The Trials of a Busy Mom

My list

Things I’d like to accomplish today:

–Win $97 on 97.5 talk radio. But I can’t hear the cue to call since we do not get that station at all. I’m just guessing and calling at the times when they are supposed to do the contest, and so far I’ve been caller 1,3,4, and 6, but not 9, which is what you need to be to win. But I only started trying yesterday so I won’t get discouraged if I don’t win today.

–Win a trip to Cabo San Lucas on 94.1. I’ve been caller 6, 8, 14, 17, etc. on this one, but have yet to be caller 20 so I can guess which “room” the party is going on (pick a number between 1 and 1000). Of course, the brother-in-law and sister-in-law have already won this one, so I’m not competing against them. That’s a good thing, right? (By the way, yesterday I did manage to win 4 unlimited day passes to Boondocks, so that will be fun–just so you know I do win sometimes.)

–I need to shop for a swimsuit, but I don’t really think today’s the day for that. I need to be having a really good “selesteem” day to go and try on swimsuits, because it won’t be pretty. Last I checked, swimsuits did not go down past the knee or have sleeves. Plus, it’s kind of something I need to do without children present in the dressing room. That could scar those kids for life, and I’m just not going to do it to them. Maybe later.

–I need to make a kick-butt dessert to take to the end of the year PTA lunch tomorrow. Any suggestions? I have rhubarb, and I made my own pies the other day (without Ryan doing the crust like he usually does), and they turned out ok, but not nearly as pretty as when Ryan does it. But I don’t know how well rhubarb pie would go over at a PTA luncheon.

–Organize my PTA stuff so I can pass it along to the person who’s doing the Dads and Donuts job next year. I shouldn’t rejoice too loudly, however, since I’ll be doing reflections. (Why, Why WhY? did I say I would do that? Same reason Tina said she’d be the president of the High school PTA, I guess.)

–Exercise. I did 20 minutes on the treadmill watching Ellen from last Friday, but then the kids came down and wanted to walk, so I had to get off. I guess I’ll go and do another 20 minutes before I shower.

–Get all the crap, I mean stuff, off the kitchen counters. That could take the whole day!

–Find and wrap at least two wedding gifts for people in the ward with kids who are getting married. Tis the season, you know.

–Figure out what we’ll be having for dinner which can be eaten while I run from soccer game to choir to piano lessons.

–And look cute while I’m doing all of this. Ha! Ha! I almost fell off my chair laughing! What’s on your schedule today?

Oh, and I almost forgot–watch at least one episode of LOST season 1. I borrowed the DVDs from a friend and I’d really like to get them back to her sometime in the next month, so I’ve got to watch about 1 a day to accomplish this. That’s what we do during naptime!

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So, here’s an update. I DID win the $97 from 97.5. You should all try it. Just be caller 9 at 7:30, 10:30, 12:30, 3:30, 5:30 or 7:30. Good thing I won, since I’ve been wasting my cell phone minutes being the wrong caller all day.

I haven’t won the trip to Cabo, but you can bet I’ll keep trying.

I watched one and a half episodes of Lost, made the rhubarb sour cream bars, which were yummy–Thanks Melinda, and cleaned off the main counter on the island. I also invited Jenna and John’s friends Brittan and Hunter over to play, so now I’m cleaning up their mess. So, not quite everything on the list, but I’ve at least done some crossing off.

2 Comments

  1. Mel

    Rhubarb? These sound good:

    http://cookie.allrecipes.com/az/SrCrmRhbrbSq.asp

    or

    http://cake.allrecipes.com/az/RhubarbStirCake.asp
    The second one has 57 ***** reviews! Wow!

  2. Carolyn

    I love your job!! Winning all that stuff is a great talent. I waste my cell phone minutes lots of days and never get in. Oh by the way, the movie premier tickets I won for being caller 20 on 98.7 were useless since the movie was sold out by the time I got there. I’m so UNLUCKY! Oh well. I guess winning on the radio isn’t my destiny.

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