Freezing Herbs

My most recent undertaking has been freezing herbs. Brad read somewhere that you can freeze fresh herbs in water or butter and use them later so i picked what herbs we had left from our garden before we had a freeze and diced them all up, put them in an ice cube tray, and froze them in water. It's nice to have fresh herbs for soup and stuff when it gets colder!

Waffles at The Dog Park

I took our 75lb. Weimaraner to a fenced in dog park. He hasn't had tons of exposure to other dogs so I thought it was about time we found him some buddies to play with. Well, I found out that our dog is a big baby. I realize that it was a new environment so he was not sure of himself but he was scared to death of all the other dogs. Imagine my huge dog tucking tail and running from teacup sized rat dogs. Poor thing. We ended up in the small dog part where there were only a couple of other nice dogs. By the end he was starting to be interested in the big dogs on the other side. Maybe next time we go he will do better.

Laundry Problems

Our washer is leaking. :( this has been a pain in the neck because brad has a limited amount of work clothes and Bethany's cloth diapers only last about 3 days. When the repair guy came last Wednesday he said he had to order the part so the washer wouldn't be fixed till the next Wednesday. Bummer. So I have been stretching clothes & towels. Regaurdless. We have had to use our leaky washer. Today was the day I was supposed to get my washer back but the part never came. I made a call that lasted half an hour just to find out that the part was never shipped & they had rescheduled my fix to Saturday! When was I going to be informed? The question now is do we have enough underwear to last that long?

Wearing Baby

It's been 3 weeks now since Bethany was born and things are different but I feel like we are getting used to the new schedule. The hardest thing that I've had to figure out is how to get things done around the house. It seems like by the time I get Bethany fed, changed, and content to sleep or lay in her bed; I don't have much time to do anything before the whole process starts all over again. We were given a neat gift called the Moby Wrap. It is a huge piece of material that you wrap around yourself and the baby and just walk around with them. They are close to you and you have both hands free to do things(like make myself dinner!). I tried it when she was first born but was so nervous about suffocating her that I didn't do it very long. I guess the new has worn off a bit so I am making another attempt today. It has worked out well so far. I am wearing her as I type this. she seems to like being all bundled up and is sleeping soundly. I think this is something that I can get used to and maybe I can also get a few more things done(like send out all your thank you notes!) Here's a pic of how it looks.