While the boys are away, mom will....

Catch up on her to-do list.

So....Steve-0 bravely flew out of here on Thursday with BOTH boys to Ohio to visit his dad and grandma for about a week. Insert applause here for my brave husband, who successfully navigated 2 airplane rides, a 2 hour delay in Atlanta, and a trip through the concourse, tram, and about a half mile walk through the ATL airport with a laptop, backpack, and 2 boys in tow....his first time. Goodjob Steve-o!
After a few tears on my part after I left them at the airport (I'm blaming it on preggo hormones) and an anxiety-ridden morning until I knew they had landed safely - it's a frightening thing for me to send off the 3 most important people in the world to me into a small aircraft that will jet them 5 states away, a couple hundred thousand feet in the air - I have some control issues--I'm settling into some time to myself and preparing to tackle my ever-present to-do list.

First things first, clean our house top to bottom, which I've been putting off until Steve and the boys left. It's incredible how messy the house gets and how many more dishes there are with steve and the boys all home all day, every day now. I feel much better now that there aren't flies buzzing around the dirty dishes in the sink. Anyway....I've planned out some stuff to keep me busy for the next week, and for all you voyeurs out there, here it is:

1. Finish staining the crib and put it together
2. Find a dresser for the baby's room
3. Clean out all the cars, which have enough food, shoes, and random clothing articles in them that I could live in them for at least 48 hours.
4. Put an ad in the paper to sell the Buick
5. Send out an advertising mailing for the business
6. Submit a client order
7. Potty train Cooper....or at least prevent him from pooping and peeing in the house more than 2 times in one day.
8. Bathe Cooper
9. Nap. A Lot.
10. Watch way too much tv
11. Drink entirely too many iced chai lattes from Starbucks
12. Go see some movies


Sounds do-able, right?? I'm missing my boys, but looking forward to having some time to myself for the next week. Hoping to get out and take some pictures too, just for fun....just for me. But after tomorrow, since it's supposed to be 100 degrees here tomorrow--yuck!

Anyway....I've rambled enough. But i realized it'd been awhile since I blogged, so I thought I'd give everyone an update as to what I've been doing....or NOT doing, depending on how you look at it.

Have a great weekend!