I am also in the process of trialling a new vacuum cleaner. One of those 30 day money back trials. I got a new vacuum cleaner a few months back and was absolutely amazed at how much dust a good vacuum could get out of the carpet every time. I was just getting very frustrated with the work of cleaning the filter every time we did a room. So I decided to trial this one. I knew it would work as well - it is more the emptying and cleaning of filters that I am trialling And so far I am so happy. We were able to do the whole house today and just simply empty it a number of times. If I had tried the same thing with my other "new" one it would have needed to have the filter properly cleaned out at least 4 times. This one is a bit to heavy for Hannah (who always liked helping a little bit) but Ruth manages fine and she is the one that really likes helping with this job.
Hezekiah did not have a very long nap this afternoon - only 1 hour - so he was really tired by 7pm. He normally goes to bed with the younger girls at 7:30 and as I don't want him up earlier in the morning - he just sat quietly with Rachel while the girls had their bible story with Dad. It's not often Rachel gets a cuddle (ok - the dummy is hardly ever out the bed either). He started wiggling around as soon as he saw me - but at least she had a nice little cuddle time with him.
We had come to this Chinese shop once many years ago and I thought it would be a nice idea for dinner. We had a feast. I remember the last time we came Rachel did not like Chinese food (that's how long ago it was). She was excited about coming this time though and I always know Ruth will be thrilled with this choice in food (and it's probably my first choice). We had so much left over I won't have to cook on Wednesday either. :-)
The only challenge was that they did not have a high chair for Hezekiah - so he spent most of the time walking up and down the shop (coming back for a mouthful of food every time).
Wednesday 9th: I am slowly making my way through tightening Ruth's hair again. I have started a couple of times but never gotten through it all - so the goal is to get it all done before baby arrives. I have been quite frustrated lately with Ruth's "fringe" hanging in her face at meal times - so I decided to perhaps just praid the front bits. I ended up braiding a 2nd line (the section that has been tightened) and it looks nice. Hopefully I can be diligent now and get through it all. I can only do a small amount each day as it is painful for Ruth. Of the 260 braids we can probably only manage to do around 20 at each sitting. If only I could just keep up with the habit of doing a bit every week. If there is only a short bit to tighten then in the same time we could do double the amount. At least I can have a goal - and that would be it - doing some regularly (every week) so that it's never a bit burden to either of us.
I had a great day today. I got a walk in after lunch and then got a few lengths in this afternoon. I have not been walking for a few weeks now as I found I had very strong contractions when I did. Now that I am 37 weeks tomorrow - I know I don't have to worry about it. So it's nice to get back to it.
The swim was great too. We got an extra cap while we were in town so at least now Ruth and I can both keep our hair out the water. I hate the feeling of the chlorine on my hair and can only imagine the damage it must do to Ruth's already dry hair. This new cap was a bit smaller but worked really well and her hair was completely dry. She did loads of swimming today and enjoyed using the extra pair of goggles. I think she was pretty exhausted at the end of it.
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