On Tuesday, I made a status update about my life. That update and the comments that followed pretty much say it all…
Okay, so quick and simple, I’ve been busy. So sorry! Probably shouldn’t have started a blog and then gone on vacation. 
We have also had lots of three-year-old issues here, especially concerning experiments with pee. Gotta love boys.
Just wanted to say I am back.
Filed under: Activities, Being a stay-at-home mom, Cleaning, Trials and Tribulations | Tags: accomplishments, daily life, ta-da list
Earlier this year, I read about a ta-da list. Rather than writing up a to-do list and feeling like nothing gets accomplished during the day, you write up a ta-da list as you get things done. You can find my first list here. It is interesting for me to see the first list because I think I got more done that day. Of course, at that point little Z wasn’t born yet – I think that makes a huge difference. Anyway, here is a snapshot of my day…
- Got up – major accomplishment!
- Got kids breakfast
- Got self dressed and ready for the gym
- Got three kids dressed and ready for the gym
- Helped older two brush teeth
- Made lunches for B&E for after gymnastics
- Packed snacks for everyone
- Make up water bottle for me and juice cups for the twins
- Restocked diaper bag
- Washed & dried a load of towels
- Unloaded dishwasher
- Cleaned up breakfast
- Worked out at the gym – woo hoo!
- Took kids to gymnastics class
- Helped B & E eat lunch at park district building after gymnastics
- Returned baby scale to hospital
- Ate my own lunch
- Got kids down for a nap (took HOURS)
- Folded Z’s clothes
- Changed diapers
- Played with Z
- Read books to B & E
- Ate a snack
- Dropped a glass in the sink and broke it
- Cleaned up aforementioned glass
- Washed diapers
- Cooked dinner
- Served dinner
- Cleaned up dinner
- Helped get kids bathed
- Got jammies on twins
- Cleaned up mountain of books on floor in B & E’s room.
- Fed baby six times
- Broke up fights
- Stared in wonder at the disaster that is my family room – the toys have taken over the ENTIRE floor
- Wrote this blog post
- Collapsed from exhaustion
So, I did apparently get things done. I don’t know how I feel though… I still see three baskets of unfolded clothes around the house and a few dishes in the sink. Do you ever have days/weeks/lifetimes where you just don’t feel like you can keep up?
Filed under: Cleaning, Staying sane, Trials and Tribulations | Tags: dirt, walls
We moved into our house at the end of April, so about ten months ago. When we moved in, I had clean walls. Now, on the wall going up the stairs, I have this…
Can you see that nice dark stripe of handprints up my wall? Heaven forbid they actually use the railing that is on the other side of the stairs (or, by chance, actually wash their hands). Honestly, I am kind of scared to try to clean the marks off because it is fairly matte paint on plaster walls. How do you clean plaster walls without leaving marks behind? Would the marks I inevitably leave behind because I am inept at cleaning look as bad as the handprints, or worse?
A new discovery in this area came over the weekend, about another three feet up the wall…
Hmmm… who do you think could have left that handprint? It must have been my husband the elves who leave dirty socks all over the house.
