9:00 Wake up, hit snooze button within two rings to avoid waking up the kids. (yes I own an alarm clock and use it from Monday thru Thurdays, which are kids school days)
9:01 Lay in bed, think of what to feed the kids for breakfast.
9:02 Go back to sleep, kids will wake me up eventually.
9:30 Wake up suddenly to realize I didn’t hit the snooze button, I turned it off. Kids are still sleeping.
9:32 Go to the kitchen and make a pot of coffee.
9:40 Go downstairs to the basement office, check Etsy shop, read emails while having coffee, hoping kids will sleep for another half hour.
9:45 Kids are awake, can hear their little footsteps walking downstairs to look for me.
9: 46 Go upstairs to the kitchen, put PBS cartoon on so I can get some breakfast ready.
Realized were out of bread or tortilla, but there’s still half gallon of milk.
Tell kids we’re having coco puffs for breakfast. Kids jumps in excitement.
9:49 – 10:20 Breakfast. Chaos in the kitchen.
Meals usually consist of crying over spilt juice/milk/water.
Screaming for MORE CEREAL/JUICE/MILK/BREAD/ETC!!!!
Questions (more like demands) such as WHERE’S MY DORA CUP???!!! WHERE’S MY DIEGO PLATE?????!!!!! WHERE'S MY RED CUP, BLUE CUP????!!!!
10:20 Finish breakfast. Will do the dishes later.
10:30 Get kids ready for school.
Endless pleas to put their shirt, pants, socks, shoes, jackets on already.
11:30 Get the kids to the car. Endless pleas to get them to sit on their car seat already and quit trying to get in front of the steering wheel.
11:45 Drop kids to school. Sudden sense of freedom and bliss.
11:50 Stop by favorite thrift store.
12:15 Run series of errands, ie. grocery shopping, bank deposits, return books at the library, Fedex, post office.
1:30 Rush home to photograph some items.
2:30 Upload photos, while checking and answering emails, filling orders, finding just the right boxes in the garage and packaging items to ship.
3:10 Pick up kids from school.
3:30 Go home for snack, check Etsy and emails.
Plan something for dinner.
4:45 Take kids to swimming lesson.
5:40 Go home and prepare dinner.
7:04 Dinner time, as usual chaos in the kitchen table. Wondering when will we ever experience another quiet, enjoyable, peaceful dinner.
7:47 Finished dinner, will do dishes later.
8:00 Do some arts and crafts/practice writing/colouring/ painting/reading books.
Will intermittently open laptop to check etsy and email.
9:10 – 9:45 Kids bath time.
10:00 Get kids ready for bed. Read books.
10:30 They’re finally asleep. Freedom!
10:38 Do dishes, clean up kitchen.
11:10 Take a quick shower. Mental note to buy a new shower liner on my next Target run.
11:40 Edit photos taken earlier today, research items, list, relist, answer emails/convos, package sold items.
Read blogs.
Open mails.
Pay some bills.
Write something on my blog.
Read Etsy forum; window shop on favorite etsy shops.
Read some more blogs.
Suddenly realizing a good two and a half hours was spent just reading blogs.
4:01 A.M. Vow to do the taxes tomorrow night.
4:06 A.M. Turn the ringer off, go to bed.
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12.25.2008
merry Christmas!
So were still recovering from inhaling way too much food from our family “noche buena” which was hosted by my brother at his house last night. Noche Buena is a Philippine traditional dinner feast that is shared on the night of Christmas Eve, usually after the family has attended the late evening mass, except we didn’t go to any mass yesterday because there’s still plenty of snow on the ground, so we just ate all night. My mom and sis-in-law prepared the dinner and everything was delicious.
The kids were very excited with all the gifts they’ve got this year. They got so many; we came home with three huge garbage bags full of loot. Jovan’s most favorite one was a gumball machine. He wanted to sleep with it last night and when he woke up this morning it was the first thing he asked. Forget the 127 pieces train set, a big robot or the Hotwheels, all he cared about was his gumball machine; kids are so uncomplicated sometimes.
Hubby and I didn’t exchanged gifts this Christmas, actually this would be the 4th year we agreed not to buy each other gifts. It’s so unromantic I know, but we’re thinking more on a practical side. We always buy the things we needed when we need them, and plus I’m so picky with everything it would be waste of his money and time to buy me anything cause I would just return them for money. Now give me two hours a day, five days a week to go shopping at my favorite thrift stores while you babysit the kids without telling me what junk am I taking to the house again and do not make me feel guilty that I’m neglecting the kids with my thrifting obsession. Now that would be the best Christmas present ever!
The kids were very excited with all the gifts they’ve got this year. They got so many; we came home with three huge garbage bags full of loot. Jovan’s most favorite one was a gumball machine. He wanted to sleep with it last night and when he woke up this morning it was the first thing he asked. Forget the 127 pieces train set, a big robot or the Hotwheels, all he cared about was his gumball machine; kids are so uncomplicated sometimes.
Hubby and I didn’t exchanged gifts this Christmas, actually this would be the 4th year we agreed not to buy each other gifts. It’s so unromantic I know, but we’re thinking more on a practical side. We always buy the things we needed when we need them, and plus I’m so picky with everything it would be waste of his money and time to buy me anything cause I would just return them for money. Now give me two hours a day, five days a week to go shopping at my favorite thrift stores while you babysit the kids without telling me what junk am I taking to the house again and do not make me feel guilty that I’m neglecting the kids with my thrifting obsession. Now that would be the best Christmas present ever!
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