On Tap for the Week

Arizona... again. That is where Matt is headed this week. Since he will be gone 25 of the next 35 days I have lots of things on my lists to get done. I seem to work through the list better if I actually post and make myself accountable for what needs done. So sorry if I bore you, but hey, it works for me.

On my to-do list for the week of February 11:
1. Get taxes done and e-file.
2. Get project done for "J" at Cat and email.
3. Email engineers for project I am working on for "W".
4. Email service engineer and draft pilot article for "J".
5. Get to gym 3 times this week and use different pieces of exercise equipment.
6. Email parents for Emily's slumber party.
7. Clean out under bathroom cabinets in master bath.
8. Exchange air compressor at Sears.
9. Return pants to NY & Co.
10. Burn pictures for Kelli.
11. Choose pictures to be printed and hung.
12. Call IPE and ask for media list.
13. Clean out under kitchen sink.
14. Find Phuket message boards and gather info for trip.
15. Pack for trip to Ohio this weekend.
16. Find and print out coupons for trip to Ohio.
17. Check priceline for rental car for trip to Ohio.
18. Check out book from library on flying to ease Sam's worries.
19. Set DVR for Daytona 500 since we will be in Ohio.
20. Book mom's plane ticket here.
21. Finish book currently reading.

I did pretty well two weeks ago, getting all but 3 or 4 things done. We'll see how this week goes.

And He's Off

Matt is traveling... again. This week he is in Peoria until Friday night. So here I sit in my PJs, with a bowl of cereal, a diet Dr. Pepper and making my "To-do list While Matt is Away."

So what's on tap this time?

• File the taxes. (Val, remind me to tell you about the disk I sent you and what I need done with it)
• Get two 1st drafts for work to my boss.
• Organize my magazines. I have a ton of magazines piled up (see picture) that I want to rip out pages and put in a binder for ideas, recipes and special stories.

• Organize all my picture frames (This was on the list last time Matt was gone, but I never got to it)
• Burn all photos to a CD and organize files on my computer.
• Organize bookshelves. (Again an item I never got to last time)
• Reorganize my laundry room shelves. Matt is going to custom build some things for extra storage and I want to reorganize for some ideas.
  
• Goto the library and check out landscaping books for some more ideas of what we want to do.
  
• Locate dr's and dentists for all of us. (Yeah, just about 6 months late)
  
• Work on web page copy for Val.
• Bake cookies.
  
• Buy 19 Minutes and read, read read!! I have been waiting for this book for a year and it's out Tuesday.
  
  
  Between my list and a few playgroups for Sam, a possible trip to the zoo, a MNO on Wednesday, plus our normal gymnastics practices and a meeting for the 5th grade Washington DC trip, time will fly before Matt comes home. At least until Monday when he is gone again.
  
  The joys of a traveling husband.
  

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Just me and the Kids

And t5he traveling has begun... Matt left yesterday for 11 days. This will be first of many trips in the next year. It honestly isn't too bad except I feel like I am running in 50 different directions most of the time. Honestly, with a husband that travels as much as Matt has the past year the hardest part is when he comes home. The kids and I get a routine and system down and him coming home throws all that out the window.

So this is the first marathon trip he has taken since we moved here. His travel has pretty limited to a few days here and a few days there the past 5 months. I am going to use this time to my advantage and try to get a bunch of things done. We'll see how that works out.

1. Organize all my pictures. I have pictures from college and before we went digital that are in no order and just thrown in boxes. I bought some photo boxes and I want to organize them by subject and year if possible. Problem is that I didn't write dates on the back so some will be a guessing game.
   
2. Organize all my tax receipts and papers and get what I can plugged into my software so as soon as we get all the final items we need in the mail I can file. I always get really anxious about taxes so the sooner I get them done the better.
   
3. Choose and print out pictures for the frames that I have for different rooms. If feeling daring, maybe even hang them.
   
4. Go through the kids drawers and pull out clothes that are too small.
   
5. Reorganize all my books. I have acquired quite a few since moving here and first unpacking my books. They need to realphabetized and reshelved.
   
6. Don't goto the grocery store. Eat from what I have here. I opened my pantry today and got hit with a falling can.
   
7. Watch the Love Comes Softly series on DVD. Gotta love netflix
8. Get three books read.
   
9. Figure out the plants that I want to get for the backyard landscaping and map out the layout for us to start in Feb/March. We are putting in a stone patio, some more trees and lots of perennial flowers. Just need to figure out what will grown here and start planning it out.
   
10. Email all the sources I need for a project I am working on for Caterpillar and try to make arrangements for meetings when I go next month. Edit and rewrite some copy and send off to Tako. (my boss)