I survived the 1st week of school...

and that was no small feat, as I drove band carpool! We had to leave home at 6:10 AM!!! to pick up the other riders. Then had to get everyone to HS to dump backpacks, etc. in the band hall before 6:30. Then I had to drive them all to the football stadium to practice!

Seems VERY incompetent people were hired to stripe/sandblast & restripe the parking lot all before school started. Since it was done incorrectly, band had to bite the bullet and practice at the stadium last week.

BUT the joy of carpooling is that I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE FOR 3 MORE WEEKS!!! Happy dance!

The band did a fabulous performance at their first football game on Thursday! And that was so fun to see. I've never been a band parent before, but I think I'm really going to like it. Fundraising is already underway for our HS band and my son has already reached his goal for the year! A big thank you to all my friends who have pledged money for the march-a-thon!!! We couldn't do it without YOU!

In other news, my hubby has a new job title -- Director of International Integration at Living Social. Sounds impressive. The plus side for us is frequent flyer points! ha. I'm thrilled for him.

My youngest child is in 5th grade. He's adapting to school. He was very bored with the whole organization, planning aspect of the first few days. On Friday he said, "We finally did some real work at school today." I guess he's ready for the challenges of another school year.

And on the final note, I have completed the 4x4 dinner groups for my Sunday School class. Groups have been made and I'm out of the loop for it now. I'm just a participant at this point. My next big thing for SS is to organize a fall social. Must give that one some thought. I am getting ready for Bible Study to start soon.

So my accomplishments this week were:

getting everyone delivered to band on time!
picking up / decluttering the house on Thurs/Friday
Have doen all the kids laundry (yesterday)
Made it to SS w/ the snacks today!
Have purchased all required school supplies (that I know about).

Accomplishment #61 & 62

Hubby & I decluttered for 1 hour on Saturday upstairs. We even boxed it up and took it to Goodwill before anyone changed their mind about what had been put into the donations box!

Today I unpacked a suitcase that I took to Scotland 2 weeks ago. There was only a handful of stuff in it, but I'd ignored it as long as I could stand it. So that # 62.

Thursday

I didn't even attempt to keep up w/ the number of accomplishments today. Just suffice it to say that I did a TON of work in the living room and the kitchen today. My parents came over to keep me company and to help out as they could.

All clean laundry has been put away...and that was about 5 loads today.

I have also worked on going through the piles of papers that are all over the place. I filed the statments from our investments today. They were dated clear back to August! oh my word!

I took one DS to an appointment after school today. The other DS had a pre-UIL band clinic. I had a special church choir rehearsal and they served us dinner ahead of time. Yummo! And there were heaps of leftovers, so I scored enough to feed me and the boys tomorrow night! Hooray!

Tomorrow is looking good. The upstairs is already picked up and I have my bed and bath to work on. But the kitchen & living room are livable. go me!

#61 CF. (through #67)

Well, I paid bills today (discovered one I'd missed during our trip down under! ouch!!)

I also attended leaders meeting for Bible Study.
I called all of my ladies.
Took youngest to piano lessons
balanced the checkbook
and took dirtly laundry to my mom's and left it w/ her
when I picked up their shop vac.

I see myself on the roof tomorrow working to clean out the dryer exhaust vent. Oh the joys of home ownership!

Accomplishment #59

I installed a new garbage disposal under my kitchen sink!

Now I did need a helping hand from hubby to get the last hose attached, but other than that, I did it!!!!!

Accomplishements #46 - 58

I had stamp club tonight, so I had lots to accomplish today!

#46 - prepared for stamp club
#47 - found that there was a leak under the kitchen sink. Dragged everything out from there, and set a fan up to dry it. Mold in places. Yuck!!
#48 - took one DS to a dr. appt
#49 - took same DS to another appt.
#50 - took other DS to study group
#51 - 57 - made 6 special cards for sale-a-bration stamp sets to show them off!
#58 - completed Bible Study homework for this week

Accomplishment #45

I went to the special choir rehearsal today.

Another week has gone by

I think I was up to #40 on my list of accomplishments. Good thing too since I've been down sick most of the week! I don't know if I got what one of the kids has had, or if the change in weather kicked my allergies into high gear.

#40 - I took one DS to a Monday appt.
#41 - I took same DS to a Tuesday appt.
#42 - Made it to Bible Study for the first time in 3 weeks (due to icy road conditions!)
#43 - Had lunch w/ a dear friend that I'd not seen in about 3 months
#44 - Attended Adult choir rehearsal
#45 - Took one DS to a Thurs appointment
#46 - Read a new book on my Kindle
#47 - Read a 2nd new book on my Kindle
#48 - Worked School library on Monday
#49 - Worked on helping DH w/ expense report, so the Business CC will be paid off!!
#50 - I've paid bills that have come in this week
#51 - I sorted through stacks of old magazine and tossed 95% of them!
#52 - I attended a Celebrate Recovery Graduation Ceremony that I'd been invited to. The testimonies were amazing. God still peforms miracles!
#53 - I worked my youngest DS's Valentines Day Party @ School.

That's about it. I did have a good Valentine's day. My guys spoiled me. They cooked dinner for me. And I got a cool cover for my Kindle, new earbuds for my iPhone, and a pretty necklace and bracelet.

I'd better keep working on filing now! #54 here I come!

Pre-Valentine's Day weekend

Things I accomplished today:

#36 - got youngest DS's valentine's made today
#37 - had both DSs take outgrown clothes out of closets today. Already folded, bagged and ready to donate.
#38 - did multiple loads of laundry today. Washed, folded & put away.
#39 - stopped at craft store and purchased my 'donation' to the youngest's party at school.

Good day. We got out today and enjoyed the spring weather too.

Additional accomplishments today

I have straightened all of the rooms in the house. That's 5 upstairs and 7 downstairs. I'm giving myself 12 more accomplishments, as this *really* needed to be done and I'd been procrastinating! that brings me to #32

I also found our FSA credit card and got it activated, so that's #33

and I'm about to leave to go get Rxs @ the pharmacy, so that's #34.

And I thought I wasn't going to get anything done today :-)

OH....AND I went by the public library and checked out two books for my eldest DS for his project @ school #35.

Next accomplishment #20

I missed church last Sunday. Today I listened to the podcast of my pastor's sermon. It was very good.

I now have lots to think about. #20 done.

Accomplishments #12-16

Since today is an ice day and there has been NO school today, the boys have been home. As a result, I've had helpers today (much to their chagrin!) ha

I have done 3 loads of laundry today -- washed, folded AND PUT AWAY (#12 - 14)
I have paid all the bills I can locate in the house (#15)
I have called all of my Bible Study ladies today to tell them that study is cancelled for tomorrow (#16)

Accomplishment #11

I have been through ANOTHER pile of junk mail that accumulated during out trip.

Sorry to say that's all I had time for today. Busy day @ church.

Friday

Well I'd told myself I'd try to accomplish 4 more things this week. I have taken my injection EVERY DAY this week. Given my history, that counts as my 4 accomplishments right there.

However, I am still working on other things. Today I started cleaning out the drawers of costume jewlery I have. I will have to find some young girls who want to expand their jewelry collections! Some stuff is cool, just not my style any more; others, I thought, now what did I think I'd wear that with?

So, I'm still working on accomplishing something every day.

I also flipped my mattress today. so that's a bonus accomplishment. Brings me to #9 or 10.

Accomplishment #5

I took my injection this a.m. It proceeded to make me feel sick, so not much else got done today.

However, I did get a couple of small errands run, so hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

Accomplishments 1-4

A blog buddy is posting all of her accomplishments daily. Whew! I"m tired just reading it! She has had some ups and downs in the past few years and (like me) has put off dealing with the stuff that accumulates when life is hurtling along and all you can do is run to keep up. She's cleaning and it's inspiring.

In the same vein, but seemingly unrelated, our pastor preached a wonderful sermon today. It too is about life changes that can have an accomplishment attached. I have to get out of my comfort zone...learn to talk to people I don't normally have conversations with. Now that will seem completely impossible to my eldest child --- that there are people I don't know and that I've not already had a conversation with them. HA. He insists that we're one of the last families out of church each week. It's true, I love to talk w/ friends there...but that's NOT what the pastor was emphasizing. SO....

One of my goals to accomplish this week is to talk to someone (not from church) that I do not already know. There. It's in the blog and I have to try.

But back to my blog buddy's list of accomplishments. She's listing her accomplishments, no matter how small. So here goes:

#1) I did NOT nap today. I know Sunday's are good for afternoon naps, but I had stuff to do and I stayed away from the bed.
#2) my youngest child had to make a poster for school. We got it done with time to spare!
#3) I am caught up on laundry. In fact...I did some laundry that had been set aside as the "when I have time and no OTHER laundry" pile. I got two things in that pile taken care of this weekend.
#4) I have taken my injectable medication for almost a week now REGULARLY and that is a TRUE accomplishment.

My goal for this week is 4 more items. Don't know what they will be, but I just want to do a few things that will make me feel like I'm changing for the better.