Although it's still about 80 degrees here in Prescott it's beginning to get cold at night! Sometimes I feel like the weather is playing tricks on me. I have to admit, a couple nights ago we took a late night trip to Walgreens to pick up the first bag of candy corn....and they were on sale 3 for $4!
Some fun facts about candy corn...
Candy corn has been made with the same recipe by the Jelly Belly Candy Company since around 1900.
What's in that recipe, exactly? Sugar, corn syrup, and marshmallow.
One serving (about 30 pieces) has 140 calories, the equivalent of three miniature Hershey bars.
The National Confectioners Association reports that more than 35 million pounds were manufactured in 2005, amounting to almost 9 billion kernels.
Welcome, Fall. I've missed you.
03 September 2009
Two Things I am a little Embarrassed To Admit:
1. I had another dream about the Jonas Brothers last night. I don't even listen to their music (very often) or watch their TV show (.....very often)! I keep having this dream where I will meet them and just want to be their friends. So weird.
2. I finished New Moon in one week. Which, for anyone who has read the Twilight series knows that's not big deal, but John kept saying, "Mel, you have to pace yourself. Once it's over it's over." But I couldn't help myself, it was that good.
// Last night was the first night of our birthing classes. It was great. We had a wide variety of character in the room and it was so nice to be around pregnant women and not feel like the only whale in the room. A friend of mine told me the other day I need to be around other pregnant women and I won't feel so large. "Yeah right." I thought to myself, but as soon as I walked into that room with all those other pregnant bellies and swollen feet I realized she was right. I did feel normal. Anyway, they opened the class with this clip from my favorite, Bill Cosby. I think John and I were the only ones laughing out loud, but I couldn't contain myself.
Why can't stand up be this funny anymore? (Though there IS plenty of funny stand up comedy out there.)
// My dear, dear crony and her dear husband came for a visit a couple of weeks ago. It was a great reunion full of laughter and great quality conversations. One night I realized that she and I share a gift of being able to hold a conversation pretty much 24/7 if we wanted to. There's rarely a silence, dull moment or a speechless reply. There is always an opinion to be shared, a thought to be discussed, questions to be mulled over and plenty of jokes to fill the room. It was a grand visit.
Even Jack came!
The beauty of the Grand Canyon //
Monday we went for our 3D ultrasound. It was awesome/weird to see these distorted images of our soon to be arriving son. I tried to be optimistic, but John couldn't help but say what he was really thinking. "He looks like a walrus without husks!" "He looks like a pig." But what I kept saying over and over was... "He looks like an old black man." The technician tried to calm our fears by reminding us that the parts that seemed to stand out were just the closest things to the camera and the way he was positioned. It was so surreal to see him. It's really happening.
Those are so John's lips...
That's his hand/cord in front of his face
He's rubbin' his little eye..
Those are John's toes! But I think he has my big toe. (Sorry, kid.)
All I could think of was Bill Cosby when I saw this picture.
Autumn.
