We carved our pumpkin this weekend!

Yes, ladies and gentleman JB and I carved our first pumpkin this weekend. I must say we make a fabulous team. JB does all the hard work like scrapping the insides and cutting out the top, etc, and I draw the face and tell him when he is doing something wrong:) muwahahaha!

I actually made a dorky little video of our pumpkin carving time you can check it out on "You Tube": Check it Out

In other news I am sure I saw Jeff Daniels twin at our bus stop this morning, JB bought me orange gerbar daisies in honor of fall and today is a beautiful day!

Getting Organized

I was looking today at some of the baby items I have collected, and I was looking at my cute little changing table and I thought to myself "Missi, you really ought to get more organized". So, out I went in search of some items to help me organize my things.

Do you like? I got four of these, they fit under my changing table on the two shelves. I have filled them with baby items such as clothes, booties, hats, blankets and random items. I think it looks very "cute". How fun it is to get organized.

Babies getting bigger

I wish I had a picture to show you all just how fat and happy I am getting. I tell you what, I never thought I'd see my belly expand to the size it now finds itself into.

I had a lovely little Dr.'s appointment yesterday, I'm starting into my third trimester now and I'm measuring the same amount of centimeters as I am weeks along ( so 28 weeks, 28 cm).

The only thing I have found discounserting recently is the fact that the baby seems to think my belly is a punching bag. Does anyone remember my freaking out post about the fact I hadn't felt the baby move yet and I really, really wanted to? Well, I'm feeling the baby now! *BAM* with its left foot *BAM* with its right. I swear the baby is dancing inside me or finding it a fun activity to hit one side of my belly and then push itself to the other side and hit me hard there as well. Its kind of fun in some ways, but sometimes, if the baby is super active right after I eat. EK! Upset stomach here I come!

At any rate, the baby is getting bigger and so is my belly. I know January isn't that far off...but I do hope it comes quickly!

For the love of chapstick

I am not a very loyal chapstick buyer, sometimes I buy it and sometimes I don't. But when I do have chapstick in my purse I tend to find myself using it all the time!

I bought chapstick a few months ago and its still going strong. I find myself putting it on 6 or 7 times a day and then at night, after I've been laying in bed for like 20 minutes, I often get up to go grab more chapstick to wear while I sleep. This is a very odd thing I think, why do I do this? I think its because without even knowing it, I must sleep with my mouth open, so the breathing dries out my lips. And who wants dried out lips? Not I.

That being said I spoke with a women yesterday who desperatly needed chapstick, she needed it so badly I reached my hand into my purse, grabed out my chapstick, and then I realized it would be terribly rude and unfeeling for me to offer her some chapstick. So even though I was already wearing lipstick...I put chapstick on my lips. Had I been thinking clearly I could have been like "oh, hey, you want some?" but on a better thinking note, do I really want her lip germs on my chapstick? Hmm...

Soon my chapstick will be all gone, I'll miss it for a few days but then I'll forget I ever needed it so badly in my life, and I'll most likely go six months without buying more chapstick. Then I'll call my mom and I'll say "mom, my lips are dry all the time, what should I do?" and she will very practically tell me to "drink more water" duh? Why is it water is usually the solution to everything. Its the solution for all beauty issues (skin, hair, nails, tongue), weight loss, what to order at a resturant when you aren't sure what drink to order...pretty much it answers all the worlds problems. I love water, and its free. Why don't I just drink more water and forget chapstick all together? I'll tell you why? Because deep down, I love chapstick. I always have and I always will:)

Short People are people too!

There are a lot of good things that come from being a short person, here are 10 things that I just thought of like two seconds ago.

1. People always think you are "cuter" then you really are
2. No one expects you to be able to lift heavy things
3. Guys tend to think they are really tall when they are around you...so you generally have a lot of guy friends
4. You can always try on "display" shoes at the mall without waiting for a service rep
5. You don't have to duck your head when you take walks and you pass under low hanging branches
6. Your age is usually a mystery until you reach like 45, people always guess you as younger
7. You always find the best hidding places when you play "hide and seek"
8. No one can every fit into your clothes, so you never have to be emberressed if someone needs to borrow clothes and you don't have any that are clean
9. Your easily passed over in a crowd so if you are trying to ignore someone...they usually can't see you anyway:)
10. You always have something to complain about when you need to, because, of course, everyone wants to be "tall" even if secretly we all know everyone wishes they were short.

But something that isn't so hot about being short...is the fact that Costco discriminates against short people. I have no problems with people thinking they don't like short people, but when they actually create technology which outwardly shows their disdain...that, that I have problems with.
Let me explain. Last year, when I got my first Costco card, I stood on the little sticker feet infront of the blue screen and smiled my big, honkin' smile. When they printed out the card...my CHIN WAS CUT OFF!! You could barely see my head! It was like...my mouth and up! I made some comment about the fact my whole head wasn't in the shot, but the lady just shrugged and said that was the best she could do.

So this year, I go to get my new card and I assume last years drama was just because of a bad photographer. But nope! You don't even see my neck, its just like "head". Hello? JB got like his shirt collar in his picture! How come mine is like this pasted on head in the tiny box? Just because I'm short, why can't they lower the camera? Or give me a box for Pete's sake.

What is a short girl gonna do? Sue them? Maybe that's what I should do. Not exactly a Christian response, but definatly I'd get my point across that short people are people too!!

And Todays Forcast...

Rain all day.

It's an Appendix!!

In a old house in Olympia

Covered in Vines

Lived a very young couple

Both healthy and fine

Healthy and fine

they lived their dear life

Until a horrible morning

after a rough and long night

Missi woke with a start

As she heard a soft sound

It was her dear husband Johnny

who was moving around

The cry that he uttered

was like none err, before

he gripped his soft belly

and curled up on the floor

"It hurts" he said sadly

with puppy dog eyes

Missi grabbed at the phone

While he uttered his cries

To the doctors he went

When the morning dawned bright

He returned with some news

That caused Missi a fright

"An Appendix" said the Doctor

"That's what it must be,

Now go to the hospital

To have your surgery"

To the hospital sadly

They took Johnny man

Then they sat in some chairs

And folded their hands

After hours of waiting

A CAT scan, and more

The doctors were ready

To take Jon out the door

Out the door down the hallway

They rolled his big bed

While Missi, she waited

With her hands on her head

Some hours passed slowly

Before they were done

Then to Johnny, went Missi

Who was not having fun.

With a sigh and a smile

It all turned out fine

Johnny would be better

It just may take some time

So back to their house

Went the very young couple

sleepy and tired

but now out of trouble.

Open Season

So JB and I went to see "Open Season" last night. I have a slight cold right now, so most of the humor I only laughed at because half the kids in the theater were cracking me up. But...wait, has anyone see it yet? If so, do you know the part where the deer has to sing the bear to sleep? OMG!!! When he started changing the lyrics, it was killing me!! I Was dying laughing!!! SO FUNNY!! Tears, yes, actual tears were running down my face.

Anyway, what was so bad about it was, it seemed to be the one part in the movie that the kids didn't find all that funny, so here I am laughing like a crazy lady and no one else is!!
A troll and a magic rainbow tree...hahahaa....

Man, the days around these parts sure have been amazing huh? Beautiful weather, beautiful skies. Nice, very nice. My family back home has snow...huh.

Ticket

Well, yesterday I got my very first ticket, my very first ticket for my whole Italian life. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact it was in a school zone...and little kids were on the side walk. *sigh* I honestly thought I was going the correct speed, but, that tiny little print on the "20 Mile an hour School Sign" actually says something important.
The cop wasn't very nice either. He didn't even give me a chance to say I was sorry, let alone explain why I was going as fast as I was. Nope, just slapped the ticket at me and off he marched. Yep, marched off to his little, wimpy, motorcycle.

humpf. The last time I got pulled over it was a nice cop. He was nice and sweet, and didn't give me a ticket (cause I hadn't done anything really wrong, he was just bored). But this one... he was NASTY! He was MR. NASTY.

Oh well. At least I know when to go snail pace slow near that particular school zone, gotta protect those little children.

The no longer a perfect driver,
Missi

Day Off

I have the day off today. I didn't make any special plans for the day though, so I'm kinda sitting here wondering..."What should I do today". I slept in, started some laundry, put away some dishes (that JB washed. Yesterday he washed dishes, vacuumed and spot cleaned the floor!!!) and checked what email I could check.

Its such a beautiful day though, I think I shall go for a walk, or at least go outside for a bit:)

Lata!

Pictures from our visit with the Bechtles

Back in August, Jonathan's parents came out to visit us for a week. Here are some pictures of our time spent together.

At the park after church.

Here we are at Pike Place Market in Seattle
Peggy and John

Hiking around Mt. Rainer

JB and Me in Seattle

Profile of my baby belly back the end of August

It was a fun trip! We hope they come out and see us again soon!

My brother

My brother GJ came to visit me, late Wednesday night. It was his birthday, so we threw him a party. We made him blow out all 27 candles and I wrapped his tiny gift card in a big box so he thought he was getting something really cool! Hee, hee. Fooled him.

Yesterday was beautiful, and I just so happened to have the day off of work. So I took him to our local Farmers Market (http://www.farmers-market.org/) and we bought fresh fruit, veggies and some meat. Yum:)

He brought me a sewing machine from my Mom. Its a cool sewing machine, it has a computer type screen on it and lots of buttons. I don't know a thing about sewing machines, so it ought to be interesting learning to use it. Mom says it needs a "tune up" but other then that, its a "Great" machine. A tune up huh? Sounds like a car now doesn't it. It even comes with a peddle, I wonder how fast I can get this thing to go:)

Here is a random picture of Me, my sis and my friend. This was taken like a year ago, we are in our kick butt stance, as we were about to beat up some "bad guys". Frankly, I'd say we are pretty good, we'd put those "Charlie Angel" characters to shame, that's for sure.
So watch out, if the three of us are around, no one stands a chance at beating us up.

Ok, so Mrs. Random is gonna get back to what she was doing before. Peace out

So I dreamed...

I dreamt I had ruffles potato chips and right now...I'm eating THEM!!! WOOHOO!!!

I love having dreams that come true:)

Good Lookin' Guys

Check out all my good lookin' Italian boys! Papa, Dad, GJ, Chris, Nate, Dan, Tony, Trav and Isaac.