I also managed to Febreeze all the rugs and vacuum every nook and cranny in here. Smells a bit better today, but the humidity isn't as high as it's been lately. I'm hesitatant to steam clean them, since the hardwood floors were never finished/sealed under the rugs, just around the edges. Odd as that is. What I really need is new rugs. Big ones.....a 9 X 12 minimum for the living room, 8.5 X 12 min for the computer/village room, 9 X 12 min for the playroom, and a 7.5 X 12 min for the dining room. So unless money starts flying out of my butt, that won't be happening for awhile. Even if we buy clearance/roll ends from Home Depot and have the edges bound, that would still be pretty pricey. I need to get some hardwood people out here for quotes on redoing the floors though. Maybe if we get the whole floor done, instead of the edges in each room I could go with smaller area rugs. Seems odd to lay on the living room floor and watch TV with no rug though. I wonder if I need to go to work at the nursing home a few days a month for the extra cash........that is usually how and when I work there anymore. Money for new windows, money for that third (SURPRISE) baby, etc. Hmmmmmm. I don't want to spend my summer working. I am so bad...
We went to Home Depot yesterday at 5 pm, that is the time that Dave finally got "moe-toe-vated"...lol! Restocked my lightbulb collection, we were down to none, and needed to change two. I also bought my garden plants. This is the first time I have really bought a ton of stuff. I usually start them all from seed. I just want to reap more this year so this should help. The regular peas and the snap peas that Devin and I planted a few weeks ago are coming up and looking great. Our flower seeds are popping up too. I need to move my horseradish plant out of the garden and into a contained something. It grows like a weed and takes over everything I guess. I got that root from the neighbor last year. Can't wait to have my own fresh horseradish on roast and corned beef. Yum! I was going to make mint julep syrup yesterday, from my mint, and have some drinks today but I forgot. It says it should sit overnight. Guess I'll be drinking alone this week at night instead. ;) I wonder why I don't drink more. I enjoy a good drink. I had one the other night. Maybe it would help my disposition...lol!
We went out for dinner after we got done at HD, that was a mistake. Except I knew it wasn't a good idea. I had said to Dave..."How about two of those $5 Little Ceasers pizzas....?" Oh those kids of ours made us wish we had gotten pizza and taken it home. Trent has been such a little 'bass-tard' lately. Mouthy, not listening, talking back. Oy! We had a little talk last night before he went to bed. So hopefully today he'll be "working on his manners...", and I'll be "trying not to have to act like a crazy momma yelling at you..." :) We'll see. Otherwise I'll be needing to make a bigger impact and tell him we aren't going to the Whitecaps game today. Ouch. That would not be pretty, but I'm pretty sure it would go a long way towards helping his attitude.
I should have been scrapping yesterday.....my friend Heidi from MAPT invited me to town hall for a 24 hour scrapping deal. It started yesterday at noon and ends today. I actually forgot about it up until yesterday when she asked me again. Oops! I think that I may start using the hall for that reason though too. Not a 24 hour run, but a day here and there. Might post it at the store and post office, run a little add in the paper and see what happens. Sounds fun to me.
I've placed myself on a computer ban...actually a forum ban I guess. I'm allowing myself e-mail and blogs at this point. I'm overwhelmed lately, not enough time in the day for things and I'm pretty sure that's due to the computer. I'm no June Cleaver, or my mom, but somedays I wonder how they did it. I can rationalize all I want....I have 3 kids that are 6 and under, I have a work at home job, I have a Dh that does not pitch in, I'm old and tired, etc.
Some of that is valid, some...not so much. Yes, I have three kids 6 and under. One goes to school from 8 to 3. I don't have to drive him there, we walk. It's a quarter mile, round trip so it really doesn't take long. None of them are doing after school activities/sports right now. No extra time taken up there. And that leaves me with only two at home from 8-3.
The work at home job is valid I think. It requires a bit of attention just about every day throughout the month. Then it requires a lot of attention about 5 days before the meeting. Also lots of attention for about 5-7 days after the meeting. It didn't used to feel like it was so time consuming, except I finally figured out why. The deputy clerk was still doing lots of things to help and train me. It's pretty much all me now....which is fine, just different.
The Dh that doesn't pitch in......what can I say there that doesn't sound like whining? He works full-time so I can stay home. He mows the lawn. He plays with the kids inside. And outside if I help him 'moe-toe-vate' off his hiney. See? Whiney....;)
Old and tired......this much is true! Ha. I get at least 8 hours a sleep most nights so this shouldn't be a problem. I do need to get back to drinking my water. This goes miles towards helping me feel better. Getting some exercise sure wouldn't hurt either. I need to commit to getting on the bike and hitting the trail everyday, since Dave is home during the mornings.
I think it boils down to poor use of my time anymore. The house still needs some sort of work in just about every room to boot. I swore I was not going to spend my whole summer working on shit like last summer (the roof!) Trent only has summers off, I'm not putting him on ignore to do house crap. I will not take advantage of his childhood. I will be a part of it. This goes for all of them. Yes I am home. But from now on I want to be home and 'available' if that makes sense. I'm not totally unavailable right now, but I see room for improvement. Wish me luck! Much as I hate (lol) to do it, I'm going back to
Happy Sunday everyone!
