BAND, BAND, and ONLY ONE MORE BAND

I'm off to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, for the OBA band contest. This is the LAST one for the year--thank the heavens!!! Not that I don't love the band, the members, and the show they perform. I'm just tired of having to travel (long trips every time) on the weekends. Pray for my safe return, please. Thanks and have a great weekend!

Just so I can get some empathy from someone, I'm going to post my day. To me today felt like a year.

4:10am---wake up, BUT am able to get right back to sleep---I think the progesterone is working!!!

6:20am--wake up for the day.
6:40am--leave house to take oldest son to band practice. Tomorrow is the last day for early practices, Thanks Be To God!
6:55am--return home and get other kids up (I didn't leave them alone; their dad was here)
7:00am----3:15pm---normal, everyday things---school drop-offs, visit grandma, make necessary phone calls (today I had to call for volunteers for tomorrow's Fall Party), lunch, dishes, referee two pre-schoolers, yadda, yadda, yadda, fold 4 loads laundry, pick up kids from school.
3:45pm--Here's where the fun begins on Thursdays. Drop off two girls for gymnastics
4:10pm-Take oldest daughter to meet swim team car pool.
ALL MORNING AND AFTERNOON: pray for oldest son who is trying out for high school basketball team today
5:45pm--pick up gymnists, wait in car and watch video at car pool pick up spot until
6:20pm--pick up swimmer from car pool
6:25pm-return home. Feed kids something-----they picked chili and/or frito chili pie. Just left-overs, so not much to go around.
7:00pm-drop off oldest daughter at high-stepping class
7:10pm-pick up oldest son and two friends from band practice (oldest son had a 12 hour day---band, school, basketball tryouts, then another band practice from 5pm-7pm) and take friends home (it was my day to carpool for band) Learn that son made the high-school golf team!! Yeah!! Also find out that he has good enough grades to opt out of his trimester finals in EVERY class he has!!! Yeah for that, too!!!!!!!
8:00pm-pick up oldest daughter from high-steppers
8:10--order pizza (because one bowl of left over chili wasn't enough for everyone and I had nothing else planned. My bad!) and bathe three kids
8:35- drive to pick up pizza.
8:50---everyone at table for pizza. Everyone is too tired to even get drinks, so we all just sit there and gripe about how thirsty we all are. fun.
9:05---kids getting ready for bed----teeth brushing, etc.
9:45--finally get kids in bed, all except the two oldest. Oldest son is completing homework, and oldest daughter has broken her orthodontic appliance so she couldn't enjoy the pizza. I'm out the door to get her a milkshake because I feel guilty she's not eating anything ( and a little worried because she's 12 years old and only weighs 70 pounds. She HAS to eat something----the ortho appointment isn't until next Wed.)
11:00pm---Me---in my pajamas. Contacts out. Start load of laundry. Think about picking up family room, but it was just done yesterday and will get messy again tomorrow, so why even bother? I'll clean it tomorrow. I just hope I don't have the occasion to wish I had it clean in the middle of the night. This will be my luck.
Good-night, folks. After reading this, I'm sure you're now as tired as I. I really dislike Thursdays!!!

OOPS!

This is what happens when the three-year-old gives the pedicure. I should have thought twice when I agreed to let her put lotion on my feet. Thank goodness is was on the kitchen floor and not the living room carpet!

HANG 'EM High

THIS is why I think that the maker of Play-Doh should be hung by his toenails. It had to have been a man because it is obvious that no woman would have invented this stuff. How am I going to get this dark blue Play-Doh out of my daughter's new, light pink shirt???????????????
Growl, Frown.

It's Been A Long Time

I just noticed that I've not posted anything since last Wednesday. I think this is my record amount of time between posts.

I took my youngest to the pumpkin patch today with her preschool class. It was great fun.
She picked out a pumpkin, visited the petting zoo (gag!), and had a hayrack ride.

I did most of my housework before I took the kids to school this morning, so this afternoon holds nothing but a few loads of laundry, one soccer practice, and making supper. I think I'll make a pot of chili. Ummmm................sounds good.

How is everyone???????????????????/