Our work day

Some of the couples at our work day at church


How many men does it take to put up a picnic table??



Another blessing of a couple!!




Yes, yes, he did go there ;)

Our gorgeous Heather!

You sexy lady!!



We did have a lot of fun working on this day. Many hands make light work. We had many good laughs even if we were bossed around.

The big day

Pictures of the house before the company came and after I spent all week cleaning.
DD's room.


DS's room



The kitchen~ it's never looked so clean!! HEHE

The living room

The girl's. They were standing on the front porch belting out there sunday school songs!! They were using there sidewalk chalk as microphones!! To cute.

Joy and Melanie.

BTW~ Melanie and Jonathan are engaged!! Hurray!

The aunt and my mom

My nephew~ to cute!!! His father would kill me!

The boys playing outside

DS wouldn't stand still love enough for me to take a picture!




Mother's day is always filled with many different emotions for me. This year was no exceptions. I do not feel like I should be honored. I do not feel like I am doing that great of a job. On this day, I sort of want to crawl back and just observe what is going on around me. I am glad that it is over for another year.

Is this worth it??

Today is a day full of finishing all the undone touches, and let me tell you that is a lot!! We still have painting to do, but hubby will help with that sometime today. I will be doing everything else! Pray that I keep my motivation up, as I really don't think I want to do this!!

motivation

I am having a hard time today getting motivated. I want to get the cupboards and the refrigerator cleaned. But I am finding that I have had every reason not to do. But I know that I need to do it, and I will be mad at myself if I don't do it. But here I sit thinking about how great it would be to go take a nap or go lay out in the sun. Today is the best day to do this since tomorrow is garbage day. I need to do this today. I already started it, and have already walked away once, I needed music to do it, and the radio was staticy......so I came down to turn the computer on ( I have music on my comp.) and I got distracted, and here I sit. Okay, I am going........no really, okay, here I go!! Wish me luck!

Update

Well, we are moving right along with my never-ending list of chores. Today I have taken all the curtains done and washed those up. I am going to iron those tonight and get those hung back up. We are also getting the windows cleaned and screens put up. Hubby is on his way to the local crap Mart to get some more paper towel. The screens look really hillbilly with the house, but the breeze feels wonderful so I will compromise look for comfort. I was hoping to also get the cupboards cleaned out and the refrigerator cleaned today, but I do not think that that will happen today. That will have to be my job for tomorrow. The good thing about having the aunt come, is that I am getting my spring cleaning done. The chore that I don't want to tackle is the completely organizing the laundry room. Besides getting the laundry done, I don't even know where to start in there. Well, I am off to check on my lasagna!

My agenda

Well, I am in for a busy few weeks. This week will be especially bad. My mother has asked me to host our mothers day celebration. I would rather not go into how I feel about this, but suffice it to say, that I am having Mothers day, and will do all the work, and keep my mom shut from now on. My aunt whom I have only met once in my life will be in town, and so now I have a time crunch to get all these odds and ends finished that we have been trying to tackle. Please pray with me that I will be able to get all done, and still be in a great frame of mind come Sunday. (My vote is still to go out, since I am a mother as well, but my vote doesn't really count when it comes to my mother) Okay, now I will stop complaining. I have had a profitable day today. I have gotten a lot done since I have been home.........

Things done


floors mopped
grocery shopping
kids rooms cleaned!!
dinner made
dog bathed

To do

clean out cub boards
dust entire house
clean carpet~ does it really do any good??
clean windows and mirrors
paint hallway, and touch up paint
finish laundry
organize laundry room
clean bathrooms

I would really like to see the bathroom shower finished, but I don't think that we have the money to fix it.

eoyore

Oh, Woe is me.....that is how I feel today. Actually I have been feeling this way a lot lately. I know that you have read this kind of post a lot lately, but man I have been feeling even worse about it since the weather has warmed and I can't fit into any of my clothes. Don't get me wrong, I am glad that the weather has been great, but I am mad at myself that I am still fat enough that I can't fit into my summer clothes. But am I mad enough to stop eating chips and drinking pop before 10 every morning? No. I do think that summer will help with this problem. I don't eat that much when I am at home, but when I am at work, and stressed out, I reach for comfort food. And a twix bar, or a little bad of fritos and a can of pop, seem to do the trick. And I justify by telling myself that well, I have to work, so I can at least treat myself. And let me tell you the pan of brownies that I made last night doesn't help either. Isn't that a load of crap? I will walk tonight though. Not that I have been faithful to that either. In all honesty, I have tried!! I enjoy walking, and I have tried to be able to make time for it, but it just doesn't happen every day. Life is just to busy. I need a magic pill. Something to take before I eat that suppresses my appetite. Something that isn't harmful to my body. Something cheap. I can dream can't I?!?!
On a lighter note, I was able to spend the afternoon with 1 of my dear friends yesterday. It was so nice to catch up with her. What was even nicer was that after not seeing her since school started, we could just pick up where we left off. I really do like her, and I miss not being able to talk to her all the time.
I can't believe that DD is going to be graduating from kindergarten. 24 days, and I will have a 1st grader. I am really so proud of her. She really is a beautiful little girl.
Well, I had better get back to cleaning my house. I only have a little bit longer to be able to clean before I fall from exhaustion, so I had better get busy.
~j