Monthly Archives: September 2009

Sep 24

Just One Of The Reasons

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Just one of the many reasons that Thade is super awesome.

Yesterday I was sick, really really sick with a bad cold, and my memory wasn’t up to par. I felt so bad about forgetting to send Thade with a show and tell item for school, I worried that I had got him in trouble for it. When it was time to go and get Thade, he was waiting for me with a gigantic smile, and I promptly apologized for my mistake. Thade hopped in the car, and I told him how bad I felt, and he said “it’s cool, I just showed my back-pack for show and tell”.

He is a really great kid, I should probably bake him some cookies for being such a sweetie.

Sep 23

I feel bad…

Monday I was finally feeling better, and had plenty of energy back to tackle the week. Thade was feeling better too, but James and Dylan were just starting to come down with the cold. I was thankful that I had enough energy to take care of my boys, and I was determined not to get sick.

Last night, the cold finally found me. I was up till 4:00 a.m., sneezing my head off, and feeling awful. I was focused on remembering all of the errands that needed run in the morning, and hoping that I would hear the alarm ring. At breakfast, I felt really bad, and I was rushing to get the kiddos out of the door, and get Thade to school on time.

I needed to run to the store… I couldn’t remember where I put my list (wonky preggers memory), I made it home from the store, and that was when I remembered that I forgot to send Thade an item to school for show and tell. I feel like a bad mommy today… a bad mommy with an evil head-cold.

Sep 23

The Halloween Decorating Continues

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I’ve been trying to wait till October to decorate, but decided it was no use. I love Halloween, and I couldn’t wait one minute longer to get out the decorations. Dylan likes the Candy Corn place mats on the table, and I’ve got the table set cute for company this weekend.

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We also made a pumpkin centerpiece for the dining room table too. Dylan spotted the tiny pumpkin at the store today, and it was too cute not to bring home. We got outside a little bit today, and gathered some fallen leaves from the yard. After a quick wash, the leaves and pumpkin were ready to go onto the table. I wonder how long this display will last though, the cats love to eat leaves.

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I have a few more spider decorations around the house, and we have a big inflatable for the front yard. I’ll try to wait for October 1st to put that one outdoors though.

Sep 22

Happy Fall To All

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I am so happy that Autumn has finally arrived! The leaves are just starting to change, and I think we are all loving the cooler weather too. Bring on the family favorite Fall meals, and Football too. Happy 1st day of Fall to all!

Sep 21

Feeling Ambitious

I took the kiddos upstairs early last night, and decided that I would take an hour and a half to start the cleaning process on three closets.  The closet in the office (James closet) was going to become the nursery closet, the closet by the bathroom (coats and such) was going to become James closet, and the open closet down the hallway (storage/stockpile/holiday) was going to become the catch-all closet. They all needed cleaned out, and they all needed swapped.

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I started with the hallway closet, and a contractor grade trash bag, and got to work. I cleaned, and the boy’s watched, and laughed. Then I moved onto the closet by the bathroom, again I cleaned and cleaned, and got it done. I decided that I had plenty of time, and it was time to make the switch. I moved onto the office closet, and moved what  I could out of it, and got it almost done.

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James closet is finished, and the hallway closet has a big pile of clothes to go through. I even started putting away some of the tiny pink baby clothes in the nursery closet, and I am feeling pretty good about the progress. I’m still hoping that maybe one day we can put an extra closet in the master bedroom, switch that to James closet, and use the bathroom closet for out of season storage, but that is a whole other project.

I should probably clean out my closet too before the yard sale and the MOPS swap… Guess the cleaning is never quite finished around here!