1. One thing I've realized about the Quick 5 is that it has eliminated random chatter on this blog. This is good: I don't have so many posts about just random things going on. This is bad: I'm not posting as often. I could get back to the more philosophical posts I started out doing... but there could be pros and cons to that as well. I'm a bit torn.
2. We think Eliza may have decided that her daddy's name is "Bye-Bye." Every morning before he goes to work (as Eliza is usually up) or whenever he leaves to go teach Hapkido, etc., I encourage her to tell her Daddy, bye-bye. And she's been really good at it, too. She doesn't often say "Da-da" or even attempt "Daddy", and she rarely addresses me, either. We'd never thought much about that, just thinking she understood we are Mama and Daddy and never cared to use the terms. Until last night. Last night Nick came in from some preparation for his next Hapkido belt test, and Eliza lit up to see him standing in the doorway of our living room. And she pointed to him, over and over and over, grinning away, and said, "Bye-bye!" Not as in, "Bye, Dad! Aren't you supposed to be going somewhere?" Instead, she was saying, "Hey, there's Bye-bye!" Nick and I had a good chuckle, but I noticed he began asking her what his name was (to which she just smiled as if to say, "Oh, I know") and telling her, "I'm the Daddy."
3. Nick has a work conference this weekend. Thankfully it's in town, but it does mean we will see less of him. Plus, tomorrow is my family's celebration of my grandfather's birthday. Plus, the Hapkido master they are now working with at church is in town this weekend. He is due to test both Nick and his friend, Dave, who are both teaching our Hapkido group at church for their next belts. It is still in question whether Nick will be able to get his test in while the master is here because of the schedules. I hope he does: he said that if he passes this test, he'd be one belt away from black belt. I'm very proud of my husband. He began as a volunteer to help with the class, and through a series of events, he was willing to step up and help take leadership of the group, working hard on his own belts so he was able to teach the others and help them test for their own. He's shown a great deal of dedication and hard work for this group. I don't think this is so unusual; rather, I think it's an excellent example of his character. How did I ever land such a man?
4. I have gone on a cleaning rampage in this house. The floors have been swept and mopped, surfaces dusted, cleaned, polished, etc. Sadly, the place still isn't as clean as it could be. There are still a few bastions of clutter around. I am determined by the end of the month that my apartment could possibly look like a showpiece, well, except that we don't have expensive decor. It's a personal commitment and I refuse to fail. Because, really, my goal is to finally post before/after pictures of this apartment, as I'd always intended. It has taken me far too long to get moved in, organized, and cleaned up. (I blame our bedroom. It's always the last to get any attention.) This is the time I wish I could magic my friend Melissa home to help me sort papers and reorganize our filing. Yes, the Melissa that surprised me awhile back. I have kicked myself several times for not taking her up on her offer to get it done then!
5. Nick and I are getting ready to plan our vegetable garden. I realize we might be a little late to the game, but we're newbies, so we hope to chalk it up to experience. If necessary, we'll just buy some mature plants from a nursery and cut our gardening teeth on those. But I do hope to have a high enough yield to put up some jars of pasta sauce, salsa, and other vegetable goodness. I intend to take a trip to the library today for my daughter's enrichment and some vegetable cookbooks so I can start schooling myself on the art of creating tasty veggie dishes. I am disgruntled with my weight gain this pregnancy and I realize that though most everything I prepare for the family isn't too unhealthy in and of itself, it's abysmal at times because of our low vegetable intake. So, I'm going to change that. We need more vegetables, and having them in the garden is a good way to start forcing us to eat them!
That's it for today. Eliza is chatting to herself in her bedroom, so I'd better get her up, get her dressed and fed some lunch so we can make that trip to the library!
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