I was ready to abandon ship yesterday. Our basement was such a disaster that it would have been easier to leave and start over somewhere else. It took me until 2:30 working with Tyler to get his room done. I sat with him and we went through each item in his room and I asked him 'yes' or 'no'. We got rid of enough stuff in his room that now the carpet guy can come tack down his carpet. Didn't I tell you about that? Um, yeah. While I was gone at Women's Conference, someone left the hose on and it flooded his room. So Tyler's room has been torn apart for weeks. After getting it dried out, I couldn't call the carpet guy because he wouldn't be able to access the carpet due to the vast amount of debris on it.
I worked on the rest of the basement without drastic results until 4:00 when I decided a shower was in order. We had Cub Scouts at 5:30, a softball game at 5:30, two baseball games at 6, and soccer try-outs at 6:30.
I got a call around 5:00 asking Casey to come finish a lawn mowing job that he didn't finish on Saturday. Ugh. I had no idea. He was over there for hours on Saturday, but apparently, wasn't very efficient. I made him go over and mow the lawn. He missed his game.
Tyler came in around 4:30 crying that his feet hurt and he couldn't go to his baseball game....he went roller blading without socks on and his feet were rubbed raw. So, I drove him to Cub Scouts instead. Nobody was there. It was then that Tyler thought he remembered his leaders saying they wouldn't be there. Nice. I took him back home and convinced him to at least go with his dad (the coach) to his game to cheer for his team.
Hailey got a ride to soccer try-outs and missed her softball game. Nathan got in trouble for hitting a girl with a baseball bat and was in his room- he fell asleep crying. Emma was in bed, and Hannah was playing outside.
The house was so quiet. So I did nothing....except for vacuuming, and about 6 loads of laundry.
And the house is still a mess. I'm sure today will be pretty much like yesterday. What happened to those lazy days of summer I was hoping for?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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Isn't that the way it always goes? We think there will be so much time once school's out, but there's always SOMETHING that needs to be done....You're SuperMom, and I don't know how you manage to do it all, and do it all amazingly well.
I need to start the laziness too..
crafternoon anyone?
I agree you are SuperMom. There is no way I could be sain at the end of the day. Moms like you are the kind of people I like to look up to. Some days I think that I've had it rough. But compared to some of your days my life seems like a breeze. Keep up the good work.
I think the best part of being a Mother with such a big family like yours is. That one day you will be able to have all of them with you in the Temple.
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