Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
My menu plan is complete through September 23. Next up, grocery shopping and monthly essential shopping…. My lists are ready to go for Hy-Vee, Aldi, Sam’s Club, Moser’s, and Target. At least after this weekend, I won’t have to visit a grocery store except maybe 1-2 more times for milk and fruit. And this is *why* I menu plan…..to avoid grocery shopping as much as possible!
I had two great helpers while I was picking the tomatoes and peppers this evening. They were so proud of themselves! I was surprised at just how good they are at picking tomatoes. I’ll have to deposit that tidbit of information into the “Mom Bank” to use at a later time!
Not many days go by anymore where I don’t take a picture, but today was one of those days. It was just busy all around and I never even took my camera out of my purse. I felt like I was running, running, and running some more just to stay somewhat caught up. The day started at 5:30 am and I finally gave up at 10 pm. My day went something like this… Get up, get myself ready, get lunches ready, wake husband up, wake kids up, get kids out of bed, get John ready (Andy gets Laura ready), drop John at daycare, work from 7:30 am to 4 pm, pick up John from daycare, drive home, workout (P90X2 Plyocide – you suck, but what a good workout!), Andy showers and leaves for a meeting, make kids dinner, take a shower, get kids in bath tub, pay bills, get kids out of bathtub, get kids ready for bed, pay the rest of the bills, get kids in bed, clean up kitchen from kids’ dinner, make dinner for Andy and I, clean all dishes that I can while cooking, Andy returns from meeting, eat dinner (at 9 pm no less), watch an episode of “Homeland”, drink a glass of wine, and go to bed completely wiped out. You probably understand why my camera never left my purse today…
I was flipping through old pictures tonight and came across the original to this one. The following conversation took place…
Nothing like a healthy self-esteem…
The flooring project is done! Actually, it is mostly done as Andy still has to put down the shoe moulding, but that is an easy job that Andy can do in just a couple of hours. Andy and I love the floor and it looks great! The kids love it because Laura can spin to her heart’s content and John is having a blast running his cars on it. 🙂 Success!
The flooring project in our downstairs is nearing completion as Andy is putting the transition strips down! I’m so excited because the flooring looks fantastic and Andy has done a great job! Love, love, love it! I picked up new flooring samples for the master bathroom while on a Home Depot run today… Poor Andy… He doesn’t know what he’s gotten himself into now! Maybe next time, he’ll do crappy work so he doesn’t have to do these types of things again!
Stacking cups – what an easy, amusing activity on a Friday night.
