So I keep on waiting, waiting on my world to change

We finally made it to church today! Definitely hard to wake up in time and to sit thru the whole thing, (wish the seats could recline or something!) but we did it!

After church I got super tired out of nowhere again and had to lie down. It was like I was too tired to sleep and definitely too tired to get up so I just lay there for about an hour and might have drifted into a light sleep, but I'm not sure. It felt like I used to feel before I started taking iron. Hopefully that means Vincent is using all my energy to do something in there!! Although, it doesn't really feel like it. I thought I would be really excited about hitting 39 weeks, but after my last appointment and just the way I've been feeling (like nothing's happening) I feel like I don't even want to get my hopes up or put that thought in my head that Vincent could be a week away because he might. not. be. :(

I tried to make that Alfredo again with different noodles. I figured it was okay because I threw the other noodles out so it was like having leftovers. Right? So this time I used noodles I knew were going to be good, (whole wheat Barilla) but Matt convinced me to cook the milk and cheese separate from the noodles and cook the noodles in water like normal. So I did. Big mistake. The milk never thickened up with just the cheese added to it, and the cheese never blended with it. It just became a blob at the bottom of the milk. So I tried to salvage it by throwing the cooked noodles in the milk and continuing to cook it like I had before, but the milk still wasn't thickening. The cheese still wasn't mixing. So I threw in some uncooked noodles, and some thickening started going on, but the cheese still didn't really mix. I added more cheese, but I didn't want to add the full amount because wow that would have been a lot of cheese. So this time the noodles were all good and the sauce was a let down. After all that I told Matt that his idea didn't work and that my pasta dish was RUINED for the second night in a row. I told him everything I did and he still didn't believe me. He thought I must have done something else wrong, but then I found this

Here’s the secret:  Cook your pasta in MILK instead of water.  The milk makes it super creamy.  The starch from the pasta thickens the milk into a sauce. 

from this website - http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/high-five-recipe-creamy-mac-and-cheese

So it's true. You really do need to cook the noodles IN the milk, NOT separately.

 Next time I've gotta get it right! And also the chicken I made to go with it was really good! So two out of three wasn't awful, but it was just frustrating that this stupid pasta is taking so many tries to get right! Next time tho it's gonna be AMAZING!

I'm 39 weeks pregnant with 7 more days left to go til due date!!

You clear your head, You close your eyes, But something deep inside you cries, Let's go

Yay we have a snow day tomorrow!!!! I now have no idea what to do with myself! I just keep doing what I've been doing, but without guilt. (Enjoying some old school Good Charlotte and facebook stalking in bed) It's so nice. I was eating ice cream too, but I was really feeling like a bum and stopped. There were all these papers I was going to grade, but that can wait now! I was going to try to force myself asleep, but that can wait too!

Matt and I just got back from the 20/20 Vision conference and we definitely came back with stuff to think about. I always feel like I go to conferences and get moved with the force of a freight train, but come back home and only actually move about an inch from my old lifestyle and then over time eventually inch back. It makes me think, what's it gonna take??? I get all these emotions and feelings stirred, but it doesn't result in anything. I know we don't have to move for things to change although that sounds exciting. I know we don't have to lead a campus to make a difference, but that sounds kind of COOL. I know we don't have to plant a church to plant some seeds, but I think we should do something.

What I Love About Sundays

Waking up for church was hard this morning. There weren't a lot of ppl there. In fact, there were so few people there that they had ME be one of the communion ushers. I'm not sure why but that just seems like a desperate move to me. I did look good though. I was wearing a colorful print dress and a cute brown shrug that I searched all over town for. After church Beebs and I went to Olive Garden with Paul and Audrey. We only got soup, salad, and breadsticks because we were trying to save money, not go too crazy on the calories, and Beebs was craving the salad. I tried to be really careful not to stuff myself and today is the first day I regret not eating more. I love Olive Garden.

After lunch we went home and watched the Cubs get killed by the Reds which was enjoyable and yet predictable. Then I took Izzy for a walk, well I rode my bike and she ran. She got tired really fast and I didn't at all so we're gonna do that every day.

For dinner we made tacos. Unfortunately when I bought supplies I didn't read the seasoning and only bought half the amount we needed so part way thru making it I had to make a run to the store. It's ok tho cuz I also made some good discoveries: 2 kinds of really good chips and Chef Boyardee Whole Wheat Lasagna. After a very filling dinner we watched the Departed. The whole time I kept trying to imagine I was Kristin and I tried to imagine Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon as the same person and how I could rationalize that. I couldn't so good job! I really did like the movie. It was hard for me to keep up with what was going on, but Beebs had already seen it so he helped me as little as possible so as not to give anything away. Izzy watched the whole thing with us. We tried to keep her next to us on a cushion but she's so pushy. She ended up on top of us for the most part. That's my girl.