I Can't Believe It's Only 9:00am!

wow...I just looked at my clock and I can't believe that it's only 9:00am...I feel like it is 4:00pm!! Jake woke up early at 6am today and didn't want to hear anything about going back to sleep (that means I didn't get to have my early morning date with Billy Blanks!-aka-doing my Tae-Bo workout!) not to mention that I didn't even get the option of turning off my alarm & falling back to sleep instead of doing my workout! ok. That said...He's been wreaking havoc on my house ever since - I have cleaned up the contents of our "snack cabinet" three times already - Did I forget to mention that we really need to go buy some more cabinet locks!! (half of them are broken from when Matthew was younger!) I was trying to get some work done on the computer while Becky is doing her school work & I walk into the kitchen to see Jake sliding on two packets of instant oatneal - one under each hand, kind of skating/pushing it...If he wasn't so cute - I would be soooo mad!!! So I cleaned it up again & propped a chair in front of the cabinet...

I am also cooking a savory beef brisket with onions and sun-dried tomatoes as we speak for dinner tomorrow night - It's a recipe that tastes even better the next day & since we have the most crazy-busy schedule this week...I am trying to stay one step ahead...[I guess the smells of the brisket slow-cooking in the oven is contributing factor to me feeling like it's 4pm rather than 9am!]

I was out late Monday night at a homeschool parents meeting...Tuesday morning I had to get the kids up & leave by 8am to pick up my friend and her son to go to a MOPS meeting that is 45 min. away...We had a great time..I got home and had to prepare for the yearbook committee meeting being held at my house at 7pm...I have to say that I was so pleased with Wal*Mart's 1 hr. photo service...I had all of the pics we needed uploaded by 4:30pm yesterday & they were all ready when I picked them up at 6pm...then I sped home to make sure the house was still clean before the people got there...it was (for the most part). We had a great meeting - set up some page layouts - set the dates for the rest of our production meetings - Then everyone left, I cleaned up, made Dan's lunch, checked my e-mail & finally got to bed just before midnight...(so I was very not happy at hearing Jake awake for the day at 6am!)

Today we have HS bowling and church tonight - BEcky informed me that she is "Snack Queen" for her group and wants to bring Rice Krispie Treats - The homemade kind! (mental note - add that to the to do list!)...Tomorrow we have another yearbook meeting at 3:30pm & then our Pastor is coming over to hang out with Danny...Friday we have Becky's ballet class & possibly stopping at a friend's house to check out some of her curriculum...She is using Tapestry of Grace and loves it- I may want to look into that for next year...or maybe Sonlight...or maybe my mix of Abeka, Saxon, and Beautiful Feet that seems to be working well for us - I might want to try History for the Classical Child also...Wow - Am I glad that CHAP and ENOCH are only a few months away...I definitely need to check some stuff out at those conventions!!!

Well, as if I wasn't tired enough by living this life...I have now exhausted myself even further by re-telling the accounts of our busy schedule this week to you all! But, I had to get on here & blog a bit so you don't think I disappeared or something! Dan's birthday is this weekend so we will be doing a lot of celebrating with him - The kids are so excited - they want to make him breakfast in bed! (They are big into cooking surprises for us!!) So Danny - Act surprised when they bring it to you, okay??