Let the FUN begin

(I tried to post this night before last...crappy internet connection...ugh.)

In my attempts to get the kids to focus on what few chores I needed them to do over the long weekend, I wrote them out a list.  I try to ask things that shouldn't take too  much time out of their day, so that they can have MORE then ample time to play and draw and what not.  I was working all day, 4 days out of the last 5, while Jason was home a large majority of the time.  So the list was also to help him not go completely batty trying to remember what the heck the kids were Suppose to be doing.

May no good intention (with long list or short) go unpunished in this family.  I honestly doesn't matter what you promise, threaten, or blatantly bribe my kids with, they will still MINDlessly carry on with play time or steal away time on the t.v. during that time after I've left for work, but before Jason rouses from his sleep meds, or vanish to a quiet spot to draw the hours away.  None of these are BAD things, just irritating as crap after happening SO many times I'd like to remove ALL drawing supplies, toys, and unplug the tv's. 

Needless to say, they got in plenty of play time -- till I got home from work.  Poor Jason, thought they were doing at least SOME degree of work that would let us all hang out and enjoy the new Clue game we went and got.  I went into Robbie's room to put away some clothes I'd hung up from the dryer, and opened her closet door -- Oh NO she did NOT!  I SO wish I'd taken a picture.  She honest to GOODNESS has her walk in closet SO full it was up to MY KNEE, right against the door!  Sheesh...... *sigh....this too shall pass, and OH do I need to carry my camera.  If for no other reason, to show her what HER version of getting her room "all squared away" meant when SHE has kids and is upset over their version of cleaning up. 

OH WELL.  They've done what they've done, they've left the rest, and I was 100% determined not to torment them for ignoring me and "THE LIST". 

So, this is the FUN I have ahead of me....

1.) Packing up all my sewing supplies into neat and accessable boxes.

2.) Finish tending to current laundry piles, starting with the 4 loads of clean stuff sitting in the corner of the family room waiting to be hung/folded/put away.

3.) Sort thru, empty out, and eliminate ALL I possibly can from the kids room, and then ours. 

I've got 4 full days, and then Sunday to rest.  I WAS going to start in the garage, till we found out we need to have the house ready for people to do walk thrus.

OH, yeah, the owner of this crappy house decided to put the house on the market instead of trying to rent it out.  I SO wish I could tell potential buyers all the stuff that needs to be fixed so they could use that info to get a super deal on this place.  IF ONLY the repairs were made, I'd SO stay here till time to transfer.

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I can't keep my train of thought -- Jason found ALL of Terry Pratchett's books' audio versions, and is listening to one.  Okay, these books are so funny he'll be reading them and just burst out in VERY loud laughter.  NOW -- we're experiencing the thrill of listening to someone other then Jason, with that wonderful British accent, reading the stories, and OH is it funny.  You just can't have a British story read by a girl with an American accent.  I've tried to read it outloud to the kids --- ugh, nooo, let's NOT do that again.  I think I'll be listening to Jason and Randy yuck it up for the next hour till I have to kick them off to bed :o).

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So, I got "tagged" by Austin.  I'm not exactly UP with the whole blogging thing, but what exactly does that mean?  Am I supposed to check my face book?  my internet connection is sickeningly slow, so I've not checked that in a while.

Ah, dang it --I still need to introduce the kids.....AH too much to do.  But it'll all be over soon - right?  So long as our move is I'm good.