Lists: November 2005 Archives

- Painted and redecorated the upstairs bathroom. -Installed new towel racks and soap holders, etc. Also broke a drill bit deep in the wall. I have no idea what I hit. - Cleaned out every cabinet in my kitchen. - Cleaned and organized with containers the upstairs linen closet. - Scrubbed everything upstairs. - Turned my bedroom into something more than a bed surrounded with 4 walls. Bought decorative pillows for the bed, rugs for the floor, set out photos, etc. Stuff I have failed to do for 10 months. - Packed yet another box for the Goodwill (to be taken today). - Took Steven's 3rd pair of boots to the cobbler for resoling. Picking them up today. - Steven and I worked on and finished the wainscoting in J.'s bedroom. - Finished my Thanksgiving dinner shopping. - Posted a lot of recipes on my recipe journal for things I might or might not be preparing for Thanksgiving dinner. - Shopped for special items for my mother's visit (linen water, toiletries, chocolate covered cherries, etc) - Baked a coconut cake that must now rest for 4 days before eating. - Made fudge. - Made cookies (big chunky cookies with nuts, raisins, dried cherries, dried cranberries, chocolate chips .. yummy!) - Made my favorite icebox fruit cake (1 for us, 1 for my mother, 1 for the neighbor, 1 for Steve's work). - Took a truckload of crap to the county dump. - Had lunch with Gracie at school. - Washed what seemed like millions of loads of laundry ... sheets, towels, curtains, clothes, rugs, etc) - Signed, stuffed, addressed, stamped my christmas cards. - Planned a Christmas party and designed the invitations to go out at the end of the week. - Had an OB appointment. - Took a glucose tolerance test. - As well as the normal cooking, cleaning, fetching, doing for all the people who live in my house and the million and twelve trips up and down stairs. - Have reached the point where everything gives me major heartburn, my boobs ache because the booby fairy came and I am now a bit lopsided. :-/ - No apologies to male readers for the above. Men seem to appreciate the visits by the booby fairy. - My due date has been changed to January 30th. I look like I am going to deliver at any minute. I have gained 1 pound and look like the broadside of a barn. - Failed to tell my mother the weather has predicted some snow flurries because she is the kind who would stay home rather than risk a tiny flutter of non-sticking snow. - Thought about all of you alot but really needed to take care of this stuff. Starting friday my Christmas plans go into full swing and I can't lollygag around!