gearing up

(day 9)

gearing up for a lot of things coming up soon:
-3 weeks til we venture east for xmas
-1 last weekend push to get what we can done on the house before leaving
-Christmas in general
-O day is next week

I gotta start taking our dog in the truck for longer drives to get her used to being in it for long periods of time. I also have to start putting her in her mobile home so she doesn't freak out in it when we cross the border. that starts this weekend, maybe even today. its gotta get done because I don't want it to be the day we're leaving on a nearly 30 hour drive to introduce new things to her, like being locked up in the truck. i'll probably start with a trip to the pet store in the city an hour away and then maybe a longer ride later this weekend or next week.

this weekend is my last one to get anything done on the house. i'm almost done with the vapour barrier in the garage because I apparently turned that into a one person job that only I can do because i'm the only one who has patience. I should be able to get the last little bit done today or tomoro and be back to mudding upstairs at least by sunday. DH started talking about laying tile for the tub surround, so I guess I really gotta get working on finishing the mud in the ensuite that I've been forgetting to do. maybe i'll finish that room before we leave and then all i'll have left to mud is the master bedroom when we get back (and the last bit of patching in the living room). at that point, I can sand, prime and paint everything as well as rip out the old carpet so we can get the new stuff in. I know we're not far off now. DH just has to buckle down and actually do more than a couple hours here and there. he's holding up the works  : P

the reason we only have one full weekend left to work on the house before taking a break for xmas? parties and baking. I didn't do a lot of baking last year, but for some reason I feel compelled to do a ton of baking this year, and I plan on freezing a good portion of it so that I can enjoy cookies well into summer without having to make any  : P  I've got a list of about 8-10 different things I want to make, not sure how much of it i'll get done, but I've got them numbered in order of how important they are so i'll start with #1 and get what I can done, lol. I also want to make some banana muffins for the trip so we have something to munch on if we're not nearby a town to grab take out. i'll probably also bring a bag of carrots or something for a healthy alternative  ; )
next weekend we have both of DH's xmas parties. Friday is his work on and Saturday is the fire dept one. not really looking forward to either one, but I have to go. and since DH will likely be out of commission as far as getting work done, i'm going to do some baking to fill my time. the weekend after that is the family xmas get together to exchange gifts so for the remainder of that weekend I plan on baking as well. I have a long list, so I need the time to bake it all and wash the dishes after each batch so I can make the next, haha. the weekend after that? Ontario.

so i'm on cd9, which means I should be almost in my fertile zone this cycle. hopefully i'll get some nice EWCM in the next day or so and i'll O Thursday and i'll get (fingers crossed) a BFP the week before we leave. that would be perfect wouldn't it? one can dream.