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[district12ravenclaw]

* Thursday afternoon, my friend Marcie and I went out to lunch for her birthday. Shannon and Steve had mentioned wanting to go to lunch, so we all ended up at the same restaurant. Funny coincidence, and we didn't even end up sitting together.

* Thursday night, my brother randomly showed up at my house. I asked what he was doing here, and he said that he and Steve were going to the Kings vs. Ducks game. Steve had totally forgotten, and was already in his pajamas. He got ready in a hurry and off they went.

* Friday afternoon, my parents came over so that my dad could work on the new cage he's making for my iguana.

* Friday night was Marcie's birthday party, so Steve asked my brother to go with him to the Sharks vs. Ducks game. I had a great time at the party, though everyone kept telling me how tiny my belly was. I ended up not getting home until 1am. I'm such a party animal :).

* On Saturday, Steve and I were out and about. We went to Sam's Club and spent $90 on diapers and wipes, yikes! After Sam's Club, we hit Lowe's and bought a new showerhead because ours cracked.

* We went to Babies R Us and ordered our nursery furniture! I thought it would be a good idea to order it early because I had heard that it would take 6-8 weeks, but the style that we ordered will be arriving in 7-14 days. Oops. We also wanted to order our glider and ottoman, but they were having problems with their system, so they're supposed to be calling us today and letting us know what's going on with it. We're getting a Dutailier, and I can't believe how ridiculously expensive it is!

* Sunday, we were up early for Steve's soccer game, which they lost. In the afternoon, my parents and Steve's mom came over to talk about contributing to the furniture fund. My mom didn't think we needed a dresser/changer and an armoire, but I made the argument that we have no storage in this house, so I needed furniture to store things in, like bath stuff. She accepted my argument, so each set of parents is going to pay for one of our dressers, score!

* Sunday night was Ducks vs. Predators. We were never in the lead the whole game, and we ended up going to overtime. We couldn't score in overtime, so we went to a shoot-out, which typically means certain death for us because we suck at them. But miracle of all miracles, we won!

* Steve called me today to ask me to go to the hockey store and get him a new goalie stick. I asked what was in it for me, and when he asked what I wanted, I told him that Owen needed some more clothes. I'm such a brat :).

Comments

[sweetjezebel.livejournal.com]

You have an iguana? Are you planning on keeping it after the baby is born? I only ask as I used to have one myself (well, actually it was my boyfriends but anyway...) I am a big fan of them but I learned when we had ours that there is a danger of salmonella poisoning, particularly to babies/children who have iguanas in the home. Have you heard about that before?

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Yep, I've had her for about 5 years. I do plan on keeping it after the baby is born. I figure that salmonella is a risk, but she lives in a huge cage (once it's finished!) in our office, and she doesn't get out of the cage a lot, so it's pretty contained. Plus, there is salmonella in raw eggs and raw chicken, so that makes me feel better for some reason, I don't know :).

[sweetjezebel.livejournal.com]

Hmm... well, I guess whatever you feel is best for you. Personally, my child would be my primary concern. I read quite a few articles on it last night after writing to you (just google "iguana" "salmonella" "children") and many of them said the risk is there regardless of if the child comes in contact with the iguana or not and even if it always stays inside a cage (which I could never do to an animal-- I mean, have it in there constantly)

And yeah, there is always a CHANCE of salmonella in raw eggs & chicken (it's not true it's ALWAYS there) but that stuff gets cooked out of both of those. To me, I see it like letting your child play around an area that is smeared with raw eggs. It could touch that area that is smeared, it could not. And if they do touch it, they COULD get sick or they COULD NOT. But why risk it?

Just my personal opinion.... I'm definitely not telling you to get rid of your animal. I'm very much an animal lover. I don't know... it's just a scary chance to take.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Well I guess it's the same as having a turtle or a small lizard as a pet. Reptiles in general are known to have salmonella, but not every single one has it. I could find out if my iguana has salmonella, but from what I understand, it's an invasive test, and I don't want to put her through that.

Thanks for your concern though, I appreciate it :).