Jean in Newcastle Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I know, I know, you're not supposed to tackle the weekend. But let me tell you a little secret. None of my work goes away as soon as Friday is over! I still have a list and I'm checking it at least twice. Join me if you have stuff to get done as well. Clean the kitchen done More laundry Fix more pants? (All my pants were in bad shape. I'll be checking all my pants as they come out of the dryer.) Zumba done Dd11 - volunteer in a.m. done Work on lesson planning Pay next installment on dd's brain done Put out kitchen garbage done Send thank you cards for Christmas and birthday Prep for Sunday school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 So far I have done two loads of laundry, made chili, cleaned and decluttered the kitchen counters, read aloud to the kids, reviewed root words cards and made a fabulous breakfast. :) (The kids do complain a bit about the reading aloud during break, but they comply.) More decluttering is in the near future, and I will make a trip out to run a couple of errands today. Thinking of making bread or cornbread to go with the chili. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaddon Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I'm takling Sunday by doing laundry, making the kids clean, putting dinner in crock pot (done), going to the feed store, and then knitting the day away :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I'm in... laundry going, the house is clean and I'm working on my commissary list for tomorrow lesson plans for January are underway plans for supper have been confirmed Life is good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 The busy half of my day is already done! I got gas, vacuumed the car, and went to the grocery store, library, and post office. Then we ate lunch and I shipped most of the family off for the rest of the day. If I'm really lucky, I'll get no frantic phone calls or emails from anyone regarding the event I was planning (that I can't help with in person because I don't have the car). I'll practice reading with the son who is home, watching for birds in his new bird feeder, eating German pancakes for dinner, and generally having a nice five-year-old afternoon. I haven't had one of those in a very long time. I have to do the lunch dishes now before we get started though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Well is is 11am and I am barely moving yet, I best be getting down to business or nothing will get done today Today is big project day with some little things tossed in Sand livingroom walls (as in do not stop until finally finished, have dust masks now that will hopefully stop my asthma from flaring like it has done every other time I try to do that task) done wash livingroom walls done prime livingroom walls clean kitchen clean backroom done laundry done repair book that fell out of spine clean bathroom clean mstr bdrm(if there is time) and most importantly take dd5 out on a mom date once livingroom is sanded and washed (as a reward for leaving mommy alone to work on it because she will have to be self entertaining for 2+ hours I am sure) done oh and during breaks between everything work on the cross stitch I started yesterday, I should be able to finish it today done So I bit off a bit more than I could chew today. The sanding posed an issue I had not thought of. Plaster dust covering every surface in the house. Now our dryer is broken so I have laundry drying on nearly every surface so all of it needs to be rewashed. The kitchen requires every knick knack, plant, cupboard door, and all the other such things that are out on counters to be washed, a whole sink of clean dishes to be rewashed etc because of the dust. It is nearly done, but I am too tired to keep going. I am pretty happy to have finished the sanding, that was a huge task. The backroom also took more than double the length of time I thought it would. But at least it is done now. The garbage can outside is filled to the brim, garbage day is not until Wed and I still have several rooms to go. Cool thing discovered while washing livingroom walls. Back when I ripped out the hideous carpet I found a tile floor. I had planned to just put the laminate on top of the tiles. Well today I discovered that under those tiles is the original hardwood floor. So attempting to restore it is now added to my reno list. Instead of cleaning the bathroom I googled information on doing that. Well onto Sunday and the things to be done then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 It is already 2:15pm here and I have been hard at work all day! DONE: ~breakfast ~drive to friend's house to pick up extra newspaper for wrapping our decorations ~go to Michael's Craft store to buy wooden crates to use as ds' bookcase ~take down and pack up all inside Christmas decorations and trees ~discard Christmas tree in the woods behind our house ~lunch IN PROGRESS: ~clean up the mess left behind by Christmas tree ~lug all these boxes and rubbermaid tubs out to the shed so dh can put them back in the attic when he gets home from his weekend backpacking trip STILL HAVE TO DO: ~vacuum & sweep entire house ~dust ~return movie to Blockbuster ~shower & put on clean clothes--I think I have tree sap in my hair from taking the tree out of the living room ~dinner ~finish menu plan for January ~buy another pack of thank you notes WOULD LIKE TO DO: ~work on Girl Scout financials ~finish reorganizing ds' room ~work on thank you notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 11:30 - Zumba done! I'm going to need a throat lozenge after all the yelling I did. Being the class cheerleader is tiring. . Dd is taking care of babies for another 30 min Now to get in a bit of lesson planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 almost 4pm check-in. Hurt my back lifting the tree out of the stand...or maybe it was when I hoisted it over our back deck. Either way, my back is tweeked....hoping the mega dose of ibuprofen kicks in soon. I have too much left to do! DONE: ~breakfast ~drive to friend's house to pick up extra newspaper for wrapping our decorations ~go to Michael's Craft store to buy wooden crates to use as ds' bookcase ~take down and pack up all inside Christmas decorations and trees ~discard Christmas tree in the woods behind our house ~lunch ~lug all these boxes and rubbermaid tubs out to the shed so dh can put them back in the attic when he gets home from his weekend backpacking trip IN PROGRESS: ~clean up the mess left behind by Christmas tree ~vacuum & sweep entire house ~mop living room STILL HAVE TO DO: ~dust ~return movie to Blockbuster ~shower & put on clean clothes--I think I have tree sap in my hair from taking the tree out of the living room ~dinner ~finish menu plan for January ~buy another pack of thank you notes ~meet friend at Walmart parking lot at 5:30 to pick up chocolate covered cherries that she made ~mail bday card to MIL WOULD LIKE TO DO: ~work on Girl Scout financials ~finish reorganizing ds' room ~work on thank you notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 1:45. My bed is finally made. The dishwasher is going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 paid med. bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 6pm check-in. Back is still hurting...ibuprofen didn't even make a dent in the pain. I'm trying to just muddle through the evening and make it until the kids go to bed! I really hope it feels better in the morning. We definitely have to go to church in the morning because dd15 is teaching during the second hour of Sunday school. DONE: ~breakfast ~drive to friend's house to pick up extra newspaper for wrapping our decorations ~go to Michael's Craft store to buy wooden crates to use as ds' bookcase ~take down and pack up all inside Christmas decorations and trees ~discard Christmas tree in the woods behind our house ~lunch ~lug all these boxes and rubbermaid tubs out to the shed so dh can put them back in the attic when he gets home from his weekend backpacking trip ~clean up the mess left behind by Christmas tree ~vacuum & sweep entire house ~mop living room ~dust ~return movie to Blockbuster ~meet friend at Walmart parking lot at 5:30 to pick up chocolate covered cherries that she made IN PROGRESS: ~dinner STILL HAVE TO DO: ~shower & put on pj's--I think I have tree sap in my hair from taking the tree out of the living room ~finish menu plan for January BUMPING TO TOMORROW'S LIST: ~buy another pack of thank you notes (forgot them while I was at Walmart this evening) ~mail bday card to MIL (but I can't find my book of stamps!) WOULD LIKE TO DO: ~work on Girl Scout financials ~finish reorganizing ds' room ~work on thank you notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 I hope you feel better, Jenn. My 4 pm check - in: Got my new cellphone "fixed" at RadioShack. Did you know that you can set a timer to beep every minute? I didn't and it was annoying! Got new cordless phone batteries from Battery Plus. A new store that is pretty much just batteries and lightbulbs. . . Got fixings for dinner tonight (sloppy joes) and lunch tomorrow (hoagies) at the grocery store. The kids have written their thank yous. I guess I'd better write mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Today I prepared breakfast 2 loads of laundry--folded and put away Made another trip to the dump because our trash pickup came at 6:30 yesterday morning (uggg) they always come between 7:30-8:00. They were nice enough to get the trash out of the cans but I had a few boxes in the garage I wanted them to take, too. Anyway, we had one part of the garage that needed to be cleaned out so we did that this morning. Grocery shopping Played board games with the family--such a rarity these days! So glad we were all together and had time to play. Prepared dinner Wiped down kitchen #1 did the dishes Got #2 ready for bath--dh is giving him his bath Tomorrow I hope to do very little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 9:15pm check-in.... I'm done for today. The younger kids are all in bed. DD15 went to see Les Mis in the movies with her grandpa. I am going to sit in the recliner (hoping it will help my back) and play on the ipad. Good night! DONE: ~breakfast ~drive to friend's house to pick up extra newspaper for wrapping our decorations ~go to Michael's Craft store to buy wooden crates to use as ds' bookcase ~take down and pack up all inside Christmas decorations and trees ~discard Christmas tree in the woods behind our house ~lunch ~lug all these boxes and rubbermaid tubs out to the shed so dh can put them back in the attic when he gets home from his weekend backpacking trip ~clean up the mess left behind by Christmas tree ~vacuum & sweep entire house ~mop living room ~dust ~return movie to Blockbuster ~meet friend at Walmart parking lot at 5:30 to pick up chocolate covered cherries that she made ~dinner ~finish menu plan for January ~gave dd5 a bath so she's clean for church in the morning ~laid out church clothes for the little ones; ironed dd8's pants ~cleaned out dd8's drawers ~shower & put on pj's ~finish reorganizing ds' room (done, except for bookshelves that I need dh to secure tomorrow) IN PROGRESS: RELAXING! STILL HAVE TO DO: BUMPING TO TOMORROW'S LIST: ~buy another pack of thank you notes (forgot them while I was at Walmart this evening) ~mail bday card to MIL (but I can't find my book of stamps!) ~work on Girl Scout financials ~work on thank you notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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