What's New This Week

We only have 8 weeks left until Elizabeth is due! I cannot believe how quickly this pregnancy has flown by. Even having been sick this whole time, and being super tired most of the first trimester (like, wake up, go to work, come home and go to bed, lol), it's been a very exciting time for us.

This past week, I posted pictures on Facebook of our piano that we needed to get rid of. Let me explain briefly why we have two, lol...

A few years ago, a good friend asked if we could give a good (temporary) home to his beautiful upright grand piano. He was downsizing, and knew that it would be a blessing to us. The plan was that I could have it tuned, teach piano lessons on it, and use it as much as I wanted - but there would come a day when it would go back to it's original home.

Well, during the interim, I was told that a couple at church was needing to find a new home for their small (spinet) piano. I asked Robert if we could take it, so that when the other one had to go back, I'd still have one to teach on and play. He said, "No. You already have one. When it goes back, we'll buy you another one." Eventually, that couple at church said they were going to take it to the Goodwill, so Robert broke down and said we could take it.

Sadly, we never had a chance to get it tuned or really use it. Since we found out we were expecting our sweet daughter, we knew the spinet would have to go. (The space where it was in my office was needed for the two bookcases in the nursery to be moved into). But I didn't have the heart to sell it (since we received it for free), and I really wanted to give it to someone who could use it and enjoy it. Thankfully, we posted pictures and found a home for it right away! It went to it's new home today, to be enjoyed and played. :)

Robert and Bryce were able to get it moved out to the garage on Friday night so it would be ready to go. Robert then moved both bookcases into the office - after vacuuming the carpets and wiping the baseboards! I was so thankful for a helpful, handy husband that day, since I worked a very long day at both jobs. :)

This morning, I carved out an extra hour and a half and caught up on emails and worked on a Pinterest project! I feel like the blog that it was posted on made it seem super simple (and it's not really complicated, truly), but the chenille really pulled a lot. Pinning is a necessity for this project. I did not wash the flannel or chenille before doing this project (because I was seeing how the results turned out before I did wash it for the next one), but I really think the only benefit to it might be the fluff being kept to a minimum from the chenille.

Here's a picture of the one I did!

I love that the whale fabric is a little different than the typical paisley print, flowers, or polka dots that you see on flannel for girls! :) I'll probably make some more later this week.

Today after work, I finally got my romaine lettuce and peas planted! I also discovered that my chives are growing like crazy! I took pictures, but for some reason they didn't get recorded on the card! I'll try to get some more tomorrow.

Anyway, stay tuned for more of this week's projects! :)