In the few "free" days I get, sometimes the stars align just right and I can do chores AND watch my backed up DVR. Two of my fav shoes are Hotel Impossible (Love ya Anthony!), Long Island Medium and Gypsy Sisters. Now, when I say free days, I mean those rare Tuesday or Thursday hours between 930 and 240 when all kids are at school.....and I don't have 8 million errands to run. The rare days when all my chores can be done at home. Laundry, always. Mop, sometimes I can get there. Fixing something that broke, yep. When I can actually fold and watch I go through my stored up shows. The best one, deadliest catch I have to wait for D. Don't think he'd forgive me for that.
On to the Sisters. I do watch Big fat gypsy wedding and big fat American gypsy wedding too, but there are more episodes of gypsy sisters. I have a HUGE question for all you gypsies: WHAT IS YOUR NORMAL SCHEDULE, REALLY?!?! Alot of the show is drama, gossip, clothes, fashion, Mellie's issues, and stuff like that. Some of the show is gypsy traditions, superstitions, etc. Now, as a stay at home mom I am wondering when in the hell they get time to do the stuff I see on the show. I only have 4 kids and two dogs. And I am swamped. These ladies have more kids than I, house other people and their kids sometimes. I understand that the girls clean. Got that. And several times on the show I have heard the "matriarchs" say something along the lines of...we get up and clean top to bottom. And also... what normal people think of spring cleaning we do everyday. HUH? I've seen them clean here and there, do laundry here and there. Y'all, from the moment I wake up I am cleaning, switching loads, dishes, cooking, wiping up messes, etc. Sometimes I get to nap with the boys, but not everyday. And I'm not quite sure how much more I could get done in that hour that I'm not doing already. Spring cleaning takes me more than one hour. So... everyday y'all get up do normal everyday cleaning, and also spring cleaning?! Wipe down fridges between diaper changes then dust the ceiling fans before cooking breakfast or before lunch?! I'd like to know...really. You get this all done before meeting for lunch out somewhere and still had time to fix hair and makeup? I WANT A COPY OF YOUR CLEANING SCHEDULE LADIES. REALLY REALLY I DO. If nothing else than to try it for one day. I think my bedroom gets vacuumed once a week if that. (Shame on me, I know). So...how do you do it? And when I see you sit on your living room floor blinging something out (in what looks like early evening) with NO KIDS AROUND, I'm wondering where's your 9 kids? If I even thought about doing stuff like that in the middle of my living room before 845pm I would have to fight off little ones from messing with the stuff, or worse playing with the plugged in hot glue gun. No, I didn't see any little people messing with stuff they aren't supposed to. And this blog is in no way criticising the way the culture is. I'm thoroughly in shock if these ladies pull off everyday cleaning, spring type cleaning, all laundry, cooking etc in one whole day...everyday. Much less being done in time to get all dressed up to go to lunch or go get their nails done. Jealous by the way. Not that the hubby wouldn't let me get them done every week, but that we don't have the money for that. :)
Ladies...I want a copy of your daily schedule pronto!
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
The list for 2014!
With D at work today, thank you winter weather, I have finished my list of things I would like to get to or do for 2014! While it is in pink, I haven't put sparkly stuff on it just yet. Waiting til naptime for that! Since it was getting kinda long, I decided just to go on and round it to 14 for 2014. Seems like a lot, but looking at it it's really not. Here it is in all it's fabulous glory!!!
1. Save enough for an Adult Only Trip to Disney for my birthday!!
2. Pay at least half of the credit card off! I would say all, but see number 1.
3. Bake/Cook more! Cookies, cupcakes, doggie treats, dinner (getting away from hamburger helper), bread, homemade meatballs, and number one thing to bake/cook- Alton Brown’s mac and cheese!
4. Fix broken little things in the house, or replace them. Like those silly light covers that are broken in the kitchen. Not really something you think about everyday.
5. Mop more than once every two weeks (if that happens that much now *head hung in shame*).
6. Sell everything we don’t use, and doesn’t piss Dennis off!
7. Give in to my new glitter/shiny obsession. Ten years ago I would have never even though of sparkly. I’m going with it!
8. Walk the dogs more. Between the pool and fenced off kid area…they don’t have a ton of room to run and play in.
9. Re-teach the big kids how to clean stuff and do laundry. Not half ass it, really stay with them when cleaning and make them redo it til it’s right.
10. Dress up more…even if for no reason at all.
11. Hide more vegetables in the food. ;) Yes kiddos, butternut squash and other stuff will be going in your mac and cheese!
12. Play more cards with my mom, as well as teach the big kids Canasta. I don’t think I got to play any at all with her last year.
13. More yoga. I have severely fallen off with this, and it does wonders for me.
14. Last but not least, (since it is 2014 I should have 14 right?!) have everyone UNPLUG more.
I'm thinking this list is very doable, something that will be not too much to handle. Except number one. That one is the one that might have to get pushed back to 2015. I am determined though, and stubborn. Once my mind is set..it's hard to change!
There is a pic going around fb now, saying if you save the amount of the number week it is in the year, you'll have a certain amount by the end of the year. I'm going to try that too. Only for so long. I will be stopping Thanksgiving weekend. I am going to use this as Christmas shopping money. I think this is a brilliant idea. I am going to try my hardest, and hope D doesn't get upset since we are trying to pay off the credit card (see number 2) but it would help if I didn't have so much to try to come up with at Christmas. We'll see how it goes!
I wish everyone Good Luck in their new year goals/lists/words/resolutions!
The New Year List!
1. Save enough for an Adult Only Trip to Disney for my birthday!!
2. Pay at least half of the credit card off! I would say all, but see number 1.
3. Bake/Cook more! Cookies, cupcakes, doggie treats, dinner (getting away from hamburger helper), bread, homemade meatballs, and number one thing to bake/cook- Alton Brown’s mac and cheese!
4. Fix broken little things in the house, or replace them. Like those silly light covers that are broken in the kitchen. Not really something you think about everyday.
5. Mop more than once every two weeks (if that happens that much now *head hung in shame*).
6. Sell everything we don’t use, and doesn’t piss Dennis off!
7. Give in to my new glitter/shiny obsession. Ten years ago I would have never even though of sparkly. I’m going with it!
8. Walk the dogs more. Between the pool and fenced off kid area…they don’t have a ton of room to run and play in.
9. Re-teach the big kids how to clean stuff and do laundry. Not half ass it, really stay with them when cleaning and make them redo it til it’s right.
10. Dress up more…even if for no reason at all.
11. Hide more vegetables in the food. ;) Yes kiddos, butternut squash and other stuff will be going in your mac and cheese!
12. Play more cards with my mom, as well as teach the big kids Canasta. I don’t think I got to play any at all with her last year.
13. More yoga. I have severely fallen off with this, and it does wonders for me.
14. Last but not least, (since it is 2014 I should have 14 right?!) have everyone UNPLUG more.
I'm thinking this list is very doable, something that will be not too much to handle. Except number one. That one is the one that might have to get pushed back to 2015. I am determined though, and stubborn. Once my mind is set..it's hard to change!
There is a pic going around fb now, saying if you save the amount of the number week it is in the year, you'll have a certain amount by the end of the year. I'm going to try that too. Only for so long. I will be stopping Thanksgiving weekend. I am going to use this as Christmas shopping money. I think this is a brilliant idea. I am going to try my hardest, and hope D doesn't get upset since we are trying to pay off the credit card (see number 2) but it would help if I didn't have so much to try to come up with at Christmas. We'll see how it goes!
I wish everyone Good Luck in their new year goals/lists/words/resolutions!
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