Projects in the Works

I have finally finished the nursery.. Not that the kid will be sleeping in it for a couple of months since he'll be hanging out in our room where I will most likely be standing over the crib all night making sure he's breathing. I'm paranoid. Seriously.. I have about 4 weeks to go and I kind of hope I miscalculated the due date and that he's actually due tomorrow. Sweet Jeebus I'M HUGE! I had a great time at my baby shower and I will not be posting pictures of myself as I resembled an overweight drag queen channelling Liza Minelli. Le Sigh. But here are some pictures of the room that our child will be chilling in..

I'm happy with it.. The third picture is our desk converted into a change table.. A little bit of fabric, a glue gun and velcro and voila. It's nicer than our bedroom and now I feel like I need to work on ours a little bit but I've promised the Husband I will not be climbing ladders for a little while.. Stupid promises.

Happy Sunday!

The Baby Shower

It's a sunny Monday morning and I'm not due back at (ex) work until tomorrow. I'm listening to Irish jigs and cleaning up. Eat your heart out Michael Flaherty.. I'm coming out with a video - Housewife of the Dance- with special features such as the vaccuum waltz and the Windex jig. Awesome. I stayed up to watch the hockey game. EPIC! The Husband slept and when the suspense got too much I'd switch to Columbo. But I came back, oh I came back.


The shower was a blast and mucho mucho sparkling wine was consumed and the conversation was lively. Here are a couple of shots of the decorations- special thanks to Kat for the flags, samovar and dolls. Thank you Comrade.

This here was the table setting!


Just some Russian stuff yo!

An ode to Mother Russia:

A Baby Shower should be about the woman who is about to pop. This is her day and kind of the last time to just chill with her friends for a while.. I just made her do the dishes and the heavy lifting. I'm sweet that way. Stay tuned for more pictures and recipes from the shower!

Time to go back and practice my jig.

Party Planning

So my video worked! How exciting! When I told the Husband that I was making a video he asked if I would be keeping my clothes on. He's sweet that way. We watched ski jumping last night. The Austrian team won. They all look like they are 12. I spent most of the time trying to figure out how to jazz up their outfits. I'm thinking flying Elvis.. 20 minutes with a Bedazzler and I'd make Sports Fashion history!

I have finalized my menu for the baby shower this weekend. Here it is with a little more detail:

Friends are bringing:
Borscht
Russian Salad
Booze, please

I'm making:
Pelmeni- these are meat dumplings. You make a dough with flour and water, roll it out, cut it into circles and add a meat filling. The meat filling is ground pork, ground beef and onions. I'll steam them in my Chinese steamer.
Khachapuri- this is Georgian.. This translates to "Oh My God butter pizza". It's a pizza dough, filled with a cheese mixture with butter on top. Eu Mah Gawd.
Fried mushrooms- I'm frying mushrooms
Roasted Potatoes- I'm roasting potatoes with
Vodka Sauce- I scoured the internet- I mean I looked at about 4 pages- and could only find tomato vodka sauces. Screw that- I'm making a cream based sauce with pepper and vodka.
Blinis with sour cream and caviar- blinis being mini pancakes (Remember that Klitschko commercial.. yeah.. and Hayden Panetierre is with one of them? What the?). Caviar being caviar.
Apricot chicken and rice- Meh. We'll see.

For dessert I'll make cupcakes..

It's safe to say we'll be strong like horse and smart like tractor after this meal. I've been saving that sentence for a very long time.. I was saving it for Gary Oldman but yeah, like that was going to happen.

Happy Tuesday! And stay tuned for some more Tova Internet Non-Porn!

The Joy of Gifting

I love giving gifts and I pride myself on it. A gift doesn't need to cost much and honestly it is the thought that counts (Dear Husband, this does not apply to you). However, you should really think about the thought when searching for gifts. And hopefully you won't see the recipient of your gift thinking "What the feck were they thinking?!" Think and then the thought will count.. deep huh?

Anyway, I met a friend for a drink last night and she asked me what to get for a woman who was expecting her second child. As I have reached a certain age I am in spitting distance of several pregnant ladies so I have given her question a lot of thought previously.

Now, my common gift is hosting a baby shower.. My next gift is frozen casseroles. New parents are generally overwhelmed by the addition of a screaming purple gremlin in the first few weeks, so providing them with some ready made dishes is a good idea. (Editor's Note: No offense meant about comparing newborns to screaming purple gremlins. Newborns terrify me. That's all). Other suggestions I have heard are gift certificates for massages, mani's and pedi's, facials etc. All great ideas- if the woman is into that stuff. One idea is a gift certificate for diapers and baby wipes, etc. Or if they are environmentally friendly (Hippies), then cloth diapers and hemp air freshener.

Now, if the Husband and I decide to spawn, I want a Nanny. Honestly, I would want a clothing gift certificate and perhaps a Jenny Craig/ Weight Watchers/ Slim Fast/ Gym membership. Just throwing that out there.