I’m so totally tired of everything in this house that costs a lot to replace breaking down on us right now.  This week my dishwasher decided to bite the dust…again.  I say again because this thing has been fixed too many times to count.

A couple weeks ago it started making noises that sounded like a jet engine when I’d turn it to pots and pans mode.  My logical way of thinking was well I just won’t use that setting, and maybe it’ll hold out a while longer.  Everything was ok until tonight.

I loaded it, hit the buttons for normal wash and air dry, turned the knob, and let the thing go to work.  About 30 minutes later I walked into the kitchen and realized it was eerily silent.  Normally the dishwasher runs for an hour and is extremely loud.  I called Hubby in to check it out, and he discovered a dead dishwasher full of water.

He said he’d call his friend who does appliance repair to fix it again, and I said don’t bother.  We’ll let the water cool off, then I’ll scoop it out and hand wash everything.  After I finish looking up Las Vegas hotels for the trip Hubby wants to take I’ll head to a few websites to check out prices. Maybe I can luck up on a decent dishwasher I can actually afford right now. If not I’ll do without for now, but I definitely want to replace it before the baby gets here. I don’t mind having to hand wash everything, but it sure is nice not having to.

When I went to the doctor on Monday for my second prenatal visit I was a little shocked when I stepped on the scales.  I looked down and saw my weight had dropped by 6 pounds.  I know I spent half of last week and the weekend walking all over D.C. and Pigeon Forge, but I knew there was no way all that walking caused me to drop 6 pounds so suddenly.  Plus, aren’t I supposed to be gaining weight right now instead of losing it?

Apparently my entire first trimester I’ve been retaining a lot of water, so it seems as if I’ve gained more than I really have.  That’s a good thing because I was beginning to worry about gaining too much too quickly.  All my pregnancy books say you should gain 3-4lbs in the first trimester, and I was closer to a 8-10lb gain.  It made me feel good to know that a majority of that was water weight.

So how did I drop all 6lbs of water weight so suddenly? Apparently it really was all that walking!  We walked  around D.C. for 9 hours Friday, then we walked around Pigeon Forge for about 5 hours Sunday.  All that walking kept my body from building up the fluid like it normally would throughout the day.

What important lesson did it teach me?  Yep I’m dragging my butt out of bed every morning and going for that 45 minute walk all the books recommend.  I have to admit after a week of walking I’m feeling better already.  I don’t feel as many aches and pains, and my back definitely isn’t killing me anymore.  I totally should have stopped being lazy and started doing this sooner.

Maybe if I can keep the walking up I can also do the same to lose all the baby weight after the little munchkin arrives. Maybe I’ll even treat myself. I can check out Vegas vacations and book one finally if I meet my goal of losing all that weight in a healthy way without all those diet pills and stuff.