To do list?

We still have a lot to do to get the room together and I have big plans! We still need to buy/mount shelves, return the carpet swatches, buy the carpet, schedule the delivery of the crib, find/buy curtains, put up wall art, figure out the changing table, baby proof, and more that I probably haven't thought of!

Here's a picture of the newly closeted dresser (our biggest accomplishment to date):

and that's all I'm sharing for now...... I can't wait to finally reveal the room once it is done!

Progress

We made a lot of progress on Sadie’s room this weekend. I’m very proud of what we have accomplished. The old couch was taken to our large pick-up zone (it took D nine trips) and we found a solution for our dresser. The room is now filled with black garbage bags that are full of recycling, garbage and donation items. It was bumpy at the beginning because we both had a hard time making decisions about what we wanted to keep. By the end I was determined to get rid of everything. The reality is that the storage situation in our condo sucks but at the same time, once we were going through stuff, it hit me that we really didn’t need any of it. As for the dresser, that was the one thing that we were both sad to give up. We had bought it when we lived in our apartment and when we moved to the condo we realized it was too big for the master bedroom so we put it in the spare room. What we ended up doing was taking the doors off of Sadie’s closet (sliding doors) and we put the dresser inside it. It fit within an eighth of an inch so we were very lucky. Now we have a huge amount of space for clothing – both ours and hers. Unfortunately we have lost the ability to hang items in the closet but in reality most baby clothes belong in drawers and not on hangers. Since I’m the handy woman around the condo, once Sadie is here, I plan on raising the shelf enough that we have storage space and room for hangers. Until then, this will have to do and if there are any dress clothes that need hung up they can go in our closet.
This brings me to a small rant about the condo. I can’t believe how many people have asked if we’re going to move!! It’s like they can’t imagine us raising a child downtown or in such a small space and I’m so sick of justifying our choice to stay. However, at the same time, when we went to our cousin’s shower we were a bit bummed when we saw the size of her SIL’s house. We felt like “we could never have that” but when we got home we found a house for sale on her street that was $50,000 less than the current list price for units in our condo. So yeah, we CAN afford that however we are not prepared to trade the convenience of where we live. We are not prepared to spend up to 3 hours (on a good day) commuting to work and home. In a very lazy way, I also have no desire to shovel snow or maintain yard work. I love that when my roof leaks I can fix it by sending an e-mail with no contractors or quotes or additional money out of my pocket. Yes, there are perks to those pesky condo fees.
So yes, we’re staying. I think about people living in Manhattan and pretend I’m one of them. Our place is small but big enough for what we really need. No, we can’t store all of my childhood toys or every playbill x20 to every show we’ve ever seen. One day we’ll move but not now and when we do, it may be to a 3 bedroom condo. I have to admit, I love the lifestyle!

Research FAIL

Rolling with the last post.... I went back into research mode yesterday. You know, just for fun, and because I'm INSANE.

How did I miss THIS?

I hope that was the FIRST and LAST time I ever hear that song!!!!!!!!!
For the record I was trying to figure out what song my dad sang when he found out our name. It certainly wasn't this one!!!!! It was a cute little song. If anyone ever refers to our daughter as "Sexy Sadie" I'm going to need to be restrained. Hopefully we have 16++++ years before I need to worry about that!! LOL
I imagine this is how my parents felt when people used to call me Jessica Rabbit at 10 years old!!

The next "Emma"?

A while back I spent a good amount of time researching the popularity of the name "Sadie". I looked in our local classifieds as well as online resources like the US Social Security listing of baby names. Sadie did not make the top 100 list and I only found it once in our local paper as a middle name.
On BabyCenter, however, one user (who wasn't amoung the many who said it sounded like a dogs name) wrote that they thought Sadie was going to be the next "Emma" and quite frankly I'm starting to wonder if that is true.
We're not changing our mind. I could NEVER do that but I didn't want a popular name. D has assured me that IF Sadie does become popular we are likely going to be ahead of the trend. I guess as long as Sadie is somewhat unique in her age group that is OK.
Why am I writing about this today? Well... while sitting with my friend at Subway for lunch I overheard a conversation going on behind us. "They had a baby girl..... Sadie Grace....". I am apparently very protective of that name because I was so upset when I heard it! "Noooooo that's OUR name!!!".
Yes, I know, I cannot stop anyone else from using it. Yet, if it is so unpopular on the baby name lists, why is this the second time I've heard it recently?
Oh well! At least we tried. Unlike my BIL & his dumb wife who haven't yet ventured past the top 1o most popular (actually they hover around #1 for all of their kids).

Off the Hook...

The Jury selection was completed today and I did not make it in front of the Judge. It's over. I'm exhausted. As for the trial?

Google: Lesbian Love Triangle Axe Murder (this is the second trial)

I kid you not!!! Doesn't it sound like an episode of Law & Order and not real life? I kept expecting Mariska Hargitay to walk in!

Overall I think I got off easy. When D went in for Jury Duty she was stuck there for 5 days. Since my panel was called specifically for one trial we were allowed to go once the jurors had been selected... only 2 days of my time!

THANK GOODNESS. Today we were allowed to eat/drink/talk so it was much better but it was sooooo boring!

100 days to go!!!!

Tomorrow I will be at double digits!!! Very exciting!!

What isn't as exciting is JURY DUTY. It sucked.

I thought I had an idea of what to expect based on D's experience in the spring but it didn't play out the same way today. Rather than starting the day in the jury lounge we were taken directly to the court room. Between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm we were not allowed to talk, eat, drink, chew gum, or entertain ourselves in any way. It was brutal! The judge was not hearing excuses until you were before her so I have not had an opportunity to be dismissed. Instead, we were split into groups of 20 and asked to return at a specific time. That is pretty much all that happened today since our Jury panel consisted of 400 potential jurors and my name was not called until 3:00 pm!!! My time to return for the selection process is Wednesday morning.

I'm hoping that I will not make it in front of the judge but I'm not sure if that will be the case. The process was slow and the defense seemed to be extremely critical of the jurors as they were called forward to join their panels. My guess is that it will take a long time to agree on the 12 jurors.

Overall the experience was boring and I was starving but it did have some interesting points too. The accused was in the courtroom the entire time and I ended up sitting behind her family. I was able to hear discussion between the family and her lawyer as he explained what was happening and how the court day worked. I felt so awful for them. It must be so difficult to be there for their daughter's first degree murder trial.

So I'm back again on Wednesday and hopefully that is it! I certainly hope this is considered my duty and I'm off the hook for 3 years (just in time, hopefully for my next pregnancy).

Accomplished

I feel like we accomplished a lot today! Well, more than normal at least. Today was mostly about Stanley (our car). He is now freshly oiled and washed (a first for both). Afterwards we FINALLY got around to going to Pottery Barn Kids to pick up swatches of the rug we want to buy for Sadie's room. $72 for two swatches (refundable when returned)!!! But it was worth it. I was leaning towards buying the pink version until we saw it at home. We're buying the 5x7 rug in green which will fit most of the 8x7 room and cover up the yucky dark pink carpet that is already in there.
We then did an inventory of the clothing we have purchased. We really need to stop NOW before things get out of hand.... we have 18 onesies!! Here's a picture I took before we started to hang stuff up in the closet: (that's not all of it)

Also, here is the cake I had mentioned in my previous post. I thought it was really cool although also a bit creepy. I'm pretty sure that no one wanted to eat a little hand or part of the face. Neat idea though! It was made by my cousins friend:
Jury duty on Monday! I have doctors note saying I am not able to sit jury duty so HOPEFULLY they accept it. Back in August when I received the notice I had imagined being much larger by now. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to waddle in with my hand on my back without looking like I'm faking!!