I'm not calling this 'nesting'
posted 2009.05.08 Friday
Oh my stars, I've got a lot to do.
- Clean out fridge (probably won't do)
- Scrub sink (definitely will do, since I love the smell of Comet and how I swear it makes the porcelain twinkle)
- Wipe down cupboards with ammonia (should be okay to use if it's diluted and I keep the area well ventilated)
- Clean microwave
- Wipe down counters
- Clean stove
- Polish dining room table and scrub the chairs (what do my kids eat that there is always dried up crud on their seats)
- Figure out how to get my big, fat, pregnant ass high enough up to dust the ceiling fan (yeah, I'm not doing this but I really want to)
- Have Hubby scrub the floors (I have learned early on if there is anything that is going to lay me up in pain, it's this and have just stopped doing it)
- (Re)wash the slipcovers and get them back on the couches
- Move and sweep under my furniture
- Have Hubby Quick Shine the hardwood floors
- Dust and polish my furniture
- Put away the winter coats
- Try to figure out how to get the crayon off of the wall, re: textured plaster (I've gotten through three kids without having one with this habit, who knew it would turn out to be the cute, sweet, quiet, obedient one?)
Demo my bathroomSuck it up and clean my bathroom: toilet, sink, tub, surround, floors (I'm willing to put money down that I don't do this)- Vacuum the boys' room
- Move all of Benny's crap out of Abigail's room so she has somewhere to sleep tonight
- Find a place for all of Benny's crap
- Put it there
- Dig out infant carrier and clean it
- Pack hospital bag (should that be done already?)
- Pack bag for kids to stay at Patty's while I'm in the hospital
- Clean my bedroom (I might wait and do this tomorrow, it needs to get done but I really hate folding clothes and putting them away)
- Oh, yeah, do the kids' laundry
I think that's everything. It's only twenty-five things, that's not bad. If I do five things an hour, that's only five hours of housework and chores then my list is complete. Not bad. Plus I have tasks that I plan on delegating, plus I have built things into the list knowing right off the bat that I won't do them. I can narrow this down to four hours, maybe three and a half.
So, this all may seem ambitious which would lead many of you to believe that I am nesting. However, nesting would also mean that I am up and doing things. I am not. As a matter of fact, as I am sitting here typing this, I am coming up with about a hundred different excuses as to why I can't get this or that done. Does it count that I at least acknowledge what needs to be done and have gone as far as to make a list? Does that count as nesting? Because I am pretty sure that the actual physical act of nesting is just not going to happen.
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