I get up usually for the last time now (I am up usually every 2 hours with the baby) around 6:30 with the baby, wake him up for work, make Alyssa's lunch, feed the turtles, make bottles, do the dishes in the sink from dinner that I was too exhausted & disgusted by the night before to do. Then I feed Taylor, get Alyssa up, get her ready for school, see her off onto the bus, watch Crossing Jordan while feeding Taylor yet another bottle while praying she falls asleep for at least an hour. Once she is asleep (this usually is a 2 hour process the feeding & off to sleep part) I finally make a cup of tea & plot my cleaning strategy for the day. Since we constantly have the fireplace going until the wood stove is installed (Today I hope) my husband & I drag wood from the plant room which has now become the wood room, through the dinning room, into the livingroom, leaving wood chips, saw dust & bark everywhere....
So I now vaccum about 3 times a day & sweep about the same.I dust & mop only once, except the diningroom table which has to be pledged everytime it is used.. I am a little OCD.
**Personal thought to self as writing** - He manages to always get the woodness of it all in his clothes & you always know where in the house he was by the wood chips.
Anyways... So I clean for the first time, feed & change Taylor, bathe Taylor, drink another cup of tea, possibly eat but not likely, put more wood on the fire, do about 3 loads of laundry, which I never understand cause there is only 4 of us & we all wear 1 outfit a day plus pj's & towels (well I guess I just answered my own question) anyways... at least 3 loads, put that away, make beds, usually vaccum again, feed & change Taylor, Alyssa's comes home, do homework, make a snack, finish watching Ellen, I love that show & that is my me time.
Now I can probably shower.... Since Lissi is home to help with the baby. Shower, throw my hair in a ponytail & headband, put on some clean sweats & sweat shirt (very sexy lately)... ask Alyssa for the 20th time to hang up her coat, & put her homework away. Now we wait for Daddy.
I always make Alyssa's dinner since Pat doesnt get home till late, but I wait to eat with him, especially because his cooking skills are waaaay better than mine....
After dinner I clean off the table, get Alyssa in the tub, do her hair after (she has long blonde curly hair) this requires screaming on her part while I brush it, followed by gel, mousse & spray, have Alyssa call her Dad to say goodnight if he hasnt called yet, have Alyssa get her pj's on, brush her teeth & floss, then finally tuck Alyssa in, (it's usually about 10pm now) get Taylor ready for bed, make more bottles for the night, set up the diapers & wipes & changing pad in my room for the night , have Pat load up the fireplace with wood ( we have heat abviously but we are trying to cut costs so we use both).... finally sit with my husband for about 10 minutes till the baby falls asleep then I kiss him goodnight, look at the dishes in the sink as I close up the house for the night & think I will do it tomorrow....
Glamorous isnt it?? Yeah not so much, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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