Monthly Archives: December 2007

Dec 30

Cleaning Time

I’m still in the thick of things in the Cleaning Department. It seems that everything that I cleaned yesterday was undone last night and magically dirty this morning 🙂 I hope I have the energy to keep up with all of the cleaning that needs to be done today.  Here is what I hope to get accomplished today:

  • Empty all of the Upstairs Waste-baskets
  • Empty all of the Downstairs Waste-baskets
  •  Take out the Trash
  • Wash all of the Dishes!!!
  • Wash 4 Loads of Laundry
  • Put away 6 Loads of Laundry
  • Put away Christmas Presents
  • Work on next week’s Shopping List with Coupons

I hope to get started on putting away all of the Christmas decorations too, but we’ll see what all I can get done today 😉

Dec 30

One Last Load of Laundry

Today I’ve been having an off day, I think the lack of sleep has finally caught up with me. I made it about halfway through the dishes, and I finally got to the laundry at dinnertime. Maybe Dylan will sleep better tonight, and I’ll have a little more energy tomorrow. I still have a lot of Christmas presents to put away, dishes to wash, and laundry to wash and put away. We’ll see what tomorrow brings 😉

Dec 29

Sleep, How I Miss You

Well I think I have officially given up on every sleeping again. Last night was another long ans sleepless night with teething Dylan. Here is an account of last night’s teething troubles:

  • 8:00 p.m.-Bath-time for Dylan, and he didn’t take his little 15 minute nap afterward
  • 8:30 p.m.-Bath-time for Thade
  • 9:00 p.m.-Bed-time for Thade, but Dylan is screaming his little head off. This turns in to DVD time for Thade, and Mommy and Dylan make a trip downstairs for Rice Cereal and Baby Tylenol
  • 9:30 p.m.-Bed-time for Thade, and Mommy is getting pretty tired too
  • 9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.-Dylan is still up, and wow Mommy is getting so tired from the endless pacing, and walking around a very fussy baby
  • 11:00 p.m.-Dylan is up so maybe nursing him will help him to sleep
  • 11:30 p.m.-Dylan is still up, so we are off to the bathroom for some Baby Ora-jel and I hope that this will calm him down a bit
  • 12:00 a.m.-Finally Dylan is asleep, and I am too
  • 1:30 a.m.- Dylan is up and screaming at the top of his lungs, I try nursing him (not working), so it is another dose of Baby Tylenol, and he is back to sleep
  • 3:00 a.m.-Dylan is wide awake again, so again it is time to feed him
  • 5:30 a.m.-Dylan is wide awake and screaming, and Mommy is starting to lose her patience, he is acting hungry so one more time to nurse
  • 7:00 a.m.-Dylan is up, needs changed, is starving, and I’ve officially given up on ever sleeping again. I change the little guy, and we head downstairs for Rice Cereal and Coffee for me

James didn’t get much sleep either due to the grumpy little guy, so we are both wiped out today. Thade is still snoozing at the moment, lucky Thade 😉 I hope to find something that works for the teething woes, as Baby Tylenol, Baby Ibuprofen, and even Baby Ora-jel aren’t doing the job. I hope that he feels better soon, I know everybody in the house could use a long night’s rest.

Dec 28

Taking Stock and Making Stock

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Today I’m wishing for warmer weather, while my kitty is taking a long Winter’s nap. I’ve been busy getting a jump start on the New Year’s organizing by neatly putting away all of my new kitchen towels. I just love the Coffee Themed Towels 🙂

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The kids are having fun playing with their new Cars Tent(Christmas Present from Grandma). I still have no idea where that one is going, it is a little big for the Living Room.

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I’ve also been taking stock of what I have in the Fridge, Freezer, and Pantry while working on my January Monthly Menu (coming soon). I finally got around to making some Turkey Stock out of the Christmas Turkey. The stock will come in handy for Soups and Stuffing too.

Dec 28

Just a Few More Cookies

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The night before Christmas Thade and I made a few more cookies for Santa, and a few dozen for gifts too. We ended up baking 9 dozen cookies, so we had plenty to snack on for Christmas day. I’ve been keeping track of all the baking that has been going on in the kitchen, and this holiday season I have baked 418 cookies! That is just a little over 34 dozen. It has been so much fun, but I don’t know if I can eat another cookie 🙂 Well maybe just one more 😉