1. Finish laundry.
2. That was meant to be funny. Is the laundry EVER finished?
3. School children. They've got to be around here someplace.
4. Buy groceries. Stretch a buck and I do mean streeeeeeeeeeetch.
5. Pack for weekend get-away.
6. Leave no forwarding address.
7. Accidentally lose cell phone.
8. Clean out van.
9. Google search how many pounds a small child must be before you can move up to using the lap/shoulder belt and get rid of the five point harness. It's coat season, people, trying to buckle Gianni in is like stuffing a turkey.
10. Mmmmm, turkey.
11. Wash sheets in cottage.
12. Stock cottage with Cheezits and books.
13. Make lunch.
14. Go to mom's group.
15. Dust.
16. Clean bathroom.
17. Write change-over notes for our splendid relief house parents who are taking over tomorrow.
18. Buy dog food.
19. Refrain from beating about the neck and shoulders of the teenage trolls who can't seem to remember to quite PUT THEIR BREAKFAST DISHES IN THE DISHWASHER BUT LEAVE THEM ON THE COUNTER FOR ME TO SCRAPE THE NASTY BURNT ON EGG AND CRUNCHY OATMEAL OFF WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO GET TO IT AFTER ALL MY SOAP OPERA WATCHING AND BON BON EATING.
20. Fill their stockings with coal.
21. Rob Piggly-Wiggly for cash with which to buy my lover boy a Happy Anniversary gift.
22. Explain to Moose that nice boys wear underpants at all times.
23. Take Cora swimming.
24. Take Teen Queen and Provolone to basketball.
25. Pry remaining teen eyeballs away from too much Facebook.
26. Make dinner.
27. Help with homework. Hope desperately that I am smarter than a fifth grader.
28. Put out fires.
29. Avoid catastrophes and chaos.
30. Pick up athletes.
31. Supervise chores.
32. Stuff whoever forgot their laundry THIS time in the washer/dryer's laundry under their sheets and cackle with mirth.
33. Get disappointed when they don't notice and just sleep with it.
34. Bathe a Moose.
35. Explain once again as I do nightly, that 11 year old boys are very, very close to Stinky Mandom, and therefore must shower every single night from here until eternity. At eternity, he may take the matter up with the Lord.
36. Pack small cooler with coconut milk and coffee creamer. In case we get stranded on a desert island.
37. DVR Castle.
38. Pull down winter bedspread from tippy top of closet.
39. Pack car.
40. Write logs for each child.
41. Go to bed.
42. Put pillows over my head every time the motion detectors go off. Unless my boss is reading this, and then I meant to say, pay strict attention to every time the motion detectors go off.
43. Wake up.
44. Start four days OFF.
Totally do-able. I hope you enjoy your days off! You sure deserve them :)
ReplyDeletewoo hoo! a break! So, what does Mike do? This is his job, right? :) I didn't see homeschooling anywhere on that list. :(
ReplyDeleteWon't ask where you're going, since you're leaving no forwarding address. Hang in there!
Wow, your list is almost as long as Santa's! But at least you get four days off! So funny, we have some of the exact same items on our to-do list today! :) Desperately hoping I am smarter than a 5th grader while helping with homework--well, in this case it's a 10th grader who's learning trigonometry and I must have skipped that chapter somewhere in my homeschool education, so I have to master it today before work. :b Thank goodness for PurpleMath.com. I don't think I could survive without it! So my internet better not try to crash today right before I log onto the site. (I trust technology about as far as I can throw it.) I was thinking about you a lot yesterday, actually, as I have just started tutoring 5 boys at a group home, and I have to say, I have a whole new respect for you, lady! And, of course, preventing chaos and finishing the laundry and the dishes is always on my to-do list, yet curiously never done, no matter how many times I to-do it... (And the husband thinks I don't do anything around here but play on Facebook all day! Which may be at least 20% true...Hey, I consider that my "coffee break," and since my job is 24-7, I need a lot of "coffee breaks," OK?!) Enjoy your vacation! :)
ReplyDeleteLorna, Mike does all this too, plus more paperwork, getting up earlier, having deep talks with boys, even more paperwork, errands, and fixing stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnd #3 was "school children," i.e. "school these children of mine that I birthed," not "school children" like school children...well, it made sense in my head!
where is #45?? "Go visit your favorite sister??"
ReplyDeleteQuinn can help you with #7. He will find a tall tall mountain to put it on...well,thats what he said he did with my phone...
ReplyDeleteabout #40, I didn't know they made pens that can write on logs! Where did you get it? Finally technology has caught up with my demands!
I seriously cannot believe you have another mom's group, I thought that since we disbanded here in the I-de-ho that we were left to spiritual nothingness and aloneness and emptiness and whatever other ness I cant think of right now....you all left me and now you have a new mom's group! I think I am going to cry (tear, sniff, snort). Well I guess I could try to form my own "mom's group" again, but I think I am going to require that the coffee come with a little something stronger than milk and maybe we read some romance novels or something.....Miss YOU! Happy Anniversary, 12 years right?! Wow how time flies!
ReplyDelete45. Send Lorna your mailing address so she can send a Christmas card. ;P
ReplyDeleteHey doll! Amen to DVR Castle - isn't he dreamy? :)
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