weekend plans | Pad Patter 22 Nov

[bellbird]

Got my car inspected and nails done today. Tonight we are doing a week overdue birthday dinner for my youngest son. Now that he's an adult and he and his friends have jobs, it's hard to find a date that works. He chose a sushi restaurant.

I've finalized the menu and later tonight (intentionally late), I'm going to the grocery store to get my Thanksgiving goods. This year I chose to buy a fresh turkey from a local butcher. Literally, my turkey is still alive today! I pick him up on Wednesday morning.

Tomorrow I'll work on cleaning and some light prepping for the week. And scrapping . . . I'm so into DYD. Am I the only one that wants to cheat and stage some photos now so I can finish a layout or two?!!

I'm sure other people wouldn't even call that cheating! - go for it, if you haven't already and I hope the birthday dinner went well!

 

[bellbird]

Well... today my daughter has a cheer competition, while my son has flag football. I will be going to one, while hubby goes to the other.

When i get home from the cheer competition, i then have to take my son to a classmate's birthday party.

Tomorrow, i have to drop my daughter off at a friend's for playdate, then log in to work for a couple hours for an enhancement they are implementing. My husband is taking a "mental health day" (he is taking a break from kids and his schoolwork and work to do something on his own - usually mountain biking or something), so it will just be me and my son for a few hours... he has enough energy to run a marathon about three times in a row, so... I'm sure it's going to be a long day.

wow that's exhausting just to read! i hope you all survived

 

[bellbird]

Football is on the schedule today. Watching Ohio State and Penn State from the comfort of my warm home at noon. After it is over I'll find another game to watch. I love college football.

Other than that, not a thing going on at all. I do grocery shopping during the week to avoid the crowds on weekends. Laundry can wait a few more days. I've been scrapping a couple pages every night so maybe I'll try to knock out some more this weekend.

The very few Christmas decorations I put out will go up on Thursday. That is my new Thanksgiving Day tradition. Then I'll check out black friday deals online to see if there is anything I want.

i usually do the same re: grocery shopping during the week and to get a few random things after taking DD to the dentist the other week on a Sat morning, when we eventually got into the shop, i apparently said out loud ' what's with all the people here today?' to which DD replied in her 'D'uh Mum' voice, 'it's just Saturday' - crazy the difference in crowds and checkout queues! Our Xmas stuff is still in the roof/storage but it needs to come out before the weekend and i've spent way too many hours checking out sneak peeks of black friday sales stuff online already, i might scrap something if i can stop getting distracted by email ad's!

 

[bellbird]

I guess I should probably do some laundry and the dishes right?

I'm thinking that exact thing right now!

 

[bellbird]

I did most of my grocery shopping today (Costco was a ZOO!!!) to get stuff for Thanksgiving (next Thursday!) I'm ITCHING to get out holiday stuff, but since we're hosting (just grandma) I'm trying to stick to my guns about not decorating until Thanksgiving night.

My next week at a glance:

Saturday: 8u Mite hockey game for my son, Spokane Chiefs Hockey game for our billet player (we will also go to the game!)

Sunday: Hubby's work holiday party (dinner at a steakhouse!) I might get the tree brought up from the basement into the garage to blow off all the drywall dust it's accumulated since we finished our basement early this year.

Monday: Volunteer at son's bookfair; Clean house & laundry; some food prep; Son has hockey practice

Tuesday: Work day, daughter has volleyball

Wednesday: Serious food prep (bake pies, make cranberry sauce, prepare veggies); Daughter has pitching academy, son has hockey practice

Thursday: Tday! I'll go shopping at Michael's & Kohls in the evening

Friday: Black Friday Baby! I'm hard core- up & at it early!!! And get out holiday decorations! Oh yeah, Our elf comes back... dang him... I've gotta get his advent cards finished & printed asap!

you blow me away with your organisation and energy everytime! Good luck to everyone else out there that goes up against you and your hardcore-ness on Friday!