Yesterday's Hurricane

So yesterday I had a list of about 20 billion things to do, and amazingly I only had three items left by the end of the day!

Andy came over at 8am, and started doing the garden work, then mowed the whole lawn at 9. Natasha had been up since 6 am so I already had her and myself up, ready, and dressed by 8, and she was sitting eatting breakfast at that point. Alex was still home too when Andy came by, and I finished his lunch and sent him off to work.

Then, I started cleaning! Natasha went down for her nap unusually early at 9-9:30ish. so I was able to start laundry, and deep cleaning the kitchen! Then I moved on to the bathroom, living room, and getting the recycling organized and all that. I also reorganized and cleaned natasha's room before she went down for nap. Then I hoovered the whole house. I delt with some financial things on the phone, and by the time I sat down for a break it was almost noon and natasha was awake again!

It was a beautiful sunny day out, and the front lawn and garden were looking gorgeous! I called Andy in and gave him an hour long lunch, feeding natasha myself and him yummy ham sandwhiches! Then after lunch I took a moment to sit down and write my family letters and get their boxes together to send off in the mail today. I had made some pictures recently, and I want to send everyone in the family a little english gift. :) I kept doing more laundry, and then played outside with Natasha for a little while, on the nice cut lawn, and on her little scooter. I need to take pictures of that sometime!

It was starting to get really hot at this point, and after finishing Natasha's bedroom, she was ready to take another short afternoon nap. I put her down at 1:30 and laid down for an hour myself. Unfortunatly I missed Susanne coming by as I was soo tired, I had only had 4 hours of sleep the night before!!

After an hour of shut-eye I got up and helped andy put some items from our garage in the Loft that we've been meaning to do for awhile. It's just amazing what work can get done with 2 people! Andy did the whole garage, took our bike to get fixed, took our recycling out to the dump (rycyling center is right next to it), and did the front and back garden.

Meanwhile the house was starting to sparkle and I felt a deep satisfaction at our hard work! I've never seen a garage so clean before!

At 4:30 I started preping for dinner, cutting up veggies and such, and made roasted veggies, haddock and chips. It was lovely, and I kept andy around for dinner so he could cool down, and take a breather before leaving. Alex was home by 5:15 so it worked out perfectly to have dinner on the table as he walked in the door. :) After andy left alex and I just vegged. We played some Wii for a bit and then I put natasha down to bed, but she had a panic attack at 8:30 and I had to get her out comfort her, change her again, and put her back down around 9:00. Oh I also gave natasha a bath today. I forgot that part. I gave her one in the middle of the day to cool her down and let her run around just in her nappy inside.

Anyways after she was back asleep I passed out myself after scripture and prayer with Alex. And here I am 11 hours of sleep later and groggy and sore from all the hard work yesterday!

Today is going to be just as busy too, with errands to run, grocery shopping to do, the Land lady inspecting the house today, and preparing our lessons for church. We have a lot to get done :)

But before the busy day starts I'm just cleaning and getting a yummy breakfast in bed ready for alex ;) I think it will be a lovely surprise. And natasha takes a nap between 9-10ish to 11-12ish. I'm thinking omlettes and french toast sound lovely!