a day in the life

Rhonda did this and I thought it was cool.  If you get bored and don't finish, I don't blame ya!  I'm doing this cause I want it for me.

It all started right around 7:30, little later than most days.  I kicked Derek because the alarm is blaring for the 3rd time.  He gets up and I doze off again.  This is the point where I either have 2 thoughts drift through my head. 

Thought #1:  I should get out of bed and shower before the kids wake up, or I should have gotten up half an hour ago and gone for a run.

Thought#2:  I'm so lucky my kids sleep in.  I'll never be a morning person.

Derek's rushes out at 7:45 and gives me a quick kiss and whispers sweet nothings into my ear.  

8:00 I hear James waking up.  So I go downstairs only to find Alli just about into his room, saying "I'll get him."  and saying it like it is this horrible chore she does everyday, which she never does.  So there was my first laugh of the day.

James starts yelling "CEREAL, CEREAL!" like he does every morning that he's not yelling "SHORTS!"  or "SHOES!" or "SOCKS!"  This kid has a serious fashion obsession.

Alli wants to lay in my bed, since she was up until 9:30 last night, I let her.  Lay in my bed as in watch tv.

8:30 James is excited for Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast.  He chooses which cereal he wants everyday.  

8:32 Susie calls, chit chat for a while.  Then I decide to give the kids attention, bye Susie.

9:00 Clean up breakfast.  Get kids and myself dressed.  Gather the million library books up.  Out the door by 9:45.  

Library, bank, post office.  I love these things.  Really, besides the library, totally boring stuff.  But it's an adventure to the kids.  We can park and walk to all 3 places.  I get a couple cd's from the library too, this will come into play later in my day.

10:45  back home.  Phew.  The garbage isn't picked up yet.  Drag out all our stinky trash, Derek forgot in his rush this morning.

Well, now that I'm gross, might was well mow the lawn.  The kids get all filthy in our pile of top soil, oh well, nothing they didn't do last night.

11:45  Drag the filthy kids in and give their feet and hands a quick rinse in the tub.  Get lunch going, pay some bills.

12:05  Derek comes home.  What?  He never comes home unannounced.  Good thing I made lunch.

12:20  Bye Dad! Start clean up.  Then I remember my cd's from the library.  Go get the Mamma Mia music and crank it.  James is in love with the tunes.  Alli is rockin out to the max.  And me? well, I was craving the music, what do you think I was doing?  No clean up, Dance Party for a good half hour.  That thought #1 this morning? no more guilt felt, got my workout.

12:51  My sisinlaw Brooke calls me.  What a sweetie.  More chit chat.  1:00 James gets fussy, and goes to sleep while chit chatting.

1:30  Ok, now I really do have to clean up.  Alli helps as usual.  It doesn't slow me down at all, really...

2:00  Time to chillax

2:30 Alli's friend wants to play.  So Alli gets her swimsuit and her friends' mom even came over to get her since James was asleep.

2:45 Now I finally get my shower and a little more chillaxin' and cleaning.  Oh, note the pics at the bottom, took these during this time.

4:15 James is awake!  Long nap today!  Poor guy all red and hot with fever, still teething.  Give him drugs and off for a walk to pick up Alli.

4:45 Derek's home.  They guy who is doing 'goodness of his heart' work in our backyard is here a day early!  YAY!  The kids are intrigued for hours. 

6:00 I call Jacklyn back after her 2 messages.  Chit Chat while making supper and bathing the ULTRA filthy child Derek brought in.  REALLY wish I had a picture of how dirty James really was, so gross.

7:00-8:00 Supper, more baths, kids in bed.

8:00-present More calls from my sis Brooke, (not to be confused with sisinlaw Brooke) Regan &Rhonda, and Mom and Dad.  Derek brought me some ice cream in there somewhere.  And I had an alarming overflow of facebook messages today too!

I think this is the only time I have never had cake on my actual birthday.   

THANKS TO ALL MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS & FAMILY!  I HAD A GREAT DAY!

Did you really think I got that many phone calls on a regular day?

And my sis Brooke, if I can't have your cake I don't want any cake today!  (but I'll take yours on Sunday mom.)

Also, don't worry, Derek is a great husband.  Poor guy felt so bad he didn't make his planned birthday supper for me.  But I would have rather had him out there working away getting closer to planting that grass anyway.  And the sweet nothins' this morning, was a happy birthday wish of course.

Alli's room. I'm not even sure if this pictue shows how bright it really is. Nope it doesn't.  It's awful, I just hate it every day. I wanted a nice soft apple green.  I take full blame for picking the color.  Also, I'd love it if a perfect white headboard showed up on my doorstep for this bed.

Our little basement playroom. That door goes to the laundry and we have a renter in the rest of the basement.
My red kitchen, love it!
I still have some more decorating to think on, but that's pretty much it.  And I'm on the lookout for pillows for Alli's bed and mine.  And since James was asleep i didn't get his room in there.  Next time I guess.

Here's our view out our front window.  Not the greatest picture of the mountains in the middle of the day.  But as soon as that house gets a roof on we'll be sad to  lose our view of Cheif Mountain, so sad.