Well, it’s been a typical Saturday. Reasonably productive – in fact, madly busy (save for the 3-hour nap that everyone in our house indulged in!). So what is gnawing at me? I have accomplished virtually NOTHING that was on my original list for today! Here’s is the tally for today’s activities:
Original To-Do List
- organize closets (some things are getting out of hand and with the boys getting more into puzzles, cutting, gluing, and colouring, the craft materials and puzzles need a more accessible location)
- work on presentation – I am giving an OT talk to the Mom’s Group at church this week on posture and upper extremity injuries/pain related to baby care and household activities
- read a book — I have three magazines, Setting Limits With your Strong-Willed Child, and Lauren Conrad’s new book, Sweet Little Lies, sitting in the cue
- work on pendants – have to add bails to a custom order I have just completed (www.deirdrespeak.etsy.com) and would love to get started on a new set
- clean the bathroom (3-year-old little boy – enough said!)
- tackle boys’ laundry
- complete my personal binder project – thank you so much for the inspiration from My Favourite Everything; I put together my own little project organizer and I love it! It just needed a couple of extra touches.
Actual Got-Done List
- change freshie #1
- make coffee
- supervise kitchen sink play (the boys’ new “IT” activity)
- check emails, Facebook, Cafe World
- make Original To-Do list
- empty dishwasher
- Bible readings for yesterday (oops!) and today (from Exodus, instructions for the building of the Temple)
- clean up kitchen sink play
- serve breakfast
- finished my binder project – it’s very lovely with its personalized cover, dividers and tabs, and the bonus item: a pink plaid binder clip!
- change freshie #2
- take inventory of jewelry making materials
- 3 puzzles with C1
- supervise cutting and gluing; help to make a Chinese lantern (destroyed by C2 within about 10 minutes)
- discuss tomorrow’s Sunday School craft with J — but, *phew* she volunteers to handle it and I’m off the hook!
- bathe 2 boys (and not too much on myself)
- 4 loads of laundry interspersed throughout the afternoon, including all of the boys’ clothes (woo hoo! and they’re all in the closets, too!)
- serve lunch
- sort laundry (P & C1 are passed out on the couch; C2 flops around in the pile of clothes)
- get bedding back on bed
- NAPTIME! for all
- car ride with family to SBux, car wash, and bottle return
- resume laundry and sortation
- errr… did not make dinner – P served cereal and fruit to boys
- pajama boys
- BEDTIME for boys
- attempting to organize thoughts for presentation – so much to talk about and I don’t want to overload
- write a blog to justify the day’s activities
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that sounds amazingly full. and i HAVE to find out about this pink plaid clip and organizer. I love assembling so called organizers….actually filling them in and using….mmmm…. not so much
plus – will you blog about Lauren’s book? I’m curious how she writes.
hi, melissa!
i will post a photo of my organizer and the fabulous plaid clips ASAP!
love my binder!
i read LC’s first book last year… i have to say — i was hooked… great idea — i’ll write a review!