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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»  (Original Message)Sent: 12/18/2008 10:05 AM
Been up since 3.  so about 4.5 hours of sleep - Scott's laptop made a weird noise that woke me and no sleep since.  Put my contacts in a little bit ago and they felt fine but when I looked in the mirror my eyes were/are blood red.  I hope it's not pinkeye!  It doesn't feel like pinkeye though.  So now I'm back in glasses which I hate but better than an eye infection.  Hopefully it's just something on my contacts but weird that it's both eyes.  Left eye is much worse though.
 
Oops only supposed to be 3 lines.  Sorry.  No need to answer other than to say hi!  Hope you are here this morning and feeling much much better.  Going to post a list now.


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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/18/2008 6:30 PM
Well I picked up 100 things (if you count loading the dw which I do! :-) ), did some things from my kitchen list, and got 20 gifts out to wrap although they haven't made it all the way up the steps yet.  Also ate some sliced grilled chicken leftover from Monday (just realized it might be too old to eat?  oops) and drank some soda.  I didn't get everything done but I didn't get distracted and worked on what I was supposed to pretty steadily so I'm okay with that.  Only once I came down here I did get distracted so that's been a wasted 30 minutes!  I did write out a nice email to the CD guy so that is done.
 
Before I come back at 2:30 I will:
 
shower
do 5 more kitchen things
finish moving the gifts upstairs plus all the stocking stuffers
move 5 more gifts up
pick up 25 things in our room
 
Can you see I am having a 'counting" day?!

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/18/2008 7:19 PM
I need a break but feel like I'm really wasting the day if I take one.  Do I take one now and then have too-hectic days coming up?  So instead of taking a real break with eggnog and a magazine, I'm going to putter in our bedroom for awhile.  I didn't do the 25 thing pickup in there and am not going to but am going to just putter around.  Took up a bunch of gifts.  Did 8 things in the kitchen and took a shower.  I had pictured several overwhelming hours in the kitchen scrubbing it from top to bottom but doing it a few things at a time should work too without the headache.  It might not feel the same with that satisfied "ahhh" tonight when I'm worn out but done, but everything should still be sparkling the same, even if it's a couple of days from now!
 
Need a soda but we're out :-(  Scott bought some but accidentally left them in his car. 
 
When I come back around 3 or so, I will have:
 
straightened our bedroom a little
picked up the kids
went thru their backpacks (which I didn't do yesterday and which caused major drama this morning)
piled more gifts in our room

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From: SaraSent: 12/18/2008 7:33 PM
Why do I always get on a roll within the last hour before I have to leave?! augh
 
Not having as productive of a day in the kitchen as I wanted to. I have the gingerbread dough chilling but think I may have to do it tomorrow, providing it's not a snow day. Are you guys supposed to get a big storm? They're calling it snow-mageddon here. lol We'll likely get 2 cms as opposed to the 15-20 they are calling for. We never get hit hard. Even if we did, it's nto that big of a deal except I may have Gavin and Laura here all day! WAAA Plus, that'll mess up their Christmas parties at school :(
 
The shortbread is on hold.. gotta find my sifter. haven't dealt with the fudge either. (I hope you'll like it!)
 
I made a HUGE list of things to do before Sunday. Dh came home for lunch and read over it as well.
 
I have about 20 mins before I have to leave. I'm going to paint one spot on the stairs. Right now, the triangular sides of the stairs (hard to explain) are painted burgandy. I like the colour though may have gone for a more reddy burgandy but it's so scratched and painted sloppily (like everything in this house.) I think the dark green that's in our room would look awesome there. So, I'm going to try one triangular area and see how it goes. I'm really itching to get it done and though it's stupid to get out the can and brush for just that right now, I don't care. lol
 
Off I go. I likely won't be back til after school and then I'm hoping to work hard on supper, etc. We're going to have maple chicken (gotta find the recipe), twice baked potatoes (and maybe potato chip fries for the girls who don't like the potatoes) and creamed spinach (which I'm SURE will go over great with the family! lol I'll make another veggie that they'll like.)
 
Not sure I'll be on much at all tonight as dh is home though he'll likely take Em to soccer so I'll have 1.5 hrs where he won't hog the computer. We'll see... if not, good luck tonight! I'll be here tomorrow, hopefully with the kids at school or, just my kids and I'll HAVE to work my butt off. augh I hate procrastinating!

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/18/2008 8:30 PM
I need a soda!  But I didn't feel like smelling like smoke so I didn't go to Rutter's.
 
You always make real stuff for dinner.  I'm craving domino's again but we just had it Tuesday.  Domino's and an iced cold diet pepsi.  We could get away with it if I did it - Scott wouldn't get mad.  He's not getting home 'til after the kids are in bed - he wants to stay late and get a bunch of stuff done.  We've cuddled 8 times already this month so I'm sure he's mellow enough to just say "oh you got pizza again?  that's nice." lol.  But then again, if I have pizza I may zonk out.  And not sure where I'd get the ice cold diet pepsi!  I'd have to go out - Domino's only has diet coke (blech).
 
You are like me with painting the step.  Only I'd wait another few months after doing it to decide then it would take me 3 years to finish it (after I decided to do other green accents in the area and recarpet the steps yada yada yada).  Or I'd do it half-a**ed and have to redo it like with the banister.  Either I'm quick and sloppy or I do a somewhat better job stretched over years!  I have to force myself not to do things like painting one step nowadays because there are too many things like that started around here (altho I feel WAY better now with our new baseboards and other finished things - even with the touchups not done, I feel so relaxed when I look around and see things that don't stand out like the old ones.  Did I ever post a picture?).
 
I hope you get your big list done.  Scott asked me to email him my schedule.  I asked him for help last night.  I asked that he help wrap, keep the kitchen and dining room clean every day plus the living room if it gets messed up, run some errands including returning some things, and go thru the camping stuff we got for Braeden to make sure all is there because he wants to set up a camping scene to make it a better gift (we are not sure how Braeden will react to having his own hiking tent, backpack and special sleeping bag since he already sleeps in a tent with Scott, is used to having Scott carry stuff, and already has a sleeping bag but now that he will be in Boy Scouts he needs lightweight stuff he can carry himself on hikes since he'll be hiking and camping once a month at least and Scott can't help him anymore).  We are not sure if it will be a bomb gift or not.  Hopefully setting it up cool will help.  He's getting other good stuff though but he's so easy to disappoint - usually he's more disappointed over things not going a certain way than what he gets but if he thinks his big gift is something he didn't want he'll be sad.  Truthfully, it's kind of an extra gift though - we spent so much on him because of his many unique interests that even without the hiking stuff he's probably even with the other two although I'm not really sure what I spent.  I kept track a little so Meemaw could pay back but haven't added everything up!
 
No we are not supposed to get a storm.  Thank goodness.  Although I do see the extended forecast has a "wintry mix" this weekend and Christmas Eve.  So my fingers are crossed - I am nervous nobody will come to my "party" if the weather is bad.  That will make me really sad!  It's just my MIL and sister's family so that's only two cancellations and it won't be a party anymore.  Ahh well I won't worry 'til it happens - normally it's not even a thought to get snow or anything else this time of year.  White Christmasses are rare here.  We do get huge snowstorms with a lot of accumulation some years but not usually 'til January or February.
 
I wish I could watch you bake.  Maybe you can film yourself for me.  I really don't get how you can bake stuff so quickly and without it being a big deal.  If I bake, then that's my accomplishment for the day!  You must have a lot of tricks and work smarter, not harder while I work stupid!

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From: SaraSent: 12/18/2008 10:23 PM
Taking a break as the cold is catching up with me and my back is sore. But, I'm starving... hmm
 
What? Me cook real dinners?! The last week we've had: Friday- I believe it was eating out, if not, something like leftover spaghetti or kraft dinner. Sat and Sun- we were at my parents, Monday-grilled cheese (and then ice cream at Costco), Tuesday-hamburger soup and herb bread (the bread was deelish), Wed-frozen pizza, Thurs-chicken and potatoes, if I get that far, potatoes are almost ready.
 
I cook a real meal maybe once or twice a week. It's sad. I keep on seeing this coupon for A&W and I'd leave what I was making to go grab that. augh
 
I decided to skip the painting as I couldn't find my little paint brush or the opener (same place, I'm sure) and I knew I should clear off the table and do a few more things before leaving. If I painted, I would have been REALLY rushed.
 
I hope that hiking/camping stuff turns out well! I'd be blown away if I got something like that at his age. But, I also asked for a popcorn popper around that age too. lol
 
I always thought you guys did get quite a bit of snow, somewhat similar to us. I'll keep you updated on our weather. lol They're making SUCH a big deal out of it as we got about 5 cms 2 nights ago, then this dumping tonight/tomorrow and then another one Sunday. We'll see though.
 
lol, my kitchen ends up a disaster after baking and it usually stays that way for a few days. I most definitely don't feel like I've accomplished much if I bake. Now, if I keep up with the dishes and bake, then I feel like I've done well! I usually leave frosting out over night or lately, I'll cook up a pan of something and still have some leftover in the bowl but dont' have the time to deal with it so it sits out overnight and I waste so much. I have a bad habit of leaving parishables out and waste so much.
 
Ok, I'm blabbing too much. I managed to wrap the kids' gifts and do cards so the only thing left to do with the daycare kids and do the gingerbread cookies. We'll cut them out in the morning and then decorate after school (if we get that far.) I should do a card for 2 other sorta daycare families though.
 
I've checked the potato recipe... I can't wait to eat them! mmm Gotta find the chicken recipe and get that going. Oh yeah, the spinach one too. I have a feeling I'll hate it but ah well.
 
Oh, just checked the weather. Looks like we won't get snow til 5am Friday. Soo, I don't think we'll ahve a snow day. But, picking the kids up from school will be awful! Thankfully, I can drive and while I don't like driving in bad weather, it's not THAT far and would likely be easier to deal with than walking with the stroller.

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/18/2008 11:19 PM
No you get way more snow.  We usually get a couple of storms in January and February.  Last year I don't think we really got anything.  We may get flurries before Christmas but not usually anything on the road or barely on the grass.  My kids made "mulch" snowmen for the last snowstorm and for this time of year even that was a big deal.  They are still out there - mostly dirt and mulch lol.  And if we get real snow we almost always get a snow day if there's any at all on the roads.  Not as quickly as in Maryland an hour south.  There we got a snowday if it even looked like snow!
 
I'm trying to wrap but it's going so slow.  And I put hair on my puppet (that sounds gross lol).
 
Braeden would probably care more about the camping stuff if he didn't already have a sleeping bag and access to a good tent.  We have two tents so he pretty much has one if he wants it.  It's just that I think everything together that Scott got him weighs 7 lbs or something like that so it's easy to carry.
 
Hamburger soup, bread, chicken, and potatoes are all a big deal to me.  I'm proud if I make grilled chicken (which is basically throwing it in a bag with dressing and then tossing it in the oven on a pan), instant rice and canned veggies.  If I buy a pineapple or watermelon I wait days and days to avoid cutting it.  So lazy!  Even making mac and cheese, which someone on our old Flylady soup called "lazy mom's lunch" is real cooking to me since it involves pots and pans and multiple steps (the kind I buy doesn't havethe microwave directions).  To me, lazy mom's lunch at the time was peanut butter crackers or hell, just crackers!!!
 
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who destroys the kitchen to bake.  It's just that you bake constantly.  I hate measuring with those little spoons.  It seems like I dirty the whole bunch to measure one thing.  Or I need four different ingredients with 1 tsp so I end up dirtying four bunches of spoons (yes, I own four bunches from laziness) to avoid washing the spoon while in the middle of cooking!
 
Chane just told me his brain hurts.  I'm gonna look at my list to make sure there's nothing immediate and go back to wrapping a few gifts.  I'd at least like to get one person's totally done.  I only have to wrap for Chane, Braeden, and Meemaw but it still seems like a lot.  Then one gift each for a couple of other people - my sister, my friend, and my sister's two boys.  Like i said, LAZY!

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/18/2008 11:21 PM
Okay I decided to keep drilling instead of puttering.  I seem to get more done.
 
Before I come back at 7:30 I will:
 
finish Chane's gifts
fold and put away the laundry in the dryer
reboot what's in the washer
clean up the pizza mess
wash the trashcan and recycling bins that are in the bathtub soaking in Mr. Clean

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/19/2008 12:55 AM
got all that done and watched an episode of king of queens with the kids.
 
before i come back at 9 i will:
 
  • clean up mess in our room from wrapping
  • wrap b's lego set that's on our bed that i think he saw grrrr
  • pick up 50 things
  • reboot laundry
  • put away what's in dryer
  • do 1 kitchen thing (maybe)

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/19/2008 1:17 AM
I probably won't be back.  I did everything but wrap b's gift and clean up our room.  I'm going to go tuck the kids in and do those things but I'll probably stay up there after that.  I may be back on the laptop.  Angel is right in my face as I type trying to kiss me...

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/19/2008 1:17 AM
  1. unload dw
  2. reload dw
  3. unload dish drainer
  4. clean off counters
  5. clean off dining room table
  6. put everything from counters, walls, etc on dining room table
  7. take stuff off cabinets (christmas cards, etc)
  8. assemble cleaning supplies
  9. scrape wax from island cabinet (stupid candle-making!)
  10. clean out fridge
  11. wipe down top of fridge
  12. wash walls over backsplash
  13. wash backsplash with toothbrush STARTED
  14. wash outlets
  15. wash cabinets
  16. vac inside cabinets as necessary
  17. put silverware, spoon drawer in dishwasher AND VAC'D DRAWER
  18. put dishdrainer in dishwasher
  19. scrub out under sink
  20. scrub lazy susan
  21. scrub recycling cabinet
  22. wash recycling bin
  23. wash trashcan
  24. brush oven racks
  25. vac inside oven (ran cleaning cycle last night)
  26. razor door
  27. vac inside drawer
  28. clean out oven
  29. clean oven front
  30. clean stovetop
  31. clean rangehood
  32. take down and wash light fixtures
  33. clean sink including around edges
  34. clean faucet and sprayer thoroughly
  35. wash knife block
  36. clean out toaster, clean outside
  37. wash toaster cover if necessary
  38. inside breadbox
  39. outside of rag box
  40. inside soap holder
  41. outside of soap holder
  42. scrubbie holder
  43. snowman pot
  44. clean pictures
  45. microwave cabinet
  46. inside of microwave
  47. outside of microwave
  48. red cabinet
  49. floor including behind cabinets

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From: MSN Nickname«jÓñi»Sent: 12/19/2008 2:04 AM
coats are in the dryer, gift mess is cleaned up, b's gift is partially wrapped (couldn't find the tape - was under some tissue so i just draped it), and our room is mostly picked up, at least the floor.  cats are away.  scott just called - still at work so he probably won't be home 'til after 11.  i expected 8 or so.  ahh well. i was going to wait up but that is too late for me nowadays especially when i'm not really sure when he'll be home.  i'm going to bring brae in with me since he's having trouble sleeping.
 
gnite sara!

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From: SaraSent: 12/19/2008 12:17 PM
You did awesome last night!!
 
I'm totally with you on the lazy part. I had the pineapple for at least 2 weeks before I cut it. Now, usually the ones I get are so green and not ripe that they need to sit around for a while but still!
 
I zonked out just before 8 with Timmy. Slept until 9 when Andrew and the kids got home from soccer. Tried falling back to sleep but my back was hurting and I just couldn't. So, I got up and did a few things but Andrew had a meeting so I chatted with kathy a lot while sloooowly doing stuff in the kitchen. Not very productive but it was good to chat. I think I fell back to sleep around 12 but slept soundly until 6. So, later bedtime but solid sleep. hmm
 
Still no snow out there! Buses are cancelled but schools are open. Our school has about 20 bus students so not a big deal for us. You can bet those kids are going to school!!

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