I am 39 weeks and 1 day pregnant still. I had my appointment today and the doc told me if I don't go into labor by next Friday's appointment I will be induced. Hopefully I go in naturally but I trust the doctor's decision. I can't believe how long each day feels because of the waiting. The last 9 months seems like nothing now..lol. I can't wait to meet my baby boy and hold him in my arms. We will be having the 4th baby I know this month. They are all going to be boys too! My sister in law is having her's the beginning of December too. It is such a big baby year for my family and friends. Before the new year there will be 9 babies who have entered the world..amazing :)

marie @ 17:32 | comments(0) | Permanent link

If you have any kind of service or product for sale you should be accepting credit cards.

marie @ 15:55 | comments(1) | Permanent link

It happened again yesterday! I went to my local farmer stand and just needed a few veggies to make shrimp fajitas with guacomole and when I went to pay with my debit she said I had to spend $10. If you take credit cards how can you deny the sale. It is so ridiculous. I just left all the food there and went to another store I knew accepted credit without any minimum. Its not like I tried to send a $1.00. The total was probably around $8. I heard this is illegal according to an article I read. The merchant contracts tell them they must accept the credit card not matter the amount of the sale.

marie @ 13:51 | comments(0) | Permanent link

I was in a store the other day and spent at least a half hour looking for what I needed went to the cash register and was rung up only to find they do not accept credit cards. I was so annoyed because there was no sign entering the store about it. I told the cashier that they need to let people know before wasting their time in their store that they do not take cards. I was shocked because I would think that it they had credit card swipers they would be able to make more sales. They lost out on my sales and I am sure many others. I don't know anyone who really walks around with a lot of cash on them anymore because of the ease of using a debit or credit card.

marie @ 16:00 | comments(0) | Permanent link

We were thinking of refinancing but feel it wouldn't be worth it in our case because we have only lived in our new house for a little over 2 years so we do not have that much equity. The closing costs are still pretty high. It is a shame though because the rates are so low. I just wish the property taxes would decline as well. NJ is unbelievable with their property taxes. It is getting pretty ridiculous. 

marie @ 16:56 | comments(0) | Permanent link

We had a great father's day celebration this past weekend. My husband along with my two brothers, my husband's brother-in-law, and one of my best friend's husband all celebrated as daddies-to-be! They are so happy and excited. I got my husband a rock and roll shirt with a matching onsie from cafepress.com...too cute. My friends found out they are having a boy! We won't found out what we are having until July 1st. It is only a week away at this point so we are super excited. I hope to have a girl and a boy one day and so does my husband so we will be very happy with whatever sex the baby is :)

 I can't not believe we are 1 week away from being 5 months already. We are half way there! I feel a lot better but also realize I can not be as active or be on my feet as I am used to being but I'm grateful that is all I have to go through right now.

marie @ 14:55 | comments(0) | Permanent link

Someone emailed me an article about products from the 1977 JC Penny Catalog. It is amazing how fashions change over decades. Personally I think most of the styles from the 70's were pretty creative. I admit I rock some of my mom's old shirts from the 70's and I like to get some pieces when I go to vintage clothing stores. I also believe most of the styles today are influenced by the styles of the last couple of decades. The 80's and early 90's were a little too much in my taste.

marie @ 17:00 | comments(0) | Permanent link

I celebrated my first Mother's Day this past Sunday! We told the world we are expecting a baby on November 19th, 2009. We are so excited. What is even better about this news is that both of my older brother's wives are expecting, my husband's sister, and one of my best friends are all pregnant! Our baby will have many playmates and we will have a strong parent support group which keeps our nerves at rest ;) I can not wait to find out if it is a boy or girl. I will have to wait until the end of June or beginning of July when I will be 20 weeks pregnant. I was feeling sick and tired but I am starting to feel better in my 2nd trimester. I pretty much just get really tired at night so I can not go out as much. Hopefully that will fade soon too. I do not like when I can not do that much. 

marie @ 13:15 | comments(1) | Permanent link