First off, as an aside, let me just point you to my latest post at Not a Diet. It's about free weight loss resources, because I think I'm going to quit Weight Watchers, and I need something that doesn't charge me an arm and a leg to replace it. So, head over there and help me out, but also stay here and participate in my little contest.
When I write at least one post per week that insists that I'm not pregnant (which I am not), you can tell that something's going on, right? Things are happening and it's all very good and exciting, but I can't discuss it here just yet, and for that I am very sorry. I will talk about it, soon, very soon, but not just yet.
Believe me, I am not pulling one of those "Oooh I have something on my mind but I can't talk about it here so YOU WILL NEVER KNOW MUAHAHAHA" deals. I REALLY want to talk about it with you RIGHT NOW, but I have to wait, but not for much longer. Let's just say that that post I wrote about change? It wasn't about some sort of vague New Year's feeling, or the post-wedding blues. It was about something very specific, and something that is going to happen.
In the meantime, though, it would appear that having something big going on renders me utterly boring and un-funny, because I don't want to talk about anything else, and I have all these post ideas in mind but they all involve the Big Thing in one way or another, and so they will just have to wait, won't they? And believe me, this probably frustrates me more than it frustrates you.
But, in the meantime, let's have a guessing game! Guess what it is that's going on in my life that I can't talk about yet! There will be a prize, at some point, for someone, and it won't necessarily be for the most accurate guess--it might be for the most creative guess. So, have at it. What do you think the Big Thing is? And I will tell you the answer as soon as I possibly can.
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ooh ooh, pick me! hmm, let me guess.... you're pregnant and trying to psych everyone out on your blog by insisting that you are not???
ReplyDeletewhat's my prize...?
House. Or dog. That's my guess.
ReplyDeleteIf you're not pregnant... maybe you're in the process of adopting a pet? ADOPTING A BABY? I don't see why closing a house or something would be a big secret right now, so it can't be that. Oh I know, you're moving next door to me, and you want to surprise me one day by showing up with a casserole, right?
ReplyDeleteUm, I could totally win this contest and the prize would be mine, all mine! Because I KNOW THE ANSWER! YAY!
ReplyDeleteI guess new/exciting career opportunity and/or return to school for shiny new degree.
ReplyDeleteBut deep down, I'm still rooting for BABY.BABY.BABY!!!
I'm gonna guess that you guys are getting a new car!
ReplyDeleteI think you are planning on converting all your electricity into wind-power, supplied by a thousand windmills on the top of your apartment building, all tall and white and shiny. That MUST be what your clever "winds of change" title referred to.
ReplyDeleteOr....maybe you are getting a cabinet post in the Obama administration? One that comes with a wardrobe allowance and a fancy chauffer + limo...yes?
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You are adopting a baby, moving to Germany, and starting a new school program.
ReplyDeleteI'll take my check in the form of a Starbucks gift card, thank you.
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I'm guessing a new job for Torsten that involves a big move.
ReplyDeleteAhh! Jess you will drive me around the bend! I can't wait!! = D
ReplyDeleteI'm voting that there is an upcoming move.
Either that or this has all been an elaborate ruse and you ARE Michelle Obama.
My guess is that you are buying a house. And a car. To carry around the baby you have on the way!
ReplyDeleteWow, for your sake I actually hope this is not correct, because all of that is stressing me out just considering it!
You or Torsten are up for a promotion that will involve a big move, but it's not finalized yet so you can't talk about it. OR... you're doing whatever it is you have to do to put yourselves on a list of potential adoptive parents (either in the process of becoming foster parents or filing paperwork at a private adoption agency), but it's not done yet, so you can't talk about it.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing a new job for you or Torsten which involves a move over seas.
ReplyDeleteYou're buying a house with a yard and a fence. And instead of getting a dog, you're getting a goat so then you save money by not having to buy a lawn mower?
ReplyDeleteWhat LoriD said...
ReplyDeleteI'm going to guess that you're either buying a house or getting a puppy. OR BOTH!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're getting a house! Or a dog! Or a dog house!
ReplyDelete1) You are moving
ReplyDeleteAND
2) It is to a house where you can have a pet goat
AND
3) As soon as you're settled in, you're going to work on getting pregnant
AND
4) You're getting an AUTOMATIC ICE MAKER.
Well, that's no fun. I've got to disqualify myself from playing. But, it sure is fun to read what everyone else has to say... !!!! Go you!
ReplyDeleteYou're leaving Torsten and running off with a Brazilian supermodel whom you met on your honeymoon!
ReplyDelete(I totally guessed it, didn't I?)
Well, obviously Torsten is pregnant with a goat! Good for him, figuring out how to finally get one in the house. :)
ReplyDeleteAre you getting a puppy?
ReplyDeleteI say you're quitting your job and becoming a blogger fulltime.
ReplyDeleteSuch a tease! I can't wait to find out what it is, although I'm on the opposite side of most and hoping that it isn't a baby. I think newlyweds should enjoy time together first, before dealing with the stress/changes of having a baby. If I had to guess, I'd say it is a new job for one (or both) of you.
ReplyDeletei suspect i may know pieces of this, so instead of guessing, i'm going to make up something:
ReplyDeletei think you guys have recently discovered proof of extraterrestrial life, and torsten has just been awarded the job of heading up in the next shuttle mission to conduct tests. since you are obviously very much in love, you can't be separated from each other, so you're starting a Space Training Program very soon to enable you to be up in the shuttle with him the whole time.
that's GOT to be it, right? :-)
I'm going to guess you're moving.
ReplyDeleteReally though, I can't wait to find out...it sounds exciting!
Soon?
I'm guessing house, but so are hundreds of others....
ReplyDeletePromotion at work for you is my guess! Or a new job altogether. Whatever it is...yay!
ReplyDeleteI think you guys took a look at what you had saved for a house down payment, and said “DAMN! That’s a lot of money!!!” and went on a frivolous spending spree which included many sweaters and boots for you, and designer suits and trendy polo shirts for Torsten. With the leftover money, you bought a giant stuffed goat, since you can’t have the real thing.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I think you’ve bought a house OR have decided exactly when/how you’ll be starting a family.
Your buying a house... do we get prizes if we win?
ReplyDeleteA car? No a baby? No a house? No a car! A new job? Definitely baby, I mean car!
ReplyDeleteMy guess would also be a new job that involves a move. That would explain why you can't talk about it yet. Maybe you're moving to Germany?! Then we could meet up!
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued by the promotion theory too...but maybe something involving an international move? Or maybe, hm....no. I have no idea, but I can't wait to hear about it!
ReplyDeleteI feel your frustration. The whole month of December was a waiting game for us and we were hoping to have closure by the end of the month, but here we are, into January and we STILL can't tell anybody what's going on....it's driving me to a subtle form of madness, I think.
Hmmmmm...I'm rooting for a bambino (is it? IS IT?!?! Are you just trying to use reverse psychology on us?!)
ReplyDeleteBut i'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you are telling the truth and going to guess ...that you are moving? buying/have already bought a house? ADOPTING a baby? (had to throw that in) Got a new job as Obama's right hand woman? You are quitting your job to become a full time goat herder?
Its the goat herder isn't it?
Adopting a baby. And if I'm right, I want to know all about it because I think about adoption a lot...and then I think about how it is not financially feasible at this time, and then I check the doorstep to see if maybe the stork left a baby.
ReplyDeleteCareer related move. That's my guess.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing that you are changing jobs but don't want coworkers to know just yet because you haven't told your boss and you don't want to madden the dude who makes sure you get paid on a regular basis.
ReplyDeleteYou're going off the pill
ReplyDeleteNew Job? House? Car? Hmm, no, no car so either new job or new house.
ReplyDeleteI just know you are going to
ReplyDelete1) straighten your hair
2) drop 50 lbs suddenly via lopping a leg off
3) Begin speaking only in German
4) ditch your current job for one as a wedding planner.
You'll begin your new life as a one-legged German speaking wedding planner on Valentine's day.
I know it!
:)
Hmmm. My immediate thought was, pregnant. LOL. But of course, you've been disputing that.
ReplyDeleteThen I thought, getting a puppy. But it doesn't seem like something you can't talk about.
I love the other people's ideas of fancy new job or moving.
But I need to think BIGGER...
And I need to think of something that needs to stay a SECRET...
You've.... discovered something AMAZING that is going to alter the human race for ever... LIKE... an Alien who is living like a member of your family until you can reveal him and his secrets to the world! Muah haha.
I know I'm right, no need to even validate it. ;-)
I'd like you to note, I didn't read all of the comments towards the end. So I didn't see Alice and her guess about Extraterrestrial Life. She and I just must have the same crazy imagination! LOL.
ReplyDeleteWhat is your deal, WHAT IS YOUR DEAL?
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking on it ALL DAY, and I finally had to read the comments and cheat.
I hadn't thought of the moving thing, although that does make sense. Work related=can't talk about it.
Yes, I'll go with that.
im thinking that youre moving.
ReplyDeletethat is big.
so is buying a house though...and man...interest rates are LOW.
Oh wait, someone else had a comment that made me think it's something fun, like you and Torsten were picked as the newlywed couple for the next installment of the Amazing Race.
ReplyDeleteUm, could it be a book deal?
ReplyDeleteOk, yeah, that's MY dream, but I'm willing to share.
You're moving...and it was you & Torsten who out-bid us recently on the house we wanted, because it had a big yard for babies and goats??
ReplyDeleteMy guess is either buying a house or moving to a new city.
ReplyDeleteIt can't be a dog unless you're moving, so I don't think that's it. And I don't think you're the sort of person who would say over and over that you were NOT pregnant only to giggle and say just kidding, so not a baby yet. If you were buying a house or a car, why would that have to be kept secret? So my guess is a big job change for one of you, which at least I can understand why you wouldn't be able to write about for a while.
ReplyDeleteAnd then you can buy a house and a car and get a dog!
The first thing that came to mind was that you are adopting a child.
ReplyDeleteBut a more creative guess is that you are designing a bloggie-group getaway house where we can all get together FOR REALS, in a bright, airy house with bunches of laptops & wireless, and coffee brewing all the time, and we can write and talk and just BE. Kind of like that dream that Swistle had a while back.
I can't wait to know the answer!
You've been chosen for a position in the Obama administration? No? OK, then. I'm going with "new job," "buying a house," or "big move," even though I see all three of those are already well covered.
ReplyDeleteBOOK DEAL!!!!!! Or you're buying a house. I guessed twice, I'm cheating.
ReplyDeleteSome of these guesses are really cool. My guess was going to be that you guys are going to go off BC. Haha.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing that after years of careful research and many trials, you have finally grown money on trees.
ReplyDeleteA new job for either you or Torsten that involves a move to a new city?
ReplyDeleteMy guess, you got a job with the obama administration.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that you guys are buying a home! Am I right, am I right? :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to go waaaay out on a limb and say: You and Torsten are moving to another country!
ReplyDeleteFirst guess: UK. Second guess: Germany.
Either way, you know I'm coming to visit, right? ;)
i'm a little late to guess, so I'm sure my guess is taken. but of course i'm going to say it anyway :)
ReplyDeleteyou are getting a new job and have to relocate... maybe columbus? :)
can't wait to hear about the big news!
i'm gonna say you are cast in a reality show and you can't tell us about it yet. A cool reality show though.
ReplyDeleteLike "Who Wants to be the Biggest Amazing Smarter than a 5th Grader Race Winner".
Maybe that is just my dream.
But whatever it is ... YEAHHHH! For you!!!! Tell us soooooooonnnnnn....