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02/20/2003 Entry: "Whew...whatta day!"
Let's see...today was BUSY...the kids cleaned their rooms and did the most fantastic job ever!  I am always in awe of how great having children are as they get older...they can do so much MORE! hehe Not that I'm running a work house here  or anything but ya know...it's cool they can actually clean up some of the messes they make! Now, in all fairness, they do alot around the house but we do work on getting the work done with something of a positive attitude.  THAT comes much harder lol I am sure my Dad is rolling his eyes and laughing about the fact that I have children who make such big messes.  I was the worst. I can admit it too...drove my Dad crazy...of course the truth is that part of it might have been something of my own little form of rebellion. Nah...I'm just messy by nature!  It does make me a little softer on my children since I know how it feels to like "ordered chaos"--but you know as a parent I choose not to promote it!
We went out to lunch today at Fazoli's and then to the Library to drop off our books...a few days past due (oops!) but as dh says it's "our way of supporting the library"...makes one feel less irresponsible for not returning them on time...haha 
Then we went to the hobby shop where dh had to get some fuel to start priming his remote control cars engine. Did I mention that he got it? He did...it's actually really cool for a guy thang...lol It came in all these different parts and dh actually had to put them all together to make it work. I'm amazed. Not that my dh did it, because he's so cool that way, but just by the sheer volume of teeny tiny little parts that fit together to make something so intricate that actually DOES something. You know, I have tons of scrapbooking material that is in teeny tiny peices and I can put them all together into a beautiful page--but that page doesn't get up and run around the room. Boy hobbies are way cool. I might get ME a RC. Then it'll be a girl hobby too! 
After we got done at the hobby shop, being the sweet wife I am, we went back home. Because I'm pretty sure my dh was going to die if he didn't get home right away and run his car. I mean it. So we went home...and dh being the sweet dh he is kept the three kids with him (of course they were wanting to stay to see the car run) while I ran to Sam's Club. Okay you know that list of places I just love  --for those of you who missed it--I love the Library, I love BAMM, I love Walmart, I love the Christian Bookstores, and finally--I love Sam's Club. Now I know...that's not really fair because I already have Walmart on there, so I'll say I love Costco too and when I lived up north I loved BJ's too! (HI WENDY!  ) I LOVE THESE PLACES. They always have the coolest stuff...and being the freaky hoard food and drink until I don't have any place to put it and have enough food on hand to last through a black out of gargantuan proportions--I like the big packages. So tonight, the cupboards are bursting at the seam and I have enough food to feed all of the people in my home and at least everyone in my neighborhood...for a week...maybe two. This would bother other people, but it's an investment. If I buy all the food now I won't have to buy it later (who am I trying to kid, of course I'll buy more later!)...hehe  Okay it's funny, and maybe I am a little like Monica on Friends, because I actually organize my cabinets...in order. As in...all the corn in a row, all the greenbeans in a row, all of the baking stuff together, all of the boxed things in order based on type. I wish this quality would carry over into the other areas of my life...as I can't find a single pair of scissors, can't SEE the top of my desk, and have no idea where my phone is. In a word, it's a little quirky. I am a little quirky I guess because there is complete chaos in some areas of ME, and there is total flylady in the other areas.  Some might call it strange, I call it quirky cause it doesn't seem like as big of an insult that way  ...in fact it seems a little endearing. Yes, appease me please, I know I'm the only one who thinks that but c'mon give me a break here...I've had a long day!
So...I am off to bed, not having gotten done nearly everything I meant to do today (sorry bout the picture Mom, I promise to do it tomorrow)....including not working on my client's website, not getting the laundry done, and not cleaning out the kitty litter pan which I don't normally do but dh has cook duty this weekend and I planned to do it for a surprise (that and I'm pretty sure I can't let another day pass and dh just keeps spraying air freshener and acting like he hasn't noticed the smell... ) for him so he wouldn't have to. However, all that said, I did enjoy an awesome lunch with my family where we discussed what "lamb of God" was...the fact that giraffes don't have vocal cords, and all about my dh's big upcoming event which he has already done so much work for.  Then I got to enjoy watching my girls play with the Thomas the Train playset at the hobby shop and my son spend half and hour looking at all the models to pick "just the right one". Then I got to go out to Sam's where I got to spend as much time as I wanted to in the book section, and ate a hot dog. By myself. I only had to order ONE hotdog...and I didn't even finish it. I threw the rest away...I didn't share it. Cool huh? Then I came home and my children were SO excited over all the goodies I bought. You know...the fruit...the gummies...the juices...I'm so blessed I know. I actually threw out a package of cupcakes we had bought for valentines day. They didn't get eaten. My kids don't flip out over sweet stuff like most kids do...my theory is that since I have always had it available and never really restricted it, they don't really "care" about it.  My friend's children go CRAZY when they come here...want to eat the whole time because of the things we have...my friend commented on it once because she saw that I keep all of the snacks and cookies right on the counter in plain view...said that her kids would go nuts and that she could never do that because they would eat them all in a day. She said she had always been very strict about them....so that's where my theory comes from. I could be wrong...but it makes sense to me. They'll want and desire what they can't have far more than if you just give it to them. Okay that's your lesson in child psychology 101--you can leave a tip in the jar on your way out (and I have heard the "never pet a burning dog" a million times) 
Okay okay where was I before that little tangent...oh I know...I bought the children books (what's new?) I got the girls each a set of books, they are like those Little Golden Books...C's set was about Baby Animals, and R's set was Mother Goose Stories. They are SO cute. I got to have my girls sit with me while I read them stories. We read one about dolphins, one about prarie dogs, and one about baby tigers, and from R's set we got to read the one with love poems. Now, I knew dolphins were mammals, but I didn't realize they actually feed their babies milk. That's a pretty cool tidbit I think. I got B a set of books with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (&Moby , Treasure Island, Legend of Sleepy Hollow--all books he's been asking for!!)--one of the books he has absolutely been dying for. He was SO excited about it. I have a feeling he'll be reading tomorrow! 
I also have a feeling I will be tired tomorrow if I don't get off to bed. 
I pray for you all so much. I miss my family and friends so dearly. I hope you are all blessed whether near or far, and that you will be touched today! 
God bless and keep you all!
~A
PS...CrawMommy and Crawbabies are all doing great! I'll take pictures of their new home tomorrow...oh and because I know it will make you guys laugh here's a smilie just for you!
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