Hi. My Name Is Beth. I Used To Post Here.

:-) I need some extra motivation today. Because for the first time EVA, B and O are sleeping in the SAME ROOM at the SAME TIME.

(I'm THRILLED.)

And I have all kinds of extra time and my hearts in a whir and I don't quite know what to do with myself.

1. Balance checkbook
2. Fold clothes from yesterday.
3. Take pictures of diapers to sell. (half done...)
   
4. Unload dishwasher (not enough dishes to run! Yay!)
   
5. Load dishwasher.
6. Cut coupons.
7. Prepare pork chops to be grilled.
8. Take down dipes and stuff them.
9. Play a rousing game of peek-a-boo with a rosy cheeked giggly toddler/baby
   

That's enough for now. We'll see how much I can get done with this new-found freedom...

more to-dos

I've been really tired lately. I'm out of a routine- I come home & end up spending all my time outside in the garden or with my dog, and don't get anything else done. That said, I do enjoy being in the garden & with my dog... it's just ALL I'm doing, and I'm starting to get stressed about the other things that are left undone

• Dog obedience tonight
• Plant potatoes - Planned for Wednesday (tonight)
• Make food for party Saturday
• Get stuff from Lebanon we left there - Josh will do this Thursday We'll do this Sunday
• Do dishes
• Do laundry
• Clean up bedroom
• Do obedience "homework"
• Make cinnamon rolls
• Take senior pictures of BIL - Planned for Sunday (what I've got so far)
• Read The Omnivore's Dilemma - 75% done
• Read that other book I got in the mail... I forget the title...
• Upload pictures from sis' bridal shower
  

To do in the next 2 weeks

My parents are coming on May 1st, so I'm using that as my goal to finish up projects.

TO DO:
- Finish painting the living room
* Buy artist's tape
- Hang pictures along the hallway
* Measure the pictures that need frames
* Go to Goodwill to look for frames
- Sell couch and loveseat
* Craigslist seems to be a bust - 24 hours after I posted my ad, it was already buried 8 pages in... any other ideas?
- Clean guest bathroom thoroughly (figure out how to get rid of the weird smell)
- Clean up guest bedroom
* It would be great if we could sell some of the stuff! :-)
* Make bed - talk over with Paul about getting new sheets

I'll probably add to this as I think of things...

unexpected trip...

Stuff I want to get done before leaving for Wisconsin Wednesday night or Thursday morning:

- obedience class 6:30-8ish tonight
- clean/straighten kitchen
- clean master bath
- straighten bedroom. Put away clean clothes.
- leave instructions for mom about Casey
- water plants
- pack
- pack food?

I hate unplanned trips. They throw me off. Obviously, this one is even more hated because it's an unexpected funeral... Sigh.

More to-do's

- Plant lettuce
- Vacuum
- Read Omnivore's Dilemma
- Fix my blog layout. Someone's complaining about an IE bug.
- Make something for party Friday
- RSVP for bridal shower