8 Things

So, I was tagged for this "8 Things" meme (thanks Infrared Goggles!) last week, but apparently was too slow to respond, which earned me a kick in the butt by Julo who double-tagged me (thanks! :P)

OK, without further ado, here we go:

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to:

1. A quick, no-tear no-drama no-complications labor enhanced by a perfectly-timed epidural  
2. Holding a beautiful, healthy baby in my arms at the end :)
3. Beginning of my maternity leave (in 8 weeks, can't come soon enough!)
4. Being semi-decent at sewing
5. Teaching Bryson how to burp and change baby especially in the middle of the night (wouldn't that be nice?)
6. Eating more sweet, sweet mangoes this summer (yummm...)
7. My baby shower :)
8. Another potential life-changing event this year... (I'll have more to tell you in about a month)

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

1. Learned how to tell the grain of a fabric in my second sewing class (i.e. snip and tear crosswise from selvage to selvage) and many other neat tricks 
2. Went to the inaugural East Bay corgi meet up at the Berkeley Marina (where Bryson once again played anti-social fugitive...)
3. Ate an entire pint of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia FroYo (it was an accident, I swear)
4. Regret eating above said item *sigh* (but it was really really good...)
5. Watched the San Jose Sharks narrowly escaping 1st-round playoff elimination
6. Read another few chapters of the fascinating book The Female Brain (do you know your brain actually shrink physically during pregnancy? That explains a lot...)
7. Signed up for another belly dancing class (8 weeks down and another 8 to go!)
8. Finished sewing another baby project (see below):

 
Ta-dah! Another set of baby burpies, bibs and blanket with this super springy Park Slope Fabric 

  
Blankie with a super soft minky-like microfiber backing. A much-dumbed-down version of a hooded towel project found in Amy Butler's Little Stitches (sans hood and belt and different shape)

 
Bibs, bibs and more bibs! Backed with flannel/ chamois (which disappointingly isn't very absorbent. Oh well.)

  
More burpies. Another rookie mistake- backed one with flannel (very absorbent) which is great, but for some reason decided to back the other one with this minky-like fabric, which turns out not to be very absorbent, plus I heard that baby will end up eating fuzz with anything fuzzy near their mouth. Great.

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:

1. Swim! (I could sort of float and doggie paddle. But I want to really swim, like a mermaid)
2. Retire early
3. Whistle the proper way (somehow I learned to whistle sucking in instead of blowing out air. I know, super weird)
4. Have super learning abilities so I can pick up new things with a snap of my finger (sort of like Sylar in Heros, but of course I won't do anything evil... Mwah ha ha.....)
5. Sew and do crafty stuff all day
6. Stop worrying about things I can't control (but according to The Female Brain book, that's what women are programmed to do. Guess I'm genetically doomed)
7. Travel the world with my family (including Bryson who can always fly in the cabin with us)
8. Lose all the baby weight quickly (and a few pounds more :>)

8 Shows I Enjoy:

1. Heroes
2. Jon and Kate + 8
3. American Idol
4. America's Next Top Model
5. Deliver Me (TLC)
6. Groomer Has It
7. Project Runway
8. Amazing Race
   (And other trashy reality shows I'm too embarrassed to admit I'm watching...)

8 People I'm tagging:

OK, I'm once again not following the rules, since most of my cyber buddies have been tagged already. If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged! The more the merrier, right? :)