A sneak peak at a busy day

October 5, 2009:
0630 Feet hit the floor, and my day begins with laundry
0700 First load finishing, making lunches
0730 Breakfast done for 3 of 5 people, more laundry going
0800 Kicking kids out to the bus, another load goes in
0830 Folding as fast as my arms can take me
0900 Upstairs, going through the kid's clothes, taking most warm weather stuff out, putting mostly cold weather stuff in
0930 Laundry, more clothes
1000 Get a drink of water, more clothes
1030 Finally! Laundry done, seasonal clothing shift done (for now!)
1100 Lunch for the littlest and myself
1130 potty break for littlest, grocery list time, coupon time
1200 Littlest is on the bus, time to hit the road
1230 SuperWal-Mart.
1330 Yes, and hour has passed and I'm done with this place.
1345 Dierberg's
1415 Aldi
1445 Home--put everything away
1530 Bus is home with kids, snack time, go through backpacks and lunchboxes
1600 Off to take son to friend's house
1610 back home, clean bathrooms
1650 Return neighbor's dog to house after littlest says, "mom, Lucy's here!"
1700 Pick up son from friend's house
1710 Scream like crazy when chipmunk runs up pants leg
1720 Frighten chipmunk with broom, dog knocks over bicycles chasing it away
1730 Time to make dinner
1740 Husband home; break up fighting children
1745 Husband breaks up fighting children
1755 Eating supper
1815 Dinner over, dishes put away, dishwasher started
1830 Picking annuals out of beds--tomorrow is yard waste day!
1900 Watering plants even though rain is predicted--you just never know.
1930 Send children in for homework, piano, showers, snacks
2000 Snack children, send to bed
2030 Lights out in littlest's room
2100 Lights out in big kid's room
2200 Jenny's asleep watching Jay Leno.

80 days!

I bought the first Christmas presents of the year today. Just stocking stuffers, but I couldn't resist. I love Christmas, and every year I tell myself, "this is the year I'm not going to go crazy with over-committing myself." Things like extra work days (for extra money), parties for the kids, the program at church, and other extranneous activities always take up too much time and I can't relax and enjoy the time. I'm afraid I've done it again--WHY??? I need a reminder roundabouts August to just shut the hell up and not take on anything else!!!! Who is going to do this for me? There has to be a way to slow this down, and I'm going to find it.

In other news, a big job is nearly completed. It's the one I dread 2x per year: the seasonal clothing shift. I have the boxes basically packed up with the exception of some shorts and t-shirts that will remain for the fall and winter.
Of course, now we will have a heatwave.