Time is ticking down until I have to stuff our family (again) into a minivan and drive for a good 4+ hours. This means that I should probably have things prepared and ready to go for when that moment arrives (as it stands, we’re planning to leave early on Thursday). Because having to throw everything together Thursday morning would, in a word, suck. So in an effort to be at least somewhat organized, here is what I should be doing today:
- Make up a few packing lists so we can cut down on the number of “Oh man, you know what we forgot?” moments.
- Laundry. Lots and lots of laundry. And after that? More laundry.
- Pick up the kitchen, including washing dishes and mopping the floor so neighbor won’t be horrified when coming over to care for dogs.
- Ask said neighbor if he can even watch the dogs. For all we know, he’ll be out of town this weekend!
- Figure out, once and for all, what shirt i will wear with my jeans on Saturday. I have an idea, but I think that shirt is a bit tight and probably not conducive to breastfeeding easily.
- Make sure my business cards are packed.
- List out-grown prefolds (cloth diapers) for sale on Diaper Swappers and hope that brings in a little extra $.
- Did I mention laundry? Because I gotta do some of that.
Now, how much of this will actually get done? (By this I mean: how much time will I instead hang out on Twitter watching the updates scroll by? Because I feel like that’s all I’ve done so far.)
Gratuitous Chubby Baby Shot (because I can) (do you just not LOVE the heart-shaped cherries onesie??)
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TLC@SendChocolate (2 comments.) 07.16.08 at 3:58 am
Hey, I know how you feel. I think all I have done has watched the updates on twitter, too. I am twittering (frittering?) my life away. And should be in bed, but of course, had to read this…
T.
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Randi (31 comments.) 07.16.08 at 8:51 am
Hey - I don’t want you to think I’m giving assvice, because I’m not trying to, but read your tweet that you went to the drivein last night? How much did it cost?
I’d bet that there are a dozen or so ways to cut down your spending habits to give you guys more money…I’m a professional at finding pennies for the fam (no degree or anything, but I’m definitely good at being fairly frugal) and am always willing to lend a hand here or there if you’d like!
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Marilyn 07.16.08 at 9:05 am
LOL, trust me, I mentioned it to Kile when he said he wanted to go after our friends invited us to join them. “I thought we were saving money?” I asked him. He assured me it was all good. “Okay, as long as we have enough $ to eat in SF…” I don’t know nearly enough about our finances as I probably should. I never know what our balance is.
For the record, though, our drive-in has cheap movies on Tuesday nights. I think it cost $8 for the whole family to go. So… not what I would have chosen to do with that $8 but it wasn’t a bank-buster either. We have been doing all sorts of things to cut back this month. Haven’t been eating out, making too many frivolous purchases, using pantry reserves in new recipes, etc and so forth. Oh, and trying not to drive everywhere so we save as much gas as we can! Oy!
And this isn’t a permanent condition (though it feels like it sometimes). This is just a rough month because of our trip to San Jose and San Francisco. Next month will be a lot smoother since hubs will be getting cost of living increase and we’ll have our van paid off! Wee!
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