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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 11:30 pm
Thank you Dipo! I ended up doing a lot of nothing yesterday. Took Kota to practice, kept my nieces most of the day and that was about it. Darren was in bed and sound asleep by 5:30pm, his new work schedule has him getting up at 2am and between that, school, and the famiy, he's exhausted. Today I was pretty busy. Got up and scrubbed the bathroom and cleaned the living room and den, swept and mopped and vacuumed the floors. Took Kota clothes shopping, both kids are in desperate need of summer clothes. We spent probably an hour and a half with her trying on clothes. She lost quite a bit of weight (and put on a lot more muscle) this softball season so it was a lot of back and forth to bring her smaller sizes to try and figure out what sizes she's in now. By the time we were done, she had 2 pair of shorts, a skirt, 3 tshirts, and a more casual than dressy blouse to go with the skirt. She still needs a couple more pair of shorts and tshirts, but we'll do that next weekend and she'll be set for the rest of summer and the first couple months of school. I'll be taking Caleb later this week or next weekend so he can try stuff on too (whenever he doesn't have other plans!) Went to sis' for birthday cake this evening and then Darren took us out to dinner. Was a very nice night. Kota has practice in the morning, they've only got another week and a half til their tournament starts and since the girls are not only from different teams but different leagues as well, I think the coaches are trying to get as much practice time as possible in. I also need to do some light grocery shopping and clean the kitchen, plus get a few loads of laundry done. Hope everyone has a nice Sunday!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 10:32 am
Sounds like you had fun shopping and then cake! my favorite. I managed to cook the end of a spatula yesterday, LOL, when then means I had to scrub the stove to get the burnt rubber off of it! so then I cleaned up kitchen, filled the water and soda bottles. I did clean out the fridge since I was making potato salad when I cooked the spatula, so I needed room in the fridge and I identified stuff I need to purchase. Then I did a safeway order, so it worked out well in the long run, LOL. Sure did stink though, I thought it was my neighbor firing up thrill grill, smelled the same, when I figured out it wasn't them, I went looking.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 10:14 pm
Monday's Mission LOL, Dipo, I've done the same thing with a spatula. Laid it against a pan on the burner and walked away. It stinks something awful! Darren took Kota to practice this morning, I stayed home getting some cleaning done. My nephew had a birthday party today and sis and bil picked the kids up and took them. Darren and I went to Costco and picked up a few things, mostly fresh fruit and veggies, didn't need much else. Then we spent the rest of the day watching True Blood. Tomorrow I'll just be cleaning around the house and doing laundry. Oh, I do have to take the kids for blood tests at 7am, it's that time of the month again and since Caleb is going back on accutane he has to have it again too. They've both been fasting since 7:30 tonight. Dakota doesn't have practice, but niece does and I need to run by the park and pay the team mom for the team party (and coach gifts.) Thats about all of my plans for tomorrow.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:24 am
I have no plans for cleaning, it is supposed to get really hot again so I will be vegetating.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 28, 2010 - 9:06 am
The best laid plans............................ Was all ready to bless this place today after our walk and breakfast; the phone rings and I am told my mother is in the hospital w/ pneunomia. First I talked w/ the caller for a while, then called Mum at the hospital and when I was all done, it was time to start cooking. Game after dinner, so blessing postponed. Maybe I'll actually do what I have promised myself for the last week or two and throw in some laundry (running out of jammies and Ts).
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 28, 2010 - 10:54 am
Oh no, Lum, I hope your mom is ok! Pnuemonia sucks. Our morning started at 6:30 when I got the kids up for their lab appt. Ran over and for a change, the place was quiet, no one else there. I always make an appt so the kids get in quick, but this time we just signed in and walked right back. Had a different lady this time than usual. I don't know if the lady just didn't have that gentle touch or if Kota was nervous about someone new, but she was very unhappy with the blood test this morning. She tried to jump up, cried, and I ended up having to hold her down. Definitely not a usual reaction. Brought them home and fed them and I've been cleaning and doing laundry off and on since then. Need to run to the store and pick up some cleaners, dishsoap, and new sponges.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 28, 2010 - 1:38 pm
Cleaners bought, finished up the cleaning, and made the kids chore list for the week. I'll do a load or two of laundry tonight, but think I'm done for the day. What do ya'll think, 30 minutes to 1.5 hours of chores a day for each of the kids. The longer chores are once a week at most, like Caleb mowing or Dakota washing sheets and towels and sweeping the driveway and then others are every 2-3 weeks like Caleb cleaning out the turtle tank and Kota cleaning out the car. The rest is minor, every day stuff...washing dinner dishes, clearing the table, picking up their bedrooms, doing their own laundry (laundry will be 1 or 2 times a week.) I think I struck a good balance between doing their part around the house and giving them plenty of time to do their own things.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 28, 2010 - 10:11 pm
Tuesday's Mission I don't know what I'm planning to do tomorrow yet. Dakota has practice in the afternoon and I need to run by our park to drop off the team party money (team mom called earlier to say she wouldn't be there today,) but really don't have all that much to do. Except for the never ending pile of laundry, which I won't do during the day when it's in the mid 90's.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:30 pm
Went to throw a load of laundry in the dryer and when I walked by the stove just happened to look at it. Ewwww. And that's how I found myself scrubbing the stove at midnight, lol.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:32 am
LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:48 am
Nuts, I know, lol. Caleb was still up when I did that and asked me, "Mom, what the heck are you doing?" I knew though if I didn't do it last night, the dirty stove would be staring at me this morning and I didn't want to wake up to that, lol.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 10:43 am
I totally understand that. Which explains why I was cleaning out my closet at midnight Sunday night...and I had to go to work on Monday morning!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 10:46 am
LOL, glad I'm not the only nut! 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 12:40 pm
about the blood tests. I know it's necessary though. Lum, hope your mom feels better! I think 30 min to 1.5 hr. of chores per kid per day in the summer is good. I've had mine doing their own laundry too. I never have that much energy at night. I don't like to wake up to a dirty kitchen though. For a closet...I'd just close the door. I've been making a lot of progress around here getting rid of old boxes of kids junk. It feels so nice to have it gone! I still have about 3 to go. This process has taken years. I know there are some really nice things (and clothes) we have donated that some people will get for a really low price from goodwill. I wrote it all down for the Its Deductible tax deduction program.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 1:36 pm
Yeah, the kids doing their laundry isn't new. During the school year I don't have them do much in the ways of chores (mowing the lawn, laundry, trash, picking up after themselves) because both are so busy with extracirricular stuff and softball. But, summer is different, even with Kota's softball, she still has a good portion of the day free and Caleb has nothing going on except for hanging out. At the same time I don't want to be totally mean, lol. The blood test sucked. Next month we'll request the usual lady, I think Kota is just more comfortable with someone she knows. This was really strange though, wasn't like the woman had to poke her more than once or anything. Woo hoo on getting rid of the kids stuff! That reminds me it's probably a good time to go through the kids dressers.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 10:37 pm
Wednesday's Mission Today was fill out paperwork day I think. Had to fill out a couple forms for our insurance company, had to fill out some paperwork for my job (in triplicate, by hand, oy,) timesheet for work, and finally a new medical release form. Little league decided it wanted one additional line of info (drs office address and hospital choice) so they sent out new forms to fill out. I'm sick of filling out forms! And wrote out a couple checks, which always sucks, lol. Also went shopping for my aunt (just a few things.) And went and had my fingerprints done for work. Need to pay one bill tomorrow, take Kota to practice, and er, haven't really decided what else I want to do, lol. Not much cleaning to do around the house, maybe laundry later in the evening.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 7:50 am
Roxip, LOL, too each her own. Thanks, War & Happymom! They put Mum on antibiotics and oxygen, and she is already telling the professor she'd be much more comfortable at home (by herself). He told her very firmly though, that she may as well get used to it, because she'll be staying at least a week. The man is gutsy.LOL I check on her every day by phone. It feels strange today, no soccer game until Friday. S'spose, I'll actually have to get some housework done, but the granddoggies are here again, and we walked the lot of them for an hour which doesn't bide all that well for a lot of ambition, walking makes more folks than just the pups tired. War, I don't think you are pushing too many chores on your kids. There is still plenty of time for fun. As I recall, though, teenagers love to catch up on a lot of sleep as well during vacation.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 8:12 am
I managed to unload my dishwasher, get through a tape, change the litter locker and then I was pooped. Watching Wimbledon at 4 in the morning is starting to wear on me, darn World Cup! Ah, Lumbele, that explains why I was allowed to see the whole tennis match instead of getting cut off for a World Cup game, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 11:26 am
Funny you mention catching up on sleep, Lum, lol. Caleb has never slept much past 6am unless he was sick. But, this summer vacation, he's been staying up later hanging out with his buddies til curfew and then coming home and playing x-box live with them. I don't think he's been awake before 9am once this vacation and the other day he slept til almost 10. That's really late for him. Dakota, on the other hand, if I see her up before 10am, I worry that she's sick, lol. She's a night owl like me and takes sleeping in to extremes (rolled out of bed yesterday at 11:45!)
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 11:29 am
We have VBS at church at night this week so I'm getting NOTHING done at home! And Shelby is no help because she sleeps most of the day because she's "tired from hanging out with the 2-year olds at VBS." LOL! She should try doing it with a full-time job! But I'm just thrilled she's involved and old enough to work at VBS this year and is enjoying herself so much. And I'll have to spend the weekend mucking out the mess that has become my house but it will be worth it.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 8:17 pm
Long ago, when I was 12, I had a mystery illness that involved lots of blood tests. I usually went back by myself, no problem. Mom reports that one day I went back and just a little later, she heard me say very loud and clear..."I want my mother" Being the good mom, she came running. Turned out the new lady was having trouble. Mom got the regular nurse and they discovered that the needle being used had no hole to take in the blood. Mom says she could tell by the tone of my voice that I was not scared, I was mad.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 10:19 pm
Thursday's Mission Ack, that's horrible, Christy! We were wondering if she had problems because it's the same arm they've been taking blood from every month. But, I dunno if that makes a lot of sense cuz it's been a month since the last test, she shouldn't be sore like that. Plans for tomorrow...the kids have their derm appt. Dakota's decided to stay on accutane (we were ready to pull her off because of the joint pain, but she's willing to deal with it if it clears up her cyst.) We do have to wait and see what her dr says about the test results, if her cholesterol and triglicirides levels have gone up too much, he'll yank her off of it. Caleb will be starting round two, he's rather excited. He's been breaking out again, no where near as bad as he was before the first round of accutane, but enough that he wants to get rid of it now. Also tomorrow night, Kota has her team party that we have to go to. She has practice too. I'll be doing some light cleaning around the house, don't need much more than that.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 8:54 am
Good luck at the doc's. I didn't do much, had a board meeting last night. Refilled my water and soda bottles, moved a plant on the balcony that was getting beat to death by my umbrella, LOL and that was it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 10:47 am
Drs appts went well. Dr suggested Dakota going off the med cuz of her knee pain (one of the side effects) but she asked if she could try one more month. The med is working for her, her cyst is 95% gone. We'll discuss it again next month. His main concern, along with ours, isn't that the knee pain will cause injury, but that it's interfering with softball, something she loves to do. I'm in a funk today and doing a whole lot of nothing. Woke up with a headache, allergies going nuts, and kinda grumpy. I may say screw it and go take a nap!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 11:26 am
LOL, I vote for the nap.
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