ToT-The Laundry List

This week's ToT post is THE LAUNDRY LIST. Looks like the term laundry list comes from as early as the Civil War. And it is just what it says it is a list of laundry that you would like back after being cleaned. Today we use this term to make a long list of things, they can be related or not. So here goes my laundry list.....

1. We went to Georgia's school last night and met her teacher. She starts Kindergarten on Thursday. I can't believe she is that old. It is seriously unreal. I'm not ready for her to go, but she is ready to go "meet her friends."

2. Pretty sure on Thursday when Georgia and Nolan pull out of the drive way, I'm going to go inside and have a good cry. I'm going to miss hanging out with my little buddy all day!!

3. I hate that Georgia has to wear uniforms to school. We end up paying more because we have to buy uniforms and clothes to wear at other times. She even has to wear white or navy socks. They can't even have a stripe. Seems silly to me. The school says it's because some clothes can be distracting. I dunno, I don't remember being too distracted by the clothing that someone else was wearing. Especially in Kindergarten.

4. I have an OB appointment this afternoon. Its going to take about 2 hours. I hate going to the doctor all the time, but I love seeing what my babies are up to. I just wish it didn't take so long at every appointment. Soon it will be over and I won't be able to type because I will be holding two babies!

5. I'm pretty sure that I'm still in shock about having twins. When will it seem real? Um, not sure. Maybe when they come out crying. Or maybe when I'm up at 2am trying to soothe two babies back to sleep. 

6. I love my dog like a baby. 

7. I hate his barking!!!

8. Yesterday my mom and friend Sarah came over and helped me prepare some meals to put in my freezer. We got about 9 meals prepared. I still have room for some more. So, I'm going to try and make a few more up before these babes get here. Hopefully the work will pay off. 

9. It's hard to fit my lap top on my lap today. 

10. It hurts to walk today. 

11. I'm really glad that I got to spend the weekend with just my hubby. It was nice to hang out with each other, go out to eat, and sleep in without dragging the kiddo along. Although we did miss her a bunch! 

12. I spend too much time on Facebook. I'm addicted, I'll admit it. 

13. I love feeling my babies kick and move.

14. I wish that I was really good at sewing. 

15. I wish that I was really good at knitting. 

16. I'm thankful that my mom has been coming over to help us keep up with the housework. 

17. I think that the funniest thing is the cat falling asleep in the window sill and then falling out of it. She also does that when she falls asleep on the back of the chair. Don't worry, it's not a long fall and she's ok. 

18. I like living close to my family.

19. I wish we lived closer to Nolan's parents and siblings. I like them and Georgia misses her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousin and I'm positive that Nolan misses them. 

20. I keep thinking about the victims of the CO shootings. I just can't imagine. 

21. I also keep thinking about the shooters parents and wondering how they are feeling. Again, I just can't imagine.

22. I've really wanted to travel this summer...more than usual. It's probably because I can't travel. It's always the things that you can't do that you want to do the most. 

23. I'm not sure how I'm going to adjust.....I'm going from caring for a 4 year old (almost 5) who does a lot for herself  to caring for TWO infants who can do nothing for themselves. I've been spoiled, that's for sure!!

24. Seeing chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cows in semis cruising down the road makes me sad. I just think about the places they are going to and what will happen to them after their little joy ride. I try to buy all my meat and eggs from local responsible farmers. I would like to buy dairy this way too, but right now it's just not in the budget. 

25. I cringe at the thought that I might have to have a C section birth with these twins. Georgia's delivery was  not that bad and I was back on my feet the next morning (she was born at 11:20pm) with no pain meds. I feel like I got cheated on Violet's birth since, well, to be blunt, she wasn't alive and I had to labor and deliver her. So I think that the universe needs to pay me back for that and let me have an easy delivery with both of these gals. 

26. That being said, I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that my babies get here safe and sound. And if that means having a c section, then I'll do it. 

27. I'm terrible at mailing things. I have a few items that have been sitting by the front door, ready to mail but I haven't take them to the post office. I have such good intentions but sometimes I fail!

28. I really wish the nursery was completed. It's almost done. And I hate waiting for Nolan to do things. It's not that he just isn't doing it, there are other things that need to be done and if the babies don't have clouds hanging then they will be fine. Maybe this weekend it will get finished!

29. My flower beds have been taken over by weeds. Well, just the ones in the back yard. I wish that I was able to get out there and make it look pretty, but if I bend down for too long I might not get back up and the heat makes you dread going out....so I guess this year it will just have to look crappy. Maybe in the fall I'll get out there and make it look better.....with all my free time, right?

30. I love that Georgia makes up songs and sings them to herself when she is playing. It's cute. 

31. I miss my small group from church and wish that we would have another meal together before our babies come. We have taken an unintentional break this summer. Everyone is just busy, but I miss our conversations and time together.

32. I think that it's cool that Georgia wants to be a Paleontologist when she grows up. She is in love with dinosaurs right now. 

33. I've been craving Italian food for a few weeks now. I haven't eaten any because I'm watching my carbs due to the gestational diabetes. So, one of my first meals after I deliver these girls better be some pasta!

34. I strongly dislike MOST board games. 

35. My husband has a board game obsession. 

36. I love summer, but with this heat, I can't wait until fall. I can deal with upper 80s even a few days in the 90s, but it's just too hot to do a darn thing right now. I hate that Georgia and I have spent most of the summer indoors. I swell up like a balloon if I'm outside for too long. 

37. I like the idea of camping except for sleeping in a tent. I hate sleeping in a tent. 

38. I hate all of the Facebook talk about how the Colorado shooter was within his rights to purchase those guns and ammo. I don't really care if it was done legally or not, it shouldn't be legal to purchase so much stuff like that. Who needs that? No one. And if you say that you need it to protect yourself then I think you are nuts....SORRY.  And if you say that it wasn't the gun, it was the shooter who is to blame...well duh, but that doesn't change a darn thing, there should be more regulations on gun laws. AND if you say that criminals don't obey laws, well at least we aren't just handing the guns out to them just because they can pay for it. I wonder what all of those people who are all up in arms about their precious gun laws would think if it was their wife, husband, son, daughter, friend, whoever that was killed by this guy. Would their opinion be different then?

39. I sometimes wish that I could just take a year to travel and photograph all the amazing places that I go. Maybe in retirement Nolan and I will do something like that. Right now, I need to be a mom and be responsible and you know what, that is fine too. 

40. I am most comfortable sleeping at night after I've showered and if there are clean sheets on the bed. We change our sheets a lot because of that. It just makes me feel so relaxed!

41. I complain a lot about the randomness of gas prices. I mean really, I was just out at saw at least 4 different prices. The highest was $3.59 and the lowest $3.23.....come on, there is not that much of a difference an no need for the spike in price. I just don't believe it. 

42. I also don't believe that President Obama has anything to do with gas prices. 

43. I also don't believe that President Obama is the devil, or that he has some insane socialist agenda, or that our country is going down in flames as we speak because of him. I don't get the fear that people live in because he is our president. Its silly to me. Why live in fear? 

44. I also don't think that President Obama is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I like him and I'll probably vote for him again, but I don't think he's the best thing ever. 

45. I also don't believe that President Bush was the devil. Did I like him as our president, no. Did I agree with a lot of things he did as president, no. Did I live in fear because he was our president, NO!  I just assume that our country will survive the massive debt that we are in partly because of the wars that he declared and that someday the recession that started when he was in office will end. Why not think positive?

46. I love it when I see that our recycling can is over flowing. I'm so glad that all of that is going somewhere else other than a landfill. 

47. When I see large boxes and other things that could be recycled sitting out in my neighbors trash can, I want to stop by and pick it up and put it in my recycle can....I never do though, I might get a nickname like the crazy lady that recycles everything. Hmmm, I guess it could be worse. 

48. I collect cookie jars. I don't know why. I have some pretty cool ones, new and old. And I don't have cookie in any of them.

49. I got to see my babies today and that hear their heartbeats. That made me really happy!

50. My hubby just walked in the door....best part of my day!