This is how I do

So I was noticing the other day, I am really enjoying my life right now. My least favorite part is that I hardly ever see my hard-working husband, but because of that, I have a lot of time to catch up on other random fun things. I get home at around 5 and lately he's been getting home at 9:30- which is just in time for us to have ice cream, watch some Planet Earth, and head to bed around 10. Anyway, with all my free, lonely hours, I try to keep busy. I don't take naps because they make me feel sick, but here are some things I do do: ha. doodoo.

(This show is actually really cool. Does anyone else watch it?)

I go shopping. I go talk to Garrett's grandmother and she tells me how to get to all the random stores I want to hit up and then I try to find my way around this new town.

(Shoe shopping is my favorite. One lady at work, with a fellow shoe fetish, says I need to convince Garrett to let me buy AT LEAST one new pair of shoes a month. I laughed and decided there's no way Garrett would really want to go along with that.)

I also read. Currently, I'm reading Fablehaven. It's good, but for some reason it's hard for me to get that into. But I generally like it. The author of this book is apparently from Highland, Utah, which is only a few miles north of where we used to live.

I also go on walks and I try to participate in some low-intensity exercises (like lower back raises and other pregnancy-approved stretchy kinds of things). On one of my more recent walks, I encountered several fun animals in the yards of the neighborhood houses. There were a lot of horses and there was an emu that kept staring at me. Birds are creepy enough, but giant ones that stare you down? Very creepy. Okay, so that's not several animals, but it was weird to see them just standing around in someone's very medium-sized yard.

(Creepy, right?)

Another thing I've been getting into is crafts. At my work, we have craft kits as part of our program for the veterans. In order for me to become better able to instruct and assist the veterans, it's useful for me to know how to do some of the projects myself. Right now I have a suncatcher that I'm painting. It's kinda fun, but it's difficult to find painting space in this house because a lot of activities are off-limits in certain areas. I also have a leather purse to lace up that I will use as my only brown-based purse once I finish.



I tried watching tv the other day. I can't figure out how to work the tv really but the other day it was already set for satellite so I watched Bridezillas. If I ever complain because my husband gets more attention than me at the teeth whitening specialist's because his teeth are terrible and mine are already gorgeous, please gently but firmly inform me that my sweet husband doesn't deserve that. Those girls were ridiculous. And my husband's teeth aren't terrible, they're very cute.



I also chat on the phone frequently. I don't have many friends here so I just keep in touch with my faraway friends. I even have a cycle of who I call and when, ha.




Anyway, that's what I've been filling my time with lately. It's really nice because I have time to do chores and homework when I have it and other random things that help keep my life well-balanced. It's been really pleasant so far. But I do still really miss my husband. He's very fun to be around and sometimes I wish we could do more things together, but until we can, I'm trying to keep a good attitude. I'm glad he is being diligent at his job because at least his job makes money, which is something we don't have a lot of. And it's neat since my life is not very stressful.