Flybabies, November 6th

Fine, I'll just take the thread up all to myself!
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I did all my weekly blessing yesterday (ok, just in the living room. I'll work my way up to the rest of the house). Today I did all MR, including laundry and dishes after I made 4 pumpkin pies for the church.

Well, it's just me, all by my lonesome here. On the whole site apparently. No one has posted ANYTHING in 18 hours. What's up with that?

And the temps the next couple of days are in the mid 80's!! What's up with that!! Only in New Mexico can you crank up the AC and the heater all in the same day!! LOL! Ok, I probably won't the AC. Windows should be enough.

So, I did pretty good keeping the kitchen clean yesterday. Til last night when I decided to make some banana bread for a funeral today (a girl at our high school lost her baby to SIDS). Then Drew was fussing so much by the time I got that done, I couldn't clean the kitchen afterwards. So I'll do that here in a minute.

Today is town day. Need to drop off the 4 pies I made for the churchs annual turkey dinner, the banana breads for the funeral (actually, it's the rosary today, funeral services tomorrow), go order 25 T shirts for the elem. cheer squad, feed store for dog food, Walmart for groceries and bullets (for DH's deer hunting trip).

But before I do any of that, I have to squeeze in a shower. I desperatly need one, and of course there is no time while everyone is here and could watch the baby. LOL! At least we have water today. None yesterday while the guy was working on the well.

You know those elections get pretty consuming . . .

I am totally non-fly the last few days. Up way too late, still in my jammies right now! I'm going to start DD7 on her Chinese while I hop in the shower. Very very bad flybaby!

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Good Morning!

I'll keep you company Jenny!

TADA
morning routine
read paper
kids off to school
several calls
1 load in washer

PODA
finish laundry
DS home early today at noon
lunch
sort mail
trash to curb
start working on speech
supervise homework
dinner
read with DD

Shaun-mandarin or cantonese?

Half day today and no school tomorrow all for parent/teacher conferences. Next week same deal at DD's school. Makes for a crazy schedule but that's how it's done here.

Indian summer today here too-65 for the high

Mom is coming over tomorrow to bake apple pies with me and then conferences in the pm.

See ya

Heidi

There were elections? LOL! Just kidding. I voted, and that's pretty much all I did for it. I mainly went so I could vote for an education bond, and to show off Drew's latest pictures. See, our tiny village doesn't get busy, MIL and her friends are the ones working the election site, so we sit around and chat with each other and whoever comes in to vote. I got there at 3pm and was number 59 to vote. They even make a pot luck out of it and bring all sorts of homemade goodies to eat all day long. I could really care less about politics right now, it's all paid off anyway, right? LOL!

Becuase my house is so disgusting I can't even call myself a flybaby wannbe right now.

Between DH's surgery, me being sick, and all the schedule craziness like DS16's soccer state championship, DD's two bithday parties in one weekend, and two classes this week for me, things have just fallen apart.

Oh well, tomorrow is another day.

Indian summer continues here. 83 here today. And the wasps are loving it! :eek:

Wow Jo! I know how that goes. I couldn't keep up with the house during soccer. Hope DH is doing better!

Lotsa laundry here. DH is leaving to go deer hunting tonight, will be back next Tuesday. He needs his favorite shirts and jeans. Heaven forbid he wear some of the THOUSAND of other shirts in his closet. It has to be his Carhardt and fire dept. shirts. :eyeroll: Aw, crap. He wanted his big coat washed and he never brought it in from his truck. And you know, Tuesday when he gets in, he will dump EVERYTHING on the living room floor. I mean coats, jeans, skivvies, socks, shirts, sleeping bag, blankets. everything. And it will all REEK of camp fire smoke and of 20-men-in-a-tent-together. Not to mention that about the only thing they eat all weekend are beans with green chile and eggs with beans and green chile. So add in the fart smell, too.

And on Wednesday, he will say, honey, I NEED that shirt clean NOW!!! LOL!

Have a good one!

Hey Everyone!

Just popping in. I have a 3-day weekend - yay! DD's kid party (she is 8 on the 19th) is Saturday so have some prep to do for that. Besides that just flapping along day by day. Need to go clean my bathroom now.

Jenny, you have my sympathy for that terrible pile of laundry you will have to deal with.

Glad to hear from you Jo - hope your life is back to normal soon!

Hi Heidi - we are in Indian summer too and I love it. Need to get out and clean up my gardens for winter!

Take care -
Andrea

Good Evening!

TADA
morning routine
DD off to school
read paper
bank deposit
cousin brought over pork we got from their pig
parent teacher conf with DS at school
lunch
sorted mail
Mom over to make pies
watched movie with her
dinner
DD bathed

PODA
read with DD
shower for me
collapse

More later

Heidi

It was a busy, hectic day in some ways.

After the phone woke me up at 6:42, the day got started. I found out that our processed hog was to be delivered by some friends this afternoon. Well, I didn't think I would have room for it after the 450 pounds of the half a beef I picked up over a month ago. So I ran into walmart and bought a new freezer. It's small, 5 cubic feet, compared to my other, which isn't huge, just 15 cubic feet. Still, the hog completely filled up both freezers!

Then they stayed and fixed me dinner! So sweet of them!! A combination of onions, potatoes, and polish sausage (fresh polish sausage!!). They called it "Trash". Yummy! Easy to clean up, too.

Boys are asleep (though I know it won't be long before little bit is up again wanting more tittie milk). Can you believe he will be a year old next weekend?! Girls are playing cards. Very peaceful right now. Have a good night!

Jenny- how funny about the hog,because we got 1/4 of one brought over on Thursday from DH cousin! They have also brought us beef from their cattle last year. I still have plenty of that too. I had major rearranging to do before she was to arrive, but managed to squeeze it all in the freezers.(the main one in the fridge and a small one in the garage) So for just over $100, we got 65 lbs of pork(chops,sausage,bacon,roasts,and ribs). Not too shabby.

WEnt to DH grandma's bday party Saturday. She turns 93 this week. The little cousins had fun running around with each other while the adults got to sit and talk.

I have been asked to give a 5 minute talk on Wednesday about LDA and how it has impacted my life. So that will be a part of today and tomorrow's PODA.

PODA

morning routine
read Sunday paper
put away 1 load laundry
BJ's for lunch meat
lunch
work on speech,rehearse it
supervise DS homework
read with DD
walk if rain tapers off
call Mom
dinner
DD bath

DS got his 1st qtr report card last week and made honor roll. Honor roll in middle school is anything above a 3.0 He sqeaked by at 3.1 It is an accomplishment for someone who has a reading disability and attends one of the most academically competitive school districts in the state. We are happy for him and proud of him.

Have a pleasant day guys

Heidi

Hi Everyone!

Having trouble sleeping Heidi? Or did you just get up WAY too early? Congrats to your son, that is fantastic! He must be pretty proud of himself. And what a great deal for all that meat - wish I could do that.

Hi Jenny - I'm sure you will enjoy your meat too. Glad you got your freezer. How long will all that meat last you?

Well, I made it through DD's party yesterday. It was fun and I think she enjoyed it. We did a Sponge Bob theme, courtesy of Wal-Mart. It actually turned out very cute - we decorated with blue and yellow crepe paper and blue and yellow helium balloons plus some mylar balloons. Also little blue lights. We saw Santa Clause 3 (cute) then came back for presents, pinata, pizza, and cake. The only tense moments were when her brother started in with the "What's your boyfriend's first name" thing and when some of the girls' behavior was a bit off. But all in all, fun. So, onward -

PODA:
dw
laundry
exercise
church
store for short list
mop kitchen
Zone
print out card labels

Have a great Sunday -
Andrea

Andrea, if I'm careful, that beef will last a little more than a year. That was only half a beef. We split it with my inlaws. I will more than likely run out of groundbeef before the year is up, but the roasts and steaks I can drag out a while.

Heidi, how funny you got pork, too! These friends of ours raise the pigs for their kids to show for 4-H in the fair. Then they sell them to their friends, haul them off to be processed and deliver them to us. I paid $250 for the hog and $150 for processing. It came out to 246 pounds of pork.

And yay for the honor roll for your DS! Always makes a mom feel good when they do that! Both my girls made Blue Honor Roll (which is straight-A's). The school is having a special breakfast for parents and students next Monday for A and A-B honor roll kids all the way up thru high school. The teachers are doing the cooking, then there will be an assembly for certificates. This is new, I hope we can keep it going.

If DH gets a deer, I don't know where I'm going to put it!

I think I'm going to ditch church today. After two days straight of unexpected town trips (Friday for DD9's soccer team's party, yesterday's freezer emergency), I'm letting myself stay home. I need to feed the cattle today. Will be a tight squeeze with all four kids and myself in a single cab pickup. LOL! I should have done it yesterday, but they have plenty of hay and grass, they certainly aren't going to starve.

HAve a great day!

Well, I know it's a bit early, but is anyone interested in doing the Christmas Card Exchange this year? Is anyone interested in organizing it?! Just thinking ahead a bit...
Andrea

Long time, no see. Just popping in to say hi. I'm still doing a little flying here and there, mixed with a little bit of some other stuff. Good to see all the "old" faces. Miss you guys.

Jamielea-so good to see your name here! Hope everyone is well. Give us an update...

Heidi

Waves to Jamielea!!!

Dh made it back from hunting early this morning (like 3:30am). Soon after going to bed for a mid-morning nap, he was called out to a fire. There is a dust storm blowing outside, too. Let's hope we don't have a wild fire season like last year! I'm having deja vu of what happened almost exactly a year ago when over half my ranch burned and narrowly missed my house. Drew was 11 days old on that day (Nov. 30th).

Ok, on to happier things! When DH gets back from playing firefighter, he will probably unload all his stinky camping stuff. Thankfully, he didn't get a deer. LOL! So I guess the day will be devoted to laundry. Yay. Not.

Good Afternoon!

TADA
morning routine
kids off to school
read paper
gave presentation(went well)
dropped info off at LDA office
farmer's market for a few things
lunch
made cookies for kids

PODA
sort mail
dinner
supervise homework
read with DD

My DD read her first book last night(with just a bit of help on long words)!! It seems to be coming along with not too much effort for her and she feels like such a big girl.

Better go wait outside for the bus.......

Heidi

How fun to see your name, Jamielea! Hope you will give us an update, like Heidi says.

I am working and crisis cleaning for Mom's visit Thursday. She is sleeping in our room and we are sleeping in my office. Scary on both counts!

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

See that's why I still miss yall, you guys make a person feel missed
Everythings about the same here, Trey (ds8) is doing well homeschooling, he's in 3rd grade this year. Savannah (dd2) is doing a little better at finding things to keep her happy while Trey and I school, she's counting to 15 and can almost say her ABC's
Tony (ds20) is in his 3rd year at St. Mary's and still doing very well, he amazes me.

My Mom and her boyfriend moved out here about 3 months ago, they are staying with us until the end of the year and then they'll be moving closer to her new job. (about 10 miles from our house) After 14 years of living no closer than 1200 miles from any family it's nice having her here, the kids love it.

I've started decorating for Christmas, seems like I do it earlier and earlier every year. LOL I can't help myself, I have 2 tree's up and 3 or 4 more to go. I'll try to check back in more often, I do miss you guys.

Hi Everyone -

Not much time to post, but I did want to pop in and say hello to Miss JamieLea - we have missed you here! I've been keeping up with you on your blog though.

Well, let's see, what have I done? Maintained mostly! Laundry is kept up so that is something. Starting to think about Christmas stuff now -

see ya!
Andrea

Jamie Lea, aren't they growing too fast!?

I did absolutely nothing yesterday. We had a sand storm all day, DH was out fighting fires for most of it, then class last night. And I just didn't feel like doing anything.

Today has been a little better. DH finally unloaded his camping clothes and I'm washing those. Drew has decided I shouldn't do much. I had my desk clear the other day, then DD9 cleaned out HER desk at school and dumped her papers on mine. Great. At least DH is out of the way, drove down to Hobbs (3 hours away I think?) to get a load of pipe to build some corners for fence.

My bedroom is EXTREMELY dusty and dirty. I guess I'm so busy trying to keep up with the rest of the hosue, I don't think about my room. The floor is sorta picked up, that is, no clothes on it. The bed is always made, so it doesn't appear that bad. But the surfaces have always been bad for the past couple of years. I don't know the last time I dusted. I decluttered about 10 books off the bookshelves, but it didn't help much. I went thru some home movies and labeled them so I know WHAT is on them (and saw one of DD7 when she was 3 1/2. Wow! So much like her brother!).

I'm overwelmed with so much stuff. Papers, toys, tools, etc. And so much of it I can't get rid of. how did I get so much stuff! Guess it comes with so many kids. LOL!

Good Morning!

PODA
morning routine
read paper
attend funeral services
lunch
sort mail
vacuum upstairs
supervise homework
read with Dd
dinner

Jenny-are those dust storms out of the blue or do they only happen at certain times of the year? That really stinks!

Andrea- I need to start thinking about Xmas too. I purchased only 1 gift so far but did start a gift list. Next on the agenda would be getting the kids Xmas portraits done and writing out Xmas cards. I don't really do any extra baking/cooking so I don't have to plan for that. Mostly shopping and wrapping gifts,putting up the tree,hanging stockings and a few decorations. So I think next week's goals should be making portrait appt and purchasing and starting Xmas cards.

Hope you all have a pretty decent day

Heidi

OK, I am only talking about my husband, but I had to share:

My husband was charged with mopping the floor. (Well, some other stuff that didn't get done, too, but we'll forget about that . . .) He waited til the last possible moment -- I think he started sometime after midnight. When I woke up this morning, the floor had been mopped.

Also, the mop and full bucket of water were in the bathtub. Everything that had been on our kitchen floor--garbage can, broom, dust pan, etc. -- was spread around the dining room. And the kitchen counters -- eek!

My husband the uni-tasker. Ask him to mop the floor, and he will. When the last square inch of floor has been mopped, he is done with the job. No putting things back in place, no putting away cleaning stuff . .

Ahh, I just have to laugh about it, so that as I clean up his cleaning job I can say sincerely, "Thanks for mopping!"

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Heidi, dust storms are mainly in the spring, but can happen anytime of year. We had gusts of 55MPH the other day. We had a wet summer, so there is lots of vegetation outside. Tumbleweeds the size of cars, and other weeds are all dried up and blowing by the house, then piling up when they hit some fences or barditches. Then people driving down the highway throw their cigarette butts out the window and BAM, grass fire.

Shaun, it's a guy thing. I don't think mine could even mop the floor. I don't think he ever has. He probably couldn't figure out how to wring out a mop! LOL!

The kids (all 5 of them, dh included) have trashed my house before I could turn around. So I guess I'll spend the day trying to catch up. Oh, and I have to run to town for groceries. Whoohoo. So I need to make a grocery list/menu plan.

And HOLY CRAP! Thanksgiving is in ONE WEEK!!

Oh, yeah. Drew started walking last night.

Oh, girls...sometimes I WISH my husband couldn't clean. I left town for a conference and left the kids with DH. Came back and all was happy AND the house was CLEANER than I left it. At first thought, this would be a good thing, but then I thought-wait...he's better at this than I am!! Smile and be glad they know that you are necessary...I think mine are wondering why they don't just hang with dad! ha ha. On the other hand, DH says that it's because it was only one day, and he couldn't have cleaned it and kept it that way the whole time, just wanted me to feel relieved it was clean. Now THAT's a sweetie. YAY!!

Hey Everyone -

Jilsyt - Jamie Lea is is San Antonio,TX , where I was lucky enough to live for a year or so. Loved it! (especially the food and margaritas) Someday I am going back to SA and meeting Jamie Lea for lunch at the Alamo Cafe, right JL? Jilsyt, your husband sounds great! Lucky you.

Shaun, your story about the mopping - it is so funny. I think the rest of us can emphathize. How about doing the WHOLE job, and not just the first part of it?! Didn't you have one about putting groceries away late at night a year or so back?

Hey Jenny - how exciting for Drew! Can you believe it? I can't remember - are you going to your inlaws for Turkey Day?

DH's parents are driving here from MN for about a week over Thanksgiving - it will be nice. Trying to think of some dinner ideas that are low maintenance b/c we need to spend some time with them. I will give MIL some jobs for turkey day.
Andrea

Andrea, we are going to SIL's, who lives in Lubbock. I have been assigned brocoli casserole, an apple pie and a pecan pie.

I went to town, ran into a friend in Walmart. She makes boutique kids clothes and has a booth at a craft show in C-town this weekend. I'm going to run back to town tomorrow to give her some of my things to sell for me (burp rags and baby blankies that I made).

I've been busy working out an idea I have for some ebay things. Will share when I get closer to the end result.

Good Morning!

Insomnia strikes again....

PODA
morning routine
kids off to school
read paper
meeting
lunch
sort mail
vacuum upstairs(slug)
put away laundry
couple calls
write a thank you letter
dinner
DD bath
TGIF...movie night

Jenny-having your things at the craft show may be a good way to sell. You did try to sell them on ebay already right?

Andrea-nice to have your inlaws for a bit. Will they watch the kids and free up some time for you or you and DH?

Shaun-did you get the rooms blitzed for company?

We are having Thanksgiving at DH aunt's home. I need to make a carrot cake to take. Will buy ingredients over the weekend or Monday. Kids are off school Wed-Mon and go back Tues. Nice break. Plan on taking DD to see a dinosaur exhibit and DS bowling, other than that it'll be whatever it is!

Have a good one guys

Heidi

Dh wanted to go to Alamo Cafe the other day but I didn't have time Would be lots of fun to meet one of my “imaginary” friends
Jilsyt, I agree with Andrea, your dh sounds wonderful. I think I'd pass out if I seen a broom in DH's hand.

I put the Christmas lights on the outside of the house today. I noticed several (as in a hand full ) of other people had decorated outside so I said, what the heck. Yall know how much I love Christmas. I decided this year I'm not going to feel "weird" about it anymore, decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving that is. Here's the deal, I love Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for all that I have and I'm especially thankful for CHRISTMAS!
So I have 4 trees up and one to go, my Thanksgiving menu is planned. We are expecting a couple of young soldiers from Ft. Sam for dinner with us threw the "Adopt a Soldier" program, should be fun.

Heidi, what movie did you guys watch?

Jenny, I think I lost the address to your eBay account? Let me know when you get the new idea ready.

Shaun, enjoy your Mom's visit. And your dh sounds like mine, gotta love em'.

Off to bed now. Nite nite

Jamie Lea, I always want to come spend Christmas at your house with all the trees! (but then I wouldn't get to see snow. LOL!)

It was a busy weekend with cheercamp on Saturday, then yesterday church, admin board meeting and birthday party (though small, only the inlaws over). Then this morning we had to be at the school for the honor roll breakfast followed by an assembly for awards.

How on earth do I get so far behind on laundry?! I try to do the flylady thing and do one load a day, but then I get busy for a few days and don't have time to do even one load. So I think I'm going back to designating 2 or 3 days a week and taking care of all laundry.

I vacuumed yesterday before the party. The kitchen is a mess. There are still boxes and toys all over the living room. I'll get those taken care of. And will see what else the day has in store for me.

Good Afternoon!

TADA
morning routine
kids off to school
read paper
helped in DD's class
bank deposit
mailed off bills
bought carrot cake ingredients and a couple Xmas gifts
couple calls

PODA
late lunch
sort mail
couple more calls
dinner
homework
DD bath
read with DD

See ya

Heidi

Hi All!

Just poking in! Heidi, yum, carrot cake! Good for you on the gifts, - I have bought none yet

Gosh Jenny, you have been busy! I ahve read your blog - I feel your pain, but it is time to move in!
Looking forward to the break here! See ya -
Andrea

Good Morning!

TADA
morning routine
kids off to school
read paper
folded 1 load laundry

PODA
put away laundry
shower and dress
drop off key to DH customer
buy golden raisins for cake(didn't have it at other store)
haircut for me
help art teacher for a couple hours at school
lunch
sort mail
homework
dinner
read
DD bath

Last day for both kids today until Tuesday! Yay! No homework to supervise,no lunches to pack,no getting up at 6am with DS....

Andrea- I actually hate shopping for anything but have to you know. Christmas gifts are hard to pick for some relatives. Mostly it's avoidance/procrastination because I dislike going shopping. I have now 4 gifts purchased and my list starting to take shape so we shall see.
I LOVE to wrap though?!!??

Better get going here ladies

Have a good one

Heidi

I could shop for you and you could wrap for me. I'm not crazy about shopping but I'd much rather shop than wrap. I'm not good at it and the more I warp the worse they look

Well I put the last tree up today, the one in my bedroom. (colored lights and all white decorations)

Trey and I did a bit of reading and that's about it, it's been a slow homeschooling week.

We're almost ready for Thanksgiving. Turkey and Ham are in the fridge defrosting. My mom's making the dressing this year as well as some mac salad. I don't think my soldiers are going to come threw, they were supposed to call me Monday with the names of two soldiers but I haven't heard from them, oh well. I told dh next year we'll celebrate Thanksgiving on Friday and on Thanksgiving Day we'll volunteer downtown delivering meals to the homebound, it's too late this year and besides I want to spend it here with my Mom the first year we've been together for Thanksgiving in a LONG time.

Anyway, I'm tired and rambling on. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving.

What's up with this

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I just lost a nice long post. Oh well. Have a great Thanksgiving.

We had a great visit with mom, except that DH got food poisoning at lunch Thurs. and was sick the whole weekend! But my mom is great -- she pitches in, she plays with the kids, she has lots of energy. I hope I'm that kind of grandma. (Plus, she bought all of us new clothes!)

Just finished some T.giving prep: got my berry sauce made and got the turkey soaking in brine. (Also got the kitchen disinfected -- after years of no meat I am terrified of poultry juice!)

Got the bedrooms ready for mom, so now I have to get the other rooms ready for our T. giving guests. Ack! Mom also offered to hire a professional organizer as a gift to us. That's how bad it is!

Jamielea, welcome to the club. We all must be flagged as spam at least once on TNH, or we know there's something wrong with you! Your love of Christmas makes me laugh! I'm just hoping to get the Xmas stuff up before the 25th. We are going tree-free this year because of the (not quite a) puppy, but I have a cool idea for making a paper tree on the wall that I hope will make up for it. And I will probably get some more greenery to hang around, and some good-smelling evergreen potpourri too. We also got a super-cute poinsettia topiary last year, so I might get that again.

OK, I can't get excited for Xmas decorating while the T.giving turkey is still in the fridge!

Have a great holiday, all you American T. giving celebrators!

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Well, I just got flagged too! I think the posts may appear later.

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Hopefully the spam thing won't get me. LOL! I've had it happen before though.

Heidi, I hate to wrap, love to shop (when given the funds for it. LOL!). Let's swap! teeheehee. I wish I was a more creative wrapper. I don't do ribbons or bows at all! I just wrap it in paper, slap a tag on it, and stick it under the tree.

Speaking of shopping. I may have to run to town today. We are almost out of milk and bread. I have enough to get by a couple of days. but I know everything will be closed tomorrow when we pass thru town on the way to Lubbock. And I am NOT going to any store Friday or Saturday or probably even Sunday.

Today I also need to fix a brocolli casserole, apple pie, and I need to shell pecans and fix a pecan pie.

Good Morning!

TADA
morning routine
read paper
took friend to airport

PODA
make carrot cake
get DS haircut if he feels better
sort mail
lunch
walk with dog and DD
watch movies and hang out
dinner

Easy day here today.

Jenny- You got a deal! Let's swap chores....

Have a great Thanksgiving All!!!!

Heidi

Happy Thanksgiving! Just popping in fast to say Hi and I hope everyone has a great happy holiday. I think about you girls all the time- life just got really hectic lately since Luke is now mobile. We are doing good though. We are settled into our new rooms and enjoying them so much. It is great to finally have the space since I am being taken over by kid stuff!!

Alexa is cracking me up watching the parade. Its the first year she can actually enjoy it. She was jumping up and down like a crazy girl when she saw the Dora balloon.
OK I have to be fast- Luke should be up any second. Just wanted to wish you girls a Happy healthy thanksgiving and I am grateful to have you guys even if I only show up once every few months I am going to be here more I promise. I need you girls to whip me into shape! Enjoy your turkey! Love Jackie

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to pop in and say Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone had a nice one. Jackie, so happy to see you - we miss you - join us more often. Your new rooms sound great!

Andrea

Good Morning!
Hi Jackie!

TADA
morning routine
read paper
watched Ice Age 2 with Dd

PODA
lunch
take DD to museum to see dinosaur exhibit
sort mail
read with Dd
dinner
bath for DD

DS feels sick,threw up last night so he will stay home with DH while DD and I go out. He said that he wasn't interested in seeing the exhibit anyway so no loss there. He gets to go with DH to a basketball game tomorrow night if he is better.

Did anyone brave the crowds and shop this morning? Not me,never...saw people in line last night outside Best Buy on our way home from Thanksgiving dinner...crazy crazy

Heidi

Hello,Ladies.

My computer died -- deader than a, uh, well, really dead. I now have a spiffy wireless laptop. I would have made the old one quit sooner if I'd known these swell things were around.

We had a lovely dinner -- just the four of us. I knew I ate too much when my chair broke. I landed most ungracefully on my bum and wrist.

I went to visit my sister in Maine in October and saw lots of autumn leaves (something we don't have in the desert). Also, my DH and I took a trip up the coast of California a couple of weeks ago. Having grown kids is a nice thing.

I haven't read ALL the posts -- I hope everyone is doing well.

LoisD

Hey Lois! Good to see you popping in! Aren't these new laptops cool! Ok, I guess they are. My husband got one, but I don't get to use it. Which is fine. It means the desktop one is MINE! LOL! (which I must share with all the kids).

Nope, Heidi, no shopping for me! I got milk on the way home last night to last me til Sunday. I'll swing by Walmart and get groceries while the kids are in Sunday School.

I'm getting a sore throat. Crap. I don't have time for this! Drowning myself in hot tea today, trying to fend it off.

Hi All -

Great to see you Lois - sorry about the chair mishap! I love my laptop too - it is great!

Jenny, I have a cold too - sore throat started a few days back and now my head feels like a toasted marshmallow. Yuk.

I was considering going up to the city with the kids today to do a bit of shopping, but not sure I'm up to it now. If I do it will be quick. Maybe I'll take advantange of Lynn's Amazon idea, I usually do most of my Xmas stuff online anyway.

The house is in pretty good shape - I'd like to do a couple things today - change sheets on one bed and something else. Plus laundry.

Andrea

Good Morning!

Lois-hello,glad to see your name again. Your vacations sounded lovely. I was in Carmel,Ca as a teenager on vacation and remember it being so beautiful. Where you in that area?

Jenny and Andrea-sorry you are getting the sickies. My DD is over hers,DS is almost over his, and guess whose turn it will be next??!!

Tonight DS and DH will be at a basketball game so I was thinking of taking DD and my mom to a Xmas lighting in a small village near here. They will have hot cocoa and cookies, Santa Claus, and carolers I believe. So we may do that for a bit since it should be a nice night tonight.

PODA
morning routine
read paper
put away 1 load laundry
call Mom
vacuum lower level
lunch
sort mail
relax with kids,play games
dinner
lighting ceremony

DH put Xmas lights around our tree trunks yesterday. White mesh lights and then red single strands to look like candy canes. Had to take advantage of the 55 degrees yesterday.

I think that I will take a photo of the kids on my digital camera and make copies this year instead of making an appointment at a studio and dealing with all that. This will be so much easier and quicker.

well,better get breakfast.....

Heidi

Heidi, that is what I do now. I just take the picture, edit it on the computer, take it down to Walmart to have made into a card. They include the envelopes, too. One year I just did a picture and I included it in the cards. But last year since I had just had Drew, I didn't have time for cards, so I did the photo cards, I think they are .33 each.

Which reminds me I need to do that this year. Hope I can get the puppy to stay still long enough. LOL!

The girls stayed the night at MILs last night. DH is watching a movie, DS4 is still asleep, Drew playing with blocks. I got a small cleaning bug yesterday and started cleaning out kitchen drawers. Now I have all the napkins, placemats, tablecloths and potholders in the wash. Will finish that up today.

Hi All -

Well, I had a long shopping trip with DD8 today. It was fun, even though I am struggling with this nasty cold. We had her birthday lunch at Bugaboo Creek and I gave her "my" gift - tickets to High School Musical on Dec. 23rd. She was pretty happy. It is a Rochester production with highscool stars from all over the area. Should be good. Got her ice skates and boots and did some Xmas shopping.

Speaking of Christmas, anyone willing to organize the card exchange? Anyone? Anyone?

I've done a lot of different things with cards in the past and have mostly taken my own of the kids and had it made into a photo card. This year we went to a studio and I was actually very happy with the result. Don't know if we'll do that every year though.

Flying? Maintaining... my mantra. The usual - laundry, dishes, DH made a crockpot dinner. Church tomorrow and then DS9 has a bowling party to go to.

See ya!
Andrea

Good Morning!

TADA
morning routine
read paper

PODA
DS haircut
lunch
DD to park
watch football game with DH
dinner
read with Dd

65 and sunny here today, hard to believe for this time of the year. So I promised DD a trip to the park when I get back with DS from the barber shop.
Never made it out last night but will soon in our own village. All of December there are different lighting/carolling/cocoa gatherings.

Andrea-nice day out with your DD

have a good day everyone

Heidi

HI All-
Can you believe this weather Heidi? I was out puttering in the garage and gardens today in just a shirt! (and pants of course) I'jm having trouble thinking of Xmas with this spring like weather.

Today was busy, but good. Church, shopping, swept and vacuumed garage (yes, I am crazy), laundry, went through one drawer and swept and mopped one wood floor upstairs. I am dthinking my new plan might be one drawer and one floor each day. Let's see ... I'll be done by May if I'm lucky!

Back to work and school tomorrow. I have a few things to iron out at work so I"m hoping it is a good week.

Have a good night all -
Andrea

I ventured to Walmart today, but only for groceries. It wasn't bad, but I did go while my kids were in Sunday School and every other church in town (minus the Catholic church) was having services.

Our tree is up, but no lights or decorations on it yet. I'll work on that tonight. I'll do the rest of the decorations over the week, I suppose.

Spring weather here, too. in the mid to upper 70's all week last week. But this Wednesday a front is supposed to move thru, and they are predicting a high of 34 on Thursday, along with a 30% chance of snow (how cool will that be!).

Good Morning!

TADA
morning routine
read paper

PODA
DD has a playdate here 11-2
1 load laundry
sort mail
lunch
couple calls
finetune Xmas gift list
read with Dd
dinner

Have a nice Monday

Heidi

I spent the evening and most of the night praying to the porcialine God. Bleh. I was fine yesterday morning, went to church, grocery store, even got the tree put together. Then it all came up.

Feeling rather weak today and unenergetic. I'm not flying at all, not even flapping. I did do the lights on the tree a minute ago, will wait til the kids get home from school for the ornaments. No other decorating is done yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Except some time this week I have to get to C-town and try to find something to make a Moose and a ragdoll costume for my girls. DD9 has the lead in the school's Christmas play (the Moose. She also sings solo in it, too!). I know she is talented, but I also know that the music teacher, who I cannot stand because she isn't really DOING anything, put her in the lead role because my DH is on the school board and she is worried about her job (not that he can do anything about it, thanks to HB212, which really means all the school board can do is hire/fire superintendent and budget stuff). So, she is a kiss ass. We notice every year that she gives school board kids and her own grandkids the best parts. Also goes on and on about how wonderful the school board is, etc. really ticks me off. But hey, works out great for my kids (who really do have talent. LOL!)

Laterz.

Good Evening!

jenny-sorry you are feeling sick...or maybe...???LOL

Playdate went well here with Dd and her friend. I made cookies while they played,chocolate raspberry chip

2 loads done,1 folded
picked up pizza for dinner
raked remaining leaves in front yard

Have a good night guys

Heidi

Sorry you're not well Jenny! Hope you and DH can rekindle the flame soon! I think we've all been at that point in life, but hopefully come out the other side!

Those cookies sound great Heidi!

I made a great recipe tonite from allrecipes http://allrecipes.com/recipe/penne-with-spicy-chicken-sausage-beans-and-...

Don't know if that will work - anyway, YUM! And pretty easy.

Just puttering otherwise - homework with kids and violin practice. The kids got their report cards and they were good - though the reverse from what I expected.
See ya -
Andrea

Sorry you're not well Jenny! Hope you and DH can rekindle the flame soon! I think we've all been at that point in life, but hopefully come out the other side!

Those cookies sound great Heidi!

I made a great recipe tonite from allrecipes http://allrecipes.com/recipe/penne-with-spicy-chicken-sausage-beans-and-...

Don't know if that will work - anyway, YUM! And pretty easy.

Just puttering otherwise - homework with kids and violin practice. The kids got their report cards and they were good - though the reverse from what I expected.
See ya -
Andrea

Good Morning!

TADA
morning routine
kids off to school
read paper
gassed up van
BJ's for lunch meat
Aldi for groceries
put everything away

PODA
put away 1 load laundry
lunch
sort mail
drag raked leaves to backyard
couple calls
dinner
supervise homework
read with Dd
DD bath

It was hard getting my 2 up this morning after 6 days off...but no one was late.

See ya

Heidi

Well enough to try a zone this week.

What zone are we in?

Things are really nutty as usual. Oh, for three straight days of peace and quiet with nowhere to go and nothing to do...

Had 13 of my family over for Thanksgiving and it was fun. All the food turned out really well, and the mess got cleaned up right away.

Christmas shopping is half done. I have 2 great grandmothers to buy for. They are both 84 and have everything, yet still expect a present. What on earth do I get them?

Hope everyone is healthy and happy. Jenny, you may not have "been exposed" but I'm still hoping for another one for you. Notice I said you. Not me.

Peace
-Jo

Jo, my Gram is hard to shop for, too. Especially since she now lives with my mother and even though she has a large bedroom/sitting room/bathroom, it's not her 2,000 sq. ft home she used to have. LOL! I usually get her a large print book (or a gift card from Amazon to get one. My mom does the ordering for her). I made her a lap quilt for her birthday (handquilted) and she says that's enough for her birthday AND Christmas for years. LOL!

As for another baby! Oh, you are funny!! Don't tell my husband!!

My entire day has been completely altered. I had planned to go to Clovis to get stuff to make the girls' costumes for the Christmas play. That was going to take a huge hunk of day to find the stuff I need. Well, DH made arrangments to have the windshield of the semi replaced. When he told me, I reminded him that he wasn't going to be in town today, he was taking one of the firetrucks up to Amarillo for some repairs. DUH! Well, it was too late to call and reschedule, the place was already closed. So, I had to cancel my day (because they are coming at noon. That leaves me not enough time before or after to do what I need to do). I also probably won't be able to go to Abq. with DH now as well. I can't do the stuff tomorrow because I'm running a bake sale at the school.

So, fudge. Guess I'll catch up on more housework (story of my life!).

Good Afternoon!

TADA
morning routine
kids off to school
paid bills
couple calls
dropped off paperwork
Toys R Us for a few gifts

PODA
sort mail
lunch
find missing library book
assemble a few documents for drop off
another call
dinner
7pm girls night at friend's

Jenny-bummer about your trip to Albq. Can someone else do the bake sale thing? Someone MUST owe you a favor dontcha think? Hope it works out so you can get the costume stuff. My DH sometimes changes my day around at the last minute although I have spoken to him about looking at the wall calendar since I put everything on it. That way he knows my plans and can make his own adjustments. But usually I can work around most last minute things pretty well.

enuf of that...ugh

Time to grab lunch

Heidi

Plans changed a little bit again.

A cousin called and said she was snowed in in ABQ, they wouldn't be going home tonight. So I went to her house and got her dog and took her to the kennel for her.

At least I"m not baking anything for the bake sale tomorrow. I'm donating all the halloween candy. teeheehee!

Good Morning!

PODA
morning routine
kids off to school
read paper
bank deposit
drop off paperwork
Mom's to declutter
lunch
sort mail
general tidying
vacuum top story
dinner
homework
bathe Dd

Today is supposed to be our last mild day then highs in the 20's for the weekend...yuck

I wanted to start Xmas cards this week but didn't find any I like that weren't way too expensive so I need to look more next week and take digital pix of the kids to Target. I have a coupon for like 20 free 4x6 photos. Bought a few more gifts yesterday so starting to make headway on that area. We will either set up our Xmas village display on Sunday or our Xmas tree. Slowly but surely it all comes together...

Have a lovely day!

Heidi

I am going to just jump right back in. I am hardly a flybaby these days but I am trying. Flyinfant would be a better term.

Jenny you had me cracking up this morning!! Sex is a thing of the past in this house too!! Maybe if I put in my poda it MIGHT get done Probably not though.

Poda:
~ make meatloaf for Dmoms bday today
~wrap her gift
~find a box to put gift in first
~make bottles
~dress and feed these munchkins early so we dont lay around all am
~shower and get dressed before Dh leaves for work
~unload dishwasher and wash last nights pots.
~put away the basket of laundry that has been sitting upstairs for like 2 days!!!!
Tada:
~got up at 630am and ran with my neighbor
~paid stupid Lipa bill I kept forgetting about and set it up on automatic payment
~took out then garbage
~put up lights yesterday (Dh's tada really)
I started this new thing where I take a basket and everything that shouldnt be in a room I throw it in there and then bring it to the area it should be in. Now I have baskets of stuff in our rooms. Im not sure its working too well
OK ahve a great day Flyfriends!! Love Jackie

I hope I didnt scare everyone away

I spent most of the day yesterday trying to fix our internet connection. Somehow yesterday morning I lost all connection when I updated my Norton because of a firewall or something weird. Thank goodness its fixed!!

I am trying to convince Alexa to get dressed so we can go play with the twins before I go to work but she is so stubborn lately! This better be a stage. I am tired of fighting to put clothes on. In a minute I will have to sit on her and dress her and deal with the screeching! Any advice from the veteran Mommas of crazy girls????

Poda and tada:
~unload dishwasher
~started a load of laundry
~got myself dressed
~took out garbage, wiped down counters and cleaned sink
~27 fling of some toys. How do they multiply so quickly??
~play with twins after dressing crazy child
~work 3-9pm
~figure out dinner for Dh before i go to work
~send in vacation forms for Dh and I for work
Thats about it. wish me luck, i'm going in.... The Mommy always wins!!! Love Jackie

good AFternoon!

TADA
morning routine
kids off to school
read paper
more phone calls
sent letter
picked DS up(feels sick)
started laundry

PODA
keep DS in bed and hydrated
finish laundry
sort mail
dinner
read with DD

I think he has a flu like virus,low grade fever,sore throat,tired,etc. So weekend plans for decorating may be on hold since he likes to help with that stuff.

Jackie-does Alexa dress herself okay? If so, hide her top under the bed,her underwear behind the books, and her pants by the toy box(just an example) and have her find them in order and put them on. If it's like a game she may just fall for it. Good luck!

Heidi