My Daybook #23

Today is...
August 26th, 2010.

Outside My Window...
Mostly Sunny and only 74 today. Fall is coming. I Have mixed emotions about that. I LOVE fall. But I am not a fan of super cold weather or the long winter it brings with it.

I am Thinking...
about how I am 90% unpacked. I Have about another half hour's worth of work on the Mud room, and another half an hour's worth of work on Bee's and my bedroom. Then, about an hour or two on the dining room and then I am D-O-N-E! Well, besides hanging of pictures and the wall decorative thingies I have...I WILL be done by Saturday Morning...then I will celebrate by doing NOTHING for the next week besides place my rump in my big chair or on my front porch swing...

I am thankful for...
Grandma Bee. Still. She bought every stitch of new school clothes for the kids. She bought every last notebook, pencil, compass, and protractor the kids needed in the way of supplies for school. She kept them at her house safely tucked away because she knew we were moving. Then, on top of it all, she bought me groceries so I didn't have to run to the store on top of everything else I had going on so the kids could have lunches and dinners this week. Then, she is buying Bee and I a new comforter for our bed as a house warming present. She is the bestest and I told her I wanted to marry her this week. haha!

What I have learned this week...
Sleep is awesome, but with enough coffee, and determination, you really don't need that much of it....

I am wearing...
Jeans, Sandals I have owned for perhaps a year, yet never worn (brown), brown tank top, and tan sweater

I am creating...
an actual living space that looks and feels like a home...not just a house with boxes in it!

I am going...
to be all D-O-N-E! by Saturday morning, if not earlier. If I heat up leftovers for kids and Bee, and they don't leave me too much of a mess, I could possibly be done tonight....oh I sure do hope so! Friday night will be spent finishing any unpacking I have left. Making sure all of the kid's chores are done to my satisfaction. Little Man has been ok about taking out the garbage....and "C" will take it out to the cans and put the cans on the curb on garbage night if I stay on her...but I want to get her to where I don't have to keep harping...well, I want to get there with all of them.

I am reading...
No Time for that! However, I am halfway through "Two from Galilee" Still. When I am done with my house, I would like to finish that, and then start reading again...now that my books are all unpacked and on a bookshelf, I have the desire to read again :)

I am hoping...
to have a wonderful relaxing weekend in my unpacked house!

I am hearing...
tapping from the keys as I type, and my co-worker, loudly, yapping on the phone to her sister in law...

Around the House...
WE ARE ALL MOVED IN! Wow, what a busy week! Kids have started school. They absolutely love it, and they have friends. They never really talked about friends before at the old house. They seem happy and perfectly adjusted to the new surroundings. Little Man absolutely loves his room now. He was upset he had to sleep downstairs while the other two are upstairs, but he has discovered he can watch whatever he wants on his TV un interrupted, he is the first one at the breakfast table, so he gets first choice of drink and cereal (Which today meant getting the last of the Sunny D to himself AND the last of the Fruity Pebbles), and in his words "I'll be the first out if there is ever a fire!". Kids....Anyway, my children have become the most popular children on the block. Every night when I come home there are at least 6 children that are not mine playing in my yard. Last night, I think I counted 9. I am super happy they all have new bff's. I am also super happy that they are out of my hair and/or not inside plopped in front of their TV's. However, the "cranky old lady in me", doesn't like how loud they are (they really aren't any louder than most children...), the fact that there always seems to be a sea of children (though, if I am honest, I would rather be able to keep an eye on them...) and that since my children are so polite, they are in and out getting drinks for their friends. I had to put the kee-bash on them taking out giant glasses of milk though...that's expensive and your friends can drink water...in fact, so can you. Ha! Friday night, I will probably straighten up and hang out with my friend Amy and her two little ones. Then, Saturday the two wee ones are going with Grandma and Grandpa "S" to go see their mom all day, and BFF Rose is coming out to hang. Then, Sunday Bee comes home from his football trip, "C" has her first real football game of the season, to which Young Miss Caitlyn and my family are coming to. Then My mommy and I are making a big dinner! Should be a good time!

One of my Favorite things this week...
Taking the kids to meet their teachers. It was something we did one-on-one and I was glad I got to be a part of that. Oh, and FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

A Picture Thought...
Found this while packing! Bee! Circa 1997? 1998? Haha! He was married with a kid...I wasn't even out of High School yet...what an old man! ;)