The Last Week

It's the last week of school, and the last week before our Alaska trip! I can hardly believe the school year is over already! It will be a busy week--tomorrow (Monday) Jordan goes to Hogle Zoo with his class, and Christie goes on Wednesday. Thursday is Field Day and Friday is the last day of school.

I am so excited for the Alaska cruise that I can hardly wait! I don't think I've explained about this trip before. Steven's parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year and they decided to take their 6 children and spouses on a cruise to Alaska. They told us about this trip 2 years ago, right around the time we bought our house. Two years ago was our 10th wedding anniversary. We had always talked about taking a trip to Hawaii for our 10th anniversary, but with the news that Mom and Dad S. were going to take us on a trip, we decided to forego the Hawaii trip and buy the house instead (with a bigger down payment!). Now it is finally here! I have been doing some research online to see what there is to do in the various towns we will visit and it seems the biggest problem will be deciding what to do in the time we have!

My best friend will have our three children stay with her for the weekend, then my sister will pick them up and have them through the rest of the trip. Many thanks to these wonderful ladies for being willing to have our children stay with them!

The best part of it all? Our last night on board (6/12) will be our 12th wedding anniversary! We have some big plans to celebrate!

While I will be taking my laptop, it will only be for downloading pictures from the digital camera and keeping a journal. We won't have internet access (well, the ship does have internet access but it's not free) so I won't be able to tell about the trip til after we get back.

This week is already so busy---Friday will be here before I know it!!

feeling a little scattered

I've been feeling a little scattered lately. There's so much to do and not a whole lot of time to do it. Alex wakes up only once or twice a night, and after feeding goes right back to sleep, so I shouldn't feel as sleep-deprived as I do. Some nights I can't get back to sleep. Which then throws me off for the rest of the day.

I feel stalled on so many things. I have started and not finished so many sewing projects. Same thing with yard projects. And we are going to Alaska in a week and I have hardly started anything as far as packing goes.

I feel like I spend too much of my time juggling spinning plates--staying on top of really basic household stuff like dishes, laundry, keeping the house picked up and meals. I feel like I spend all day doing basics and don't really get to do the "fun" stuff like sewing, scrapbooking, gardening, planning summer school, etc.

I think I need a new plan of attack. I'll think about this and post my thoughts tomorrow.

happy mother's day

sometimes ya just gotta spoil yourself

I was out running some errands and decided to stop at Bath and Body Works. They were having a sale and I decided to splurge and get myself some shower gel.

I've used the Butterfly Flower and Apple scents so far. Love them!