Month: March 2007 (Page 3 of 4)

Today was a glorious day!  I think it reached 70 degrees here.  My crocuses are blooming, the tulips and the daffodils are pushing their little green leaves up, and I really need to get out there and weed.  Are you enjoying the spring weather?
True to my promise, today I cleaned out the mudroom.  I didn’t get to the counter yet, but I got all the gloves and hats put away, all the boots went downstairs, all the shoes that fit no one put away, and the extra shoes that aren’t being worn are now on their way to bedroom closets.  I also threw away tons of crap, filled an extremely large garbage bag with stuff for D.I., and took out all the coats and hung them in the closet.  The floor, although not mopped, was thoroughly vacuumed.  It looks about a hundred percent better in there, and hopefully now I won’t be tripping on backpacks and coats all over the floor.

It’s 7:15 and my kids are playing happily OUTSIDE!  The trampoline is back up (we took it down for the winter) and the kids are playing on the playground.  Oh, the joy of spring.  Now I need to make a canopy for the playground.  I took the measurements today and I’ll start working on it tomorrow.  Or the next day.

It’s daylight savings time, and that means that not only am I tired, but I’m confused.  My computer, the clock in the car and most of my watches say it’s 2:20, while the kitchen clock and the watch I’m wearing say it’s 3:20.  It’s enough to make one miss soccer practice entirely (I wish).  But besides losing an hour of sleep, daylight savings time reminds me that it’s time to go through the pile of stuff that is winter outerwear around here.  I think every person has at least 2 coats, a pair or two of boot, several gloves,  a few scarves and multiple layers of sweatshirts.  All of these items are in a heap on the mudroom floor.  Oh, there are the token few that have been hung up, and most of the shoes end up in the shoe basket, but the majority is just an unorganized mess.  So, it’s my job to discard the coats that are either too small or have broken zippers, and put away nicely the ones that can be saved for next year.  I’m sure once I get everything put nicely away, we’ll have another big snowstorm, however, so I’m not rushing over to do it right this minute.

Last night’s Amazing Race?  Wow.

I don’t know if Ryan can carry on without his favorite team.

Today was the last day of a certain radio contest in which they give away a set of 4 Disneyland Hopper Passes to the winner.  The winner who is caller 19 when they play the song of the day.  Well, I’ve been glued to the radio for the past three weeks and have only been a measly “caller 4” or something like that.   Today it was ringing, and when he answered it he asked how are you doing, fine, etc.  Then asked if I had ever kissed my brother.

What?  Yes, actually, I have.

No, I mean really kissed your brother, like slipped him some tongue, the guy says.

Well, no, that I have not done.

Well, this is going to feel as bad as kissing your brother, because you are caller 18.

Nooooooooo!

But, since today is get over it day (see previous post), I will have to let it go, and not stress about the fact that I was this close to taking my family to Disneyland.

Did you know today (Friday the 9th of March) is National Get over it day?  Well, it is.  so, if you’ve been holding a grudge, offended by someone or something, it’s time to get over it.  (Especially if it’s something I did–you need to just forgive me and get over it.)

So, let it go.  Breathe in, Breathe out.  Get over it.

I got my Costco American Express bill a few days ago, and this time it was met not with dread, but with anticipation. You see, it’s rebate time! If you use the Costco American Express Card, you get a rebate on everything you buy–from 1% to 3%. We try to use this card for everything, and I’d like to figure out how to pay bills with it instead of bill pay from the bank just to up my rebate. So, our rebate check is for … $381.62! I’m thrilled.

Thank you for your well wishes. I am thankfully getting over that monster cold, but it’s been a rough week.

Yes, I did take my children to the Discovery Gateway on Monday, as promised. They were so excited, and cleaned their rooms and even vacuumed them before the 9:30 deadline. I dragged my sorry self and a purse full of kleenex to the car, packed the kids in the car, and off we went. Luckily, I had four free passes, so I only had to pay for two of us because, Man, that place it a bit on the expensive side, don’t you think? $8.50 per person. Wow! But, anyway, the kids just LOVED it!! They played with those balls in the tubes for a very long time. They would have stayed longer if I hadn’t dragged them on to the next station. John especially liked the building zone where he could operate the little crane, and Natalie enjoyed being a letter carrier. Jenna had fun in the farm, and playing in the water, and Cole and Megan tried the rock climbing wall. It was fun to make our own little movie and comic strips, too.      Oh, how much I would have enjoyed it if I weren’t sick. Yes, I was still very sick, and went through my whole stash of Kleenex. I had to resort to using long strips of toilet paper I pinched from the bathroom. I looked a sight, too, what with my red nose and super chapped nose and lips. I’m sure the kids and other parents were scared.

Monday night Ryan went and got me some actual drugs from behind the counter that have the actual effective ingredients in them. They worked MUCH better. I have to thank Ryan for taking care of me, and taking care of the kids when I didn’t do much this weekend. He’s awesome.

Oh, and as promised, here’s just a little picture of my curtains, which are finished and hung. Unless I decide I don’t like it and start over. Don’t laugh, it could happen.

This week I would like to get myself back into the habit of reading my scriptures.  Every day.  Even if it’s just for a few minutes, I need to have some personal scripture study.  Our family scripture reading is going ever so slow.  We read a verse or two each before dinner.  It’s not the best, but right now it’s the best we can do.  We just finished 2 Nephi tonight–hooray!