21 April 2006

Today =

*Horrendous thunderstorm awakens oldest two girls who in turn wake me up before the alarm.
*Dress, apply makeup, pull hair back because of previously mentioned storm.
*One cup of coffee. Bliss.
*Convince J that long sleeves are a bad idea for school.
*Load change of clothes for myself and all three girls in car for church this afternoon.
*Wear rain boots with my denim capris. I'm sure I was a sight to behold.
*Head to Weight Watchers for April's weigh in. Down to pre-Christmas weight. Score!
*Drop J off at school.
*Volunteer at school library. This involves setting up for the Book Fair next week.
*Unload countless boxes of books. For 4 hours.
*On to church.
*Put G down for a nap in a spare room of the church.
*Assemble bookcase for bookstore.
*Clean bathroom.
*Pick S up from school.
*Share dirt cake with her.
*Change into church clothes.
*Change S into church clothes.
*Pick J up from school.
*Change J into church clothes.
*Watch S stand too close to bathroom door and get pummeled when teacher comes in.
*Scoop screaming S up.
*Take wailing S to school nurse.
*Notice mass quantities of blood pouring from big toe.
*Calm S while nurse bandages her up.
*Carry S to car.
*Back to church.
*Discover G napped only 30 minutes. Joy.
*Entombment Vespers. Beautiful hymnography. Beautiful new shroud seen here. Cranky G.
*Shop for battery powered candles for S and G for church tomorrow night to avoid a repeat of last night's singed hair episode starring S.
*Find candles at Michaels.
*Drive-thru Burger King for girls for dinner.
*Finally home at 5:30pm.
*Inspect toe. Luckily no swelling.
*Leftover bean tacos for hubby and me.
*Cranky G.
*Install batteries in candles.
*Get camera and candles together for hubby to take to the Lamentations service tonight.
*Watch girl's original show.
*Coerce girls to help tidy downstairs.
*Same for upstairs.
*Find plastic Easter egg in G's room.
*Toss said egg over rail to downstairs to put with others.
*Find chair to unscrew fan light fixture to remover said egg.
*Bathe girls.
*Try new swimsuits from Maw on girls. All fit.
*PJs on girls.
*Toothbrush girls.
*Cranky G to bed.
*J and S to bed.
*Wash towels.
*Load dishwasher.
*Make Jello Jiggler shots with vodka.
*Clean kitchen.
*Sweep all hard floors in house.
*Mop entryway and kitchen.
*Vacuum all downstairs carpet.
*Wash whites.
*Shower
*Practice my reading for tomorrow's Divine Liturgy with 15 Old Testament Readings.
*Blog.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

nice shot with the egg, dirk!

MommaKim said...

Pre Christmas weight??? Congratulations!!
I can't believe this list is so long--well I can, but it just keeps going on going.
Matushka, a job well done I say!