Alas, I took the typing test mentioned in this post again and failed again. I never really thought I would be able to change my decades old typing habits in 48 hours, but I did hold hope that I could slip past this crazy system artifact easily by just passing the test. But now I have to open my mouth a little wider.
It has been a crazy week of opposing emotions. There were the lows of friends being laid off in dire economic times, and leaving a tenuous and uncertain situation behind for everyone involved. There is my own bewildering flirt with a potentially awesome opportunity working with my alma mater's substitute system which I love so much, only to be served a rejection letter for failing an evaluation test for a skill that is not a significant(if at all) part of the job description. And of course the high high of Obama's landslide victory on Tuesday night. I'm still in complete awe as the weight and meaning of this sets in. I still get the chills thinking about it! There is a common theme here that I keep coming back to; change. We need it!

Just starting to think about projects to ready the house for Taylor.

general house
make it comfortable to nurse in several places, ex. garden, kitchen, living room

"Playpen"
use dinning room.
stretch floor canvas arcoss the entire room. http://www.allenscanvas.com/6%20canvas.htm
It can even be drawn on and painted on, don't have to worry about damaging floor, and will be a cool art piece by the time we are done with it.

"safe garden"
the garden should be kept completely safe with an edible landscaping, to cement reconfiguring to incorporate mosses inbetween broken up concrete for walkways. kept free of thorny plants and trees(see there was a reason why the lemon tree died!) Tools should be kept shut away. safe for little toddlers to explore.

crib room
Build in crib platform. look up standard safety specs.
rocker chair/bench area

changing table