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If you have two almost 2-year old's, a 6-year-old and a 72-year-old, come home at 4:30 they are going to want dinner by 5. If the 72-year-old leaves for pit practice, you will really get nothing done. When the mom comes to pick up the 6-year-old and leaves the 2 almost 2-year old's, you will really, really get nothing done.
As one of the near twos only took a 40 minute nap (Kelsa) she was very grouchy and needed to go to bed early, but refused to go to bed period. What a pill. Oliver was a gem. Both woke up at 6:30 and I am not an early riser. I let Hub's sleep until 8 as he has a late rehearsal again tonight.
When I got done with making pancakes for breakfast, I looked around my house, and it looked like I had not spent yesterday cleaning it. But I quickly cleaned the kitchen and loaded the dishwasher, made the beds, and I am ignoring the scattered toys, as those will be easy to clean up.
I did get my shop vacuumed and clean yesterday, but I do need to finish cleaning my sewing table. Hub's has to run his time sheet to the school office and then I am going to lock myself in my shop.
The grocery adds were dismal as usual. I am going to get the limit on shrimp, which is 2 from Albertsons, but that is it. I do have to do a general shop at Winco tonight for a few fresh items we are low on. I am making a double shrimp salad for a funeral tomorrow and some to leave at home.
I am grateful that I was able to get as caught up as I am in the shop, but I really want to get to at least 3 wedding dresses before the week is out.
I am also making the funeral spray for my friend's husband's coffin. So, my daughter will take me to Costco tonight to get flowers and I will fill in with cedar, hosta leaves, and anything else I can find to pick that will hold up. A large spray can run around $800.00 here and I can make one for about 75.00.
So I have a busy evening ahead of me. Tomorrow Schmills has kindergarten graduation ( which I think is kind of silly) and then we have to leave for the funeral. I have to get flowers to mortuary by noon. It will be a long day. Hubs is playing at the graveside and the luncheon after for the family. I will serve and help in the kitchen and then we have to hurry home as hub's had dress rehearsal. I will be sewing.
Kim has learned that no sewing will get done when she is the only adult and there are two babies. Kim is a slow learner.
Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.
Kim
You and I sewed lots with little kids about, but those kids have to hear about sewing all the time to be even a smidgen aware they have to behave some of the time! I kicked toys out of the way most of the time, just shoving them out of the walking path so I would not kill myself.
ReplyDeleteYou help everyone else out of all sorts of binds. Who helps you? I certainly hope someone else repays you the $75.
I think you'll be posting something similar in near future You probably have learned, but not accepted you're not a super human. Is anything that touches you not your responsibility? Flowers and Kitchen? How might you get others to step up so you can step back?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sam above - you CAN say no to some things. $800 for a spray of flowers??? You can go huge and stupid here and never spend more than $200.
ReplyDeleteGirl you just need to repeat the phrase "just say no" as a mantra in your head.
You sure are a good person.
Cheryl,
DeleteThere is a saying--you can ride a good horse to death. Apt?
I have made it eminently clear to my kids that I am not to be called as a babysitter if and when they have kids inn my own childrearing days, I would find myself getting annoyed at peers who used their parents as convenient childcare. I also think kindergarten graduation is silly, and condescending, really. Do we really think so little of education that we give mortarboard hats to kindergartners, or even worse, pre-schoolers?
ReplyDeleteI went to kindergarten and they had a graduation for us. I am 62 yrs old… lol. I still remember it and I remember my mother smiling at me and being so proud! We are critically understaffed so my part time work is full time for now at least. I don’t get swamped in my personal life outside of work because I essentially have no life outside of work… lol. Also, I value my privacy and I am just not very friendly outside of work. I think I “people” too much during the work day and want to be left alone when I come home at night. I find all of the contentious cases/people I deal with all day drains me, and I have to be alone to be able to function the next day. Grandchild is 2000 plus miles away and I sure wish I could see her more often. I could definitely see spending time with her. Other folks, not so much, and that includes extended family like cousins and aunt.Extended family stresses me out and I rather work… lol. Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteI thought kindergarden grad was kind of cute. My guys made there own hats (a soft margarine container covered in tin foil with a square of construction paper fastened on top. They even used yarn to make their own tassels.
ReplyDeleteI do find grade 8 grads kind of silly. The girls spend a fortune on their grad dresses and four years later the parents have to fork over again.
God bless.
I just adore you! You are a blessing to so many, and you always make me smile. : )
ReplyDeleteYes, it's true, you do too much!! But I think maybe it is your joy to help others. You do seem to be over-extended. Just remember to take care of yourself or you won't be able to help others and I think that would bring you down. Your husband also seems to be under a lot of pressure, hopefully it doesn't stress him out or wear him down to the point he can't handle it.
ReplyDeleteYour mind must be a-buzz at all times with your lists of things to do, Kim! I'm amazed at how much you give back to others. Hang in there - take care of yourself!
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