2pm

Well, it's 2 o'clock, and I'm tired! I have a ginormous list to accomplish, but not enough energy to get it complete. I know, that is all I whine about these days - no energy.

My list & only the few things I've accomplished:
Laundry (have 3 loads left!)
Target
Albertson's
Dust
Change Sheets
Start photo calendar
Costco return
Call garbage company (someone took our trash cans!)
Look up IRS & Brotherhood Mutual certified letter status' (for work)
Call KeyBank about EIN (work)
Dishwasher/Dishes
Call Dr. Strande
Post Office
Find platters
Cost Plus

As you can see, blogging is not on the list, but I needed a break. I just put the boys down for a nap about 30 minutes ago, so some quiet, calm time was in order for me!

We started off at Cost Plus to use my $10 off coupon. Can't let such a deal go to waste! I got some cute napkins and towels for Thanksgiving. I'm hosting this year! My family from Idaho is coming up, and family from Salem. It's going to be good times!

Then we headed to Target and bought out the store. I got Isaiah and Elias some popcorn to hold them over until lunch! By this time, we're all tired, but I still had to get some grocery shopping in! We got to the car, and Isaiah stood up in the cart under the back door of the Honda and jumped. Not sure why he jumped, but he nailed his head on the door. It looked so painful, and a huge melt down occurred. All is well, no stitches needed!

We headed to Albertson's next. Lucky for me, there was Starbucks in the same complex! We went in to get some coffee, and Isaiah announced to the entire store that he had to pee. Fantastic. We went in, and Isaiah claimed to be scared. It took about 5 minutes of coaxing and the kid finally peed - EVERYWHERE. Not sure what he was doing, but he came within inches of spraying Elias and I! So nasty! So, I got to clean the Starbucks bathroom floor. Meanwhile, Elias decided to drop his favorite car into the very full trash can. He had a huge meltdown, so Mom (that's me) got to go digging! Oh so gross. I would have just left it if we were going home, but I still had a 20 pound turkey to buy!

So after that, we all scrubbed our hands with warm soap and water (3 times each), and headed out. There was a very nice lady outside the bathroom door just laughing her head off. I'm sure she found our squealing, crying, and panic noises quite hilarious. I just smiled at her, and she said, "It appears you have your hands full". Do you know how many times a day people say that to me when we venture out into the world? Everywhere we go.

Albertson's wasn't as bad as Starbucks, but I did turn around to find Elias licking tomatoes. I was talking to the manager about where I might find the lemon juice (it was five feet in front of my face). The manager was very sweet, he just laughed and said, "I think your little guy likes tomatoes." Oh so embarrassing! But really, he is two and he does love tomatoes. I just corrected him to not touch (for the 15th time), and went about my merry shopping.

AH well, I got my shopping done, I got a 22 pound turkey for $4.37, and my kids are sleeping now. All of the chaos seemed humiliating earlier, but now it's just so darn funny. A day in the life of Jen! Off to finish the list!