Okay, the day started out with me reading about Barbies. Now, I, personally love them! I so enjoyed playing with them when I was little. I never compared myself to them, they were plastic dolls after all, just a toy. The most envious I ever got, was when my friend got the Barbie Dream House for Christmas, and I didn't. But, being the good friend she is, she let me play with it too.
So, fast forward to this afternoon. A friend of mine dropped off my eldest child. After she left, I left the kids in my husband's capable hands to go off and do errands, mostly just dropping off items at the Salvation Army. Gotta get that write off in before year's end, ya know......
Anyway, so I'm in my Hyundai Santa Fe, driving down my street, and I get to the stop sign. There's a truck in front and to the right of me, turning right, while I want to turn left. I look over to the right to see if any cars are coming, and glanced at the guy in the truck. No big deal, I do it all the time. Then I noticed him looking at me with a little smile. Oh my goodness, I'm getting looked at! I'm actually getting looked at, complimentary! Okay, let me just say that this certainly hasn't happened in a long time, and let's face it, I'm with my children most of the time and what guy is going to look at a mom with two kids?! So yea, I tried to play cool and calm and then I just started grinning from ear to ear. I couldn't help myself. I was friggin' getting looked at!
So as soon as I get home, I go to hubby, "Guess what?! I got looked at! A guy actually looked at me!" LOL!! What a thing to tell your husband! He was so amused at it!
Now don't get me wrong, I get compliments from my husband and "looks" from him and I love that and it makes me feel so special, especially after 13 years of marriage. He truly makes me feel beautiful.
Okay, so you all think, big deal, whoopee, I got a look. But let me tell you, when you're a mom of two, have had an extra 30 pounds on you for 10 years or so (which are gone now), and a hectic life of shuttling kids around, doing dishes, cleaning house, balancing checkbooks, yada yada yada, it's nice to get a compliment out of the blue from a stranger. Yes, I know my life is so boring that a look from a decent looking guy is so exciting I have to write about it, but hey, that's my life and I love it. :)
Friday, December 30, 2005
Thursday, December 29, 2005
A day of #2's and screaming cries in the mall, not necessarily in that order.....
Sigh........
What a day.........
It started out great! I got to sleep in for a little bit and got up to do my pilates DVD I got for Christmas from my sister. Of course the pilates workout was amusing. I was able to do some of the moves, and then comes this one move, laying on my back and I'm supposed to put my legs over my head and the butt supposed to go too. Well, the mind said, "Yea, sure you can do it", but the butt? Hell no! I think it kind of just laughed at me as I was trying to get my body to go that way. Oh well, it WAS only the first time doing it after all.
So I get the kids up, breakfast made, showered and dressed, dressed the kids and we all piled into the car to go shopping, and use those wonderful gift cards we got for Christmas.
No problem, things are going good, the youngest needs to use the potty and tells me. Hey, potty training has come along pretty well, I never thought we'd get to this point. But wait, there's a glitch with this one, I think she's afraid to go poop, so she holds it in until she can't hold it anymore. And by holding it in, it makes her grumpy and cranky and wants to be held all the time.
Ahhh....the shopping continues....we go to Sears and the "butt-clenching-to-hold-it-in" child is getting crankier and starts crying and yelling very loudly. Now, before I had this one, I would think when I heard a child crying, "Geez, get some control on that child, what is wrong with them?" Now? Bwahahahahaha!!! I have total empathy! Sure, I used to get embarrassed when she would do it, but now, I'm just too damn tired to care, and I'm used to it. Of course I do try to calm her down and I get out of there as soon as I can, but I no longer just drop my stuff and run out of the store. I'm going to pay for my stuff first! I don't have time anymore to just try going shopping a gazillion times to get things I need.
So the shopping finally gets done, and yes, the butt clenching is still going on with the little one.
We get home and do our various things, yada yada yada. I start cleaning out the hall closet to reorganize it, and the youngest is crying, saying she needs to go to the bathroom. So we start the dance of going to the bathroom, to try and go poo. She'll sit down, go pee and then 1/2 second later, she's crying because the poo may be coming out and she's afraid. I truly think that's the only thing it could be, because she certainly never had a problem going in her diaper! I'm sitting there, holding my child while she's sitting on the toilet because she's crying about going poo! Other times I'll walk away and see if maybe she just needs "privacy", but then she'll scream my name like she's being tortured! So this dance goes off and on for probably about a 1/2 hour until FINALLY! :::::::::trumpets blowing::::::::::: She finally, literally, lets go! And what does she say? "See, it DIDN'T hurt! Now I get to have a slurpee because I went poo-poo in the toilet!" Sigh........
Is that the end of it? Nooooooo, because she's been holding it in for so long, we have to do this dance again and again for about another 1/2 hour.
Well, finally she was done and I got to finish cleaning out the closet.
Sigh.....now we get to go through this again next week.............
I love my children SO very much and I love being a mom and going through all this, and thank goodness I have a sense of humor over everything, otherwise I'd have gone running and screaming out of the house a LONG time ago! Of course I still go running out of the house at times when the husband gets home, but at least I'm not screaming and pulling my hair out. Sometimes moms, like kids, need some down time. Thank goodness for retail therapy............
What a day.........
It started out great! I got to sleep in for a little bit and got up to do my pilates DVD I got for Christmas from my sister. Of course the pilates workout was amusing. I was able to do some of the moves, and then comes this one move, laying on my back and I'm supposed to put my legs over my head and the butt supposed to go too. Well, the mind said, "Yea, sure you can do it", but the butt? Hell no! I think it kind of just laughed at me as I was trying to get my body to go that way. Oh well, it WAS only the first time doing it after all.
So I get the kids up, breakfast made, showered and dressed, dressed the kids and we all piled into the car to go shopping, and use those wonderful gift cards we got for Christmas.
No problem, things are going good, the youngest needs to use the potty and tells me. Hey, potty training has come along pretty well, I never thought we'd get to this point. But wait, there's a glitch with this one, I think she's afraid to go poop, so she holds it in until she can't hold it anymore. And by holding it in, it makes her grumpy and cranky and wants to be held all the time.
Ahhh....the shopping continues....we go to Sears and the "butt-clenching-to-hold-it-in" child is getting crankier and starts crying and yelling very loudly. Now, before I had this one, I would think when I heard a child crying, "Geez, get some control on that child, what is wrong with them?" Now? Bwahahahahaha!!! I have total empathy! Sure, I used to get embarrassed when she would do it, but now, I'm just too damn tired to care, and I'm used to it. Of course I do try to calm her down and I get out of there as soon as I can, but I no longer just drop my stuff and run out of the store. I'm going to pay for my stuff first! I don't have time anymore to just try going shopping a gazillion times to get things I need.
So the shopping finally gets done, and yes, the butt clenching is still going on with the little one.
We get home and do our various things, yada yada yada. I start cleaning out the hall closet to reorganize it, and the youngest is crying, saying she needs to go to the bathroom. So we start the dance of going to the bathroom, to try and go poo. She'll sit down, go pee and then 1/2 second later, she's crying because the poo may be coming out and she's afraid. I truly think that's the only thing it could be, because she certainly never had a problem going in her diaper! I'm sitting there, holding my child while she's sitting on the toilet because she's crying about going poo! Other times I'll walk away and see if maybe she just needs "privacy", but then she'll scream my name like she's being tortured! So this dance goes off and on for probably about a 1/2 hour until FINALLY! :::::::::trumpets blowing::::::::::: She finally, literally, lets go! And what does she say? "See, it DIDN'T hurt! Now I get to have a slurpee because I went poo-poo in the toilet!" Sigh........
Is that the end of it? Nooooooo, because she's been holding it in for so long, we have to do this dance again and again for about another 1/2 hour.
Well, finally she was done and I got to finish cleaning out the closet.
Sigh.....now we get to go through this again next week.............
I love my children SO very much and I love being a mom and going through all this, and thank goodness I have a sense of humor over everything, otherwise I'd have gone running and screaming out of the house a LONG time ago! Of course I still go running out of the house at times when the husband gets home, but at least I'm not screaming and pulling my hair out. Sometimes moms, like kids, need some down time. Thank goodness for retail therapy............
I've been "tagged"!
Okay, my friend put one of those questionnaire's on her blog and wanted her friends to partipate as well, so here I go! ......
7 things yet to do with my life: in NO particular order
1. Go to Australia
2. Go to the New England states and look at our country's history.
3. Go on a cruise. (you get the gist of traveling now, don't you?)
4. I think I would love to get something published too, whether it be any article, or scrapbook layout.
5. I would love to run in a race, too bad I don't like to run!
6. Maybe learn to surf?
7. Dang, this is hard! I guess I'll stick with the traveling stuff and go to Europe!
7 things I can’t do:
1. Listen to Howard Stern, I can't stand him.
2. Roller blade....give me skates any day.
3. Paint a picture. I suppose I could paint walls of a house, if my husband would ever let me, but painting a picture, naw. Not unless it's a paint-by-number!
4. Knit. Actually I was able to do it once, but I couldn't stand it and didn't like doing it.
5. Cut a straight line by eyeballing it.
6. Cook fabulous gourmet meals.
7. Be "fake nice" to someone I don't like.
7 things I admire about my spouse:
1. He has such a strong work ethic, that he will do it until the job is done.
2. That he takes care of me when I am ill.
3. That he puts up with my wacky, crazy behavior, especially when I am majorly PMSing.
4. He loves me.
5. That he can be just as goofy and dorky as me, and will do a crazy dance, just to make me laugh.
6. He serves his country in the United States Navy, and sacrifices time with his family so he CAN serve his country. Hell, I couln't go away for six months and not be with my family.
7. He loves his daughters and will sit and read to them and play games with them.
7 things I say most often:
1. "Bite Me!"
2. "Cool Beans"
3. "Hi darlin'!"
4. "Yada yada yada"
5. "Are you ready yet?"
6. "Not until you've finished (whatever it is the kids have to finish)"
7. “Knock it off!"
7 books I love:
Books?!! Holy crap! Okay....
1. ">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I actually love ALL the Harry Potter books, but I think this is one of my favorites.
2. ">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince This would be my 2nd favorite.
3. Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels This series of books is such a nice light read and it's SO enjoyable!
4. Mr. Perfect, by Linda Howard. It's a nice light smut book to read.
5. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. My mom loved this book as well. I also like the sequel, Scarlett.
6. Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This goes back to my childhood days, as I love all her books, but probably liked this one the best.
7. The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown. Okay, I haven't actually READ this one yet, but I'm dying to read it and I have it on my bookshelf for almost a year now. Maybe I'll get time this upcoming year to read it.
7 movies I’d watch over and over again, and do!:
1. Roller Boogie, ahh, love those boogie dance scenes!
2. Stargate, I just love this one!
3. Steel Magnolias, a good chick flick to make you cry.
4. The Idolmaker, ahhhh, Peter Gallagher was so hot in this! I think this was his first movie, actually.
5. Now and Then, I love this movie, it brings me back to my childhood days, and wish that childhood days could be this carefee again.
6. The Cutting Edge, "Toepick!"
7. Pump Up The Volume, ahh, just one of those guilty pleasure ones.....
7 songs I can’t get enough of: I agree with my friend that songs are so hard to narrow down, because I love a lot of different ones, so I'll just pick certain ones out of music styles....
1. My Sharona, by The Knack.
2. Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit. Oh yes, when I am in a pissed off mood, this sure hits the spot. It's great for working out with too.
3. How Soon Is Now, by The Smiths. LOVE, LOVE this one! It totally brings me back to the days of summer with me and my friends in high school.
4. American Idiot by Green Day. This one makes me want to just head bang!
5. Wide Open Spaces, by the Dixie Chicks . I normally don't like too much country, but I like Dixie Chicks' old stuff, and some songs by Garth Brooks too.
6. Yea, by Usher. Makes me want to dance!
7. Don't Know Why, by Nora Jones. I just love this song.
7 people I want to join in, too: Bwahaha! Yea, right! Not gonna happen here! Okay one of the two people I know who have blogs, "tagged" this for me. Let's give a few a try.
1. Heidi
2. Shawni
3. Dianna, when she finally gets hers started. Hint Hint. Dianna, I'm adding her too.
4. Sue.
Whew, I'm done!
7 things yet to do with my life: in NO particular order
1. Go to Australia
2. Go to the New England states and look at our country's history.
3. Go on a cruise. (you get the gist of traveling now, don't you?)
4. I think I would love to get something published too, whether it be any article, or scrapbook layout.
5. I would love to run in a race, too bad I don't like to run!
6. Maybe learn to surf?
7. Dang, this is hard! I guess I'll stick with the traveling stuff and go to Europe!
7 things I can’t do:
1. Listen to Howard Stern, I can't stand him.
2. Roller blade....give me skates any day.
3. Paint a picture. I suppose I could paint walls of a house, if my husband would ever let me, but painting a picture, naw. Not unless it's a paint-by-number!
4. Knit. Actually I was able to do it once, but I couldn't stand it and didn't like doing it.
5. Cut a straight line by eyeballing it.
6. Cook fabulous gourmet meals.
7. Be "fake nice" to someone I don't like.
7 things I admire about my spouse:
1. He has such a strong work ethic, that he will do it until the job is done.
2. That he takes care of me when I am ill.
3. That he puts up with my wacky, crazy behavior, especially when I am majorly PMSing.
4. He loves me.
5. That he can be just as goofy and dorky as me, and will do a crazy dance, just to make me laugh.
6. He serves his country in the United States Navy, and sacrifices time with his family so he CAN serve his country. Hell, I couln't go away for six months and not be with my family.
7. He loves his daughters and will sit and read to them and play games with them.
7 things I say most often:
1. "Bite Me!"
2. "Cool Beans"
3. "Hi darlin'!"
4. "Yada yada yada"
5. "Are you ready yet?"
6. "Not until you've finished (whatever it is the kids have to finish)"
7. “Knock it off!"
7 books I love:
Books?!! Holy crap! Okay....
1. ">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I actually love ALL the Harry Potter books, but I think this is one of my favorites.
2. ">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince This would be my 2nd favorite.
3. Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels This series of books is such a nice light read and it's SO enjoyable!
4. Mr. Perfect, by Linda Howard. It's a nice light smut book to read.
5. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. My mom loved this book as well. I also like the sequel, Scarlett.
6. Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This goes back to my childhood days, as I love all her books, but probably liked this one the best.
7. The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown. Okay, I haven't actually READ this one yet, but I'm dying to read it and I have it on my bookshelf for almost a year now. Maybe I'll get time this upcoming year to read it.
7 movies I’d watch over and over again, and do!:
1. Roller Boogie, ahh, love those boogie dance scenes!
2. Stargate, I just love this one!
3. Steel Magnolias, a good chick flick to make you cry.
4. The Idolmaker, ahhhh, Peter Gallagher was so hot in this! I think this was his first movie, actually.
5. Now and Then, I love this movie, it brings me back to my childhood days, and wish that childhood days could be this carefee again.
6. The Cutting Edge, "Toepick!"
7. Pump Up The Volume, ahh, just one of those guilty pleasure ones.....
7 songs I can’t get enough of: I agree with my friend that songs are so hard to narrow down, because I love a lot of different ones, so I'll just pick certain ones out of music styles....
1. My Sharona, by The Knack.
2. Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit. Oh yes, when I am in a pissed off mood, this sure hits the spot. It's great for working out with too.
3. How Soon Is Now, by The Smiths. LOVE, LOVE this one! It totally brings me back to the days of summer with me and my friends in high school.
4. American Idiot by Green Day. This one makes me want to just head bang!
5. Wide Open Spaces, by the Dixie Chicks . I normally don't like too much country, but I like Dixie Chicks' old stuff, and some songs by Garth Brooks too.
6. Yea, by Usher. Makes me want to dance!
7. Don't Know Why, by Nora Jones. I just love this song.
7 people I want to join in, too: Bwahaha! Yea, right! Not gonna happen here! Okay one of the two people I know who have blogs, "tagged" this for me. Let's give a few a try.
1. Heidi
2. Shawni
3. Dianna, when she finally gets hers started. Hint Hint. Dianna, I'm adding her too.
4. Sue.
Whew, I'm done!
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
I just love my sister......
I absolutely adore my baby sister! Of course she's not a baby anymore, she's 27! She just called me about a 1/2 hour ago to let me know she made it to New York safely! I am so envious of her, getting to go to New York! I am also VERY happy for her! Her boyfriend took her there for New Years. Is that awesome or what?!
There are VERY, VERY few times that my youngest sister and I have every argued. We are 10 years apart in age, but we have always gotten along very well. Sometimes I see so many similarities in our lives, it's almost creepy seeing her do some things that I used to do when I was her age.
Just about everybody loves her as well. She's such a doll!
I hope she has a fabulous time in New York! How exciting for her!
There are VERY, VERY few times that my youngest sister and I have every argued. We are 10 years apart in age, but we have always gotten along very well. Sometimes I see so many similarities in our lives, it's almost creepy seeing her do some things that I used to do when I was her age.
Just about everybody loves her as well. She's such a doll!
I hope she has a fabulous time in New York! How exciting for her!
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
It's that time of the year again.....
....when everyone goes through their house and declutters. I was reading my friend's blog on how she was cleaning and decluttering one of her rooms, and it made me realize that a lot of us do this right after Christmas. What is it, with it happening right after Christmas? Is it the fact that we take all of our Christmas decorations down, look at our rooms and realize, wow, it looks so nice too, without all that stuff everywhere? Is it because we get presents and have to find a place to put everything, so we start cleaning out closets? Is it the retail industry selling so many storage totes after Christmas that we feel we need to declutter and store? Who knows.......
I do know that I love doing it though. Today I put away all my Christmas decorations and even labeled the totes, according to decoration type (tree, mantle, shelf, kitchen, boxes & bags, etc.) It really made me feel like I accomplished something. Last year I had no desire to organize the Christmas decorations, I just wanted them down and away. I wanted to have nothing to do with Christmas then. I am glad to say that it was a pretty good Christmas this year though. It's been a year since mom passed away and while I still miss her terribly and my heart breaks when I think of her dying, I KNOW that she wanted her girls to continue loving Christmas like we always have in the past. That was her favorite holiday and she helped us to make it our favorite holiday too.
Okay, enough teary eyed stuff......back to the organization......
I have a mental list going of all that I want to do. I got some of my scrapbooking stuff stored away and organized. I just need to finish that and then work on the hall closet. I always have to clean that out about twice a year. I'm going to go through the games and puzzles and get rid of some more. I want to have room in there to store more toiletries and such. I went to Bath & Body Works the past two days and stocked up on bath gel and hand soap. Gotta love their deals!! I spent so many years buying the cheap stuff, to be on a budget, and now that we are able to make a little more, I am treating myself, damnit! I deserve it.
Tomorrow is a work day for me though, so it looks like I won't be getting too much organization done. Dropping one child off at a friend's on the way to work, picking that child and her friend up on the way back from work so they can spend time over my house playing with her new Christmas toys.
Speaking of toys....we got the family a Playstation 2 and I am having the most fun playing with the Dance Dance Revolution game we got for it!
Ta for now!
I do know that I love doing it though. Today I put away all my Christmas decorations and even labeled the totes, according to decoration type (tree, mantle, shelf, kitchen, boxes & bags, etc.) It really made me feel like I accomplished something. Last year I had no desire to organize the Christmas decorations, I just wanted them down and away. I wanted to have nothing to do with Christmas then. I am glad to say that it was a pretty good Christmas this year though. It's been a year since mom passed away and while I still miss her terribly and my heart breaks when I think of her dying, I KNOW that she wanted her girls to continue loving Christmas like we always have in the past. That was her favorite holiday and she helped us to make it our favorite holiday too.
Okay, enough teary eyed stuff......back to the organization......
I have a mental list going of all that I want to do. I got some of my scrapbooking stuff stored away and organized. I just need to finish that and then work on the hall closet. I always have to clean that out about twice a year. I'm going to go through the games and puzzles and get rid of some more. I want to have room in there to store more toiletries and such. I went to Bath & Body Works the past two days and stocked up on bath gel and hand soap. Gotta love their deals!! I spent so many years buying the cheap stuff, to be on a budget, and now that we are able to make a little more, I am treating myself, damnit! I deserve it.
Tomorrow is a work day for me though, so it looks like I won't be getting too much organization done. Dropping one child off at a friend's on the way to work, picking that child and her friend up on the way back from work so they can spend time over my house playing with her new Christmas toys.
Speaking of toys....we got the family a Playstation 2 and I am having the most fun playing with the Dance Dance Revolution game we got for it!
Ta for now!
Saturday, December 24, 2005
It's Christmas Eve......
....and I am finally done with everything! I finished my youngest's stocking today and now it is hung on the mantle with everyone else's. My body finally said, "THAT'S ENOUGH!" and so I went a took a nap for a while. Definitely needed it!
Wow, I can't believe Christmas is tomorrow! I almost made it through this holiday without crying, thinking about my mom. Friday night when we were leaving hubby's parent's house, I started thinking about how much I missed her and started crying in the car on the way home. I do miss her so much! It is amazing though how fast a year has gone by though. And it is true, the pain does fade and not hurt so much and be so intense. I will always, always miss her, but I know she's up in heaven and she's watching over all of us.
Okay, my kiddos are getting ready for Santa. I just read them 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, and now my eldest is putting cookies and milk out for santa, and carrots outside for the reindeer. Don't you just LOVE Christmas!!!
I am so excited for tomorrow, to see their faces opening their presents. I will truly miss having so much family around, but I will love the fact that it's just the 4 of us, celebrating together.
Now, of course, neurotic person I am, I always think ahead. Hubby will go back to sea duty next year and the year after that, he will go out to sea for six months, and it's a good possibility that he might not be home for Christmas. I've had Christmases without him, but this will be the first time without him and my mom, so at this point, I am unsure as to what we are going to do on Christmas. Stay home, just me and the children, or go up with family? Okay, that's like over two years away from now, let's not think about that. I can't wait until Monday and I can hit the after-Christmas sales!!! Teehee! Gotta love shopping!!!!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!!!!!
Wow, I can't believe Christmas is tomorrow! I almost made it through this holiday without crying, thinking about my mom. Friday night when we were leaving hubby's parent's house, I started thinking about how much I missed her and started crying in the car on the way home. I do miss her so much! It is amazing though how fast a year has gone by though. And it is true, the pain does fade and not hurt so much and be so intense. I will always, always miss her, but I know she's up in heaven and she's watching over all of us.
Okay, my kiddos are getting ready for Santa. I just read them 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, and now my eldest is putting cookies and milk out for santa, and carrots outside for the reindeer. Don't you just LOVE Christmas!!!
I am so excited for tomorrow, to see their faces opening their presents. I will truly miss having so much family around, but I will love the fact that it's just the 4 of us, celebrating together.
Now, of course, neurotic person I am, I always think ahead. Hubby will go back to sea duty next year and the year after that, he will go out to sea for six months, and it's a good possibility that he might not be home for Christmas. I've had Christmases without him, but this will be the first time without him and my mom, so at this point, I am unsure as to what we are going to do on Christmas. Stay home, just me and the children, or go up with family? Okay, that's like over two years away from now, let's not think about that. I can't wait until Monday and I can hit the after-Christmas sales!!! Teehee! Gotta love shopping!!!!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!!!!!
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The Hustle and Bustle of Christmas.....
Ahhh...........I finally have a few moments to sit down and type here... This past month has been one of the busiest months I've had in such a long time!
Wanna-be UberMom, here, decided to be the room parent for my eldest's classroom. Which means I have to coordinate class parties, contact parents, etc. So, okay, that's fine, working on that. Oh wait, now I've got a preschooler, and that child has a Christmas/End of the Session Party as well. No big deal, make the cupcakes, okay, fine. Oh wait, need to get a gift for the preschool teacher. Crap. Okay, did that..... Now the eldest is doing a play for her colonies project. She doesn't have a dress to wear. Sooo.....what do I do? Run to Wal-Mart, pick out a pattern and material and make a dress for that, along with a hat and apron. Next, I open my big mouth and offer to make a hat and apron for my friend's child as well. Okay...... now MY child wants me to make pound cake for their play...... Well, I just added that to my "baking" day with the cupcakes.
Oh wait.....did I mention that it's December and I have to do Christmas shopping, Christmas cards, finish a stocking I started for my youngest, edit a DVD for a Christmas present, go to my husband's Christmas party AND mine? And on top of all that, work outside the home part-time? Oh yes, and then there's the house. Clean it? Naaaaawwwww, forget about that for the time being. Yes, there's my one flaw in trying to get to "UberMom" status. I don't like to clean and will put it off, if other things come up.
Now, it's 5 days before Christmas. I've got my packages mailed (yes, did it on the busiest mailing day of the year, December 19th), the Christmas/Holiday/Winter Parties are done at the children's schools. The Adult Christmas parties are done with, the DVD's are edited and mailed, all the plays and "non" Christmas cooking is done, and with the exception of a couple of stocking stuffers for the hubby, ALL my Christmas shopping is done. All I have to do now is wrap them, and make my Christmas goodies. Oh crap.........eldest child has an orthodontist appointment today, AND it happens to be right in the middle of the day, when I was going to go grocery shopping.....well, let's hope they will let me reschedule......yea! They let me reschedule! Oh crap, it's getting late, I need to wake up the children and cart them off to the grocery store!
Ta!
Wanna-be UberMom, here, decided to be the room parent for my eldest's classroom. Which means I have to coordinate class parties, contact parents, etc. So, okay, that's fine, working on that. Oh wait, now I've got a preschooler, and that child has a Christmas/End of the Session Party as well. No big deal, make the cupcakes, okay, fine. Oh wait, need to get a gift for the preschool teacher. Crap. Okay, did that..... Now the eldest is doing a play for her colonies project. She doesn't have a dress to wear. Sooo.....what do I do? Run to Wal-Mart, pick out a pattern and material and make a dress for that, along with a hat and apron. Next, I open my big mouth and offer to make a hat and apron for my friend's child as well. Okay...... now MY child wants me to make pound cake for their play...... Well, I just added that to my "baking" day with the cupcakes.
Oh wait.....did I mention that it's December and I have to do Christmas shopping, Christmas cards, finish a stocking I started for my youngest, edit a DVD for a Christmas present, go to my husband's Christmas party AND mine? And on top of all that, work outside the home part-time? Oh yes, and then there's the house. Clean it? Naaaaawwwww, forget about that for the time being. Yes, there's my one flaw in trying to get to "UberMom" status. I don't like to clean and will put it off, if other things come up.
Now, it's 5 days before Christmas. I've got my packages mailed (yes, did it on the busiest mailing day of the year, December 19th), the Christmas/Holiday/Winter Parties are done at the children's schools. The Adult Christmas parties are done with, the DVD's are edited and mailed, all the plays and "non" Christmas cooking is done, and with the exception of a couple of stocking stuffers for the hubby, ALL my Christmas shopping is done. All I have to do now is wrap them, and make my Christmas goodies. Oh crap.........eldest child has an orthodontist appointment today, AND it happens to be right in the middle of the day, when I was going to go grocery shopping.....well, let's hope they will let me reschedule......yea! They let me reschedule! Oh crap, it's getting late, I need to wake up the children and cart them off to the grocery store!
Ta!
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