flybabies march13th

I had to pick ONE thread! LOL!

Time to get back on track! Did most of MR this morning. HAD to do a load of laundry because DH's clothes were stinking up the house. He was playing firefighter all night. All of Roosevelt County/Lea County was on fire last night. Two major grass fires and a trailer house in town up in flames. He was at the trailerhouse one. But the smoke smell in the clothes was more than I could handle.

I also have to do lots of vacuuming and sweeping. Dust storms every day since I got back from Georgia! Yesterday was the worst, gusts over 60MPH. My window sills are completely covered in dirt, and you don't want to see the floor in the laundry room by the back door. You cannot see the floor, just dirt. Ugh. Will probably have a friend over for dinner tonight (our dhs at school board meeting). So much going on this week. I need to spend the day getting organized. Transfer money for bills. Yeah, I'm rambling.
bye!

Posting at the exact same time -- at least I wasn't totally oblivious and miss on a thread that was already started.

TADAs from the list
DW started
working on kitchen

girls are watching a movie and DPupster is out romping in snow up to her chin. Time to do some plotting and planning, I guess!

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

We just went under a tornado watch here. There were so many injuries, deaths and property damages yesterday from the outbreak of tornadoes. I sure hope today's high temps haven't set us up for the same scenario.

It's been a pretty typical Monday here. I haven't done nearly as much as I need to do. I always have trouble getting my tractor cranked on Mondays! DD was hard to get up this morning and it has just been a difficult day so far.

DD is at aftercare so I can get some things done here at home, but thus far I haven't done that much. If we don't get rained out (which I am sure we will), I will probably have to take DD to t-ball practice because DH is going to have to work late. Ugh. I sure hope it gets rained out! I wanted to let DH take her to practice and I could stay home and cook dinner. We'll see, I guess!

OK, so I'm gonna get off of here and do some laundry. I need to accomplish something before I go to pick up DD!!!

Y'all have a good one!

Vonnie

Clairee: The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

"Steel Magnolias"

HI all -

Jenny, I heard about the fires in NM - terrible.

Hi Vonnie! Hopefully those tornadoes won't hit you!

Hi Shaun!

Well, it is raining terribly here, hopefully our bawsement won't flood. We have a sump pump. Worked half a day and then had a dentist appt. for a filling. Fun.

Well, I'll check in later!
Andrea

Well, we are fortunate to have made it through yesterday with no problems/damage. Our area was under at least two separate tornado warnings. Nothing touched down, thank goodness.

Today is a sunny, cooler day. I'm a little more motivated than yesterday. That's good. Mondays are so hard for me!

Today's PODA:

* Work at office a.m.
* Pick up jacket at alterations place
* Pick up DD at school
* Work with DD on work she missed last week
* Make bread & muffins
* Make cake if time

Not too dramatic, but actually busy. The working with DD on homework is like four PODAs!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Vonnie

Clairee: The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

"Steel Magnolias"

Glad you didn't have anything too wild, Vonnie!

DH and I drove around today to turn off pump motors and the big sprinkler (it's 1/4 mile long). Grabbed a coke at the truck stop, back home. Now he is off hauling hay.

I have TADAs from yesterday!
*vacuumed
*laundry
*swept and mopped
*bathrooms
*Chance and Ch'ree's summer clothes
*kitchen all cleaned up and DW ran before bed
*BIG tada: Got Chance in bed at 10:00!!

Not sure what I will get done today. Had snack duty for Shelby's class, but that is done. Wait til later.

Good Afternoon!

TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
read paper
put away laundry
many phone calls
lunch
DD to preschool
bought a couple bday gifts for niece
picked up things DS left at friend's house
sat at Starbuck's and read
picked up DD
picked up pizza
sorted mail

PODA
make salad to go with pizza
get Ds started on homework
eat
LDA meeting at 7pm

Vonnie-so glad you didn't sustain any damage,scary I am sure.

Jenny-wow,you are a whirlwind! Good going on Chance falling asleep "early" LOL

Andrea- I called and made dental checkups for my kids today,hopefully no fillings here.

Take Care....

Heidi

I'm still in study mode for the rest of the month. Sunday I didn't do a whole home blessing but I did get the upstairs vacuumed and the master bath floor mopped. Today I picked up the living room (it was hit by the DH tornado so Vonnie, I feel your tornado pain) and will vacuum it if I ever get myself offline. Also did some baking because it's Purim (Jewish holiday).

Good Morning!

TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
read paper
dw running
showered and dressed

PODA
DD to playdate
couple errands
home for lunch
laundry
relax,read,etc
pick DD up from school
sort mail
read with Dd
dinner
homework
DD bath

DD has a playdate this morning before preschool. The girl is in her class so they will take the 2 of them to school after lunch as well. That means I have like 5 hours to myself...unheard of!!!

Have a good one

Heidi

Well, I'm just at home alone all day, not really doing a lot for myself! DD is at kindergarten & will stay for aftercare today. I really didn't want to let her stay, but she really wanted to, sooo... Mom gave in!

My TADAs:

* Went to my Mom's for coffee and went into her storage building to look and see what all I need to sell on ebay/at garage sale
* Got a newspaper and started my grocery list from the sales papers
* Moved all of my vegetable plants back outside after last night's frost (14 trips!)
* Got cheesy buttermilk bread dough going in my bread machine; I'll bake it in the oven when it's done kneading & rising

My PODA:

* Laundry
* Unload/reload dishwasher
* Scout websites for coupons on sale items from sales ads
* Work on our budget some more (I was way off on groceries & gas)
* General straightening up in the house (it's a wreck!)

So, I'd better go get busy! Y'all have a good day!

Vonnie

Clairee: The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

"Steel Magnolias"

Town day here. Out of milk again, and we can't function without it. LOL! I should buy a milk cow. LOL!

But first going to look thru a WW cookbook and get some dinner ideas. We need it!

Yum yum!

A funny story: for some strange reason, I told DD6 that her bad habit of blaming things on her sister was "not a very Christian thing to do." Seeking some leverage for argument, she said brightly, "Is it a Jewish thing?"

Sigh, mental note, don't do that again!

Spent last night at the urgent care for bad cough and broken toe. Vicodin gave me a good night's sleep, however, so I'm not doing so bad

TADAs:
Read to DDs
did music practice with DD6
took down "fort" and vaccuumed basement
started kitchen linens in laundry
started prepping office for Mom to stay for the week (yay!)

Pretty good for hobbling and being out of breath.

Glad all is well, Vonnie. In SD we had lots of tornadoes too, and we got pretty blase about them. Not a good habit!

Hi to all!

Time to feed the kids some lunch and keep going.

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Good Afternoon!

TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
read paper
2 loads laundry
couple calls
lunch
DD to preschool
library
$ at consignor's
coffee shop for a quiet break
picked up DD
sorted mail

PODA
read or craft with DD
dinner
homework

Shaun-ouch on the hurt toe,don't get "defeeted"!! LOL...pretty sad, I know.

Hi All

Heidi

Cute Heidi!

Not much time here...DD7 has strep!! DS9 had it a few weeks back so I guess it is her turn. We got her in to the doc today though so she is on amoxicillin thank God. Still in pain though.

Flying?
laundry caught up
simple dinner going
that's about it!

Andrea

Good Morning!

Andrea-hope DD feels better quickly

PODA
morning routine
DS off to school
read paper
shower and dress
visit friend,dye my hair,lunch there
bread store
pick up rent
drop off TONS of pop cans to scrapper
sort mail
vacuum top floor
dinner
no homework

Happy St. Patrick's Day....wear green!

Heidi

DD got up with me at 5:15, so I haven't had a moment's peace this morning. Ugh. And she has been pushing my buttons and stalking me all morning. What a way to start the day! Hopefully my work morning will go OK. I dread work these days.

DD is staying for aftercare today, so maybe I can get some errands done. We'll see.

PODA:

* Work at office (ick)
* Deposit at credit union (it's payday)
* Look for shower curtain at K-Mart
* Laundry
* Water plants in veggie container garden
* Unload/reload dishwasher

Well, gotta run. Time to head to school.

Vonnie

Clairee: The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

"Steel Magnolias"

Hi All!

Apparently I am a spammer too, on the dinner thread! Me and Honey.

Well, DD is feeling qutie a bit better - she didn't have school today anyway.

DH made dinner. I cleaned my br after work and did some tidying. Put laundry away. That's about it!

Hi Vonnie - get to bed early!! My kids are early risers too, always have been.

Hi Heidi! Posting in your pjs again?! How is your house rental going?

I'm off - see you!
Andrea

Just waiting for DH and DD6 to vacate my bed (they're reading Inkheart for bedtime) so I can crash!

The toe and the chest are much better, but still I am worn out by the end of the day. And I think the Vicodin is starting to wreak havoc on my guts . . .

Mom came in today, so I got some new shoes! (Needed some good shoes because my shoes are my daytime cast for the next 6-8 weeks.) A great pair of Pumas (brown leather with lavender soles that come up the sides and a lavender strap!) and a pair of Wolkys (purple suede).

Glad DD is better, Andrea. Strep is the worst! So painful.

Ah, story time is over. Time to dive into bed and rest!

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

I wore a green necklace today.

Haven't been getting a lot done around the house lately! When I'm not studying or helping DH with his new job, I'm goofing off and resting or doing physical therapy exercises.

I'm going to see if it is possible to post it here, because my last "might be spam" post also was for the dinner thread:

delayed St. Patrick's Day

We originally were going to do the corned beef thing. Then DH got his first-ever royalty check in the mail, for a violin sonata he had published last year. So we set aside as much as the taxes would be, and ordered pizza with the rest to celebrate.

It wasn't that big of a check. But still! Royalties!

How is it when I'm gone for a whole day that the house just falls apart!?

I was at the school all day helping with bake sale stuff, delivering cheer notes and pictures and just hanging out. It was kinda a play day, most of the kids had spent the week taking the NM competency exams. So many were watching movies and snacks, having an unofficial party. So they didn't mind me hanging around. Then we went to the inlaws and didn't get home til midnight (girls stayed the night).

Now I'm going to attempt to catch up. LOL!!

Good Morning!

TADA
morning routine
read paper
registered kids at rec. center for summer activities
dw running

PODA
out to lunch(Subway) with DS
Underground Railroad program with DS
sort mail
dinner
movie night

DD is signed up for swimming and DS is signed up for acting camp this summer. I got to the rec center about 30 minutes before registration and I was already #79!!!! Amazing..........

DD went with DH to his sister's house to help set some kitchen cabinets so I have a "date" day with DS.

Jenny-we had our state tests last week. But we didn't get any unofficial parties. This district is pretty rigorous but this Friday should be relatively easy,last day before Spring Break.

Heidi

Hey! So, noone started a new thread or nutthin! And since there wasn't much on this one, let's just keep using it for this week.

I have company coming this weekend, so I'll be working on the house. It's my aunt and cousin who I haven't seen since August 2001. They have never seen my kids, it should be a fun visit (except that they are bringing Grandma. They decided to get her out of the closet and take her somewhere. hehehe! LOL! She died 5 years ago, they are bringing her ashes to scatter at Taos). But Drew has been fussy all morning, so I don't know how much or when I'll actually get something done.

Thanks Jenny! I think we were all to lazy to start one!

Glad Gma can make a visit! It will be fun, since they haven't seen your kids.

Just home from work and vegging before kids get off the bus. Should I exercise now? Yes. Do I feel like it? Not one bit! Gotta go change clothes and check on laundry.

Andrea

I always expect it to come back as spam!

PODA:

physical therapy exercises
laundry
mini-home blessing: pick up and vacuum living room, mop bathroom and kitchen, clean counters, take out trash
study

Good Afternoon!

TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
read paper
paid a couple bills
folded 1 load,washed and dried 2nd load
DD mopped wood floors and kitchen floor with swiffer(as good as a 5 yr old can)LOL
lunch
DD to preschool
Aldi for groceries
farmer's mkt for produce
store for couple bday gifts
picked up DD
sorted mail
put away all groceries

PODA
cook dinner
start homework with DS
Ladies Night at 7pm!!!!!!

DD loves to help clean so she mopped today,did pretty good too. Tonight is Ladies Night out with a few friends for wings and beer,can't wait. We have been good about doing this every month or so. It is fun.

Andrea-did you continue vegging or break down and exercise??

Jenny-hope Drew isn't coming down with anything. How exciting to see relatives that have been away so long.

Becky-when is your spring break? Do you have exams before or after?

Gotta run.......

Heidi

Been extra busy with mom here, so I'm mostly lurking. I thought I'd try to trip the spam sensor.

So, I have this fabulous new vacuum cleaner you all should try. (not really) We thought hey, we have some extra cash leftover from our Vegas vacation, why not take a gamble?

OK, I'm totally curious to see what will happen. FYI I use Safari. Can't switch to Firefox, though I have it on the machine. What about all my bookmarks?!

Better log out -- books to read, sleep to get, you know . . .

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

That's funny. And you were able to post!

Heidi, my spring break was last week but I still had to go to school, more or less. All of my colleagues were at the library too, when I went there. No real break for music history grad students!

TADA:
Almost everything on the PODA, except I still need to take out the trash.

Shaun, that was good for a chuckle! I was tkaing you seriously for a minute there.

Heidi, I kinda exercised. went for a brisk walk with DS9 and we jogged part of it. Only about 20 minutes but better than sitting on my a$$!

HI Becky! Do you know what you plan on doing with your degree when you are done? You are still waiting to find out about the doctoral prog. right?

Well,

TADA:
dinner made and cleaned up
laundry caught up
tidied DD's room
read morning devotional (new for me)
showered, dressed, and got to work on time!

OK, I'm off - done eating my breakfast at my desk!
Andrea

Good Morning!

TADA
DS off to school
morning routine
read paper

PODA
DD bath(slug for last night)
vacuum FR
general tidying
trash to curb
lunch
DD to preschool
oil change
couple things at store
pick up DD
sort mail
homework
dinner
call stepmom

Well our busy April bdays and Easter prep are going okay. Got all Easter baskets,candy,etc purchased and set aside. Got Dniece bday gifts almost all purchased,other teen relative is getting cash so that's done. Just my DD and my SIL. And we have ideas for both just need to purchase. Not too shabby there,huh?

Hope you all have a good day today!

Heidi

Andrea, I am still waiting to hear about the doctoral program, yes. My plan is to teach at a university or college.

Heidi, nice going with the birthdays and Easter!

PODA:

-Get DH to figure out what the heck his schedule is on Sunday so I know whether we can coordinate or not.
-clean the kitchen
-take out trash
-make some phone calls
-physical therapy
-study

Heidi? Andrea? Shaun? Jenny?

My PODA:

-study
-laundry
-physical therapy exercises

DH's TADA:

-drove me insane all day
-left for a few hours of rehearsal, leaving me with a blessedly quiet house in which to do the studying

HI All!

I'm here Becky, just waiting for another flybaby to post!

TADA:
dw emptied
sheets washed on one bed
laundry done
powder room cleaned
vacuumed 1 room plus furniture
got DVD recorder set up plus VCR (this was an all day job)
cut and color
chatted with friend over tea

DD is at a sleepover (friend above) so it is quite with just one kiddo. I am beat from a late bedtime last nite - DD and I saw Little Women at our local school - very good. Anyway, 10:30 is way too late - pathetic.

Becky, nice of your DH to leave you alone for a few hours. That is what I crave most nowadays is peace and quiet and solitude! Just for a bit!
Have a good nite guys -
Andrea

Hate to see you all alone here, Becky! My mom left Friday night, and I'm picking up my in-laws at the airport bright and early tomorrow morning, so we are action-packed around here. Let's see, about 60 hours between one's departure and the other's arrival (and each stays for a week!).

But we are glad to have them just now.

So, been cleaning mostly! Plus trying to catch up on freelance work.

Did sneak out to Tristram Shandy movie last night, and enjoyed it very much.

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Looks like it is quiet and slow here. I have been spending less time on the 'puter and more time actually working in my house for a change! This weekend, we decluttered our bedroom in a BIG way. I know Flylady doesn't approve, but we are having a garage sale this spring. I have over 90 books to sell! I'm going to try to sell some of the better/nicer ones on Ebay first, then put in garage sale if they don't go there. We took two loads of stuff to my Mom's storage area yesterday.

Today's TADAs:

* Laundry - folded one load, washed two loads
* Unloaded dishwasher and reloaded
* Refilled bird feeder (they are eating like pigs out there!)
* Fixed up b'day cards to take to step-mother and nephew today
* Made up all beds and straightened rooms
* Put beef stroganoff in crockpot to cook for our lunch
* Made iced tea for lunch

My PODA:

* Finish laundry - school is back in this week & I need to get all of DD's clothes cleaned
* Go to Target to get DD a beanbag; hers was totally worn out & we got rid of it yesterday
* Choir practice at 4

Well, I'd better run. Gotta get out the door to church here shortly.

See you gals later! Jenny, I hope you had a great time with your company this weekend!

Vonnie

Clairee: The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

"Steel Magnolias"

I am reading along though.

Staying busy as I see all of you are as well. We've got company coming next weekend, 2 of dh's sisters and a brother-in-law. Haven't had overnight company here in a couple years!

I want to try to start posting more often, we'll see how long it last this time.

Anywhoo.
Sunday's TADA
*planted some flowers
*painted a flower pot holder thingy
*re-painted my outdoor bakers rack
*cleaned the patio
*cleaned the grill
*3 loads of laundry done to finish
*cleaned out the deck box, threw away all the old floats and such
*made chocolate covered pretzels

Hope to see you all tomorrow.
Jamie Lea

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