Lists
Well in the last 48 hours, I've:
- Cleaned the kitchen more times than I can count
- Paid the bills
- Made two dinners (with one being a crock pot meal before I left at 9:30 this morning)
- Gone Christmas caroling with members from our new church
- J. and I took children to see lights
- Finished sending out the last of the Christmas cards
- Did a load of laundry
- Picked TM and P up from the train station
- Taught a piano lesson
- Went to the library to check out movies to occupy young children for today
- Ground a bunch of wheat flour
- Made gingerbread dough for cookies
- Listened to endless Christmas carols played on the piano
- Corrected H.'s rhythm on one of her carols and then spent the next 15 minutes to keep her from disassociating because she thought she was in trouble
- Cleaned up dog poop from the living room floor
- Cleaned cat boxes (do you see a theme, here?)
- Drove to Chicago for K's orthodontist appointment
- Dropped D. and K. off with the P. family mom
- Explained clef signs and how they work to D.
- Spent time commiserating with P. family mom about how our move affects our two families' usual holiday get togethers
- Filled the van up with gas
- Been asked by D., when I was a captive audience in the van, what I thought the purpose of art was. No, he did not have an answer when I asked him if he ever had frivolous conversations.
- Had lunch with a good friend
- Picked-up a snow blower and the last of the items from my freezer in the old house, both of which were at another good friend's
- Drove home in rush hour traffic
- Tucked children in (twice)
- Dealt with R. when she had pinched L., because L. had stopped R. from using the microwave on her own. That turned out to be a half hour extravaganza of fun. (For the record, I am thrilled that L. stopped R. from using the microwave. This is exactly what she should have done. I have no idea what buttons R. would have ended up pushing and what havoc she would have wreaked. Buying a new microwave is certainly no where on any of my to-do lists.)
- Took Kenzie on a mile walk in the forest preserve
What I have not done in the past 48 hours:
- Wrapped anymore Christmas presents
- Looked at my lists to figure out what last things I need to get
- Bought the last few things that I know I need to get
- Rolled and cut-out the gingerbread cookies
- Made any part of the other cut-out cookies I plan to make
- Helped the youngest family members clean-up their room, because G. has informed me that she cannot sleep in a messy room. (I feel her pain.)
- Figured out what we're having for holiday meals
- Scheduled the activities that need to be done in order to be ready for Christmas, so I know what to do when
- Figured out when we're having our family viewings of A Christmas Story and White Christmas
- Read very many Christmas picture books to children (and they aren't begging, either... sniff)
- Done any picking up or cleaning in the house
- Written a new blog post with any sort of content... and will I before Christmas? Your guess is as good as mine.
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