Men in tights

I don't have anything new to share today, but I didn't want to leave you without eye candy, so here are some cards I made in the last several months at various shoebox swaps/stamp camps with the Philly Inker's group that I'm a part of.

Design by Dana Marston

It is weirdly cold today--I had to go to the post office this morning and, since my beloved Danskos have been a tight fit since before Pascha, had to wear flip flops. Boy did my toes freeze! I'm wearing pants a lot lately because of the chill (tights have bothered my skin a lot this pregnancy and I've been cold from the moment that stick turned pink), much to the chagrin of my hubby, who loves seeing me in skirts and dresses, but what are you going to do when your legs are freezing and you can't wear normal shoes??

Design by Heather Yates

I think men should have to try sporting a 9 month belly with maternity clothing (esp. maternity tights and a maternity skirt; I've yet to find one that really fits well) and see how well they like it. Actually, maternity pants are a pain too--I'm constantly hitching them up like some drug-store cowboy, but at least my legs are warm and my skin doesn't itch in them. I'm generally a skirts and dresses girl normally, so this usually isn't a problem, but sometimes, a pregnant girl has to do what a pregnant girl has to do!

Design by Claire Lawrence

I guess it is supposed to get up near 90 by Friday, so I'll break out the skirts again at the end of the week. I for one am hoping to be making a hospital trek by the end of the week so that I can miss out on the hot weather. (tee-hee!)

Design by Kristin Kortonick

That is the hardest part of the last few weeks of pregnancy, in my opinion: The Waiting Game. The aches and pains and (very frequent, painful) Braxton-Hicks contractions, the indigestion, and sluggishness are annoying, but manageable. It is waiting on the knifeblade of anticipation--is today the day? I've got my baking done, the laundry is caught up, my bag is packed, I got the right memory card for the new camera, the house is (mostly) clean and my husband is diligently grading his finals and has more or less cleared his decks. So I grow impatient to get this show on the road, much in the manner of all pregnant women in weeks 38-40 and beyond.

Design by Claire Lawrence