Adventures in Nesting

Well, the urge to "nest" has been as active as ever this last week. I've been trying to figure out things to keep me preoccupied so that I'm not bored to death waiting to go into labor.

In spite of my willingness to get things done, I'm rather limited. Since the baby's dropped my hips have spread more making it difficult to walk or stand more than a few minutes. Actually, it's almost unbearable to walk very far or to get up from sitting. So my projects are done in short bursts or I have to figure out how to do them while sitting.


At the top of my project list is knitting presents for my midwives and their apprentices. I finished the blue one yesterday. Knitting is about the only thing I can do for a prolonged period of time so I'm glad I have some projects to keep my busy. The hard part is blocking them when they're done because I have to crawl around on my hands and knees to pin them down and steam them.


The day before yesterday I scrubbed the bathtub and washed the shower curtain. It's rather difficult to lean over the edge of the tub with such a huge belly. I got a book awhile ago by Mrs. Meyer that has all sorts of cleaning tips in it. It suggested putting the shower curtain and the liner in the washer and then air drying the plastic liner while the curtain dries in the dryer. I was so surprised at how well it worked to get the plastic liner clean. The maintenance guy also brought me a new curtain rod and installed the diaper washing thing on our toilet. So that crossed three things off my list.

Today I transplanted the mint and lavender plant that Bri got me for mothers day into a bigger pot. It ended up taking a lot more effort than I had expected. Mint has pretty tough roots! You can see it needed to be in a bigger pot as my window sill wasn't quite big enough anymore. I also planted some sweet thai basil since regular basil doesn't seem to be in season yet. I'll add it to the pot when I can get it.


One of the big projects on the list was to fix our barbecue. We haven't been terribly nice to it and one of the burners decided to shoot flames out the front and melt the knob off. This was a Paul project for the most part. Once he got the burner fixed and had disassembled most of the barbecue I came out with a big bowl of soapy water, some rubber gloves, and steel wool. It's amazing how dirty barbecues get!



Paul hooked the hose up to the faucet around the side of the building and we got it mostly clean, and now I have the hose to water my plants. Yay!


I also managed to get a drawer cleared for bottles and such. Paul did the dishes this morning while I cooked whole wheat banana walnut pancakes with blueberries. We know how to suffer around here.

Still left on my to do list is to shampoo the couch, to dust and to clean out the fridge. Hopefully my hips will let me get everything done over the next few days without killing me first!