pjlla
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I was just writing out cards and still have a number to do. Went grocery shopping this afternoon with ds1. Ds's are supposed to help me bake tomorrow afternoon. I still have some mittens and scarves to put finishing touches on them and gift cards to buy at the bank but I wanted to get my paycheck until I do that.
Then to top it off dh is going to kill me. We both had yesterday off because of snow. He decided to paint the downstair bathroom. He found a half of gallon of the pink we used last time. I ddin't mind the pink since he wasn't going to change the border. Throw on top of this I had to take ds2 for his shots (6 of them). The appointment took over 2 hours. The RN talked him about the possible diseases and some precautions to take. Then he started to get his shots. He got through 4 of them. When the 4th one went in he said "That one hurt" and the next thing we know his eyes are rolling back. He fainted. He came to right away and got through the rest of the shots but they wanted him to sit for a while to make sure that he was okay. By the time we got back to the car he was asking me for lunch since he was hungry.
We got home dh is painting and we start to work on ds's visa application. Everytime we turned around he needed something else from someone else. So I was getting frustrated that we couldnt get this done and it was just sit around and wait. Then dh comes out of the bathroom and tells me that when he pulled off the painters tape from the border the border ripped. There is no getting around it. we now need to replace the border with 3 days before Christmas. Luckily we are not having people over until the 26th. He came home today with 4 samples and by dinner we had decided on 1. If it is in stock tomorrow he will pick it up. We are usually home pretty early from Christmas at dh's parents so he can do some work on it then and then on Sat morning.
Have a nice evening. I too am trying to enjoy the season and I think I will as soon as I get out of school tomorrow at noon.
Wow.... lots of stuff going on with you right now! Glad to hear that DS is doing okay after the fainting spell. Maybe he was just hungry??
Why do the house projects always go awry when we are limited with our time? Thankfully it sounds like you've got it worked out.
The kids and I took last night off from all of our scheduled activities and went to see the new Christmas Carol movie. (It was SO nice to relax and enjoy the time together and to get home at a reasonable time!!) They both liked it more than they thought they would. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. It was okay, but nothing special. But I did okay with the food, which is a challenge for me. I brought in a bag of micro light popcorn and mixed it with several handfuls of movie popcorn... so I got the taste of the "good" popcorn without all of the calories. We shared a smaller package of Twizzlers than normal, so I only had 3 or 4, and I had one mini bag (like Halloween size) of peanut butter M&Ms. I had a few more packets with me, but I didn't eat them. And I drank an entire liter of seltzer. Overall that was a huge victory for me.... I love movie popcorn and candy!!
I got a new WATP VHS tape at the Goodwill last night. They had a set of three VHS tapes plus the weighted balls for $5.99.... all still in their shipping box. Looks like someone bought the set and then never used it. I already have the first two walks on DVD, but I didn't have the third one (3 mile walk) or the weighted balls (I have been using 3 lb. hand weights when I do the WATP workouts). The 3 mi workout was a great this morning. So nice to have something new to do.
I was supposed to do my 5K run today, but I somehow hurt my foot yesterday, so I thought I would be better off skipping the running. I think it is just kind of a bruise injury from wearing worn-out sneakers. I wore an old pair to the grocery store yesterday and by the time I got home I had a great deal of pain on the outside edge of my right foot (bony pain). It persisted even after I changed my shoes and it is a bit better today, but still there. I was thinking of icing it last night, but I was too cold!! I'll play it by ear tomorrow to see if I need to take another day off from the run.
Well... the downstairs bathroom got cleaned today, so at least there is ONE clean bathroom for my parents to use!!

Downstairs of the house looks good.... cleaned and vacuumed and dusted and such. Laundry and dishes are still caught up!! But my room and the kids rooms and the upstairs bathrooms are still a disaster, so I am going to run and get to them.
Congratulations to ALL of our big losers, and to ALL OF US for sticking with this challenge, even when life got in the way! .........................P