Howdy, Strangers!

Well, I must say--it's been awhile since I've found the time to sit down and contribute anything to this scintillating blog, and I do apologize to those of you that may actually look forward to reading it.

Here's a little update of what's going on, both personally and professionally:

You may have been keeping up on my Fb posts (or you may not have), but Tater Tot still hasn't come out. He also hasn't made any indication as to when he might do so. The doctor appointments are going well, and last Monday when I went, they checked to see how things were progressing. There's been some effacement, but as of January 14, no dilation. I had another appt yesterday and I chickened out on the chance to check for dilation...
The tax increases that 0 has been insisting aren't really tax increases have left my husband and I $400 poorer each month, and we are cutting corners wherever we can. Just yesterday, I called our cable company and told them I'd like to cancel our cable--I'll be turning in our box and remote later today. Wade cancelled his Gold's Gym membership--which honestly hasn't been used in over 2 years. We are in the process of trying to find out why the financial planner we went to see is charging us past due amounts on our life insurance payments, which normally equal about $450 a month. That was fine when we had the money, but now we don't. And we have a baby on the way, 2 dogs to care for in addition to the baby, my debts to pay off, and a new(to us) vehicle to purchase within the next year to a year and a half.

I told Wade if I have to drive to the guy's office in Frederick and pull the overemotional pregnant woman card, I will. And this WILL get fixed.

As for Mason Dixon Mamas, things are moving slowly. I guess most everyone else is in the same boat as we are--too many bills and not quite enough cash to go all the way around to the "comfortable" spot. Good news is, I did a fair amount of business in the month of December (over $100! That's big time, for me!), and will be doing a small craft show in March with a friend of mine that makes jewelry. You can see her shop here: www.from juliesjewelrybox.etsy.com.

I'm hoping that we both have some success and that it's better than Canal Days turned out to be.

Time will tell.

In the meantime, I'm going to get up and get moving around my house in the hopes of getting this baby coaxed out a little early.