I used to have more energy!
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navygreenWhew, I'm beat! I'm going to be really hurting tomorrow!
We worked for most of the day on cleaning out the closet in the master bedroom yesterday, and we got rid of tons of clothes and stuff - so many clothes, in fact, that we were able to dispose of an entire dresser! I asked
Annie if she'd like to have it, and I also set aside a coffee table, a children's rocking chair, a fan and a maternity shirt for her. Philip moved the dresser into the entryway for them to pick it up later, and I piled the other stuff on top of it.
I dropped off loads at the church today for the youth group garage sale (several trashbags full of clothes, one bag full of miscellaneous stuff, a big box of phones, a kid's tricycle, crutches, decorative items). I was trying to hurry in taking everything inside the Narthex because I needed to get home and finish up dinner early enough so that I could pack some for Philip to take to work tonight (and he works from 5pm-6am or later, but he leaves the house at 4:30). I rushed back home, finished making the Barbecue Chicken Pizza (which was an adventure in itself), and off he went.
I put away more loads of laundry, and I made our bed (new sheet night!), and then I served the boys and myself an early dinner. We had green beans and fruit with our pizza. While Jack was finishing up, A.J. picked up the few toys in the living room, and I cleaned the dinner dishes. Then I vacuumed the living room, the boys' rooms and our bedroom. I decided to move the recliner out of our bedroom and back into the living room (where it was two years ago or so), and when I moved the chair, I found the burgundy carpet underneath to be practically WHITE with cat fur. I cleaned it all up, and then I took the recliner apart to move it into the living room. I carried the parts down the hall and came to a stand-still when I realized that I couldn't get them around the dresser that Philip had moved to the entryway earlier. I ended up lugging the dresser outside onto the sidewalk by myself, and then coming back inside and continuing to move the recliner pieces to the living room. I left the recliner covered in fur on the living room floor and went outside to play with the boys for a while instead.
Annie and Patrick arrived right about then, and we chatted for a while. They loaded up all the things into their truck, and then we said goodbye because Jack wanted to ride his bike around the block (and I insist on walking around with him). Jack reminded me that I'd planned to bring the hedge clippers with us on our circuit around the block, so A.J. carried those while we walked behind Jack. There is a vacant house on the other side of the neighborhood that has a large rose bush, and the thorny bush was covering a chunk of the sidewalk. I set to work trimming the bush, clipping off every branch that hovered above the sidewalk, and it was tough work! The bush was growing well, and some of those stems were over 3/4" thick! It took me six cuts to get clipped all the way through in some places, and my arms were WORN OUT by the time I finished twenty minutes later. The boys had been helpfully moving every branch I trimmed from the sidewalk to a pile on the lawn of the vacant house (it's actually in the middle of a stretch of about eight vacant houses), and the base grounds maintenance crew will wonder next week who trimmed the bush at a vacant house, but I'm sure they'll figure out why it was done. Finally, Jack hopped back on his bike, and he rode across the now-clear path on the sidewalk, and we all continued around the block until we were home again. We'd been planning to make a few trips around, but I was so worn out from the bush-clipping, and it had taken so much longer than I'd planned, that we stopped for the night.
We came inside, and I ran a bath for the boys. A.J. requested some vapor bath since he'd been coughing today, and I had just a little bit left in the bathroom cupboard. While they were bathing, I put away a few more things in the kitchen, dusted the living room, kitchen and entryway, and I got their rooms ready for bed. They got out, dried off and dressed in pajamas, and then they started playing with their Harry Potter figurines and Knight Bus, all the while singing songs from "Harry and the Potters." (I'm such a proud mama!)
Meanwhile, I pulled out the heavy-duty attachments for our vacuum, and I set to work de-furring the chair. I had to clean off the attachment every ten seconds or so, but I got it all done - probably better than it had every been done before. Since I had all the stuff out anyway, I set to work deep-cleaning the couch and loveseat as well. Altogether, it took me over an HOUR (I stopped after the chair and put the boys to bed), but all the furniture looks so nice again. I moved the endtable out of the living room and back to our room to make room for the recliner, and I moved Pot of Gold™ Basket full of stuffed toys over by the entertainment center. I re-vacuumed the living room to make sure I picked up any stray fluff from cleaning the furniture, and then I vacuumed the kitchen as well.
My arms are killing me from trying so hard to squeeze those clippers on the bush, and I'm all sweaty from today's work. I'm going to dust our bedroom tomorrow, and then I'll rearrange our picture frames and stuff (with one dresser now completely gone, we'll have to slim down what we showcase on the remaining one). Once that is done, I'll be able to finally say that the spring cleaning is complete, and the week-long "Declutter and Give to the Church" mission is done. Nice!
I'm off to do a couple of sets of baptismal banner letters for tomorrow morning, and then I'm going to get in the shower (I have to be clean for New Sheet Night, right?). The shower will help wash a bit of the black ink off my fingers, too. Tomorrow is Wellness Day in the Parents at Home group, and we're going on a walk. In the afternoon, I'm going to make my first calls in the new ministry I've just taken on: Care Coordinator for the Spouses of Deployed Members. I'm excited about that. I'll make calls monthly (or a bit more often) to see if the spouses have any needs while their family member is deployed. This ministry was a blessing to me while Philip was away last year, and it was going to fall through the cracks unless a new person stepped up to take it over, so now it's me. :-)
Oh, and the boys have their dentist check-ups tomorrow afternoon, right after A.J. gets out of school. I swear, it doesn't feel like it's already been six months again, but I remember going in October - yikes! My next check-up is in June, and that's coming up faster than it should be too!
We worked for most of the day on cleaning out the closet in the master bedroom yesterday, and we got rid of tons of clothes and stuff - so many clothes, in fact, that we were able to dispose of an entire dresser! I asked
Annie if she'd like to have it, and I also set aside a coffee table, a children's rocking chair, a fan and a maternity shirt for her. Philip moved the dresser into the entryway for them to pick it up later, and I piled the other stuff on top of it.I dropped off loads at the church today for the youth group garage sale (several trashbags full of clothes, one bag full of miscellaneous stuff, a big box of phones, a kid's tricycle, crutches, decorative items). I was trying to hurry in taking everything inside the Narthex because I needed to get home and finish up dinner early enough so that I could pack some for Philip to take to work tonight (and he works from 5pm-6am or later, but he leaves the house at 4:30). I rushed back home, finished making the Barbecue Chicken Pizza (which was an adventure in itself), and off he went.
I put away more loads of laundry, and I made our bed (new sheet night!), and then I served the boys and myself an early dinner. We had green beans and fruit with our pizza. While Jack was finishing up, A.J. picked up the few toys in the living room, and I cleaned the dinner dishes. Then I vacuumed the living room, the boys' rooms and our bedroom. I decided to move the recliner out of our bedroom and back into the living room (where it was two years ago or so), and when I moved the chair, I found the burgundy carpet underneath to be practically WHITE with cat fur. I cleaned it all up, and then I took the recliner apart to move it into the living room. I carried the parts down the hall and came to a stand-still when I realized that I couldn't get them around the dresser that Philip had moved to the entryway earlier. I ended up lugging the dresser outside onto the sidewalk by myself, and then coming back inside and continuing to move the recliner pieces to the living room. I left the recliner covered in fur on the living room floor and went outside to play with the boys for a while instead.
Annie and Patrick arrived right about then, and we chatted for a while. They loaded up all the things into their truck, and then we said goodbye because Jack wanted to ride his bike around the block (and I insist on walking around with him). Jack reminded me that I'd planned to bring the hedge clippers with us on our circuit around the block, so A.J. carried those while we walked behind Jack. There is a vacant house on the other side of the neighborhood that has a large rose bush, and the thorny bush was covering a chunk of the sidewalk. I set to work trimming the bush, clipping off every branch that hovered above the sidewalk, and it was tough work! The bush was growing well, and some of those stems were over 3/4" thick! It took me six cuts to get clipped all the way through in some places, and my arms were WORN OUT by the time I finished twenty minutes later. The boys had been helpfully moving every branch I trimmed from the sidewalk to a pile on the lawn of the vacant house (it's actually in the middle of a stretch of about eight vacant houses), and the base grounds maintenance crew will wonder next week who trimmed the bush at a vacant house, but I'm sure they'll figure out why it was done. Finally, Jack hopped back on his bike, and he rode across the now-clear path on the sidewalk, and we all continued around the block until we were home again. We'd been planning to make a few trips around, but I was so worn out from the bush-clipping, and it had taken so much longer than I'd planned, that we stopped for the night.
We came inside, and I ran a bath for the boys. A.J. requested some vapor bath since he'd been coughing today, and I had just a little bit left in the bathroom cupboard. While they were bathing, I put away a few more things in the kitchen, dusted the living room, kitchen and entryway, and I got their rooms ready for bed. They got out, dried off and dressed in pajamas, and then they started playing with their Harry Potter figurines and Knight Bus, all the while singing songs from "Harry and the Potters." (I'm such a proud mama!)
Meanwhile, I pulled out the heavy-duty attachments for our vacuum, and I set to work de-furring the chair. I had to clean off the attachment every ten seconds or so, but I got it all done - probably better than it had every been done before. Since I had all the stuff out anyway, I set to work deep-cleaning the couch and loveseat as well. Altogether, it took me over an HOUR (I stopped after the chair and put the boys to bed), but all the furniture looks so nice again. I moved the endtable out of the living room and back to our room to make room for the recliner, and I moved Pot of Gold™ Basket full of stuffed toys over by the entertainment center. I re-vacuumed the living room to make sure I picked up any stray fluff from cleaning the furniture, and then I vacuumed the kitchen as well.
My arms are killing me from trying so hard to squeeze those clippers on the bush, and I'm all sweaty from today's work. I'm going to dust our bedroom tomorrow, and then I'll rearrange our picture frames and stuff (with one dresser now completely gone, we'll have to slim down what we showcase on the remaining one). Once that is done, I'll be able to finally say that the spring cleaning is complete, and the week-long "Declutter and Give to the Church" mission is done. Nice!
I'm off to do a couple of sets of baptismal banner letters for tomorrow morning, and then I'm going to get in the shower (I have to be clean for New Sheet Night, right?). The shower will help wash a bit of the black ink off my fingers, too. Tomorrow is Wellness Day in the Parents at Home group, and we're going on a walk. In the afternoon, I'm going to make my first calls in the new ministry I've just taken on: Care Coordinator for the Spouses of Deployed Members. I'm excited about that. I'll make calls monthly (or a bit more often) to see if the spouses have any needs while their family member is deployed. This ministry was a blessing to me while Philip was away last year, and it was going to fall through the cracks unless a new person stepped up to take it over, so now it's me. :-)
Oh, and the boys have their dentist check-ups tomorrow afternoon, right after A.J. gets out of school. I swear, it doesn't feel like it's already been six months again, but I remember going in October - yikes! My next check-up is in June, and that's coming up faster than it should be too!
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Date: 2006-04-27 04:56 pm (UTC)Thank you from the bottom of my little heart. *hugs*
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Date: 2006-04-27 07:01 pm (UTC)This is me
This is me
and my energy.....:)