July 26th

Saturday is here and the house is quiet, Brian is at the store getting oil to make our weekend breakfast. Yummy homemade Dough nuggets. Riley and Brian make them for the rest of us and they are soooo yummy.Riley is out of summer school, so now he just has his daily tutoring which seems to be going good. He likes it and is excited about going and for Riley that says a lot. He has his first soccer practice on Tuesday so Brian's parents are going to get him a new pair of Soccer shoes today. Brian is going to work on a friends car and I think I am just going to lounge around the house, maybe do some sewing or do some de-cluttering. I am been keeping on a schedule for about 2 weeks now thanks to a very helpful website. WWW.flylady.com I actually looked it a few years ago but it just wasn't for me then, I then stumbled across it again and it has been a life safer. My house isn't always clean but it is so tidy now. I don't have those piles of crap everywhere. and you can actually walk through the living room without stepping on toys. My bedroom is getting more and more de-cluttering every day you can see my dresser and Brian's dresser. The desk is visible and the mounds of papers are getting smaller. The felling I got from all the stuff was a suffocating feeling, and it is gone. Now every night before bed my kitchen is clean and my catch-alls are cleared. I am even having the boys pitch in. I have certain chores for certain days, not really chores but more like tasks like Wednesday is clean out the fridge day and Thursday is strip diapers day and Friday is clean out the car day. Doing the little things that take minutes on different days makes it so much easier then doing it all at once when I remember to do them. So i have journal now and I write everything I do down and it has helped me figure out a great routine and schedule for my family.
Tomorrow I have a baby shower to go to I made the cutest blanket for the new baby, I Hope the mom likes it lol. well my hubby is home and the baby must have heard him cause now she is awake Dough nuggets here we come haha

July 11th

Today was a pretty good day. I am finding it a little easier to get up in the morning thank God. I still haven't been able to keep a schedule, the main problem is Matthew and his naps but everything else is falling into place. For the past two weeks I have been itching to get my arm Tattooed. I want a half sleeve on my left arm,All Flowers with some wispy black and Gray smoke behind them. I all ready have a Rose on the inside now I just want the rest done.
The heat today was bearable but for some reason now at 4:00 pm its starting to heat up YUCK. Antioch is a hot place even when its windy.

June 9th

aww wonderful Monday. Got up and got Riley off to school and took Matthew along. Matthew and I had to attend a "raising a reader" meeting with a Librarian as a speaker. the Librarian didn't show up ,but Matthew still ended up getting a new book bag and I got 8 new canvas bags that were left over from the program. So now I hve new canvas shopping bags Yeah. Just those alone were worth going to the meeting. by the time we got home it was a little after 9 am and I had a messy! house to clean. I tried to walk on the treadmill but the house was getting to me so I cut my walk short and started cleaning. My main goal of the day was to get the kids rooms consolidatedand get the clothes and good unbroken toys together to donate. Then purge all the old and broken toys. I got that done and the rooms are so nice now they might actually get played in. My other Goal was to get Matthew to take a nap. Whoa what a crazy goal huh. I have been so lazy about this one, but for the last 3 days (except Sunday) I have had him up by 7 and down for a nap by 12 in hopes he would go to bed by 8 or 9 so I am able to be in bed by 11 pm at the latest.
on another note Delaney is now 10 months old and is just a preciouse little girl. I started to notice yesterday a sharp little point in her gums, looks like she is finnaly going to get a tooth.And she is still such a happy baby. WEll I am off to bed its 10 pm and all the kids are asleep and now its my turn yeah

May 6th

Delaney is sleeping and Matthew is relaxing watching a movie. I have a few minutes before I have to go get Riley from school. I have been so frustrated lately for now apparent reason. my mind is pulled in a million different directions. I have so much I want/need to accomplish during the day its hard for me to focus on one thing. I don't know how people do it some days. I did get a good healthy Breakfast and lunch on the table today and exercised for a good solid 30 min. Thank Goodness Brian was home till almost 12 to help clean the boys room and the kitchen.

I want to be able to be like one of those mothers that has everything organized and the family ona schedule. I try but its hard for me since I have never been like that. I think the first step is to get up at the same time everyday. That is my biggest hurdle only cause Delaney still isn't sleeping through the night yet. hopefully soon when she is I can get a good solid night sleep and be able to get up and start my day off on a good start. I just feel like my day goes a bit more smoothly when I can get up before Matthew and get some things done.