At Least We Have Food.

I stocked up (sort of) our fridge and pantry last night. I say sort of, because Dave will have it all gone by the end of the week. He is a bottomless pit.

Barb picked me up a changing pad at BRU last night, so we're good on that.

And...that's it.

Carseat tonight. We have to get the carseat installed tonight. After dance recital rehearsal and pre-K graduation.

And let's do some laundry. Why not?

Ah, Geez. More To-Do.

Like,

• install the freaking car seat.
• buy a changing pad
• empty the overflowing laundry basket full of random crap I found in the baby's closet.
• move the swing to the living room (but really, now? says Dave)
• move the baby papasan chair down to basement
• hang up the freaking artwork
• buy food for our empty pantry and refrigerator
• clean the house for the race-party this weekend

My problem: I am super gung ho to do these things....while I'm at work. And then I get home and i'm all sorts of pooped out. Or, we have a zillion things to do in the evening (it seems) and then I poop out.

I'm pooped. Out.

I Love Lists - Kitchen Edition.

Just a few things before the baby is born for the kitchen:

• Make frozen meals! My goal is to stock my deep freezer with meals to hopefully alleviate some of the - oh crap, what's for dinner moments that I'm sure we'll have.
• Lasagna
• Baked Ziti
• Taco meat
• Stuff shells
• Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage
• Enchiladas
• Burgers
• Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Sloppy Joe Meat
• Chocolate Chip Cookies (because, really)
• Muffins
• Breakfast Burritos
• Frozen Pizza Crust
• Figure out where to put the baby bottles. We moved to our new house when Hallie was two, and I've got my kitchen organized "just so." But time to make room for Baby Mason!
• Hang up stained glass from Dad
• Clean out top of fridge cabinet

Easy.
Right?!

I Love Lists - Garden Edition.

Forget the onions. I missed that boat. I'm actually really sad about that boat, but that's okay.

Dad is bringing the compost this weekend, Dave will be home to till and I'll have them both to help. Suckers.

Here is my Garden Plan 2011:

Strawberries (done and looking nice and bushy!) - need to be weeded, desperately.
Onions - crap. Too bad, so sad. I might plant them anyway for green onions.
Tomatoes
Basil
Cilantro
Peppers
Zukes & Cukes

AND THAT IS IT.

Simple. Easy. No potatoes this year. And I'm mulching the crap out of everything.

I Love Lists - Nursery Edition

I'm trying to get organized.

I need to get organized.

I have no energy to be organized.

I gotta suck it up and get some of this stuff done.

For the Nursery:

• Buy fresh, white onsies
• Wash existing onsies and other gender neutral gowns/clothes
• Wash receiving blankets, crib sheets and boppy cover
• Prep and wash cloth diapers
• Wash basinett bedding - get basinett from Barb's house
• Sort through overwhelming giant box of toys to sort out baby toys
• Hang artwork on walls
• Make and hang mobile
• Bring monitors upstairs (buy video monitor?)
• Purchase sound machine
• Purchase wipes
• Purchase batteries for the swing
• Purchase California Baby diaper cream
• Purchase Vaseline (anticipating a circumcision!)
• Find 2nd base for the carseat - get other carseat stuff ready
• Dave to build shelves
• Bring in DiaperChamp
• Newborn diapers from Morgan

And on, and on and on. I'm sure I'm forgetting so much. But hey, really. As long as they have a place to sleep, eat and poop, we're good.