more nesting
10 Dec 2005 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennickelsWell, I woke up this morning and decided I needed to do more cleaning. This is not really like me. I mean I'll straighten up here and there, do the dishes and clean the bathroom when it needs it but I don't just spend the day cleaning.
I started with the dishes and even wiped off the table and stove (usually I'm so tired after the dishes I go to sit down and forget the rest of the kitchen). I was going to start on the bathroom when I walked by the girls' room and saw what a mess it was. I was fed up and finally got that done. I rearranged their furniture so hopefully I will at least be able to reach their clothes in their closet now. Usually there are a ton of toys in the way. I made their beds. WOW! I rarely make their beds because 1. they just pull the sheets off in about a day and 2. Brenna wets the bed even with a pull-up on so it seems pointless. But I made them anyway. I assume I will be taking Brenna's sheets off in the morning because they will be wet.
I pulled out even more toys to give away. They are lining the hall now waiting for me to go through them and make sure pieces are together in sets. I might do that tomorrow. I straightened up the living room again and vacuumed. I'm proud of myself. But I'm hurting again. My hip is already locking up. I have been working since about 10am with just a short break around 12:30. I figure you won't be able to tell at all by the middle of next week. The kids will have every toy on their floor again.
I put the tree up on Thursday. We bought this dinky 6' artificial tree for like $17. It is horrid looking but I won't complain for $17, lol. It actually doesn't look all that bad with the lights and garland on it. My dad would hate it. He likes these full, completely covered trees. The one he has back home probably cost a good $400-$500. I would never spend more then $100 on a tree. This one will do for now. It fits perfectly in the corner by the window and the box is small enough to be stored in the hall closet with the other Christmas stuff. It has almost no ornaments though. I only brought the Hallmark ones we bought a few years ago and a few that me and my mom made in '97. I also had 5 glass ornaments that I had bought back when I was in college. Well it took a whole day before one of the kids broke one. Let's see how long the other four last. I need a tree skirt, too. I was thinking of making one but that means dragging out the fabric and sewing machine and having the kids ask me a million questions about what I'm doing.
And today Owen broke Brenna's favorite pair of glasses. The pink ones with the coloring changing lenses (that she got when she was 18 months old and pretty much wears in every picture I have taken of her). She was so sad. She tried for a few minutes to fix them. "Id otay, Mommy. Me fix dem," she told me. She was almost in tears when I told them it was no use (the frame cracked apart and the lense came out). Then she looked up at me with those big brown puppy dog eyes, batted her lashes, stuck her lower lip out and said, "ewe buy new ones. We go store an buy new ones?" She looked so pathetic, but hopefull at the same time. I told her I'd talk to Daddy about it. Patrick already said we can get her some new ones if we can find them. We got them at Lens Crafters but the one here at our mall didn't have them in pink, only clear white.
When she got those frames over a year ago she picked them out herself. She was so cute. Just 18 months old. She tried them on and wouldn't let me try another pair after that. She threw the biggest fit when we had to hand them over to the tech to have the lenses put in and refused to let the lady adjust them on her face when we picked them up. She wears them every day without a fuss and always has from day one. Luckily we bought a spare pair over the summer from Wal-mart because the pink ones were starting to wear out. They are purple and alittle big. She still prefers the pink ones. Everything always happens to poor Brenna.
I started with the dishes and even wiped off the table and stove (usually I'm so tired after the dishes I go to sit down and forget the rest of the kitchen). I was going to start on the bathroom when I walked by the girls' room and saw what a mess it was. I was fed up and finally got that done. I rearranged their furniture so hopefully I will at least be able to reach their clothes in their closet now. Usually there are a ton of toys in the way. I made their beds. WOW! I rarely make their beds because 1. they just pull the sheets off in about a day and 2. Brenna wets the bed even with a pull-up on so it seems pointless. But I made them anyway. I assume I will be taking Brenna's sheets off in the morning because they will be wet.
I pulled out even more toys to give away. They are lining the hall now waiting for me to go through them and make sure pieces are together in sets. I might do that tomorrow. I straightened up the living room again and vacuumed. I'm proud of myself. But I'm hurting again. My hip is already locking up. I have been working since about 10am with just a short break around 12:30. I figure you won't be able to tell at all by the middle of next week. The kids will have every toy on their floor again.
I put the tree up on Thursday. We bought this dinky 6' artificial tree for like $17. It is horrid looking but I won't complain for $17, lol. It actually doesn't look all that bad with the lights and garland on it. My dad would hate it. He likes these full, completely covered trees. The one he has back home probably cost a good $400-$500. I would never spend more then $100 on a tree. This one will do for now. It fits perfectly in the corner by the window and the box is small enough to be stored in the hall closet with the other Christmas stuff. It has almost no ornaments though. I only brought the Hallmark ones we bought a few years ago and a few that me and my mom made in '97. I also had 5 glass ornaments that I had bought back when I was in college. Well it took a whole day before one of the kids broke one. Let's see how long the other four last. I need a tree skirt, too. I was thinking of making one but that means dragging out the fabric and sewing machine and having the kids ask me a million questions about what I'm doing.
And today Owen broke Brenna's favorite pair of glasses. The pink ones with the coloring changing lenses (that she got when she was 18 months old and pretty much wears in every picture I have taken of her). She was so sad. She tried for a few minutes to fix them. "Id otay, Mommy. Me fix dem," she told me. She was almost in tears when I told them it was no use (the frame cracked apart and the lense came out). Then she looked up at me with those big brown puppy dog eyes, batted her lashes, stuck her lower lip out and said, "ewe buy new ones. We go store an buy new ones?" She looked so pathetic, but hopefull at the same time. I told her I'd talk to Daddy about it. Patrick already said we can get her some new ones if we can find them. We got them at Lens Crafters but the one here at our mall didn't have them in pink, only clear white.
When she got those frames over a year ago she picked them out herself. She was so cute. Just 18 months old. She tried them on and wouldn't let me try another pair after that. She threw the biggest fit when we had to hand them over to the tech to have the lenses put in and refused to let the lady adjust them on her face when we picked them up. She wears them every day without a fuss and always has from day one. Luckily we bought a spare pair over the summer from Wal-mart because the pink ones were starting to wear out. They are purple and alittle big. She still prefers the pink ones. Everything always happens to poor Brenna.
