July, 2010


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Jul 10

accomplished? or lazy?

not sure which is longer…my to-do/done list or my to-do/didn’t-quite-get-to list. So lets recap..

This weekend I hooked up a computer to the tv as step 1 in my quest for household media domination, weathered a storm, sat in the hot tub drinking wine, rescued a suicidal mouse with my husband, picked up one kid from a sleepover, took three kids shopping for birthday presents and then took three kids to a birthday party, brought home two extra kids from the birthday party, took five kids swimming, helped husband attempt to fix the pool filter (but actually make it worse), laugh at same husband when water sprays all over him during these failed attempts, took Meredith to a playdate, did some major grocery shopping, put groceries away with help from remaining kids (who put my batteries and peanut butter in the deep freeze….for SOME reason), took maternity pictures for a friend, picked up Meredith from a playdate, fixed dinner. Helped husband some more with pool filter (nope, still not fixed), processed a few photos from earlier photo shoot, did some cleaning, including the dishes, and I did three loads of laundry (still in progress, sigh).

But the things I didn’t do…well lets see. I did not take the kids to an audition that they were thinking of doing for a local play, I did not take the kids to the Alice and Wonderland event at the art museum, I did not attend another friends’ birthday party (sorry :-( ), I did not drive to Independence to get a part for the pool filter, I didn’t help Allison with corrections on her yearbook page, I didn’t record the kids’ reading hours (for a contest they are doing), I didn’t do some administrative work that I need to do for my homeschool group, and I did not do any indexing work at all…even though I should have.

So do I feel accomplished? Or lazy? Hmmm