school17777 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Is making cinnamon buns for Christmas and wrapping presents while I have the time. Instead, I just got off the phone with my sister and I’m really fighting taking a nap! After today, I won’t really have another opportunity to wrap without people around. Gotta make myself do it! What are you doing instead of what you should be doing? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhawk Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I am on the Board instead of...everything. Cleaning up, lunch, website, keeping general tabs on the baby... who is suspiciously quiet....but it's so nice to hear quiet. I'll deal with the consequences later. Just a few more posts first.......... 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 The board is a distraction for me too! I’d enjoy the quiet from the baby, but nervous about how much that quiet cost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I am wasting time on my computer rather than a lot of things I should be doing. Menu planning, cleaning, teaching (kids are still in bed), ceremony planning for scout event on Thursday night, folding laundry from yesterday, and so on. In my defense I woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible migraine and am just getting over the pain, but still feeling wiped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Well, I'm here, so... 🙂 In awhile I'm going to the post office to mail the only package that has to be mailed. Yay me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I'm here instead of buying Christmas gifts. I've just hit such a wall on Christmas gift ideas this year. However, I did have a slightly productive morning. I had my hair done and I went and got some quotes on updating our fireplace to a gas insert. I have my final on thurs... should be studying for that too.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Well our playroom looks like this right now(did the picture upload?) And I have a shelf that needs to be attached to the wall and filled with the mess all over the place. Instead, I'm taking a break and just pretending someone else will do it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Well I have one more "unkept promise" that I recall (stuff I told a client I would do last night but haven't started yet). Then a great deal of other work that was targeted to be done before now and isn't. And I badly need a shower / hair wash. Debating whether to postpone my work for my bath or my bath for my work. When I feel too mentally jumbled to make a decision on what to do next, I pop over here for a break. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender's green Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 This was supposed to be my "get stuff done" week. I'll be traveling from next week until Christmas Eve - lots of last minute prep work, most of which can't be done with kids around! But now my kids have 3 snow days. There are special events on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, so my week is shot. And I'm hiding in my room because this is the first time all day everyone's been quiet at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I should not be eating all the kiddos candy because the baby has been so hard for a few days now. I am zoning out in youtube and here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, lavender's green said: This was supposed to be my "get stuff done" week. I'll be traveling from next week until Christmas Eve - lots of last minute prep work, most of which can't be done with kids around! But now my kids have 3 snow days. There are special events on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, so my week is shot. And I'm hiding in my room because this is the first time all day everyone's been quiet at the same time. This is my get stuff done week as well. We are leaving for Orlando on Saturday and won't be back until the 22. On my list this week is: -put together cube shelving (done) -mount shelving to wall -organize play room -clean out car -pack clothing -wrap presents - finish christmas shopping -clean bathrooms -clean bedrooms -prepare guest bedroom for brother who will be visiting my parents while we are gone -clean the downstairs so mom can enjoy a clean house while we are gone - finish up pet sitting jobs -dd has dance tonight, dress rehearsal thursday, and her recital on Saturday morning before we leave I'm positive there is more but that is all I want to think about now. Instead of doing any of that right now I'm going to play Stratego with my oldest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbelle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 This morning my boys had their day at the hybrid school and I had quiet all day! I did not clean the kitchen or fold the laundry! I called a friend and talked to her and then had lunch with dh. After that I popped on here and goofed around. I did come home and clean the kitchen and then my mom popped by. Now I'm about to organize ds precalc final studying, then I will nag him to do some physics final studying. I should figure out what to make for supper. Why do people need to eat all the time???aghhhh I'd be really happy with toast myself. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender's green Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, hjffkj said: This is my get stuff done week as well. We are leaving for Orlando on Saturday and won't be back until the 22. On my list this week is: We're going to Orlando too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Well, I'm grading papers, which is what I should be doing. However, I keep getting distracted by FB or here or pretty much anything else. So it's taking me WAY longer than it should to grade this batch!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I should be sewing. I'm making a last minute quilt for the newly adopted little girl in our family. I've accomplished a lot of other things today and I can't just make myself get in there and start working. Luckily I have a couple of other things for her in case the quilt doesn't get finished on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 5 hours ago, lavender's green said: We're going to Orlando too! Nice! What will you be doing there? We're staying on site at universal studios and will be at the park for 3 days. Not sure what else we'll do on the days we're not in the parks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender's green Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 10 hours ago, hjffkj said: Nice! What will you be doing there? We're staying on site at universal studios and will be at the park for 3 days. Not sure what else we'll do on the days we're not in the parks We're meeting my parents at Disney, but staying in a house off site. Enjoy your trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 3 hours ago, lavender's green said: We're meeting my parents at Disney, but staying in a house off site. Enjoy your trip! Enjoy yours as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 I forced myself to make the cinnamon rolls and I wrapped all of youngest dd’s gifts yesterday, and no nap. I didn’t get to two things I forgot Dh asked me to do. He wanted to know what I did get done, while I was finishing up the cinnamon rolls. He has no idea how much time that stuff takes. Before I wrapped, I gathered all the gifts and separated them into piles for each person and realized that I’m only done with the youngest. The older kids basically just have stocking stuff type gifts and ds barely has that. (Ideas for 22 year males that’s useful, not clutter?). I also wrapped dh’s gifts. Today, I have to clean for the party I’m hosting in the morning, make my food for that, bake some cookies for dd to take to the nursing home this evening, try to make meatloaf and tacos to freeze as I need to portion and freeze the bulk size foods that Dh bought me this week. I need a shower in there too. One thing I did get done this morning is I got a nap in after the kids got on the bus! I must have been really tired because even though I want to take a nap, I usually don’t fall asleep especially after I had a cup of coffee. Hopefully there’s no entertaining threads today to distract more than I already am! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Well yesterday was not productive at all but I'm making up for that today apparently. I have cleaned our bathroom, kids are packed, the shelf is secure to the wall, laundry is folded and away, and now I'm going to make some coffee and finish organizing the play room. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 12:13 PM, hjffkj said: Well yesterday was not productive at all but I'm making up for that today apparently. I have cleaned our bathroom, kids are packed, the shelf is secure to the wall, laundry is folded and away, and now I'm going to make some coffee and finish organizing the play room. Did you get the play room organized? I’m sure you’ll be glad when it’s done! (Picture?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I've had a productive few days. I was able to set down in a list everything I needed to get for my kids/grandkids. That's 12 people, not including my dh and our parents and my aunt. I'm not a shopper nor a gift-giver by nature, so this is a bit overwhelming. Putting it in a list helps me a lot. I need to "see" what I'm getting. So, I spent 2 days doing online shopping. Carolyn, you're so right, this stuff takes so much more time than people realize. Then I went yesterday to TJMaxx and bought a ton of goodies. All my girls (including 2 daughters'-in-law) are either foodies or into skin care. So I bought about 7 different face mask packages -most were 5 to a pack, plus a hand mask thing, and several different types of unique foodie items. I went to town today dividing them up between the 5 girls I have. Some got more because I'm light on other gifts for them. I try to do 3 gifts per person (the foodie/skin care gift bag is one gift). I may go to World Market to get a few more international foodie items. Plus, I started decorating more. I've added a bit outside and inside. I found a cute red sleigh filled with chocolate goodies from Ghirradelli. I divided the chocolate stuff up in my foodie bags and kept the sleigh. I filled it with pinecones and plastic fir needles and some white lights... now it's a Christmas decoration. Between the weather and our schedules we haven't had a chance to go get our Christmas tree yet. Hopefully tomorrow, in the mud. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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