:: Brinna's ::

:: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 ::

Wow, it's been awhile since I've written. And of course it will be awhile before I write again. : )

Andrew went to the field but he came home right away, because his grandma died. She'd had cancer for awhile so it's more of a relief than anything, to all of us. We all loved her and knew she was going to heaven. We flew to Oregon to visit his grandfather in Washington, that was a pleasant visit. Quite cool but beautiful. Andrew would really like to move out there when he gets out of the military. We stayed there a week, rented a car, and were encouraged to go sight-seeing, so we did. During the week we drove to Mt. Hood, climbed the path to the top of Multnomah Falls (no picnic when you're pregnant let me tell you...pregnancy does more to your body than just make you gain weight), walked around downtown (and in Powell's City of Books, a truly massive bookstore with used and new), walked along the length of a park on the waterfront of one of the rivers going through Portland, and drove to the coast. Of course we went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory! But this time we drove north instead of south of Tillamook. Also, we drove part of "the Three Capes Loop, a 35-mile byway off US 101 between Neskowin and Tillamook, considered by many to be the preeminent scenic area on the north coast". Yes, copied off another site. : ) It was quite pretty, and we took a sandy trail that was a lot longer than we thought it would be, to the beach. I got lots of exercise on our vacation....

I went shopping at the Burlington Coat Factory the other day, and found quite a few pairs of a maternity version of a famous jeans designer, Earl Jean. They normally sell for $150 each and were priced at $15. I was like, holy cow...so I bought one of each of 5 sizes and I'm trying to resell them on ebay. So far they're all going to sell, and I sold one for $50 with Buy It Now, so at least I got my investment dollar back, even if I don't make much over that. Oh well. : )

Yesterday Andrew had the day off, and he built some shelves for our laundry room. I think he had fun...it certainly looks better in there. Next is shelves for our pantry. Then it won't seem like such a terrible thing to have the small kitchen...it will seem more.. erm..cozy than cramped. The wood cabinets are still painted like bleached wood (kinda 'out'), I plan to paint them white, but Andrew's going to take the doors and cut out the centers so I'll have glass doors, so we're waiting until after that. And I'll paint the insides red to match the red wall behind the stove.

I'm still knitting some, work's been really slow lately. Partly because Andrew's been unable to watch Alice so I can't go in, but also because she hasn't given me any sewing work to do. And plain knitting in a rectangle is getting a wee boring. :) But it's money and it's a great opportunity really, so I'm just going to wait and hope it improves. I haven't felt idle, so I'm great. It gives me more time to do other things. I do things slower now that I'm pregnant--less energy, so even if I don't do a whole lot, in reality I've been pretty busy all day. Story of most stay-at-home mom's lives, eh? Well I'm happy, and as long as I don't spend lots of moola, and the house is clean, Andrew's fine too.

Alice caught her first cold in Oregon..I think it was the day we went to the beach. I had her in a little sweater, but the wind was cold and strong, and it goes right through you. She never complained, though...her lips turned blue and she started shaking, but she wanted to run on the beach. She wouldn't let us hold her to keep her warmer. : ) So she's got some snot now, and she had a bit of a cough at first, but she seems to be feeling fine. I'm just so glad that she hadn't gotten sick until then, and that it was so mild when she did.

My mom and sister are coming to visit for the weekend. I'm looking forward to it. We haven't seen each other since May, which is quite awhile when you consider I was living with them the past year and a half. : ) Kristi, I forgot to tell you, but you don't need to bring the Lost premiere tape with you, we watched the ep online at abc.com. Thank goodness for high speed internet. How about them fish biscuits? I was cracking up...Sawyer's a wily man.. And the opening scene? Now we know a bit more about what Walt meant when he said they're not what they seem. So Ethan's a plumber, eh? Ppl keep complaining that Juliet put the CD in upside down...but it was one of those double-sided ones. Take a 'chill pill' ppl.. : ) Goodness, I hate that saying...

With Netflix I have been getting all kinds of obscure things in the mail. I've watched half the first BBC miniseries, the Duchess of Duke Street. I also got the old Posiedon Adventure and it's sequel, with Michael Caine and Sally Field. There was a great classic mystery named Laura..that was pretty good. I love classic movies. I also rented Princess Raccoon, one of Zhang Ziyi's first films. Boy was that weird...we got it right before we were going to Oregon, so we didn't watch it all the way through. It was in a bizarre style, like a stage musical. The subtitles were poorly translated, and the story went nowhere. I think I would have enjoyed it if I'd had the time to watch it, but I had to knit a rush order for someone, so my attention was only half there. I still love foreign movies though!

:: Brinna 12:44 PM [+] ::
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