Hi my name is Lori and I have a problem...

Actually more than one if you ask my husband, Doug, but I'm just going to stick to the one I have an issue with at this moment. Remember how I said that Friday I went through closets and got rid of 6 pairs of shoes? How is it that I took Zach to get dress shoes for a wedding and I came out with a pair of black heeled sandals? WTF? I have way too many shoes---way too many. And my husband knows me too well...he told my daughter while they were waiting in the car that we would come out with shoes for me and none for Zach. How true he was. We left the mall and went to another Payless and were able to get Zach a pair of shoes for Nikki and Ben's wedding. I'm hoping that they last until basketball season but I don't think my luck will hold on that.

Tomorrow I go back to work...I'm happy and a little sad all at the same time. I've got tons of stuff to do though so I will be busy.

Marked a couple more things off of my summer to do list--Doug actually did them for me. Because they involved paint and I don't paint--don't like it--it's too messy for me. He spray painted a couple of things for my scrap area. I have decided to go with a tan or taupe, navy and white color scheme in my area. I found some cool navy baskets with white liners at Target on clearance and that started the whole scheme. He spray painted an old metal pan I got at the 3rd Sunday Market and an old snowman stool I was tired of navy. Now I need to work on getting a different kind of work surface. I really want the Expedit bookcase with desk from IKEA (my mother ship) but we may not be able to swing it at this time. I will keep my eyes out for new curtains also--I would like a white background with a graphic navy flower or some other kind of pattern.

Need to go start supper--Zach has it in his head that he wants me to make a recipe off of the ketchup bottle. I'm all for someone else coming up with menus so I'm going for it. Ha.

Another productive day...

I'll be honest with you...I haven't showered today...and I am still in my pajamas. I'm starting to smell myself, so once I finish this post and finish vacuuming the lower level I will be jumping in the shower.

Today I went through the 2 other closets I have clothes in. I know--I have too many clothes. Goal today was to get rid of anything that has 2x on the label--since I don't wear that size anymore and it is too easy to put it on and eat because there is room. So I got rid of all of my cable turtleneck sweaters--one in every color--OMG! I have a problem. "Hi I'm Lori and I need one of every color in every piece of clothing I own!" I kept 3 sweaters--two of them were Eddie Bauer xxl--which I think is comparable to a 1x. If everything goes as planned I may be buying XL or L sweaters for this winter. I also went through and got rid of all but 3 long sleeve t-shirts and any and all polyester shirts I used to wear to Earthmover. If I haven't worn them in the 3 years I have been gone--I'm not going to wear them this year. I went through jackets, shoes and jewelry. Shoes are a bit harder for me but I did get rid of 6 pairs. I also went through my shirts from this summer and got rid of 8 of those. Then I spent the rest of the day reorganizing how I keep purses, bags and other misc. stuff in those closets. Feels good--Doug's not too happy though because I filled 1.5 of those big huge rubbermaids I just brought home from the rummage sale. Now if I can get him to go through his stuff.

I also cooked an awesome supper. The first of the week--how sad. Chicken in the crock pot, roasted red potatoes and corn on the cob. YUM.

I did laundry--actually still doing it, but the goal is to have it all caught up before we go help a friend move back to Indiana tomorrow at 1 pm.

I checked out my summer to do list last night and realized I had more things on it that I should be able to get done before the summer is over--for me that is Monday. So I was able to mark 5 more things off of my list. Hopefully Doug will help me finish off the other few things before school starts on August 18th.

The end of a crazy busy week...

Everything went as planned this week with the exception of Friday. I went to my mom's to set up for the rummage sale. There were a few other sales on mom's street so people kept coming up. We were turning people away for a while, but got to thinking that it was against our best interests to keep doing that. We sent Kate and Mom to the credit union to get some change and we opened for business. We made over $450 Friday. Now of course, Salli sold a couch and chair for $250 but we each made almost a $100 besides that. Our sale ended up being around $715 which I thought was excellent for one of the hottest weekends ever. I made $200, Mom made around $40 another friend made $20 and the rest was my sister's. She had all of her baby stuff, stroller, high chair, bath, exersaucer, and tons of clothes. It felt good to get rid of everything. I came home with 3 empty bins--the biggest ones. They talked and we are going to have another one after school starts--they were willing to run it without me because we decided to do it Friday and Saturday. I will help on Saturday of course, but Friday I will be working. I'm ready to clean out some more stuff.

I have 2 more closets left to go through. They are mostly clothes--Doug and I's both so I will have to get him on board. 1 more full week until I go back to work. Seemed like a short summer for me, but that's okay--I really miss work. Never thought I would say that.

Kate and I are off to Vacation Bible School tonight through Thursday. Fun.

It will be a busy week....

Monday-mark rummage stuff. Get laundry going and hopefully finished. vacuum this pet hair filled house. Wash bathroom rug and rug down by back door--hang on the line to dry.

Tuesday-mark more rummage. Run into work to cut some checks. Wash someone's sheets. Put stuff away. Take rummage to Mom's so that it is out of the house for Thursday.

Wednesday-To St. Louis for Zach's Diabetes dr. appt. come home to clean for my Thirty-one party on Thursday--especially the bathroom and dust everything. Have Doug mow and trim the yard.

Thursday-Zach to dr. for Sports physical. Clean kitchen. Make cake and dips for party. Vacuum again. Febreeze everything. Ha.

Friday-Do absolutely nothing--ha. Trip to Library. Wash someone's sheets. Go to pool???

Saturday-Rummage sale all day.

SUnday-Sunday School. VBS starts and runs through Thursday of next week.

Whew.