A Typical Busy Saturday with Three Kids

Today, I got up at 6:45 a.m. and immediately showered. By 7:05 a..m. I was dressed and putting on my make-up with my hair in a towel. At 7:30 we were expecting an HVAC guy to replace the rusted out coils on the upstairs A/C unit.

At about 7:06 a.m. we realized that Brett was here. Mike had just stepped out of bed. I was forced to answer the door with bare feet, no make-up and my hair wrapped in a towel.

7:45 Ready for the day, I began to assemble ingredients to cook Jason an omelette in the new Easy Omelette pan I got at Bed, Bath and Beyond. 2 eggs, 3 slices of thin ham lunch meat diced, and a good size pinch of grated cheddar cheese. The pan seemed to leak the butter around the edge which was frustrating. The pan is hinged and once the eggs mixture is in the pan (which I put margarine in the top and bottom sections - you close the lid and lock it. After a few minutes, you turn the pan over and cook a few more minutes. I think it took about 10 minutes total. But, as I said, the butter seemed to ooze from where the pans hinged and made a terrible mess on the smooth top range. The omelette, however, got high praises from Jason along with bacon and toast.

8:15 I made an omelette for myself, and probably by 8:30 had one created for Mike as well.

8:40 I dashed to 7-Eleven for some soft drinks.

9:00 I drove Jason to Sport Clips for a hair cut.

10:25 I drove Jason to the high school to dress-out for his two baseball games he was playing today.

10:35 Filled the van with gas

10:45 Home again to do more laundry with the [finally] fixed washing machine.

11:30 Mike left to go to the baseball games, I continued with laundry.

12:00 Megan came home from her sleepover, and I got her into the shower to get ready to attend a birthday party. Also, we wrapped the gift and did a card.

Between 12:30 and 1:30 I handled a bit more laundry and cat-napped for 30 minutes.

1:30 we head to the skating rink. By 2:05 I was a bit worried that we were at the wrong rink -but I was wrong - we were in the right place. I got Megan laced into some 4-wheel skates [not in-line] and tried to get her acclimated because.....she has never really learned to roller skate!

2:20 I exchange cell numbers with the birthday girl's Mom and head out to Ryan's soccer game.

2:45 I arrive at the soccer game just after half-time. Ryan is playing defender and runs down and SCORES a goal. Yea for Ryan - we are very proud! I wish I had a picture to post here.

3:15 The boys won their game 6-0. I walked back out with another family to their car to get Ryan's sleeping bag and overnight case. They had Ryan over last night for a sleepover.

3:30 I drop Ryan at our house so he can play a few video games while I run back to get Megan.

4:00 I arrive back at the skating rink to find Megan skating! Here is one pictre - forgive me for it being out of focus - but - she was skating! I am so proud of her!

4:45 Megan and I leave the skating rink and head to Sam's club for a few provisions, especially bulk Dixie cups in 3 oz and 5 oz sizes. On the way home, I have lengthy discussion with my Mom about logistics for their move into their new house this week.

5:45 we are home again and waiting on Mike and Jason to get home from baseball. Today, they lost the first game, but won the 2nd game. The coaches bought the boys Subway sandwiches for between the games. Megan heads outside to ride her bike.

6:30 p.m. I am cooking dinner and Mike and Jason arrive home. Also - doing more laundry. My washing machine was inoperable for the biggest part of 2 weeks!

7:10 p.m. we eat dinner

7:40 p.m. chatted with my mother in law Margie, and then a nice long chat with my Dad and Kara.

9:15 I headed to Wal-Mart for more laundry soap.

10:15 home again - check laundry and chase the twins to bed.

11:15 the phone rings. My step-sister Julia called from San Francisco and asked me to go have a drink with her. This confuses me because I am in Texas. A few minutes of questions and answers leaves us both chuckling. I say: Where are you? Julia: Coming down your street! Me: Really? you are in Texas? Anyway - it was fun to have a couple of minutes to catch up with each other!

11:41 Well - I must post this to my blog, or I won't get credit for March 7th. I have a 9th grader who needs to get to bed. Mike is snoozing on the couch.

Don't forget to roll your clocks forward 1 hour for the time change!

Off to switch the laundry. Again. Ciao.