Today I paid for a pedicure. I can no longer comfortably reach my toes, and it was nice to get a pampering foot soak/scrub/massage. I brought in a polish I just bought, it’s a new Chanel color that is best described as red wine with subtle sparkle. I love it. And their polish has the tendency to be indestructible, so I’ll be able to leave this on for a month or so.

I’m so tan right now and I hate it.

I made red mashed potatoes with dinner tonight. It was actually super easy. Though next time I’ll try with the ricer instead of the hand masher. We ate dinner out on the back deck.

This afternoon we went to see “Away We Go” and both loved it. The main character is six months pregnant, so am I. Though she looked much larger in the belly than me. But hey, every bump is different. And it was doubtlessly a prosthetic. Brian and I really identified with much of the movie. Mainly the pregnancy stuff I guess, and nervousness over imminent parenthood. The baby kicked me frequently during the film, I think she heard the music. I put Brian’s hand on my belly once so he could feel.

Brian just finished building a string cage around the voluminous tomato plants. Hopefully that will contain them for the rest of the season.

Here are some carrots I pulled a couple days ago. They were very sweet.

I am going to hire a doula for the baby’s birth. I get the feeling this will be an invaluable service for us, especially as first-timers.

Tomorrow I kind of want to relax around the house and do not very much. I just started reading The Brothers K and so far I like it. It has lots of baseball talk. Maybe I’ll just read in the afternoon when it starts getting really hot.

Here is an awesome photo:

Oh and I went to Sephora a couple days ago and got a bunch of Boscia samples. So far I really like them. Nice smell, sinks into my skin, not reacting poorly. Hmmm. This could be a very good discovery.