Busy Bee

Wow today is going to be a busy day.  The little one is asleep right now, so I’ve been taking the time to get as much done as I possibly can.  I’ve got a ton of work to do, and if I don’t get it done today I doubt I’ll have much time to work on it later.  Elliana has this new idea in her head…she doesn’t think sleep is all that important anymore, so she’s fighting her naps big time.  We didn’t make it to bed last night until well past 1am because she absolutely refused to go to sleep.

Today I have to deal with that, plus my work, plus I have to bake a cake since today is Hubby’s birthday.  It’s getting to a point where I think I may need a double dose of my multivitamin supplement to keep up! I wouldn’t do that, though. Maybe I just need to switch vitamins since the ones I’m taking still make me feel sick.

As much as I hate it Hubby may have to settle for a store bought cake. I just don’t see how I’m going to have much time to make him one. Elliana should be waking up from her nap any minute unless a miracle happens and she decides to sleep longer than 45 minutes. I would have made it this morning, but I had to fuel myself so I don’t fall over before Hubby gets home from work!

Lots To Do

What a busy week this has been!  I honestly haven’t had much time to sit down and do anything, so I’m thankful for a few minutes of peace and quiet right now.  Elliana hasn’t been feeling well because she’s working on cutting a tooth again.  Honestly I’m perfectly happy that she’s teething kind of early because maybe we can start getting it out of the way!

She hasn’t really been fussy.  She’s just been restless, so we had a couple sleepless nights where she wanted to test just how long Mommy can go without sleep.  Those nights reminded me of back in the day when I used to stay up for a couple nights on end on purpose.  Whatever was I thinking? I promise I’ll never say sleep is overrated again!

On top of that I’ve had a lot to do around here, and I’m thankful Hubby has been home to help me some this week.  He didn’t get to work Friday because of the snow and ice up the mountain, and yesterday he was home because 60mph ice cold winds and 3 stories of scaffolding just don’t mesh well.  Friday he gave me a break from the baby long enough to get everything together to get our taxes done, and yesterday we ended up running errands all day.

Now I can mark a few more things off my to do list, but it’s still pretty long.  I promised my sister I’d do some research for her and try to find some houses in the area for rent that she can afford.  She and her Hubby have temporarily been living with my mom until they can find something, but they’ve got a baby on the way, so they need to get out fast.  Maybe if I find her a great place she’ll hire one of those moving companies instead of asking me to help. Joking! I’m more than willing to help them move.

I need to go over our tax stuff one more time, too, that is if Elliana will allow me the time to do it. Nap times have been few and far between the last few days, but hopefully the teething tablets will help her sleep today. Our appointment to do our taxes is 2 weeks away, but I still want to make sure I have everything in order. I ran everything through Turbo Tax, and if my numbers are right we’ll be getting back enough to finally put the hardwood floors down that I want. I do that every year, and my numbers come up pretty close, but I still don’t trust doing our taxes myself with all the business stuff we’ve got going on. I’ll stick with letting our tax chic take care of the details for me to make sure we don’t miss anything.

Now I’m going to hop into the kitchen and grab myself a bite to eat before the little one wakes up. I expect her to start stirring any moment now.

What A Day

Today has been one of those days around here.  We were up all night with a teething baby, she’s still fussy today, Hubby’s in an ill mood, and all that combined puts me in an even worse mood.  Elliana is finally taking a nap without waking up to fuss every few minutes, so I decided to sit down and take a few minutes to myself.

I could be cleaning the kitchen or folding clothes, but I decided I’m not doing any housework today.  I’m going to enjoy what little time I have by doing something online or maybe playing a game.  I started out by cleaning out my inbox and responding to a couple emails, but a lot of them can wait until tomorrow.  I’m not answering any work related emails until the work week actually begins tomorrow.

I deleted a couple advertisements about Oklahoma criminal defense, then I sent a good 50 emails to the junk folder. My junk filter doesn’t seem to be doing it’s job these days, so I need to check into that. It can wait until later this week though.

He’s Finally Doing It

Hubby and I have been discussing our future, and one thing’s for sure.  He needs to go get his builder’s license.  We’ve been discussing this off and on for awhile, but he’s finally agreeing with me.

He’s been discussing going into business with a co-worker because they realize they have everything they need except the builder’s license.  They’ve got the experience, and they already do work for 2 large residential companies that have agreed to let them bid on jobs.  Now they just need to get the ball rolling. I need to talk to him about maybe contacting a few business plan consultants about their business plan to make sure they have everything in order.

I would seriously love it if he went into business for himself. Like I said it’s something that we’ve been discussing for years, and he’s finally ready to do it. Because he is already contracted through a licensed builder we wouldn’t have any start up costs other than getting his builder’s license. We already pay for all the other expenses that would be associated, and even if he didn’t decide to go out on his own right now it would still be a good idea for him to be licensed.