Queen of Rambles

I made a huge mistake yesterday. I was sweaty and gross and decided that my new method of pimple control had to be ignored for the night. I washed my face before bed and now I have three huge zits that are driving me insane. Every night when I don’t wash my face I cringe. I just can’t understand how such an anti-acne remedy can work, but every time I give in to the good hygiene fairy I end up with zits. I wonder if this method would have worked with teenage acne. It would have saved a bundle of money on soaps, lotions, potions and pills.

But who wants to talk about ugly old zits when I can talk about super cute things that arrive on my door step? We got baby presents today from my good friend Jenn! It was a super cute little pajama set with a little matching hat and blankie. I love it! Thank you Jenn! It was such a nice surprise, and I must be insane because I’ve been rubbing it all evening because it’s just so soft. Does baby fever count as insanity?

Our regular water aerobics instructor was back and I was a happy flailing water aerobics doing person. She does a new routine each session, so we got to learn our summer routine tonight. I really like it! It’s even more intense than the last routine and a whole lot more fun. I wasn’t keen on last session’s routine, so it’s a relief. Unfortunately my ute hurt for a lot of it and since I’m a shy, quiet lady in public I couldn’t shout out “MY UTE HURTS!!!!” like I do at home all the time. Poor Mike had no idea what my ute was, but he’s since been schooled. It’s my uterus, for those who don’t speak Carrie speak.

My ute hurts often.

I am in dire need of a new swim suit. My current swim suit is an eye burning shade of fuchsia because apparently pregnant women really like fuchsia. I bought a maternity suit in the interest of planning ahead and saving money and I’ve really regretted the decision. My stomach is not nearly big enough to actually warrant a maternity suit, especially considering that regular suits have plenty of give to them. This suit has become so baggy that I might as well just let my boobs float in the water on their own. They basically do that now. It’s embarrassing, really. I just don’t know where to go to buy a decent suit. I’ve looked around and there are not many options when you are a fat lady. Tankinis are really cute and abundant, but not at all practical for actually swimming and jumping around. Big, ugly floral skirted suits are big, ugly and floral. I find it amazing that when I was in Sweden I could always buy a swimsuit that fit nicely and functioned well for my needs. I couldn’t find pants, shirts, shoes, bras or panties, but even in the dead of winter when it was -20F outside I could easily find a swim suit. Swedes are very athletic and the Kiruna swimming pool was a very popular place, so I guess that’s why. It’s certainly not because they wanted to wear a suit in the sauna.

I am always several steps behind when it comes to technology, but tonight I finally started a bloglines account. Hopefully it will make my blog reading easier, but I haven’t totally figured it out yet. I have noticed that my blog only shows partial entries in the feed but other blogs show everything. Is there something I need to click somewhere to fix that?

And now I’ve really got to go to bed. My back is aching up a storm because I spent four hours at the sewing machine today. I am getting a lot better at matching up the triangle angles on Julie’s quilt and that makes me a lot more motivated to work on it. Practice does, indeed, make perfect (Ok, so very, very few of the matchups are totally perfect, but a few of them have been!)

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