3 Random Tidbits About Acupuncture

I've had quite a few acupuncture sessions by now and I am becoming more comfortable with each session. I am maintaining my hope that it will result in a healthy pregnancy.  Having been stuck with lots of needles by now, I thought I'd share some random tidbits about acupuncture.

1. You will feel strangely relaxed after an acupuncture session.

The last thing I thought I would feel after lots of needles were stuck in my body for an extended period of time was relaxed, but that's exactly how I feel.  It's the same sleepy, floaty feeling you get after a massage.  I guess that's a big reason acupuncture helps with easing your worries and helps your stress dissipate.  I always feel great after a session.    

2. If you have needles in your back, DO NOT move your head! 

Recently, Mary has put some needles in my back.  She asks me to lay on my stomach and then puts several in my lower and middle back.  I think these needles might be a little bigger than the ones she uses on my front side or maybe she just puts them in deeper.  I seem to feel them going in a bit more.  Once they're in, I can't feel them...except for the one time I moved my head.  I had been facing one direction and decided my neck was getting sore, so I lifted up my head and turned it the other direction.  That was a mistake.  As soon as I lifted up my head, I could feel my muscles tense up and I could have told you exactly where each and every needle was in my back.  It wasn't horribly painful, but it wasn't pleasant either.  So I would highly recommend staying very still until the needles are out. 

3. The needles are very, very long.

The thought of needles in my body scares me to begin with, which I why I had to work up some courage before I could actually look at the needles when they were in my body.  After I finally took a peek, I was surprised to find that they were pretty long.  They were about two inches long.  The longer the needle, the scarier, in my opinion!  I'm not really sure why they are so long, but it seems to me they wouldn't be as intimidating if they weren't so long!  

There you have it.  Three random tidbits from me to you.   

Office Organization

Adam and I have a small home office in our bedroom.  It's just a small desk and file cabinet, but it's all we need to house our laptop and printer and keep track of our budget.  I think it needs a bit of a makeover.  

Here's how our office nook looks now:

I love our little clothespin bulletin board and plan to incorporate it.  I also adore the canvas photograph that Adam got me for my birthday a few years ago.  I think it will get a new home somewhere else in our room.  I have plans to put up some new functional organization, as well as some decorative features.  I've wanted to add a little more pizzazz to our office nook for quite sometime now, so I've been collecting different things to use in the space.  

Here's what my stash includes:

-A bulletin board I found for cheap at Goodwill

-Our initials that I painted gold

-A magnetic strip with magnets that I found at a garage sale for $1

-Cute burlap artwork that I found at JoAnn's on clearance for $5.97 

I'm still hunting for a few pieces before I can start the project:

-Some kind of file folder organizer

-Maybe some bins to hold receipts that we need to enter on our budget

-Some more frames for photographs

Once I get those last few items rounded up, I can start arranging our new office wall.  I can't wait to start! 

Sprucing Up Our Bathroom Shelves

Adam started working on some new shelves for our guest bathroom recently, which I am super excited about.  The shelving we have in our bathroom now is okay, but it doesn't really fit the space.  We currently have three small box shelves hanging on the wall that I found at a garage sale last summer. They've done their job, but we're ready to put up something more substantial.  

Adam got the idea for new shelves from a book he checked out from the public library.  Yes, Adam and I still check out books from the public library.  I have a soft spot for libraries, having worked in them. Anyways, Adam likes to check out books that feature woodworking projects.  He found a book called The Handbuilt Home by Ana White.  We liked it so much that we surpassed our renewal limit at the library.  So we bought a copy on Amazon.    

I am so glad that he checked this book out, because every project is adorable.  Adam might not be so glad he showed it to me, because I now want him to build every project in it.  He already built me the wrapping paper station that is in our guest bedroom.  

The next project in the works is new bathroom wall storage.  It will fit the space above our toilet in our guest bathroom much better.  Plus, it will give me more space to put cutesy decorative stuff.  

Adam's already hard at work.  I sure am a lucky wife!