I woke up this morning with renewed resolve. I've been at this deslobification/blogging thing for one full year as of today. While life is never truly "normal" (and I'm thankful for that), the school year is as normal as we get around here. So, it's now or never. Time to start making some more real progress on this "journey to an orderly … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – Less Than a Week Before School Starts
Summer is almost over. Not the hot weather part, just the fun part. My goal is to have a normal summer week. Lots of play-time, swimming every day, etc. Also, I'm trying to little by little recover from summer's chaos-inducing-lack-of-routine. I wouldn't trade a minute, but it definitely makes it much more difficult for this slob to stay … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – An Abbreviated Version
My daily checklist posts have been random to non-existent lately. It's not that I'm not doing anything. I'm just not doing everything. In the midst of summer fun, one surface cleared or one item of trash thrown away feels like a huge accomplishment, so my brain is censoring any nagging guilt over all the things I'm not doing. Of course, … [Read more...]
I’m Back!!! Daily Checklist for a Post-Vacation Disaster Zone
I'm finally back! After 13 days gone and 17 hours of driving in one day, we arrived home at midnight last night. 13 days. 17 hours. Midnight. 3 kids. OK, I'm done. I just wanted to be sure you felt sufficiently sorry for me. Actually, we had a blast, and achieved the coveted balance between loving our vacation and being glad to … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist? Oh, yeah, that.
7 kids. We thought we wore them out swimming in our small-town-still-has-a-high-dive-pool. We thought that with all of the running around and screaming they'd go right to sleep.We thought that after staying up talking (loudly) for hours after being put to bed, they'd sleep past 6:30 a.m.We were so wrong. But everyone had fun. I'm exhausted though, … [Read more...]
Details, Details
Summer: Day 3 We're thoroughly enjoying our summer days. We've managed to keep the kitchen in pretty decent shape. Again this morning, the boys swept it and wiped down the table and counters. But still, if someone who didn't know how bad things can be around here had walked in this morning, clean bathrooms and wiped counters would have gone … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – It’s Not Just For Me Anymore
First, I wanted to let you know that Blogger was down for a while Sunday and Monday, and I think I lost a comment that showed up at one point, but then never published. So, I'm assuming that there were probably 50+ comments that I never even knew about, right? Seriously, though, I wanted you to know that if you did comment and it didn't show up, … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – A Few Days Worth
I haven't written out my daily checklist for at least two days now. Maybe more. I have good excuses.Monday was Memorial Day. Tuesday and Wednesday I volunteered at my kids' schools exactly during my normal blogging time. Writing anything at all felt like an accomplishment. But it's not that I haven't done anything. I've been faithfully keeping … [Read more...]
Might As Well Be Summer
We're wet-headed, sunburned, and sleepy.LOVE IT!!!Today was a glimpse of the coming summer. 8:30 a.m. - Kindergarten awards. 9:00 a.m. - 2nd grade picnic. Noon - spontaneous idea to go swim with friends. So much fun. No schedule. No tasks completed other than the pre-7 a.m. ones - making bed and emptying dishwasher. If you want to read a post … [Read more...]
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