Day 4 Cleaning

This was a cleaning bingo card, I see on here it isn't working. So I guess its just become a list of things to do today. Have a Great Day.


spend 15 mins picking up living room floor
run vaccum
clean off a hotspot in living room
wipe tv sceen and monitor to if it needs it
light a candle
load of laundry
make beds
clean bathroom
clear dining room/kitchen table
sweep kitchen
spend 10 mins in a childs room picking up before it gets majorly outta hand in there (or your room)
pick up and put away 10 things out of place
find one thing you've been "meaning" to do, like unpack a box, or fix a frame..etc
load of laundry
put dishes away that need to be put where they belong
clear off kitchen counter
spend 10 minutes tidying the fridge
spend 15mins on cleaning up computer arrea
load of laundry
spend 15 mins in a room that's screaming for attention
spend 15 minutes in YOUR play area picking up and putting away
find something that need organized and spend 10 mins doing that
pick up 10 things that need thrown away
spend 15 mins on craft table
check all trash and see if it needs empty

Day 3 Cleaning NOT

Chris is coming home for a visit this weekend Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I went to the store today and got some of his favorite food. So that means I didn't get my cleaning done. Tomorrow is another day.
I also picked up a couple more little Christmas gifts.

Day 3 Cleaning

Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do
it. ~Author Unknown

8:30-9:00
Get dressed.
Turn off TV and turn on the radio.
Chat
9:00- 9:30
Fold clothes, put them away, wipe off washer and dryer.
9:30-9:45
Chat
9:45-10:00
Clean steps (wash or sweep) inside or outside.
10:00-10:15
Chat
10:15-10:30
Find 10 things you need to put away or throw away.
10:30-10:45
Chat
10:45-11:15
Go to 1 of your bedrooms pick up and dust it.
11:15-11:30
Chat
11:30-12:00
Sweep the bedroom and the hallway.
12:00-
Chat, eat lunch and work on the rest of the list we have for are everyday stuff.

Day 2 cleaning

Our house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.
~Author Unknown

8:30-9:00
Get dressed.
Turn off TV and turn on the radio.
Chat
9:00- 9:30
Go into 1 of your bathrooms and take everything out that you can (waste basket, brushes and combs, shower curtain, rugs, hand soap, etc) Spray everything down and make it shine. 9:30-9:30-9:45
Chat
9:45-10:00
Clean brushes and combs and sweep bathroom floor. If you have time wash floor.
10:00-10:15
Chat
10:15-10:30
Put everything back in bathroom.
10:30-10:45
Chat
10:45-11:15
Go look at your diningroom and find that spot that has everything you tried to hide. Get rid of or put away as much as you can. Wipe of table
11:15-11:30
Chat
11:30-12:00
Wipe chairs and sweep the floor.
12:00-
Chat, eat lunch and work on the rest of the list we have for are everyday stuff.

Day 1 Cleaning

House Cleaning Blues
by Ellen Bailey


I have the house cleaning blues
I look around and see so much to do
I look at the walls, the windows, and the floors
I see heaps of dust layered like boards

What I need is a good house cleaning crew
But where to get one, I haven't a clue
I asked for volunteers, but none would relent
Their community spirit, it seems, had been spent

I could wish for an occasional hurricane
For me, that may not be such a bad thing
I could raise the windows and open the doors
And be done with these house cleaning chores

But hurricanes don't occur where I live
So its left up to me to clean this crib
I have devised a plan to get the job done
Since I can no longer depend on anyone

My plan is as simple as it can be
One that is not very taxing on me
My walking shoes I will lace up tight
And from this nightmare I will take flight



8:30-9:00
Get dressed.
Turn off TV and turn on the radio.
Chat
9:00- 9:30
Do dishes and pick up 10 things that don't belong in there and put them away or throw them away.
9:30-9:45
Chat
9:45-10:00
Clean out microwave- if clean scrub kitchen sink and counter
10:00 -10:15
Chat
10:15-10:45
Clean out one shelf or cupboard- now we all have to have a untiedied shelf or cupboard.
10:45-11:00
Chat
11:00-11:15
Put away the mess that you have made. If done sweep floor.
11:15-11:30
Chat
11:30-12:00
Clean outside of stove- if clean, clean off cupboard doors.
12:00-
Chat, eat lunch and work on the rest of the list we have for are everyday stuff.

Getting ready for Christmas

CLEAN THE HOUSE

There are 3 of us girls that have a bad habit of chatting in the morning, sometimes all day and we don't get to the extra house work (well at least I don't). So everyday one of us will make a list and we will follow it as close as possible to get are house ready.

I want to start getting out the decoration next week, but I can't put them in the different rooms until there clean.

A Mother's Child

A Mother's Child
by Mom
A mother's child is every breath that she takes,
walking hand in hand, they are every step that she makes.

And as their steps will grow to strides,
still a child, in mother's eyes.

Every ache and pain they shall feel,
mother will share and with love she will kneel.

She will pray to God to take care of her child,
to protect and guide them through every mile.

Her child is the very core of her soul,
from baby in arms to an adult they will grow.

For to a mother, her child will stay,
the precious infant she held that day.

Have a safe Halloween Everyone

The Night Wind
by Eugene Field

Have you ever heard the wind go "Yooooo"?
'Tis a pitiful sound to hear!
It seems to chill you through and through
With a strange and speechless fear.
'Tis the voice of the night that broods outside
When folk should be asleep,
And many and many's the time I've cried
To the darkness brooding far and wide Over the land and the deep:
"Whom do you want, O lonely night,
That you wail the long hours through?"
And the night would say in its ghostly way:
"Yoooooooo! Yoooooooo! Yoooooooo!"

My mother told me long ago
(When I was a little tad)
That when the night went wailing so,
Somebody had been bad;
And then, when I was snug in bed,
Whither I had been sent,
With the blankets pulled up round my head,
I'd think of what my mother'd said,
And wonder what boy she meant!
And "Who's been bad to-day?"
I'd ask Of the wind that hoarsely blew;
And the voice would say in its meaningful way:
"Yoooooooo! Yoooooooo! Yoooooooo!"

That this was true I must allow--
You'll not believe it, though!
Yes, though I'm quite a model now,
I was not always so.
And if you doubt what things I say,
Suppose you make the test;
Suppose, when you've been bad some day
And up to bed are sent away
From mother and the rest--
Suppose you ask, "Who has been bad?"
And then you'll hear what's true;
For the wind will moan in its ruefulest tone:
"Yoooooooo! Yoooooooo! Yoooooooo!"

Chris is off to PTI

October 18, 2008 mom, dad, and me moved Chris into his apartment to go to school. It is very hard for me to let him go. We talk everyday, sometimes more then once. He tells me he misses me and of cource I miss him.
He has been there a week and I said I was not going to go see him, and I'm not. Mom, Dad and Miya went to see him and to take him a computer, drafting table, and left overs that I know he will love to eat. They are going shopping for a couple more things he needs. Boy do I wish I would of went, but dh is working and I am home with the other 2 kids.
Here are some pics on his apartment.

Time Out

Time out isn't always the way to go. I am puting one foot in front of the other and moving on.

Quote

I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.

-Coleman Cox

It's Christmas Time Again

Put your problems on probation
Run your troubles off the track,
Throw your worries out the window
Get the monkeys off your back.
Silence all your inner critics
With your conscience make amends,
And allow yourself some happiness
It's Christmas time again!

Call a truce with those who bother you
Let all the fighting cease,
Give your differences a breather
And declare a time of peace,
Don't let angry feelings taint
The precious time you have to spend,
And allow yourself some happiness
It's Christmas time again!

Like some cool refreshing water
Or a gentle summer breeze,
Like a fresh bouquet of flowers
Or the smell of autumn leaves,
It's a banquet for the spirit
Filled with family, food and friends,
So allow yourself some happiness
It's Christmas time again!

(by Bob Lazzar-Atwood)

Vacation on the Liberty of the Seas

Hi,
I have missed everyone, but I would leave again tomorrow to go back.

We left home at 3:30 AM Saturday got to PIT and ran into Aunt Barb and Ly. They helped us get are luggage into the airport while dad parked the truck in extended parking. PIT airport was easy to get around. We were flying out on US Airway, they had some problems getting the wheelchair into the plane. what a pain they came on the plane to find me to ask how they can get the chair into the plane. Anyways we made it and we were in the air. The flight was good but of course none of us could sleep we were just to excited.

We landed in FLL. around 11:00 PM got the wheelchair it had a couple scratches but it still worked fine and at that point that is all that mattered to us. We had to wait until a bus came with a lift ( I was just looking for a place to have a smoke). That took another 30 minutes. We went outside around 11:30, it was hot and humid. Wouldn't you know the bus lift didn't work, they played with it for a hour. Not a good thing. RC ended up getting us a taxi that took us to the ship. About 40 minutes later Yaaaaaaaaaaa we made it to the ship. Liberty of the Seas is a big ship.

Embankment went pretty smooth after we found out were we needed to go. We got are sea passes and on the ship we went. We went right to are stateroom 10th floor JS 1328 and dropped off are carry on bags we had 7 of them oh what fun it was making sure we didn't lose any of them. We all were hungry so off to the Jade and Windjammer buffets. Everyone had to eat here it was the only thing open. There were lots of people just as excited as we were but getting through with a wheelchair was not fun. The rest of the day we spent walking around the ship, we didn't want to be lost all week. It was so pretty, elegant, and there was so much to look at.

Sep. 7, 2008 was a sea day, we got to catch up on some of are sleep and look at places on the ship we didn't have time to the day before ( there is still places we didn't get to see ).
Of course we went shopping and played in the casino ( we all lost but had fun doing it ), I went to a scrapbooking class ( Yaaaaaaaaaa ) we made a page and they shared some ideas. There was food everywhere and I think that was one of the things we did most LOL. It was all good and if you didn't like it they gave you something else. It was great not having to do dishes or cook.

Sep. 8, 2008 we sailed into Cozumel, Mexico we didn't book any excursions here so we just went shopping. Pushy people but we got some deals. Chris didn't bring a hat or sun classes so we got him some sunglasses. We only spent about 2 hours there and back to the ship we went. It was a nice and sunny day but very hot. After dinner we went swimming and then to a show. We are still trying to catch up on a sleep but who wants to miss all the fun.


Sep. 9, 2008 we were suppose to go to Grand Cayman but the water was to chopping for the tenders to safely get us to shore so we were not able to go. So it was another day at sea. There was lots to do Chris got online ( pricey but he had fun ). Me and Chris went swimming, of course there was breakfast, lunch and dinner ( YUM ), and finding more views to see on the ship. Mom, dad, Chris, me, Aunt Barb and Ly went to the Hoof and Claw bar to listen to a guy play guitar and we all sang along.

Sep. 10, 2008 we went to Ochio Rio, Jamaica. Mom and dad went to Duns Falls and to see some gardens. Since we were not booked to go here we didn't have anything set up for Chris in a wheelchair, so me and Chris went swimming and shopping. I got my hair braided ( love it). We had fun but it was a different place and I don't think I would ever want to go back there without a excursion booked. I was asked if I wanted to by weed or any thing else. There were cement walls and barbwire on top of them around the shores, cops everywhere, and lots of people wanting to sell you something. On the ship we went swimming and to the show.

Sep. 11, 2008 we went to Labbade, Haiti it is so pretty there I could of moved in. Labbade is RC island me and Chris rented floating mats and did some sopping, mom and dad went on a walking tour of the island and went shopping, Aunt Barb and Ly went shopping. We all had lunch and back to the ship. Me and Chris got sunburned I guess 2 hours in the ocean was a little to much. We still went swimming on the ship and walked around.

Sep. 12, 2008 was a sea day. It rained for about 3 minutes and we got to see a rainbow. We did the normal of lounging around, ate to much and went to the show, I was in tears it was so funny,and I got to scrapbook again,. We had to get are luggage packed and set outside are rooms by 11:00pm. we didn't want to go, but we couldn't afford another week.

Sep. 13, 2008 up at 5:30am got some breakfast and off the ship we went at 6: 30. Everything went smooth until it came time to catch a bus to Miami airport. The ship told us someone would be waiting for us ( that didn't happen ) we waited about a hour and a bus came to get us ( this one worked ). We got to the airport 3 hours before but wouldn't you no the elevator we needed to use didn't work, so we were off walking again. I would never fly into or out of this airport if I didn't have to. We made it home the flight was great. I slept the hold time. We stopped and got something to eat, Last time to be pampered and not have to cook or clean.

All and all it was a great trip the only thing i have to say to RC is you need more elevators 8 is not enough when you are in a wheelchair, and I would work on the airport to ship and ship to airport transfers. PIT airport was the best out of the 3.

Cards

Here are a couple cards that I made for a sketch challenge.

Paper Crafts

I had seen this on http://365-days-of-memories.blogspot.com/ and I fell in love with the idea, so here is what I made last night.

All You Need

My eyes are here to see you
through times of doubt or strife
My legs are here to leap you
over obstacles in life
My hands are here to push you
a little further toward your dreams
My voice is here to teach you
life's not always what it seems
My arms are here to hold you
when you feel you're going to fall
My finger's here to point you up
when your confidence grows small
My heels are here to stomp you down
when you fail to hide your pride
My elbow's here to shove you
toward the truth when you have lied.
My tongue is here to talk you through
solutions you may seek
My fists are here to fight for you
whenever you're too weak
My shoulder's here to lean on
when your innocence is at stake
My lips are here to kiss you
down those paths you'd never take
My tears are here to flood you
with more grace than you can bear
My feet are here to walk you past
the times when life's not fair
My mouth is here to answer
to your every desperate plea
And my heart is here to love you
if my love is all you need.

Miyas in Love

Miya has her first crush, it is so cute. She gets all excited when Mark comes to visit Ray and Jess. She says he smell good and he talks real nice. LOL It is so hard to keep from laughing.

What are we going to do with her.

Miya is only 5 years old and just getting ready to go into Kind and she likes boys already, we are in big trouble.

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Fun in the Sun

Me and the kids gave Niki (Dog) a bath today. Fun Fun. We were more wet then her. LOL Alan is getting the grass cut, it smells so good. Summer can be so much fun if it isn't in the high 80's or 90's and today has been a great day. The kids played in the water and ran around the yard. I hope they are tired and go to bed early (you know this will never happen).

I hope everyone is having a great Summer.

Library Day

Today was story time at the library and the kids had a great time. We all got some new books to read. Fun Fun


A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.

-Henry Miller

Fourth of July Week

Fourth of July week me, the 4 kids, mom and dad went to camp (the yellow house camp is what the kids call it). We got some work done and enjoyed are time there. The weather wasn't to bad, we had a couple days of rain in the evening, but after it we still got to sit out around the fire and we only had one day that it rained all day. Out of 8 days I don't think that was bad at all.

I got to read 2 books and started on another one, the kids got to go to the park, and we all got to watch the fireworks. We sat around the fire everyday, got a ditch dug to put the electic lines underground, wood cut and split for the rest of the summer and the shower rebuilt. I am so glad the temps were in the 70's not in the 80's and 90's like this week.

None of us wanted to come home but it was time to. We all had to get back to work and Shema is going to summer camp 2 days a week. We will be going back soon to enjoy just a weekend.