A day in the life:

So many people are AMAZED at how much I get done in one day. Sometimes I am not even sure how I do it so here was my day today:

6:45 Up

• Pray I make it through the day
• Make sure all three kids have folders, homework and food.
• Get dressed (this can be challenging when I am not fully awake)
• Make Co change clothes because it is picture day at school

7:20 Leave the house

• Get all three kids in the car WITH loaded backpacks and food
• Say a prayer out loud and dedicate our day to the Lord
• Fuss at John for messing with my filing system - lowering the visor in the van

7:50 Arrive at BCS

• Kick the oldest two out of the car.
• Talk to the principle about the Vet Day project I am helping with
• Talk to admissions lady about 2008-2009 plans

8:05 Drive to PO BOX

• Mail off CD of Chris' sermon from Sunday to some friends from Beaumont
• Get HUGE pile of mail out of PO BOX
• Throw away huge pile of mail from PO BOX
• Change mind and Dig out bills from trash can
• Jump back in the van and drive little girl to school
• Call Allen Honda to arrange for a repair on Van this week while driving

8:25 Drop of Co

8:30 Go to bank drive thru to deposit check

8:35 Go back to bank drive thru to get deposit check receipt - Wasn't my fault - the teller never pushed the SEND button and I had to drive back around because the CALL button was not working

8:45 Go to OTHER bank to make a different deposit - Other bank made me really really mad so I am phasing out. I won't tell you their name but it does sound like RUMPASS

9:00 Stop by Allen Honda to harass staff - Great fun.

9:20 Arrive home aggravated that I decided not to go to the store

• Check snail mail - None
• Bring in "STUFF" from car. Awanas stuff left over from the night before, ruminate bills, notes
• Wipe down counters in Kitchen
• Check Email
• Crawl up in the attic to see what the strange sound was that I heard while I was in the office checking email
• Grabbed the cat that was in attic and ended up shot putting it across the garage because it was digging its claws into me while I was trying to climb out of the attic with it in my arms
• Apply pressure to bleeding
• Respond to emails
• Call Trailblazer about IRS - Dont ask
• Call Sterling healthcare about IRS - stupid people... don't ask
• Upload pictures for soccer party and newsletter
• Pick up things off the floor - a sock, a piece of bread crust, something sparkily
• Talk to David about finances on cell phone - oh joy
• Add new pictures to Christmas newsletter - almost finished
• Eat a bowl of peanut butter with a coke
• Address an large envelope and fill it with rap cds for a friend in Houston and shove it in the car.
• Write letter to compassion international child
• Look up passport fees on the internet

11:15 Leave house

• Go to OfficeMax and pick up silver pens for Christmas letter
• Call school and see if they needed an electric stapler - no they needed and electric pencil sharpener.... same difference
• Talk to David about 5 different times about wifely stuff
• Go to car shop to buy armorall
• Drink another Coke

12:30 Pick up co and drive home.

12:50 Arrive home

• Unload office max STUFF from van - didn't just end up with the pens but some notebook pages that hold cds.
• make little girl pb&J for lunch
• Sweep the front porch
• Check the mail at the house again.... nothing
• Cleaned the office bathroom - the kids have been banned from their bathroom until the plumber comes on Thursday. Apparently one of them decided to stick a pencil down it so it tends to flood everytime you flush.
• Sorted laundry
• Checked the weeks weather - suppose to get a little colder in the next couple of days

2:10 Leave for BCS

• Talk to the Principle about Coke machines
• Talk to the secretary about lunches
• Try and fix the copier jam
• Drop of CD of scanned in Vets for printing
• Talk to Chuck Norris - not kidding, he is moving to Navasota and wants to send his twins to a private school.
• Listen to a great story about two kindergartners arguing over who's team stinks - Baylor or A&M
• Grab the kids +1 and load into the car

3:10 Leave BCS and drive to Extra Innings

• Drop off john
• Drive to Powersports
• Drop off extra child
• Drive BACK to Extra Innings
• Talk to TJ (A&M football player)
• Talk to Dan Donaldson of the Cincinnati Reds
• Talk to Trey
• Talk to Dave on Phone

4:35 Leave Extra Innings

• Arrive home
• Unload all the kids and their STUFF
• Grab John's Tourny Uniform and Helmet and throw it in van
• Run CO and Zach down the Street
• Call a friend about John's Schedule conflict for next week

5:10 Drive to West Baseball

6:00 Pick up Co and Zach

• Do last minute cleaning
• Feed the John - Two Cheese hotdogs (didn't need to feed the other two they ate at their friends house)
• Set out chairs
• Made Coffee
• Made Popcorn
• Set up DVD
• Check mail - It finally got here
• Put 5X7 Pictures of John and his best friend in picture frames that I purchased last week.

7:00 Home Group - Watched Star of Bethlehem.

• Addressed Christmas envelopes while DVD played
• Put up all the extra chairs - only 3 out of 10 people came

8:30 Watched the end of the Aggie Basketball game

8:45 Sent the kids to bed

9:00 Logged into Drivers ed

9:05 Logged off of Drivers ed

9:10 Checked blogs - Printed off Andrea's Recipe. Now I am happy that I didn't go to the store cause I can Pick up the ingredients tomorrow.

• Update whiteboard calander
• Call babysitter for tomorrow night
• read 3 chapters in Sheparding a childs heart
• Emailed Ryno glass to add an appointment to make a christmas ornament in Temple in December.
• Read a chapter in "Courts of Love"
• Publish blog

10:30 Move daughter over in the waterbed and grab the evening allergy medications and the triple antibiotics, say prayers, call husband and go into coma.