Today I...
- Went visiting teaching from 10-12:15.
- Brought in the recycling can. (I love it when it gets emptied.)
- Forgot Whitney had Activity Days from 10-11.
- Apologized profusely to Whitney for forgetting, but then got mad because she milked the moment.
- Rushed Whitney in and out of the shower.
- Made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
- Dropped Landon off at a friend's house.
- Took Whitney for a back-to-school haircut.
- Bought school supplies.
- Ran into Michelle and Eva at Wal-Mart while buying school supplies.
- Took Whitney to Arby's (her choice) for some overpriced, subpar food--she had mozzarella sticks.
- Packaged two books I sold on Amazon.com.
- Waited in line for 11 minutes to mail those books (I needed to ship them Media Mail), oh how I loathe the P.G. post office!
- Stopped by Sonic to buy a bag of ice.
- Went through the car wash to wash bird crap off my car.
- Checked my email, talked to Michelle on the phone, filled the bird feeder.
- Picked up Landon from friend's house.
- Saw fresh bird crap on my car! (%#@!)
- Took kids to Back-to-School open house to meet their teachers (I was very happy not to be working at the open house like I did last year).
- Returned home to change clothes, fill a water bottle, suggest several places Whitney could have shoved her shin guards, edited and printed a new soccer score sheet, talked to Amy as she dropped off Bella for a sleepover.
- Drove Landon, Whitney and Bella to soccer game.
- Coached a soccer game of 11 girls which included crying, some sassing, shoes flying off, double knot tying, much high fiving, raspy-throated yelling and a 6-3 victory!
- Returned home to babysit Robyn's kids while she went to book club (Jared was working).
- Put a load of laundry in the washer.
- Watched TV with Randy and decided we will no longer be watching "Royal Pains" because we just don't care about that show.
- Kissed Ashley and put a movie on for her.
- Talked to Robyn when she picked up the kids.
- Loaded the dishwasher, cursed the crunchy bits of things I stepped on in the kitchen, made up the futon for Bella to sleep on, remembered I have a load of laundry in the dryer but don't want to fold it, but don't want to leave the other load in the washer or I'll have to rewash it tomorrow.
- Knelt for family prayer, hugged the kids and breathed a sigh of relief that the day was ending.
- Feel totally frustrated by slowness of picture uploading to blog. (I have more photos but am not willing to stay up all night to load them one by one...grrr.)
**Ever have days like this??
Shouldn't there be a bird crap guarantee?**
Shouldn't there be a bird crap guarantee?**
19 comments:
You always crack me up! My husband is a fanatic about keeping his car clean and he always says that if he washes it, it seems like it either rains or some birds fly over it with upset stomachs. You had a busy, busy day. You are always so generous with your time to watch children. That is an especially thoughtful gift since not a lot of people would volunteer for it!
sorry for the grief of Whitney "milking the moment," but oh, wow... can i relate!!
Crazy busy day, but. . .school starts tomorrow!!!
That is a busy day! You can tell school is right around the corner as our days get busy and our calendars fill up.
We have gas stations here where you can get your car washed with a 3 or 5 day guarantee. you can come back up to 3 or 5 days later for a free rewash.
That was a seriously busy day.
I'm curious about the crying and sassing at soccer. A car wash guarantee would be awesome!
I have a lot of days like this-
but some how reading yours was more fun than living mine:)
too many days like that...
I hate days like that too.
Is it just me or do you babysit a ridiculous amount. You are seriously a saint.
I agree about Royal Pains- I watched it once or twice and then washed my hands of it.
I think it is hilarious how much you and Michelle talk.
I have many days like that unfortunately...but they do make time go by quickly. That's why I enjoy some of the lazy days that I do have.
I remember those types of days all too well...and I especially remember babysitting alot also! I always had "extra" kids running around my house!
Your day was ultra busy, but productive. You had to feel like your day was well spent when you finally got into bed last night.
Your day sounded so productive! Crazy - but productive!
there should definitly be a bird poop guarantee!
I'm marveling at your memory! How is it that you were able to remember even the littlest thing, like giving Ashley a kiss...
For sure you had to carry around a little notebook to jot everything down? I'm going to do that one day just to have proof of how much I get done. There's no way I'd remember without writing it down...
I think the hardest thing about times when I'm going away for a few days is trying to think of all the little things that I do in the day that I don't even think about at the time. I run circles around my husband...
I always say that when he has to watch the kids that he only "holds down the fort" while when I'm in charge, I'm "advancing the troops"...
Our days are so filled with these little tasks that amount to so much...
Am I rambling again?
Yes...there definitely should be a bird poop guarantee...how funny that you would think of that... :)
Oh my gosh! I had no idea... I would have stayed home from bookclub if I had known! Seriously. I'm exhausted today- I feel like I just did all that stuff you listed but I didn't do near as much. You sure make good use of your time. Kath would be proud!
There should totally be a bird crap guarantee!
I was thinking the same thing as Shannon! How did you recall all those things?
I guess I could try, but would most likely need a small gadget for recording into!!
That was quite a full day!
I'm impressed.
Now that is a productive day! Kudos, Jill, on such productivity.
Days like this are great, but thank goodness all days aren't like this. I love it when I feel a momentum behind me to go, go, go. Most of the time I just sit, sit, sit.
what your school is starting - oh thats right utah has a normal summer where you don't have to go to school till mid june!!
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