Monday, September 29, 2008

Just another Week - Monday!


8:00
Got up
Got dressed
Packed Sir's lunch
Showered Dolly (she wet the bed again)
Changed diapers/dressed kids
Made breakfast
Washed a load of sheets/blankets
Bible Reading/verses/calendar
Reading cards
10:30
Tidied living room and kitchen
Vacuumed one couch and all the throw pillows
Reading cards
Worked on my calendar
12:45
Switched laundry
Made lunch
Memory verses/books of the Bible
Reading cards
2:00
Took kids outside
Dug the lawnmower out of the shed
Mowed the back lawns
3:30
Put kids down for naps
Read a blog/drank lots of water
Brought the dry laundry upstairs
Finished the last of the back lawn
Mowed the front lawns
Hauled all the yardwaste out to the street
Unloaded junk from the old van
6:00
Started supper
Tidied the living room again
Put folded laundry away
Sorted through one storage container of kids clothes
Served supper
Sorted through part of another storage container
Got kids ready for bed
8:30
Tidied kids' bedroom
Put kids to bed
Helped Sir find some tools for the van
Put the shed back together
10:00
Came inside
Washed a rack of dishes
Froze some leftovers in lunch containers
Sat down to blog

There! one week journaled. It's amazing how much time it takes to give an account of a day - especially when the day is so full you almost never sit down. Anyway, now I can write some posts that aren't boring, but there was a good side to all of this. I learned the value of choosing a random picture to head my posts. In the past I've put a lot of work into choosing just the 'right' picture, but we have so many pictures that will never be 'blogged' about that a lot of fun memories just sit stored away in folders.
And I'm rambling. I guess that's what happens when I get myself so tired I can hardly talk let alone type. :) So, I'll close, and go see how Sir's doing on the van. He's trying to replace the water pump, but the parts are refusing to come off. At least I don't have any appointments scheduled for a few more days.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Just another Week - Sunday


7:40
Got up
Showered Dolly (she wet the bed)
Dressed the kids
Got dressed
Packed food for the day
Loaded the van with kids/food/bibles/etc
9:15
Left for meeting
Stalled at the first light
Waited through three lights before the van decided to cooperate
Stopped at Tim Horton's for timbits for the kids
9:50
Barely made it to meeting in time for the kids to say their memory verses
Meeting/Lunch/Reading/Supper/Gospel
Packed up
7:45
Left for home
Stopped at the first gas station to put oil in the van
Continued on home
Unloaded the car
Got kids ready for bed
8:45
Put kids to bed
Called Tina back
Read blogs
Sat down to blog

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Just another Week - Saturday


7:30
Got up
Folded laundry
Got dressed
Started icing Emma's cake
Woke Sir up
9:00
Fed kids breakfast
Worked on cake
Washed kids up
Finished Cake
Started to panic
10:30
Grandma C. and Uncle A. arrived to help
Finished tidying the house
Bashful and gang arrived
Aunt Knittery arrived
11:45
Started lunch
Lunch
Cake
Presents
Kidlet Chaos
People started to leave
2:30
Put kids down for naps
Fed birds
Cleared the stash pile off my bed
Took a nap
5:00
Started Dinner
Ate
Washed kids up
Gave kids a bath
8:00
Put kids' room back together
Put kids to bed
9:45
Worked on book repairs
Read a blog
Looked at the kitchen
Sat down to blog

Just another Week - Friday


7:30
Got up
Got dressed
Tidied living room
Vacuumed under table
Packed Sir's lunch
Worked on kitchen
Made bed
Dressed and fed kids
Bible reading
Reading cards
10:00
Washed kids up
Watered some houseplants
Emptied and refilled dishwasher
Tidied kitchen
Worked on birthday cake design
12:30
Fed kids
sorted cake decorations
Washed kids up
Cleaned up dining area
Collected cake materials
Put kids to bed
Wrapped presents
Started baking cakes
Put kids back to bed
3:30
Blew balloons
Figured out how to inflate balloon animal balloons
Took cake out to cool
Washed some dishes
Started second cake
4:30
Put kids back to bed
Emma woke up
Worked on balloon animals
Took cake out to cool
Trimmed first cake
Found and prepared cake props
Trimmed second cake
5:30
Sir called
Put balloon project on hold
Checked diaperbag
Woke kids up
Got them ready to go
Sir got home
Finished getting ready to go
Loaded the van
Headed to the Mr. & Chatty's house
7:00
Had supper
Visited/Played games/worked on balloon animals
Put kids to bed
More games/balloon animals/visiting
11:45
Collected the kids
Headed for home
Stopped for gas
1:00
Got home
Unloaded the van
Put kids to bed
Took out the trash
Sat down to blog
Decided not to stay up and work on the cake and other birthday preparations in favor of going to bed.

Man! This daily journal blogging is time consuming and a little boring. Half the time I can barely remember WHAT events took place let alone in what ORDER they fell in.

Anyway, I'm tired and I'm going to bed.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Just another Week - Thursday


8:00
Got up
Took a shower
Dressed two kids
Got dressed
Packed Sir's lunch
Loaded kids into the van
Left for Sir's work
9:20
Dropped Sir off at work
Drove through Tim Horton's
Arrived at the Paediatritian's office
Emma's 1 year check up
11:45
Stopped at the Dollar Store
Grabbed lunch
Went to the grocery store
1:30
Major grocery shopping
Headed home
Hauled fussy kids inside
Put them down for naps
Unloaded the car
4:00
Finished unloading the car
Put groceries away
Fed birds
Fed Cats
Read a blog
Started this post
5:30
Started supper
Tidied kitchen/dining room
Served supper
Loaded kids into the car
Went to HisLady's for craft night
Marked two posterboard sheets
Battled very bad children
Put kids into pajamas
Went home
9:45
Put kids to bed
Talked to Sir about our evenings
Opened my calendar surprise
Sat down to blog

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Just another Week - Wednesday


7:45
Got up
Packed Sir's lunch
Dressed Kids
Got dressed
Made breakfast
Bible Reading
Reading Cards
10:30
Started laundry
Changed sheets
Cleaned kids room
Vacuumed everything but the stairs and underneath the table
12:45
Made lunch
More Reading Cards
Switched laundry
Washed kids up
Bathed kids
Cleaned bathroom
2:30
Dressed kids for meeting
Put kids down for naps
Switched laundry
Filled and ran dishwasher
Baked cookies (from dough that I had frozen)
Packed meeting box
Started dinner
Woke kids up
Fed kids
Packed diaperbag
6:30
Left for meeting
Meeting
Put kids in pajamas
Headed home
10:00
Gave kids a bedtime snack
Put kids to bed
Ate supper with Sir
Tidied kitchen
Wasted time
Sat down to blog.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Just another Week - Tuesday


7:30 AM
Got up
Dressed Kids
Packed Sir's lunch
Soaked Dogfood
Made Bed
Got dressed
Set out Sir's clothes
Checked diaperbag
Loaded kids into van
9:00
Left for Sir's work
Brushed hair
Dropped Sir off at work
Drove through McDonald's
Got to the Shot Clinic
Ate breakfast
Washed kids up
Emma got her shots
Headed home
10:45
Got home
Fed birds, cats & dog
Checked the mail
Packed a lunch
Loaded some ride-on toys into the van
Grabbed Silly
Left for the Meeting room
12:00
Got to Richmond
Started cleaning
Stopped for lunch
Washed up kids
Got back to cleaning
Stopped to put kids down for naps
Resumed cleaning
Kids woke up from naps
Finished cleaning
Left for home again
6:50
Got home
Fed kids dinner
Made treat bags for Emma's party
Washed kids up from dinner
Put kids in pajamas
Tidied playroom and nursery
Caught and put kids to bed
Tidied house
Read a blog
Cleared table
Worked on the kitchen
9:30
Sat down to blog

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Summer Recap

Seeing that the last day of Summer this year is tomorrow, I thought I'd finally crawl out of my blogging slump and give a brief recap of our summer this year. I don't think I've ever had a busier summer - ever. And this is just mostly the weekends!


Summer of 2008
(June 20th - September 22nd)

June 21st - July 1st - Our first official 'Family Vacation'.
We went to Gresham (Portland,Oregon area), Lincoln City (on the Oregon Coast) and Walla Walla (for the summer bible conference). Our trip lasted 11 days, PC turned 2 while we were gone and Emma started officially walking (that's when they know that I know that they know they can walk alone).

July 12th - PC's 2nd Birthday party.
It was also Sir's and my 5th wedding anniversary, but Sir decreed that having the party on the 5th was insane because that would have left me all of 5 days to unpack from our Oregon trip, get back into a 'normal' schedule as well as shop and prepare for a party. So, we kindof skipped our anniversary this year and went out for a quick no-kids dinner a few weeks later.

July 19th - Steveston Village Outing.
The day was gorgeous, and so we took the kids to an old fishing village in Richmond. We walked along the wharf side fish market and cracked up at Dolly's reaction to the smell of fish. The kids got to touch a dead shark, and gaze at live crabs in a tub of water. There was live music playing loud and clear and our kids couldn't resist kicking up their heels and bouncing about to the music. I don't blame them - it was so infectious, I wanted to join them. Before heading home we went to a little beach and walked out to the sand and water. It was very fun to have a spontaneous day.

July 26th - Big 80th Birthday party for Sir's Grandma.
It was a definite success, complete with tons of family. There were so many of us, we had to eat outside at a colossal table and even then, some of the kids had to eat on a picnic blanket on the grass. It was a great time though, complete with our very own live music entertainment!

August 2nd - Vancouver fireworks Grand Finale.
Tina came up to visit and we took her with us to see the show. We grabbed some pizza and headed to a little beach hours before the event so we would have a place to set up with two strollers, three adults and six kids. It was a blast, but also exhausting since we got home around 1am and would have to get up earlier than usual to bathe all the sandy, dirt-covered kids before leaving for meeting the next day.

August 9th - Stanly Park Outing.
'You'd think we'd learn to slow down, but no, instead we braved a yucky weather forecast and headed off to Stanley Park for the day. The weather cleared up almost before we got there, and the kids couldn't have had more fun. We explored a petting farm, and got to ride on a miniature train. And before we headed home (since the rain decided to come after all toward the end of the afternoon)we fed a whole loaf of bread to a flock of wild geese.

August 16th - Lynden County Fair.
We battled a 2+ hour line to cross the border in 95+ degree heat. Cooled off afterwards by stopping at the Dairy for ice cream cones, headed to a park so the kids that fell asleep in the car, could finish their naps, and then spent the late afternoon and evening eating cotton candy, riding the Carousel and just gazing at all the lights. The kids loved it - even if we didn't ride on the Ferris Wheel.

August 18th - 23rd - Manning Park Camping.
The kids and I met up with a number of families at Manning Park (3 hours away from home) to go camping. It rained most of the time we were there, and I managed to lose my keys the day I was supposed to go home to get Sir, but everything worked out just fine in the end and the fresh air and quietness was relaxing. We even caught the world's smallest fish (ok, it wasn't the smallest, but Sir thought it was too little to keep so we threw it back) and Silly (our too often neglected dog) came along too.

August 30th - 6th Annual Summer-end Barbecue.
Sir and I hosted our 6th barbecue, and for the first time I actually felt ready before all the guests arrived. Of course there was still work to do, but I wasn't already insane from preparation panic. This year a lot of people were out of town, but at least it didn't rain on us this year. It was cold though - someone said that the weather records said that the weather that week was more similar to mid-late OCTOBER weather than late August! It was cold.

September 6th - Quick Flight to CA.
Sir and I left Dolly and PC with Sir's parent's and we flew to LA with Emma to see Mr. & Mrs. Habib get married. It was a beautiful wedding and my grandma got to see Emma for the first time. After the wedding we took my Aunt Kedge and Grandma out to dinner and had a really nice visit with them. Then we flew home, picked up the other kids Monday morning and took them to the Zoo.

September 12th - The Zoo Again.
Tina and her boys came up one last time before she headed off for Texas and she and I took our kids to the Zoo. It was crazy with just the two of us and six kids under 5 years old, but I think the fun was worth the insanity. But while we were wandering the 160 acres of zoo-land, Tina's video camera and laptop computer were stolen from her car. It kindof ruined the trip for her I think. We'll miss Tina and the boys, especially since we don't know when we'll be seeing her again.

September 13th - Sunday School Picnic.
This year the SS picnic was held at the same beach that we celebrated PC's 1st birthday. The day was warm, and even though I put sunscreen on my kids, PC managed to start turning a nice rosy red during the last part of the picnic. I put more sunscreen on him as soon as I noticed and we narrowly adverted another ugly burn. There were quite a few games, and PC won a prize for something although I don't remember why. It was fun to see the organized chaos at the picnic and between checking on my kids in various places, I managed to grab a few pictures.

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And that brings us to today. Where we actually decided not to go do anything for a change. Sir's parents did invite us to go fishing with them today, but we declined. I've been so tired from all of the running and doing that I didn't see very much fun in getting up at 6 so I could keep an eye on our kids while Sir tried to catch something. Besides it's raining here today, so I'm guessing it would probably be raining at the lake too.

Maybe I'm just looking for reasons to make missing out on a fun fishing trip not so much fun and thereby making our decision to stay home feel better. Who knows... I guess bathing and flea treating the cats, and finally writing a blog post after almost two months counts for something. Now just to finish flea treating the rest of the house.

Maybe I'll catch up on some sleep and actually feel like writing again. After all, my computer keyboard is working again, so that can't be my excuse anymore. :) And the summer is almost over, so things should start to slow down soon... Maybe. Next week is Emma's first birthday party... and the week after that will probably be a birthday dinner for Grandpa C... and the week after that... well, maybe I'll start potty training PC. We'll see.