"A Wink and a Smile"

 ... with 5 children and a home. THE CONSTANT PHONE CALLS and APPOINTMENTS This summer has been filled with many dentist visits, well check ups, and orthodontist visits. Again this week ('cause I just went today) we will head back to the dentist to get a filling for my 6 year old (her first ... boo hoo). After this holiday weekend I need to get {m}'s top wire put in (TODAY) after I had to use wire cutters to cut off part of it this weekend.  Her wire fell out of the back bracket poking her in the cheek (ouch!). In between I am trying to get some things taken care of with our home.  THE WINDOW man will still not call me back and I am not sure he will after the phone call I left him. THEN sometime soon I need to make hair cut appointments (for some of the girls who I won't cut their hair). ALSO on the schedule is the oh so important 1st mammogram.  That has to get scheduled before the girls start back at school. ALL THIS TALK is boring to anyone who reads ... I am sure.   I ...

It seems every time I look at my list, there is something else to add to it ... never ending! I really try not to get caught up in what everyone else is doing, but sometimes it does stress me out because I seem sooooooooo far behind . To do ... print out mailing labels for my cards (DONE) write my Christmas cards (DONE) Christmas letter????? (only some will get this) (Not DOING ) decorate the tree (DONE) finish putting out house decorations online shop (Done SOME) buy a new top for my husband's Christmas party (I'll just wear the black capri's and boots from last year) (DONE) call carpet cleaners (DONE) and they came today! make hotel reservations for swim meet (DONE) call for donation pickup call alarm company because we keep getting beeps in the wee hours of the night (arghhhhhhh) (DONE) call vet for our doggie's yearly shots do some crafts with the girls ... hopefully today. (DONE) ... really this is an ongoing process photo-books for the Grandma's and Poppie d...