Thursday, September 27, 2012

Our Day + Taylor Swift

4:30  Steve is up getting ready to go to Mountain View to talk to Army people.

5:30  Alarm goes off, I get up to get breakfast going.

5:45  Wake Ben up for seminary!

6:00  Start a load of laundry, make lunches, and finish up breakfast.

6:20  Drive Ben to seminary.

6:30  Home again, make sure Susie is up and going.

7:00  Call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(

7:10  Sam's up - Have him get dressed for school.

7:20  My turn for carpool to middle school.

7:35  Back at home, make Sam breakfast.

7:45  Sam leaves for school.

8:00  Call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(,  switch laundry, clean up kitchen, shower, etc.

9:15  Go to the elementary school to help in Sam's class.

10:30  Home to eat brunch.

11:00  Call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(

11:20  Carpool pickup from Elementary - Take boys with me to carwash, feed them lunch and let them play.

12:30 Take Gus to groomer.

1:00   Call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(

2:00  Boys still playing.   Call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(

2:05  Pickup girls at middle school.

2:35  Pickup Ben from high school.

3:00  Call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(  Start another load of laundry.

3:30  Feed Ben before he heads to his soccer game.

3:20  Pick Gus up from groomer.

4:00  Drop Ben back off at high school for soccer, miss calling 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert as Ben didn't want me to call and drive and I am trying to set a good example for my upcoming driver.

4:30  Steve stops at Subway on the way home to get dinner for Ben, then picks up Sam to go to the soccer game.

5:00  Susie and I arrive at WalMart to buy food and snacks for the Girl Scout troop for our camp this weekend (CSAW) ... but before we go in we call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(

6:00  On our way home from grocery shopping Susie uses both of our phones and call 100.5 FM to try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, she is caller 8!, but they were taking caller 10 :( ... so close!

6:10  Get dinner started.   Check e-mails.   Send e-mails.  Susie finishes up the last of her homework.  Steve and Sam get home from soccer game.  Eat Dinner.  Clean up.  Switch laundry.  Take baths.

7:00 Final try to win tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, didn't get through :(

8:00  Put Sam to bed  :)

8:30  Ben gets home from water polo game - wonder who he wanted to watch ;) -  Steve goes back to work to finish things up.

9:00  Susie goes to bed.  I start packing for the weekend and document this craziness on the blog!

9:30  Tell Ben he needs to get some sleep.

10:00 One final switch of laundry and then I am calling it a night ...  hoping work doesn't take Steve too much longer.



*Note:  This is a more or less typical day at our home - no time for eating bon bons here ;)


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