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you learn something new every day

June 28, 2011 /

Yesterday I hit the quota and made up for lost time. A brief listing.

1. 6 or 7 large boxes from the Speedway dumpster will only get one small room sorted into yard sale/moving piles. 
2. When doing the sorting thing, it’s going to look worse before it gets better. 
3. The educational system will keep the paper industry in business; it’s amazing what we find to make a ditto sheet out of.
4. When sorting the powerpoints and handouts, sometimes there are differing opinions on “I’ll use that again someday.” 
5. The same can be said about objects such as passport holders. 
6. When your son tends toward the OCD side of the scale, you can use it to your advantage. As he refuses to put on his jammies, a threat that he’ll just go to bed with nudie buns results in immediate acquiescence. Going to bed in anything other than his normal jammies would not be satisfactory in his eyes. Win. 
7. Having the chicken thawed does not guarantee it will be ready at the appointed dinner time. 
8. Dietsch’s is closed on Mondays. 
9. No matter how exhausted you are, it’s difficult to sleep once you start pondering mortgage numbers. 
10. People are good. Whether supplying large boxes (see number one, sometimes we need backup), telling me not to bother sending lunch with the kiddos or sending a list of things to look forward to in the new community, people want to help. And it’s okay to take them up on it. 

perhaps if it’s public, I’ll follow through

June 26, 2011 /

I took the week off of work to be productive for our upcoming life change events (ie, having a baby, selling a house, buying a house, uprooting, starting a job…). But all I really want to do is plan a trip to the zoo. Or start a new book. But husband convinced me today that some of this will be easier with only 2 kids instead of 3, one of which won’t be able to spend the whole day at the sittter’s quite yet. So here’s the to do list thus far:

1. Wash windows
2. Plant annuals to make the house prettier
3. Power wash the back deck. 
4. Re top the driveway (this is husband’s responsibility, not mine, but needs to be on the list). 
5. Sort books to keep and sell/giveway
6. Sort fancy glassware to sell
7. Sort kitchen utensils that I’ve never used to sell
8. Mulch (again, requires husband)
I’m not sure if you know this about me, but I HATE packing. So the next few months might just be attempts to avoid the inevitable. 

keeping up

June 25, 2011 /

There’s nothing Miss M wants more than to run with the big kids. Whatever they’re doing, she wants a part of it. Whether they’re coloring, and all she knows is to eat the crayons, or if they’re riding “cars”, and her feet don’t touch the ground, she doesn’t want to be left behind. It’s the stuff Disney movies are made of. 

The girl will do anything to be like big brother; when he leaves his Buckeye and binkey in bed, she’ll swipe them and wonder around the house. Just this morning I could tell she was taking a morning poo so I suggested we go sit on the potty. She really didn’t want to stay put until H Boy was on the “big potty” doing the same thing. All of a sudden, it was the cool thing to do. 
I was just reading an article about sibling relationships, specifically how to nurture strong relationships that last into adulthood. Some of the advice is meant for older kids (at least when both are verbal), but it’s something that probably shouldn’t escape my mind for too long. 
Ultimately, it will come down to the kids becoming people that the the others want to spend time with and appreciating their siblings among their shortcomings. No one, save their future spouses, knows the flaws of a sibling like the brother or sister. Perhaps that’s the challenge to overcome in familial relationships. 
But that’s enough psycho-analyzation for the morning. I have a canning party to attend. 
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