so, i'm not showing yet, which is normal, but i was actually surprised yesterday to find out that i haven't gained any weight yet either because i really feel like i have.
then i realized that i haven't actually outgrown any of my pants... i just can't tolerate wearing the more form-fitting ones anymore because i've found that tighter waistbands make the nausea seem worse.
i do feel bloated though, and like i'm retaining water in all sorts of weird places (basically every inch of my abdominal cavity).
things are going good though!
oddly enough, i've been much less stressed and worried since developing a healthy dose of morning sickness.

i feel better today than i have all week.  even though i've been nauseous nearly 24/7, it makes a huge difference when i am able to sleep through the most intense nausea, which occurs in the morning.  normally sleeping all morning wouldn't be a problem for me, but i'm awakened more easily lately, despite being constantly fatigued.  go figure.  pregnancy is weird.
today i had enough energy to walk down the street to the chinese restaurant for an afternoon snack and some hot tea.  i also did a couple loads of laundry and sat out in the backyard with the dogs for a while.
the weather is so nice today, in the mid 60s, unseasonably warm.  i opened a bunch of windows to air the place out.

photo from our first ultrasound today is in my facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/photo.php?pid=3088777&id=588321937
everything looks good, one healthy little peanut, 6w 3d gestation due june 27, 2010!

sorry if you had to see this on my facebook as well, it was too good not to share both places! LOL

My period is due today.  I'm trying not to think about it.  I've decided that I'm not going to torture myself with multiple, expensive, before-your-period-is-due pregnancy tests that may or may not be accurate.  If I still haven't gotten my period by Monday night, I will buy a test to take on Tuesday morning (the logic here is that I have a therapist appointment on Tuesday afternoon during which I can discuss the results ad nauseam).  Of course, I say that now... it's only Friday.

we're going to start getting down to business with the sperm donor this month  :)

oh yeah.

my new #1 favorite onion news video! :D

http://www.active.com/donate/kazoodogwalk/emilycutler

what: sponsor me & bella at the annual dog walk to support the kalamazoo humane society.

love you if you can, understand (and still love you) if you can't.

thanks!

so yesterday i had a total stranger crying on my front porch, begging me to take in her cat.  she said someone in augusta (like, three towns away) gave her my address?!?!?!
THIS IS NOT A DROP-IN CENTER.
i'm royally pissed at whoever gave out my address.

for anyone keeping track:

1. we traded in the p.o.s. 1996, 198k monte carlo for a silver 2004 dodge intrepid with 38k on it.  so in love!

2. we had a gas leak yesterday.  everyone is okay.  gas company had to be called, they came and found the leak (behind the stove) and shut it off.  now we can't use oven or stove until it's fixed.  not like we ever used it anyway.  now at least we have an excuse to eat out 7 days a week!

3. i haven't seen my therapist for about a month, and it's okay.  i'm on hiatus.  it's kind of nice to not spend so much time focusing on my problems.

4. we currently have 6 foster cats.  a litter of 4 that is 8 wks old, a 6mo old girl with cerebellar hypoplasia, and a 5yr old 18lb tabby with infected eyes.  lots of work, lots of love.


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GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU LAUGH!

oh grow up, mccain.



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i just saw this guy on the news.
how in the world does he ever get taken seriously...
with that mustache???


in other news, the bruises from the dog bite on my upper arm are fading, but now there are a couple big, hard lumps under my skin where the bruises were.  anyone know what this might be?  it still hurts.  i hope i don't have to go to the doctor.


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L to R:  emma, my mom's service dog puppy in training; daisy, 15y/o family dog; and bella, my 2y/o pibble mix.


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proof that peta does something useful now and then

i'm glad that video like this makes it out to the mass media to shed some light on the inhumane practices in slaughterhouses and factory farms.  kicking, beating, and raping animals does not need to be done in the process of sending an animal to slaughter.  but even if the animal is handled "humanely" the whole time, killing is still the worst form of abuse there is.


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dear mr & mrs average pet owner:

thank you, whoever wrote that.



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Frederick is one of my foster kittens.
And of course, Bella's my FIGHTIN' DAWG!!!


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what movie should i rent tonight, and why?