Bob Barker

I cannot believe Bob Barker is retiring from The Price Is Right! This is one of the only games shows I have ever liked. I remember watching it with my mom when I was younger and watching it in college. Plinko is my favorite game. The show will never be the same!

The Daily Show!!!

All this week The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will be in Ohio! The Midwest Midterm Midtacular will be filmed at Ohio State and I am sure it will be hilarious. Hopefully they will take many shots at the crazy politics of Ohio.

Click here for an article from the Dayton Daily News about the show.

Work News

First I would like send out a big congrats to my sister Anne who recently got a job with Environment Michigan in Ann Arbor. Good Luck!!

Monday I was offered the assistant lab manager position at my job. That means instead of the 5 people I supervise now, I would be in charge of everybody in my department which is about 15 people. It is a glorified babysitting job, I would have been in charge of making sure people are on time, show up for work, are working and not messing around. Needless to say I turned it down since I do not feel that it is a part time position, and after the baby is born I will only be working around 20 hours per week. Also I just didn't want to do it. So everything is back to normal and my boss was completely ok with my not wanting the position.

Excellent Weekend

Many thanks go out to B.J., Jenni, and Tonya for planning a surprise baby shower for me in Chicago. I thought B.J. and I were going to Indianapolis for the weekend just to get out of town, but he informed me Friday that we were going to Chicago instead. The shower on Saturday was a surprise and a great time. Thanks to Jenni, Tonya, Rachel, Emily, Mel, Lora, Sara and Amy H. for everything!

Also many thanks to Mel and Mike Oliva for letting us stay at their place Saturday night. Their new place is awesome! We met some friends for dinner at Lalo's for Mike King's (B.J.'s freshman year roomate)29th birthday. The food was very good and everybody but us got completely wasted on margaritas. Then later met up with Pablo, Katty, Mel, Mike, Dave, and Worms for T.K.'s 30th birthday at Finley Dunnes. Mike was so awesome and got me a shot of water, it was crazy!

Sunday we had brunch at Uncommon Ground which was delicious. B.J. and I both had the Montana Omelete, so good. It was a much needed weekend away and it was just so awesome to see everyone and finally meet Keri!

Happy Birthday Mike!


Happy Birthday T.K.!

21 Weeks

I had my doctor's appointment today and everything went well. It was a quick appointment, but the best part was I got to hear the baby's heartbeat which was very cool. My blood test results came back and everything looks good, I just have low iron, but not too low so I don't have to take any suppliments. My weight and stomach mesurement were in line with my due date of February 25th, so all is well.

This weekend was the first time someone who doesn't know me commented on my being pregnant. I went to Macy's since Clinique was having a bonus and the saleswoman asked when I was due. It's nice to finally look pregnant and not just like I had put on weight.

See for yourself!


I read this article about how pets can notice if you are pregant and many women said that their cats and/or dogs were more affectionate. I think this is true with Flanagan since he has been more cuddly lately. Saturday morning before we got up he cuddled right by me instead of between B.J. and I like he normally does. Then this weekend while we were on the couch (B.J. was in the recliner) Flanagan was super cuddly, which he normally does, but not like this:

What a baby!

Finally it's the weekend

It was a long week so I am thrilled it's Saturday. Today I have been surprisingly productive even though I didn't get up until 10:45. I haven't been sleeping well so today I feel great after all that sleep. The Ohio State/Michigan State game doesn't start until 3:30 so to pass the time I have been cleaning, doing laundry, and I made some bread. I was going to make zucchini bread, but as I was getting ready to shred the zucchini I discovered it was bad. Since I already had the batter made I just threw in some frozen blueberries, sunflower seeds, and almonds and hoped it would turn out ok. I am eating a piece now and it is very good. Next time I need to make sure I have all the ingredients before I cook. I tend to discover mid cooking/baking that I am missing an ingredient. Usually B.J. will have to run out and buy whatever I need, but he went to Columbus to watch the game at Nick's. So improvising worked this time.

Not much else is going on, it feels like my stomach is getting bigger every day. People at work say I am just starting to show, but I feel huge. My stomach muscles are really starting to stretch and it's an uncomfortable feeling. It doesn't hurt, but it doesn't feel good either. I have a doctor's appointment Monday, hopefully everything will check out ok, I always get nervous before going to the doctor.

I have been reading alot of non-fiction recently and am finishing "Assassination Vacation" by Sarah Vowell. If her name is familiar she is also the voice of Violet in the movie The Indredibles. She tells the story of her vacation going to various historical sites involving the assassination of presidents Lincoln, McKinley, and Garfield. The book is interesing and funny with a good amount of pop culture references and humorous jabs at the current administration. A very interesting and informative read, I highly recommend it.

Ok, the Ohio State game started and I need to give it my full attention. Have a good weekend everyone and Go Buckeyes!!

Another bizarre story from Ohio

I just love the feeling of finding a hilarious story on CNN only to discover that it happened in Ohio. It just makes this buckeye so proud.

I am lazy

Ok, ok, I know I haven't blogged in forever. No excuses except I have been feeling very lazy lately. I am now in my 20th week of pregnancy and things are going well. I still have headaches every day and cannot eat very much meat. I don't think I have any cravings, maybe cheese, but that's all. My stomach is getting big, I will try to post a picture soon.

Not much else going on, work has been slow lately so the days seem to drag. We are looking for daycare since I will probably work part time after the baby. This is a very frustrating experience since most places are full time daycare only. I know we have plenty of time, but I want to find somewhere as soon as possible so I can negotiate part time pay at work.

I vow to do a better job at blogging this week, and just for the hell of it, here is a picture of Flanagan who may be the cutest dog ever. At least I think so.