AWESOME!

my grandparents lived in england. and every time they came to visit my grandma's ankles would swell up into giant balls. this is one of my most distinct memories of her, because i'd never seen anything like that before. so i'm not really surprised that my ankles are starting to swell, i imagine i have some kind of puffy ankle pre-disposition. i've been told that drinking lots of water helps, so i'll give that a try. for a while there, i was drinking a LOT of water, but now i drink milk and juice, so i'm consuming less water. having puffy ankles aren't uncomfortable, and i don't mind that it looks funny, but i have some special boots that i want to still fit in. you see, i have these boots, i call them 'my birthing boots' because they make squatting very easy and when i wear them i feel like i could squat for a long long time. so for the last few years i've been planning to give birth in them so i can squat. anyways, i've got to keep my feet at a normal size or that won't work.

i had another productive tuesday night. i've decided to reserve tuesday evenings for alone-time at home completing important tasks. last night i installed a second high-shelf in the closet. i'm very pleased it makes the closest more functional and homey. i also spent a great deal of time planning our new shelf-unit for the kitchen. under andrew's tutelage, i've designed a custom shelf unit for our kitchen. after discussing it with andrew we had the basic structure figured out, but i needed to plan how many shelves it would have, and the spacing between them. i'm SUPER excited, it's gonna look so good and be super useful. we're going to build it on saturday. i hope it goes well! it'll be a good team-building project for me and b. sometimes when we build stuff together it can get stressful because i make a lot of assumptions, and b doesn't think like i do. i'm sure it'll be a exercise to help prepare us for the early days of parenting.

in general, i'm really in home-improvement mode. as i mentally prepare to share our space with another person, i've been really intentional about using our space more effectively. and while i'm at it, i've also been addressing other of items that i left as interim solutions. the kitchen shelf unit is one, but another is window coverings. we've had some vertical blinds on the front door since we moved in. they're ok, but not great. we've also had a spring-roller room darkening blind in the bedroom, which always falls down. so today we're having proper custom blinds installed. woo-hoo! it's kind of funny that i'm excited about blinds, but it's going to be a big improvement AND i like accomplishing things. b says i'm nesting, and that might be part of it. but i think true nesting doesn't kick-in until early labour.

you're the only light.