Monday: this and that

 Tornado started waiting for Ben in the mid-morning.  It was just a tad early. :)

Other than that, it was a relatively normal day.  I got many things done in the while the kids were at school but as normal it would have been nicer if I could have gotten more done.

Weekend

 It's been a pretty normal weekend.  Joshua made the bag in his DoodleCrate and had a great time with it...even if we could have used a bit of practice before the final product.  Oh well.  He loved it.

Friday: O:CtH - pantry

Today I officially finished the pantry.

Here's what it looked like at the beginning.  The stuff on the floor was overflowing and the lower wire shelf was a mess.

Here is the cleaned up version.  The floor has especially been organized.  The applesauce packs were put into a container because I never know how to store them and they're so annoying to remove from the cardboard.  The few bags of food have been put in a container on the wire shelf.  Things have been resorted, at least for now, so that like things are back together.  I got rid of some food, but more so just put things back in the right places.  The opened snacks went in the snack shelf in the kitchen (and we're quickly eating them up).

This is also the place where the backpacks are stored on the weekend, so it really looks more like this:

Next up: quilting area.  This is another small area, but it has a futon that has been used as a storage location for several years.  If we're not going to use it to sit on, it seems like we should get rid of it and put up some shelves instead?  I'll need to think about it for a bit.

Thursday: sore throat

Joshua had a terrible sore throat last night.  So much so that he woke up in the middle of the night crying because it hurt.  It was a bit better this morning, so we sent him to school.  When he got back in the car after school he wasn't doing so well.  I was a bit surprised to have not received a call to come pick him up, but sometimes kids hold out just long enough.

Anyway, I brought him to the doctor tonight.  Nothing seemed wrong; he didn't have strep (nor any signs of strep besides a sore throat) or an ear infection.  They said to continue using ibuprofen to control the pain.  Hopefully it'll be gone shortly.

Last week was 100 days of school.

"If I had $100, I would buy candy.  

I wish I had 100 options for this.  

I would not want 100 bugs.

When I am 100 years old, I will watch TV.

I could eat 100 black beans.

I could not eat 100 atoms.

The best thing I learned in my 100 days at school is that recess is fun."

I was a bit confused by the atoms, but then he said that he couldn't just eat 100 atoms; they would be too small.  Also, while his spelling is still very appropriate for a 1st grader, it's starting to get better.  I can more easily read what he writes now and some of the weird words with double or hidden letters are starting to be correct once in a while.

Wednesday: pantry moths

Remember a few months ago we had pantry moths?  Well, the moth traps worked really well.  I thought they were gone.  But now they're slightly reappearing.  I see one every few days.  I still have the traps out though, so hopefully all the males are being caught and I'm only seeing the females.

Tuesday: 2-22-22

I know the kids had "big" celebrations for Tuesday, 2-22-22.  I...didn't.  However, I did write the date once today and surprised myself with all the 2s, even though I knew it was a big deal today.

Haha...I blogged about 11-11-11 too.  I also missed all the 2:22 times, today due to sleeping.

Monday: O:CtH

I feel like O:CtH got started again after the lengthy office.  I did the pantry today.  I did the whole pantry, although I need a few storage solutions before I can show final pictures.

I didn't get rid of a ton of food, although I did get rid of a bag of rocks. I found some scarves I had been missing, and cleaned up some curry from a spill three years ago.  I didn't find as much cat hair as I had been expecting, possibly because up until about two years ago the floor was relatively clean.

I also got through all my "do today" tasks, so I suppose the day as a whole was rather productive too.  It helped that we had Bible Study at our house yesterday and so it was already quite clean.