Saturday morning

Eeek, all the stuff to do! It's 9:16 and I'm just now getting ready to go do something with the day. Do something. More like do everything! Almost no packing has been done, and there's still the last bits of cleaning the house, though I've done really well with that, in general. Just need to clean the kitchen, straighten the house, and vacuum. Plus laundry issues, but that doesn't really count.

Yesterday I didn't get around to posting before we suddenly got sleepy and had to go to bed. I was busy yesterday, and it was an icky day. I had lunch at Ponderose with Mom and Auntie and Shannan and Heidi and Angie and Devon and Alex. The kids were pretty good, so that was nice. I was reminded that I had said something about making something for the bake sale thing they're having today at the flea market Shannan is helping to host for the Special Olympics.. they're going to the State competition soon, and they need to raise money for it. So I stopped at Food Lion and got the stuff to make peanut butter balls. Those babies are so much work, but they're delicious. I spent three hours or something on it yesterday afternoon. I'm going to try to stop at the sale today sometime.

Also, I did laundry, cleaned up the house some, did paperwork, did girlie hair things, cleaned shoes, etc. Today should be hopelessly busy. I'll try to write more tonight, but I should say that I'm not sure how much I'll be posting from Sweden. We'll see how that goes. Anyway, definitely time to get in the shower and get stuff ready. Need to be at the bank before noon.

Saturday afternoon

I'm taking a much deserved break. I've been busy since I've been up, running about, doing errands, etc. I'm getting impatient for M to get off work and get home, though. Need help with some of the rest of this stuff. Packing his clothes, etc.

I'm almost completely packed. I wish I could leave the suitcase just as it is and close it up tomorrow after adding the last minute things, but it's on the bed and I don't have anywhere else to put it opened. Sucks to have no space! Hmm.. If I go ahead and vacuum now, I could perhaps put it in the livingroom, put the sheets back on the bed, and have M's suitcase on the bed ready to be packed when he gets home. I think I'll try to do that after I get done resting. Anyway, I also have my clothes for tomorrow laid out, my purse switched (taking a little black purse instead of the one I'm carrying now, as I will have no need for my phone, most of my wallet stuff, keys, etc.), a stack of things ready for the carry-on.. there's just so much to DO when one is doing it essentially by one's self. I'm not complaining that I'm doing it all.. it's just the way it's worked out, with him at work so long.

Part of me is thinking about making a nice dinner, but I'm not all that sure I want to add that to my list of things to do, particularly since we're not exactly heavily stocked on groceries. I suppose we'll have grilled cheese, or the equivalent.

I went to the bank this morning and transferred money, went to WalMart and Kroger's looking for butter mints. Found them at Kroger's. M's mom asked for us to bring some.. she had them at the wedding and liked them. It's funny, really, about those mints. I don't know anyone who eats them outside of weddings and holidays or other special events. Apparently there's not a law against having them at any time, though, because no one arrested me for buying them. :) Stopped at the Special Olympics flea market and found some clothes of Shannan's that I wanted to try on, so I brought them home, tried them on, and returned the rest on my way to lunch. Spent $13 and got an outfit and a shorts/skirt thing. After I got home, I've pretty much just been packing and stuff. And doing laundry. The outfit that I bought had dry-clean only pants. I compromised and hand-washed them, and then hung them to dry outside. Bad day for it. It's freezing outside.

As you can see, I don't have much else to write about, but I can't end this or I'll have to go back to working! Troublesome.

My husband has an entire drawer (in a household where storage is a major issue) just for his ties. Oh, and let's not forget the three drawers of socks and underwear. *giggle* It's so funny. I have all of my undergarment type things in one small drawer, and I'm the girl. Isn't it supposed to be me taking up all the space with clothes? I just felt the need to pick on my sweetie a little because he's started leaving said tie drawer open, and it drives me batty. :)

Oh, speaking of Sweetie! :) My cousin Krista calls me that, which is why I thought of it just now. I saw her at the flea market thing and went to give her a hug, and she said that she got my letter. Me: "I wrote you a letter?" Krista: "No, I wrote you one." Me: "Oh. What'd it say?" Krista: "um.. love you." *beam* Isn't that cute?

Okay, fine, I'll go work now, but I'm not happy about it. I still have 2.5 hours before M gets home, and plenty of stuff to do before then. And nothing on my list involves having fun! Errgh! On the bright side, though, it really does look like everything will get done before we leave. With the sheer quantity of things to do, that seemed somewhat doubtful for a while. :)