Peace in the valley

The boy went to sleep at 7 pm tonight! Wow, that's early for us. Normally it's about 8:30 and during teething, it was even later. I thought I'd miss seeing his little face for the extra hour, but I gotta say it was heavenly cooking dinner with no distractions. I see him all day, so it's not that much of a loss. But his dad's out working all day and I like for them to get their time. Myles really likes his dad. Now that he can walk, he's in Mark's office with him quite often. He loves screaming out, "di-da!" It's such a beautiful thing.

Okay, I think I might actually like Costco. I've always loathed it. I've had a membership before and it was a waste of money. I never went. I abhor long lines and didn't have storage space. Now that we're in a house, I have room for 50 rolls of tp, an extra freezer, etc. Thoroughly domestic and middle American at this instant. But it's taken me 5 or 6 visits into this membership to be sold on it. The problem is, I'm an organized, planned, controlling shopper. And since the selection there is SO random, I couldn't really plan ahead. So I've been going, taking pics w/my iphone and plotting my purchases. I've finally sort of gotten a grip on which things I can get there. Tonight I got a disposable pepper mill (ours ran out and the REAL pepper mill we have is a deadly weapon with a baby around) for $3.99 and I swear it's got a full year's worth of pepper in it. Got 2-3 weeks worth of ground beef, some croissants and fancy Rosemary Olive bread, two whole chickens and all the lotion I'll need til 2011. I had to separate everything out into little freezer bags, but it's worth it.