You know you're pregnant when....

..."every commercial on tv either makes you sad or hungry."

..."You use your belly as a resting place for the book you are reading or the cereal bowl you are eating out of" ( my husband is a little jealous of that one I think, kind of nice to have a tray with you everywhere)

..."you avoid eating anything except bread or pasta for fear of getting heartburn..."

..."when dumb things **** you off (like the cat rubbing against your leg too much)"


.."you need a running start to get out of a chair/off a couch"

..."you frequently find yourself checking Discovery Health channel to see if "a baby story" is on, much to the dismay of those around you... then you get upset when people moan that they have seen that episode three times that week already..."

..."You feel like you want to eat someone's head one minute then cry because you are feeling particularly lonely the next."

..."*Having to sticky-note everything and keep a detailed running list of things to do because you can't remember what you did five minutes ago, let alone what you need to do in a week (then to decide you don't have the energy to do it anyway so you end up laying in bed all afternoon!!)"
(that one was probably my favorite!)

Some of these people really had me cracking up, check out this site for more cute sympathy pains....

http://forums.families.com/you-know-your-pregnant-when,t106455

For the Love of Pancakes

Our new stove ( six months old) has a cast iron middle griddle. Love it! Especially for pancakes.
Fluffy, hot, aromatic cakelets of bliss. Even the dog sits begging when the smell of fresh pancakes fills the kitchen. Made with farmette fresh eggs (and I do mean our farmette), farmette fresh goat's milk (actually it is better for pancakes if it is just a bit past fresh, but again, our farmette), and whole wheat flour (not fresh ground yet, but one of these days we will get back to doing that), and covering all of this enticing goodness is the gift of the trees, pure maple syrup (from our own sweet trees in our own sweet yard). If you knew me when... when I was living in town. If you heard me complain that I was not meant to live in town, that I belong in the country, just come and eat pancakes with me some day and I am sure that you will agree :-)

Our favorite pancake recipe:
Feeds about four appetites (we of course double it)

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
3 Large Eggs
2 Cups Whole Milk
3 Teaspoons Baking Powder (hopefully you aren't using powder with aluminum in it...)
2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Teaspoon Sea Salt

Mix wet ingredients, add dry ingredients, beat until smooth. Fry them up in a pan on med/low heat. Serve with pure maple syrup (do not offend this recipe by topping it off with imitation syrups, save the imitators for the "just add water" mixes, and most preferable is to use syrup from a tree that you have met).

Enjoy!

In Good Company

The next time you feel like GOD can't use YOU, just remember...
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer
Lazarus was dead!
No more excuses now!!
God can use you to your full potential. Besides you aren't the message, you are just the messenger.

( Anonymous )