4:00 on Saturday afternoon and I’m writing a post; the girls are watching TV (Little Bear), and the boy is downstairs watching a movie (scary).  Sounds like a perfect day and it actually hasn’t been all that bad. My mind is just in a fog because there is so much that needs to be done but I really don’t feel like doing anything at all. I thought I would catch a nap when the girls went down but alas it was not in the cards because one little girl didn’t go down and for whatever reason my brain would not allow my body to get comfortable enough to doze off. I got up, put a load in the washer and the dryer and decided to create this blog.

I wanted to talk to someone but didn’t know who to call and wasn’t sure I really wanted a dialogue as much as I wanted to get a some things off my mind.

5:30 a.m. the alarm went off and I was determined to have prayer and scripture study so I immediately started praying that He would give me the desire and energy to get up and do it rather than hit snooze and go back to sleep. 50/50, I read the morning devotional, had a quick prayer and then laid back down to catch a few more z’s. 

Thump, bump and umph, three little girls were on top of me demanding breakfast… get what you want I gasp as they start shouting out their requests: bagel, cereal, yogurt. Bagel – check, yogurt – check, cereal -no check; we need milk. Up I get and into the shower, wake the “Queen” and get the girls dressed. We need to drop off the rental and reclaim our blessing (a 2003 Yukon Denali @ a great price, in great shape, w/lots of bells and whistles we have yet to figure out and comparable gas mileage to our van) from the shop.

It’s a great day, cool, sunny, low humidity I love it when it’s like this. Dropping off the car was no problem. Waiting for a ride to the dealership was (20 minutes); I was the most impatient of all. We got our blessing, filled her up with gas and dropped the queen off at her grandmothers for the day. We swung by Costco for milk, eggs, yogurt, fruit, water, and a pizza! A quick stop by the pool store to get the new filter piece and home to feed our hungry stomachs. The girls watched cartoons, I read a book and then it was time for their naps which brings us to this point now.

Still no progress on the broken lawn mower, the broken toilet, the spiders, bees and ants that have invaded our house or the mysterious hole in the kitchen wall. Three loads of laundry done and about 6 more to go. I have to get the clothes together for church in the morning, Sunday dinner to think about and my room needs a good cleaning. I also need to find the rebate check from Costco, the shot record for one of the girls and my 2005 & 2006 tax information so I can get 2006 filed. 

There are bags of clothes to be taken to the attic and boxes I need brought down; papers to be sorted, filed and shredded in the office and clothes to be folded and put away in the girls rooms. The queen needs help cleaning her room (I vote for throwing everything away and starting fresh) and the floors all need a good sweeping and scrubbing with Murphy’s Oil. I could go on with my never ending honey do list but at this point I’m overwhelming even my own brain.

Where do I begin?