$1.74, what a bargain

I couldn't help but not publish the price of gasoline! I can afford to drive again! Not that I want to do cross country driving again anytime soon but it is nice just to have that option. I was suprised because my sister who lives in southern Utah is still paying close to $3.00 a gallon. Now that is ridiculous!
However, on the downside of it all, it boils down to our economy being in terrible shape. But on the other side, I am saving a bundle of money! Especially since my husband drives close to 400 miles a week to school and work. The only thing that I don't understand is why we are still paying outrageous costs for food and other items that were jacked up due to the rising cost of fuel. Now that fuel cost is down, I haven't seen too many other products lower their prices......except for maybe SUV's and trucks. One thing that I would love to see come down in price is the cost to ship packages. I think I paid 7-8$ the other day to mail a small package. It doesn't seem like that long ago that UPS had a $2.99 shipping fee for small packages. Those days are long gone.

The results are in!

Josh and I had our ultrasound a few days ago. I wasn't really sure what to expect, except that we were going to possibly find out or "verify" the sex of the baby. Well....I was positive that I was gong to have a boy so I went into the ultrasound waiting for them to tell me it was a boy. However, it didn't happen that way. At first the baby wasn't really cooperating to show us anything. Eventually towards the end the baby decided to move just enough so that we could get a good look. The lady told us that she couldn't be 100% accurate but that there was no evidence of a boy and from what she was seeing she said that it looks like a GIRL. I really didn't say much after that because I think I was in shock. I thought I knew what I was having but apparently I don't really know anything. Either way I am very excited and looking forward to it. When I told my parents they were also very happy! They have both secretly and not so secretly voiced their opinion that I should have their first granddaughter. My dad has already been thinking up girl names (mingled with his name) since I told him I was pregnant. So when I told him it was a girl he just told me that I needed to listen to him a little more often. But on the other hand, in some small way I can't get it out of my head that it might still be a boy. Maybe I just don't want to admit that I don't know anything about what is growing inside of me and that I was wrong. So for now I could just go along with April and state that the tests were "inconclusive", she is sticking to that line because she now owes my dad $10 over a bet about the baby's sex.

$1.97 and keeping tabs

I never thought that gas prices would ever fall below $2.00 in my life time again. At $1.97 and even cheaper in neighboing towns I almost feel like I could own a truck now and afford to drive it. I don't even remember how long ago it was that they were that price. But it sure is a relief from the $3.99 we were paying over the summer. Since gas prices have continued to drop I have been more reluctant to fill my whole tank up since every day they seem to go down even further. On Monday or Tuesday I only put about $5.00 in my tank and it will last me well into next week (I only drive about 7 miles to work each day). Maybe prices will fall even further by then.
On with more exciting news....... I think that I finally felt "movement" with the baby. I have been asked at each OB appointment if I have felt movement and finally I think I have. It is quite a strange feeling. Almost like I swallowed a large goldfish and it is swimming around trying to find a way out. It is like nothing I have ever felt before or imagined like it would feel.
On Tuesday we have our ultrasound. I am getting more and more excited. My stomach is getting larger (not large by Josh's system of measurement - he rubbed my belly today and said that we must be having a little baby) but I think it is growing. My pants are no longer comfortable around my waist and it is getting difficult to dress myself in the morning. However, now that it is winter and I am wearing large sweaters it is easy to cover up and undo a button or two if I have to. However, I still haven't told anyone that I work with. I think that I like being mysterious and keeping a secret that only I know. Or maybe I am just too much of a recluse to want people asking me question all the time. Maybe it is a little bit of both. However, I do think that it will be interesting to see the look on some of their faces when I come back to work after the long Holiday break. By the time Christmas is over I will be 6 months along.