Today's to-do list:
eat breakfast
front room
kitchen
bathroom
kids room
master bedroom
porch/plants
pay USU bill
work on Kirk’s story edit – one chapter
update Curtis’s website with new picture and email address and less hideous design
get car inspected
watch Torchwood at 7
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Dear Cat,
Sorry! You're right. I've been a horrible slacker about the blog. I've just been busy lately! Reading, scrapping, snuggling kiddos, watching "Angel" and "Galactica" with hubs and BIL, and generally just cruising.
Today's goal is to get the house clean while listening to "Bleachers" by Grisham on audiobook. I saw a CD player for a buck at a yard sale the other day, and I really should have grabbed it. That way I wouldn't have to use the house stereo to pump the audiobook into whatever room I'm cleaning.
Sorry! You're right. I've been a horrible slacker about the blog. I've just been busy lately! Reading, scrapping, snuggling kiddos, watching "Angel" and "Galactica" with hubs and BIL, and generally just cruising.
Today's goal is to get the house clean while listening to "Bleachers" by Grisham on audiobook. I saw a CD player for a buck at a yard sale the other day, and I really should have grabbed it. That way I wouldn't have to use the house stereo to pump the audiobook into whatever room I'm cleaning.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Heeeeidiii!
Why don't you love me anymore? I need posts! Post, darn you! Or I shall show up at your doorstep and pout at you. ...Wait, that's not actually encouraging you to post, is it?
Okay. I cleaned all the rooms today, and got a lot of laundry done, although my kitchen still needs help. My dishwasher is having issues. I have a growing to-do-NOW list that needs serious attention before I start missing deadlines.
They include:
• help clean out Syd & Helen’s basement
• wash carpets
• institute class complete
• get Rachel and Kyle’s scrapbooks up to date
• make scrapbooks for 2000 - 2009
• write a short story: townrats, neon dreamer, brisby, uprising, Children of Light
• get car checkup
• car registration
• pay bills
• desk
• clean inside of car professionally
• read Kirk’s story, edit, and send
• back up files on Cat's computer / move them to David's computer
• schedule an appointment with dermatologist for mole removal
• swap out food storage / get 1 month of food and supplies
• get wheat ground
• get birthday stuffs for Julie and Vinayak
• fill out bank’s paperwork and send it
• send package of pictures and music to parents
• get groceries
• put gas in car
Not to mention, I need to put some serious time into paying attention to my kids, because all they've heard the last week is "Go away." So um, we'll see what I get to cross off that list this week.
Why don't you love me anymore? I need posts! Post, darn you! Or I shall show up at your doorstep and pout at you. ...Wait, that's not actually encouraging you to post, is it?
Okay. I cleaned all the rooms today, and got a lot of laundry done, although my kitchen still needs help. My dishwasher is having issues. I have a growing to-do-NOW list that needs serious attention before I start missing deadlines.
They include:
• help clean out Syd & Helen’s basement
• wash carpets
• institute class complete
• get Rachel and Kyle’s scrapbooks up to date
• make scrapbooks for 2000 - 2009
• write a short story: townrats, neon dreamer, brisby, uprising, Children of Light
• get car checkup
• car registration
• pay bills
• desk
• clean inside of car professionally
• read Kirk’s story, edit, and send
• back up files on Cat's computer / move them to David's computer
• schedule an appointment with dermatologist for mole removal
• swap out food storage / get 1 month of food and supplies
• get wheat ground
• get birthday stuffs for Julie and Vinayak
• fill out bank’s paperwork and send it
• send package of pictures and music to parents
• get groceries
• put gas in car
Not to mention, I need to put some serious time into paying attention to my kids, because all they've heard the last week is "Go away." So um, we'll see what I get to cross off that list this week.
Monday, July 6, 2009
My house started out pretty tidy today because I spent yesterday cleaning it. Then my kids shredded my house today while I napped. So now I'm cleaning it again before bed so I don't spend tomorrow being angry at having a dirty house.
Today generally sucked, but I'm doing everything I can to keep myself from getting depressed, which includes cleaning.
Hope you had a good fourth of July weekend. Hope to hear from you soon.
Today generally sucked, but I'm doing everything I can to keep myself from getting depressed, which includes cleaning.
Hope you had a good fourth of July weekend. Hope to hear from you soon.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Dear Heidi,
>You ever had one of those days when you're so tired that you have to force your body to keep moving because you're afraid that if it stops, you'll disintegrate into a heap of blubbering oblivion?
Yes. Today was one of those days for me. Except I knew why! We moved stuff from Shelley's parents' house and Julie's old apartment to a town house in Salt Lake and there weren't very many people to help and ow. I'm tired. Why am I still awake? I don't know. Brain decompression, I think.
>However, I dreamt that I was at a faculty party, at the end of which I was supposed to perform an autopsy on one of the many corpses in the storage room...
Ugh. You have strange dreams. I dreamed Matt showed up this morning in a gorilla suit.
>In other news, I'm still in love with my purple wall, though I may change it because Brandon really hates it.
Poor Heidi. Tell Brandon he can paint the next one.
>we're having an interior-decorator friend come over tonight to render a verdict.
What was the verdict?
>my computer has to go in for a massive overhaul.
:(
>I'm reading a ton, though, which feels great.
Whatcha reading?
Cat just finished reading Greywalker by Kat Richardson. It was pretty good as far as paranormal detective books go. It came with really high reviews.
Still struggling to get myself to read Inkheart. Maybe it's not meant to be.
*hugs* Sorry I haven't posted. Need to post more. Miss you. Cleaned the house yesterday in preparation for being gone today. It got trashed in my absence. Need to clean tomorrow and rest and recover from today. On that note, I think it's bedtime.
I will try to call Rachel tomorrow (I was going to do it today but got totally blown away by how much work we had to do) and see what day she's visiting Logan and see if we can do a day trip to Pocatello to see you or something.
Loveth,
Cat
>You ever had one of those days when you're so tired that you have to force your body to keep moving because you're afraid that if it stops, you'll disintegrate into a heap of blubbering oblivion?
Yes. Today was one of those days for me. Except I knew why! We moved stuff from Shelley's parents' house and Julie's old apartment to a town house in Salt Lake and there weren't very many people to help and ow. I'm tired. Why am I still awake? I don't know. Brain decompression, I think.
>However, I dreamt that I was at a faculty party, at the end of which I was supposed to perform an autopsy on one of the many corpses in the storage room...
Ugh. You have strange dreams. I dreamed Matt showed up this morning in a gorilla suit.
>In other news, I'm still in love with my purple wall, though I may change it because Brandon really hates it.
Poor Heidi. Tell Brandon he can paint the next one.
>we're having an interior-decorator friend come over tonight to render a verdict.
What was the verdict?
>my computer has to go in for a massive overhaul.
:(
>I'm reading a ton, though, which feels great.
Whatcha reading?
Cat just finished reading Greywalker by Kat Richardson. It was pretty good as far as paranormal detective books go. It came with really high reviews.
Still struggling to get myself to read Inkheart. Maybe it's not meant to be.
*hugs* Sorry I haven't posted. Need to post more. Miss you. Cleaned the house yesterday in preparation for being gone today. It got trashed in my absence. Need to clean tomorrow and rest and recover from today. On that note, I think it's bedtime.
I will try to call Rachel tomorrow (I was going to do it today but got totally blown away by how much work we had to do) and see what day she's visiting Logan and see if we can do a day trip to Pocatello to see you or something.
Loveth,
Cat
Friday, June 26, 2009
Too much production and a disembowelment.
Dear Cat,
You ever had one of those days when you're so tired that you have to force your body to keep moving because you're afraid that if it stops, you'll disintegrate into a heap of blubbering oblivion? Today's one of those days. I'm not sure why, because I went to bed at a decent hour last night. However, I dreamt that I was at a faculty party, at the end of which I was supposed to perform an autopsy on one of the many corpses in the storage room and retrieve three specific organs, kind of like a treasure hunt. Because I was determined to succeed in front of the other faculty members, I spent the entire party--and thus (what felt like) the entire night--doing positive visualization of myself successfully gutting the corpse and pulling out the specified organs.
I did not feel particularly refreshed when I awoke.
Anyway, because I was so tired I knew I'd fall asleep if I sat down, and because I've been training myself--in honor of Zen Habits--not to check the computer until ten, I spent the first couple hours of the morning cleaning and organizing the pantry and hall closet while listening to an audio book. Honestly, I'm stunned at how much I was able to get done while waiting for ten o'clock to arrive.
I finally got on at ten-thirty, and now, at eleven, have already checked all my sites and e-mail, browsed my blogrole, and penned this missive to you. How freakily productive.
I will say, however, that the unexpected downside of being this productive is that usually by the time I've accomplished this much Brandon's home for lunch. I keep expecting him to walk in the door, but then I glance at my clock and see that I have another hour--at the earliest--before he arrives.
In other news, I'm still in love with my purple wall, though I may change it because Brandon really hates it. Since neither of us is confident in the validity of our decorating opinions, we're having an interior-decorator friend come over tonight to render a verdict. Neither of us wants an ugly wall, so we're eager to hear what she says.
On that note, I'm logging off. The next couple of weeks probably won't be very productive in the GND (grand novel delusion) department because my computer has to go in for a massive overhaul. I'm reading a ton, though, which feels great.
Love you tons. Hope to talk to you later. (I'll be back online at 4, again in honor of Zen Habits).
Love,
Heidi
You ever had one of those days when you're so tired that you have to force your body to keep moving because you're afraid that if it stops, you'll disintegrate into a heap of blubbering oblivion? Today's one of those days. I'm not sure why, because I went to bed at a decent hour last night. However, I dreamt that I was at a faculty party, at the end of which I was supposed to perform an autopsy on one of the many corpses in the storage room and retrieve three specific organs, kind of like a treasure hunt. Because I was determined to succeed in front of the other faculty members, I spent the entire party--and thus (what felt like) the entire night--doing positive visualization of myself successfully gutting the corpse and pulling out the specified organs.
I did not feel particularly refreshed when I awoke.
Anyway, because I was so tired I knew I'd fall asleep if I sat down, and because I've been training myself--in honor of Zen Habits--not to check the computer until ten, I spent the first couple hours of the morning cleaning and organizing the pantry and hall closet while listening to an audio book. Honestly, I'm stunned at how much I was able to get done while waiting for ten o'clock to arrive.
I finally got on at ten-thirty, and now, at eleven, have already checked all my sites and e-mail, browsed my blogrole, and penned this missive to you. How freakily productive.
I will say, however, that the unexpected downside of being this productive is that usually by the time I've accomplished this much Brandon's home for lunch. I keep expecting him to walk in the door, but then I glance at my clock and see that I have another hour--at the earliest--before he arrives.
In other news, I'm still in love with my purple wall, though I may change it because Brandon really hates it. Since neither of us is confident in the validity of our decorating opinions, we're having an interior-decorator friend come over tonight to render a verdict. Neither of us wants an ugly wall, so we're eager to hear what she says.
On that note, I'm logging off. The next couple of weeks probably won't be very productive in the GND (grand novel delusion) department because my computer has to go in for a massive overhaul. I'm reading a ton, though, which feels great.
Love you tons. Hope to talk to you later. (I'll be back online at 4, again in honor of Zen Habits).
Love,
Heidi
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