Memo to Jennifer:
Remember that hall closet that contained nothing but wrapping paper and assorted other wrapping paraphernalia? It is officially empty. I'm keeping the one bucket of wrapping paper and a handful of decorative boxes, everything else is going to the curb. Nobody else I know is allowed to get married, as I have no more wedding gift bags. I have no more shirt boxes, no more random shoe boxes, and no more plain jewelry boxes. No more scraps of wrapping paper. I even tossed five rolls of paper that I just haven't used in several years!
Now I just hope my plastic bins of crafty supplies will fit in that closet, since that was my entire motivation for cleaning it out!
And I found your beach umbrella. Want it? If not, it may follow the wrapping supplies to the curb next week!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Getting Educated
We had our pre-admission appointment at the hospital last week, which meant we could start signing up for baby classes. I didn't realize that having a baby required getting a degree, but I suppose that's a good thing. I mean, they make you get licensed to drive a car and get married, you should have some sort of paperwork saying you're qualified to take the kid home, right?
So we're going to be doing one session each of infant CPR, infant care, and breastfeeding, then four weeks of childbirth. Now, I would have thought that infant care would have required more time than childbirth, since you spend considerably more time dealing with an infant than you do actually birthing it, but whatever. I'm also not sure why we have to bring FIVE bed pillows to the first two sessions of childbirth. Seriously? I'm not sure we have five bed pillows... I've heard a rumor that when you get to the class where the anesthesiologist talks about drug options they actually show you the epi needle. I told Greg to be on the lookout for that one and to make sure I cover my eyes. There's some things I do not need time to contemplate, like the size of that needle!
So we're going to be doing one session each of infant CPR, infant care, and breastfeeding, then four weeks of childbirth. Now, I would have thought that infant care would have required more time than childbirth, since you spend considerably more time dealing with an infant than you do actually birthing it, but whatever. I'm also not sure why we have to bring FIVE bed pillows to the first two sessions of childbirth. Seriously? I'm not sure we have five bed pillows... I've heard a rumor that when you get to the class where the anesthesiologist talks about drug options they actually show you the epi needle. I told Greg to be on the lookout for that one and to make sure I cover my eyes. There's some things I do not need time to contemplate, like the size of that needle!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Lauren's Demands
In an attempt to meet all of Lauren's demands at once, here's a picture of my beer gut standing in front of my new van. Anything else you wanted to see before July? Told you I didn't look preggers, just chubby!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Free Stuff Up For Grabs
Anybody have a use for (or know somebody with a use for) Petite Sophisticate suits in a size 4? Or a stack of other considerably less expensive business attire in a variety of sizes from 2-8? I don't mind taking most of my stuff to Goodwill, but the suits... My two really good suits... I'd totally keep the suits if I thought my rear end would ever see a size 4 again, but they were getting uncomfortable before I got pregnant. I'm keeping the dress pants that are more comfortable sizes for post-pregnancy church and such.
UPDATE - I found a home for the tiny clothes. Woo!
How about men's jeans in a 36X30?
I will have other items up for offer as I continue. I haven't decided how much of my crafty stuff I'm keeping and how much I need to just get rid of. I may take a bucket of scrapbooking stuff to Lauren. And I may have a huge white farmhouse table up for grabs, if the original owner doesn't want it. It's been my craft table, and is a bit worn from it. I just don't have room to keep it. And the ancient sewing machine that my grandma gave my mom, then my mom gave to me, as they upgraded to reasonably newer models. I even have the instruction booklet. It's from the 70's. I kept telling myself I was going to learn to sew and use it for quilting, but I'm fairly certain if I ever get around to that I'll just go drop a hundred bucks at Walmart on a new one!
UPDATE - I found a home for the tiny clothes. Woo!
How about men's jeans in a 36X30?
I will have other items up for offer as I continue. I haven't decided how much of my crafty stuff I'm keeping and how much I need to just get rid of. I may take a bucket of scrapbooking stuff to Lauren. And I may have a huge white farmhouse table up for grabs, if the original owner doesn't want it. It's been my craft table, and is a bit worn from it. I just don't have room to keep it. And the ancient sewing machine that my grandma gave my mom, then my mom gave to me, as they upgraded to reasonably newer models. I even have the instruction booklet. It's from the 70's. I kept telling myself I was going to learn to sew and use it for quilting, but I'm fairly certain if I ever get around to that I'll just go drop a hundred bucks at Walmart on a new one!
Where To Start
We have to clean out the room we've been using as an office/storage/home of the elliptical machine. More importantly, we need to clean it out before we go visit Lauren and Ed in July, since we plan to haul a van load of baby stuff home with us and need a place to put it all.
In order to clean out the office, we have to make room in the extra bedroom to put the stuff we don't want to throw out. There's not as much stuff in there, but the closet it full and the bed is covered in the maternity clothes people have given me that I've sorted through but haven't found a permanent home for yet. And of course I have multiple bridesmaid dresses that will never be worn again.. And then there are the shoes that breed under the bed in there...
In order to find a home for the clothes and shoes, I desperately need to clean out my closet, which still mostly contains the work clothes I haven't worn since February. Some of it I can still use, but most of it I don't need at all at this point. I have a lot of dress clothes and suits that need a new home. Greg has a lot of clothes that need a new home. I could easily start my own thrift store with all the stuff I need to get rid of!
So, I guess I start in our closet, then the back bedroom, then maybe I can get to the office eventually. I can't actually move much of the stuff in there anyway, the boxes and furniture are too heavy. But if I make room somewhere else, Greg can move it all easily enough. Now to get started. After I take a shower. And maybe get a nap...
In order to clean out the office, we have to make room in the extra bedroom to put the stuff we don't want to throw out. There's not as much stuff in there, but the closet it full and the bed is covered in the maternity clothes people have given me that I've sorted through but haven't found a permanent home for yet. And of course I have multiple bridesmaid dresses that will never be worn again.. And then there are the shoes that breed under the bed in there...
In order to find a home for the clothes and shoes, I desperately need to clean out my closet, which still mostly contains the work clothes I haven't worn since February. Some of it I can still use, but most of it I don't need at all at this point. I have a lot of dress clothes and suits that need a new home. Greg has a lot of clothes that need a new home. I could easily start my own thrift store with all the stuff I need to get rid of!
So, I guess I start in our closet, then the back bedroom, then maybe I can get to the office eventually. I can't actually move much of the stuff in there anyway, the boxes and furniture are too heavy. But if I make room somewhere else, Greg can move it all easily enough. Now to get started. After I take a shower. And maybe get a nap...
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