7/30/07

My Day (7/30/07)

9:15 am Awakened by my hubby's "gotta go" goodbye kiss
9:30 am Finally awake enough to roll out of bed. Used the bathroom, got dressed, brushed hair. 9:35 am Hung up 2 loads of laundry and put a 3rd load into the dryer
10:15 am Finally made it into the kitchen. Grabbed a chocolate fudge Pop Tart and a glass of Splenda tea (how's that for a balanced breakfast?!?)
10:16 am Aiden said his Buddy Browser wasn't working and asked if I could fix it.
10:17 am Told the boys to unload the dishwasher while I try to fix the computer (I can fix a computer as well as I can fly the Space Shuttle, but my kids don't need to know that!)
10:25 am I tried to fix the Buddy Browser. I'm not a member of the Geek Squad, so I placed a call to my husband and rebooted the computer while waiting for his return call.
10:40 am The doorbell rang. It was my sweet mail carrier laden with packages and a People magazine! Good mail day!
10:42 am I cleaned off the desk in the kitchen. Looks good! All decluttered and stuff. While cleaning, I spotted an index card with the words "conveyer belt of death" written on it in my 9 year-old's handwriting. Oddly enough, the first thing I thought was, "Hmmm... she almost spelled it right!" I guess I should've been wondering why she's writing about conveyor belts of death (turns out it was the name of a puzzle she created on one of the games on Buddy Browser.) 10:45 am My husband called and said, "Check the internet connection." He's really short and to the point when he calls like that. No, "Hey! What's up?" He's usually in between patients, so he just cuts straight to the chase.
10:48 am The computer finally finished rebooting (yeah, it takes awhile for this dinosaur to get there...) Internet connected. Buddy Browser works. I'm a GEE-NEE-US.
10:50 am Called Aiden back to the computer. "It's fixed!" Hugs all around!
10:57 am I put up the dishes the boys emptied onto the counter and reloaded the dishwasher. Checked the fridge to see what we can have for dinner (Dream Dinners Chicken Tetrazzini to the rescue!)
11:00 am Set the kitchen timer for 30 minutes and told the boys that’s all the time they had left to do computers.
11:15 am Cleaned all the sippy cups out of my kitchen cabinets. Lillian’s done with those. Some of those cups are 9 years old!
11:30 am Started onions sautéing for my lunch. I’ve been craving smoked sausage on a hoagie topped with onions and sauerkraut, so that’s what I’m having. The kids are having turkey and cheese sandwiches with plain Lays. Timer went off. Boys left computers without complaint. Huh. How 'bout that?
11:34 am Helped Lillian put her underwear and pants back on after a self-instigated potty trip (Yea!)
11:45 am Finished making the kids’ sandwiches (which changed to PB&J). They sat down and ate while I finished making my lunch
12:00 pm Sat down to eat. Watched a guy (who came back to fix our pool light) pee in the woods in our backyard, clearly visible from my kitchen window. I previously warned them that WE CAN SEE THEM when they do that, but I guess they don’t care. (I DO.)
12:05 pm Put 1/4 of my lunch in the trash. It didn’t hit my spot. I used the wrong sauerkraut (plain instead of Bavarian style). Didn’t taste like I wanted it to. Oh, well.
12:06 pm Put dishes in dishwasher.
12:09 pm Started opening the 2 boxes I got in the mail. Inside? Scrapbook supplies, natch. I got my big order from Frugalities. Love that place!
12:11 pm Helped Lillian put her panties and pants on again. Gave her potty candy (a mixture of M&Ms and Skittles. She gets about 4 if she pees, more if she poops.)
12:12 pm Realized that I haven’t had to settle an argument between the kids today. Whassup with that? Can’t be far away, though. Boys are playing GameCube together. It’s a matter of minutes.
12:30 pm Started checking e-mail and my daily internet sites.
12:39 pm Put Lillian’s panties and pants on again (she went poo this time, and her panties are still dry! Can I get an “OH YEAH!” ?)
12:50 pm Said my first, “Hey! Guys!” to the boys when they started yelling at each other over the GameCube game they’re playing.
1:30 pm Put Lillian down for a nap.
1:34 pm Showed my kids (on allearsnet.com) where we’re staying at Disney World during our December trip. Can’t wait to go!
1:59 pm Sat down to watch a Travel Channel show on Disney World’s Animal Kingdom with my 6 year-old son. The 4 year-old and 9 year-old soon joined us.
2:05 pm While watching the show, made a ride height requirement spreadsheet for our December trip so I know which rides Quinn and Lillian can/cannot ride.
2:50 pm Watched “Hannah Montana” with the kids. Say whatcha' want about Billy Ray Cyrus, but I think it’s a funny show. The kids and I enjoy watching it together. (“Teenie Meanie say what?”)
3:10 pm Watched Food Network challenge: Disney Princess cakes (can you tell we’re killing time until Lillian awakens from her nap so we can go swimming?)
3:12 pm Enjoyed a chocolate pudding snack. Considered going to unload the dryer. Decided against it.
3:17 pm Started playing Webkinz.
3:29 pm It’s thundering outside. Pooshaw. No swimming this afternoon.
3:45 pm Lillian’s awake, and her diaper is dry! Yesssssssssssssssss!
4:14 pm Still raining. And thundering. And lightning.
4:35 pm I have GOT to get up off of this couch and (1) get Lillian potty candy and (2) go to the bathroom.
5:00 pm Started making dinner. Boiling spaghetti noodles to go in the tetrazzini mix.
5:10 pm Sat down to read over the Birnbaum Disney 2007 guide while I wait for noodles to boil. 5:15 pm Remembered I have a tube of Pillsbury brownies in the fridge that would be perfect for dessert.
5:20 pm Got Lillian more potty candy. She’s STILL dry!
5:24 pm Noodles are done. Mixed them with the tetrazzini mix and put it all in the oven.
5:25 pm Wrapped the garlic bread in foil and put that in to cook, too.
5:50 pm Took brownies out of oven. Would anyone notice if I just stood there and ate the whole pan myself? Ehhhhhhhh.... probably.
6:10 pm Took tetrazzini & bread out of the oven. Hubby should be home any minute.
6:35 pm Hubby still not home. Fed kids anyway so food didn’t get cold.
6:45 pm Hubby walked through door.
7:00 pm Dessert time!
7:15 pm Kids wanted to swim. Hubby took them outside.
7:25 pm Finished cleaning kitchen. Turned satellite to 80s hits and sat down on the couch with the People magazine I got in the mail. Lindsay Lohan on the cover. She's killin' herself. Somebody needs to step up and be an adult and HELP HER, already. That same somebody needs to take those kids away from Britney, too.
8:28 pm Kids still out swimming. Finished the magazine. Surfed the ‘net again.
9:00 pm Kids and hubby came in from swimming. The timer for the pump cut off and they decided it was time to stop swimming. I think they’d still be out there if the pump was on.
9:06 pm Put Lillian’s diaper and jammies on. Told her to wake up and go potty in the morning. We’ll see.
9:15 pm Put Quinn to bed. Love doing the nighttime routine with that kid.
9:24 pm Peeked in on Aiden and told him goodnight. He was watching “Unwrapped” on Food Network. He loves that show.
9:28 pm Changed into my pajamas and went potty (TMI?) Did not give myself potty candy.
9:32 pm Started a load of laundry.
9:36 pm Poured myself a tall glass of Splenda grape Kool-Aid on ice. Livin’ on the edge.
9:38 pm Sat back down at the computer to finish what I was doing when the kids came inside.
9:41 pm Hubby started the DVR recording of “Hell’s Kitchen”. Had to watch.
10:12 pm Hubby cracked up at the commercial for a new movie called Superbad. I didn't get what was so freakin' funny, even after he rewound it and watched it again. (Something tells me the title says it all.) We'll probably end up renting it from Netflix.
10:30 pm NO NO NO NO NO! Jen is gone? What was Chef Ramsey thinking?!? (I can tell you what he's thinking WITH, if you get my drift. Ain't no way Rock is gonna win, and Bonnie doesn't deserve to win over Jen.) C'mon, chef!
11:03 pm I’m done. Headed to bed. (Well, not really, 'cause I gotta edit this and post it.)