I got nuthin

So I realized I haven't blogged since Tuesday. Lately, that's a pretty long stretch with no posts for me. What have I been doing? Uh. Well.

I wish I could say that I've cleaned my house and put all my junk away.

I wish I could say that I've completed all preparations for the kids' birthday party next weekend.

Nope. Didn't happen.

I did go to IKEA in Minneapolis with my mom and all three kids. It went better than I expected and I didn't even have the urge to sell one of the kids while we were there.

I also went clothes shopping with my mom and bought some clothes for myself. Now I won't have to attend D's baptism in the nude. I'd guess our pastor would have frowned upon that. I got not one, but three shirts and two pairs of Capri pants. I told my mom that since I bought some new clothes that will probably make me lose a bunch of weight so that they don't fit anymore.

Not that it would be a bad thing.

Today, I took the kids to a local (small) zoo. We met my parents, who were babysitting my 2 nephews, there, along with 3 other friends and their children. That went okay other than the fact that both of my older children ran across a road without any grown ups with them. They did, however, stop and look both ways before charging across. We also took a picnic lunch and ate there. Apparently so did the mosquitoes as my ankles and wrists are bitten up.

I have several blog posts in my head that I want to get written but they're not coming out of my fingertips. The posts usually start getting written in my head when I'm trying to sleep. Did you know that I have an almost-two-month-old? Yeah, I should be sleeping, not writing blog posts in my bed.

I have 1,839,472 things to do to prepare for this birthday party but I'm not getting that done either. Well, not tonight I guess. There's tomorrow. And Sunday.

We unearthed the battery baby swing a couple of days ago and D had her inaugural swing. She seems to enjoy it. I think. Either that or she's thinking WTF is this thing they've got me in now? Possibly both. Speaking of sleeping and swinging...that's what D is currently doing.

I'm thinking about getting this stroller. Thoughts? I don't jog, but I thought the bigger wheels would be good for taking the stroller (and therefore, the baby) on all terrains. (grass)

Also, I'm starting to get bummed about my etsy store. I haven't sold anything in more than two months besides a few cards to some of my relatives (thank you!). I know the economy is in the toilet, but sheesh, my cards cost less than a Hallmark card and they're unique--not mass-produced! Oh well. I'll keep it open for a little while longer and see what happens I guess.

According to the doctor (at my post-partum visit this week) I am 7 pounds under my pre-preggo weight. I'm still fat, mind you, but hey it's something. I guess if I quit eating all those cookies and gigantic bowls of ice cream I'd probably lose more.

So that's it. My nuthin' post because that's all I can come up with right now. The next one will be better. I think.

Or, I'll just put up a photo of my kids.