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November 23, 2003
House Work
Oh my GAWD! Where do I begin??
Husband was basically in the kitchen for the past two days, working his fingers to the bone. He has been taking down and cleaning the cabinet doors, drilling holes for new brushed nickel knobs, priming, sanding, painting.. it goes on and on.
Eldest had a roller skating party and was also invited to sleep over at the birthday girl's house. I got back home last night and kept Youngestbusy while Husband was working. She didn't get to bed until 10pm. She kept me company while we waytched Trading Spaces. Husband and I didn't get to sleep until almost 2am.
As I opened my eyes this morning, Olivia, while standing right in front of me, said "I'm hungry". She scared me half to death. I managed to convince her to climb into bed with me so we could snuggle for a little while. We got up, ate breakfast and I took off to the stores. Alone! : - )
First stop - Kmart. I picked up some pj's for Youngestas well as a new bathmat and bottled water. A few other little things for Christmas for the girls. Next stop - ShopRite. OhMyGAWD. PACKED. At 1015am on a Sunday morning. Completely packed. You should have seen the people gathered around the free turkey case. They were like animals. I just grabbed the first turkey I could get my hands on and bolted. I managed to pick up the rest of the items I needed for Thanksgiving dinner as well as the usual stuff. I stood in line for 20 minutes to be checked out - all the lanes were open too. I was happy to make it out of there alive! LOL! Last stop - Brunos. I picked up the breakfast sausage (they make it for me) as well as the deli items I needed for the rest of the week.
When I got home, I unloaded the car and got everything put away. Youngestand I went back out to pick up Eldest. When we got back home, Husband and I worked in the kitchen while the girls essentially tore up the house. I finally put in a DVD so they would just stay STILL for a little while.
Dinner was just burgers and fries with carrot sticks. My kitchen was still slightly trashed at that point and a big Sunday dinner just wasn't gonna happen today. After dinner, Husband worked in the kitchen while I got the girls bathed and ready for bed. They were in bed by 830pm and not a peep out of them either.
Husband and I did some more work, finally calling it quits by 930pm. He had to rewire the range hood light and fan and he got that all put back together and working just fine. I am making my second loaf of bread for my Mom. She is going to make stuffing out of it. Ummmmm - stuffing. ::drool::
Whew! My fingers are tired! I am going to try to catch up on some of my reads but please forgive me if I didn't stop by and say hello. I hope you all had great weekends. ::smooches::
Posted by Cate at November 23, 2003 11:04 PM
Comments
My five year old son does that too! One night, he scared me so much that I yelled and then he yelled. This went back and forth for a couple of times until I finally woke up. We now have a puppy who makes enough noise when someone get up that we do not have to worry about that as much.
Posted by: Dave T. at November 24, 2003 12:08 PM
