Feeling Constantly Behind the 8 Ball

I know that it is of my own doing but I'm constantly feeling behind. I have a hard time saying no when I'm asked to take something on. Between PTO, Girl Scouts, Arbonne, 3 kids and their activities and a full time outside J-O-B, I feel like there isn't a lot of time left for me. For instance, this morning I called to ask Paul if Molly took her costume to school for the musical. She didn't so I left work at 9am, got to her school just in time to see the END of her performance. So, rather than drive all the way back to work, I worked from home the rest of the day. I have found one redeeming quality about myself. For instance, I'm great at multitasking. I can work from home while uploading pictures, blogging and cleaning up my desk. Oh wait, may that is procrastination. While blogging I also discovered I haven't shared any pictures for awhile.

A couple of weeks ago, we were cleaning house and Abby ASKED if she could clean windows AND the toilet!! Here is the evidence...and she wasn't even in trouble.!

Abby's other exciting news is that she received her yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is so proud of herself. She had really done well. She goes to class 3 nights a week and never complains!

The weekend is over

It's back to the grindstone on a Monday morning. When I left this morning everyone was still in bed. I wish that is where I was. The girls have one final day at home! They have had yet another VERY long weekend. There were off Thursday and Friday for Parent Teacher conferences and today, all 3 are home because of teacher inservice. I don't remember have this many inservice days when I was teaching! Anyway, we had a pretty good weekend. Friday night Abby got her yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. She was so proud of herself. Paul worked most of Saturday. Molly had a birthday party and I didn't have to yell too much at a 13 year old! Daphne's grades have risen so she is out of grounding and now back in Tae Kwon Do. Her biggest need is structure. When she doesn't have anything to do, she does NOTHING or takes HOURS to do homework. When she has several activities schedules she is really good about sitting down and getting everything done is a timely manner. We are trying a new method with her. We are setting a time limit on homework. Hopefully, this will cure her "distraction problem". Sunday, all 5 of us were home and other than a grocery store run we were home the entire day. I seem to be on a cooking kick lately. I made steak and shrimp tetrizzini Saturday night and beef stew yesterday. I also put my new kitchen aid to the test yesterday by making sugar cookies but not sure it was a great recipe. We'll see how the cookie turn out. Stay tuned.