stuff to do in no particular order

• create a realistic list of who is getting wrist warmers
• purchase tickets for Christmas Dance recital
• organize food for the party afterwards
• purchase flannel for H and L PJ's
• sew PJ's
• think about the daytimer situation for 2010
• call Telus to talk about the phone plans
• pick our Christmas card image and take it to the printers - order envelopes at same time
• decide which cookies to bake and when
• transfer dentist appointments to my telephone so I don't forget
• laundry
• call for p/u of used goods that is stacked outside my laundry room entrance
• meet with Stephanos to discuss flowers/ greenery / decor for Nativity Fast and up to Christmas liturgy
• order shoes online for L
• passport office on Monday at 8am
  

• all the other unmentioned items
  

today

I am sitting around like I have all the time in the world. When I don't. Lunches to be made. Dog to be fed and watered. Laundry moved. You know, move the wet laundry from the washer to the dryer and then the dry laundry from the dryer to the couch in our "laundry annex" and then the requisite shout out to my daughter to fold the stuff after school.

Thursdays are the night when my husband takes my son out for a bite to eat and then they go see a movie. We are calling it keeping the lines of communication open. Keep talking, talking, talking so that when something BIG does come up - you still have a relationship with your son and you know him just a little bit. Actually I think we know him quite well, but this is a good thing.

My daughter has dance so after I drop her off tonight would be the perfect night to get back into the exercise routine. That is my goal. Oh and I bought some more cloves so I can mix up some more gingerbread. Little things.

six things

1. no rain nor wind this morning - a slight reprieve
   
2. the reason my son is carrying around over 25 lbs of books is because he has forgotten his locker combination
   
3. I have not worked out in 7 days - life and responsibilities crashed around me - need to get back into my routine and not beat myself up about it.
4. Our Christmas card photo is on the verge of being selected
   
5. My daughter is going to Miami with her school dance company which means more paperwork to be filled out
6. I am enjoying the new Ian Rankin book : The Complaints - but it is due back in 2 days and I am not sure I can finish it in time.
   

nut crackin'

A gift from a friend. I need to get crackin' and shell these babies. I am going to make some hazelnut shortbread for Christmas.

Domesticali has a great link to how make bows from magazine pages. I am so totally going to do this. Plain kraft paper and magazine bows.

O' how I love the internets and learning new things.

monday

we woke to no power

the wind was blowing
the house was silent
and warm

the pineapple express had arrived during the middle of the night
so what normally is a calm and mellow
greeting to a new week
was filled with some chaos
and confusion
missing homework assignments
not my fault
a heated discussion of responsibility
the day brings
2 dr. appointments
and one dentist but
there is no football
nor
dance
so tonight is the new free night