Michael and Jaspenelle

Sharing my Weekend

Two Phrases That Destroyed American Culture - I ran across this article yesterday and loved it, so I thought I would share.

I also thought I would share some stuff from my weekend::

I made cinnamon rolls from scratch:

They were yummy! Next time I am going to use different icing though, maybe just a milk/sugar glaze.

Michael had to be at work from 4am to 8am on Saturday, so he napped with Damian while I made them:

I made labels for some things in the kitchen:

The olive oil bottle says “Olive Oil (now with extra virgins)” because… well, it just amused me.

I got some new shoes at ShopKo (on clearance and 50% off, so $30 shoes for $3!)

We also picked up my diaphragm from the midwives and bought storage bins for my 25lbs of bread flour and sugar. But you don’t need pictures of those.

I got some reading in.

If you are into herbalism I strongly recommend Family Herbal by Rosemary Gladstar.

Last night be went over to Shannon’s and she gave us some organic produce from her garden, yum! Five cobs of corn, lots of green beans, a couple Anaheim peppers, a cucumber and a few more zucchini! I think I am going to be making zucchini relish with them this time.

I’ll probably be dehydrating some zucchini as well, for future use in pasta sauce and maybe to take camping in a vegetable soup mix.

And to end my sharing post, I wanted to share an amazing speech by Archbishop Tutu! What will happen when the last of our great leaders die? Do we have new ones within our generation? I hope so. (On a slightly amusing note, Archbishop Tutu refers to “ubunto” in his speech, defining it is “the essence of being human.” The Linux distro that I use is also called Ubunto!)

Random Pregnancy Observation

The distance between my fingers and my shoe laces is becoming harder and harder to bridge…

It is worth the stretch though, Michael and I are going to see Doomsday.
(My kind of movie.)

Butt Nerve Update

So I am more or less certain that butt nerve pain is sciatic nerve pain. Why? Because you all said so! And my childbirth class teacher said so, and the lady who works in surgery in our class said so and my Aunt Ruth said so! Actually the lady who works in surgery said a physiotherapist would be great at helping me with the pain, and since that is what my aunt is, I figure she should doubly know! (Unfortunately she is in Ontario and I am in Washington State - a little bit of a commute to get some family treatment…) I do want to thank everyone (pregnant or not!) who gave me their input, I always feel better knowing what is going on and that a particular pain, in the ass no less! (no pun intended…) has a purpose. I read it will probably stick around for a week or two … woopee … but it is almost certainly nothing serious, just really ouchy and annoying and I shouldn’t do anything that hurts.

Not that I am a master of the realm of taking it easy but I promise to try.

I think I figured out what triggered this too, it started a three days ago now, and three days ago I switched from my snow boots to my (overly well broken in/glued together) sneakers. I think that my sneakers are not giving me any support (not too surprising they have no arch and are from goodwill…) I was going to switch back to my snow boots today to see if there was a difference but the zipper broke on them (why Universe? WHY!?) so I am just going to have to get new sneakers it seems. That’s okay.

The stabbing shooting pain is still there of course but my super cushy slippers help lots and my aunt gave me a couple links with some stretches to do for it (omg I love tailor stretching, it feels sooo good!) Maybe I will get a balancing ball and see if that helps (am I allowed to bounce around the house with it?) After trying some of the stretches I can walk around my home without much discomfort which is fantastic! The stairs are another matter though, damn swingy hips!

Happy thoughts though, beyond belly and baby love and setting aside aches and pains, I would like to venture into the realms of pregnant vanity for just a moment to tell you all about this one marvelous change my body has made.

Cleavage.

Oh my gosh! I have breasts with cleavage.

Total and absolute awesomeness.