SSSSaturday

Good morning!  I slept in this morning until 9:30.  Mmm, it felt good.  I still haven't got dressed and I won't until I get my housework done.  I like to get all of the cleaning done and then get in the shower, clean it and then refresh myself before getting out.  I am going to have to put some speed on because I still need to get to the grocery store because I promised to fix a nice meal tonight instead of one of my 'quick, just throw it on the table' things that I've been doing since I've been home.  I haven't been in the mood to cook or to do much of anything else so we've been eating salads, scrambled eggs, and whatever else could be tossed together in five minutes or less.  Bless Dennis, he's so patient and is putting no pressure on me to get back to my usual routine.   He's even been loading the dishwasher and starting it more often than I have.  I noticed he dusted the family room the other day, too and did it without even mentioning it.  Ahh, he's a sweetheart.  I'm giving myself until Monday to be lazy and this unorganized.  On Monday, I will step it up a bit.  I'm not about to go back into full swing but I am going to start paying more attention to what I eat and to making sure my family has a decent dinner. 

I've been craving carbs and I've been wanting to eat a lot during the day since all of this emotional stuff with my Dad has happened.  It's a natural response for me.  I want to fill up that emptiness and I've always done that by eating.  I've put on 4 pounds but I feel like it's 40.  I don't feel good physically and I have set Monday as my day to go back to my healthy eating plan.  Three meals a day and if I have a snack it will be a piece of fruit.  I won't be eating after dinner at all.  This is how I ate and lost 90 pounds.  I feel best when this is how I eat and I want to feel better physically so I can feel better emotionally.

I found out that my daughter's future brother and sister-in-law are having a baby boy - maybe early.  I knew they were pregnant and due around June 15 but they flew to Denver, Colorado a few days ago to see family and Stephanie went into premature labor and may deliver early.   She got permission from her doctor to go.  Perhaps the high altitude created a problem and she went into labor about 15 hours after they arrived.  We are praying that the doctors there can stop her labor but either way, it is possible that she may have to stay in Colorado for the remainder of the pregnacy OR the baby will be born there and they will have to stay until he is able to be released.  The doctor thinks he may weigh as much as 4 1/2 pounds now which would be good but if his lungs aren't matured, he would have to have help for a while.  We are praying that everything will be good with the baby and that Josh and Stephanie will get through this OK.

I'm going to make the baby a blanket.  I have some cute flannel with little sheep jumping over little wooden fences.  It's blue, white and tan.  Cute for a little boy.    I got all of my other sewing projects finished.  The only thing left to do is to sew the binding on Matthew's quilt.  I think I will do the machine sewing before I go back to see Mom and then take it with me and do the hand sewing while I'm there.  I'll have a lot of quiet time and it will be a fun project to do.  She has a sun room in her house that gets perfect light all day.  I can see myself sitting in there tacking the binding to the quilt and visiting with her.  Perfect picture.  : )

Happy Saturday.    HUGS!