1. Grocery shop (very important, we were completely out of food)
2.Change the tires on the van (it had better not snow anymore)
3.Pick up and sign income tax returns (yay for refunds!)
4.Pick up pictures at Costco (they had been ready for a week)
5.Exchange my phone at the Verizon Store (I dropped it and it wasn't pretty anymore)
6.Clean and vacuum the car (very dirty!)
7.Scrub that coffee stain that's been on the carpet for 2 weeks (Brady had some momentary clumsiness)
8.Make several phone calls, sort through and file misc. papers (I've been putting it off for a while)
9.Clip and file my fingernails (I realize some of you are laughing right now, but those with four or more small children get it)
10.Fill photo album with previously mentioned photos (and mail some to misc. people who don't have internet)
11.Watch the end of a movie that I fell asleep watching 2 weeks ago (sorry Tricia! I'll do better next time I promise...)
12.Pee in the middle of the afternoon (usually I get to the end of the day and realize I've been holding it all day....)
13.Take a minute to breathe. It was so nice to only have myself and the baby to think of for a couple of days! I know that sounds selfish, and I L-O-V-E my kids.... but it's been a bit much lately. So I appreciate so much Janelle keeping them and doing Spring Camp with them this week. Hopefully after Thursday and Friday my list will include:
PS
Just as an aside.... I find it absolutely amazing how CLEAN my house stays without the kids being here! I mean, I actually clean something... and it STAYS clean. Wow.
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Wow, Lani, you did take advantage of the time off! During my time with the 6 kids I got lots more fingerprints on my windows, a little dead grass and mud tracked in, tons of paper plates and cups in the garbage (who was the genius who invented paper products anyway?, I'd like to kiss them)and I keep finding paper mache blobs here and there and little toys in funny places and it all makes me smile and realize how blessed I am with all these little mess makers. And it's also, short lived fun...I'll get time to clean up later, so just don't come over this week. Thanks for sharing those little angels with me. Spring Camp is a blast!
Yeah, the little toys in funny places is a Vancey special!
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Wow. That's quite an impressive list of accomplishments. I didn't realize until the end that you were getting all of this done because the kids weren't around, and I couldn't even believe it! I seriously had my mouth hanging open thinking "how in the world can she DO all of THAT???" hehe, it's just so hard to get anything done with kids. I usually have a to do list everyday that is about that same length, but am happy if I get one or two things completely accomplished. And I only have two kids! How nice that you were able to get that all done. Janelle is so great! Now you deserve to kick back a relax a little, right????
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