J&M got Maui'd!

I was able to install the wall shelf this weekend while Elsy was sleeping. I was surprised how less noisy it was than I had expected. It only took fifteen minutes to do by myself and with it, our kitchen counter has become a lot less cluttered. In addition, we saw a deal for a TV stand that we jumped on last night. I think the post was up for 17 minutes when Maggie found it. The stand was cheaper than anything else that was posted and included a lot more stuff. It was, however, out of the city, but it was definitely worth the drive and I immediately drove out there to inspect the shelving, take it apart, load it onto my car (which can carry a lot more than it looks), and bring it back home. After dinner we put it all together in an hour. Our place looks so much more organized! Next up is finding inserts for file folders..

I sold my cowboy hat on Thursday for $30. I bought it while I was down in Seguin over a decade ago as a souvenir of my trip down to Texas. Since then, I have worn it a total of four times. One of which while actually riding a horse. I have come to the conclusion that purchasing souvenirs are only worth purchasing if the item will actually evict strong nostalgic memories or emotions. This usually means that anything I buy for myself will be left in the closet while things bought for me will be a little more cherished. Seems like I won't be buying anything more for myself in the near future, and selling a lot more of it as well!

Maggie and I are looking for shelving to put stuff on. We have a lot of stuff. That stuff is mostly in boxes. Most of those boxes are at my parents' place. I am very sure they would prefer not to have our stuff there so we have been looking for a place to put our stuff. We will be taking a look at a new bookshelf tonight. I also have a shelf that I got last week to install. The difficulty is finding a time to do it while Elsy is awake and/or not at the apartment while I am at the apartment. That has not happened yet and I do not foresee it happening for a while, so I think this weekend will be a chore filled weekend! I found Elsy lying on her side this morning when I went to feed her. She was wide awake, staring at the sunlight streaming through a crack in the drapes. She is at that age where she looks at any shiny object. She is also at that age where she can now start rolling. However, she is a bit of an anti-turtle. She can roll onto her front. But she can not roll back onto

Elsy has not learned to roll over yet, but she has learned to throw her legs around to shift and spin her body a bit. With enough of these movements and solid objects to push against she is able to spin her body around. Right around. Like a record baby. Ahem. We found her facing the opposite direction that we laid her down in a few days ago, and since then she has been roaming around the crib. Well, at least her legs have. Oh yes, we also installed the Nest around the same time so.. good timing?

Maggie has been complaining about my bed ever since she moved in. I purchased it from Laz over a decade ago, and it has served me well. However, it is getting kind of old, and we would like to get a king sized bed. That being said, we went shopping for a new mattress last Sunday and tried a myriad of mattresses. Most of which felt much more comfortable than our current stock, but also cost ten times as much.. We will look for deals of course, but in the meantime, I think we should find a nice home for my old mattress, box spring, and frame. They've served me well for over a decade and I would like to send it to a good home, but most likely we will try to sell it to some new student going to one of the nearby universities. Pick up only of course.

Maggie and I spent yesterday cleaning up the place and getting some things put up, like the rest of our photos. Only took us three months.. Still need bookshelves..

Maggie and I have been keeping an eye out for available daycares once her maternity leave is over. Pickings are pretty expensive downtown, with waiting lists long enough that kids will be going to school by the time they're accepted, and I do not want to overburden my parents for help even though they have offered to do so. We do want Elsy to get exposed to other people and peers so that she can learn to socialize well and gain valuable skills (and exposure to various pathogens that should build up her immunity). However, we also want her to be exposed to more relatives as well so that she is comfortable, at least with my parents, so that if we need to drop her off in an emergency, there will not be a screamageddon when we are gone. Prices for daycare are high here, and will become exorbitantly expensive once we start having more kids in the system. I guess we will need to figure out where and when to minimize our headaches, parental reliance, and wallet drain.