~The Daily Grind~ 3/1/10

[ddavis860]

“housework done incorrectly still blesses your family.” ~ flylady
"you can do anything for 15 minutes!" ~ flylady



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~The Daily Grind~ 3/1/10

Wait... What did that say? MARCH Are you kidding me? Wasn't it just Christmas? Yikes!

Today is my weigh in...I hope the scale is going in the right direction. Last week I wore a scrub top that has been a little tight for the first time in a while, and it fit great, if not a lil loose... Yesterday I wore a beautiful embriodered top that I love...definatly loose, to the point of altering...

So, even if the scale doesn't say it, my clothes do.


My list for today:

Caffeinate- this repeats everyday!!

Keep my word kinder

Keep to my points!

Work till 3p

Dis/ fb

Swish and Swipe...

Dinner- Maybe salmon...

Have a Great Friday everyone!!

 

[tinkryansmom]

Go Debbie!! That is such a fantastic feeling!!

Monday - blech

DH up and out
DD up and out
Pig fed and sunscreened, as needed
Little One up and fed
Schedule Mammo
If DDs eye still red and painful - schedule eye exam
?? Find out if too muddy to ride - nope riding at 3
Vacuum
Paper Clutter on Kitchen Counter
Laundry
Grocery Store?
4H General Meeting 7pm - pull info together
Email 4H scrapbook meeting reminder
TAX INFO
Clean Carpet sometime this week
Work on finding friends missing Bday gift I ordered - they say it arrived on Feb 8th - she says it never did??

Have a good Monday everyone!!

 

[PinballFamily]

Way to go, Deb!

A pick-up-the-pieces day! We had a busy weekend and a few things are still left to do from that list... (Booked ourselves back-to-back DCL cruises on the new Dream for August 2011 !!!)

But, I also have to pace myself, since we have a *killer* school meeting scheduled for Wednesday - have to finish my research, manage my temper and expectations. But, we MUST convey our anger and need for immediate change! Sigh...

 

[ZeroToHero]

I ONLY HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...Sorry. March sprang up on me - I love February, it ends before you know it, and you're halfway through the spring semester. And there are only two weeks until Spring Break! Which will be spent scrapping! I need to scrap. I think I'm having withdrawal.

I also can't sleep, which is why I'm posting now.... hopefully this will be fixed tomorrow night.

Today:
Up
Breakfast
Get ready
Head into Boston
Meeting at 10 with Dean to discuss Disney
Head to State House to tell Senator's staff about Disney - Lou works there, and told them, and they're all really excited for me
Meeting with Grad Student around 12
Pick up bus pass!
Study for exam
Class - Exam (should be easy)
Work 5-9
Home
Dinner
Homework
Hopefully sleep early!

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good morning! I'm with y'all--HOW is it March already? This starts our crazy/busy time at work, but that's ok. . .in 3 months & 4 days, I'm off for summer vacation! Woohooooooo!! ANNNNND, DS is 19 months old today! Time is flying WAYYYYYY too fast for me!!

Deb, way to go!! I've got to really, really get serious! 3 months 'til the pool, gotta be ready!

Here's my list for today:

1. Up
2. 30 min treadmill
3. Empty dishwasher
4. Clean my bathroom
5. Clean DH's bathroom
6. Pack lunches
7. Get DS's stuff together
8. Shower & get ready
9. Get P365 cards together
10. Devotional
11. Order P365 2010 pics
12. DS up
13. DS to mom's
14. Work
15. Tan
16. Pick up DS
17. Stop @ Wally for pics & tape runner
18. Wash/fold/put away laundry--darks & towels
19. Assemble P365 that I've got done
20. Watch DVR'd show
21. Take DS outside to play if pretty
22. Dinner--leftover enchiladas
23. Weigh-in--wasn't good this weekend, this might be bad
24. Post weigh-in
25. Go to sleep sort of early!!

I hope everyone has an AWESOME Monday!!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Wow, Deb, that is even better than numbers on a scale.

19 Months?? How can he grow up so fast? Is he talking non stop yet? Eldest didn't really do that until about 20 months, but then he was talking in complete sentences. Little Bit talked sooner and hasn't stopped. Although he didn't master the sentence until later.

Exercise.
Kids out the door.
Target.
More exercise.
Lunch.
Scrap.
Laundry.
Get dinner ready.
Homework.
Dinner.
Not sure.

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

Debbie, that's awesome!!! Way to go!!!!

Happy 19th month birthday to SIOH's DS!!!!!! He's at such a fun age!

My list for today:
Make DH's lunch
DS up and off to school
Exercise
Get stew going in the crock pot
Get box of scout t-shirts out and get to troop
Clean kitty cats' feeding area (they are slobs!)
Spring clean kitchen nook area
vacuum and mop kitchen and kitchen nook
Tidy up living room
Write a few checks and get them in the mail
Take photos of MK stuff that's here that's not in slideshow yet
Get MK swap slideshow updated
Work on swaps
Stitch
Dinner - beef stew
Watch normal Monday night shows - I'm really going to miss the Olympics

Have a wonderful day everyone!

 

[joyah]

ugh where did the weekend go?????????????

monday

up barely sleepless night again
boys up and out
sap ran all night
ready for work
dis/fb
work
errands
home
dinner in crockpot
laundry flip
boys off bus
head to claremont for 5 pm game. Hoping to make it to the store Linda
tom run swimteam route
home again
dinner
crash

have a great monday all

 

[WDWMom]

UHG!!! Another Monday I think it's going to be a slow starting one at that. BIg Mister is home coughing away from his asthma. Hoping he can make it in to school by 3rd hour. One good thing is that it should be sunny and 35 today. I should take the dog for a walk

Clean kitchen

pick up main floor

vaccum main floor


shower and get ready

make bed

get dinner started

laundry galore

pick up DS13 from diving

meeting at church 6:30

scrap 2 pages

think about school swap


Hope every one has a great day!

Big Mister made it to school at the beginning of 2nd hour

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Mornin' all....
Lots on the plate today but first:

Looks like everyone is fairly healthy!! Great to hear!
Debbie, who cares what the scale says, the clothes tell a better result!
To my nephew: Auntie Nan loves you and misses ya! Happy 19th month b-day!!!!
TRM: Guess what?? We have 4-H meeting tonight too!! Let the fun begin! I just set up the dates for scrapbooking committee for our club since I'm responsible for that...


Today/this week starts state testing for 2 of the 5.. (HS'ers don't take them)

up
bed made
fluff and fold load of reds
DS9 up, breakfast
DH ready
DS9 shower, ready
make lunch
load dw (too lazy last night)
wash any remaining dishes
DS9 & friends on bus
older kids up
ready
ck email/DIS
DD to school
drive DS13 to school
grocery store for some essentials
finish last 3 loads of laundry last load washing
scrapbook 4 pages
write ck for lawn care in Florida (mail Wed)
photograph scrapped pages MUST DO TODAY
post photos of above
work on missing titles/journalling in stack of pages
collage some photos
find missing photos
order collage/missing photos to complete pages
set March scrapping goals
set goals to complete today for scrapping (at least 8 per day)
pick up kdg. student
lunch
scrap 4 pages (or kit if necessary)
elem homework duty
pick up DS13
await DD to arrive home from practice
dinner
kids to put away laundry (MUST)
DD to Amb. meeting
4-H meeting (all kids, DD will meet us there)
bedtime routines
collapse

 

[Lisa]

But, I also have to pace myself, since we have a *killer* school meeting scheduled for Wednesday - have to finish my research, manage my temper and expectations. But, we MUST convey our anger and need for immediate change! Sigh...

Pam, do you need help or support on this? I find myself open that day.

My to do list:

Major schedule change for me. I am a SAHM for the next three days. Congress has not approved a budget and the continuing resolution ended last night. The earliest I could go back to work is Thursday.

Wood in the woodstove - some chores never end.
DD up and out for school
Fold laundry - done
make beds
empty dishwasher - done
DIS
Place order
Make dining plans for Thurs of when we will be at WDW
Taxes
Dry cleaners
Bank
Dinner - took out pork chops

Find time in that busy day to sit and eat bon bons on the sofa.

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Thanks for all the "birthday" wishes for DS! I can't believe how fast time has flown. He doesn't talk much yet ("kitty" "cracker" & "Mama/Dada"), but I'm trying not to worry too much about that. He babbles all the time, though!!

I hope everyone's day goes well!!

 

[rlovew]

Good Morning!

Happy 19 months SIOLB!
Deb- fantastic job!

today:
exercise bike- done
salad/soup for lunch
dinner- porkchops & rice
wee care meeting
finish circle journal
work on "p"
work on relay book
make check off chart for month with goal
laundry- started
bathroom floor

Rebecca

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Just another Manic Monday
Wish it was Sunday
That's my fun day
My I don't have to run day
Just another Manic Monday



Must do today!
Boys up and to school
breakfast -journal food
lunch - journal food
dinner - journal food
work out
clean kitchen
pick up living room
cut out huge mickey
mail huge mickey
call disney dining
fold and put away DD's laundry
work on March organization thread
put scrapped pages in albums
get boys
Woohoo!!! No homework for 2 weeks!!! It's mastery test week!!!
work out
baths
bed
snuggle with DH

Honey do list:
up
work
hang hat hooks in nook
work on boys shelves

Kids:
pick up room
put away any clean laundry

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Thanks for all the "birthday" wishes for DS! I can't believe how fast time has flown. He doesn't talk much yet ("kitty" "cracker" & "Mama/Dada"), but I'm trying not to worry too much about that. He babbles all the time, though!!

I hope everyone's day goes well!!

He's waiting to talk on the phone with Auntie Nan..give him the number!!! I'm free all day today, tomorrow, next week, next month! LOL

 

[PinballFamily]

Pam, do you need help or support on this? I find myself open that day.

Hey, I can't get in the way of "bonbon time on the sofa"

Lisa, I appreciate your offer more than you could ever know. I've spent this a.m. plowing through test results (both school testing and independent) going back years - DH is gonna plot them up to graphically show the "been falling off a cliff" situation. We did connect with our terrific special ed advocate, who we'll caucus with tomorrow to plan and review.

The situation (in a very tiny nutshell!) is that our brilliant 10 year old (5th grade) son, who was tested by the school reading/decoding words at a "more than a 12th grade level" in 2008, is at the 2nd grade level for reading comprehension. The school has been "trying things" and waving their hands citing progress in "other areas" and telling us "he's so smart, he'll catch up" - ummmm, magically? Reading comprehension is a classic area of difficulty for kids with autism, and of course, this weakness is affecting his performance in ALL subjects - you gotta read and understand the textbooks, right, no matter if it is science, social studies, math, etc.? (So, one might think that since EVERYONE knows this is a classic academic weakness, that they'd have a program or system in place...guess again!) Right now, they are proposing making NO changes to his educational plan for the upcoming year. WTH?

We simply cannot allow this to continue and it is criminal for anyone to think of sending him off to middle school in a few months reading on a second grade level. So, we're gearing up for the battle!

Maybe we can swap PMs or phone calls as we wind through this process - I hate to take advantage of your unexpected forced vacation (ahhhh...politics!) where you could/should be doing important things like spending time with your family - and scrapping!

Pam

 

[joyah]

Pam I'm hping for your sake it's the elementary attitude. I dealt with it with L. When he hit Jr High what a refressiing attitude. His case manager is wonderful and jumped on the fact that he needed testing done (he's due in the spring) she didn't want to lose all of 6th grade so she moved it up to this past fall. she also said they did a CRAPPY job on the first round done in 3rd grade (same district) and got it done. With the transfer coming up they should also be involved at least that is how it works up here.
Good luck I to can listen and help if need be. most of all hang in there take a few deep breaths and maybe dip into that liqour cabinet.

 

[LindaBabe]

Hello everybody!

NAIL THEM, Pam! The schools seem to be notorious almost everywhere for wanting to do as little as possible outside their routine to help these kids. Every parent I've come in contact with with kids with special needs says the same thing - or at least the same song, different words.

Laundry
prepare for the tax man
put everything from the weekend away
download photos
make supper.

Joyah, sap running all night isn't good, is it?

 

[tinkryansmom]

Yes, Christy, explain the sap running all night. I would think you want LOTS!?

Pam - Good Luck with your meeting.

Missing quite a few tax documents - hmmm - wonder where they are?? Well at least I worked on it. Now to print info from websites.....

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Wow--Pam, stick it to them!! As an educator, I can tell you that at our school, we try to do any possible way to help our special needs students--no matter what the situation is!! Make sure they give you the services you need!! If not, move down here! We'll take care of him!

Exciting news--DH & I have been discussing a Disney Cruise for the Summer of 2011 for a while. We booked today!! Woohooooo!! We'll be on the Disney Dream on June 7, 2011 for two stops at Castaway Cay!!