Thursday, November 4

Far Too Long

Karen likes to do brain dump posts. I shall follow suit, for it is a great idea.

1. I've been doing nothing but surviving. Sorry about the lack of posts. It's all I can do to upload pics to Facebook and update my status. The kitchen remodel took over there for awhile, and will continue. We are waiting for our kitchen sink (4 more days!) to arrive at the store, still need 2 sections of countertop done, the dishwasher needs to be installed, and we have a few finishing touches on the cabinets. I am loving our new setup, still can't wait for regular function to come back to the kitchen. I'm excited to start using real plates again and making menu choices based on things other than how many dirty dishes I will have to wash when dinner is over.

2. The kids are growing and Evan is growing into the 2's. He's been such an easy going kid but last night in the nursery he pushed over 2 kids in those play cars. And yesterday during the day he scribbled in sharpie all over the hallway walls. I strapped him into his high chair while I scrubbed the walls with Mr. Clean.

3. I have 50 daffodil bulbs that still need planting. If I don't hurry, the ground will be frozen. Ugh. And, YAY when spring comes and my yard explodes in daffodils. We also need to get the foot and a half of leaves off our grass, TruGreen keeps "yelling" at us because they can't do the final treatment due to the leaves. Obviously, I have far different priorities than TruGreen.

4. My kids are sleep deprived, which is not good. I have no idea how to fix it - they have been waking up in the middle of the night, multiple times, and refusing to take naps. We are all so grumpy. Well, Michael's not. I am hoping that it's just the fact that the house is unsettled, we've been letting them watch more TV than normal, eating more junk than usual, and we all seem to be fighting off seasonal sniffles. I hope that is all it is. I'm thinking of turning them loose in the backyard until they collapse in utter exhaustion. OK maybe not.

5. I bought a bushel of apples and I hope I have time to can some pie filling before it's too late.

6. When life is crazy, as it often does, I want to take my family and go somewhere all by ourselves, to see no one we know, hole up and just be together, and forget about the craziness. Anyone else feel this way? But then I think about how much work it would be to go away and I reconsider.

7. My new fabulous washer and dryer wash and dry clothes faster than I can fold them and put them away. This is not a new problem - I had issues with this with the old machines. There needs to be a folder-putter-awayer machine. Can I get an Amen?

3 comments:

Shelldell said...

Sounds all so familiar. Lissa when she was that age sharpie on a condo wall we were renting when we sold christmas trees.

When we get home from this business trip over 100 trees of leaves to rake off the lawn.

And a guest bedroom to put back together from the remodel. And a dishwasher that will get fixed when we get back.

Life is full of surprises.

Busch family said...

When I was growing up I told my mom that a machine needs to be invented that does the ENTIRE laundry cycle. You put dirty clothes in one end and they come out clean and folded/ironed and hanging at the other end. What a SWEET machine that would be, huh? :) I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of that so someone needs to get inventing!! :)
SO excited for your new kitchen! And, I hope you all are able to get back to good sleep routines. It's SO hard when the kids aren't sleeping well. We're fighting sniffles and tiredness too! It's so hard for me to be a kind and sweet mommy when I'm exhausted.

Richelle Wright said...

A.M.E.N.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!