It's a beautiful morning again to day. Our new sprinkler (one that actually sprinkles where it's SUPPOSED to instead of re-adjusting it's own settings and just sprinkling skyward) is shooting away happily, Rain is taking her morning nap on the couch, Tim is at work, and I'm sitting here enjoying my oatmeal.
Tim and I have been busy on our yard re-seeding areas that our lovely fore-renters neglected, getting all the tall grass whacked down, mowing, raking, and watering our huge yard and we also pulled up two really ugly bushes that lined our driveway and replaced them with roses. Our next project, which we will hopefully hit today, is to pull out another bush that is really poorly placed on the side of our house. We've already planted a Korean lilac in a much better location to take it's place and keep the side of the house from looking bare. It is so nice to drive up to the house now and not have it look dark and over grown. :)
One of the people who live across the turn around on our little street had parked a big trailer in front of our house and it had been sitting there, over-hanging into our side yard and taking up parking, ever since we moved in. We were all set to call housing this week about it when, miraculously, it disappeared! We haven't seen it since, so hopefully it's gone for good. If it does come back though, we'll be complaining about it. I don't know how people can feel okay parking their stuff in front of other people's houses (overhanging their yard and taking up their parking - not to mention just making their yard look cluttered) instead of parking it in front of their OWN house.
Now that the weather is so nice, I've been trying to get out and take a nice long walk everyday. Rain has really been enjoying it too. :) It's funny because we make an odd pair and draw a lot of attention as we go by. Rain, on her own, draws a fair amount of attention because of her looks, but then seeing a round, pregnant lady walking her seems to double it for some reason. It's kind of funny to see everyone do a double take at us.
I bought "The Business of Being Born" on half.com and it came yesterday! It is really, really good. It points out some of the issues facing hospital births, and shows statistics, but it does also show that everyone's heart is in the right place...it is good. If anyone wants to see it, let me know!
Speaking of babies being born, we spoke to Deaconess hospital and they are much more willing to work with our wishes then Sacred Heart, so we will likely be delivering there. When we asked them what their policy is for parents who wish to refuse the Hepatitis B vaccine, the routine Vitamin K shot, and erythromycin and they just said "Oh, you just have to come in and sign a waiver of liability." They were really very friendly and helpful about it. It was very nice to come across that...that's the first time, so far, that anyone in mainstream health care hasn't given us a really hard time about it. On Monday we have a consultation interview with a midwife who delivers there at Deaconess whom we've heard a lot of good things about. Wish us luck! :)
Well Tim just got home for lunch so I better sign off. <3
Tim and I have been busy on our yard re-seeding areas that our lovely fore-renters neglected, getting all the tall grass whacked down, mowing, raking, and watering our huge yard and we also pulled up two really ugly bushes that lined our driveway and replaced them with roses. Our next project, which we will hopefully hit today, is to pull out another bush that is really poorly placed on the side of our house. We've already planted a Korean lilac in a much better location to take it's place and keep the side of the house from looking bare. It is so nice to drive up to the house now and not have it look dark and over grown. :)
One of the people who live across the turn around on our little street had parked a big trailer in front of our house and it had been sitting there, over-hanging into our side yard and taking up parking, ever since we moved in. We were all set to call housing this week about it when, miraculously, it disappeared! We haven't seen it since, so hopefully it's gone for good. If it does come back though, we'll be complaining about it. I don't know how people can feel okay parking their stuff in front of other people's houses (overhanging their yard and taking up their parking - not to mention just making their yard look cluttered) instead of parking it in front of their OWN house.
Now that the weather is so nice, I've been trying to get out and take a nice long walk everyday. Rain has really been enjoying it too. :) It's funny because we make an odd pair and draw a lot of attention as we go by. Rain, on her own, draws a fair amount of attention because of her looks, but then seeing a round, pregnant lady walking her seems to double it for some reason. It's kind of funny to see everyone do a double take at us.
I bought "The Business of Being Born" on half.com and it came yesterday! It is really, really good. It points out some of the issues facing hospital births, and shows statistics, but it does also show that everyone's heart is in the right place...it is good. If anyone wants to see it, let me know!
Speaking of babies being born, we spoke to Deaconess hospital and they are much more willing to work with our wishes then Sacred Heart, so we will likely be delivering there. When we asked them what their policy is for parents who wish to refuse the Hepatitis B vaccine, the routine Vitamin K shot, and erythromycin and they just said "Oh, you just have to come in and sign a waiver of liability." They were really very friendly and helpful about it. It was very nice to come across that...that's the first time, so far, that anyone in mainstream health care hasn't given us a really hard time about it. On Monday we have a consultation interview with a midwife who delivers there at Deaconess whom we've heard a lot of good things about. Wish us luck! :)
Well Tim just got home for lunch so I better sign off. <3
