OT: What are y'all doing?

What are you trying to do today?

I'm trying to get inspired to do dishes and clean my kitchen, but it's awfully dark and gloomy and cold outside, and I feel so lethargic. I'd much rather just veg in bed and watch TV or do something dollie.

But instead I'm making myself a cup of British black tea, for a jump-start, and I'll keep putting one foot in front of the other, in the kitchen.

And Jess is the one selected to help me with the dishes this time. So of course I had to brush her hair first. It was my first time to undo her hair, so yesterday I took a lot of pictures first, so that I could compare how it was from the factory with how I did it. I like the way they did it and don't want to lose that.

My goddaughter is staying with me again. Her godfather (not my husband) took her to the zoo. My husband is working on getting ready for a concert tonight. My older son is sick and hanging out on the couch with his girlfriend. And my younger son is still away at college. The cats are the ones with the real life, in this house.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...jones/cats.jpg

Joy

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ April 29, 2006 03:36 PM: Message edited by: djsnjones ]</font>

I'm feeling lethargic myself. It must be the weather. [img]graemlins/rain.gif[/img] I did get myself to clean the kitchen but the whole house needs to be dusted and I'm working on laundry now. My nieces spent the night and they're supposed to be going home now but I don't have the heart to interrupt them while they are playing with....you guessed it! American Girl dolls!! They want dolls of their own and I would give them one of mine but the ones they want(Lissie and Mari) belong to my 2 DD's.

Now I'm envious of the dress in your avatar! [img]redface.gif[/img]

I checked the seller you got it from, but she doesn't have one like it right now. That's actually a good thing, because I can't afford it right now. [img]wink.gif[/img]

Ok. Must do dishes. Must do dishes. Must do dishes.....

Joy

LOL!!!! I need to do the dishes too, but here I sit!!!! I am unmotivated today!! It is gloomy out and I just picked up some used dvds today, so I am going to watch one and curl up in my blanky!!!!!!!
I also need to do the laundry and try to motivate dh to mow the lawn!!!!!! [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]

I am feeling very lethargic today, too! I had an overnight with my Girl Scout Troop. It was an all school GS lock-in from 7 PM until 7 AM. We did crafts, community service, had snacks, an American Idol-like competition, ordered in pizza and chocolate chip cookies, showed a movie (Madagascar) then slept on the gym floor. We woke up about 6 AM (after falling asleep around 2 AM) and had donuts and juice. There were about 120 girls and 25 Moms participating. Our craft was decorating pillowcases with fabric markers, stencils and paints so the girls would have a keepsake of the lock-in. The community service was weaving small baskets that we filled with crayons, small cards, coloring pictures and a small puzzle for Milwaukee Children's Hospital.

So, today, I am laying low. I just put the dishwasher on and swept up the kitchen. I cleaned the whole house yesterday, so I am pretty good for the weekend. I made a cup of coffee for myself
and I am relaxing until I make dinner. I am making tacos, guacamole, rice and beans for dinner so it will be easy. Then, tonight my 15 year old is singing at our high schools talent show so we will go see the show.

It is four twenty two and so many wonderful things have happened today....My youngest grandson was born today...little Jacob...My DH and I took his brother yard saleing and got a high chair for Bitty Baby....Went to see the sweet new baby....came home took everyone Geocaching and found two....now we are getting ready to go to the hospital again....a great day.

My son and daughter just left for a birthday party with Dad, but instead of being able to veg out (it's rainy here too), I have to go into work tonight and make sure a system is up and running properly! I may have to splurge on a peanut-butter milkshake to get me through....

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Originally posted by marymax:
It is four twenty two and so many wonderful things have happened today....My youngest grandson was born today...little Jacob...My DH and I took his brother yard saleing and got a high chair for Bitty Baby....Went to see the sweet new baby....came home took everyone Geocaching and found two....now we are getting ready to go to the hospital again....a great day.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh - That is so great, Mary. Congratulations!!!

Congratulations MaryMax!!!!!! Sounds like you are having the best day of all!!!!!! [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/party.gif[/img]

Your cats are darling, Joy! And congratulations, Marymax!

I need to clean and work on a costume I'm making, and perhaps bake some more bread (my last loaf turned out pretty poorly, though, so I'm a bit unmotivated for that). I have no idea what will happen in reality; last Saturday I meant to do the same things, and neither really got done at all! I'm tempted to go antique/thrift storing but those are all a drive and the last several times I went I didn't find anything even marginally interesting, so it doesn't seem like the wisest idea!

Congratulations on your newest grandson, Marymax. That is indeed wonderful news.

Here it's almost 11pm now and I had a great day too. I took Kamilla to the ceramic paint studio again and we painted gifts for mother's day. Kamilla decorated a lovely heart-shaped plate and I a heart-shaped box. Afterwards we went for lunch and a stroll through a mall in Vienna. It's been raining the whole day - has to as it's a long weekend - the weather will only turn nicer again once we go back to work on Tuesday.

I just woke up around 3pm. I work nights and was watching music videos this morning with DD so I didn't go to sleep until around 10am. She's begging me to take her to Build a Bear, so that's where I'm going today. I also want to check out a possible location for her birthday in July.

Congrats MaryMax! What a sweet blessing!

Talk about insanity....

I just got a package from someone that I had no clue who they were from the return address (pardon my poor grammer).

So I opened it thinking I would understand once I saw the contents.

Inside was a note, with a letterhead and a name in the signature, and I still had no clue who they are. So I thought that the contents of the package would give me a clue, and I kept digging deeper......

What I found in the box was what looks like hundreds of those white filmy paper-like head coverings (like shower caps) that food-service people and surgical patients wear.......and two Beatles CD's--"The Capitol Albums Vol. 1" and "The Capitol Albums Vol. 2"

Now I love the Beatles and will enjoy the CD's, and I have absolutely no use for the paper shower caps (all of our patients are homebirths and we don't do surgery at home.... [img]wink.gif[/img] so......), but it was nice for someone to think of me. But I have no idea who it was!!!! [img]redface.gif[/img] [img]rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]

Joy

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ April 29, 2006 05:12 PM: Message edited by: djsnjones ]</font>

Did someone here send me this nice package? [img]redface.gif[/img]

Joy

It's raining here in Jefferson County, WA. A good day to play with my dolls! My 25 pound cat got up into the rafters under the porch roof today to get out of the rain, and then couldn't get down. I had to get a ladder and then, in typical cat fashion, he was scared to be rescued. At one point, he was hanging upside down with all 4 paws wrapped around the rafter! Had to grab him by the scruff of the neck and pull, which was no small task considering his weight and strength. After a brisk rubdown with a towel, he is now recuperating on the sofa. We've had all the adventures I need for one day!

Well I have been doing very little myself today. Although this morning I did clean and organize some paperwork that was sitting on our desk for a couple of months now.

I finished watching a video by PBS called "1940's House." The video gives you a very real idea of what it was like to live in London during World War II. The bombings and blackouts...life was terribly hard for them. Women did so much work around the home back then...we definitely have it easier now.

Nia [img]smile.gif[/img]

I love those "house" shows, MapleLeaf! The family on "1940s House" was one of my favorites. The first "house" show was "1900s House" and got a family that was kind of flaky, but the "1940s House" family is so good-natured and pretty well game for the adventure they have. It seems on the later shows they go out of their way to get people who AREN'T suited to their new surroundings at all. [img]tongue.gif[/img] But I like the shows so much!

Folks in the US, "Texas Ranch House" (1867) is airing May 1-4 on PBS. I guess those shows get good ratings, because that's the sweeps period as far as I know. [img]biggrin.gif[/img] http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ranchhouse/

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ April 29, 2006 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Kenshinchan ]</font>

I don't feel like doing anything today either and I've been lying around most of the day, sleeping until noon. [img]graemlins/sleepy.gif[/img] I'm wearing my baggy overalls which means I'm not going anywhere. I usually wear them around the house when I don't have anywhere to go. They're good for cleaning and laundry because of all the pockets. I got the idea from Kit. I'm trying to do my errands on days I have to drive for school, appointments, etc and not drive at all on other days so I can save precoius fuel and $.

I have a final exam for Earth Science on Wednesday afternoon and my art critique is Thursday, so I'm trying to get my art stuff done. All my projects are half-done: my pencil reproduction of a magazine photo of Leonardo DiCaprio, my abstract(also in pencil) and my Black and White geometric design, as well as my art notebook. Since I have to give all my stuff to my teacher on Thurs, I plan to take pictures of all my finished work before the critique. I'll post them here if you guys want to see them.

I was very lucky that because I am getting an A- in history I don't have to type my final history paper! That means I got an A in history, which will offset the C I'm likely to get in science. I'll probably get an A or B in art. I'll let you all know what I get when the official grades come in. It's funny that we now get our grades online but we still have to register with the telephone. [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img] Right now I'm making Velveeta 2% milk mac & cheese with frozen broccoli.

I need to clean, do dishes and laundry big time, but this weekend up until Thursday, it's all about studying for finals and getting my art stuff done. I can do that cleaning stuff next weekend after school is over.

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ April 29, 2006 06:58 PM: Message edited by: Diamond Dragon (Katie from IL) ]</font>

Posted by Kenshinchan

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Folks in the US, "Texas Ranch House" (1867) is airing May 1-4 on PBS. I guess those shows get good ratings, because that's the sweeps period as far as I know. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ranchhouse/

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks! I will have to make sure I watch it.
Nia [img]smile.gif[/img]

I woke up bright and early to start more packing. I have found out that if I don't just get up and get to packing, I don't pack because I hate packing boxes so much. Even my brother who is never awake before 3 on the weekends went to bed at a decent hour last night and cleaned up the neglected yard, so it doesn't look bad for the new people who are moving in. Then I sat down and typed up some stuff for work on Monday. Our lazy, room mate sat around all day drinking beer and watching the NFL draft. I can't believe how someone can just sit there huddled up in a blankie all day while 2 other people work their butts off all day. He is moving with us and is way behind us when it comes to packing his stuff. I guess his folks are coming next weekend with a truck to help haul out most of his junk, so he probably thinks they will do most of it for him. Sorry for the tirade, just had to vent.
At least now I can veg out all night with my lap top,
I wish I was having dinner at Judaci's house. Tacos sound good.
I had a frozen dinner, since it's too much chaos of boxes to cook.

I'm taking a much needed break from all the work around me and noticed your post. DS's Birthday party is tomorrow so it has been a busy day! Not to mention, we leave for WDW next Saturday and I am trying to get packed for that. I just finished making a huge cheeseball and baking a cake. DH went to get the kids a pizza so I am taking a breather.

It has been a gorgeous day here in VA. DD played in the sandbox earlier and DS rode his bike. Wish it could stay like this through the summer months.

Congratulations, Marymax. What a wonderful day! Babies are such a blessing!

We had a busy day. Of course I checked the board this morning then, it was off to soccer (DD's team on in a nail biter in the last minute), then I had to work at the school carnival. Today was what Creative Memories used to be called National Scrapbook Day and since I couldn't go we just stopped by and shopped. We stopped by to see DH at work and then by my mom's before getting back home at 4:30. Now I'm wiped out. I need to do laundry but I think I'll wait until tomorrow. DD is spending the night with her cousins so I'll just veg in front of the TV with my laptop. Kit is with me now.

In a little while, I'm going to a concert by this guy.....

http://www.jimcroegaert.com/

I love his music. My husband has been the recording engineer and/or producer of several of his albums or parts of some albums. He also plays upright bass, or electric bass, or flugal horn (sp?) on some of the albums and at some of the concerts. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

My older son was born the night of one of Jim's big concerts that included a choir and and a liturgical dance team. My husband had put together the sound system for that concert, and he was the only one who knew how to put it together and run it. But he ended up having to spend the whole day, evening and night with me, so they made do with some other equipment and some other sound guy! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Joy [img]smile.gif[/img]

Congrats Marymax on your new grandson! Today I went to a huge mall. It is actually the 3rd largest mall in America. Then I went to an island, and ate and got some ice-cream. Now I am just taking a break.

The past week was mostly spent working with "high maintenance" type family and friends. Very draining. This afternoon I finally stopped and I'm practically falling asleep at the computer!

The best part of today was this morning. My dh, father-in-law and I picked out my Mother's Day present to myself - a new walk-behind, self-propelled Snapper lawn mower. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Yes! I totally love mowing the lawn so I'm really pumped about the new mower. Alas, I'm too exhausted so I only mowed about 20 minutes. But that machine is awesome.

It was really fun reading all the posts in this thread. Sounds like it was the perfect weekend for girl gatherings. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

Julia

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ April 29, 2006 07:28 PM: Message edited by: JuliaAM ]</font>

I have one more week of school and then finals. I have a huge presentation due Wednesday for one class and a five page paper (minimum is 5 pages) due Wednesday for a different class. Then I can breathe a little. I have no energy today, even though it was spring fling here on cmapus, and it was a beautiful day. I took 2 naps today, and my excuse is that I had to wake up early to open the pool [img]wink.gif[/img] . (I am a lifeguard, as well as other things)

Today was a wonderful total "kick-back" ME day. After my garage sale trip bottomed out, I slept in until 8am.

I have been talking myself out of going to AGPLA and have made it for today. I hope I stay away from there tomorrow too. [img]eek.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/island.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/island.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by JenniferRobin:
It's raining here in Jefferson County, WA. A good day to play with my dolls! My 25 pound cat got up into the rafters under the porch roof today to get out of the rain, and then couldn't get down.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jennie, What are you feeding that cat?!! McDonald's cheeseburgers?? Ha Ha! I can't believe that cat made it up to the rafters!

It is rainy here in MO! We are in St. Louis this weekend! My wonderful parents-in-law
like to spring every once in a while to get a hotel for me, my husband and kids, themselves, and my husbands sister and her family! We eat dinner out, go to happy hour, go to the hot tub/pool, and just relax visiting with one another! It's so nice!! I took my Molly with me. Molly always travels with me!

DS12 had a baseball game at 9:30 this morning which they won 10-5. My mom showed up at the game also so I chatted with her. Then, DS15's friend came over and I dropped them off at the movies. I then went on to Macy's as they were having a sale on my favorite bra (buy 2 get 1 free!). Then, I went to the 99 Ranch Market and got my favorite oolong tea. Then, I picked up DS15 and his friend and brought them back to our house for an overnighter. DS12 is spending the night at a friend's house.

DH worked some extra hours here at home today, but in about a half hour we're going to watch a movie together, ending in time to watch the 10 o'clock news, while DS15 and his friend do their own thing and watch a movie of their own.

Tomorrow is laundry day.

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ April 29, 2006 10:01 PM: Message edited by: SugarMagnolia ]</font>

Today, I have been running around all day, with the stuff that needed to get done not getting done.

1. Had an contact lens appointment (9am)
2. Went out to breakfast (10am)
3. Ran some errands.
4. Came home (11:30am)
5. Went to the mall to see the craft show (they had AG style clothes. I bought a poodle skirt outfit, purple sandals with flowers, jeans and tank top outfit, and pink jelly sandals. (Actually my mom bought most of it).
6. Helped my mom return things in the mall.
7. Left after about 4 hours.
8. Went grocery shopping with mom.
9. Went out to dinner with 'rents.
10. Came home FINALLY (9:30 at night, after being in and out from 8:30 on)
11. Now I'm waiting for hubby to arrive home.

Long, Long day!

-Jordyn

I know this was yesterday's thread, but...
Yesterday I ran errands, brought Becca to play with one of her friends and out to dinner with another friend. My poor hubby has been working non-stop (to support my AG habit??). Actually, it's just the way that last month worked out. He has a much easier May, however. The problem is that he works in the ER, so they are long shifts and he doesn't really get a break so his days off are really important, but he has worked 6 of the last 7 days and works today and tomorrow as well...feels like residency all over again.
I just nursed the baby and got him back to sleep and am about to take a shower, do the dishes, do the laundry, and try to clean, but I have to motivate myself...maybe coffee will do it. In a little while I'm going to get the kiddos up for church and this afternoon we're going to see Cats.

Sarah
P.S. Congrats on the new grandbaby Marymax!!!