rachael ray and other thoughts

so braden and i thought it was pretty funny that dan was annoyed enough by rachael ray's shenanigans on $40 a day to post about it. but you know what, i do agree that she can't just make it seem as if it's 3 meals a day (which is regular for most people, so you would think that when it's a whole day) and then only eat 2 meals a day, or have people take her out. oh, look, my husband is paying! besides, i find rachael ray annoying in general, just because of her overexposure. she must put out like 20 cookbooks a month! and then, when i was in the childrens' section of the bookstore the other day, she even had a few childrens' cookbooks, too. milk it while you can, i guess. it's comparable to iris by the goo goo dolls; they played it on the radio every 8 minutes when it was popular. also, whenever i see rachael spelled that way, i always think "rach-ee-el". color me bad-ded.

where are all the wiis??? they're sold out everywhere. we're toying with the idea of getting one with some of our combined christmas money, but i'm not camping outside of any store to get it! apparently, that's still going on. target said that they get 3 or 4 every saturday morning, and they're sold as soon as the store opens. geez. also, if you name your product the "wii", you can't expect people not to call the remote the "wii-mote". it's just inevitable. apparently, nintendo asked for people to please not call it that. come on, it's the "WII", for pete's sake. :) people that have camped out to get more than one wii are selling them for way more than retail on craigslist. how about let other people get one if you already have one. such is our society. :)

our nephew got baptized on saturday. congrats to steven! he is the oldest grandchild on braden's side of the family. afterwards, we had a get together at steve and april's (steven's parents; steve is braden's bro) house with fried chicken, yummy! i was pleasantly surprised to see my sister-in-law gina, who drove over with her two little girls for the occasion. another nephew felt it necessary to comment loudly, "her hair is way too long!!!" during the talks, about a lady sitting right behind us in the chapel. her response? "thank you, munchkin. now it would make me really happy if you would sit down." this same nephew also said loudly, "how big is he??!!!" about a larger gentleman in our other ward. ahh, the embarrassing things our children say. that's the kind of situation where you want to laugh, but you don't want your kid to know that you find it humorous. i'll have to start working on my poker face! :)

i just choked during my cocoa-bibbing activities. down the wrong pipe, i guess.

so people are still shocked when they find out that i'm pregnant. the most common response is, "I didn't even know you were pregnant!" lo, the smallness inherent when compared to other women, i guess. i feel huge! :) my explanation is that my stomach had to go out to a normal size first and then keep growing, so i look smaller. plus, it's a first baby, and your tummy tends to be smaller. i was reading some prego blogs for people due in april and came across this one that had a picture of this juzzum at 26 weeks or so, and wo, she was big. i can't even compare! for those of you who are not aware of what a "juzzum" is, it's a made-up word by my bro ryan for between a girl and a woman. that in-between stage when you're sufficiently old enough to not be called a girl, but feel weird calling yourself a woman. this applies to anyone who, in your opinion, fits in this category. ryan came up with it after i expressed my annoyance that the term "guy" existed, but the female equivalent was still "girl", which makes me feel 12 years old. he's great for making up words on the spot, even at 6 years old, right, gio regoarrarr? :)

my belly button is starting to come out. it's been increasingly less "inny" for a little while now, but yesterday, a bit of it was starting to poke out. weird! i've been an inny for so long. so i dreamt last night that it was all the way out.

braden mentioned last night that it would probably be a good idea to put together an emergency hospital bag, since i'm "at the point now where you could technically have the baby at any time". scary!! i'm not ready yet. i did sign up for childbirth classes, which start next month and extend to mid-march. i wasn't too happy about the schedule offered, b/c it seemed not well thought out by the schedulers. for example, one class is offered only on sundays during the time when i need to take it, so we essentially have to take it on that day. it just seems to me that some other options could be offered. but, i am all signed up and excited (and nervous) to start.