The Balancing Act
Life is a balancing act. Sometimes it seems everything "comes due" at the same time. And it's a little nerve wracking. I have a lot of balls in the air and, thankfully, the end is in sight. I think.
I like to plan ahead and know what I'm doing each day. I don't usually make written lists. Just mental ones (which is not always a good thing).
Tonight we are giving the butterfly bags to the Living Legacy Foundation, so that's almost over. Kim and I have spent a few afternoons together sewing, fixing wonky bags, and stringing the bags. (Kim more than me, bless her.)
We are also having a program for the Young Women (ages 12-18) at church tonight and I was asked to make a DVD slideshow of the girls. That's almost finished.
I've been asked to give a soap demonstration for the women at church in March, but I don't know the date and I'm getting itchy about it. I have a bad feeling it's going to be on a Tuesday night, and that's a karate night in our family. With Joe and the Army, I can't plan ahead and expect he will be home early enough or be in town for said unknown date. Plus, they would like me to have a batch already made. And it takes four weeks to cure and, well, it's just next month. Yeah, getting itchy about that.
Today we were going to sit back and relax and finish Spenser's Valentines for preschool. No handmade again this year. When you need nearly 100 Valentines, you realize that the store-bought ones can be a time saver when you are near deficit in time. And energy. And I'm pretty sure my boys don't want to make them. Except my artist, Jackson.
Instead, we had a last-minute Valentines Day bash invite, so we are headed there this morning.
But, first things first. I need to go de-toothpaste the upstairs bathroom. Again.
For the sanity of your mother, boys, please keep the toothpaste on the toothbrush. Is it too much to ask? (Besides watching where you aim?)
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Isn't it funny (at least for me) it seems I can go for weeks without anything big, and then when there is a week with a "big" thing, suddenly there are a million other "big" things. Ah. When it rains, it pours!
Spring break will be here before you know it...
I had to e-mail the mother of two of my (boy) piano students yesterday- could you please help them in the bathroom? What I didn't tell her is they seem to be using the upturned toilet lid as a target...I've had to mop cups of pee off the bathroom floor every week. ewww...the mom was completely unfazed.
Oh, and BTW- I found some butterfly fabric in my stash, could you guys use it or are you finished?
keep it up... and good luck with the soap thing. That would make me itchy too...
Good luck getting everything done!
-Kathy
We all have those times where we have so many balls in the air that we just want to scream. The best part is finally getting to where you can see the end.
your little spenser is a cutie working on her valentines.