Mom is sooooo lazy!

The following is a list of responsibilities that I (mom) do on any given day:

Get squirrels up and ready for school.

Home School sessions from 9:30 a.m.-Noon and 1-3:30 p.m.

Laundry

Lunch

Dishes

Make dinner (if we're lucky!)

Dishes

Family Scripture/Prayer

Rotate squirrels through baths/showers

Brynn works on homework

Get Brynn to & from YW Volleyball

Get the twins to & from Girls Activity Days

Occasional Saturday playdates for twins (a product of guilt that accompanies home schooling)

Family Home Evening

Sweep & Vacuum (first I have to take it apart to see why the brush isn't spinning, again. GRRRR!)

Costco grocery shopping

Port Orchard store runs (Walfart, Freddie's, etc..)

Walks (for P.E. credit as well as trying to get my lazy carcass to even register on the "in shape scale")

Take twins to the Academy clubs every Tuesday morning

Bills

Primary Sharing Time

Finding a Sunbeam Substitute every week (sometimes it's just easier to teach them myself)

Ward Council Meeting once a month 

Presidency/Cookie Meetings every other week

Monthly less active Primary visits 

Leadership Meeting (on the 25th of Jan.)

Primary Quarterly Activity (that was on Jan. 10th)

Primary business emails

Read through home school lessons every night for next day's preparation

Sort recycle bucket crap

Take garbage out to the garbage can

Haul the stinky cans down the lane to the street every Sunday night (I HATE doing this!)

Sunday night treats

Play the role of drill sargeant for "clean up" times with the squirrels.

Somewhere in between all of that I usually manage to take care of my needs:

Pee

Wash face

Brush Teeth

Pee again

Get dressed (optional with home schooling pajama days)

Eat 

Drink a Diet Coke

Pee some more

Work on my crochet afghan

Read

Drink a Diet Coke

I almost forgot to do my hair! (If I haven't done it by now, why bother?)

Email Terry & friends/family

Pee once more (did I ever mention that my favorite thing about Fast Sunday is how little time I waste by having to pee?)

Blog

Email Terry & friends/family

Personal Scripture/prayer

EXTRA'S NECESSARY BY JANUARY 28TH:

Wash walls and ceilings of all bedrooms, including guest room

Wash/dust all bedroom ceiling lights and furniture

Wash all curtains (except mine.  I already did those!)

Vacuum floors

Mop all non-carpet floors throughout the house

Buy paint for all bedroom walls (yellow, greens, pinks, blues, brown)

Buy wall stickers for bedroom walls (multi colored squares)

Buy all necessary supplies to accomplish all tasks listed above

De-junk bedrooms, including wardrobes (no dumpster diving allowed girls!)

Buy extra boxes of tissue for the girls' mourning needs over the de-junking process

Buy LOTS and LOTS of Diet Coke!  (and maybe a port-a-potty, too)

Never Say Never

There are many things we all say we'll never do.  Some of them are worthy "never's" such as:

I'll never try cigarettes, alchohol, drugs, coffee, etc....

I'll never watch inappropriate movies

I'll never read inappropriate books or magazines

I'll never kill anyone, including my children

I'll never steal or lie

Other "never's" are further down the list like:

I'll never go Pumpkin Smashing

I'll never do donuts at the church parking lot after a good snow storm

I'll never allow my under age friend try to drive my "stick" car

I'll never allow my under age friend stop my car by running into a brick mailbox

I'll never have the opportunity to play with an orchestra

I'll never like boys, they stink

Therefore, I'll never date a guy unless he's a returned missionary 

But then again, I'll never get married before the age of 25

I'll never have more than 3 kids, let alone twins

I'll never move away from my family

Needless to say, that has all come to pass.  But then there are even bigger "never's" that I thought I'd never even consider, let alone live through.  These are the more difficult ones:

I'll never enjoy living outside of Utah

I'll never have the courage or ability to teach a Relief Society lesson with less than 20 minutes notice.

I'll never be able to prepare an FHE lesson without totally stressing out

I'll never see 153 lbs when I stand on the scale

I'll never gain the weight back after seeing 153 lbs. on the scale

I'll never serve in Primary, except as a pianist, of course.  If I did, I would then break the "I'll never kill anyone" promise.

I'll never allow my girls to quit piano lessons

I'll never be able to love other peoples' children (sometimes it IS questionable, though!)

I'll never allow my kids to take the bus to school

I'll never be able to home school my kids, again the "never kill anyone-including my children"

I'll never want anymore kids.  After all, I'd never have more than 3!

I'll never know what to do if I blow a tire on my car

I'll never consider adopting a baby girl

I'll never skip a day of shaving my legs  (it's been almost a week!)

At this point in my life, I have learned to Never Say Never.   It always comes back to bite you in the butt!

What the @#$!%!

The snow from the last storm finally melted away. We could actually see all of the ugly leaves covering our otherwise green lawn!  But at around 3:00 p.m. today, it began to snow AGAIN!!!! Now at 10:30 p.m., I am celebrating over another day of NO SCHOOL tomorrow! I don't care what anyone says, we're taking a snow day! Ahhhhh, sleeping in till noon!

Missing school tomorrow will put the girls at 19 days of Winter Break, 20 for Olivia.  Can I just say "home school"?!

Happy New Year!