Busy life!

I love to keep busy. I am usually doing something (not always in the kitchen - *gasp!*). I do not like to sit still for very long.

But when it comes to having kids... things get even more hectic and busy with games and activities and sports and just life in general.

I thought that it would be easier being a mom of three kids by homeschooling. No need to get up before the sun rises to put them on a school bus. No waiting around for a bus to drop them off. No parent-teacher conferences. No school fundraisers. No school activities.

Well, that's not the reason we chose to homeschool, but I thought of that as an added bonus to homeschooling.

I was wrong! Wrong! WRONG!

I am just as busy as any mom of three children, whether those kids are in school or not.

Between Cub Scouts, Awanas, homeschool group, church, Bible study, lesson planning, church functions, and play dates... I sometimes feel like I live in my car.

Of course the above list also does not include schoolwork, cleaning, cooking, errands, field trips, bill paying (blech!), grocery shopping, studying, potty training, and trying to get my house more organized. And with three children who are always home when I am... the messes that arise are never-ending (hence the need for a more organized household).

But this week just seems like it is going on forever and there is so much to do!

Today we had homeschool group. And being that Valentine's Day is on Sunday, we had a party at the group. Well, I am usually on top of things like that but for some reason, this month, it slipped my mind until this morning. I was supposed to bring something, food-wise, to share.

Uh oh. It is 8:00 am and I need to have the kids at group around 10:00 am. I still have to get them breakfast, get them dressed... I still have to get myself dressed! Ah!

I made an executive decision. We were going to the store and picking something up on the way to the group meeting.

A loaf of whole wheat bread, a package of sliced cheese and some beef bologna later and we were back on the road.

As I was driving past the post office I remembered I had to mail my husband's Valentine's Day present to him. Oops... guess we'll do that on the way home from homeschool group.

We get to the building and the kids have a blast! They handed out Valentine's (at least I remembered those) and made cards for family and ate lunch (I came home with a plate of sandwich wedges I had whipped up real fast while the kids were playing).

As we are coming home I remember the package for my husband. Then remember that I left his address sitting on my desk at home. Great.

Run home, grab the address, run back out to the post office and finally get the package mailed.

I'm ready to collapse but I still have to fix dinner.

Look at my menu... yes! I remembered to plan something easy... hamburgers and french fries. Go to get the hamburgers out of the freezer and realize........

I forgot the hamburger buns!

That is SOOOOOOOO not like me. I have my shopping list at the store, I never forget to buy something and this month, I forgot the hamburger buns. How did I forget the hamburger buns? I even forgot to put them on my shopping list (I double checked). Hopefully next month, I won't be so forgetful.

We had hot dogs for dinner instead.

I think all this cold and snow has frozen my brain.