Mindless, boring, daily things...

I have decided that I never blog because people never actually read it so I am just wasting my time and energy typing away mindless information...thus the reason I never have this updated!!!
Some days I think that I will actually do this and keep up with it and then reality sets in and I realize that is a big illusion! Plus my life is so busy that I don't have 5 minutes to sit down and think about what I am going to write and words don't always come so easily...it takes me forever to think up a title for my blog, let alone what I am actually going to say in it!
So today I am talking about absolutely nothing and I am just typing away...crazy how that is!!! If I was to actually think of something interesting I would be sitting here trying to figure out how to type it up and what to say first, but because I have nothing to say it is just coming very freely...mindnumbing I know!!! It is really sad that it comes down to this and the reason I can not keep this blog up to date, because I think my life is boring and not so interesting...sad but true...I have however gotten into blog reading...I have a few favorites, ever been to www.thepioneerwoman.com. She is hilarious and I just love her approach to her daily life, check it our sometime...I also read Heidi Swapp's blog, did you know she is living in China? She is really an inspiration...check her out at www.heidiswapp.com. Another one is Elsie Flannagan, she is a little off the wall, but in a good way...you should check her out at www.abeautifulmess.typepad.com she will make your day.
Are you a blog reader, can you recommend some good blogs to me...maybe they will inspire me to actually keep mine up to date...but then again maybe not!

A day in the life of me!

Friday, 15 February 2008
So I promised I would be so good about keeping up with the blog thing...it figures I wouldn't do it. I just find that I get so wrapped up in other things and activities that typing a message on my blog is the last thing on my mind. Just to give you an idea of my busy life, here is a sample schedule
6:40am wake up
7:30am bus call
7:30am-8:30am computer time-scrapbook.com-I sneak alot of time on this site!
9:30am-2:30pm work
2:30pm home/drop off goodie bags for cheerleading/errands/etc
3:15pm bus call
4pm guitar lessons/church classes/make dinner/do laundry/etc
5pm computer time or type emails to the many Girl Scout cookie moms that have a million questions
6pm dinner/sometimes a meeting/basketball games 2 times a week/homework help/laundry
7pm-11pmdinner/more meetings/more laundry/cub scout meeting/Girl Scout meeting/make corsages/answer phone calls from girl scout cookie moms with a million questions/ catch up on more emails/sign all school papers/get crafts ready for next volunteer activity/ the list goes on and on
11pm-bedtime/sometimes I can catch a few tv shows that are on earlier in the evening before my eyelids get heavy! Rarely do I get through an entire show, but last night I watched 2 survivors! I can't believe it, but dinner did not get cooked and my ds did homework for 4 hours! He really likes to drag it out.
Just by looking at my schedule it doesn't seem all that busy, but for some reason I always feel like I am coming and going constantly! Especially for the month of February...I have more plans for this month than any other month of the year...note to self:plan better next year! I did not realize I would be involved in so much volunteer work: girl scout cookie coordinator, cheer video, banquet prep for cheerleading, teaching 2 classes at a Girl Scout retreat, International Bazaar for Girl Scouts, basketball championship games, not to mention that my work is slammed right now!!! Put in sick kids, a sinus infection, dentist appt, dermatologist appt, and there are no days left in a week!
On a positive note my dd's girls basketball team has made it to the championships! We play Saturday evening for the title! I am so excited. Our school is not well known for our winning teams! Except for our cheerleaders, we have been state champs since 2004! So this is a big surprise for our basketball team to be so good, and what a fabulous feeling to be winners! Our football team never won a game all season!!! Needless to say we are getting a new coach this year, hope that will turn our luck around!
I am by no means complaining, I love my busy life, but sometimes it is necessary for me to take a step back and breath! This is one of those times! I just need a few more hours in my day to get more things done, like housework, cleaning, bill paying...as it is I do that in spurts, I carry a glove duster around with me and just dust as I go getting everyone up in the morning and such...I am sure my schedule is no different than many others, it just seems at times overwhelming...must learn to say NO!!!! I actually know the word well, just didn't realize my commitments with all these volunteer activities would overlap each other during January-March with the busyiest month being February! Not to mention that my dh's company is moving and he has been working non stop this month, long hours, weekend working, so I have to deal with the kids by myself, get them everywhere, take them with me everywhere, my ds just loves this...he's gone to work with me several times this week...my 2 day a week job turned into 3-4 days this week, and again the last week of the month, so as the saying goes when it rains it pours...well the flood gates are open at my house for this month!

So this blog thing...

Okay I have never been that good at keeping up with a journal, and I guess a blog is just that, a journal. So for me I will always forget to say a little something everyday. Is that bad or wrong, its not like anyone really even looks at my blog or reads it. I just do it for my own personal enjoyment. Crazy as it sounds, I really don't know how to use it very well, but I am hoping to get better at it soon!

Christmas was a wonderful day for us! We slept in until 9:30 and took hours to open all the gifts. The kids were thrilled with everything, I think...Here's some pictures of the kids opening gifts...

So today is the day that we start our Christmas decorating. We had thought we might have our floors replaced first and then decorate, but we realize that we may not have enough time right before Christmas to put up our trees and all my stuff! My ds would be so upset if we didn't do our annual activities, so we started last night hauling all 21 rubbermaid boxes out of the attic, this morning I have already went through 17 of the boxes and done some reorganizing, giving several decorations away to charity and putting other decorations back into the attic because we will not be using them this year. I use to put up 6 trees but last year it was 3 and this year I am thinking it will be 3 again, not counting my 2-3ft little trees, one goes on my front porch and the other goes in my dining room, except this year it might find a new home...
My dd has gone a little modern in her decorating, she has what I call a Charlie Brown tree, except glittery and it is only about 3 ft tall, no lights are needed and she puts orange, hot pink, green and blue light bulb ornaments. It is kind of fun and matches her room really well. She use to love gingerbread and her tree was decorated with pastel colored decorations...it has been several years since she has wanted to do that again.
My ds is crazy about decorating, this year he is going to add his Webkinz to his tree, he has 25 of them, we usually hand make many of the ornaments he puts on his tree, but this year it is going to be all about his toys! He even wants to put some of his McDonald toys on hooks for the tree. He saw this at the Festival of Trees last year, so now he wants to do it. Not only do we decorate a tree for his room, but he puts out little decorations around his room, it is really cute, he likes his room to look like the rest of the house...so funny!
I use to put a tree in my room with Girl Scout decorations, I use to be in a group for Girl Scouts that did a holiday swap of ornaments. We would make 10 of the same ornament and receive 10 different ornaments in return, I did this for several years and have over 100 ornaments, some of which are GS related others just homemade...I love that tree, but it is just too much work to put yet another tree up so that one won't go up this year. The group is no longer doing the swap so no new ornaments anyway. My living room tree is decorated in snowmen, one year I had a 10 ft tree, another year it was a 7ft tree, this year I think I will use my smaller 6 ft. tree, it doesn't take up much room. Of course I have over 300 snowmen ornaments, they will not all fit on the small tree, but when the 10 ft one is up, I almost don't have enough ornaments!!! Crazy as it sounds! My mom offered her prelit tree, I may decide to use it, but it is a 45 minute drive to her house and I am not sure I want to go that far, we will have to see. I haven't bought any of the pre lit trees because I like tons more lights than they put on those pre lit trees. Every year I say I am going to get one and every year I always complain about not enough lights...I guess I need to spend the big bucks to get one with lots of lights.
I know my decoratings sounds like an obsession and maybe it is, but I just love this time of year and the magic of the season. I of course love the reason we celebrate and love to teach my children about the importance of the day-Jesus' Birthday, I like to tell the kids we are decorating for his birthday...and we like to go all out because he is that important in our life!
I also love having a family tradition of making the cookies and getting the decorations down, listening to music and having family time. There is always a disagreement or 2 because not all of my family share in the decorate every room in your house theory! Can you guess who that is? My DH!!!!! He is a Bah Humbug~! Only for the decorations, he loves Christmas morning and watching the kids light up with excitement. I guess my obsession has really gotten to him! This year he hasn't even complained, he actually bought 3 new fans for my blow up snowman that bit the dust last year! I can't believe he is going to fix it! He also has been helping with the decorating too. Speaking of decorating, I must get back to that or I will never finish! I just wanted to share a little of my Christmas spirit with everyone!

My first blog

Wow! I guess I have started my very first blog! Can't say I have anything interesting going on in my life, just that I am extremely busy with lots of activities. I just thought I would finally agree with my husband and start a blog. Some people may find it entertaining to read about my crazy life!

For starters this week while out of town we had a water leak from the water line on the fridge. Needless to say we have water everywhere and now we have 4 very loud fans and 2 dehumidifiers that are guests in our home for 3 days! What fun it is to scream over the noise, but the hope is those fans will dry up the water in the floors! My hardwood floors, only 3 years old and we now have big problems with warp! Guess we will be rearranging the house soon when they start the repairs. Just what I need more work added to my already busy load. Today I will spend unpacking from a week away and starting laundry, cleaning the horribly messing son's room(when I am gone, he destroys) and maybe getting a little scrapping in.

I really want to be getting out all of my Christmas decortions, but with the leak that will have to wait a week till the water is dried up. Too much chaos in the Goswick home!!! I want to go out of town again, it was easier that way!