What a Fine Day to be Proud of Myself

2 breakfasts made & eaten- check
2 lunches made & packed - check
2 kids dressed, brushed and ready for school - check
2 backpacks stuffed with all the necesseties - check
3 snacks packed (2 for the hypoglycemic kid) - check
vitamins and antibiotics (strep)taken - check
1 kid to the bus on time - check
1 kid driven to school on time - check
Sweatshirt to school for kid who tried to dodge it - check
Vote - check

Return home, take one look at the gross carpet in my basement and decide that I cannot take it for one more millisecond. So I called Floors of Distinction and they are sending someone out to measure for new flooring today at 11:30 so.....

1.5 hours to:
pick up all the clutter (kids' stuff mostly!) and put it where it belongs - check
vacuum (not supposed to do this yet) - check
dust - check
clean the kitchen - check
do the dishes - check
throw in a load of laundry - check
clean the basement bathroom - check

All before 11:30 am. Just call me super-mom (or nuts). I'm going to take a nap now!

Leaves EVERYWHERE!

I love Fall, just not in my house. The kids & the husband have spent the last many days raking up huge piles of leaves in the yard (to jump in, not bag up). I have to say this is always one of my favorite things to do too (jump in leaves, not rake them). So what's the problem? There are leaves ALL over the house that have been tracked in on socks, in hair... you get the picture. Normally I would not obsess about this because, while I like to think my house is basically clean, it's not Martha Stewart clean and I can take a little mess. When the mess gets to the point that I can't take it anymore, I would normally just clean it up but it's bugging me right now because I can't vacuum and I have to rely on my husband to take care of it. Stop laughing, really. He's a really good guy, just not very intuitive. So I asked him to vacuum last WEDNESDAY. Finally, yesterday I got really bitchy and TOLD him to vacuum. He did - one hour before we had 3 adults and 7 kids over for an outdoor dinner/bonfire. I'm guessing you can figure out what the house looks like today for yourself. Except it's actually worse now. I found leaves in all 3 bathroom sinks, in the kid's rooms, in my room, EVERYWHERE. The best part about it is that HE's gone hunting today and I get to sit in the house and look at the leaves everywhere. Or maybe not - maybe I'll go out all day just so I can stop obsessing!