So I'm doing this to show just how much bigger I've gotten in just 2 months. Same outfit.

You may recall this photo from 21 weeks



And this is me at 29 weeks - 5 days



If you use my boobs as a reference, you can see just how much bigger I got (only in one direction mind you).

On this day:

In 2007 - A lot of the negative points have disappeared, I'm glad.
In 2006 - The forbidden love of unrelated body parts
In 2005 - Public dance party

I thought I'd add my google calendar to my igoggle page but it doesn't show any of the events I've put in. I'm officially net dumb because I thought all things google were designed in such a way as to allow slugs to use them with success.


Enough about that!

Another band I like lately is The Grates. You should check out their website, and their myspace. When I listen to their stuff, I can't help but to think of myhyenaflewaway  because she used to post songs she made and they had the same rawness.

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On this day:

In 2007 - where I lead you to believe I have a fellatio-related injury when, in fact, I do not.
In 2006 - the bed where all the magic happens
In 2005 - well this means the next few ones for this year will be juicy...

The other night I was cutting up some of my tomatoes that were going soft to make a pasta sauce and some of the seeds had sprouted! I was quite surprised. I picked them out and kept going.

Here are some photos from when we started the second floor renovations.










This is what Brent hopes my boobs will look like once the milk comes in.



And this is how pregnant I looked yesterday. I can now see my belly move!



The dogs are in a state of shock and awe.

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On this day:

In 2007 - the death plague
In 2006 - friends and paint
In 2005 - a vision I had that seems to fit the times...

Two recent examples;

• Walking from my building to one with a small cafeteria through the service tunnel with a coworker. A pipe releases some pressure with a big PSSHHHHHT noise. I cover my ears and scream.
• Walking to the bus stop, I get close enough to greet the woman I see there every morning. My headphones are on and I go to pause the music to say our hellos and she points behind me with a shocked look on her face. I make a shocked expression and that weird inhaling freaked-out noise and turn to face the axe-murderer that is surely behind me. The bus is remarkable early and is rounding the corner. She laughs and rubs my shoulder while I'm laughing to cover up how I was sure I was about to die.

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On this day:

In 2006 - I was thinking about switching churches and never got around to it. I really hate going places alone.
In 2005 - some questions and some answers

I'm really exhausted right now so this entry will probably suck or make no sense or something.

Our first prenantal class was yesterday. It lasted from 9:30 am until 3:30 pm and we'll have another one next week. I really enjoyed it and found it fairly informative.

The best part for me was learning about alternative pain management techniques (alternative to an epidural). There were 3 stations throughout the place and each couple (3 of us) took a turn trying the stuff out at each station. Already I could tell which things made me feel more comfortable and which things didn't. We'll periodically practice the things that helped. Also there were snacks! We all know how much I love those!

We realized we would need another support person there. The average labour is 15 hours from start to finish and even though I have no choice but to participate, I need someone to be focused on helping me 100% and I can't expect Brent to be able to do that 15 hours (or more) straight. After the class we went over to my in-law's to talk to them about it since they've each assisted a few births. I think we have a pretty good plan in place now.

After a too-short rest at home, we headed over to Jess and Matt's for a taco party... not the dirty kind. One person asked me the same question 3 times, at which point I thought "hmmm... all the marbles? Probably missing a few...". There was also a couple up from New Zealand who were pretty fun. The guy was grossed out by our toilets because there's water in the bowl and was angry that our light switches worked in the opposite manner he was used to.

It was a fun night and this review of it is balls.

We got home and stayed up for a few hours and I went to sleep around 1:30 am which is absurd! I thought my massage appointment was at 11 this morning so I dragged my ass out of bed and now I'm sitting here trying not to die from tired. My appointment is actually at 12:30.

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On this day:

In 2006 - turning candy apples into porn
In 2005 - pizza party!

Yesterday on the bus ride home I was thinking about how I needed to find new stuff to listen to. I found myself skipping too many songs.

Then this morning I check my email and Jeff sent me two songs!  See how life works out? 

So this is a call-out.  What is your favorite song right now?  You should email it to me so I can check it out!  sassy_red_head@livejournal.com

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On this day:

In 2007 - I never did finish that apron....
In 2006 - On pushing...
In 2005 - On being in love...

About a month ago I discovered flickr stats which shows me how many views I get in a day, what gets viewed and what searches are run to find my images.

It really is amazing how many people search for dogs licking their own asses! Bernie gets a lot of hits because of his special talent. He's in the top 4 on this results page!

One person added me as a flickr friend before I found out about the stats.  I went to check out their photos and their favorites and they were all of dog butts, dogs going at it and giant dog testes.  This person added Bernie as a favorite and I didn't want Bernie to feel so used so I blocked the offender. 

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On this day:

In 2007 - Well I tried to patch things up, and it didn't work. Moved on...
In 2006 - there were some fun times though
In 2005 - Hannibalistic!

The dollar store does not have popsicle molds!

If you like your music to be made of sugar-coated candy floss, you should check out Mika.

It's like LSD meets carnival meets Freddy Mercury meets fluffy kittens.

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On this day:

In 2007 - I had such simple goals. I accomplished most of them already. I still need to refinish the chair.

So further to my last 'TMI' pregnancy post, there have been some developments...

Since Lauran keeps bringing up the fact that she's joined a birth-month community, I figured I'd see if there was one I could join and there is! I'm glad because since I joined this morning, I've already found lots of useful support.

Our prenatal classes start this weekend which I think will be good. It's 2 Saturdays and takes place in the waiting room of my midwife's office. We are to bring out own lunch and whatever it takes to sit around there comfortably for a whole day. I think I'll bring my big red exercise ball and a couple cushions.

But what to pack for lunch? we only have a half hour and there isn't much around there as far as fast restaurants that I know of... They have a microwave though.

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On this day:

In 2005 - I didn't want to be sick

and it's that I always want to eat everything. Even things I don't eat.

I was reminiscing about 'chicken fried bacon' which has to be the most unhealthiest meal I've ever concocted but damn it it tastes SO GOOD.  The problem with that though, is that I couldn't fathom touching the raw meat or actually chewing it so I obviously can't eat it, but I WANT to.

I also want to eat hot dogs because it's spring and I love Maple Leaf BBQ size hot dogs grilled with diagonal strips and served with mustard, corn relish, sautéed and green olives, but again, I don't think I could bring myself to actually chew it.  I've tries Yves Veggie Dogs but they just taste like play dough to me.  I mean, hot dogs are barely meat so why is it impossible to make a vegetarian substitute with a similar texture/flavour????

Aside from the meats whose tastes I would enjoy, if someone mentions any kind of food at all, I really really want it.  Like... a lot.  Luckily gas prices are so high that I am not compelled to go to the grocery store.  But I did eat a square of baker's chocolate after Brent said the words 'Kit Kat'.

If I was let loose on all the foods I dream up in a day, I would definitely gain about 5 pounds a day, which is crazy!  It's like I have stoner munchies ALL THE TIME!  Like right now I'm thinking of eating a KFC Big Crunch with a side of gravy! Absurd since i KNOW it's super gross!

I'm also thinking of healthy foods but that's not as shocking.  I want to purée all my mangoes and pineapple and make popsicles but I don't have any molds and 1" ice cubes won't cut it.

Some spaghetti would also be good right about now. Or coleslaw! Not the creamy kind though, I think that's super gross.

I could go on and on so I'm forcing myself to end this post right now.

Yesterday I spent some time ripping out the grass in the front yard. 

There are a bunch of hostas, irises and lilies in the back yard that get wrecked by Bernie because he things it fun to destroy plants. I'm moving them to a nice big patch in the front yard (which looks like junk) so they can be pretty, then I'm going to build a fence around the gardens in the back and plant my veggies behind the protective barrier.

So yesterday I cut out the outline of the garden with a spade and tore out the grass and found way too many june bug larvae for my liking. This is probably why our front yard looks like junk, they eat grass roots. We can't really do anything about it now since the only way to avoid it is to spray the yard to kill the eggs in June/July and that protects it for the following year.

So hopefully the nice pretty back yard plants take well and decide to spread out because I wouldn't mind having a front yard mostly comprised of those.

It super killed me to do that digging though. I'm very sore right now.  I still need to put a bog mound of soil on my open patch (probably tomorrow since it's supposed to rain today) and then separate and move the plants. I haven't moved these kinds before but I got some tips online so hopefully I won't just kill them all.

Also, our real estate agent stopped by yesterday 'just to say hi' and left us with about 5 packets of forget me not seeds so I'll probably plant those in various places int he front yard.

Apparently, this post is about gardening...

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On this day:

In 2007 - Ron Mueck = super awesome
In 2005 - Apparently I hate nerds, I don't know why...

Today at lunch I went to the French Baker to get some macaroons. I'm scared to start eating them because I won't be able to be responsible and stop.

See how pretty?



I got chocolate, pistachio, lemon and raspberry...

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Jeff blogged about me and my poop-stars. I am actually wearing the same thing today except I haven't cuffed my pants. I only do that so I don't get dog hair all over them, or because I'm too hot.

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A while ago, I ordered a baby sock monkey from Gus Greeper.

When he first came home, we figured Llamacorn had to make a jingle, or a bingle. We soon discovered that his size didn't work well with our plumbing...


Much to his dismay, we had to go the diaper route since he couldn't be trusted outdoors. The dogs were more than willing to help him find his way... but he didn't think his way should be in their mouths.


He perked up when I showed him our bananas. I figured being a monkey, he could figure this one out on his own.


Unfortunately, they overpowered him.


Brent, ever the loving father gave him a hand. Llamacorn demanded the photo make it look like he did it all on his own.

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I painted this:



(It's a bad photo, the borders are actually straight but it wasn't flat when I took this shot.)

From this: CLICK HERE FOR LINKIES

The photo she took of the painting is kind of better....

Ok so I plan on raising my kid to believe that people can do or not do whatever they want with their own bodies.  This would be things like shaving/not shaving, haircuts, style of dress etc.

But then I was thinking, if he has one of those scraggly teenage mustaches and decides he doesn't want to shave it, will I mentally mock him as I do to other such young lads?  I mean, I couldn't possibly be a hypocrite and say "You look dumb, shave that" but I'm sure I would THINK it!

x-posted to perfect_parent

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On this day:

In 2007 - rant about stuff
In 2006 - kitten wax comparison chart
In 2005 - my thoughts on fate and life path and all that sort of stuff.

I totally hotlinked that because I'm feeling lazy, blogularly speaking...

Moving on, THIS POST does a good job explaining what this image really means to you and me and the world we live in.

Over the past few days I've noticed something fairly odd and mildly disturbing in various places across the city.  there are many trees, shrubs and bushes - all different types - that have been stripped of their bark from approximately 24" off the ground.

Some of the ones I've walked closely by have a puddle of bark shards strewn about their bases.  Maybe it's because there was so much snow piled around them for so long?

It creeps me out.

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ANTM last night was RIDICULOUS! Tyra was on a rampage with

• refusing to even attempt to pronounce someone's name correctly
• making everything about her
• speaking in fake Italian or horrible renditions of an Italian accent

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I could REALLY go for a nice cappuccino with a dash of cinnamon right now... In a real mug, not a take out one.  I guess I could always order a decaf...

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On this day:

In 2007 - pain is from 100% pure ROCKING OUT
In 2006 - I'll only go if I'm specifically invited
In 2005 - By big sprawling tattoo

I had some crazy ass dreams last night and it was pretty weird. One involved buying and regretting a $500 bottle of perfume while on a drunken bender.

Enough about that. All I ever want to do is drink slushies and last week I noticed the pharmacy in my building sells them! they have for a while but I somehow only noticed now, after 4 years of working here!

I'm totally getting one this afternoon AFTER I drink all my water. They only have 2 flavours though. Red and Blue...

When it's hot out, what's your favorite cool-down food/drink?

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On this day:

In 2007 - wow... that was amazing
In 2006 - sprawling multiple lacerations

I've decided to tackle the issue of junk mail at our house. It comes in 2 forms:

1. addressed
2. unaddressed

My first stop was to go on the Canada Post website and see if there is an option to not get it delivered (not all unaddressed junk mail is delivered by the postal service, but about a third of ours is) but there was no such option so I googled "no junk mail Canada".

So apparently, Canada Post will only not deliver unaddressed junk mail if you clearly label your mail box. Well Canada Post delivers my mail to one of these:



So how am I supposed to label that? I think they deliver from the back so maybe I'll super-tape a piece of paper that hangs down from the top so they see it as they put the mail in.

I'm also going to put labels on the mailbox by our front door so that no flyers or local businesses leave their junk there.

If I still get unaddressed junk I will do one of two things.

• Those that have a postage paid return envelope will be getting it back, full of other junk mail.
• I'll put it right back into the mail box. Canada post wants to give me junk? Fine. I'll give them the junk right back.

For addressed junk mail the first thing I did was fill out the Do Not Contact form here: CMA
It takes 6-8 weeks to be taken off the list and you need to do it again once a year.

Next I will make sure to contact whatever companies have targeted me and get them to stop (they legally have to in Canada, but it can take about 8 weeks to be taken off the list). I get a lot of pre-approved credit card stuff so I'll take the prepaid return envelope, detach the address label they used to send it to me and write"Do not solicit" along with the date and signature on it. If I send that back, they legally have to stop. I'll cancel any catalogues that come in using their 1-800 number or the website on the ordering page.

Do you have any more tips for reducing how much junk mail makes it to your recycle bin?

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On this day:

In 2006 - I recount the meat cleaver incident.
In 2005 - I am obviously an ass-hole. I'm working on it.

I woke up feeling way better. I'm totally on the mend!

The morning was spent with Brent finally finishing painting out stairwell. We've been putting it off because it's so high and we don't have a ladder and neither of us wanted to do it. We finally borrowed a ladder and Brent got to work.

It was an extension ladder so a 2 legged jobber. I had to hold it a lot and I was totally panicking. I think I developed a fear of ladders back when I worked at a shoe store and had to get boxes that were stacked too high on the top shelf that I had to stand past the safe point on the ladder and use a special stick thing to pry the box down while trying not to move too much because the ladder was leaning on the shelves which were on a track.

Holy illegal working conditions.

Anyways once that was all done we went out and it turned out to be a sort of impromptu date. Brent wanted to get out, I suggested downtown. We parked at the Congress Centre and I got a couple tops at Old Navy. I would have gotten a dress too if it had looked anything like I had imagined it would when I actually tried it on.

This dress had a built in shelf bra that sat about 4 inches below my breasts. The straps were also too long and bunching at the top. It was a sideboob freak show. I guess I could have tried a small on to see if it would fit better but I was just annoyed at the crazy. The maternity section at this Old Navy is shit-balls compared to online. I wish there was a way to order online in Canada since there is so much cute stuff on the site. I could send it to a friend's place but that would defeat the purpose of having it NOW. So I ended up buying the only thing I liked that they actually had my size in, which was this in red.

Things I wish they had here:

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Whatever, that's not the point.

Then we headed out to the market. Brent got himself a super-cute water bottle. He even said "Nothing's too cute for me!" when he picked it out. We went into a couple of shops and then went to the Black Tomato for dinner. I love that place. I ate a yummy veggy wrap and Brent has a grilled artichoke flatina. I asked to take home my left overs and then forgot them on the table!

Then we went to the bookstore and got a gift for Mat (which Brent STILL didn't give him!) and a few other books.

Ok it doesn't sound as awesome as it felt I guess. Did I mention I was wearing shorts? Because it was hot out, or I'm overheated or something. I also had on flip flops. And I got out of the house for something other than errands. It was AWESOME.

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On this day:

In 2007 - baby rabies
In 2006 - topless sweaty men
In 2005 - I had wicked sex