he says...

x has been sick the last 3 days, cough, runny nose, congested, fever...
"mom, i wish Jesus was still alive on the earth."
"why?"
"so he could heal me and make me stop coughing."
"if i am sick tomorrow that will be 4 days...i've never been sick for 4 days before. what if i miss church on sunday? what if i am still sick on monday? will i miss school?"

he has been checking his temperature frequently, sometimes within minutes of each other.

"i'm too sick to do anything but watch tv and play wii."
(poor sick child!)

check!

i was productive today! finally!
i finished one of my master's classes on october 25th. i kept telling myself when it was over i would put all my energy into working out and REALLY cleaning my house.
well, wouldn't you know the weekend before i was feeling a little sick and sure enough, tuesday when the class was over i was wiped out! found out that i had bronchitis (still coughing even now.) and to make matters worse my sciatic nerve was pinched and every time i coughed i had a stabbing pain in my butt, that would shoot down my leg. it was blinding! todd asked which was worse, the sciatic nerve or childbirth. my answer, the sciatic nerve....because nothing good comes from it.
so i've been a little wiped out and haven't had the energy or the time to get anything major done. well last night i made a list of things to get done, hoping that i would wake up with some motivation to work on crossing those things off. AND I DID!

so, just for fun, here is my list and here is what i accomplished:
put away scrapbook supplies from past projects
unload the dishwasher
load the dishwasher & run it
clean the counters
clean the stove
steam mop the floor
go through “to do” basket
straighten living room
dust
vacuum
all toys upstairs
vacuum hall stairs
sort through downstairs hall buckets
fold laundry
do laundry (ended up being 5 loads!)
wipe down washer and dryer
put scarves, hats, etc. in downstairs hall closet
downstairs bathroom
upstairs kids bathroom
lesson plans
shop til you drop project
lay out church clothes
work on lesson

kids to:
wipe down counters
straighten their rooms
help pick up living room
dust living room
vacuum living room

this is not a typical day. even the kids were quasi-cooperative. and yes, there are things that are not done, but I have tomorrow and monday….and then maybe tuesday I’ll make a new list and start on that one.

feels good! (except I have to push the laundry off my bed so I can go to sleep. i’m tired!)

yeah clean house!

christmas here we come....bring on the end of the year...i''ll be ready, and so will my house! for some reason it just feels appropriate to have a clean and uncluttered home when the end of the year rolls around. don't want to carry too much baggage into the next year!