Behind on Blogging

I guess it's only been a week since I last blogged, and that doesn't seem too bad with an near-toddler, but it feels like forever since I've written.  Not much has been going on this past week.  We've been in a deep freeze (we had -25 F a couple mornings), so nearly every weeknight this past week consisted of getting home from work, trying to warm up, hunkering down for the evening, and going to bed.  It was pretty awful.  Not that we really go out during the week anyway, but this week wasn't even a remote possibility.  This weekend it warmed up to like 20, so it felt pretty heavenly after the weather we've been having.

Anyway....I'm still working "full time" at my job since I'm still organizing all the 2008 stuff, wrapping up year-end (sending W-2s and 1099s) and trying to set up everything for 2009.  I imagine that I'll work full time through January, although our checkbook would appreciate it if I extended that.  We'll see.  It's nice that I have the flexibility to work more if I want/need to.  I really do miss that one day off a week...not only to spend more time with Cody, but to get a few jobs done around the house (a couple loads of laundry, cleaning, etc.) so we don't have to spend our entire weekend doing housework.  Oh well.  I know its temporary and hopefully I can get back to my normal schedule too.  I hope to plan some "play dates" for Cody (and me!) as he's a VERY busy boy these days and I get kind of stir crazy being in the house all day with him.  I know he probably gets bored of the same 4 walls too, and I know he likes to get out and about.  Like I said, it hasn't really been an option anyway this past week....so hopefully we can get some visiting done soon.

Cody has been a real spit-fire this weekend.  I'm not sure what his deal is!  He's been *super* wiggly when changing his diaper (trying to roll over, screaming, etc), gets very upset when he can't reach a toy or when playtime is over, and is all around pretty darn whiny.  I'm not sure if he's teething, or just crabby, or what.  We haven't had any teeth since the beginning of December, so I would think more should be on the way soon.  He hasn't been too drooly as of late, but who knows.  We said he was teething for about 4 months until he actually cut a tooth!

Our family went out for lunch today to Curry Up in Maple Grove.  It is an Indian restaurant that is actually located in the back of an Indian grocery store.  Kind of hard to find if you didn't know about it, but we discovered it quite awhile ago.  Actually, I guess Gordon went out with some co-workers for lunch (who were Indian) and that's how we found out about it.  I was reluctant to try Indian at first (for those that don't know, I was raised on very bland food with little spice besides salt & pepper...no offense Mom :))...but I actually quite like it!  They have a lunch buffet there and it is different every time we go.  Today a couple of their entrees were Lamb Curry, Tandori Chicken, Sweet something-or-other (Rice with Sugar/sweetening), and other stuff that I can't remember the names of.  Cody even got a few tastes!!  Don't worry, it was not spicy - just a dish with potatoes, carrots and green beans...nothing he hasn't had before. He also tried some Naan and he seemed to like that.

On Thursday, I had the opportunity to go wedding dress shopping with my friend, Natasha.  She is getting married in September in the Cities.  I told her that I would love to go along, and she graciously invited me along with her mom.  We went to a couple shops and she found THE dress!  It was a lot of fun to watch her try on dresses.  Brought back a lot of memories from when I was wedding planning.  I hope I didn't annoy them too much with my "I remember when I was dress shopping...." or "I remember when I was looking at..."  Oops.  It was hard not to relive those planning days!  Her dress is GORGEOUS and she will make a stunning bride, I am sure.  She asked me to be in the wedding and I am super honored by the gesture.

It was interesting juggling things on Thursday so I could go shopping.  Because of Gordon's new work schedule, he now drops Cody off in the morning and I pick him up at night.  That means that I have to leave earlier (6:30 is ideal, usually its more around 6:45) and I leave work by 4:00 to get him by 5:00.  Well, Thursday was no different, I picked up Cody as usual...but instead of going home, we headed straight back to the "Cities" and met Gordon at his work.  Cody swapped cars and drove home with Gordon.  What a rig-a-ma-rol.  We probably won't do that again/very often, but I guess it's one solution.  Maybe next time we'll find a babysitter or have my sister in law pick him up or something.

On Saturday, Cody and I had lunch with my friend Careen at 3 Squares Restaurant (also in Maple Grove).  It's located where Green Mill used to be and I had been wanting to try for awhile.  It was very tasty.  They have an eclectic (?) slash different (?) menu, but of course, I stuck to a tried-and-true ~ fish & chips!  The fries left something to be desired, but the fish (walleye) was wonderful.  Cody sampled walleye for the first time!  (sans breading, of course)  He loved it!!  Too bad we both smelled like fish for the rest of the day!

Anyway, as I said, not much interesting happened this week...so I guess you didn't much with my lack of blogging for the week!

We have started thinking about Cody's 1st Birthday party.  I cannot believe it is coming up already!!!  It really feels like we just brought him home from the hospital.  It makes me a little sad to realize he's soon going to be a TODDLER!  Lord help us!  Anyway, we plan to have our party pretty low key & keep the guest list to a minimum, so it should be fun.  We're hoping to go to the party store (there's a new one in town) to look at "themes" and see if there's anything that jumps out at us.  We're not going to go crazy planning it, but we have to make it a little special - you only turn ONE once!