Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hm

Feeling too crummy to come up with an interesting title.

We had people over for dinner last night. This is seriously something we NEVER do but I did it. I spent ALL DAY cleaning the house. RF scrubbed the kitchen for me while the kids helped with the living room and dining room and I cleaned the bathroom. Seriously, every time I thought I was actually done, I found one more thing that had to be cleaned. At one point, I scrubbed the lid of the trash can because I thought it looked bad. I know the people that we had over are my friends and they wouldn't have ridiculed me too badly but I suffer from house jealousy. They have nice, newer construction homes. I live in a crummy basement of a house that was built in the 50s and remodelled to include a the basement by someone who knew nothing about house planning. It was some kind whose MIL got sick so he threw up some walls in the basement so she could have a place to stay in their house. So I over-compensated for the age of my house by cleaning like a mad woman. Then I cook all afternoon.

I was supposed to go to BN with S and J and their kids but I'm super glad I passed. I was under the mistaken impression that I could get everything done I needed done in a couple of hours. What a joke that was :)I'm sad we didn't get to go to the museum, but I'm glad dinner worked out.

I got a call today from the PTA president about bringing the PTA into the 21st century. I'm always pushing for more techy stuff and always getting rebuffed. If something isn't easy, people aren't going to do it. She decided that I was right and we are meeting today to discuss how to modernize our communication. Good stuff.

I have a cold. My head is all stopped up and I feel like crud. Blah.

I watched about an hour of Sweeny Todd last night and I was bored to tears. I like musicals, but I don't like where nearly every line is sung. I prefer normal movies that randomly break out in song. I saw Les Mis a few years ago and hated it. Sweeny Todd is pretty similar. :( I had hoped it would be good but I was disappointed.

7 comments:

libbygirl said...

Our apartment in Chicago was like half the size of your place. Colin's room was in the living room and you could turn and reach the stove, sink and counter in the kitchen. Your house feels like a home.

~rachel~ said...

Sometimes I feel that way too, we have a nice house (well we think so), but nowhere near brand new.

Quigs78 said...

Are you serious? You saw the inside of the shithole...

But I totally have the jealousy that you can send MT upstairs to Nonni when she's cranky. If I send my kids upstairs, I'm just sending them up to sleeping cats.

Unknown said...

This is my refusal to comment comment.


-RF

Mommy, Queen Of Everything said...

Hope your cold clears up soon and you feel better.

Amy said...

My house is old too. It was built in the 70's. I feel like I clean and clean and clean and it never really gets as clean as I would like it to.

iamarogers said...

Never be ashamed of who you are and what you have. It is fabulous knowing you and spending time with you. J had a great time! You made us feel very welcome.