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.