Happily Busy

I purposely took a little blogging break after the A-Z Challenge because while it was fun, it was also work.  BUT, there are other reasons as well:

1. Mr. O finished the semester at school and is taking the summer off so I have enjoyed spending time with him
2. We are going to re-do ALL the floors in our house in preparation for the baby.  Not because the baby will notice, but because it's a good time to re-do them before the baby comes.  Plus, we'll get to enjoy them and hopefully housing prices will rebound in a few years and we'll reap "some" benefit from the upgrades done now. We are currently vetting contractors to find a good deal and time.
   
3. We are reorganizing the whole house for baby. 
   
• Current guest room = Baby Oshimbo's room
• Exercise room = Guest room #1 (Monet room)
  
• Office = Guest room #2 (Degas room)
• Formal living room (i.e., room we never use) = New Office
• Garage = Place we need to figure out how to put a futon and exercise equipment in
4. In order to get all that done, we are doing lots of donations (Salvation Army & Friends), trash, organizing, and finagling the house that used to seem too big into one that seems like it's running out of space and baby isn't even here yet.  [And don't worry...I'm not doing ANY heavy lifting.  That's poor Mr. O's job]
5. We're going, going, back, back, to Cali, Cali...for the weekend.  My Mom, Sister-in-Law, Sister, and Niece are hosting a baby shower for Baby Oshimbo.  We have to do it early because soon I will be in the third tri and planes don't want me on them then.  I'm excited to see some old high school friends I haven't seen since high school time.  I'm also super excited my BFF is coming to the shower.  It means a lot that she'd come share this with us.  I luv her. It means a lot that my family is hosting this for us as well. I luv them too.  =)

So that's what's going on.  Hopefully I'll get some good pics from the shower and will blog about it when I return.  Hope you have a wonderful week!