Breezy & chilly tonight.

It's like we skipped an entire month. Last week, like four days ago, it was warm and sunny and I had to turn on the air in the afternoons. Now all the sudden it's cold. I like the cold, but a little transition would have been nice.

I painted the nasty north kitchen wall on Saturday - it's a sunny straw-yellow. It looks fantastic. The rest of the kitchen needs to be the same color. In painting it, I did something to a muscle between my shoulder blades and it was quite uncomfortable. Lee massaging it helped, and so did heat, but it didn't go away. Then yesterday I dug up those clumps of daylilies and my lower back hurt. Today Will stayed home from preschool with a cold, so I decided to go see Dr. Kerry. After my adjustment, that pain between my shoulder blades was GONE. What a relief!

Sales are ROCKING. Those Born mary janes went for $76 and change. My Seven jeans with a hole in them are at $63.50 right now. Even those tired old J. Jill cottage cords went for $22.50. I only need one more item to sell for more than $15 and I will bust $1000 in sales for the month, something I haven't done since May.

I NEED Will to get over his cold and go back to preschool on Wednesday.

I got a ton done today.

Got up, got dressed, got Michael up. Made our bed.
Got ground turkey out of freezer for supper.
Walked him to school with Will in the jogger (Lee helped me get him up and dressed).
Went to the village and had coffee with Julie, Cindy, Robin and another mom who I just met but whose name I don't remember. She had her baby, Cindy had her Will, and Robin had Catherine. Stayed til about 10:00.
Walked home, Cindy walked with me part of the way, parked Will in front of TV.
Wrote several listings - got one thing in the store, one thing scheduled. Also moved one unsold and one store item to auction tonight.
Printed three shipping labels and got the packages ready to go.
Made the boys' beds.
Did a load of laundry and went through my spring bins. Pulled a few things to put in the store.
Made a double batch of pumpkin muffins.
Photographed a few things (though I have to retake a few photos).
Took a shower.
Left Robin a message that we would be going to the zoo with them this afternoon.
Fed Will and myself lunch.
Ground the flaxseeds in the food processor (this takes forever. I obviously don't have the right tool for the job.)
Got snacks & water for the zoo. Got Will cleaned up & ready to go.
Tried to drop packages at PO, but there was nowhere to park. Dropped Robots in library drop slot.
Parked & got Michael from school. Drove to the zoo.
Spent an hour & 45 minutes at the zoo with Robin, her kids, and Robert Lyle.
Drove back to Decatur & stopped at PO - Michael took packages in.
Drove home - banished Will to his room for five minutes for spitting.
Fixed the boys a snack while Lee unloaded the dishwasher.
Sent invoice to winning buyer of Chico's boucle sweater (the one that Trish called "pilly")
Decided that since I was tired and turkey was not fully thawed, that we were going to Mojo's for pizza.
Got shoes back on Will, went to Mojo's.
Ordered & ate, people watched out front. Will chattered the whole time and I was dying for some silence.
Lost shit in car because of boys spitting.
Got home, washed muffin dishes. Made Michael's lunch (pb&j made with two toaster waffles, fruit leather, apple slices).
Folded a load of laundry, found Michael's lego ships.
Got his clothes out for tomorrow.
Took out contacts, brushed teeth.
Gave Will a pep talk about preschool behavior & read him a story. After he fell asleep, got out his clothes for tomorrow.
Clipped the McMahon dollar that I found in the dryer to Michael's school folder and set the muffins by the door.
Uploaded photos from camera. UPloaded cat sweater photos to SD.
Went through emails. Unsubbed from two.
Printed two sheets of logo labels and made myself a note to pick up more priority envelopes.
Dug through bins to find some items.
Packaged up all the stuff that one person bought & paid for today, printed the shipping label for it, and sent her an email.
Put pizza & thawed bagels in fridge, took fish oil & vitamin c caps, and closed all the windows.

No wonder I'm tired.

PTA and volunteerism

I volunteered to help out with the fall planting, to be on the school garden committee, and to help with the distribution of school t-shirts in a few weeks. I've been wanting to get involved, so we'll see what happens.

I baked a pie pumpkin last week and made a big batch of pumpkin bars and two loaves of pumpkin bread. I have to say, they were both pretty spectacular. I bought another one so that I could make a batch of pumpkin muffins for Michael's class.

The light is fallish...the oak out front is starting to drop some leaves....the beautiful red maples by the high school are starting to change....now if the temperature would only cooperate.

Lee's got some kind of bug.

He's feverish and achy, but not throw-uppy or coldish. Hopefully he will feel better tomorrow. He's been sleeping on and off all day and I've been policing the boys. Will is especially rowdy today - throwing things, hitting, and tackling anyone sitting still.

I took both boys with me on my walk this morning. Michael went on his bike and Will went in the jogger. We stayed gone for about an hour and a half. We stopped to pick pecans from two trees, picked up trash on the path, went by the school and watched a crew of tree guys take town a huge section of a tree on Patillo. We had a really good time - Michael was a great listener and Will didn't grumble at all.

I have a crockpot of beef Stroganoff for supper, and some really awesome pumpkin bars with cream cheese icing for dessert. The pumpkin bars were made with a pie pumpkin. The results are pretty spectacular.

Tomorrow, assuming no one else is sick, is IKEA. Yeah!! I have to stop at Sev first, then to Ikea, then I need to leave there about 12:20 to get Will at 1:00. Michael has a dentist appointment at 4:15, then I have a focus group at 7:30. It's gonna be a busy day.

So tired.

So over Will and his threeishness, but feeling bad about not saying goodnight to him.

Pizza meatloaves for supper, from Cooking Light 2004. Yummy. Must make a bigger batch next time.

Dad has bladder cancer - yesterday they were waiting to hear whether his bladder removal surgery would be done at Emory, Duke Univ. Hospital, or Sloan Kettering. Supposedly it is on track to be done early next week, but I haven't heard anything today, so I don't know what the status is.