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lmccandless

lmccandless

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Seriously. It's Monday. :therethere
Came fast, didn't it? What's on your calendar this week?

We had the laziest, rainy weekend (much needed!) and now I am staring down my to-list with a big sigh.
Dr appt today, Girl Scout orientation tonight
Early release from school on Tuesday, plus away tennis match
Another tennis match, ortho appt
PTO Committee chair meeting (I was somehow drafted into being in charge of the school carnival. Yeah. Let's talk about that later :dizzy)
Kindergarten stations volunteer
Not to mention laundry, some cleaning and I would like to start decorating for Autumn
Then, of course, my TLP work
:imok

I hope everyone has a good week...and has less to do then me. LOL
 
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Dang girl........I think you need an assistant! You are one busy mama!

Here.....its work, work, work!
DH & DS3 brought the camper home yesterday so it's time for me to get in there and do some major cleaning before we take it to deer camp this weekend! We've got plastic bins that need to be loaded in and blankets, etc.

And......this coming weekend is Labor Day weekend so I'll have 4 days off!!!! Come on FRIDAY!
 
My son has his first day of college today. He just texted at work and asked if I had his parking permit !?! I suggested a few places he should look and he found it. Men can't find anything...

My daughter is in her second week but classes cancelled today due to Isaac (she's on East coast so just getting rain). I'm here bright eyed and bushy tailed at work (checking out the forums...) The tax accounting firm called last week and begged me to work this coming weekend Saturday and Sunday to help them out. I just couldn't say no. But I realized later with Monday a holiday I get at least one day off this weekend! Oh, well, I get paid for it!
 
Well, we start soccer and Cub Scouts this week so our day's are mostly empty but our evenings will be oh just a wee hectic.
:dizzy

Monday - *happy sigh* nothing... all day nothing
Tuesday - chance to be called in to work. 5-6:30 - Ryan soccer practice, 7-8 - Ryan and Zach Cub Scouts
Wednesday - church at night
Thursday - Zach has to complete study guides for Math, Reading, and Geography, 5-6:30 - Ryan soccer practice. Help both boys study for spelling tests
Friday - nothing again....
Saturday - more soccer.

Oh and homework every single night except on Wednesday and Friday.
 
My weeks are very, very repetitive but next week my kids finish up basketball for about a month until the next term starts in October. So my week this week goes a little something like this!

Kids to school, walk 2 dogs x 1 hour each weekday (job #1), do 2 x personal training sessions for half hour each, clean at local school 2 hours each weekday (job #2), go pick kiddos up from my parents place, home to cook dinner/shower/homework, scrap if I can find time, dishes or laundry maybe, do an hour or so of job #3 which is some work on my computer for a family business (maybe 1-2 hours a night)! Then start all over again the following week!!

In Australia, we celebrate Father's Day this Sunday and it is also my Dad's birthday tomorrow, so we had a lovely roast dinner tonight that my Mum cooked and a yummy chocolate mud cake. Tomorrow and Wed night, the kiddos play basketball and Friday they go to training then they go to their Dad's for one day over the weekend then I get some serious me-time!

I think tomorrow I'm going to go and buy a 55 inch LED Samsung Galaxy 3D Smart TV. We only have a smaller 32 inch regular TV and its too small to sit in our lounge and watch. The kiddos are so excited and it'll be like Christmas here being able to watch 3D plus hook up to the internet and iCloud through the telly!
 
It's National Heroes Day in the Philippines now. Which means no work, YES!!! :cheer

I did my morning swim at 730 am, while the kids were at swim practice. Then I settled down on my bed with crayons, colored pencils, and markers...along with my Wreck This Journal and did a few pages :p
 
DH is busy with funeral preparations for a fellow solider that was killed in Afghanistan. His memorial and service are planned for this week, we don't know yet how Issac will effect those yet though.
Bubba has Open House tonight and an Eye appt Wednesday.
Moo has a Doc. appt Tuesday.
And I'll be cleaning and getting the house ready for company all week. My Step DD & In-Laws are coming this weekend for the holiday.

But again...all this could change and we could be doing nothing....all depends on the storm.
 
Work week and last week off for my daughter before heading back to school for the new year...

That about sums it up for me...
 
DD's birthday was yesterday, but she had to work... so today we're going to the Seattle Aquarium, ride the new ferris wheel on the pier, have lunch at Ivar's, and then go to the Woodland Park Zoo. All with a 2.5 year old in tow. Crazy much?

Other than that, I have schoolwork. Blargh. And we'll be finishing up some DIY stuff in the kitchen because we got a new fridge and then because one thing leads to another, we had to get some new countertops and then will have to paint some spots because we had to remove cabinets.

But Thursday... DH and I are driving to Long Beach (WA) to look a potential fixer-upper beach house that I've already fallen in love with from the online pics. *crossing fingers crossing fingers*

This is the most excitement I've had in any one week!
 
This is our last free week before school starts so i'm going to enjoy it! Wednesday we do have Registration night for school and then my youngest has his first soccer practice. Other than that, I'm hoping to scrap a little and also figure out how to proceed on my basement renovations. :)
 
This week is going to he a stressful one for me.
1) School Shopping
2) Daycare Interviews (to fill up my last spots)
3) Work ALL week and all the school aged kids have been fighting so much lately.
4) Need to pick up Mystaya's glasses.
5) Designing to do, lots of it.
 
I'm still recovering from school starting last week and all the parent meetings we had for that. This week a lot of the kids' sports stuff gets started, as well as some of my parent volunteer stuff. Lots of meetings to attend. Add in a doctor appt and a fun scrap project that I am working on, and that is my week!

This Wednesday evening Sara Gleason and I will be chatting it up here at the Pad! 9PM ET. I hope you all can join us. There might be a little something from Sara. :wooot

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The kids started back to school this morning, so I'm rather sleep deprived today. There have been very few days this summer that I've had to be up before dawn, so getting going this morning was hard. Now I'm trying to get used to not listening to the constant stream of kid noise, and just figure out the best way to use my time. I think today that may involve a nap. :p

On the calendar for the week are designing, helping DH with some design stuff and convention prep, a parent orientation for DD's class tomorrow night, and a volunteer shift at the middle school library on Thursday.
 
Well today is a Hurricane (that didn't come our way) No School Day so my son is home. Just ran for an hour and now I need to get busy doing something productive.

Tuesday I have some projects for the school and a budget meeting for our women's volunteer group.

Thursday L.J. has a follow-up dr. appt for his ear infection.

And the rest of the week we play it by ear.

Laura - Don't feel bad. I got talked into chairing our school's fall festival too. Less than 2 months to go and it's starting to get overwhelming now. Good thing we're keeping it small for the first year until we see how it goes over.
 
First week of school here. We got off to a later start this morning than I wanted to but she's in there doing a lesson on note taking right now and it's going good. Hoping that for the rest of the week the mornings are easier.

Other than that nothing really going on here. I'm so glad we don't have lots of places we have to go or things we have to do this first week. Helps us ease into things.
 
I'm taking a couple of the boys out for sushi today. My youngest usually sees me post that I'm there on facebook and gets upset that I never take him (seriously...he's going to be 21...and this still bothers him LOL).

I'll be planning what to pack today...maybe start pulling things out and getting it organized. I need to go with my dh and do a little shopping for him.

Trying to be relaxed and not stressed out about being gone and leaving the boys alone. I know there won't be any parties going on...but just making sure they use their brains and turn off the AC at night, locking the doors, scooping the cat poop, feeding the cats, etc... LOL!
 
Hope everyone has a fabulous week!!

This week is another parent orientation (2 1/2 weeks after school has started, but ok), Girl Scouts orientation, and lots of organizing and design work. Woot! Ooh! And Wednesday night is a TLP chat! Double woot!
 
I hope everyone has an awesome week!!!

Monday: homeschool meeting tonight, first meeting of the year and 30 minute run/walk
Tuesday: Mark goes into the city for a second interview for a new position
Wednesday: 30 minute run/walk and 1st day of homeschool :) the kids are soooooo excited... also, the countertops that were supposed to be installed on Saturday and they didn't show up are supposedly rescheduled for Wednesday... let's hope it actually happens so I can use the island for school
Thursday: 2nd day of homeschool :)
Friday: 30 minute run/walk and Mark is off work so hopefully we'll do something fun in addition to our 3rd day of homeschool :)
 
My favorite coworker unexpectedly quit today. I'm bummed abt that. :(

Otherwise, I'm excited to try out my new bike. I'm picking up a bike seat for Miss Monkey from friends of ours tomorrow night, and then we'll try it out! I can't wait to see her face; she's going to LOVE being able to get around with Mommy like that.
 
Yesterday here in the Uk was a bank holiday but no rest for me because i have to work them :( but we did manage to squeeze in a family meal out before i went
 
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