House a mess Barely see the countertop A preschooler’s lunch to pack and little one hopefully asleep Present for charity basket at work to buy –out to Walmart on a cold night Long day at work tomorrow S.O.S. box to put away New software not working and emails to write Pull the covers over my [...]
The days have wound around again to another Thanksgiving. The boys are still in bed, and I have the eggs boiling for deviled eggs. Had Tday supper with Mom and crew last night and are not expected at Kitty’s until this evening, so not sure what we will do today. I have so much to [...]
We are having a family gathering for E’s birthday on Sunday, and I can already feel the pre-party stress settle in. I look around at all the things that need to be done around the house and just shake my head. And that’s just the regular housekeeping stuff and none of the extra party tasks. [...]
I really didn’t feel like sitting at home on Saturday, so we went, went, went: went to the bakery and ordered E’s bday cake went to Michael’s looking for party supplies went to the library lunch at Wendy’s visited two party supply stores went to Marker Miller orchard, picked apples, and played; L’s first ride [...]
to have some sense of accomplishment in my home life. As I survey the house and see all of the things that need to be done (laundry, clean the floors, wash the rugs, do the dishes, etc.), it is easy to become discouraged. It helps to write about things that I otherwise might forget or [...]
I packed up the nursing equipment/supplies, food mill, and small baby bibs tonight to give back to D. End of one chapter. Really not too sad about it. The bins of baby clothes will be harder to part with. They’re all just so darn cute. It’s stupid though to have them taking up space [...]
I hit a cat today; it was awful. Not only did a hit a cat, which is bad enough, but it was someone’s pet. What can you say. There is nothing I can do or say to make that better. I wasn’t speeding, talking on the phone, or distracted with the kids. It just darted [...]
Home by 5:00 Dinner by 6:00 Play with kids FH bath at 7:00 FH milk FH in bed by 7:30 Play with LM LM bath, vitamin, teeth, story by 8:00 LM bed by 8:30 Pickup, dishes, laundry, bills, email, etc. Bed by 10:00
