spin cycle.

it feels like my brain is on spin cycle. i keep meaning to get some kind of planner or chart to put up so i can keep track of all the crap we have going on, but i haven't. i think all day long about the things i want/need to get done, then i get home and end up doing something else that came up. when i go to bed, i lay there and think about all the crap i should have/could have/but didn't do when i got home from work. will the cycle ever stop?  i think writing this out just made it spin faster.  yikes.

to prevent my head from spinning off and possibly exploding into a trillion little pieces, i'm going to write down a little to do list (here come the bullets).

• get ahold of my step-brother to set up times to take some shots of him (and his girlfriend if he wants). i need some practice. my siblings are going to start to get REAL sick of having their picture taken.
• figure out what and if we are doing anything this coming weekend. i would prefer to just work on getting things done around the house/yard (and i'm thinking that's what we'll end up doing).
• put in another mpix order.
• start working on #57 on this list. this actually will probably help me weed some more things out for the rummage sale i'll have this summer.
• get to the woodland nursery to pick up dirt, a few plants, and my favorite deer repellent/fertilizer - milorganite.  then apply purchases to yard.
• toss or fix all the birdfeeders the bear have trashed.  then fill and hang so my birds don't starve.
• go to dinner with the girls (and possibly my boys) on thursday night at the cove.  pasta lucca, here i come!
• vaccum my floors!
• make a birthday wish list.  can i still make a wishlist if i'm turning 27?  i think so.
• schedule an appointment for tucker to get his hair chopped.  he is getting a little shaggy.
• stop at the bank to take care of item #24 on this list.
• decide what color i'm going to paint the entryway/hallway and go get the paint.  i'm getting antsy to start something like this, however i'm not sure how much help i'll get this time around.  painting party anyone?  :)
• write out a few thank you notes.  send.
• clean out the trunk of my car.  it is awful.  i think the last time i cleaned it out was before tucker was born so well, it's been a while.  matt is going to start getting on my case about it soon so i better take care of it.  jenn - your 20 boxes of lights are in there so i'll be bringing them over soon!
• bake cookies and give them away to be nice.  i wonder who i will give them too?  hmmm.
• make appointment to get my hair colored.
• catch up on this blog.  sorry, i'm such a slacker.
• call my june bride about wedding details.  everyone pray for beautiful weather on june 7!
• get tucker's play yard out for him.  we have to get a sand box too because otherwise he's going to be digging up my gardens like he did on sunday night - eeek!
• oh, and actually purchase some kind of calendar to keep track of our lives!!!  any suggestions on what to get?  i've had magnetic ones before that are too heavy and fall down the fridge.  i think i should get something that i can just let sit on my counter to write in.  that would be the easiest.

i think that's a big enough brain dump for right now.  i know i don't have to get all of this done, but it's my want/need list all wrapped together for now.  there are more things, but by now i've probably lost my readers so this post will end now.  your welcome.

Comments

[Emilie]

hmm cookies huh??? LOL! You're so sweet for just trying to be nice! Im sure you are wonderful, without the cookies! I know what you mean about the spin cycle...Im in the middle of mine, and it doesn't seem to slow down... hopefully soon! I have decided that I need to meet you.......I think we would just hit it off. haha. hopefully things slow down soon. You are just a busy, busy girl! :)

[Jill]

I go to office max and get one of those big hanging calendars with the days all in BIG boxes....it's the biggest hanging calendar they sell. I don't like the desk top ones, as things just get piled on it. I hang mine RIGHT by the door/my junkie office-in-the-kitchen area and I write EVERYTHING on it. I also have a work planner that I coordinate and update with the big honkin' one every week...just to make sure I'm not forgetting something. I love my big calendar.

[Rachel]

I'm right there with ya on some of this list stuff. I am hoping to paint my bedroom finally and clean out my car. I wish you luck!

[Denise H.]

WHEW, That is a list! You have to deal with Bear and Deer in your yard. Do you live up in the mountains or something?

[Cass]

That's a good list. I think I might start another page on the blog just for lists because every day I struggle with not putting a list on the blog.

And I can speak from personal experience that when I turned 27 last year I had a birthday wish list so it's completely appropriate - even recommended!

[jenny's mom, tina's mom in law]

you are too funny tina, yes i would like to send you on a nice vacation, one with the entire family would be so much fun, just once. i hope to have that chance one day!! all of us together. my visits are always as jenny would say "on a timer" it sucks to visit like that. somedayyyyyyyy i think tina want's some cookies jenny!! you can make me some too seeing i haven't had time lately to do anything but work, work, work,......my days are known as "ground hog day" and i am not kidding one bit...

[Jessica]

That's quite a list, girl! Good luck on getting it all done! :-)

I keep a day planner on my counter. It is my brain. It's the only way anything gets done, the only way I remember appointments, birthdays, when to pay bills, etc. I like the ones that fold open flat, and each day has a big empty box to write in. I'll even use it to jot something down that I don't want to forget...like one of the girls saying something cute, etc. Then I keep them all in a small box in my closet. It's fun to look back on them and see what we were up to, and it keeps me sane and somewhat organized! You can find them for less than $10 just about anywhere...WM, OfficeMax, Target, etc.

[tina]

i like cookies jenny. cheryl, i can't think of anything i need/want for my birthday, unless you want to send dustin and i on a trip to some place warm and tropical. that's the only thing i can think of. otherwise i'm good!

[jessica]

i think you owe me some cookies.

KIDDING!

what a good list. i'm going to need to put together some sort of major list or i won't get anything done. at all.

[jenny's mom / tucker's gram]

i'd like to know what's going to be on the birthday wish list and no you are not too old for one, i need one for your our newest family member since her last birthday... tina. so if you're reading tina, do you have a wish list also? glad to hear tucker will have a sand box, i can't believe he will even get his hands dirty the way he is when he gets food and stuff on them. oh ya, jenny could you post my friends blog for a couple days to get her rollin? http://maxreward.blogspot.com is the name of her blog. she's new to the blog world!! check it out and say hello :)