CostcoWarrior

WarriorBaby Guesses – STATS 28 September 2009

By popular demand!! Below is information gathered from the many votes we received.

Note: Votes are still coming in, so this is subject to change.

# of guesses:     69 (44 Boy[64%], 25 Girl[36%])

# of guesses already passed:     31  (18 boy, 13 girl)

# of guesses still in the runnings:     38  (26 boy, 12 girl)

# of guesses for actual due date:      1

# of guesses that would/will require the weight tiebreaker:     51

Most popular guess: Boy, Oct 2nd (13% of total guesses)

Delivery date guess span:  Sept 15th through Oct 14th (Span: 29 day)

Weight guess span:     6 lbs 1oz  to  8lbs 13oz (Span: 2 lbs 12 oz)

Horoscopes 24 September 2009

My mother called a few days ago and to be funny left me the following voicemail message (paraphrased):

“I know you’re not due until next week, and all indications are that you’ll go beyond your due date, but I’ve decided you’re going to have your baby on the 25th.  See, I was reading today’s horoscopes and yours says to trust your instincts in meeting a new person on the 25th.  The only new person I can think that you’ll be meeting any time soon is your very own baby, and you’ll definitely need to trust your instincts on that.  So there you have it, prepare for a birth on the 25th when you’ll be meeting your baby for the first time.  haha.  Talk to you later!”

Thanks, mom.  I needed a laugh.  I’ll let you know how the introductions go…

Last Minute 23 September 2009

So, we’re down to 1 week…if, magically, this little one decides to come on the 30th as summoned by the medical charts.  But we’re not really thinking about it that much and not really getting all anxious yet, because we’re a bit preoccupied with…A LAST MINUTE REMODEL!!  Welcome to our crazy life…stop looking at us like that.

We decided this week to get central air.  And a new furnace.  And a new water heater.  And basically have the utility closet completely cleared out and reinstalled in a more sensible manner.  

Whoa.  Did that come out of nowhere?  Yeah.  For us too.  Nothing like making a $10,000 decision on the fly, huh?  Well, let me just talk you into it…

Point #1:

The whole deal is through Costco (our favorite!) and backed by their satisfaction guarantees.  There are tax credits and engery rebates and Costco cash back cards that lower the end costs by 30%.  Nothing like getting money for spending money!  Which, by the way, Costco is so COOL!  Just inserting a RAVE here:  We have just a regular membership, but after they ran our Big Purchase, they personally called us to tell us if we came in THAT DAY and upgraded to the Executive membership for $12.50 (pro-rated since we’re near the end of our membership year), then we would qualify for $180 cash back in November.  Um.  DUH.  Of course we high-tailed it down to our local warehouse and made that trade.  They threw in a free tray of muffins too, so really the $12.50 was kind of a moot point in the end…How sweet is that??

Point #2:

The new machines will proactively replace our nearing-the-uncertain-time-of-death machines.  Considering our LAST large repair/replacement was super inconvenient and stressful and we’d like to avoid having that sort of experience again, we’re all energetically waving our arms in the air to vote for proactive! 

Point #3:

The installers could come right away and be done in 3 days, which is really quite important for us as NEXT WEEK and beyond we’re a bit tied up…

Point #4:

In addition to all the new machines, the closet rearrangement will make possible a future (but not-too-distant) linen closet in the bathroom.  I’m thinking this must be a purely feminine excitement, though, since all the males involved never even MENTION that beautiful possibility when they describe the project, while I’m just jumping! for! joy! at the idea of just a teensy bit more! storage! space! in this house we own.

So there you have it…new furnace, new waterheater, new AC, new closet arrangement, new Costco membership deal, new distraction from the waiting game we’re playing… It all works out in the end, and we aren’t as crazy as it may seem.

Tonight’s Plans 17 September 2009

Include ice cream and TV shows…i love season premiers!

AND

Wrapping Christmas Presents.

Maybe you think I’m weird, since it’s only September.  Sheesh, it’s still in the 80’s outside.  But we’re all done with my family and two-thirds done with TW’s family and we have all our neighbor/friend gifts ready too.  I figure, hey, before we store these in the closet until December, we should really just wrap and tag them and be done, right?

Really, you’re jealous.  I know it. 

Something Domestic Bit Me 14 September 2009

I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten some sort of sickness.  Anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that, really, I DON’T cook.  I CAN cook, but it’s not something that I get much payback on my investment from.  So if I don’t HAVE to cook, then I don’t.  Except for this last Saturday…apparently a kitchen psycho took over my body…

After a lazy morning, TW and I went to lunch.  We chatted about things we wanted to get done that afternoon: some homework, the laundry, vacuuming, etc.  We also really needed to do something with all the zucchini on the countertop and all the pulled pork in the fridge.  Not too hard, you’d think, but I ended up going nuts.

The zucchini turned out to be 14 CUPS shredded.  What do you do with 14 cups of zucchini??

The pulled pork was at least 10 lbs of meat.  Again, what do you do with 10 lbs of meat if you don’t have 60 people to feed??

Well, apparently to do anything constructive you need just a few more ingredients:  22 eggs, 12 tortillas, sweet and sour sauce, baking powder, a can of pineapple, 3 bags of frozen veggies, baking soda, olives, mushrooms, butter, cinnamon, sour cream, 13 cups of sugar, 14 cups of flour, a can of enchilada sauce, brown sugar, rolled oats, salsa, 5 fresh sliced peaches, 2 cubes butter, 2 bags of pasta, 10 cups oil, vanilla, 1 lb shredded cheese, baking cocoa, 2 cans cream of mushroom soup, salt, nutmeg, powdered sugar, and milk.

All of that and 7 hours of hard kitchen labor gets you swollen ankles and:

• Two sweet and sour pork with broccoli freezer meals
• Three pasta and pork with veggies freezer meals
• One pork enchiladas freezer meal
• Eight BBQ pork and mashed potatoes lunch-ready meals
• One pan of zucchini brownies
• One peach crisp dessert
• And Thirteen loaves of zucchini bread  (yes.  13.  THIRTEEN.)

Not bad for the girl who doesn’t cook, huh?  Now our freezer AND our fridge are packed full.

And, of course, we then ordered delivery pizza for dinner.