My Glamorous Life as a S@HM (stay at home mom)

Glamorous Day 31 Fire Safe - not too secure

2010-01-31T22:04:00.000-06:00

Since Anna and I were up past midnight last night after her dance we all got up late this morning 9am. We looked at the paper and had breakfast. I took Anna to church at 11:00am and went shopping/browsing for an hour until time to pick her up. She had this wonderful idea to "run by me." She thought I could just fly her and ,I to see her new love, across the state for Valentine's weekend. Remember she is just 14 and must be crazy if she thinks that is a possibility. I gently crushed her fantasy. She cried the whole day. Broke my heart. If she only knew she will be crying over boys the rest of her life.

When we got home hubs wanted to go to Fry's to buy me a new printer, so sweet, so I called Abuelita come over and stay with the girls. She came and brought little cousin Olivia to play with Sofia. Hubs, Cooper, and I went to Fry's. When we got home I changed the sim card from my iPhone, the one I shattered, to the old iPhone that Sofia plays with. It took a while to get it all set back up. Hubs hooked up my new printer. I emptied the dishwasher and put away the clean dishes. I made pasta shells and sauce, sauce was previously made and frozen, and a salad for dinner. That was my best sauce ever I do believe. After dinner I cleaned up the kitchen, bathed Sofia, started a load of clothes in the washer, and searched for the keys to my fire safe. Did I mention I locked the box and hid the key but I have no clue where. I am not so sure why I locked it because I never have before. I went online to see if I could order a key and to my surprise found countless YouTube videos showing different ways to open it. I just used the file on fingernail clippers and pushed the latch with NO effort and BING it popped open. Our passports are now free and we can purchase our airline tickets to Spain for the summer!!! Scary how easy that was and now I have to clean up the huge mess I created in my closet while searching!

9:59pm all kids are in bed and I need to put the clothes in the dryer and start my nightly ritual so I can go to bed.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 30 Anna and Andy meet

2010-01-30T22:12:00.000-06:00

Today we all woke up at 9am. Today Anna my 14yo daughter has her Sadie dance at school (this is where the girl asks the boy). Of all the many boys at her school (she goes to huge high school) she chooses to as a boy that is a friend of a friend. He lives about 7 hours away across the state. They have been texting and talking on the phone for about a month. Today his parents are bringing him to town to take Anna to the dance. Crazy!! I have never seen her so happy, smiling, nice, respectful, and giddy. We waited until he arrived at our home at 1pm. He was a very nice boy and his mother was also very nice. We dropped Cooper and Sofia off at Maw Maw house and Anna, Andy, hubs, and I went to COSTCO. On the way home we picked up Sofia and Cooper. At home The older kids watched a movie. I watched TV with Sofia. I heated up some Red Beans and Rice for hubs and I. Made bratwurst and baked potatoes for Cooper and Sofia. 6:15pm it was time to take the little couple, who are nuts about each other, to the restaurant to meet the other couples in their group. I went back to pick them up at 8pm and drive them to the high school. I will be picking them up around 11pm . I am blogging as I wait. 10:09pm not too much longer.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 29 Getting Ode to Clean

2010-01-30T21:43:00.000-06:00

Better late than never. Up at 6am to get kids ready and off to school. Home again to do laundry, clean, and make sure the house is perfect for hubs coming home today and Anna's guest coming tomorrow. I had to take money to Anna at school for her Sadie Dance tickets. Then Sofia and I went and made a donation of items and stopped at the bank to get Anna money for her dinner tomorrow. Came home Sofia and I had lunch and I put Sofia down for her nap. I cleaned a little more until Anna and Cooper came home. I had a headache so I lay down for an hour. When hubs got in I made toasted ham and swiss sandwiches. He ate out all week and I did not feel so well and that was dinner. Amazing, everyone was happy with that. We watched a few TV shows and we were all in bed by 10pm*.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 28 Sleepless but functioning

2010-01-28T22:41:00.000-06:00

Once again I was kept awake by a crying toddler until 1:30am. Then awakened at 4:30am and 5:45am. I was up from then on making breakfast, lunches, getting kids to school, and showering before 7am. I had Sofia to school by 9am and instead of going to the gym I went and had my nails done. That sounds wonderful but in reality the lady was so slow. I had to be at the High School to volunteer at 10:05am and that is when she finished. I rushed out of there to my car and to the school and messed up the polish!!!!! The last time I had the luxury of getting my nail done was in August...5 months ago! Anyway I got to the school and was selling Freshman class t-shirts. I got to visit with a few of the other moms so that was nice. I then went to sit with Sofia while she had her lunch at school and then we came home. I emptied the dishwasher then put her for a nap. 30 minutes after she fell asleep Cooper came home from school and I had to take him to trumpet lessons. I had let Anna go to the mall with friends to get her outfit for the Sadie Hawkins dance this weekend. So with nobody to watch Sofia i had to wake her up and take her with me. We dropped off Cooper and came home. Abuelita was nice enough to pick him up and bring him home. At 5:30pm we went to the mall to pick up Anna and the we went to Chinese/Sushi buffet for dinner. After dinner we were near Abuelita and Pappa's house so we by to visit for a little while. We were home by 8pm and Sofia had a bath then her nightly popcorn. Now all the kids are in bed and I have already spoken to hubs, who comes home tomorrow, so I am free to sleep. I hope I can get a good nights sleep tonight.

Ciao and good night 10:41pm sorry no pictures...my daughter took one of my back to use a reference for a painting she is doing but I will not disturb you with that one.

Glamorous Day 27 A Full Day In The Kitchen With Pictures

2010-01-27T23:35:00.000-06:00

Sometimes I feel like I spend most of my time in the kitchen. My daughter even wrote a paper for school about me and the subject was how much time I spend in the kitchen. Go figure.

Last night I did not get to sleep until around 1:30am. Ugg! This morning started at 6am getting everyone ready and fed and off to school. These are the piggies I made. Oh and that is the sweet cream I put in my coffee, my little bit of luxury.

Went back to bed at 7am until 8:30am then Sofia and I got up, had breakfast, looked at the newspaper, and unloaded the dishwasher. Then I got this crazy idea to make a triple batch of spaghetti sauce. I let it cook for about three hours.

This then led to me deciding to chop and freeze celery, and a mix of red and green peppers with onion and garlic. I use these for cooking quite often. I scoop it into muffin pans, freeze, then put veggie muffins into freezer bags. When I need one I just take out a muffin. Nice, easy, and handy.

I made lunch for Sofia and I.....Sofia ate, I got busy and never ate. My bad. I then cleaned and rearranged the refrigerator freezer and the big deep freezer. That led me to see the ham bone and decide to make red beans for red beans and rice. Hubs loves it and it will be cold this weekend so it's the perfect comfort food.
It also cooked for about three hours. I got to use some of my chopped veggies, the ham, and sausage.

I put Sofia for a nap around 2:15pm and was still in the kitchen cleaning and cooking when Anna and Cooper came home. I separated the cooled spaghetti sauce into three containers and froze it. I had to wait on the beans to finish cooking. Before long it was time to think about cooking dinner. That is hard to do when you've been cooking all day. I decided on stir fry beef. Sorry no picture. I cut up the meat, made a marinade, let the meat marinate, started the rice, and got the stir fry veggies ready. Got the stir fry going and fried a little meat for Cooper who won't eat stir fry. It came out really good. I cleaned the kitchen and we all watched American Idol. We only like the audition part of the season. Soon it was time for the kids to go to bed and for me to blog. Sofia was crying and I had to go up to her four times before she finally went to sleep. I called hubs. He will be home in two days. It's been a long week. Tomorrow is a busy day and I need to get to sleep. I will probably be dreaming about the Apple iPad which was revealed today...sooooo cool.

Ciao and good night

Glamorous Day 26 Sick Kids

2010-01-26T21:50:00.000-06:00

My night did not go as planned. I ended up cleaning the kids bathroom. Teenage girls are so messy. I watched last weeks Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. Then I went to bed and was unable to sleep until after midnight. I tossed and turned and got up at 5:45 to get Anna's food packed for her tennis tournament and I made some pigs in a blanket for breakfast. 6:15am Sofia was coughing nonstop and crying. I put her in my bed and gave her medicine. She got up so when Anna left at 6:25am Sofia and I ate a piggy and went back to bed. To my surprise she went back to sleep until about 9am. We got up, Cooper was up (he had to stay home since he got sick at school yesterday) we had breakfast again. I started cleaning the kitchen, ran dishwasher, had Cooper vacuum, I mopped, and then I dusted. I also cleaned the other bathrooms and watered plants. I did a little net surfing and then made lunch for the kids. Put Sofia down for a nap 1:30pm. I need to get my lunch...Bought Rotisserie Chicken Salad yesterday and will put it on toasted bread....yummm! Ok not so yum, needed something like apple or cranberries. Showered, emptied dishwasher, read some blogs, and soon it was time to pick up Anna. Home again, home again and time to think about dinner. Anna stopped at McDonald's on her way home and Cooper was eating candy when we got home......Makes me not want to cook. Simple beef Stroganoff and green beans. What do you know Cooper ate. We all watched American Idol. Poor Sofia had several crying, cranky breakdowns because of her cold. I cleaned the kitchen again. My clean house is covered with toys and fingerprints. 9:40pm All the kids in bed now maybe I can catch up on General Hospital. Then I'll talk to hubs and off to bed for me.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 25 This day was out of order

2010-01-25T20:56:00.000-06:00

This day was out of order and unstructured my worst enemy. Hubs was up very early and out the door somewhere between 5am and 5:30am. I was up 6:20am for the usual morning routine. Had to write and fax notes to Anna's school. 6:45 Sofia was crying so I brought her to my bed. Texted hubs. Went back to sleep. Sofia slept until 9:30ish Made breakfast, emptied dishwasher, dried clothes, and looked at coupons and recipes on web. Sofia and I went to HEB grocery for some things, I was just taking my time, My cell phone rang about 1:40pm. School nurse calling that Cooper was sick and needed to be picked up. Had to check out, put groceries in car, call mom to tell her I would be home late (she was waiting there to keep Sofia and Cooper while I took Anna to doctor). Dash into Anna's school sign her out, drive over to Cooper's school, rush in to check him out, get home unload groceries, put up cold things, rush Anna to her appointment. Made it to Anna's appointment and home by 3:30. Mom made some kind of Mexican casserole with corn. We are not corn fans. Sofia never slept when I put her for nap. She has still been coughing and has runny nose. Cooper has to stay home tomorrow since he was sent home today. Not sure if Sofia can go to school tomorrow either. Washed load of clothes for Anna. Cooper went to scouts and Anna went to Tennis. Gave Sofia a bath. Took a shower. Anna and Cooper made it home. Counting the minutes to put Sofia to bed....10, 9, 8.... Pack Anna's lunch and snacks for her all day Tennis Tournament tomorrow. I will call hubs and chat a while, maybe watch a little TV then off to bed for me.

Ciao and good night 8:55pm

Glamorous Day 24 Attack of the Killer Migraine

2010-01-24T22:12:00.000-06:00

Ok so the night was awful with my migraine at it's peak and Sofia crying off and on, she was sick, did not help. I brought Sofia to my bed at 8am and Anna and Cooper left for Church at 8:30am. When Sofia got up for breakfast I stayed in bed a while longer*. I got up and showered, hubs made me a yummy cappuccino, made some toast, and looked at the paper. I scanned 3 pictures so hubs could try to restore them. Cooked Sloppy Joe's for lunch. Did a little searching on the internet. Washed 2 loads of laundry. Wrote yesterdays blog entry. Made Crawfish Alfredo and a Salad for dinner. Cleaned kitchen, gave Sofia a bath, watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and put away laundry. Checked email, Google reader, and blogs. Hubs will be up and gone early. He's out of town for the week. Will putter around a little longer then i will be off to bed.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 23 Migraine day #2

2010-01-24T16:15:00.000-06:00

Posting a day late due to MIGRAINE!!!! I can't even remember much from yesterday. I went to be with a headache and Sofia woke up crying several times. Cooper and his guest went fishing at 8am and were back home by 10am. At 1:30pm the kids and I went to Rosita and Jack's for lunch. Abuelita and Papa were there too. Hubs stayed home to work. We got back home about 5:30pm watched TV ate whatever we could scrounge up for dinner with the exception of hubs. I brought him home a plate of food. We watched boxing then I put Sofia to bed and went to bed myself still with headache. That is all I can think of, I am sure I unloaded the dishwasher and a few other daily rituals

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 22

2010-01-22T13:24:00.013-06:00

I am blogging from the back yard while I sun my legs. I came out to enjoy the 74 degree sunny day. When I first came out I chopped a bunch of dead plants. I just finished writing yesterdays post. Now it's time for today's events.

6am Anna woke me up because she was not feeling well. I gave her some medicine and told her tocall RWC because he was taking her to school today. At 6:45am the phone rang and RWC was out front...Anna did not call him...figures. I had trouble going back to sleep but sometime around 8am fell asleep until 9am. I got up, got Sofia up, and checked on Anna. We had breakfast and then at 11:00am I took Anna to school. When we got home I cleaned the fish tank filter then heated up leftover Chinese for lunch. Hubs pulled himself off the phone long enough to eat and run. That is when Sofia and I went outside to enjoy the beautiful day. Sofia played in her sand table and got pretty dirty. We went inside about 1:30pm, Sofia had a bath, and went for a nap at 2:45. Anna and Cooper came home. Talked to Anna about her next art project. Took Anna to Michael's and Hobby Lobby to buy a canvas, paints, and various other supplies. Stopped to pick up hubs dry cleaning. Cooper had a friend over to play and stay for dinner. I fried chicken strips and french fries. Cleaned up the kitchen then Sofia and I watched Iron Chef. Cooper's guest needed a ride home. Cooper and I took him home and he asked to spend the night so we all came back. I talked to my mom on the phone then watched Finding Nemo with Sofia. 10:20pm put Sofia to bed. My head has been hurting all day and is getting to the unbearable stage so this is the end of the line for me tonight. Not sure if I left anything out.

Ciao and good night.
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Glamorous Day 21 One day late

2010-01-22T13:14:00.000-06:00

I am sitting outside getting some sun on my too white legs while I write yesterdays blog. Yes late again, but since I have no followers nobody will know.

Up for the morning routine at 6:20am. Meds, lunches, breakfasts, and take kids to school. Got Sofia up and ready for school. Dropped her off, went to the gym, went to browse at Home Goods and Target, made a return at Cato, and picked up prescriptions at Kroger. Went early to get Sofia and sat with her class while they ate lunch. Came home, made hubs and I lunch, gave Sofia a bath, and put her for a nap. I was not feeling well so I lay on the couch but Anna called at 2:40 and needed me to pick her up. Picked up Anna and brought her home just in time to take Cooper to trumpet lessons. At 4:20 when Cooper got back he and Anna went with RWC for the evening. I chilled in the livingroom until hubs came out of his office at 6pm starving.....I asked him at 4:30 what he would like for dinner and he said he was too busy. So I had nothing thawed to cook. He wanted to go out but I felt too bad so we ordered Chinese takeout. After dinner he went back to work and Sofia and I watched Iron Chef . Anna came home and watched with us. Cooper stayed with RWC. Soon it was after 9pm and time for the kids to go to bed. I stayed up a little long but was in bed myself before too long. Hope I feel better tomorrow.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous day 20 Best wife ever

2010-01-20T22:34:00.000-06:00

Hubs alarm clock went off at 7:30am this morning. What is wrong with that picture? Hubs is in Atlanta. Oh well, I felt rested and Sofia was stirring around too. We got up, had breakfast, read the paper, then started cleaning. Sofia uses a short swiffer mop to help mommy. We had lunch on her Tinkerbell table. I continued cleaning while she played with her iPhone. I put her down for her nap and showered. I finished cleaning and watched my last two episodes of General Hospital and backed yeast rolls. I mostly fast forwarded through them since the current stories are not too exciting. Anna and Cooper came home had snacks. Anna and I watched an episode of Find My Family and laughed at the cry baby host. It was time to wake Sofia up and cook dinner. I pan cooked Tilapia, made seasoned rice, and french green beans. Gave Sofia a bath. Made popcorn and Sofia, Cooper, and I climbed on my bed to watch American Idol. After AI was over I finished cleaning the kitchen, gathered up dirty clothes and started a load of laundry. I put away some laundry. Hubs plane came in around 8:30pm and he called and said he was starving. So being the most wonderful wife ever I quickly thawed out 2 Tilapia fillets to pan fry, baked a potato, and grated cheese to put on it. It was ready as he walked in the door. I sat with him as he ate then we put Sofia to bed. Hubs will be up working late. 10:32pm and I need to get to bed because 6:20am will be here before I know it.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 19 Errands and TV

2010-01-19T21:06:00.000-06:00

My day started at 7:15am. School day for Sofia. Up, breakfast, dressed, and out the door by 8:30am. Dropped Sofia off at school and went to the gym. I increased my weights because I want to see more changes. After the gym I went to drop off a donation at Goodwill, fill by car with gas, buy Cooper lunch and take it to his school, and stop to get Sushi to bring home for hubs and I. We ate our Sushi then I went to pick up Sofia from school. Stopped to drop off a few prescriptions at the pharmacy. Sofia was so dirty with chalk and paint I had to give her a bath. After her bath I put her down for a nap. Hubs had to leave for the airport but he will be home tomorrow night. I sat my tush on the couch and watched a few weeks of General Hospital to try and catch up. Anna and Cooper came home. Anna wanted to make hot dogs for dinner so I let her do it. Woke Sofia up from her nap and we ate dinner. I cleaned up the kitchen. Anna and Cooper went back to spend the night with RWC so he could take them to school in the morning. Sofia and I watched American Idol, ate popcorn and twizzlers, read stories, colored, and played with her babies. I talked on the phone with Rosita for a few minutes. It's now 9:01pm and I may start my last Twilight audio book when Sofia goes to bed. Maybe I'll watch TV or maybe I'll read. Tomorrow I power clean the house.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 18 TV Time for myself

2010-01-18T22:59:00.000-06:00

Up at 8:30am I could get used to this sleeping late. Got Sofia up, breakfast, dressed, and out the door by 9:45am. Picked up Anna and Cooper from RWC to take them to the pediatrician for their check ups. We made it out by 11:40am at to Abuelita's for lunch. On our way home we stopped to save a tiny little dog that was running on the highway. Anna chased it and led it off to the service road with the help of a man. After about 45 minutes and not being able to pick up the dog I had to make Anna get back in the car leaving another couple trying to catch the little dog. When we got home RWC took Anna and Cooper fishing and they were going to spend another night. I vacuumed out my car, every crack and cranny, wiped and cleaned every surface, and traded out Sofia's car seats. Kids can really make a car dirty. It really needs to be washed but it is going to rain in a few days. When I came in I read my emails, Google reader, and browsed a little. Time to make dinner. I grilled pork chops, made rice, and sugar peas. I haven't done any grilling myself in such a long time that I charred the chops a little and I hate charred meat. After dinner I cleaned up then I starting planning my spring planting. Ok maybe just thinking about it but I did search for a way to make a screened or net enclosure so the birds won't eat and destroy all my veggies this year. Started a load of laundry, gave Sofia a bath, and cleaned up her toys. Put Sofia to bed and sat my butt down to watch Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice season premiers. I am blogging and watching MY SHOWS! It has been forever. I will be going to bed soon.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 17 Back on track

2010-01-17T21:52:00.000-06:00

Ok I have this blog back up to date. Finally a good night's sleep. Hubs made me a cappuccino this morning...yummy! Breakfast, read through the news paper. I finished scanning Cooper's project. We went to Abuelita and Papa's for lunch. Family was all there including Rosita and Jack Aultman. It's nice having them back with us in the family. We ate and visited a while then came home so hubs could rest a while before he got back to working for the evening. Sofia took a nap, hubs napped/watched football. I started transcribing Cooper's stories. I got one completed. We had leftovers for dinner. I cleaned the kitchen, emptied and reloaded dishwasher, gathered laundry and started the first load of two. I really need to clean the house and thought I would do it tomorrow. I forgot tomorrow is MLK day and the kids are off from school and I have to take them to the doctor for their check ups. That will take most of the day. Hmmmmm maybe Tuesday afternoon. I just looked at the clock and it is 9:50pm. Sofia will need to be in bed soon. I would like to start on another one of Cooper's stories before I go to bed. I need to put wash in dryer and start another load first.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 16 A day late again.

2010-01-17T21:37:00.000-06:00

Oh nooooo I have been slacking this weekend. Wrote Friday post on Sat, now writing Sat post on Sunday.
Saturday I slept late because hubs had the great idea of letting sweet Sofia sleep with us. She was so wired from visiting with her Aunt Faith and Uncle Doug that she cried and wiggles all night. Daddy slept right through it. Imagine that. So when I got up Anna and Cooper were eating breakfast and getting ready to go with RWC for the weekend. Hubs, Sofia, and I got ready and went by a shoe shop I love. I bought 3 awesome pairs of shoes for about 80% off!! Then we went for a nice lunch and then it was off to Costco. Once home I worked on my Cooper project, made banana bread, made a salad, baked potatoes, and green beans. Hubs grilled steaks. We did not do too much, I think we watched football. Then Sofia went to bed, hubs continued working and watching football, I read a writing book for a while. Then it was off to bed * and I slept like a brick.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 15 Faith, Hope and Doug

2010-01-16T19:36:00.000-06:00

Usual 6:20am start to my day getting older kids off to school then climbing back into bed until 8:15am. Got Sofia up and fixed her breakfast. Its a cold rainy day again so we will be staying in. Sofia played most of the day while I worked on my scanning project. I am scanning some journal writings from when Cooper was in elementary school. I would like to make something out of them. I wrote a few other blog posts. Sofia took a small nap. We had a surprise visit in the late afternoon. Sonny came to see the kids. She is their 3rd cousin I think. After she left we went to the in-laws for dinner and to visit with Faith and Doug who were in from Destin, Florida. We only see them about once a year. We came home about 9:30pm and Cooper was running a fever. We all went to bed and it was a pretty laid back day. (I am writing this one day late so I may have forgotten something but I asure you it was not exciting or glamorous.)

Glamorous Day 14 Rainy day blahs

2010-01-14T21:09:00.001-06:00

Today started wayyyyy to early thanks to hubs. He had to wake up at 5am or before to leave for the airport and did not make any attempt to let me sleep. Sure he will deny this but he was jabbing his toe nails into my leg and that is no accident then he was banging everything, then he could not find something, blah blah blah. This made for a crappy feeling day with a headache. (Remember this blog is about me and how I feel and what I do) After he left at 5:30am and called and came back because he forgot his coat the kids started getting up for school and when they left it was about time to wake up a sleepy little Sofia for her school. I fried eggs for Sofia and I for breakfast and today she ate. We got ready and out the door without incident. After dropping her off at school I went to the gym for Thursday workout which was hard because I felt so bad. If I do not get enough sleep it physically affects me a lot. After the gym I took a trip out to Walmart, the nice new one, to get milk, shampoo, and browse. I came home started a load of laundry and rearranged a few cabinets and drawers in the kitchen. I decided to take myself to Panera for lunch because I was craving a salad. I had a Salmon Meditaranean salad and it was good. Usually I feel insecure sitting alone eating but today I did not even think of it. Cool! It was time to pick up Sofia so off I went.

Once home with Sofia she was still hungry from lunch so I gave her a yogurt. I put her down for a nap. She stayed awake for a while but eventually fell asleep. I took that time to call my mother and finish going through my last pile of food magazines. Anna and Cooper came home and I had to take Cooper to Trumpet lessons. Abuelita wanted to get out so she picked him up and brought him home. Did I mention it rained all day? Anna and Cooper went with RWC for the evening so Sofia and I had leftovers for dinner. I put her in the bath tub to play and I took a shower. After that she had a popcorn snack and was watching TV while I was scanning a journal that Cooper wrote at school during his elementary years. It is so cute I am trying to think of something really neat to make out of it.

9:02pm and hubs is on his way home from the airport. Sofia is going to bed as soon as he gets here because I am going to bed as well.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 13 Unclutter my brain and desk .

2010-01-13T21:34:00.001-06:00

8:52pm Today after the usual getting the teens out the door, I emptied the the dishwasher, and started a load of laundry. I decided I was going to clear up the catastrophe of my desk and surrounding area. This for me is a very hard task to accomplish and usually ends in several unsuccessful attempts spread over a few weeks and sometimes months. I know you don't understand how that is possible I don't think hubs understands or has a clue have frustrating it is on a daily basis.. I have ADD, attention deficit disorder, and it can make simple tasks a nightmare for me. My brain jumps from one thought to another like an out of control rubber ball is a closed room. I could write a book about the chaos in my mind if I could quiet it enough to get the words out in a comprehensible form. I have to try very hard just to accomplish and remember to accomplish everyday things. It helps me to have a schedule, plan, or routine but even still I may not completely accomplish things. I am hoping that my workout routine and even writing this blog daily will create more structure to my days and ease my daily battle with chaos.

My goal for today was to concentrate on clearing up my desk. Sofia was a doll and played with her play doh, colored, and watched her shows while I tackled the piles. I did really well, even with stopping to make lunch, giving Sofia a bath, and putting her down for a nap. I stopped when Anna and Cooper came home to chat with them. I ran Cooper to the gym for his fitness session, started dinner, went back to get Cooper, and freed Sofia from her bed (again no sleep). Hubs came home from his trip, we ate dinner, Salsbury Steak, mashed potatoes, and garlic sated green beans. I cleaned the kitchen, unloaded the dryer, vacuumed around my desk area and bedroom, and cleaned our air filter. Then I took a few minutes to check my Google Reader and update my Shelfari bookshelf.

Hubs read Sofia a story now it is time for mommy to put her to bed. 9:25pm All the children are in bed, hubs is working and will be getting up very early for another business trip, and I will be blogging, reading, planning, and or thinking before it's light out for me.

So I actually accomplished my goal for today and am quite pleased. I had so many random papers, pictures, business cards, phone numbers, ticket stubs, boxes, cables, and an assortment of things needing to be sorted, filed, recorded, or put away. I still have a few "projects" that need to be completed but they are all in their place until I have the time and focus to tackle them.

Ciao and good night! 9:41pm

Glamorous Day 12 Empty nest

2010-01-12T23:00:00.001-06:00

Today started as usual getting the teens off to school and laying down for 30 more minutes...Hubs makes me feel guilty for that but in all honesty by the time I fall asleep and the alarm goes off I've had about 6 hours of sleep at the most and many times with interruptions. I happen to be a person who needs 7-8 hours of sleep to feel good...so sue me! But I digress. At 7:30am I had to wake a very sleepy Sofia for her 1st day of preschool, I made her oatmeal and milk and tried to feed her but it was a fight and she cried a few times, too early for her. I dressed for the gym, dressed Sofia, chatted with hubs. We both took Sofia to school so daddy could video tape the big event. Sofia was such a little doll with her backpack and lunch. She went right into her classroom and said goodbye without a care. Daddy went home to work and prepare for his big promotion presentation. He's been so nervous but I knew he had it in the bag. He is very intelligent and valuable to his organization and does an outstanding job. He did get the promo!! I went to the gym and worked my tail feathers. Anna texted me from school and asked if I could bring her lunch when I brought her picture money. I had some time to kill so I browsed a favorite home goods store before buying her lunch and running it to her school. I then went to the library to familiarize myself with it since I plan on spending a lot of time there writing. Libraries have really changed and it was so intimidating I had no idea how to find a book or where to start. I asked a librarian and she broke it down for me. At 12:30 it was time to pick up Sofia. So that was my 3 1/2 hours of empty nest.

I peeked in on her and she was sitting at a table eting her lunch and was sooo adorable. The children who were staying all day were starting to lay down for their nap. I went to speak with the owner and pay her tuition. The owner and I get along like old friends so it's nice to have someone to talk too. I went back to get Sofia and she told me, "Mommy, be quiet and don't wake the children," I could just eat her up. We could not go home until hubs called and his meeting was over so we went browsing a few boutiques nearby.

Once home Sofia went down for a nap, and never slept by the way and I had to change her bed because she poured juice everywhere. Hubs had to leave for the airport for an overnight trip. I started the dishwasher. Cooper came in from school and I had to run and pick Anna up. We all had to run out to the bookstore at the mall because Anna needed one of 5 novesl for school and had to have part of it read in 2 days. Of course she new that she would need a book for weeks. Of all the books on her list the store only had one copy left of one of the books. On the bright side, it was a book I wanted to read myself. On the way home we grabbed burgers and stopped at the grocery store to buy deli meat and bread. Once home watched the season premier of American Idol. I only like the auditions and never watch the rest of the season. My sniffling and sneezing was getting worse so I took some allergy medicine. Everyone bathed and went to bed. I spoke on the phone to hubs briefly because he had work to prepare for his meetings tomorrow. I don't even remember where he is. Charlotte, N.C. I think. He will be home tomorrow late evening and leave again the next morning for another destination. No fun.

10:54pm and I am blogging from bed and tired. I will call it a night and hope I get to sleep soon.

Ciao and good night.

Glamorous Day 11 No Sick days for mommy

2010-01-11T21:23:00.001-06:00

Usual morning routine starting at 6:20am lunches made, breakfast of sausage and pancakes made, medicine and vitamins distributed, load of laundry started. Do not have to drive Anna and Cooper to school this week it's RWC's turn. I am still feeling flu-ish or like I have a head cold. I climbed back in bed and managed to fall back asleep for about 30 minutes. Got up, got Sofia up, heated up our pancakes and sausage. Check my email, transfered clothes to dry and started another load. Unloaded dishwasher and cleaned up kitchen. Got myself dressed and got Sofia dressed to go out and about. We made a stop at the music shop to get Cooper a gadget called a Berp for his trumpet, went int the fabric store for some thread, went to the Dollar store for junk, and then made our way to Abuelita's to return a few dishes. After a brief visit we went by McD's and grabbed a Happy Meal, ick, then ran into TJ Max to browse. We got home about 2:30ish and I put Sofia down for a nap, she never slept. I was feeling worse and took more medicine. Anna and Cooper came in from school. I started another load of laundry and folded a load from the dryer. I ironed Cooper's scout uniform then started dinner. I made Ham, glazed carrots, and scalloped potatoes (peeled, sliced etc.all fresh from scratch) Cleaned up the kitchen, put another load of clothes in dryer and now I need to put away Sofia's laundry so I can find her an outfit for her first day of school tomorrow. Yawn! Ding! the dryer calls... Anna went to tennis lessons and Cooper went to scouts. Checked my Google reader for news.

Called both grandmother's. Anna came home sick. 9:15pm Kids all in bed. I have clothes to put away, picture money check to write, and think about my to do list for tomorrow. Then I am off to bed. 9:29pm

Ciao! Good night.

Glamorous Day 10 Long night, long day

2010-01-10T22:11:00.000-06:00

Last night was another cold one. Hubs had the great idea of keeping Sofia in our bed. That is always rough because she keeps me awake for hours, past 2am this time. Then at some point she turns her wiggling towards daddy and I get a few hours of sleep. Up around 9am I made oatmeal for breakfast, browsed the paper, checked and updated a few blogs. Hubs started on a closet project. I cooked salmon patties and mac & cheese for lunch. Cleaned up the dishes and started on the spaghetti sauce and meatballs for dinner. Yes I make my own sauce and slow cook it for hours, no jars for us. Hubs family tradition was pasta on Sundays so I try to keep that up. I then tackled the entrance forms for Sofia's school. Only 18 pages long to fill out and 17 signatures to sign. Put Anna's tennis match dates in the calendar and filled out her picture form.

4:08pm Not feeling to well. Heavy eyes, runny nose, and slight head ache so I finally got around to taking an allergy pill. Watching the sauce simmer. Need to pick up Sofia's mess and redistribute clutter. Spoke with my aunt Donna and then with my mother on the telephone. Worked a few minutes on my cookbook project which will be expanded to three cookbooks. Read a few writing articles and synced my iPhone.

6:55pm Anna and Cooper are back. We had dinner with only one small incident, Cooper spilling grated cheese. Anna cleaned plates and one pot then made her hasty exit to her room. I sent Cooper to practice his trumpet, OUCH he's only been playing 4 months. Hubs retreated to his closet clean up which is a major task. Sofia went upstairs to play. I finished the kitchen clean up. I am making my to do list for tomorrow. Aside from my usual routine I need ...interupted by Cooper not wanting to practice more than 15 minutes. I am really sleepy maybe from lack of sleep last night, cold medicine, or both. I think I need to get my desk cleaned up some more. Nawww I'll read a few blogs, search a few books, and now it's time to give Sofia a bath and I will shower. Add last Twighlight audiobook to my iPhone. That done I empty the dishwasher, make Sofia a snack, and cook sausage for breakfast. Put Sofia to bed. Here I sit blogging @ 9:54pm.

My "regular" week starts again tomorrow so I'll start making my final pass through the house. Pick up the kids laundry to start in the morning. Make a to do list for tomorrow so I remember what I need to do and update grocery list. Then it's off to snuggle in my bed for another night of mid 20's.

Ciao and good night. 10:10pm

Glamorous Day 9 Lazy day

2010-01-09T21:43:00.001-06:00

To day has been a lazy day. It's cold outside so I got up late *, showered, read the paper, fixed lunch (too late for breakfast) called a friend and talked for 1 hour, put Sofia for a nap, wrote yesterday's blog, cleaned up Sofia's messes, did a little internet reading, made artisan bread dough (from scratch and by hand). Now it is 5:38pm and my stomach says its time for dinner. Hubs is going to grill steaks and I need to to start the baked potatoes and green beans. I think I will saute a few shrimp with red chili and ginger dipping sauce while we wait on the steaks. Sofia is awake but a little grumpy so I will need to work around her. Bon Appetit

7:51pm Dinner was great. I whipped up Bananas Foster for dessert. Hubs is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and loves it. We also tried a new wine... not our favorite so I added a squeeze of a meyer lemon (off of my tree) and some sprite. Something we do in this house is eat very well most of the time. Cleaned up the kitchen and sitting by the fire glimpsing at the Dallas Cowboy vs Phili. Eagles surfing the web, checking out twitter.

9:19pm Spent too much time looking at books on Amazon, I call it research for my book. I wish I had "all" the time to read and all the books. Electronic book readers seem nice but I really like holding the book and I often choose books by their cover. I spent some time reading Spanish Poverbs...I like: " If I die, I will forgive you. If we live, we shall see"

9:40pm I thing I will be signing of without much more activity except getting ready for bed at a leisurely pace.

Addendum: I had to come back and add. I added a new post to a blog I last updated last May Art You Ready. 10:45pm I'm done.

Ciao, good night.

Glamorous Day 8 House Housekeeper to Hot Momma

2010-01-09T14:06:00.000-06:00

Shame I missed blogging last night. Now I have to go back into my busy mind and recreate yesterday.
6:20 early to rise. Lunches, breakfasts, meds, school taxi, home, back to bed briefly, get Sofia up, breakfast, the usual morning routine. Then I began cleaning, not just wiping the tops, actual cleaning like a real S@HM should. Here is the short list vacuum carpet and floors (moving rugs and furniture), dust, clean wood blinds and shutters, clean kitchen counters, wipe major appliances, wipe chair rails, doors, light switches, clean masterbath including baseboards, shower, floors by hand on my knees, put away all remnants of Christmas. Somewhere in there I made lunch, did laundry, and put Sofia down for a nap (she never went to sleep). At the end of the day I was tired. Anna was going to abuelita's for the night and Cooper was going with RWC's for the weekend. I asked hubs if we could take Sofia to MaMa (mother in law) and we could go have sushi, not at one of our local spots, but to a father away place we really like called AKA. I got myself transformed from Cinderella the housekeeper to the hot momma and off we went. It was awesome.

We stopped at Sam's Club to buy something, picked up Sofia, came home, watched Planet of the Apps (iPhone applications), watched weather, put Sofia to bed, and then it was lights out! To late to blog.

Ciao!

Glamorous Day 7 Don't crank call a crank!

2010-01-07T21:03:00.001-06:00

Who dares to disturb my sleep!!!

I did get to listen to Twighlight for a while last night then went to sleep but my phone rang 3 times before 3am in the morning, same "private caller" that called the other day at 5am. He lets it ring once and hangs up. The caller's number 832-877-1548 is if anyone feels like making a crank call in the middle of the night. I did call him back at 6:30am and woke him up and asked him to stop calling. Doubt that will help.

Was up at my usual 6:20am to make lunches, breakfasts, and pass out meds. 6:45am drove kids to school. As Anna is on her way out of the car she informs me that she forgot her art drawing. I will have to take it back to the school before lunch. Once at home I get back in bed and chat with hubs until he get's up at 7:45ish. I stayed there until 8:45. Got up, got Sofia up, gave her breakfast, vitamins, medicine for a cold. I showered and got ready for the gym. I tried to give myself an excuse not to go like Sofia needed to stay in from the cold but hubs offered to watch her even though he had a call to listen to. I hurried out so I could get home quickly. I dropped off Anna's art, went to the gym and did a fast but hard 40 minute workout and rushed home. Hubs was on the phone, my mother called, and Sofia was in my room crying. I think she started when she heard me come in the door. I held her and loved her for a few minutes then we went into the kitchen to make lunch. I threw together an Italian beef (I had some leftover brisket), pasta, vegetable soup...Pasta Fagioli of sorts. I also made toasted ham and three cheese sandwiches. I rock the impromptu meal thing. As I was cleaning up Sofia threw her soup on the floor...so more cleaning to do! I gathered up more dirty clothes and started the washer. Put Sofia down for a nap but as I type I can hear her playing like a wild woman. I will need to go up and try to settle her down. Looks like hubs is taking a nap. Must be nice.
I have to pick up some more and Anna and Cooper will be home. When they get home today I have to take Cooper to Trumpet lessons. Then I will probably have to start something for dinner.

When Cooper got home we had a discussion about what activities he likes (band, scouts, tennis, video games), school, and priorities. He had a friend come over to play and stay for dinner. I decided on simple kid friendly food...hot dogs, bourbon brown sugar baked beans, and chips. Hubs and I had champagne, does that count as glamorous?

7pm it was time to sit down and watch BCS National Championship football game. Texas v Alabama. I put on my jammies, washed my face, and put on my face cream. Anything to have a little more time to listen to Twighlight and glance at the game when the kids go to bed. I'm rooting for Texas and hubs is for Alabama.

Hook em' Horns! Ciao and good night. 9:03pm