- Isla has cut a molar. This is wonderful, because her teeth have all been “late bloomers.” And, since she’s cut the molar, she’s been slightly less cranky. (I’m certain there’s more just waiting to pop through at the most inopportune time.)
- She has also learned how to say, “Go go go!” See, after breakfast in the morning she watches cartoon on PBS, and the Cat in the Hat is one of these cartoons. They sing this weird little song on every episode that starts with “Ready to go, go, go, go…”, and yesterday morning while they were singing it, I heard her saying “Ga ga ga!” So now, when we say “Go go go” to her, she repeats it back. Cutest thing ever!
- I’m hoping to be able to get our Christmas tree tonight! I got the garland up on our fireplace mantle on Tuesday, so I’d really like to get our tree and have it all decorated by the end of the weekend! This Christmas should be interesting since Isla loves to investigate EVERYTHING. Luckily she hasn’t touched the stockings hanging from the mantle since she first tried to grab them and I told her, “Not for you.” Fingers crossed.
- I also attempted to put Christmas lights in my ficus tree, but it just looked like one of those cheesy fake plants that you see in dingy old restaurants that Gordon Ramsay tries to help on Kitchen Nightmares. Proof:
Okay, it actually looks waaay better in photos than it does in person. Just trust me on this one, mmmkay?
- A friend of mine is hosting a cookie exchange and I’m a little nervous for baking 7 dozen cookies! I don’t think I’ve ever baked that many cookies all at once before, so it should be a fun learning experience. I plan on baking snickerdoodles, so here’s to not burning them! . If I do, I’m sure I can whip over to Costco and just fake it ;)
- Another friend of mine celebrated her birthday yesterday so we went and got ourselves pedicures! Why pedicures in the freezing cold? Well, she’s due to give birth pretty quick here, so she wanted a little foot pampering for her swollen feets. I can totally sympathize with her! Anyway, I went with a pretty sparkly purple color. Not totally festive, but definitely sparkly for the holidays.
- On Monday it was my last beginner yoga class that I started taking back in October. I must say, I really, really enjoyed the classes and what it brought to the table for me. We even had one class where we practised yoga nidra and it totally helped me de-stress and relax. (I liked it so much I paid a whole $2.50 for a yoga nidra app on my phone for bedtime when I can’t sleep!) Now I’m debating on whether or not I want to sign up for more classes through the city again or if I want to buy a punch card for one of the local yoga centres here. Decisions, decisions!
- I started reading The Rosie Project Wednesday night and so far, I’m not sure what to make of it. The main character is interesting, so I’m curious to see how this all plays out!
That’s about it for now! What books are you reading right now? (I need to expand my “To Read” list anyhow)