Wednesday December 15th

Happy Wednesday Folks! How ya'll doing? Good, great, fabulous? I thought so!

Things I accomplished today:

• Kitchen ~ cleaned, floors swept and steam mopped
• White Laundry ~ washed, dried, in a basket in my room
• Sheets ~ Folded and put away
• Me ~ Up, moving, shopped, cleaned, teeth brushed, face washed, hair done, make up done, fed, and ready for my next challenge (which is more than likely folding and putting away the white laundry)
• Monkeys ~ Boy monkeys are at school, girl monkey is watching a show (but she went to school in the AM)
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, refilling

Things I hope to accomplished before Wednesday is over:

• Me ~ Meeting with the Priest, Holiday Fun Bunco with friends!
• White Laundry ~ folded and put away (see me in the accomplished section for more details)
• Dinner ~ Um, yeah, well, I'll figure out something! It is Sonic night for the Boy Monkey's school

I hope Wednesday is treating you like you deserve!

Tuesday December 14th

Ah, Tuesday.

Things I accomplished today:

• Monkey 1 ~ Up, showered, dressed, breakfasted, off to school, picked up from school, dinnered, played at his recital, pajamaed, and off to dream land.
• Monkey 2 ~ Up, showered, dressed, breakfasted, off to school, picked up from school, dinnered, played at his recital, pajamaed, read some Green Eggs and Ham, and off to dream land.
• Monkey 3 ~ Up, showered, blown dry, dressed, breakfasted, off to school, to the Y with Daddy for the rest of Mom's Day Out with mommy, swimming, home, showered again, blown dry again, dresses again, playing, off to errands, picked up boy Monkeys, home, dinnered, played at her recital, pajamaed, off to dream land.
• Boy Monkeys' Room ~ picked up, vacuumed
• Girl Monkey's Room ~ picked up, vacuumed
• Sheets ~ Changed on all 4 beds, washed, dried, still in the dryer
• Light Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dishwasher ~ emptied

I need a few extra hours in my tomorrow, so if you happen to have a few to spare to help me out with I would appreciate it!

Monday December 13th

Happy Monday Folks! I hope this holiday season is treating you well and your homes are spic and span.

Things I accomplished today:

• Monkey's Bathroom ~ cleaned, floor steam mopped
• Master Bathroom ~ cleaned, floor steam mopped, bathtub cleaned out
• Hallway ~ swept and steam mopped
• Living room ~ swept and steam mopped
• Dark Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Towels ~ washed, dried, sitting in my bedroom waiting to be folded and put away
• Jeans ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, washed, emptied, refill started
• Dinner (stuffed shells and breadsticks) ~ created, put in the oven, breadsticks working on their second rising and then into the oven with them!
• Me ~ teeth brushed, face washed, body washed, hair blown dry, face made up, hair straightened, clothes put on, drove to work, worked, drove home, see dinner and jeans folding and put away!

Things to be accomplished before bed:

• Towels ~ folded and put away
• Me ~ face washed, teeth brushed, teeth flossed, jammies put on, laundry in the baskets

I feel like I accomplished a lot today. I needed to get a little extra done since I have to work in the morning. And tomorrow will be a full day! I hope everyone had a marvelous Monday and I'll see you on Tuesday!

Thursday December 2nd

Ah, Thursday, my old friend.

Things I accomplished today:

• Basement ~ picked up, vacuumed
• Dark Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dishes ~ washed (really should have emptied the dishwasher, but didn't, still might)
• Me ~ washed, blown dried, made up, straightened, worked, bought milk, came home, helped with Monkey-1's homework, helped Monkey-2 with his oral presentation for tomorrow, bought donuts for Monkey-3's show and tell for preschool tomorrow.

While I don't really have anything cleaning wise to do tomorrow, I'm not sure how the laundry is going to get done. I will be subbing at preschool from 8:30 to 11:30, then at the Y from 12-3 and then home again. Crossing my fingers I can get my roast in the oven so we can have it for dinner!

Wednesday December 1st

Happy Wednesday!

Things I accomplished today:

• Kitchen ~ cleaned, scrubbed, swept, swiffered, steam mopped
• Kitchen table and chairs ~ scrubbed and ready to eat off of or sit on!
• Me ~ showered, blown dry, straightened, teeth brushed
• White Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Took Monkey-3 to get her hair cut (and it looks adorable)

Okay, I'm sure I did something else, but it is beyond me what it is exactly!

Tuesday, November 30th

Okay, I'm here. I've been meaning to post, but time always seems to get away from me.

Things I accomplished today:

• Boy Monkeys' Room ~ cleaned, sheets changed (technically they did this last night, but still), vacuumed
• Girl Monkey's Room ~ cleaned, sheets changed (still last night), vacuumed
• Hallway ~ swept, swiffered, steam mopped
• Living room ~ swept, swiffered, steam mopped
• Light Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Sheets ~ washed, dried, still sitting in the dryer because I'm tired and don't feel like folding them right now, so they will simply have to wait until tomorrow! Which will have to happen because I refuse to walk across the palatial mansion we have here to even take them out of the dryer!
• Work ~ helped with Moms Day Out at the Y from 10:30 am to 1 pm, which is much more exhausting than it sounds when you find out I had to be in the swimming pool with 12 3 and 4 year olds!
• Me ~ washed, blown dry, and that is all. I brushed my teeth before work, but due to the phone ringing as I was finishing and it was of course the call I was waiting for!
• Piano ~ Children came, saw, and conquered! Now I must remember to have them practice! Recital only 2 weeks away!! Yikes!

I've been busy! I have plans for tomorrow including the Girl Monkey's hair cut! I'm very excited about that one! So I'll talk with you all tomorrow. Hopefully with folded sheets!

Monday November 15th

Happy Monday evening! I kinda failed today. I got things done, but completely gave up on other things.

Things I accomplished today:

• Master Bathroom ~ cleaned, steam mopped
• Monkeys' Bathroom ~ cleaned, steam mopped
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, filled, washed, refilled
• Dark Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Me ~ showered, blown dry, dressed, worked, created dinner, ran/walked around the neighborhood twice, helped with homework, and read with Monkey-2

I'm going to have to step up my game if I'm going to get things done tomorrow. I've got a list of stuff to do, and a ton of laundry so I'm gonna be a busy little bee!

Tuesday November 9th

For those of you who noted that I was suspiciously absent yesterday, I have a GREAT excuse! I went to preschool with Monkey-3 for parent's day, and then had to work, and I'm on my own with three Monkey's while RS is out of town on business! So there! I did one load of laundry yesterday. And to make up for that, I got up at 6:15 this morning and started cleaning!

Things I have accomplished today:

• Master Bathroom ~ cleaned, floor scrubbed
• Monkeys' Bathroom ~ cleaned, floor scrubbed
• Mirrors ~ cleaned
• Living room ~ swept, method mopped
• Hallway ~ swept, method mopped
• Boy Monkeys' Bedroom ~ cleaned, vacuumed
• Girl Monkey's Bedroom ~ cleaned, vacuumed
• Master Bedroom ~ picked up, vacuumed
• Towels ~ washed, dried, in the laundry basket to be folded and put away
• Light Laundry ~ washed, drying
• Me ~ ready to go swimming with Monkey-3 while helping out at work

Things to be accomplished today:

• Towels ~ fold, put away
• Light Laundry ~ fold, put away once dry
• Dishwasher ~ Um, I think I washed them, better check on that!
• Me ~ shower, blow dry, keep moving and don't fall asleep!
• Monkeys ~ Piano lessons, dinner

Happy Tuesday everyone! Make it a wonderful one!

Thursday November 4th

Happy Thursday folks! I hope your day is going well and that you are living in a clean world. Or clean-ish if you are like me!

Things I accomplished today:

• Dishwasher ~ Filled, washed, ready to be emptied
• Dark Laundry ~ washed, drying
• Basement ~ cleaned, couched cleaned under and behind, book shelf organized, trash removed, vacuumed
• Me ~ still in my cleaning clothes, and I have to go to work at 1. Not good, the basement took longer than alloted. Darn messy Monkeys!

Things to be accomplished today:

• Dinner ~ Sour Cream chicken, need to get chicken out of the freezer
• Dishwasher ~ empty, refill as needed
• Dark Laundry ~ fold, put away
• Me ~ Must at least try to clean myself a little before work. MUST!
• Enjoy the beautiful day!

I hope you have an amazing day and hopefully the weather will treat you to something you can enjoy!

Wednesday November 3rd

Another day, and more cleaning getting done! Finally! I feel like I haven't done anything much lately!

Things I accomplished today:

• White Laundry ~ washed, waiting for the sheets to finish drying a little more
• Sheets ~ Most of them are folded and put away, two are in the dryer. The Spring/Summer sheets are in the basement ready to go in storage for the winter
• Linen closet ~ cleaned, see above sheet information
• Kitchen ~ finally after 3 weeks, officially CLEAN! Counters cleaned, floor steam mopped, kitchen table cleaned, stovetop cleaned
• Dishwasher ~ filled, washed, ready to be emptied
• Dinner ~ will be pancakes, and no prep work is needed
• Light Laundry ~ folded and put away (didn't get done last night)
• Me ~Um, well, I'm still here! I haven't made it to the shower yet. But fortunately it is a nothing big day! YEAH!

To be accomplished:

• Dishwasher ~ Empty and refill as needed
• White Laundry ~ dry, fold, put away
• Prepare dinner
• Pick up Girl Monkey from school RIGHT NOW!

Tuesday November 2nd

I started the day feeling like I was getting ahead, now, hours later, I feel behind. Welcome to my Tuesday!

Things I've accomplished today:

• Dinner ~ In the crock pot
• Sheets~ changed on all 4 beds (this is where the getting ahead part is. We changed the sheets last night because I wanted to put the heated mattress pad on my bed), lying in a pile in my bedroom (behind part)
• Light Laundry ~ washing (more behind)
• Voting ~ DONE. Please be sure to go out and do you civic duty.
• Work ~ Came, saw, swam, returned home!
• Girl Monkey's Parent-Teacher conference ~ came, saw, conquered! Okay came, saw, discussed Monkey's progress, she is doing fine
• Banking ~ done
• Me ~ washed, dried, blow dried, not straightened, make applied, nose stuffy

Things to be accomplished today:

• Light Laundry ~ dried, folded, put away
• Sheets ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, refill as necessary
• Piano Lessons ~ Pick up boy Monkeys, take all three Monkeys to lessons
  
• Library ~ return books that need to be returned

We also have to eat dinner. But really we have to do that every night!

Hope you are having a wonderful day! See you all tomorrow!

Monday November 1st

I'm back! I promise I am. At least until life gets crazy again and I don't have enough free time to rub together. But until then, I'm back!

This I've accomplished today:

• Dark Laundry ~ washed, drying
• Towels ~ washed
• Monkeys' Bathroom ~ toilet cleaned, floor steam mopped, counter and sink cleaned
• Master Bathroom ~ toilet cleaned, floor steam mopped, counter and sinks cleaned
• Hallway ~ swept and steam mopped
• Living room ~ cleaned up, swept, steam mopped
• Boy Monkeys' Bedroom ~ picked up, vacuumed
• Girl Monkey's Bedroom ~ picked up (by Girl Monkey because she is off of preschool for parent-teacher conferences today and tomorrow), vacuumed
• Master Bedroom ~ not really picked up but vacuumed!
• Dishwasher ~ filled, washing
• Basement Bathroom ~ toilet cleaned, sink cleaned
• Kitchen Island ~ mostly cleaned off

Things to be done:

• Dark Laundry ~ fold, put away
• Towels ~ dry, fold, put away
• Bath Mats ~ wash, dry, put back in bathrooms
• Dishwasher ~ empty, refill as needed
• Dinner ~ Make Ravioli casserole and put in fridge so it is ready to pull out when I return from work, possibly make breadsticks to have with dinner
• Me ~ Shower, blow-dry, dress, and go to work, try to avoid eating the Monkeys' Halloween Candy!

Some of you may notice that it is Monday and I've already accomplished most of Tuesday's cleaning. There is a reason. Tuesday is going to be an extremely busy day around my little neck of the woods. I need to accomplish voting, the Girl Monkey's parent-teacher conference, stop at the bank, take the Girl Monkey to the Y for swimming (and get paid as I'm helping out! YEAH!), head home, eat lunch, pick up the Boy Monkeys from school, head to piano lessons, take Monkeys home, head to a meeting at the Boy Monkeys' school, and then there is an exhibition basketball game. See, very little time to clean. I will still have to find time to change the sheets, but I think I can accomplish this at some point. Not to mention light laundry and the normal dishwasher needs. At least I hope I can get this all accomplished in my few moments at home tomorrow!

Thursday 9/30

Happy Thursday!

I know, I know. I've been busy cleaning, working, taking care of my family, dealing with a very crazy dog, and trying to get ready for Monkey-2's birthday. I have been cleaning and making the house a livable place, but I just haven't been blogging. Which is mostly because I don't have all the time in the world.

Today I accomplished:

• picked up the basement
• vacuumed the basement
• emptied the dishwasher, refilled the dishwasher, will wash while I'm sleeping
• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• vacuumed my bedroom

Tomorrow is Monkey-3's favorite day at preschool, Wheel Day! So she will have a wonderful time on her scooter at school. The boy Monkeys' will have a wonderful day at school too I'm sure.

Tuesday 9/14

Hope your Tuesday was uneventful.

Things I got done today:

• Light laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• dishwasher ~ filled, washed
• Boy Monkeys' Room ~ cleaned, vacuumed, de-crackered
• Girl Monkey's Room ~ cleaned and vacuumed
• Hallway ~ swept, steam mopped, method mopped
• Living room ~ cleaned, swept, steam mopped, method mopped

Things I'll have to get done tomorrow around subbing at preschool:

• cleaning the kitchen
• white laundry
• cleaning the kitchen floor

Monday 9/13

Hello Again. Since I was completely off schedule last week, I'm trying to get back on schedule this week.

Things that I did today:

• bathrooms ~ cleaned, floors scrubbed
• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• towels ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• bath mats ~ washed, dried
• Worked at the Y from 1-4

I didn't get around to emptied the dishwasher, but I did wash the dishes. The RS emptied the dishwasher while he was making dinner.

I'm exhausted. My back has been killing me and I'm looking forward to making tomorrow a better day!

Monday 9/6

Today is Labor Day, but I didn't get the day off. We started the day at my parents house. We visited friends at the park. It was windy. Then we went out to lunch. Then back to my parents to pack up and head home. Once home, putting the dirty clothes in the laundry, did a load of dark laundry and towels.

Tomorrow will be a busy one. The Boy Monkeys do not have school tomorrow, so I'll be super busy with the kids, have to sew Monkey-3's first day of Pre-K dress, and the Monkeys have piano lessons tomorrow! Not to mention I have to clean the kitchen floor since I dropped a glass bottle of Mike's Hard Black Cherry Lemonade on the floor.

Friday 9/3

Ah, Friday!

Things I got done today:

• Light Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, filled, washed (not emptied again because it was washing as we were leaving the house to come to my parents for the weekend)
• Boy Monkeys' Room ~ vacuumed due to rocks from the school playground in my carpet
• Worked at the Y
• Took The Wonder Dog for a shot at the vet
• packed for 3 Monkeys and myself, tossed in RS stuff when he set it on the bed
• sat in the car while RS drove to my parents house
• ordered pictures that have been waiting on the computer since July to be ordered
• blogged about Monkey-1's birthday on family blog

I think that is about it. Fridays are wonderful!

Thursday 9/2

Blogging from the kitchen today. I know you are all thinking you wish you could blog from the kitchen. You can if you have a laptop and wireless internet, or if your computer is in your kitchen!

Things I did today:

• Dark Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dishwasher ~ filled
• Basement ~ picked up and vacuumed
• Dinner ~ working on it as I blog. Waiting for the noodles to cook before putting it together with the meat, sauce, and cheese.

Things coming up this evening:

• Making a chocolate chip cookie
• Sewing Monkey-3's first day of school dress
• Working with the Boy Monkey on their spelling for their tests tomorrow
• Eating dinner
• washing the dishes (okay, so the dishwasher will be doing the work, but I have to put the soap in and push a button)

Enjoy your Thursday evening.

Wednesday 9/1

Happy 37th Anniversary to my wonderful parents!

Hope you Wednesday was wonderful.

Things I got done today:

• Dishwasher ~ filled, washed, emptied, filled, washed, emptied, filling
• Kitchen ~ cleaned, floors: swept, swiffered, steam mopped, and method mopped
• White Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dinner ~ created this morning, put in the fridge, baked, eaten, and clean up (dinner this evening was French Toast)
• Banking ~ taken care of
• Library ~ picked up book that was being held for me
• Monkey-3 (the girl Monkey) ~ toe and finger nails painted with red polish with white polka dots!
• Boy Monkey's Homework ~ finished and checked
• Me ~ wishing that she could skip all the rest of the stuff that needs to be done and read. Not gonna happen, but a mommy can dream right?

Tuesday 8/31

No, I haven't gotten lost again, just went to bed before remembering I hadn't posted yesterday! Oh well!

Things I got done today:

• Dishwasher ~ Emptied, filled, washed, emptied, filled
• Dinner ~ made in the crock pot and eaten (by RS and myself, not so much for the Monkeys)
• Boy Monkeys' Room ~ picked up and vacuumed
• Girl Monkey's Room ~ picked up and vacuumed
• Hallway ~ vacuumed, swiffered, steam mopped, and method mopped
• Living room ~ vacuumed, swiffered, steam mopped, and method mopped
• Light Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, and put away

Here's hoping Wednesday is a wonderful one for everyone reading.

Thursday 8/26

So I was busy yesterday, you know Wednesday. I kinda forgot to blog what I did, but I did it! Although I have this problem. I'm a reader. I love to read. I would seriously read all day if it weren't for the Monkeys, the Rocket Scientist, and The Wonder Dog. Unfortunately, they never let me. But the laundry and dishwasher, they let me! So instead of folding clothes and emptying the dishwasher before I headed to work yesterday afternoon I read. When I arrived home, those things were still waiting for me.

Things I did today:

• Basement ~ cleaned, vacuumed, movies put away
• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• dishwasher ~ washed, emptied, refilling
• Milk ~ bought
• Me ~ showered, blown dry, dressed, and off into the world
• Dinner ~ about to be started! (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches)

Tuesday 8/24

Happy Tuesday folks!

Things that are finished:

• Boy Monkeys' Bedroom ~ cleaned, sheets changed, floor picked up and vacuumed
• Girl Monkey's Bedroom ~ cleaned, sheets changed, floor picked up and vacuumed, also vacuumed under her bed
• RS and I's Bedroom ~ floor vacuumed, sheets changed
• Hallway ~ swept with broom, swept with Swiffer, Method mopped
• Living room ~ cleaned, swept with broom, swept with Swiffer, Method mopped
• Light Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Sheets ~ washed, drying
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, filling

Things left to do:

• Blinds ~ dust
• Sheets ~ fold and put away
• Monkey piano lessons
• Parent orientation at Boy Monkeys' School
• Dinner (at some point)

Normally on Tuesday's we make a crock pot meal so that dinner is ready when the Monkeys and I return from piano, but since they are getting extra play time while mom and dad go visit school, they will probably be eating with their friends! So RS and I will need to get our own dinner. Off to get more stuff done while the sheets are drying!

Almost forgot! As you may know, we have a sweet, adorable doggie, The Wonder Dog. In all her cute, adorableness she sheds, a lot. So I sweep the floor and still have a ton of dog hair, so this week I tried sweeping and using the Swiffer. So far, better. Now if The Wonder Dog would just stop shedding! HA!

Monday 8/23

Welcome Monday! I hope you are being treated well on this Monday.

Things that are done:

• Three Bathrooms ~ cleaned, Method mopped, mirrors cleaned
• Dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Towels ~ washed, drying
• Bathmats ~ washed
• Kitchen Table ~ wiped down after breakfast and lunch
• Dishwasher ~ filled, washed, emptied, filling
• Me ~ washed, dried, dressed, ready for work at the Y
• Monkey-1 and Monkey-2 ~ up, washed, dressed, fed, lunches made, off to school, learning (hopefully)
• Monkey-3 ~ up, washed, blown dry, dressed, practiced her name (I went a little crazy and spelled her name with 9 letters, it takes work to write all of that!), fed, and ready to go play at the Y with Mommy

Things to do:

• Finish towels and bathmats in the laundry
• make dinner (Burgers)
• post dinner clean up
• Monkey-1 and Monkey-2's homework
• anything else that might come up!

Thursday 8/19

And welcome to Thursday!

Today was slightly more crazy and a normal Thursday because of the following:

1. Our garage door spring broke on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, I was busy dealing with kindergarten, working, and then it was evening. I set up the appointment for it to be fixed today. Between 8 and noon. I love 4 hour windows.

2. I agreed to be neighborly and watch the next door neighbor Monkeys while their mommy went to the salon to get pretty hair. No big deal, while getting the garage door fixed!

3. Monkey-3 is enjoying a play date with her best Monkey friend this afternoon.

So things I have gotten done amidst this craziness:

• Dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Basement ~ cleaned, toy shelves cleared off and organized, vacuumed
• dishwasher ~ filled, washed (off to empty in a few moments)
• Me ~ showered, blown dry, and hair straightened

Things I need to finish/get done/do:

• get out another loaf of bread from the freezer
• make dinner (Olive Garden Alfredo with Chicken)
• Clean off the kitchen table (a few spots and crumbs from lunch)
• Piano practice (and here's hoping it isn't as horrible as yesterday's practicing)
• post dinner cleaning of the kitchen

I'm so very happy to be back on my routine for cleaning. My house looks wonderful (if I do say so myself) and I'm happier that when people walk into my house it doesn't look like I have three Monkeys who can't take 10 seconds to clean up after themselves!

Wednesday 8/18

I would like to take a moment to breathe a sigh of relief. Monkey-2 survived his first day of Kindergarten, and I did too! Go me!

Things I got done today:

• Kitchen ~ Cleaned, floor steam mopped and Method mopped
• White Laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away (all before lunch)
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, filled, washed, emptied
• Worked at the Y
• Monkey-3 practiced piano

Things left to do:

• Make dinner (Waffles!)
• Monkey-1 and Monkey-2 need to practice piano
• Monkey-1 needs to do his homework
• clean up post dinner
• get the mail
• enjoy the evening with my family!

I would like to note that I have not been to Sonic since Friday. The thing about working in the afternoon is that I can't make it to Happy Hour. Sad for Sonic, but healthier for Sara!

Tuesday 8/17

Day 2 of the school year and I'm feeling pretty good. Monkey-1 is off enjoying second grade and I'm home enjoying a quieter house and a cleaner house! YEAH!

Things that are done:

• Dinner is in the crock pot!
• Boy Monkeys' Room ~ cleaned, vacuumed, bed moved
• Girl Monkey's Room ~ cleaned and vacuumed
• Living Room ~ cleaned, swept, steam mopped, and Method mopped
• Hallway ~ cleaned, swept, steam mopped, and Method mopped
• Library Books ~ returned
• Banking ~ done

Things that need to be done:

• Dishwasher ~ needs to be emptied and refilled
• Potatoes ~ need to be cut up for dinner
• Piano Lessons ~ Need to be attended
• Dinner ~ needs to be eaten
• Homework ~ needs to be done by Monkey-1
• Monkeys to bed on time because tomorrow in Monkey-2's first day of Kindergarten
• Taking the little Monkey's BOWLING!

And as I need to get moving so the little Monkeys can enjoy their bowling, everything else will have to wait!

Monday 8/16

Well the day is off and running and so am I. Sort of.

Things done:

• Monkey-1 is off enjoying his first day of second grade. I miss him.
• Dishwasher ~ emptied, filled, washing
• Light Laundry ~ folded and put away
• Towels ~ washing
• Bathrooms ~ 3 cleaned, showers cleaned in 2, and floors steam mopped
• Me ~ showered, and ready for work
• Hamburger out and thawing for dinner prep when I arrive home from work.

Things to do:

• Dishwasher to be re-emptied
• towels to be dried, folded, and put away
• trash needs to be collected and put out
• Dinner to be made and eaten

Here's hoping I can get everything done. I really am ready to be back on a normal schedule. Summer was nothing if not crazy each and every day!

Making a Come Back!

Now that summer is finally over (or at least the Monkeys are getting ready to head back to school) I'm going to get back on schedule!

So be ready on Monday to see a post from me! I promise to clean, launder, and do a million other little things I have been meaning to do, but since the Monkeys would simply mess it all back up before I could enjoy it, I avoided it!

July 6

Yes, I've been MIA. Yes, I've been cleaning and forcing the Monkeys to clean. Yes my house is still a HUGE mess. But at least I found the missing library books! Go me!

Today is piano lesson day, so we will be busy with that this morning. Not sure what the afternoon will bring, but I'm thinking bowling after dinner! Family fun at it's finest!

Wednesday 6/23

Monday I did just about everything. Tuesday and Wednesday I took Monkey-1 and his friend to space camp and hour away from home. Not to mention I had to entertain Monkey-2 and 3 in a town an hour away from home for 3 hours until Space camp was over! It was interesting. But Monkey-1 is having a wonderful time, so it is worth it!

Tomorrow will be a wonderful because Monkey-1 has Space camp and then will have a play afternoon with his friend. Monkey-3 is having a playdate with her very best friend. Monkey-2 and I will be going bowling, just the two of us. Monkey-2 is soooooo excited. He has told me at least 5 times today that tomorrow is "Mommy and Monkey-2 (although he used his name) Day!" I can't wait.

Friday 6/18

Took the three Monkeys shopping at Sam's.

Took the three Monkeys shopping at SuperTarget.

Ran errands with the RS and three Monkeys.

Drove two hours to my parents house with RS and the Monkeys.

I think I'm still sane, but it is up for debate at this point.

Thursday 6/17

So far today I have:

• Emptied the dishwasher
• Refilled the dishwasher
• Washed the dishes in the dishwasher
• emptied the dishwasher
• refilled the dishwasher
• made lunch for the RS and the Monkeys
• washed light laundry
• dried light laundry
• put away light laundry with Monkeys assistance
• washed dark laundry
• dried dark laundry
• washed white laundry
• cleaned out the refrigerator
• put chicken in a marinade for this evenings dinner
• found all of the library books that are due today that need to be returned to the library when the Monkeys and I head to story time
• cleaned out my wallet (only a little, but still)
• cleaned out Monkey-3's closet of things are are just too small or will be by the fall (trust me, I know these things)
• Took a shirt of Monkey-2's back and tossed it into the Goodwill pile because it wasn't supposed to be in his closet at all
• paid some bills

Things that will need to be accomplished before I leave for work:

• Monkeys to story time
• dark laundry put away
• white laundry dried
• white laundry put away
• A visit to Sonic
• a complete a total attitude adjustment for me
• make a shopping list for tomorrow
• finish dinner list for next month

Hope you are enjoying your Thursday!

Wednesday 6/16

Well..........I went and worked out. 20 minutes on the bike. 10 minutes abs. 2o minutes treadmill. Dropped off some library books/movies that needed to be returned, picked up lunchables for the Monkeys. Showered, took the Monkeys bowling, stopped at Sonic, and now am resting.

Things I will be doing before 6 pm:

• Grabbing a few things to take with me to my friend's house for her garage sale!
• Tossing the light laundry in the washer
• Trying to get the stress out of my shoulders
• Smiling!

After 6 it is off to visit a friend and then off to Bunco and then visiting the garage sale and home and to bed! Busy day here!

Tuesday 6/15

Went to work out and started day one of the couch to 5K program. I'm thinking of taking it a bit slower than the 9 weeks it calls for only because I'm not sure I could make it work in 9 weeks. But thanks to the app on my iPhone, I'm hoping that I'll be able to make things work!

Towels have been washed and are in the dryer. Dark laundry is in the washer waiting for the dryer to finish with the towels.

The dishwasher needs to be emptied, but I'm making the Monkeys take care of that!

Monday 6/14

Hello everyone!

Motivation found:

Kitchen cleaned, floors steam mopped and Method mopped

Living room and hallway cleaned, floors steam mopped and Method mopped

Monkeys rooms cleaned, but not vacuumed.

Math mats, washed, in the dryer.

Three Monkeys cleaned (in the summer this is a huge deal).

Motivation lost:

Kids rooms go unvacuumed.

RS and I's room goes uncleaned and unvacuumed.

Need to wash towels. Hm, might try to get this done.

Looking for motivation:

Must shower myself before going to work.

Must brush my teeth.

Have to buy milk.

Have to drop off two payments.

Friday 6/11

Cleaned the bathrooms and living room floors. Keep meaning to clean the kitchen but on look at it (mostly from my brand new chair) makes me lose all my motivation!

Wednesday 6/9

So after my post yesterday I got up, went downstairs, screamed (even when I don't mean to I'm easily frustrated with the Monkeys as of late), and forced the basement to be cleaned. And not just a little cleaned, move all the furniture and pick up every last tiny piece of paper off the floor clean. My hope is that it will last for more than one day. Although I doubt it because I know the Monkeys.

Today I had the Monkeys clean their rooms. Tomorrow we will be changing sheets again. Monkey-1 and Monkey-3 must have clean, germ free sheets to try to get rid of this horrible, awful, gross strep that has infected the house (or the two Monkeys!). I'm also thinking I'll have the Monkey's clean the doorknobs, light switches, and cabinet pulls tomorrow to help get rid of more germs!

The very, very, very best part of tomorrow though is that my chair and ottoman will be arriving between 10am and 12pm! I can't wait to have some furniture in the living room. Although I'm sure it will be weird for awhile since we haven't had any since sometime in February.

Tuesday 6/8

My house is a complete disaster area and I lack all motivation to do anything about it. I'm hopeful that tomorrow will be better and that Monkey-2 is not next in line to become ill (Monkey-1 and Monkey-3 both have strep), or even worse, ME!

Try me again tomorrow!

Wednesday 6/2

Due to my exhausting workout this morning I did nothing today. I feel like a complete failure and tomorrow will be trying to get something/anything done!

Oh wait, I did some journaling with the kids and Monkey-1 did a math worksheet (we are working on mastering our basic facts this summer). And I think there was a load of laundry that might be finished in the drier.

Wow, I'm really on a roll!

Can you tell I'm feeling a bit BLAH today?

Tuesday (but it feels like Monday) 6/1

Today is RS 33rd birthday! So to celebrate I tried to get the Monkeys to help with the cleaning. They did a little! But I didn't put as much effort in as I could have!

• upstairs bathrooms cleaned including showers
• hall and living room floors dust mopped
• kids rooms cleaned, but not vacuumed
• kids sheets changed, kinda forgot RS and I's until just a few minutes ago. I think they will make it until tomorrow
• dark laundry folded and put away
• towels washed, dried, still in the drier
• kitchen kinda cleaned up. Cooking dinner and making banana cream pie is messy!
• dishwasher emptied by Monkeys, now full and washed, but not emptied as Monkeys are in bed

Basically, I kinda did things today. Tomorrow I'm headed to the Y for some exercise with the BEST NEIGHBOR EVA! Here's hoping things go well for me. I need to get in shape, because despite what people say, round is not a shape I really long to be!

Hope you Wednesday is treating you well!

Wednesday 5/26

One cleaned kitchen. One completely destroyed basement. One frazzled mommy. Two crazy Monkeys. One Monkey on his last day of 1st grade. One mommy not coping so well with having a 2nd grader, a kindergartener, and a Pre-K kiddo!

Tuesday 5/25

Things I got done today:

• two bathrooms cleaned (third doesn't need it)
• hall and living room floor cleaned
• Monkey's rooms cleaned and vacuumed
• dark laundry done
• light laundry done
• towels and bathmats washed and dried
• Took Monkey-2 to his kindergarten round up thing

Still need to do

• Cut RS hair
• Finish towels and bathmats, maybe

Monday 5/24

Due to a horrible sickness in Monkey-1, nothing got done today. He has a double ear infection and strep throat! No cleaning was done because I was busy taking him (and the other two Monkeys) to see our ped, wandering around Target while the pharmacy prepared his meds, and then keeping him happy and well medicated this afternoon. He will be returning to school tomorrow. So here's hoping I will find some energy to get something done and the other two Monkeys stay healthy!

Times Up Tuesday 5/18

The sheets got changed and basically that was all because I was making Monkey-3 a new dress.

Tuesdays are crazy!

Happy Monday 5/17

Hello Readers! Today means getting back on the wagon, in life and so much more.

Todays already done:

• Emptied and refilled the dishwasher. Washed the dishes and it is probably ready to empty again.
• Light laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dark Laundry ~ folded laundry from Thursday, washed, dried, sitting in basket to be folded and put away
• Bathrooms ~ cleaned, floors steam mopped
• Hallway and living room ~ floors steam mopped and Method hardwood floor cleaned
• teeth brushed
• water drank ~ 4 approx 18 oz each.
• showered
• Towels ~ washed, drying

Todays not done:

• workout ~ forgot to get clothes out this morning and didn't get up because of it!
• Need to finish laundry

This week had many exciting events happening. The two smaller Monkeys have their last day of preschool/Spring Program on Wednesday morning. The oldest monkey has his field day on Wednesday (although they are talking rain, BOOOOOO). He still has a few days of school next week, but still. I'm excited to have summer almost here, although the weather is certainly not very summer like!

Here's hoping I'll see you tomorrow and I will have taken the Wonder Dog for a walk. That is my plan anyway! And I'm thinking (just thinking at this point) of getting the Couch to 5K program for the iPhone so I can at least try to do this. I'm not positive yet, but I think I'll at least try it.

Friday 5/14

Well, I did a load of laundry today, emptied the dishwasher, and kinda refilled it. Otherwise, I didn't get anything accomplished.

That said, Monday is going to start my life getting back on track. I will be exercising, eating better, and cleaning the house a million ways to Sunday. Since I know in advance that Wednesday is completely out due to the little Monkeys last day of preschool (which is making me sad, and I'm nearly in tears now) and Monkey-1 has field day so that means getting to have lunch with him in order to apply sunscreen. By the time we return home I will too exhausted from carting people to and from all sort of stuff and too emotional from Monkey-2's last day of preschool before her starts kindergarten in August! I might just curl up in a ball when I have both boy Monkeys in elementary school. Which also means only one more year before all three Monkeys will be in elementary school.

But today I went to preschool for the last party with Monkey-2 and then on a date with RS. I love evenings with my husband. And tomorrow I'm getting my hair cut. I'm very excited!

Have a lovely weekend and I'll be up bright and early on Monday to exercise, BLAH!

Tuesday 5/11

Um, where have I been?

I have been cleaning, just not posting. I need to be posting, and I need to be more on top of things, but alas, I have gotten crazy busy and trying to get a million little things done for the end of the school year!

That said, nothing much has gotten done today. I need to empty the dishwasher, but I'm saving that! Uh-huh, saving it!

Off to get the little Monkeys down for rest and then to fins something for myself to do that doesn't involve using my new iPhone! Perhaps a book, or I'll go see if I have "P.S. I Love You" the movie since I just read the book. It was a good book in case you are looking for something to read!

Thursday 4/22

Today was Earth Day. I hope that you have done something good for the Earth.

Since I was asked to work this morning while Monkey-2 was at school, absolutely nothing got done today. When my mornings are disrupted my whole day goes wrong. I did get Monkey-2's doctor kit for career day tomorrow and Monkey-3's tiara. Still in search of Princessing as a major for Monkey-3.

Tomorrow I will be grocery shopping while the Monkeys explore their futures at preschool. YEAH!

Tuesday 4/20

Since I did so much yesterday I didn't have as much to get done today, but I did get some important things accomplished!

1. You may have noticed that I clean the Monkey's rooms, but never mention my own room that I share with the RS. Mostly because no matter what I do, it seem like the catch all. So this morning while Monkey-3 was watching Noggin and then Sprout (she is not allowed to watch Barney and he was on when we first turned on the TV) in my room, I started cleaning. Empty trash can and recycling bin to begin with and I got rid of a bunch! YEAH! Now MY side of the bedroom is...cleaner. I vacuumed and HOLY COW there was a lot of dog hair! But I feel better about it and that is all that matters. Some day I will clean under my bed, but those plastic tubs hold all my crafty stuff (even if I'm not really all that crafty).

2. Cleaned the two dog beds we have for Sam. We have one in our bedroom and one in her cage in the basement. I took both outside and shook them off before putting them in the washing machine with an extra rinse cycle. And through the dryer twice. They came out nearly fur free! YEAH! Then I returned them to their places and Sam is a happy doggie with two clean beds!

3. I washed, dried, folded, and put away the light laundry (okay, so technically I folded and put away RS and I's stuff. The Monkey's stuff is still in the basket because it was rest time and I didn't want to interrupt in case Monkey-2 or Monkey-3 decided to fall asleep. I should have known better).

4. I made an Orange-Lemon cake. It wasn't the greatest, but it was okay. Probably not something I will make over and over, but it was a nice change.

5. I forgot to mention that I did empty and refill the dishwasher yesterday, at least 2 times. Today I filled and it is now washing! YEAH for clean dishes!

Things still to be done today:

1. Take Monkeys to piano lessons

2. Make dinner (and tonight I'm makin' WAFFLES!)

3. Empty dishwasher

4. Finish laundry

5. Figure out outfits for Monkey-2 and Monkey-3 for career day on Friday at preschool. Monkey-2 is going as a Vet. Monkey-3 is going as a Princess. I'm still looking for a college with a Princess Degree program. If you come across one, please let me know, I'm sure to need it at the rate I'm going!

Hopefully this will all be accomplished and time will be left over for me to work on some family blog stuff. But that is always something that can be put off until later.

Maybe Monday 4/19

Maybe I shouldn't do so much on Monday and I would have more focus for the rest of the week.

Maybe my Monday energy should last longer than through, well Monday.

Maybe I'll just see what needs to be done the rest of the week and mini clean. Probably how it will go!

Massive Monday cleaning list:

• Three bathrooms ~ cleaned, floors steam mopped
• laundry room ~ floor steam mopped, dryer cleaned off
• Monkey's Rooms ~ floors vacuumed (because the Monkey's have been doing a wonderful job of keeping their rooms cleaner)
• Hallway ~ steam mopped
• living rooms ~ swept, steam mopped
• Kitchen ~ swept, steam mopped
• dark laundry ~ washed, drying (and probably pretty close to being done)
• towels ~ washed, waiting for the dryer to finish for their turn
• Dinner ~ stuffed shells made and in the fridge, will be taken out at 3:30 to put in the oven at 4:30 to be served by RS at 5:30-ish

Things I will be doing very soon:

• Showering
• teeth brushing
• dressed for work
• Hopefully some photo editing for family blog
• reading time with Monkey-2 and Monkey-3 (or some Wii dancing from Just Dance!)

Hopefully your Monday is not a maybe Monday and certainly not a Manic Monday. Enjoy!

Tuesday 4/13

A busy day in these parts.

• Sheets: changed, washed, dried
• went to the mall with Monkey-3
• took the two younger Monkeys to Target, the fabric store, the bank, the post office, and to pick up Monkey-1 from school
• Took all three Monkeys to piano lessons
• made dinner
• cleaned up the monkeys' rooms, again

Another crazy busy day. As always!

Monday 4/12

I'm in a mood. I am upset with myself, RS, and the Monkeys. I don't feel like myself, and I don't like it. I spent the morning cleaning just about ever nook and cranny in my home that I could clean. Not really, but much more than a normal Monday cleaning.

Done:

• The Three Bathrooms: cleaned, floors steam cleaned with new Shark Steam Mop (and it was FREE!!), mirrors cleaned
• Kitchen: Floor cleaned with steam mop
• Dishwasher: Filled, washed, ready to be emptied
• Dinner: pork chops out and defrosted, now marinating in Italian salad dressing
• Light Laundry (that I skipped doing on Friday): washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dark laundry : washed, almost finished drying
• Towels : washed, waiting for the dryer to finish with the dark clothes
• Bathmats: Waiting to be washed
• Monkeys' Rooms: cleaned and vacuumed (because I didn't vacuum last week, and because I'm sure to have to do it again tomorrow when I change sheets in their rooms)
• Living room: Put things away that have been needed to be put away for 3 weeks and just haven't gotten down stairs. Swept up the massive amounts of dog fur from our sweet doggie who is shedding something horrible! I think we have enough to make a new dog if anyone wants one!
• Made an appointment for Monkey-3 to get her hair cut on Thursday morning. Our stylist has been on maternity leave with her sweet baby boy who was born a month or so ago. So I've been waiting for her to say she is ready to go! YEAH!

I just heard the dryer go buzz, so I'm off to get something more finished before I have to head to work at the Y this evening. Here's hoping I will be in a better mood tomorrow!

Tuesday 4/6

Ah, Tuesday. The boy Monkeys went back to school and I wish I would have gotten more stuff done!

• Monkey's rooms cleaned (but not vacuumed)
• light laundry ~ washed and dried
• went by the bank
• took the van back to Sam's. Gave it to the people. Bought soap. Waited for RS and Monkey-2 to arrive. Ate lunch. Drove back by Sam's, talked to the guy. Took RS back to work. Came home.
• Took Monkey 1 & 3 to piano lessons (and now Monkey-2 wants to be added to the mix)
• Went back to pick up van still with 3 new tires and one old tire and still a broken lug nut. They have informed us they must break it to get the tire off and not we wait until they can get the part to fix it before they break it. And they are not sure exactly when they will be able to get the part. In the good news, the tire, you know the new one, is not sitting around at Sam's, nope, it is in the back of my mini-van! At least the 4 tires I have paid for, I have!

It has been a crazy week. We'll see how my morning without Monkeys goes tomorrow and if I get things done!

Monday 4/5

Happy Monday again! Today was a crazy one!

• Three bathrooms ~ deep cleaned
• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• towels ~ washed, dried
• cleaned out the medicine cabinet
• cleaned under the two sinks in master bath
• cleaned the drawers in the master bath
• worked at the Y
• took the van to get new tires, came home with three new tires and a broken lug nut

Maybe tomorrow will be less crazy for me.

Friday 4/2

Sorry about skipping Thursday. It was RS and I's 10th wedding anniversary. Just didn't have a moment to sit down and say what all I did, even if it wasn't as much as I was hoping. Not to mention RS took today off so that we could toss the monkeys in the car and hit the road to my parents' house. So packing was the order of the evening!

So today nothing has really gotten done around my house other than I did a load of dishes before I left home! YEAH ME!

Don't forget: Next week is the first full week of the month! DEEP CLEANING TIME FOLKS! Next week I plan to clean the outside of the windows on our house and try out my new Shark Steam Pocket mop! WooHoo!

May your Easter be peaceful and filled with the blessings! May it bring you closer to God, yourself, and your family!

Wednesday 3/31

Today is my mommy's birthday! Here's hoping it was a wonderful one!

So today was a bit crazy because I had to meet the Easter Bunny at Target after dropping off the little Monkeys at school. Then once I came home I had a few things to get done before I could take care of the kitchen.

Done:

• White laundry ~ washed and dried
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled
• kitchen ~ kinda cleaned
• showered, flossed, brushed
• found someone to work the shift I need to miss at work! YEAH!

Tomorrow will be a busy one since we are off to the parents for Easter weekend. Since we are planning on leaving Friday morning, that means packing tomorrow! WOW!

Tuesday 3/30

9:40 PM Update:

I am enjoying the evening now that I'm home from work! I got a ton of things done today and have more to do tomorrow.

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Hello readers! Are you out there? Not that this is the most interesting or entertaining blog, but does anyone read this? Not that I'm really caring, just wondering!

Today the weather is just perfect and I am thankful! It make cleaning and getting so much done a much more pleasurable chore because I have the sun shining in and the house warms up (and since I turned the heat off yesterday, this is a big deal!).

Done:

• Sheets ~ taken off all 4 beds, new sheets put on all 4 beds, washed, dried, flannel sheets stored in the space bag and the regular sheets put in the linen cabinet
• Monkeys rooms ~ cleaned, vacuumed, windows opened, and the breeze blowing through!
• bathrooms ~ cleaned, disinfected, and happy
• bath mats ~ washed, need to move to the dryer, but haven't quite remembered when I am on that end of the house!
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, will be washing after the Monkeys are done with their lunch dishes
• water ~ 1 glass

Need to get done:

• Sweep the living room
• buy milk (we are very much out) ~ Done
• put the little Monkeys down for nap ~ Done, although at 9:41pm I'm not sure it was a good idea to let Monkey-3 sleep for 2 hours because she is not falling asleep now!
• read my book ~ In the BEAUTIFUL sunshine!
• brush my teeth ~ done
• drink more water ~ um, not really
• get ready for work at the Y ~ did that
• shower before work ~ yep!
• possibly take some allergy meds. Still debating this one at this time. Not sure I want to take them just yet. But the sneezing is getting worse now that the windows are open! ~ nope, but I'm thinking I might now! The Y has AC so I wasn't sneezing there!

Here's hoping it is beautiful where you are! Let the sun shine down on you and yours and make this a wonderful day!

Monday 3/29

8:55 Update:

Well, I got Monkey-1 to the dentist! The dark laundry finished drying, was folded, and put away. Made spaghetti for dinner. Didn't toss any cookies! Read my book (which I'm really enjoying. If you are looking for an interesting read try "the witch doctor's wife" by Tamar Meyers). Basically I'm saving a ton to do for tomorrow! That is how I roll these days!

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Oh My! The weekend never seems to be long enough and there are never enough hours in the day. I think Monkey-3 had a wonderful birthday and the party was a success! Then on Sunday RS decided we were going forward with the club house under the stairs idea! So that required cleaning up the storage room and moving all the stuff that was under the stairs to new spots in the storage room! But the Monkey's will LOVE it when all is said and done, and that is all that matters!

Back to today, unfortunately it is another busy one. So I'm already off on what needs to get done.

Done

• Light laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Dark Laundry ~ washed, drying
• Monkey-3's school birthday party ~ partied!
• dishwasher ~ emptied and refilled by RS before he left for work

Still to be done

• laundry ~ finish dark laundry and towels
• take Monkey-1 to the dentist
• clean the bathrooms
• try not to get a tossing my cookies stomach bug from the stomach cramps I've had since yesterday, as long as I don't toss my cookies it is all good I can deal with the other stuff.
• take the children outside to play (it is beautiful here)
• make spaghetti for dinner
• drink more water to keep myself hydrated
• go to bed early this evening, although some of this depends on RS, so I better tell him we are hitting the hay early tonight!

Now to see what all I can accomplish. The sun is shining and I can't make the dryer dry and faster, so I'm going to have to figure out what else I can get done before I have to take the little Monkeys to the neighbors house to go pick up Monkey-1 for his dental appointment this afternoon! Or maybe I'll just read my book in the sunshine.....that sounds so much more fun!

Thursday 3/24

I have once again gotten too busy to blog my daily list of stuff I've done or am doing! Shocking I know.

Yesterday I kept the kitchen cleaned, washed the white laundry, had RS fold and put away the light laundry and white laundry, edited a ton of pictures, but still didn't finish, drank a ton of water, peed a lot, and tried not to let myself get into a major funk. So far that is not going well.

Today I have:

• made the list of dinners for the next 4 weeks
• made a Sam's shopping list, still need to make the Target list
• painted names on the goodie bags for Monkey-3's birthday party on Saturday
• hugged, kissed, and tickled each Monkey
• tried to keep the funk from taking over my life, still holding my head up, but sinking is the best way I can describe it

Things that need to happen today:

• dark laundry needs to be washed, dried, folded, and put away
• finish editing the twin pictures, put them online, and e-mail the parents
• drink water
• shower
• brush and floss teeth
• call dentist and say Monkey-1 will be at his appointment on Monday
• keep fighting the funk that is trying to get the better of me
• take some allergy meds (although they do seem better today)
• attend the meeting at the Y this evening
• Read with Monkey-2 (well, such as it is, help him to read)
• make shopping list for Target, try not to buy stuff I already have and don't need more of
• finish working on the goodie bags for Monkey-3's party and get them filled

I'm sure there is more, but it never seems to get done. Fortunately I was incredibly frustrated last night and made the children clean the basement so I didn't have to do it this morning. Probably need to vacuum again, but that isn't too horrible.

Tuesday 3/23

I didn't get nearly as much done today as I was hoping. That is what I get for doing mini-jobs before the ones that have to be done.

• light laundry ~ washed, dried, in a basket
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, will wash at bedtime
• shopping for Monkey-3's birthday party on Saturday
• kitchen ~ still mostly clean

I started to clean up the kids rooms, but it wasn't happening before nap. So nothing got done. Everything will have to be redone on Friday for the party on Saturday, so I'm sure I will have more work to do on Friday no matter what I do.

Monday 3/22

Did you think I got lost? I kinda took my own little Spring break last week. Trust me my house looked like I took a Spring Break too.

Goals for this week:

• keep kitchen clean
• exercise daily
• less coke
• no eating after 8 pm
• healthy snacking
• spend more time doing educational stuff with the kiddos

I'm not sure what all I will get done, but here's hoping I'll at least a few things done.

• kitchen ~ cleaned
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, washed, emptied, refilled, washed, emptied, refilled
• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, waiting to be folded
• towels ~ washed, waiting to go in the drier.
• bathrooms ~ all three cleaned
• swept the living room, vacuumed up the sweeping stuff
• baking Amish Friendship Bread

Off to fold laundry and put it away. Feeling a little like I didn't get anything done this morning, although I certainly did.

Tuesday 3/16

This morning was the Monkey's book group. Since we hosted this morning and that caused nothing much to get done. The light laundry got washed, dried, folded, and put away. Here's hoping tomorrow will be a busy, busy day for us and we will get the house cleaned up!

Monday 3/15

Ah the ides of March! Hope everyone is being wary!

• dishwasher ~ emptied by Monkeys, filled, washed
• dark clothes ~ washed, drying
• towels ~ washed
• bathrooms ~ cleaned
• Monkeys ~ cleaned (this is an accomplishment since it is Spring Break. I'm horrible about getting them to do it when they don't have school)

Not sure what else is going to get done today. I'm aiming to take pictures of Monkey-3 in her birthday/Easter dress. I even curled her hair, so I need to get moving on my own shower! Plus I have to work at the Y this evening.

Weekly Goals 3/15 to 3/19

Since the Monkeys will be on Spring Break this week, I'm making goals to see what will be going on, and to keep us busy.

• Spring Monkey pictures. Monkey-3 will be 4 years old at the end of the month, so I have to get new pictures for the Grandparents
• Zoo trip ~ a spring break must! Plus the weather is supposed to be wonderful!
• Kids Book Group ~ Tuesday activity
• a trip to the library ~ not sure when exactly

I'm sure there will be more, but this is the start.

Friday 3/12

An easy Friday to have all the Monkey's home. This is the start of Spring Break for us! WooHoo! Three monkeys home for the next week! Oh dear!

• each monkey got new shoes
• bought milk
• paid bills
• white laundry ~ finally folded and put away!
• dark laundry ~ washed, drying
• light laundry ~ washed
• hutch moved back into the living room and things put away again!
• made tuna salad (darn catholic husband and no meat on Friday), Amish friendship bread
• dishwasher ~ refilled, washed
• quote a new quote for Auto insurance

Wow suddenly I feel like I've gotten something done today!

4:22 Update:

• Dark laundry ~ folded, put away
• Light laundry ~ dried, folded, put away

That is all. Just didn't want people to think I never finish the laundry in one day! I do, just got behind this week. And somewhat lazy!

Thursday 3/11

Things to do, things to share, too busy, and getting no where!

• ran errands with Monkeys 2 & 3 ~ Home Depot, SuperTarget, Kohl's
• basement ~ cleaned and vacuumed

And you'll notice that nothing else is getting done. Basketball game to watch, naps to be taken, and life gets crazy. I'll do an extra load of laundry tomorrow (then the Monkeys can put it away!).

Wednesday 3/10

Nothing much has gotten done today.

• filled the dishwasher and washed the dishes
• washed and dried the light laundry
• went to parent-teacher conferences for the little Monkeys. They are both smart and doing everything they are supposed to be doing.

I vow to get something really done this afternoon. I still have plenty to do.

9:25 pm Update

• Dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, going to wash
• Light Laundry ~ folded and put away
• White Laundry ~ washed, dried, in a basket for folding tomorrow
• blinds over the sink cleaned
• pendant lights over island and sink cleaned
• Monkey's rooms ~ picked up, vacuumed (Monkey-2 did his room)
• Windows ~ outside of kitchen windows cleaned (the ones I can reach), front door window cleaned outside ~ Most of the insides were done when I put the blinds back into the windows earlier this week

I need motivation for getting back to exercising. I need motivation to remember to brush and floss before going to bed (I'm pretty good about doing it during the day). Next week I'll need motivation to clean my kitchen again because I will have to do it! I need to get outside and walk again. I need to do so much and I never seem to make myself do it. Strange as that may sound considering what all I seem to do in a day.

Tuesday 3/9

I feel happier than I have in weeks! My house is getting put back together, slowly, but getting there!

• cleaned 6 sets of wooden blinds and returned them to their correct spots in the windows (still have to clean the ones over the kitchen sink that didn't get taken down, but will get to it sometime tomorrow probably)
• cleaned the kitchen and living room windows
• cleaned the kitchen walls
• admired my beautiful new floor
• put the pictures back on the walls
• put the knick-knacks back on the shelves in the kitchen and living room
• dusted the shelves in the kitchen and living room

While most of this seems simple it isn't. I'm not trying to figure out what to do with all the other stuff that was just sitting on the shelves and doesn't belong there. I think we will be having a massive Goodwill trip in the near future!

And you might note I haven't done much of the things I'm supposed to be doing today. I noticed that too. The kids rooms are messy and need to be cleaned, but since I can't really clean the kitchen tomorrow, I think I'll be able to do that and get the kitchen stuff done. Plus I'll have two Monkey helpers at home tomorrow!

Monday 3/8

Hello Monday! I'm so glad to see you once again!

• Monkeys off to school
• kitchen ~ cleaned of dust from counter tops
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, washing (mostly empty but needed to wash the stuff that was on the counters during the Great Sanding Event of 2010)
• dark laundry ~ washed, drying
• Towels ~ washed
• bathrooms ~ cleaned, floors mopped
• water

The house feels like a new place, well you know until you walk into the basement and see the stuff we have down there or into the bedrooms which are a HUGE mess. RS is going to sand the floor with a fine grade sandpaper this evening and then will put the last coat of polyurethane on the floor after I get home from work! YEAH!

Saturday 3/6

Ah, thing things I did today:

• I dropped the table top on the Rocket Scientist's finger
• sanded, sanded, and I think I even sanded
• wandered around the West side of town
• took the Monkeys out for doughnuts
• took the Monkeys to Burger King for dinner
• cleaned up after sanding

I'm very, very hopeful that the RS will be able to put on three coats of the polyurethane and then it will be closer to being able to put my house back to right! Maybe anyway!

Thursday 3/4

I know I'm kinda losing this whole cleanliness thing. Here's hoping that my home will be getting back to normal in just a few days when the floor is finished and everything is moved back into the living room and kitchen.

• dark laundry ~ washed, dried
• basement ~ cleaned, vacuumed

I'm not sure if I did anything else other than go to work at the Y.

Tuesday 3/2

Ah, Tuesday. An easy day which is made easier because the living room is not something I can exactly clean at this moment!

• Boy Monkeys' room ~ sheets removed, mattresses flipped, under the bed cleaned, vacuumed, new sheets put on
• Girl Monkey's room ~ sheets removed, floor cleaned, vacuumed, new sheets on bed
• RS and I's room ~ sheets changed
• sheets, quilts, and stuffties ~ washed, dried, put in their spots
• light laundry ~ washed, waiting to be put in the dryer. When will I ever learn not to stop and sit down. It is hard to get started again!
  

Monday 3/1

Welcome to March! I'm thrilled to start a new month. Normally this would be deep cleaning week, but due to the living room remodel, I don't feel deep cleaning would be beneficial to our family this week. Since we will soon be sanding a making a bigger mess, I don't want to do it twice! That said I did deep clean that bathrooms!

• three bathrooms cleaned, including bathtubs and showers and floors scrubbed
• swept and vacuumed up some of the wood dust and what-not
• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• towels and bath mats ~ washed, dried, folded, and put away (thanks to RS)
• worked at the Y
• teeth brushed
• dinner put in the oven for the family

Hope your Monday was great!

Sunday 2/28

I have no comment about my day. My whole body is a mass of pain and not only did I have to work on the floor but I also had to work at the Y doing a birthday party. I'm very hopeful that after buying another bundle of wood we will be finished!

Saturday 2/27

I realized today that Monkey-3 will be turning 4 in exactly 28 days! How did that happen?

My Saturday was spent working on the hardwood floor and going to a friend's baby shower. Sounds way more exciting than it was. Well the baby shower is exciting. It is always exciting to celebrate impending arrivals of new additions to our friends' families!

The floor. Well it is getting there, but at the same time it is taking us a little longer than we thought. I'm very hopeful that we will be able to get the rest of it done tomorrow without too many problems.

Friday 2/26

A few things I forgot from yesterday: cleaned out the fridge freezer.

Guess it was only one thing, because I forgot again!

Today is a wonderful Friday. We are renting the hardwood floor nailer this evening for the weekend and I'm excited and hope to make some progress. I'm very hopeful that my Sunday evening the floor will be in and we can start working on getting everything ready for sanding next weekend!

• SuperTarget shopping done and put away
• light laundry ~ washed, dried, waiting to be folded and put away
• little Monkeys taken to school and brought home again
• Farmville farming done

Hope your Friday is productive and full of fun!

Thursday 2/25

I should be very excited because I got a bonus nap from Monkey-2, but for some reason I was kinda hoping he would be up so that I could put the clothes away. But I guess he needed more sleep. I think he has a cold and it is making him extra sleeping.

Another exciting Thursday.

• cleaned up and vacuumed the basement
• did Sam's shopping
• broke up hamburger, pork chops, and cheddar cheese into smaller packages and put in the deep freeze
• filling the dishwasher
• dark laundry ~ washed, drying (got a late start because of leaving the house to go to Sam's)
• white laundry ~ folded and waiting to be put away when the little Monkeys wake up
• water
• teeth brushed

Another day down and hopefully some more of the floor will be put in while I'm off at work tonight. But I'm sure it will have to be done tomorrow and over the weekend. I'm excited to get it in so I can at least see it there. Then the fun begins, sanding and a HUGE mess. Oh dear.

Wednesday 2/24

Happy Hump Day! Hope this Wednesday is treating you well.

• white laundry ~ washed, dried, crying in the basket because it wants me to fold it and I'm currently drowning it out with the USA-Switzerland Hockey game!
• dishwasher ~ filled, washed, waiting patiently to be emptied before dinner
• kitchen ~ cleaned, floor mopped
• took and picked up the little Monkeys from school
• showered, blow dried, and got out the door in less than 30 minutes today ~ this is some kind of record for me.
• Went to SuperTarget to get Lunchables for the little Monkeys and one for the big Monkey for his lunch tomorrow.
• Made the dinner menu for the next month (yes, I menu plan for a month at a time)
• created a Sam's shopping list and a SuperTarget shopping list.
  

This turned out to be a pretty slow day. Although it took me a lot longer to create the dinner menu that I thought. That is what I get for making it using the computer!

Tuesday 2/23

The excitement of another Tuesday in Kansas! I know everyone wishes they were here! But the happy news is that the sun is shining! YEAH for the sun!

• light laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled
• kids rooms ~ picked up, vacuumed
• Living room ~ um, still there! Nothing much I can do, I vacuumed a little to avoid nails and staples, but can't do much since the carpet is cut into pieces and there isn't much else that I can do until the floor is put in.
• swept the kitchen floor and vacuumed up the swept up stuff!
• water, water
• teeth brushed
• neighbor kids watched and safely returned to their mommy

I've agreed to work at the Y this evening, so I'll miss another evening with my family. I really am kinda wishing I would have said no, but it is too late now. RS was going to go and try to buy the few pieces we need for the hallway tonight after work, but now he can't. So I have no excuse for having to live in the mess other than my own inability to say no!

Monday 2/22

Ah, Monday. Welcome back! I actually missed you, but not as much as you might think!

• Monkeys off to school, little Monkeys returned home
  
• picked up photo props for newborn session with adorable twins soon
• cleaned all three bathrooms
• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, sitting in a basket waiting to be folded and put away
• towels ~ washed, drying
• friendship bread ~ two loaves baked, 2 in the oven baking (made 2 for the neighbor who had surgery last week)
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, washed, waiting to be emptied and filled again

While Monday shouldn't be this busy. Today it is. Oh well. Hope your Monday is peaceful and happy!

4:42 pm Update:

• dark laundry ~ folded and put away
• towels ~ folded and put away

I just found out it is National Margarita Day! Get out there and party folks! House work can wait!

Sunday 2/21

Due to my lack of sleep last night due to coughing which didn't want to stop no matter what I did, today's activities were minimal.

On a happy note, one of my dear, dear friends had twin boys this morning! I'm so very excited for her and her fiance. I wish them all the happiness with their two new little bundles of joy! I can't wait to meet them soon.

Now on to what I did get done:

• Gave RS, Monkey-1 and Monkey-2 hair cuts this morning
• drove to Harbor Freight with RS and Monkeys for a new tool thing to help with the floor remodel
• drove back to Harbor Freight to pick up one lost stuffed snowball from the store that was left there by Monkey-3
• pulled up carpet and the stables that were holding the pad down from the living room and hallway floor with help from the Monkeys and RS
• Rearranged some furniture to make it easier to install the flooring this week
• Bought milk (very, very important in our home), thought again about trying to buy a skim milk cow, but don't have a home for said nonexistent cow.
• Prayed for friend's babies who are in the NICU, but doing well. May you all be blessed with the Lord's hand on you as they continue to grow outside the womb.

I think that was about it. Despite being tired, I seemed to have gotten some stuff done. Shocking!

Saturday 2/20

First of all.

Starting weight : 202 pounds
Today's weight: 194.0 pounds

Today's activities:

• Gave away the living room couch (getting new furniture once the new floor is in)
• vacuumed the living room
• went to the far side of town with RS and monkeys
• trying to understand curling. so far this is not looking very good.
  

I still need to empty and refill the dishwasher, but I have been doing other things instead. I also need to post some things of my family blog, but I'm not sure that will get done.

Friday 2/19

Ah, Friday. I so love when you come to visit.

• Got the Monkeys off to school. Monkey-1 with grass hut project, Monkey-2 and 3 in their jammies.
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, washed, ready to be emptied again
• light laundry ~ washed, dried
• checking account updated, new online password created (our old one expired tomorrow!)
• deviled eggs made, trying to not eat them all, have to share
• walked around the block, jogged part of the way on the second lap (my slow re-intro to exercise)
  

Friday seems a little slow to me. Not sure why. I'm sure I did something interesting today. Maybe it is because one of my dear friends is trying to keep her twin boys cooking and I'm too busy worrying for and about her!

Wednesday and Thursday 2/17 and 2/18

Wednesday, Wednesday where did you go? Sorry, got a little crazy busy yesterday and never got to post.

• whites ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• dishwasher ~ filled, washed, emptied, refilled
• Sheets ~ found in the dryer, folded, put away
• kitchen ~ cleaned, floor mopped
• playdough made for Monkey-1's school project
• Bunco scorecards printed and cut apart
• water
• teeth brushed
• Bunco played and won!
  
• family fed

On to Thursday.

• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, in a basket
• dishes ~ washed
• basement ~ cleaned, vacuumed
• grass for grass hut bundled ready for RS and Monkey-1 to glue together this evening
  
• vacuumed living room after opening hide-a-bed that hasn't been used in........a long time.
• ready for work at the Y
• brush teeth

I know there is more but at this moment I'm too frustrated that my Monkeys can't clean up their own messes!

Tuesday 2/16

Ah, Tuesday! Who knew you were so wonderful! The boy Monkeys returned to school today! YEAH! 4 days off is getting to be too much for me. I think it was the fighting that was actually getting to me. Plus it is hard to clean the house when the Monkeys destroy my hard work before it is even done! So glad to get some stuff done today!

• Monkeys rooms ~ cleaned, vacuumed
• RS and my room ~ vacuumed
• Living room ~ Um, well, I kinda vacuumed, but um, well...Hold on I'll explain in a minute.
• sheets ~ taken off of all 4 beds (5 if you would like to believe that RS and I have two twin beds ala Lucy and Ricky), new sheets put on, old sheets washed and drying.
• light laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, and waiting for nap to be finished to be put away in the kids rooms
• dishwasher ~ emptied
• teeth brushed
• Mount Dresser ~ On hold since clothes are lying on my bed. Hopefully will be a post-nap project today

So what is the deal with my living room? Years ago RS and I picked out every little thing for our home. We moved in and already loved the place, but soon, oh so soon, we started hating, no, abhorring the carpet. It was horrible. Gross no matter that no one wore shoes on it. It was just yucky! So we have been talking for the last few years that for our 10th wedding anniversary we are going to extend the hardwood floors that are in our kitchen into the living room and down the hallway. Now you are probably asking yourself what this had to do with anything....well, our 10th anniversary is fast approaching (only 43 more days) and we have our tax refund, so....we did a little hardwood shopping.

Thus leading us to have to wait for the wood to acclimate to our home before we can install the new floor. Well we thought about dragging the wood down the stairs. That didn't happen. We simply pulled up the carpet and put the wood in the living room and rolled the carpet back over the pile. Seriously! The only reason we put the carpet over it was to try to hide it from the chewing dog. She likes to chew on wood. So my living room got smaller and the wood is acclimating as we speak! We are aiming for putting it down in about 2 weeks. I'm hoping to spend part of the upcoming weekend pulling the tack strip up from the living room and hallway!

Things to look forward to in our home!

Monday 2/15

Ah, Monday! Welcome back to reality and trying to get back on track. Or at least to try.

• Dark laundry ~ washed and dried
• Towels ~ washed, drying
• bath mats ~ lying in a pile in the middle of my hallway (oh dear, this isn't good)
• bathrooms ~ cleaned
• dishwasher ~ emptied by the Monkeys, refilled by me, probably ready to wash
• Kids Book Group conquered (meaning we came, we saw, we participated, we ate, we came back home)
• water

You'll note a few thing missing from my list. Like, say, brushing my teeth. Apparently, I missed that this morning. I so have to get back on routine. Still no exercising yet today. I'm trying to decide if I just want to stay late at the Y after working, but I'm pretty sure that won't happen since there is a KU basketball game this evening. I'll at least do Yoga tonight. Probably at half time. I hope the second half isn't stressful.

Update 3:10 PM:

• Dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Towels ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• Bathmats ~ washed, drying
• Side project of the day ~ Clean my side of the bed ~ Done
  
• Side project two ~ clean off Mount Dresser ~ Taunting me from across the room
• dishwasher ~ washed (in the air dry cycle)
• Monkey's living in fear of the Rocket Scientist arrive home from work are cleaning the basement (I'm so evil)
• water

Ah, accomplishments. I love them so. Off to tackle Mount Dresser!

Update 9:42 PM

• bathmats ~ washed, dried, being put away by RS
• dishwasher ~ washed, emptied by the Monkeys again, refilled
• Helped the Monkey's clean their basement disaster before RS came home
• worked 3 hours at the Y
• Mount Dresser ~ Still staring at me, taunting me, giggling that I had to help the Monkey's and it avoided the cleaning fate it deserves
• watching basketball
• planning to brush my teeth and hit the hay after the basketball game.

You might notice that Yoga is not listed, well, you see, when I got home from work it was already almost half time and I was eating dinner. So it didn't happen. I'm hoping that tomorrow will be better and I'll be able to exercise in the morning and get back on track. Or maybe I'll be able to take a walk tomorrow afternoon. Come one warmer weather!!

Where am I?

Lost, completely and totally lost. I'll be back on Monday though. I'm keeping busy, promise, but just falling off the wagon.

Things to look forward to on Monday: bathrooms, exercising (oh dear, 2 weeks off and I have to go back, darn it), laundry, dishes, and probably a bit of insanity. No school for the Monkeys on Monday due to President's Day. Oh boy!

Wednesday 2/10

Today was a bit of a strange one. I needed to get a few things done this morning so had to wait to clean until this afternoon.

• cleaned kitchen
• washed and dried white laundry
• helped the Monkeys clean up the basement

Trying to recall what else happened today, but it seems like a really crazy day. This whole week has been crazy. Snow day Monday coupled with a sick Monkey and Friday is an inservice day for all the Monkeys. Crazy, crazy week.

Tuesday 2/9

Thankfully, Monkey-3 feels and looks a million times better today than she did yesterday! The eyes are a toned down red color and no fever! YEAH! No more snow days, so the boy Monkeys went back to school and I got things done! Hooray!

• three bathrooms cleaned
• teeth brushed
• water
• Monkey-3's sheets, pillow, blankets, stuffties, and anything else that was in her bed have been washed and dried. Bed is mostly put back together.
• Monkey's rooms are cleaned and vacuumed
• living room is cleaned and vacuumed
• watching the neighbor girl while her mommy is off having some lab work done
• have to get ready to work at the Y this evening
• went to Sam's to get the stuff that I forgot the last time
• bought milk
• bought juice (we go through a ton of juice and one store has a great selection and it is cheaper there than anyplace else, so I always stop there to buy juice)

I'm sure there is more but I have forgotten. It is amazing how much I can get done when I'm feeling better. Still no exercising. I'm still having some coughing and I know that working out would aggravate the cough. I'm hoping to at least be able to do something this week. Maybe some yoga and pilates while I'm waiting to get back to Shred or something else.

Monday 2/8

Hello Again! Weekends tend to get a little crazy, and honestly, I didn't have much to report this weekend. Saturday I was very tired from lack of sleep and didn't do much of anything. Sunday we took a little trip in the car to look at a "new" car for Mark and back home again without a new car.

Today has been a crazy one. Another snow day for the kiddos. Monkey-3 wouldn't have been at school anyway because she has a rather nasty sinus infection and pink eye in both eyes! So instead of taking one Monkey to the doctor's office I got to take all three! Monkey-3 is napping and will hopefully be feeling back up to her normal self by the morning!

So with that said, I haven't gotten anything done today! Oops! I have gotten the dark laundry washed and dried, but that is about it! And the bathrooms will have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest.

Here's hoping your Monday is going well for you!

Friday 2/5

Ah, another Friday.

• Cleaned all blinds in living room and bedrooms
• baked 2 dozen muffins and 2 dozen + chocolate chip cookies
• changed, washed, and dried the sheet from my bed
• went to the doctor's office (more on this in a moment)
• Worked at the Y

So even though I have been feeling better, I had all this pressure in my ear and this morning I gave in a called the doctor's office. I went in this afternoon and was informed that I have a sinus infection and an ear infection! How the heck does a 32 year old woman get an ear infection? Holy cow! So I'm on the good drugs and I'm trying to get better because only hearing everything in the half fuzzy way I have today isn't working for me.

Thursday 2/4

Still not 100%. I have motivation, but lack the energy to follow through! I felt better after Yoga last night, but still didn't sleep as well as I would have liked! Colds are not fun at all.

• teeth brushed
• basement cleaned up and vacuumed
• dark laundry ~ washed, drying
• dishwasher ~ needs to be emptied

So far I haven't accomplished a ton, but I'm trying to conserve my energy because I have to work this evening. Conserving energy is the most important goal for the day.

10:02 pm Update

• dark laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• worked at the Y
• jogged to get the mail
• brushed teeth
  

I'm going to have to get things together tomorrow because I'm going to have to bake the day away. I'm giving it all away for a good cause too! Yeah for not eating the cookies and muffins I'll be making!

Wednesday 2/3

I'm still not 100% (although after reading what all I've done you might think I'm insane for saying that). I'm coughing up a lung and my abs feel like I've done about a million crunches and 2 million Jillian workouts, and my nose, my poor nose, is running like I forgot to turn off the water, but I'm not as tired as I was yesterday (although I didn't sleep well last night, all that waking up to cough) and I am not achy like yesterday. Yeah for improvements!

• deep cleaned kitchen ~ floors scrubbed, counters cleaned, blinds cleaned, table cleaned off and slightly scrubbed where sticky
  
• white laundry ~ washed, drying
• Light laundry ~ washed and dried yesterday, sitting in a basket in my bedroom. Will get to it today.
• Laundry room floor scrubbed
• Living room vacuumed
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, washing
  

This took right around 2 hours. Normally I would have been able to get it done in an hour to an hour and a half. See, slow going. I hoping to back to normal by the end of the week. And do a few things tomorrow and Friday that I skipped on Tuesday (cleaning the blinds in the bedrooms and living room and dusting). I'll update later once I get the laundry done. Stand up for any length of time is exhausting and I need to take a break. Cleaning the floor was easy because I was already sitting!

8:24 pm Update

• Light laundry ~ folded and put away
• white laundry ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• dishwasher ~ emptied again, refilled again, will be washed again

Things I will do before going to bed tonight:

• Yoga (at halftime of the KU game)
• Brush teeth ~ must find a tooth brush that can be boiled

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!

Tuesday 2/2

Due to illness today is going to be short and sweet!

• vacuumed living room and monkey's rooms
• changed sheets on Monkeys' beds

Trying not to keel over and die is the goal for today. I'm aiming for a nap while the little Monkeys are resting today.

Monday 2/1

Happy February Everyone!! If you are wondering what happened to Sunday, well it happened, but since I was busy, I didn't get around to posting about my unexciting day! I worked that the Y, so that was about the highlight.

Today starts deep cleaning week in my house. The first week of the month is deep cleaning week. I spend more time cleaning each room to make sure that I'm getting all the little places I skip really cleaning. Not to mention the little things like blinds (YUCK) will get cleaned. I like to do it the first week of the month and then the rest of the month is just maintaining the house. In theory anyway!

• 4 rounds of the 6 round slim down
• Basement bathroom cleaned ~ shower cleaned, floors scrubbed, in addition to the normal cleaning.
• Monkeys Bathroom cleaned ~ shower cleaned, floors scrubbed in addition to the normal cleaning, changed shower curtain liner, washed shower curtain
• RS and I's bathroom cleaned ~ Shower cleaned, bathtub cleaned, cabinet top removed everything and cleaned, floor scrubbed in addition to normal cleaning.
• Dark laundry ~ washed, dried, put in basket (will be folded and put away in a few moments.
• Towels ~ washed, drying
• Bathmats ~ washed
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled, washing

Since I have so much more to get done I better get moving. Monday's seem like the busiest day, but I think it is all in my mind. Maybe it is because I have extra laundry on Mondays.

2/2 Update

• Dark laundry ~ folded and put away
• towels ~ dried, folded, put away
• bath mats ~ dried, put back in their spots on the bathroom floors
• dishwasher ~ emptied (by Monkey 2 & 3), refilled
• dinner put in the oven for RS to feed family when he was home.
• worked at the Y
• came home and felt incredibly sick and went to sleep hopped up on ny-quil and vitamin C
  

Saturday 1/30

Another busy day.

• Grocery shopping done at Target
• made salsa
• emptied and refilled the dishwasher

Still more to get done, but I have no idea when it will get done.

Friday 1/29 - Part 2

Well, I found some motivation. But only enough to get a few things done. Like the laundry. All finished. Then I spent way too much time on the computer and updating the family blog (you can get here from there but not there from here!). Playing with pictures of the Monkeys in the snow and getting stuff ready for a sad post about a favorite pluffy dress we are going to have to say a sad goodbye to.

So I brushed my teeth twice today, finished the laundry, and made dinner. RS shoveled the driveway, again, this time with the Monkeys' "help", emptied the dishwasher, and was an all around wonderful person and helped a neighbor shovel her driveway.

It was a wonderful snow day and I'm happy to have been able to spend the day with my Monkeys, even if they don't respect the clean house I strive for. They did clean up, maybe not to my exacting standards, but they did clean up. When told to do so by a menacing RS.

Friday 1/29

Where am I? What am I doing? And who are these Monkeys who will not leave me alone?

For those of you who are not in Kansas, we are snowed in. The Monkeys didn't have school today and thus, my home that was 90% clean yesterday is now a big, fat, stinky mess. I may cry. No really, I might. I have a load of laundry in the washer. The washer is finished. The dishes in the dishwasher are clean. I did part of about 3 workouts. I lack anything that looks like motivation. I lack anything that sounds like motivation. I lack a desire to do anything at all. Oh dear, this is horrible.

Where does this all stem from? Well the 5:40 am wake up call that school was canceled was the first step. The lack of sleep from this point on was step 2. Monkey-3 waking up at 6:30 was step 3. RS going out to shovel the driveway at 6:40 was step 4. The boy Monkeys getting up at 7:00 was step 5. And I stopped counting at this point. Monkey-3 being a tearful mess was step 1,000,000. I have them down for a nap and I'm sitting hear thinking about going to put the laundry in the dryer!

I'm thankful for the time I get to spend with my children, but sometimes I really, really love the times when they are in school and not forcing me to be the mean one. I like my clean house. I miss my clean house. My Monkeys don't understand the value of a clean house. I can't wait to listen to them complain about their unclean houses someday. I'm going to laugh and laugh and laugh. Then I will look at my clean house, unmussed by three Monkeys, and snuggle with the Rocket Scientist.

Thursday 1/27

Another Thursday, another busy morning.

• Jillian's upside down abs, started thighs, but didn't want to be without my thighs when I have so much to do today. I realize this is kind a low impact day but I have a cold and I'm trying to keep myself active but not over do it.
  
• vacuumed the basement (and thanks to RS and the Monkeys I didn't have to pick up anything!)
• Facebook farmed
• 2 boy Monkeys to school
• 1 Monkey returned home
• Sam's shopping done (except for more dog food and hamburger)
• Dark laundry ~ washed, dried, in a basket

Still have things to do and have to be at work at 6 tonight. And I'm skipping the little Monkeys nap because I don't feel like fighting it. Maybe I'll give them a nap tomorrow!

Wednesday 1/27

So the RS is amazing! We have been waiting, and waiting on a life insurance check only to find that it had gotten lost, well not lost, sent to the wrong address in the wrong city, and even the wrong state! GRRRR! RS got it all figured out and ta-da, the check is on its way. At least we hope it is this time!

• Three Monkeys to school, two back home again thanks to RS
  
• Wonder Dog, Sam, to the vet and back home again
  
• Facebook farm ~ farmed
  
• cleaned the kitchen
• White clothes ~ washed, dried, folded, put away
• workout ~ some thigh thing and part of Jillian's standing abs (not wise to try to do after a thigh thing)
• getting ready to head into work to help out for someone else even though I'm not available on Wednesday. So nice of me, I know
• made a hair appointment to have my hair colored again February 10th! So excited!
  

Today is Sonic day, so we have an errand to run and then to Sonic before I head off to work for a few hours.

10:08 pm Update

• brush teeth (morning, just forgot to put it on this morning)
• dishwasher ~ emptied, reloaded
• brush teeth
• floss teeth
• worked at the Y

Watching a show with the hubby and then off to sleepy land.

Tuesday 1/26

Just a little clean up from yesterday. I ended up skipping flossing. It was a last minute change in my day. The last few days, due to a cold that has me a little phelmy, flossing has made me a little gaggy. So I skipped it last night. I'll get back at it tonight.

Today has been exhausting already. The boy Monkeys share a room and got up at 6:40 am. Ugh! Thank goodness it is Tuesday and nap day for the little Monkeys!

• Workout ~ 6 Round Slim Down On Demand*
• Light laundry ~ washed, drying
• dishwasher ~ emptied, refilled
• living room ~ cleaned up, vacuumed
• Bedrooms ~ cleaned up, vacuumed

* So I'm getting tired of Jillian. I just couldn't take her today (not the workout, the actual Jillian who says the same thing day in and day out. So I tried something different. Longer than 20 minutes, and different, and a nice break from Jillian. I'm sure I'll do Shred again tomorrow, but I'm looking at alternating some different workouts in the Shred so I don't get bored. Then in the spring I will start walking outside with the Wonder Dog, Sam.

8:45 Update:

• dishwasher ~ full, washed, emptied (with a little help from the RS) and filled again
• light laundry ~ folded and put away
• pancakes made and eaten by the family

I know I'm forgetting stuff, but I have no clue about what it was.

Monday 1/25

I feel like I have skimped on telling the whole trust and nothing but the truth so help me God. While I have been truthful about what I am doing (and not doing) I have not told you the EVERYTHING about what really goes on. So today I will. Be prepared to have a lot to read.

• Woke up, watched Monkey-1 get in the shower, should have been more on top of things as he was in there for 15 minutes or so and hadn't even washed his hair!
• Got Monkey-3 in the shower and washed her hair and left her to wash her body. Told Monkey-2 to get ready to get in the shower.
• Monkey-3 got out of the shower and off to the other bathroom for her blow dry.
• Got breakfast for the Monkeys, made lunch for Monkey-1, and filled the dishwasher with dirty dishes, put dark laundry in the washer.
  
• Got Monkey-1 on the bus to school. Told Monkey-2 and Monkey-3 to get socks, shoes, and school stuff together.
• Put dark laundry in the drier and the towels in the washer.
  
• Dropped off Monkey-2 at 8:45, dropped off Monkey-3 at 9 am.
• Arrived home, Shred, Level 2, Day 19.
• Facebook Farmed (yes, I have issues)
• Cleaned all three bathrooms.
• Took dark laundry out of the drier and put the towels in. Folded the dark laundry and put it away.
• Picked up Monkey-2 and Monkey-3 from preschool at 11:30. Got lunch for RS and myself at Subway, came home and made the kids Mac and Cheese.
• Got the towels out of the drier, folded, and put them away.

Then I sat down and that is my problem. I need to brush my teeth, get in the shower and get ready to go to work this evening.

• turned on a Veggie Tales show for the littles and brushed my teeth and took a shower.
• filled the dishwasher and washed the dishes
• took some pictures of the kids in the light from the front door
• edited some pictures I have been needing to edit for the family blog
• blogged Valentine's day rejects of Monkey-2
• got raviolis out for the children and RS for dinner
• dressed for work
• watched Jeopardy (it is my educational show of the day for myself)

I'm waiting for Monkey-1 to get off the school bus and I see him now. Back after work!

Home from work. It was crazy, really, really crazy.

• Went to work.
• Home and discovered that I never turned on the dishwasher. Oops! RS turned it on. Dishes washing.
• RS made me a cookie! Cause he rocks!!
• watching the KU-MU basketball game.
• brush teeth
• floss teeth
• go to bed

Do you see why I leave out stuff? I still had some free time, so that is positive. Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays are always the mornings with the most to do because all three Monkeys have to have showers before school.