Nine Days to Go

Day nine started a SMIDGE earlier than I had planned. When Vivi fell out of bed at 5:15, I had already started to stir. Getting up to console her sealed the deal and I was downstairs by 5:30AM. By 9:00 I had already:

• Set up the new bookcase with all the books that had been piled in the living room for months. That felt so good. It looks great and feels great to toss cardboard boxes!
• Dusted the entire living room
• Washed all the light fixtures
• Cleaned out the computer desk and dusted it inside and out
• Washed all the living room windows
• Wiped down the living room walls
• Greeted my family for the day
• Ate breakfast
• Went over edits to the Home Manual with David
  
• Wrote yesterday's blog entry for "10 Days to Go."
• Began today's blog entry
  

If "Took a nap" doesn't appear in this entry sometime later today, I'm doomed.

The rest of the day kept going at that pace, other than a most enjoyable break consisting of snuggles with my son ( that's a nap sort of, right?):

• Boxed up our homeschooling supplies and records
• Played a game with the kids
• Made lunch
  
• Went through three MOUNDS of paperwork
• Swept the living room
  
• Washed all the doors and wood trim in the living room
  
• Helped David pack for an overnight camping trip with Bo
  
• Did 1/2 of my standard kitchen chores. It is days like today I really miss Meme, aka "the Kitchen Fairy."
• Did a load of laundry
• Helped Vivi with her shower
  
• Helped myself to a shower as well
  
• Repaired a pair of pants
• Repaired some wall art in the living room
  
• Made Fried Artichoke Blossoms, which I didn't cook long enough. I never cook artichokes long enough. It is infuriating.
  
• Visited with a dear friend for a couple hours that went by way too fast
  
• Went to an awesome Food N Flick night with 17+ of the most wonderful women in the world
• Fed Whitey the rat
• And now I think I will end my day with a glass of wine and another chapter of French In Action before I go to bed and sleep hopefully until WAY past 5:30.