2013.07.25 Thursday

Thursday was an extremely productive day. I: 

Babysat Ruby all day. 

Cleaned the entire house (kitchen, living room, dining room, our room, John's room, downstair's room, bathroom)

Got the guest room ready for our house sitters 

Did 4 loads of laundry (washed, dried, folded AND put away)

Packed for vacation

Packed for John's week at Oma and Opa's

Went to visit Lubie and meet Sylvan

Drove down to Indiana

2013.07.23 Tuesday

Last week, John woke up with a raspy voice one morning. It was adorable and I smiled whenever he talked. 

Last night/this morning, I woke up with a sore throat, and yes, the same raspy voice as John. Let me tell you, it is not adorable and no one should smile at it! This sore throat is miserable. Along with it, I have a nasty head cold, stuffed up sinuses, a horrible headache, and snot dripping into my already queasy throat/stomach. This raspy voice business is no fun. I apologize, John, for smiling when I'm sure you just felt miserable.

That being said, I did little today but mope around. 

We got our carpets cleaned, so I did clean the living room/move all of the furniture into the dining room.  

I also emptied and loaded the dishwasher and made eggs and toast. 

Other than that, we hung out in the basement or the back yard and played/sat most of the day. 

It's now 9:00pm and I am going to bed, armed with my hanky, water, and throw up bowl. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep!

2013.07.22 Monday

I was so productive today! I'm starting to babysit Ruby, a little girl a month younger than John, 3 days a week and today was my first day. I wasn't expecting to get anything done except watching the two of them, but I did!

Today (along with watching two kids) I: 

Took a shower, did my hair, and got dressed

Made a breakfast of eggs and toast

Cleaned the kitchen

Watched 2 episodes of How I met Your Mother

Unloaded the dishwasher

Washed all the sheets (dried too)

Vacuumed the living room

Swept the dining room and kitchen

Loaded the dishwasher

Rocked a kid to sleep 3 times

Sorted through John's toys

Folded some laundry (not a whole load, but some)

2013.07.15-2013.07.19

What did I do this week? 

Monday: 

Mom stayed here last night because she was presenting on a panel today, so I briefly woke up to say by to her and then drifted in and out until John woke up. 

We had delicious blueberries from VanKley's and cereal for breakfast. 

After using teamwork to break a bowl (this kid is getting an attitude...) that smashed into a million pieces all over the floor, I swept, vacuumed, and mopped the whole kitchen/dining room while John sat screaming (and later eating food) in his high chair (the only safe place I could find for him). 

Eric has training at Calvin this week, so he came home for his lunch break. We had Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. 

Took a nap. 

Unpacked from my weekend in DeMotte. 

Watched the Bachelorette while Eric put John to bed. 

Tuesday: 

Slept in. The joys of having my kid sleep until 10:00. 

Ate egg and toast and blueberries and cereal for breakfast. Most important meal of the day right?

Took a shower AND shaved my legs. 

Had spaghetti for lunch.

Skyped with Alicia while John napped. 

Made spanish rice and refried beans for supper.

Put away laundry (from last week). 

Wednesday: 

Got up with my hubby and had an egg and toast for breakfast. 

Went back to bed because John was still sleeping. 

Got up at 9 because Brendan was coming over (John was still sleeping, but didn't last much longer).

Made whole-wheat blueberry pancakes for breakfast. 

Hung out with two fun little boys all morning. 

Tried to clean the kitchen (I unloaded and loaded the dishwasher, but didn't get to the pans). 

Hung out with Kelly for the afternoon.

We ordered Pizza for lunch. 

Wasn't feeling so hot after eating nearly half a pizza, so I did nothing for the rest of the day. 

Eric had to work late, so I watched "How I met your mother" after John went to bed and then fell asleep.

Thursday: 

Had my toast and egg for breakfast when Eric got up, then went back to bed.

Slept in again. This kid is getting me in a bad habit, but I don't mind. 

Blueberries and Melon for breakfast.

Made pasta for lunch. 

Took a nap.

Met Ruby's mom (I'm going to start watching Ruby 3 days a week).

Went grocery shopping. 

Put all of the groceries away!

Had Jimmy John's for supper (I know, silly thing to do right after I bought groceries, but Eric mentioned it as an option and it sounded so good that I couldn't refuse).

Washed and dried two loads of laundry. 

Friday: 

Toast and Egg for breakfast and I didn't go back to bed! (I fell asleep on the couch...)

I made a stew and put it in the crock pot for supper. 

Mac-n-cheese for lunch. 

Cleaned the whole kitchen (yes, I finally washed all the dishes)

Straightened the living room

Ate delicious stew for supper. 

Went over to Kelly and Dylan's new house to see the inside and so Eric could fix the electrical in their kitchen. 

Folded some laundry. 

I'm sure there must be some seriously time-consuming task that occupied the rest of my time that I'm forgetting about... (I won't tell you that it's just been watching "How I met your mother" every time I have a chance).

2013.07.12 Friday

I was pretty lazy this morning. 

I slept in and cuddled with my baby boy. 

I packed up a weekend bag. 

I folded about one and a half (out of six) loads of laundry.  

I took a shower. 

This afternoon I rode with Mom from GR to DeMotte. 

We stopped in Valpo to get some greens and a present for my cousin's shower on Sunday. 

I got to see and spend time with Joe and Marie, my cousin Tyler and Tracy, and JENNA!!!!

I ate delicious rice and greens for supper and had fresh blueberries. So good. 

I continued to read my Nicholas Sparks novel. 

I hung out at Amber and William's for a late night bonfire. 

2013.07.11 Thursday

Today I: 

Had a fruit parfait for breakfast before John woke up (now that's what I call relaxing). 

Did about 6 loads of laundry (washed and dried, yet to be folded or put away). 

Cleaned the kitchen (first time since we got back from vacation).

Swept/vacuumed all the floors (a necessity when you have indoor dogs). 

Read a good chunk of a book (someone left a Nicholas Sparks novel in our van...).

2013.07.10 Wednesday

Ahhh... a full night's sleep in my bed was seriously needed. 

My kiddo slept in again this morning, and so did I. 

After a lazy morning and breakfast of dry cereal, we sorted all the laundry from vacation and started getting it done. 

Lunch was eggs again because we had nothing else. 

After lunch we took a nap. 

When we woke up we went to the doctor, which took an hour and a half, and then went grocery shopping. 

Woo hoo! We have food again. 

After putting the groceries away and doing more laundry, I didn't feel like cooking so we grilled brats and ate them with saurkraut for supper. Yum. 

Mom came over after supper because she is in GR for a conference, so John (and Eric and I) got to hang out with his Oma for a while before bedtime. 

Now for another good night's sleep. 

2013.07.09 Tuesday

Back from vacation! I can't believe I've been gone for two weeks. We had a blast, but you can peek at my other blog to hear more about it (when I get around to it that is).

We got back LATE last night (around 1:30am) so I was thrilled that John slept in until 10:00am today. I could get used to that!

After he got up we had a breakfast of oatmeal and fruit (fruit from the freezer because we have minimal amounts of food in the house).

Our dogs were fairly happy to have us back, so we spent a good amount of the morning playing with them. John was happy to see them too. 

For lunch I made eggs, refried beans, and heated up some corn tortillas because I couldn't find anything else to eat. I think I should go grocery shopping soon. 

After lunch we emptied out the WHOLE van. Pearl helped by cleaning/licking the crumbs from the various corners of the van. John got sick of eating snacks in his carseat after 20 hours in the van so the snacks got thrown all over. It was pretty messy. John helped by climbing in and out of the van and handing me anything he found that looked interesting, but not interesting enough to keep playing with. 

My emptying the van turned into throwing everything into a big old pile in the middle of the kitchen, so once that was done, I had to start organizing. Most of the clothes ended up in a big pile of dirty laundry. Some clothes, the toys, the snacks, the baby gear, and all the extras got put away. That felt like enough of an accomplishment for the day, so I didn't feel too guilty leaving the kitchen a mess with a giant pile of laundry in the corner. 

While John took a nap, I took a shower and finished up putting some of the extra vacation items away. 

I ate my leftover beans and tortillas for supper and made John and Eric some mac and cheese. 

Once John was in bed, I curled up in my lazy boy and caught up on the "Bachelorette" episodes that I missed. 

Needless to say, I was ready to catch up on some zzz's after that.