Money Monday !!!
Since the Queen did the music week ....it looks like I just followed right along with my own theme .. cleaning week .. or perhaps month? I will keep you all posted .. cause I know it's super interesting ..
Let's see what did I do since the big bottle drive .. well I had all my outside windows washed .. hired a nice man that was very cheap and did a fabulous job .. then I have to mention my Mommy AGAIN .. cause she did all the insides PLUS all the screen (she scrubbed them in the laundry tub, what a lady) Boy does clean windows make a difference ... Oh and I also cleaned up the fish tanks .. they are much happier now and can actually see out the sides of their tanks ... I'm such a good Mom!
Today Mom and I rolled all of my change from the piggy banks .. those pennies do add up, believe me .. Ry and I's piggies held a smashing $131.00 so if I break that down into landscaping dollars .. well that's basically 2 trees or 4-6 shrubs .. or 3 yards of mulch .. yep it does cost a lot of money for your yard to look good .. and then you get taxed more .. sounds reasonable and makes a lot of sense ?!? !!
A little about "L" .. two words "Competitive SWANSON" .. I was downstairs tonight pitching the usual 50-100 balls for him to bat .. (I have been teaching him all the baseball lingo .. such as .. bad pitch, tic ball, foul ball, strike, ball, out .. etc .. ) I pitch him a ball, he swings and misses, naturally I say "Strike One" .. we looks at me with disgust and says "No Mom, tic ball" .. I thought maybe I didn't see the tic so I'd let it pass. I continue to pitch and then he misses another ball .. I say "Strike One" .. we looks at me like he can't believe that I would call that a strike .. he says, "BAD PITCH MAMA, NO STRIKE" I sat there in disbelief, is he this competitive already?!?!?! I guess if you add Ry's competitiveness and then mine .. oh my goodness we have created a monster ..... ha! ha!
I will end by again copying the Queen .. Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work I go .. but my saying will be Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to the cupboards I go ... plan to clean the kitchen cupboard this weekend with .. you'll never guess .. no not Ryan .. okay I will tell you .. my MOM !! Stay tuned for more cleaning updates ...
PS- I've never cleaned so much and felt so good .. who said that having a dislocated hip and being on crutches for 6 weeks was a bad thing .... ????
Let's see what did I do since the big bottle drive .. well I had all my outside windows washed .. hired a nice man that was very cheap and did a fabulous job .. then I have to mention my Mommy AGAIN .. cause she did all the insides PLUS all the screen (she scrubbed them in the laundry tub, what a lady) Boy does clean windows make a difference ... Oh and I also cleaned up the fish tanks .. they are much happier now and can actually see out the sides of their tanks ... I'm such a good Mom!
Today Mom and I rolled all of my change from the piggy banks .. those pennies do add up, believe me .. Ry and I's piggies held a smashing $131.00 so if I break that down into landscaping dollars .. well that's basically 2 trees or 4-6 shrubs .. or 3 yards of mulch .. yep it does cost a lot of money for your yard to look good .. and then you get taxed more .. sounds reasonable and makes a lot of sense ?!? !!
A little about "L" .. two words "Competitive SWANSON" .. I was downstairs tonight pitching the usual 50-100 balls for him to bat .. (I have been teaching him all the baseball lingo .. such as .. bad pitch, tic ball, foul ball, strike, ball, out .. etc .. ) I pitch him a ball, he swings and misses, naturally I say "Strike One" .. we looks at me with disgust and says "No Mom, tic ball" .. I thought maybe I didn't see the tic so I'd let it pass. I continue to pitch and then he misses another ball .. I say "Strike One" .. we looks at me like he can't believe that I would call that a strike .. he says, "BAD PITCH MAMA, NO STRIKE" I sat there in disbelief, is he this competitive already?!?!?! I guess if you add Ry's competitiveness and then mine .. oh my goodness we have created a monster ..... ha! ha!
I will end by again copying the Queen .. Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work I go .. but my saying will be Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to the cupboards I go ... plan to clean the kitchen cupboard this weekend with .. you'll never guess .. no not Ryan .. okay I will tell you .. my MOM !! Stay tuned for more cleaning updates ...
PS- I've never cleaned so much and felt so good .. who said that having a dislocated hip and being on crutches for 6 weeks was a bad thing .... ????
posted by CountryMouse at 8:40 PM
4 Comments:
Just wondering when you and your ma are going to be available for hire? I've got a pile of bottles, smudged windows and cluttered cupboards. I'm more like your sis-in-law's housecleaner - I get drunk and sit on the bathroom floor with my bucket and mop and say, "I don't want to do this." ha ha ha....
I'm inspired! Finally a clean-up that I could do. P and I rolled all the coins and came up a little short on the twoonies and loonies (oops-guess I should stop stealing from the bank) but we did manage $63.50! Not bad. Otherwise I agree completely with Tarable....drunk on the bathroom floor is much more enjoyable. Good thing the new housekeeper is coming on Thursday...this place is a disaster.
WOW! You guys are really on a role! I am looking for a new hire too... especially since my drunken housekeeper episode!!!!
We don't have a piggy bank... except my Safeway cart quarters in my truck. Matt thinks this is fair game though and never leaves me one quarter for a cart. So I look like a poor person going through the safeway parking lot looking for a free cart that somebody didn't return.
When you are done with your Momma, can you send her along to my house, it could use a good clean since my housekeeper left SIX months ago. drunk on the bathroom floor - ahh such memories. NO we will NOT being strolling down that memory lane today. And isn't it sad when you realize you have become an adult,excited about buying mulch and shrubs instead of spending it on clothes and partying!
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