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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Argh! Cleaned the carpets this morning, it's pouring down rain this afternoon!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission It's not up yet, but will be in a couple hours.

Still haven't got to the den yet.

Ran to Costco and picked up Caleb's prescription. Did a few more loads of laundry (lost count, lol,) cleaned up the kitchen, and changed the sheets on my bed. I'm about to go in and dust and pick up in my room since the beds all clean.

Dakota's practice was cancelled today and neither kid had much homework so I set them to cleaning their rooms. Caleb was done fairly quickly, I changed his sheets and vacuumed his room. Dakota took longer to do her homework (not on purpose) so she's still working on hers. I'll change her sheets when she's done and vacuum her floor and then I think tomorrow I will clean both their carpets.

Also have a couple loads of laundry to fold tonight. The pot of beans was great for dinner, everyone loved it except for Darren who got home from work so late he just grabbed his bag and ran off to class. He was going to run through Carl's and grab a hamburger to take with him.

Think I'll be going to bed when Darren gets home from class. I've been struggling to keep my eyes open since about 4pm! I don't think I've got all my energy back and I've done quite a bit the last two days.

Tomorrow, continue on with the fall cleaning! Den, kids carpets, bathroom, sweep & mop all the floors, more laundry, and I may try to get to the back porch (I'd actually planned to do that today, but ya know, it rained, lol.)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Changed my mind, I am done, lol. Made up Kota's room, folded and put away another load of laundry, put the dog beds and niece & nephews few toys back in the living room where they belong. Decided that was enough for today. I still have to put the left over beans away and make Darren's lunch for tomorrow.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dang shame when I have to come back here and read through yesterdays posts to see what I want to get done today, lol!

Think I'll start with tossing a load of laundry in and the bathroom.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, I ran the dishwasher, cleaned out the hummingbird feeder, made some new hummingbird food, cleaned and reloaded the litter locker.

Tonight is board meeting so may not do too much.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ok, changed the order of things, lol. Threw in a load of laundry and finished up Dakota's room.

Now I think I'll do my room and then the bathroom, work my way from the back of the house to the front. That should leave the patio until a little later this afternoon when it's warmer outside!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

Didn't get as much done as I'd hoped to. Sis called and asked if I'd watch baby niece, the older two girls had dentists appts this afternoon. I said sure...and promptly forgot about it. She called back an hour later to tell me they were checking out at the store and would be here in just a few minutes and I said, "Huh?" LOL, I had no idea what she was talking about for a minute.

So, baby niece came over. I finished cleaning up my bedroom, cleaned the bathroom, and went through the kids dressers for clothes that didn't fit anymore. That was as far as I got before I had to go pick Kota up.

Darren has been working 11-12 hour days the last two weeks and they (the coaches) switched practice to half an hour earlier. We were only home about 40 minutes before it was time for me to take her to practice. I'd decided since I didn't get as much done as I wanted to I was going to stay home and finish up, but with Darren working late, I didn't have much choice.

Tomorrow I have an appt with my aunt for an mri. Won't get anything done around the house before then, but should have a couple hours afterwards to do the den and patio at least before the kids get home.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LEts see, I had a board meeting, when I got home I unloaded the dishwasher, was watching my tapes and remembered project runway was on, so called it a night and hit the sack to watch TV.

I just finished cleaning up from a baby shower at the office so I am pooped and ready to call it a day, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, October 09, 2010 - 10:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Sounds like a busy day, Dipo!

Yesterday, aunts appt took three hours and was pretty bad (posted about it in the caregiver thread.) I did some picking up around the house afterwards and got the back patio cleaned up before calling it a day.

Today I really didn't accomplish too terribly much. Picked up around the house and ran a couple errands. Caleb stayed home instead of going to Kota's games this morning. Came home and found he'd done two loads of laundry while we were gone which was pretty cool.

Tomorrow I plan on doing big grocery shopping, I was sort of putting it off all week, but not really. Need to do it, but still had food, lol. So I'll sit down in the morning and write out the menu for the week and a list and go do that.

And then I'm starting Christmas shopping, lol. Aunt was telling sis about a doll house she had when she was a child and sis thought it'd be a great Christmas gift to build her one (aunt likes stuff like that, the knick knacks sitting around her house.) We're going to go to Michaels tomorrow to look at the doll houses, sis will put that together and I will be doing beaded chandalairs and beaded curtains and stuff like that for it. We thought it might be a good idea to get started on that soon, lol.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
OMG, Christmas shopping!!

I have been sort of busy, but not to much. I straightened up some, did a safeway order, loaded and ran the dishwasher. this morning I unloaded the dishwasher, filled the water and soda bottles, fixed my balcony umbrella - somehow it disconnected from the main pole, did a little work on the office stuff. I have two more tapes to get through and I will need to put away my delivery once it gets here.

I sort of don't feel good, I overslept this morning which is odd, I have a headache, and have been coughing a lot (but thought that was a side-effect of one of my pills) and just feel kind of yucky. So I may go take a nap after my grocery delivery.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

Oh no, Dipo! I hope you just need a day of rest and aren't getting sick.

LOL, yep, Christmas shopping. For right now I'm (and sis) only thinking about the crafty stuff. Sis wants to start the doll house this week. And I want to get working on some jewelry for the girls and fuzzy posters (I love those, lol.) So only shopping for the things that will take time to make.

Having said that, we had no luck today finding the doll house, Michaels doesn't sell them anymore. We'll have to go to the hobby store probably Tuesday and check there.

I skipped grocery shopping today. Did run into the grocery store and pick up a couple things I needed for dinner (Darren had a root canal yesterday, he's doing fine, but can only eat soft foods right now.) He has another appt tomorrow to have the cap put on or whatever and two cavities filled so guessing we'll need something soft tomorrow as well.

The elementary and jr high schools have a furlough day tomorrow (Caleb has one Wednesday) and the girls are out of school. Oldest niece is spending the night tonight and I'll probably keep her til they have practice tomorrow afternoon. I'm going to take them grocery shopping with me, hehe, two little helpers for carrying in groceries! And then we have a gingerbread haunted house to put together. Think that's about the only plans I have.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Monday, October 11, 2010 - 7:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
War, you talk about a non-productive day: my day yesterday was a total wash, although I did things my kids needed me to do in order to get them ready for school. It gripes me when I can't get anything accomplished that is on MY own list of things-to-do. DS (age 14 now!!) is too lazy to read a book, so he has been having me read his novels TO him--of course there are only a few books each school year that are assigned.

Yesterday I read the entire "free-verse" novel "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse to him. I hated that book/liked that book when I read it in 1997 because it made me CRY so hard! I sobbed hysterically again because I still find that book incredibly difficult to read, it's so sad.

I spent at least another hour helping DD put together the locker signs (43 of them) for the junior high football players and cheerleaders for tomorrow night's game. Now, mind you, this is in addition to the hour that I spent several weeks ago finding the "perfect" shamrock on the internet, designing the signs, only to be told by DD that they weren't what she had in mind--after I'd printed them out. Now add in the hour-plus that I spent carefully cutting out 44 paper shamrocks, leaving exactly 1/16th inch of white showing around each one. Now add the half-hour it took to cut out the other components of the signs, etc. You get the picture.

Husband got his to-do list finished, of course, but no one helped Mom get her important stuff done. I'm frustrated. After crying that hard, the only thing I could do to try and relieve my headache was take a half-hour nap. My head still hurts today!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, October 11, 2010 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Darn, Sia, I would explain to your kids that is their stuff to do, not yours.

Wargod, I did spend a lot of time resting, took a lot of advil throughout the day and generally felt sorry for myself, LOL. I do feel better today, just have a little headache but not so tired and after coughing through the night that seems to have settled, maybe there was some weird pollen blowing around and my allergies were up.

After my grocery delivery I put it away, and did take a nap. Not much esle was accomplished.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, October 11, 2010 - 11:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

I had an enjoyable day. Actually got nothing accomplished I'd planned on, lol. Oldest niece spent the night last night and the girls had no school today. We vegged this morning and then I took the girls shopping (they both had some money they wanted to spend on craft kits) and then we went to lunch. Took them to practice and it was a beautiful day to sit out at the park and chat with other parents.

Darren's dentist appt took forever. He ended up waiting almost two hours to get in and showed up at practice about 20 minutes before it was over. He has to go back tomorrow for the crown, which they were supposed to do today but ended up doing some other work on him instead.

Not sure what my plans are for tomorrow. Kota has a half day and I may wait til she gets out to go to Costco. Need to go pay the trash bill as well and while I'm in Palmdale I might make a stop at the bookstore.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I did my Costco shopping, actually a quick and easy trip, got there just as they opened and there was almost no one else there. In and out in 30 minutes or so.

Decided to pay the trash bill online and it was only when I got the confirmation email that I noticed the due date (tomorrow) and that it could take 5 days for my online payment to clear. Crap, made a phone call to trash co, woman said oh no big deal, it'll just be a couple days late, but she went ahead and gave me an extension long enough for the online payment to clear. Since I was doing that I went ahead and balanced my checkbook.

I'm starting a monster headache that the excedrin hasn't touched yet. Got 20 minutes til I have to pick Kota up and I think once I do I'm coming home to lay down and try to sleep this off.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
darn, I am hope sick, same thing as Sunday. I hope I feel better tomorrow I don't have time to be sick, LOL.

Hope your headache is better.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack Dipo, I'm sorry you are still sick! Hope yours will run its course as quick as my sisters did (she was sick two days) and you feel much better tomorrow.

My head is still not good, but not as bad as it was. This is one of my right on time headaches and I was expecting one sometimes this week. Put the rest of my day on hold.

Darren came home from the dentist with a temporary crown and complaining that he was hurting pretty badly today, said it was more his jaw and having to keep his mouth open so long. Neither of us was up to cooking so we ordered out for pizza and hot wings (I don't eat pizza.)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Plans for tomorrow are just to spend most the day home picking up and doing laundry. I don't really have all that much to do but might as well get it done. Also need to finish up my menu for the week and get the canned groceries put away. I think I might throw together a chili in the crockpot.

Caleb has tomorrow off (it's a furlough day) and he asked me to take him to breakfast. Told him maybe lunch. I took the girls the other day and he's waiting for his turn, lol.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I hope you are feeling better today, Dipo!

I cleaned the kitchen, wiped counters, swept and mopped. Also started a pot of chili while I was in there.

Next up, a shower and trip to Walmart and then back for some more cleaning.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Thanks, I do feel a little better, whatever this is has moved to my chest, and my fever is gone so that improves how I feel automatically, LOL.

Needless to say I didn't do much, my kitchen is sort of a mess since I just fed myself, left everything on the counter and went back to bed. The kitties aren't very good at getting stuff put into the dishwasher. I should be able to get that cleaned up when I get home.

I have an Investment Club meeting tonight that I hope will go quickly so I can come home and get back in bed. I just can't take the time away from work this week, my boss is out of town so I need to be there.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 11:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

Glad to hear you are feeling a little better, Dipo! It sucks when you're sick and for circumstances beyond your control, you can't just lay in bed and be sick.

I made a run to Walmart (the rest of my grocery trip, cleaners and toiletries) and did a little more cleaning up but not much. Got involved in planning a mini vacation and that was it, lol. Went to the girls practice, was actually a fun one, they split into two teams and had a scrimmage game. Fun to watch and I could compliment the "other" team for good plays and not get dirty looks from Kota and my niece Got the dirty look this weekend when I cheered for a girl on the opposing team...she hit a homerun with two runners on base, it was a beautiful hit even if it meant her team beat Kota's, lol.

Tomorrow's plans I haven't really decided on. Need to call and set up a derm appt for the kids, throw in a couple loads of laundry, and finish picking up around the house I guess. No practice for the girls, but I told Kota and niece (and then offered to pick up the twins too) that I would take them to the batting cages for a while. Not much else planned though. Tomorrow's the first day this week I'll have both kids in school all day (Kota was out Monday and then had a minimum day Tuesday and Caleb was out today) and I might just crank up the radio and enjoy having the house to myself.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Got the kitchen straightened out before my meeting, didn't get home till 10:30 so was ready for bed.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Got the dirty look this weekend when I cheered for a girl on the opposing team...she hit a homerun with two runners on base, it was a beautiful hit even if it meant her team beat Kota's, lol.

One think my dad taught me was to always applaud good plays. Wasn't very obvious about it when I was manager for the men's basketball team in college, but if I saw a sweet play, I would acknowledge it was a sweet play.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Heh, maybe that's my problem, I'm pretty obvious about it, lol. But, when a kid makes a good play, they deserve all the cheering and "Good play" remarks. Ever so often I have to remind Dakota about her first homerun, it was against our leagues other team so every girl on both teams had played together at some point. As she ran the bases the parents and coaches from both sides cheered her on and once she touched home and picked herself up (cuz she tripped over her own feet, lol) the other teams catcher was the first one to congratulate her followed by her own team running out of the dugout and then the girls from the other team that were in the infield. That's what it should be about, every kid deserves that recognition when they have a good play.

Good thing my plans weren't really set today. Sis called about 9 to tell me the physical therapist was coming to see aunt and she (aunt) wanted to know if I'd come over. Went over there for an hour or so.

Sis also showed me the doll house she's building for aunt for Christmas and we discussed the crafty touches I'm putting on it (beaded curtains, chandalairs, and if possible rugs.) Then I came home and went through my beading stuff to see what I had and didn't have for this project. I'm going to have to make a run to Michaels at some point in the next day or two. Haven't done much else since then, just enjoying the quiet house for a while.

Jmm
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08-15-2002

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
I was always the first aid mom, since my job kept me Red Cross certified. You wouldn't believe the looks I would get from our parents when I iced a knee or bandaged a cut on the other team. I was like "really?" these are little girls and I'm gonna' help no matter what.