Today will be our 5th annual pumpklin carving party, and I happen to think it is pretty cool that we have had the same party for 5 years in a row (this will be oour third location).

We did well with our chores yerterday, and then we both frantically got stuff done around the house, including rearranging a lot of furniture! Today, I need to take my "8 months" picture, I need to send a bunch of e-mails for my job, and I'd like to go to the bookstore, but mostly I am going to try to save my back for the party.

My body started "doing stuff" in earnest yesterday, so I had a painful and not very restful night. I'm sure I'll be fine if I can squeeze in a nap today... I'm ready to have baby out of me, so I'm fine with my body doing its prep work, even if it hurts a lot.

The short list: