to some local legal services community organization. Isn't that great news... wow! I told him I was so glad he didn't say that they were tossing the money back into the partnership bonus pool, you know, AIG-style. I think this was a magnificent decision, and not
*just* because it means I don't have to get dressed up and hire a sitter for some foo-foo party.
So, anyway, back to my point, if I really had one. The baby is so darn
*cute*! Of course, when you're the fifth child, you're required to be laid-back, so she already had
*that* going for her. We've loved watching her move out of her newborn stage into a little baby who is very interested in her surroundings. She loves interacting with her siblings. It makes me happy to see her eyes light up when she hears their voices, craning her head around to see where they are. Their singing and talking to her make her giggle, coo, and smile... very sweet. Yesterday, she saw her hands for the first time. She loves trying to focus on those funny-looking things attached to the ends of her arms.
Well, I think maybe the meds are working... time to, yes, feed and change the baby, put on something presentable, and head out into the cool, rainy weather to get my errand done.
Comments (3)
HATS!! Yay yats!! They sound cute!
I love the red and white cotton yarn... I made dozens of doilies with it last Christmas.
I know how you feel re: decaffeination. Blegh. So glad Ibuprofen exists! Hope you have a decent time shopping.
And hey, really really love what your hubby's lawfirm is doing with that dough. That's spectacular!
P.S. Baby cuteness... gosh, it makes up for so much, doesn't it?
Decaffeination? That's like a swear word here. I couldn't drink coffee when Elisabeth was a baby but I've more than made up for it in the last 15 years!
Yay for the law firm! My parents lost over $25,000 of retirement funds in the Lehman Bros. loss and it's sickening to see what AIG is doing with the $$. Total corruption.