just a few days behind

in my previous posting i said i wanted to be done with all of my projects by oct.15th...i was not thinking. clearly. although i have made great progress i still have not painted the kids bathroom; however, with the help of my husband i have completed painting the kitchen, alas! it looks great and very funky! my mom n law and i went fabric shopping this afternoon and i got some great fabric that my m~n~m is going to work her magic on and do me up some great valances. as soon as this is done i will post pics!
travis has been working outside all week trimming bushes, decapitating my trees, and putting halloween stuff out. along side of working, i feel like travis and i have been super duper busy! alexandra has a huge science project due thursday (which i have had to help with, alot) and both of the girls have field trips friday, and we are having a halloween party friday night. yet again, another very busy week ahead.
i am just looking forward to some family time. i feel like between work, the kids school, and just plain everyday tasks i never have enough time for family time. this is something that i really want to work on and do better at. i love my kids so much but do they ever feel secondary to all of the other before mentioned things? i am challenging myself to sit down and talk to my kids more and play more games with them and just be together.

whew!!!!

i have had several things on my "to-do list" for the fall. you know, when the weather cools down i can do such and such. well, on my to do list i need to paint the kids bathroom, just to give it a new look. i also would like to paint my kitchen. i am tired of yellow and would like to make it more my style so i am going w/ red and this kind of lime green. i know it sounds a little weird but its going to look great and i will post some pics as soon as i am done. last on my list was to clean out my laundry room and organize it and all of the closets.
well, today with the help of my mom n law i got my laundry room done, the kids closets, and a truckload of yard sale stuff. now, i still have to do mine & Travis's' closet and go through our filing cabinet and file a huge stack of paperwork away; which i am hoping to get done in the morning so that Wednesday i can start painting the kitchen. i have a personal deadline for all of my little projects to be completed by and that is October 15th. i am trying to get all of the small tedious ones done first so that all i will have left is the painting.
i feel better already just blogging about my progress and my "list". right now my living room is in total chaos b/c i have totes stacked up ready to go back in the attic and some have mine & Travis's fall/winter clothes in it, and the others are clothes that we have all outgrown or just don't want anymore. i will feel much better after i get these all put away or rid of! i am hoping that tomorrow i will finish this as well.
wish me luck!