The Buerglers

While Eric and I were at my grandparents cabin, I had some time to return to the book and to spend some time reflecting on a few more gifts in my life... 111. starting vacation with a deep breath in the parking lot at work 112. cathcing up on the low priority to do list 113. friends fixing computers for free 114. photography class with my dad 115. a day trip to Asheville with no plans 116. visint old college friends and doing nothing...but talk 117. drum circles 118. watching people of all walks of life joining in a common song 119. the peacefulness of Gabe 120. massages from the husband 121. listening to the rain on sky lights 122. the cabin and all that it stands for 123. sharing a room with my spouse on family vacations... it's still weird to me to share a room with a boy when they're around 124. waking up with the sunrise 125a. bon fires 125b. jeep rides in the mountains....alone. 126. root beer floats 127. kindles

Last week my sick computer took a turn for the worse. Dennis is continuing repairs. Lesson learned, back up your computer more than once in three years. Thus, I am writing a quick post via the Blogger app on my phone. This weekend Eric and I went to North Carolina for some R&R We visited Ashley, Mike & Gabe and Kathryn surprised us for a visit too. Details on the whole trip to come. This coming week ill be at camp with 15 middle school kids from our church - my last responsibility with them. Bittersweet. Eric will be home with the guys finishing their brewing stand (a post on this coming soon). We also received our Kindle in the mail so he's excited that it'll be out of my hands all week so he can finally play with it. In other news baby turns 15 weeks today!  Ill do a 15&16 week update when I get back. Im looking forward to catching up on lots of posts when I get back, but in the meantime the unplugged lifestyle has really helped me work on my relaxing and...

Normal is a woman, and a woman getting married and having a child ~ Liz Lemon I am so sorry for the lack of photos.  I have been taking them, however, my computer has been rather sick.  It's in the process of being fixed (Thanks, Dennis!). But until then, it's Eric's 2001 Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop from college.  At least it's not a Tangent.  Did I mention we had to ghetto rig the wireless card? And the enter key squeeks?  Hey, beggers can't be choosers :) How far along? 14 weeks How big is baby? Speaking of Liz Lemon, baby is about the size of a lemon this week. Total weight gain : Quite a jump this week. I'm up to about 8 pounds. I don't know if the milkshakes have caught up with me, or if I weighed in at a bad time this week.  Or, maybe I just need to come to grips with reality that it's okay to gain weight. Maternity Clothes?   Whelp, most of my non-stretchy bottoms are done for.  I have about one pair of jeans that I ca...

(Please pardon this really old picture!) What I love about this recipe is that my Mom ripped it out of a magazine advertizement for was was then Durkee (now French's) French Fried Onions.  When I photo copied the recipe a few years ago, it even photocopied the food stains on the page.  Love. Another thing I love about this dish is that it's SUPER easy to make, a well stocked pantry and freezer has most of the items, and kids can help make it.  We each used to take one task of the preparation and it was literally ready in less than a minute. Ingredients: 1 standard bag of frozen potato rounds (aka tater tots or crispy crowns) 1 pound of ground beef (can sub ground turkey or soy crumbles) 1 package (10 oz) frozen chopped broccoli, thawed (I use one-two crowns of fresh) 1 medium to large tomato, chopped 1 can (10.75 oz) condensed cream of celery soup 1/3 cup milk 1 cup+ shredded cheddar, colby, or good melting cheese of your choice Garlic power and pe...

106. Watching my husband drive up to our apartment with a tight t-shirt, 5 o'clock shadow, and the top down on his Jeep 107. Comfort food 108. A quiet Friday night 109. A clean kitchen sink 110. Cheesey puns that make me belly laugh!

It's not monday.  Nor did I post last week.  I have two excuses.  Both are lame.  My journal was in the black hole that is the back seat of my car.  Once I rescued it, I caught up on my list, but then traveled for 4 days including a monday.  Here we go... 71. the technology allowing us ultrasounds 72. an understanding midwife 73. health insurance 74. organic food 75. girlfriends 76. blog friends 77. air conditioning 78. healthy conversations with co-workers 79. maternity jeans 80. warm showers 81. baby shower for other women 82. being told that I am "glowing" - especially by men 83. wandering Barnes and Noble with no purpose 84. Chick-Lit with happy endings 85. mid-day naps 86. phone calls with old friends 87. planning a plane trip 88. scrabble 89. free checked bags 90. uncharacteristically good moods 91. generous friends 92. Buddy passes 93. airport friends 94. layovers that force R&R 95. watching the sunrise over the clouds and rain 96. a ...

How far along? 13 weeks, 1 day - Last week of the first trimester, baby! How big is baby?   About 3 inches growing to 3.5 this week And all I can think of is... "Ross bruises like a peach" Total weight gain: Holding steady at 4 pounds, whew. Maternity Clothes? Similar to last week, but I can wear fewer and fewer of my medium sized t-shirts, as they are getting too tight around my belly and chest. My undies and pajama pants are getting a little snug around my waist as well. Stretch Marks? Nothing new! Sleep: I haven't needed as many naps, usually just 10 minutes of resting in the afternoon is plenty.  I had very weird sleep habits this week because of flying and airport fiascos, but for the most part I don't need 10-12 hours a day any more, just my normal 7-9. My energy is slowly returning, thank you almost-second-trimester! Movement: While I haven't felt the baby yet, I can feel my insides readjusting when I roll over in bed or on the couch.  It...