Monday, August 27, 2007
Monday, Monday...OR Swiping Susan's Weekend Window Idea
How can I be so tired when it's only 9:15??
Soccer madness began this weekend with our son's in-house tournament in the hideous mugginess that Floridians call "summer". He had two games on Saturday, one of which was stopped at the half because of severe weather and rescheduled for the next morning.
In between shuttling back and forth to the pitches, we managed to "squeeze" in repainting the upstairs bathroom, and trips to Wal-Mart and Home Depot. As I waited for games to start, I furiously sewed buttons on a cheap valence. By some DIY magic, it's now one of the cutest window treatments ever. You've got to love redoing an entire room for under $100. Viva Wal-Mart and IKEA. Our oldest helped manage the younger siblings, baked some delish pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, and was taxied to a youth group social.
Sunday morning we put the now "100 Acre Sky" bathroom back together. Hubby and most of the kids headed off to church; the super-goalie and I were back to the soccer fields for the second half of the rescheduled game. (A brief rant: I HATE when I'm forced to choose between our value of attending corporate worship and our value of loyalty/active participation. I KNOW this was a reschedule, but do you think it could have been done to accommodate the fact that over half of our soccer team practices some sort of faith??). We went back and forth to two more games, the second of which (supposedly the final) the coaches agreed to cancel because of severe weather. We weren't ten minutes down the road when we got the call that the club director overrode the coach's agreement and called us back for a seven o'clock final. Which they played in the pouring rain. I'm happy to report that they won.
I'm not quite as happy that between running kids to AWANA and winning this tournament, we ended up grabbing a very late dinner, which led to an unusually rough Monday morning. (Think forgotten homework, impromptu teacher conferences, and a 2 year old who thinks he should drive...not to mention lots of STUFF that Mom needs to move from Point A to Point B).
All of this begs the question, WHY am I drinking decaf this morning???
I'm off to start a pot of the real stuff. And more laundry.
Happy Monday.
Soccer madness began this weekend with our son's in-house tournament in the hideous mugginess that Floridians call "summer". He had two games on Saturday, one of which was stopped at the half because of severe weather and rescheduled for the next morning.
In between shuttling back and forth to the pitches, we managed to "squeeze" in repainting the upstairs bathroom, and trips to Wal-Mart and Home Depot. As I waited for games to start, I furiously sewed buttons on a cheap valence. By some DIY magic, it's now one of the cutest window treatments ever. You've got to love redoing an entire room for under $100. Viva Wal-Mart and IKEA. Our oldest helped manage the younger siblings, baked some delish pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, and was taxied to a youth group social.
Sunday morning we put the now "100 Acre Sky" bathroom back together. Hubby and most of the kids headed off to church; the super-goalie and I were back to the soccer fields for the second half of the rescheduled game. (A brief rant: I HATE when I'm forced to choose between our value of attending corporate worship and our value of loyalty/active participation. I KNOW this was a reschedule, but do you think it could have been done to accommodate the fact that over half of our soccer team practices some sort of faith??). We went back and forth to two more games, the second of which (supposedly the final) the coaches agreed to cancel because of severe weather. We weren't ten minutes down the road when we got the call that the club director overrode the coach's agreement and called us back for a seven o'clock final. Which they played in the pouring rain. I'm happy to report that they won.
I'm not quite as happy that between running kids to AWANA and winning this tournament, we ended up grabbing a very late dinner, which led to an unusually rough Monday morning. (Think forgotten homework, impromptu teacher conferences, and a 2 year old who thinks he should drive...not to mention lots of STUFF that Mom needs to move from Point A to Point B).
All of this begs the question, WHY am I drinking decaf this morning???
I'm off to start a pot of the real stuff. And more laundry.
Happy Monday.
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9 Comments:
I love coffee, even decaf! I too hate having to choose between game or church. That is actually one of the reasons we gave up football this year. We promised it would never interfere and by our third year into it, it was interfering too much.
God bless,
Sallie
Uhhh, so frustrating, but it sounds like you handled everything with grace as usual=) Praying for a peaceful evening and Tuesday, too. We are muddling through things as usual, but praying as we go. Love and miss you all.
In HIS love,
Niki
LOL!! And add to that 2 hours at the Sprint store!! It keeps getting better. You need to push the reset button!!
It was great talking to you today. The scan was boring, I still know nothing...I'll let you know when I do.
Love you!!
Sally
I know exactly WHY you're tired. I hope you have some "down time" this week. I am afraid that we have the church/game dilemma this weekend. It seems M's games will be in Tampa...2 on Saturday and one on Sunday. Not sure about A's games yet. UGH!!
:-) Susan
Heather,
I don't know what your problem is with the 2 year old wanting to drive. After all, he does have a "car bed" at grandma's/grandpa's house!!
:)
Love
Dad
Hey!! I have a present for you over at my place. Come on over and get it when you can.
Hugs.
Susan
pictures....pictures? You CAN'T brag about a DIY project & NOT post pix!!!! ;-)
Hope you enjoyed your caffeinated coffee! ;-)
Also wanted to let you know I talked about you in my blog today... all nice, I promise!
http://peek-a-booicu.blogspot.com/
I blogged about you too...we're trying to pull you out of cyber doldrums!!
http://sdatriasblog.blogspot.com
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