Hello guys :) So looks like my baby is going to be born the last week of May or the first few days of June. Hopefully we will get a letter from the hospital soon so we will know the exact date and time. Gender is still to be determined, only a few more weeks to wait, I wish we had better ultrasound equipment nearby...I'm so impatient, lol.

Not much new going on here other then that, just figured I would see how many people are around to chat. There is also a holiday fast approaching and I was wondering if people would be interested in an HA contest.

Can't say I got much that is new right now. Struggling with money and bills, the usual for everyday life. I've been kind of fiddling with the idea of looking for another job in hopes of getting paid but in my town, most people are looking for someone with a degree of some sort and all I have is high school degree :/

Also, Valentines Day is coming up and once more, I'm single. I never had anyone on Valentines Day so it's always a depressing day. v-v

We are in the same boat, I haven't been able to work in months and its making money really tight. Mike is looking for a part time job to make some extra cash on the weekends. I find here its almost the opposite. I have a college degree and the best I can get is retail and Mike has his GED and he makes more then double what I was making. Here its very dependent on who you know and how much you harass the people for it, lol.

It was years before I had anyone around for Valentines Day. And then my ex and I started dating and I got all excited that I was going to finally have a Valentine...then I found out he doesn't believe in it and I never got anything for the 5 years we were together. What a jerk :P

My checks have just been pretty cruddy lately and it's not doing it. Before, at least I was just making it by but now, it's hard. It's not going well at all. :/

Does sound like a jerk. I'm dying to have someone on a Valentines Day so I can actually celebrate it. I went up town earlier and saw all the Valentines stuff. It got me down pretty fast knowing I'm single once more. Everything is just so cute. I do end up buying myself something on that day.

I bought myself presents when I was with my ex, I still have several teddy bears that I got myself for Valentines. Me and my best friend were all single for Valentines a few years ago. So we bought each other gifts and cards, ate chocolate and had a sleep over. It was probably the best Valentines I've had, lol.

I only get government checks for having children (in Canada you get one to help pay for education and another for a tax benefit since children require so much stuff, you spend a small fortune in just taxes) but that is the only source of income I have at the moment. Its a good thing Mike has a good job or we would be in way more trouble. I'm also really good at not spending money, and I cook at home a lot more.

Wish I could say I was good at not spending money but if I see something that I really like, I gotta snatch it up. I'm so terrible at it which is probably why I hold myself in the house cause if I go out, I'm spending a lot of money xD

Lol, I used to be really bad for spending money but ever since I had Alex my spending habits have changed drastically. I am more likely to buy stuff for him then myself. Besides his clothes are adorable and mine never seem to fit. I can see my spending changing if this is a girl though, little pink dresses are like a drug for me...I can't buy just one, lol.

I do all my spending on here which is funny because I've been hoarding sp for the last little bit and my sister is getting annoyed that I'm not spending any of it, lol.

Oh, I know! I wanted my sister to have little girls so I could buy cute little girly clothes for the kids but their all boys which is no where near my area of expertise xD

Mom and I went looking and all the pink things sent me over the edge. I just kept looking at all the dresses and giggling. Which makes Mike say that our poor daughter would never be allowed to do anything for fear of her dresses getting dirty. This is probably why little girls end up being more fragile then little boys, they are never allowed to do anything. Unlike Alex that gets into fights with entertainment centers and needs to go to the hospital.

My parents told me that they'd put me in dresses which I hated cause I'd try to crawl in them and just end up falling cause of the skirt. I don't wear dresses at all unless I have to. That's probably where my hate for dresses started but I'm looking at skirts and stuff now and then wondering how I'd look in them.

My sister used to fight to wear dresses, middle of winter this kid wanted to wear a dress. Now, I think I have seen her in dresses maybe 3 times since she was in middle school (one of them was for her prom, lol) I have always loved dresses but now they are just so impractical, its hard to chase a toddler and pick him up while wearing a skirt/dress and not show the world everything underneath.

I wore skirts when I was in Orchestra, doing our concerts, but other than that, nothing. I got my brides maid dress from my sisters wedding but who knows if I'll ever wear that again.

I'm not too sure I'd look good in a skirt. I think about it but I'm not sure. I'd have to actually show my legs and that's what bugs me.

I'm short and wide in the hips, I have to be very careful about what length and style of skirt/dress I wear. My sister is the lucky one, she is tall and thin and everything looks good on her, lol. Now that we are done having kids I feel the need to get in shape, so maybe I will get back down to pre Alex size and stuff will look good again.

I would be really impatient too! I don't think I could resist not knowing if my baby is going to be a boy or a girl, but I know people who are totally against knowing beforehand. They like the mystery, well, not me :D

I say go for it :) I'm exactly the same, I couldn't even stand the idea of wearing a dress, but the last year changed me a lot. I started working as a programmer, and well around here programming is still a man's world, so being feminine actually makes me stand out and say "hey I can write code as good or better than yours, and I can do it in a dress!"

Not me either, I want to have everything already for when the baby gets home. And they always look so gender neutral when they are born, I feel like if you don't put them in a gender specific color people are always confused. Normally if you go to a different province you can find out earlier but it is a very expensive trip, so I'm just trying to be patient.

And it makes it so hard to buy things when the parents don't want to find out the gender too. My mother has knitting as a hobby, and last year a cousin of hers had a baby. She decided to just make a white blanket and just buy some toys. She usually goes crazy knitting there cute pink dresses and hats and shoes :D

I wish I could do stuff like that, I can make a plain scarf but anything past that is beyond my skill level. My grandmother makes blankets for all the new babies, the one she made for Alex was really pretty...then he ate some of it and I had to put it away, lol.

Grats on the baby!! :)

I was never into knitting to be honest, my mother also does crocheting and embroidery. I'm not really into handicrafts, though sometimes I'd love to learn the art of origami.

Hey there, how are you? :)

Thanks :) So happy that this is the last one though. I love my kids but I hate being pregnant, lol. How are things going with you?

My sister was really into origami for the longest time, now she has been using clay and making plushies. Mom has done knitting, crochet, needlepoint, wood work, painting etc. The whole family is crafty but me, lol.