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!