Inventory

FYI:  currently listening to some excellent kid's music.

So I decided to take some inventory today and see if I've got what I need--at least for the first little while.  The shopping trip to Babies 'R Us is this Thursday (coupons expire on the 14th).  So here's the low down:
7 onesies (0-3 mos)
5 outfits (0-3 mos)
4 hats
6 pairs of socks

4 receiving blankets
7 blankets
13 burp/lap pads

3 fitted sheets
1 quilted sheet

Suggestions on what I should pick up?

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shotgun

All right, I confess.  I am a video/computer game addict.  Good thing it's Anna who has the Wii, otherwise I'd probably be playing it all day, every day.


We had some house guests this weekend.  Good friend Debra from college and her new fiance, Jim.  What a blast to see Debra after five years!  Turned out that Jim grew up right around the corner from here, so we took a tour of the "neighborhood" and learned about which houses had kids that he got in fights with.  More than you might think!  Jim treated us to ice cream afterwards at Carvel for being such great hosts (hint hint--come visit!).  Tim had been recovering from a cold he caught on his trip last week, and decided against ice cream since he was preaching the next morning and didn't want anything to build up.  So he decided to order an icee-type drink thing.
"We have that?" asked the girl behind the counter.
"Umm... yeah, it's on that sign over there..." said Tim.
"No, we don't make those.  What sign are you talking about?"
"This one right here?"  Tim proceeded to turn around a rather large sign sitting on top of the counter so that she could see it.  "You don't make these?"
"No, sorry, we don't have those."
"Okay... um, how about the smoothies."  Must be a safe bet--they're actually listed on the menu, not just a sign.
"Nope, we don't make smoothies either."
Signs all around advertising both these things but he had to settle for watery gelato.  Strange practice to advertise something you don't have, wouldn't you say?

Since our house guests weren't due until sometime around 3 AM, Tim suggested that we go see The Dark Knight.  Yup, opening day, and it was great.  We were about fourth in line so we ended up with pretty good seats.  I hear it's on IMAX too, so we might have to find somewhere to go see it again.

My mom arrives on Wednesday and the church is throwing me a baby shower on Saturday.  I am one excited mama.  Also, the Hobbster will be joining in the festivities.  Happiness all around!

I think there was more to say, but I forget.

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Welcome to Target

[Despite the following development, the rest of my shopping experience went quite well today.  I got a gallon of milk for $2.99 at Costco, paid $0.99 cents for a huge container of blueberries at Stop & Shop, and found a napkin holder on clearance at Bed Bath and Beyond]

I had quite an experience today at Target.
 
My plan was to go through and get all the things I needed for the house (shampoo, cast iron pan, etc.) and then to head over the baby section and do some registering.  

I did pretty well getting all the household stuff on my list, although I did have to backtrack a few times when I realized I'd forgotten something (isn't that the point of a list?!).  

So I headed over to the baby section.  I had my little scan gun ready to put all kinds of fun stuff on our registry.  I went up the first aisle, then down the second, and... well, that was it.  So I walked around a bit more and said to myself "Clearly, I'm missing something.  There's no way Target only has two short aisles of baby stuff and the rest is clothes."  However, after walking up and down the same aisles two more times, I found that I was not mistaken.  This particular Target has a minute baby section.  I think I scanned a total of 3 things.  

Obviously, I can do the registering online, but part of the reason I'd wanted to do it at the store had been to experience the fun of looking at all the stuff in person.  And scanning it with the cool red scan gun.  Alas.  

I went through the check out with my household stuff.  The total seemed to come out to quite a bit more than I expected.  So while heading over the customer service desk to return my scan gun, I checked the receipt.  Lo and behold, the pan that had been on a rack labeled $9.98 was actually $39.99.  Left my cart at the customer service desk, went all the way back to the kitchen section (which I walked past and had to go back to), and found another pan at a better price.  Back to the front where I got in line to make my exchange.  Noticed that I also purchased the wrong sized toothbrush because I bought two and they scanned at different prices.  Decided I'd had enough of Target and just returned the toothbrush rather than go back out into the store for the third time.  

Target and I now have a love-hate relationship.

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Recipe of the moment

This one took about 20 minutes from start to finish, and was quite tasty for something so simple.

Tomato & Spinach Pasta Toss
courtesy of kraftfoods.com

Ingredients:
- 2 cups rotini or penne pasta, uncooked
- 1/2 lb hot or mild Italian sausage, casing removed
- 1 pkg (6 0z) baby spinach leaves (7 cups)
- 1 can (14.5 oz) Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 Tbsp grated parmesan

Directions:
1.  Cook pasta as directed on package
2.  Meanwhile, crumble meat into large deep skillet.  Cook on medium-high heat 10 to 12 minutes or until cook through, stirring occasionally; drain.
3.  Add spinach and tomatoes; cook 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat, cover to keep warm.
4.  Drain pasta.  Add to skillet along with cheeses; toss lightly.

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Relocating

We're moving about a mile and a half down the road tomorrow.  The new place has a dishwasher and a washer/dryer in the unit so my life is about to become way easier.  Hooray for that.  


This place looks rather depressing with all the boxes around and nothing hanging on the walls.  I can't wait to get everything moved and the new place set up so I'll feel like I'm actually living in a home instead of a cave.

Another thing I can't wait for:  my mom comes to visit on Tuesday thanks to a $37 round trip ticket.  

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html anyone?

Well.


Though I am hacking off some of my brother's site to help me out, I am venturing into the world of html virtually alone.

Keep me in your thoughts.

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the car

After we sold my truck last year (*sob*), I began driving Tim's 2004 Hyundai Accent so he wouldn't have to deal with a manual transmission in rush hour traffic on the parkway.  Took me a little while to get comfortable, but now it's no big deal.


The Hyundai is quirky though.  For some reason, if you get the tank filled after guzzling the gas, you have to seriously rev the engine to keep it from stalling out when you start it back up.  This causes a precarious situation when pulling up to the exit of the gas station, because the engine must also be continuously revved while waiting to get into traffic.  You can sense the struggle the engine is having until you get up to 4th gear and then it hits its stride and you're good to go.

I've noticed that if I only get say, $25 worth of gas (about 3/4 of a tank), this doesn't happen.  Mechanics don't see a problem, and since I can't duplicate it for them unless I take them over to the gas station with me...

So if you hear the engine revving, it's probably me.

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