Shucking Apples

A Day in the Life

Yesterday our Preschool had Donuts for dad. All the Dads were invited and so Blair went to eat doughnuts with his girls. He also took them to school, too, which was a boon for me! No, I didn't get to lounge around in bed. I got moving and tried to tackle this very messy house. He left at 8:30 and I had until 11:30 to get stuff done. Now, my usual MO is to start cleaning in one area...well, it goes something like this. I collect the sippy cups and head to the kitchen to put them in the dishwasher. When I get to the kitchen, I notice a pair of dressup shoes that belong in the playroom, so I take them to the playroom. On the way back, I pick up the socks laying in the middle of the floor and a handful of trash. I toss the socks in the clothes basket and throw the trash away. The trash is full so I take it out. While I'm outside, I realize that the sandbox is a mess, so I straighten that up. I head back inside. Oh the sippy cups! I empty them and put them in the dishwasher. I collect the trash from the counter, but realize I haven't replaced the trashbag. I put the trash down, collect the food (ie cereal boxes, peanut butter, etc.)that's still out on the counter and take it to the pantry to get a garbage bag. Rena is calling me from the bathroom, so I go help her out. On the way back, I pick up more trash off the floor and head to the trashcan. Oops, no trashbag. Back to the pantry.

Well, you get the idea. Nothing gets 'done'. So yesterday, with no distractions and plenty of coffee in my system, I used the 3 hours I had effectively. This is what I got done: all the laundry was gathered up, sorted and the washing machine was going. All clean clothes were folded and put away. I collected all of the girls shoes, matched them to their respective partner and put them in the shoe organizers in the closets. I gathered up all the trash and took it out. That's it! It took me 3 hours to accomplish that!

I did feel better about things, but my house is still far from clean. Now, if I can just maintain those things, even if it's for 24 hours.

At 11:30 I took one of my neighbors to lunch to thank her for watching the girls for me. (She came to my house at 5:00am. What a trooper!) We had a really nice time and then we picked the girls up from school. Back home by 1:30, but now my motivation had wained. The girls were asleep, so they didn't create more mess, but I had lost my drive.

The girls didn't get up until after 5:00. Unbelievable. So snack and dinner weren't that far apart. I wasn't really motivated to cook either, so the girls had a simple dinner. I had made muffins for their snack and then they all wanted an apple. Riley wanted me to do something with hers that I couldn't understand. Cut it? No. Peel it? No. SHUCK it? Yes. She wanted me to shuck her apple. Too funny.