To-Do
On today's list:
Wash laundry:
Comforter
Towels
Kids/my clothes
Feeding Kids :
Breakfast - sausage & cheese biscuits with banana
Lunch - roast, carrots, green beans, pasta salad
Snacks - Chester's puffcorn
Dinner - spaghetti
Working on cloth wipes
Cutting out new squares
Sewing old squares
Getting cokes - hubby left me $5
Making decaf sweet tea(cold-brew)- first I have to clean my jug, then find sugar
Scanning - Go, Glow, Grow
Moving files - from kids comp to my comp
Entering sweeps
Doing surveys
Check the mail
Reading books to kids - 11 are due back 9-2
Eating (tuna salad, spaghetti, fruit)
Putting flea powder on *some* of the carpet - it has to sit for 1-24 hours
Vacuuming up the flea powder
Bleaching old bath toys - 3/4 cup bleach:16 cups water for 5 minutes
It appears I will have to separate the twins today. J has really been defiant - he's been hurting T, going into her room, throwing her stuff, and generally not following rules. He is in "Jedi" mode and has been acting like a jerk since hubby made him a "light saber" the other day. Normally I see a lot of emotional issues with T, but the past 3 days have been full of J breaking down, not so much T.
It is becoming obvious that each of these kids needs more "alone" time with and without a parent. I'm going to have to hang out with one twin while the other plays independently (which usually means video games). T likes doing art projects and getting her nails painted. J likes reading and helping. And all I seem to want to do is complain and bite my nails - gotta work on that.
I'm really in limbo with my mood today. Though I'm not feeling great, I am TRYING to stay positive and make progress. I would really LOVE to clean enough for hubby to notice when he gets home. I feel like he did a TON of work with little reward yesterday. The least I can do is try to make other aspects of this house livable. I took a Tylenol to curb the achiness I feel and to prevent any further pain from creeping in (hopefully).
I've got J cleaning his room properly - everything in its place. And T is exercising and dancing to a show on Nick Jr. They have each played a math game this morning on their PC - separately. I'm discouraging Xbox as much as possible - Wii too. I feel they can earn those games after they do normal kid stuff (coloring, playing with toys, picking up after themselves, learning).
I'm trying to work out a plan of attack by time schedule for today...though I know it will change:
12:00 - spread flea killing powder on my bedroom hallway & sweep it in
12:15 - fix sweet tea, go get cokes, check mail, playground?
12:45 - dry comforter & make/feed kid's lunch
1:15 - vacuum flea powder out of my bedroom
1:30 - my lunch
Now T is happily coloring in her Hello Kitty coloring book, and J is playing Arthur Kindergarten on the kid PC. There is the mail man - brb. Okie-dokie, the mail has been checked; I also checked my tomato plants while I was out front. I still need to stake up the middle plant and add dirt to all three. But the good news is I have one bloom on two different plants...we may see 2 whole tomatoes this year!
Tea jug - leaks - and I'm too dumb to check it for leaks before I fill it - so there goes that! I had to empty a milk jug and wash it; I refilled the milk jug with what was left of the tea, and I'll add sugar in a few minutes...ugh what a mess. On top of that, I opened the freezer and an entire box of dog treats fell off the fridge and covered the kitchen floor - sometimes I think hubby's mom is booby-trapping me.
Wash laundry:
Kids/my clothes
Feeding Kids :
Snacks - Chester's puffcorn
Dinner - spaghetti
Working on cloth wipes
Cutting out new squares
Sewing old squares
Scanning - Go, Glow, Grow
Doing surveys
Reading books to kids - 11 are due back 9-2
Eating (tuna salad, spaghetti, fruit)
Bleaching old bath toys - 3/4 cup bleach:16 cups water for 5 minutes
It appears I will have to separate the twins today. J has really been defiant - he's been hurting T, going into her room, throwing her stuff, and generally not following rules. He is in "Jedi" mode and has been acting like a jerk since hubby made him a "light saber" the other day. Normally I see a lot of emotional issues with T, but the past 3 days have been full of J breaking down, not so much T.
It is becoming obvious that each of these kids needs more "alone" time with and without a parent. I'm going to have to hang out with one twin while the other plays independently (which usually means video games). T likes doing art projects and getting her nails painted. J likes reading and helping. And all I seem to want to do is complain and bite my nails - gotta work on that.
I'm really in limbo with my mood today. Though I'm not feeling great, I am TRYING to stay positive and make progress. I would really LOVE to clean enough for hubby to notice when he gets home. I feel like he did a TON of work with little reward yesterday. The least I can do is try to make other aspects of this house livable. I took a Tylenol to curb the achiness I feel and to prevent any further pain from creeping in (hopefully).
I've got J cleaning his room properly - everything in its place. And T is exercising and dancing to a show on Nick Jr. They have each played a math game this morning on their PC - separately. I'm discouraging Xbox as much as possible - Wii too. I feel they can earn those games after they do normal kid stuff (coloring, playing with toys, picking up after themselves, learning).
I'm trying to work out a plan of attack by time schedule for today...though I know it will change:
12:00 - spread flea killing powder on my bedroom hallway & sweep it in
12:15 - fix sweet tea, go get cokes, check mail, playground?
12:45 - dry comforter & make/feed kid's lunch
1:15 - vacuum flea powder out of my bedroom
1:30 - my lunch
Now T is happily coloring in her Hello Kitty coloring book, and J is playing Arthur Kindergarten on the kid PC. There is the mail man - brb. Okie-dokie, the mail has been checked; I also checked my tomato plants while I was out front. I still need to stake up the middle plant and add dirt to all three. But the good news is I have one bloom on two different plants...we may see 2 whole tomatoes this year!
Tea jug - leaks - and I'm too dumb to check it for leaks before I fill it - so there goes that! I had to empty a milk jug and wash it; I refilled the milk jug with what was left of the tea, and I'll add sugar in a few minutes...ugh what a mess. On top of that, I opened the freezer and an entire box of dog treats fell off the fridge and covered the kitchen floor - sometimes I think hubby's mom is booby-trapping me.
