out on our (enclosed) deck. We had a couple of heaters going, and we all slept together on the floor. It was actually nice-you could see all the snow and huge ice cycles hanging around outside, see the snow blowing around, and you were cozy and warm. Kaylee told us a scary story by candlelight, and had a flashlight under her chin in true Scary Story Style. And it was new to her because she got to stay up until past midnight, too. Then this morning when we woke up, Steve brought out the little portable stove top camping thingy, and he and Kaylee cooked breakfast for us all. We had eggs and toast, and it was quite tasty, actually! From there it was "clean up the deck" time for awhile. All in all a fun night. :)Steve and I then went through our VCR tapes (and DVDs) and took out a whole large paper sack full of them that we don't need (Denise Austin's Pregnancy Work-out is NOT something I need to hang on to any more!) We went through our CDs and cleaned those out as well. Took apart our old TV stand. Kaylee and I put away her clothes and cleaned her room, I cleaned the front living room, swept the dining room and vacuumed the front living room, then steam cleaned it in an attempt to get stains out of the carpeting. And let me say, NONE of the stains were from Kaylee. Nope. They were from the cat throwing up. Whatever is in her stomach must be made of some form of acid, because there is NO getting it up. They ought to find a market in which to sell something colored pink that won't "bleed" or come out. Spot cleaners, STEAM cleaners, nothing. Our carpeting has about 8 big pink and one yellow (huh?!) stain that Will Not Come Up. *sigh* But at least I happen to know that for the moment, it IS clean.
I got some SMA Support checks ready to go to the bank and some ready to get in the mail, paid the house bills, cleaned off my desk, AND kept up on my emails. Yesterday I spent from about 9 a.m. through almost 1 a.m. working pretty much non-stop, working on SMA stuff. I ate breakfast and lunch both sitting at my computer desk. I did eat dinner with the family at least. Then around 1 a.m. I went on the deck and camped, of course, and I'm still not caught up, but I'm a lot better off. I went from 80 items in my inbox to zero, and from 272 in my SMA Things To Do (TTD) folder down to 132. I have some more organizational things I want/need to do, and I still have to balance the checkbooks for the month, and get out receipts for donations made at the end of the year for those who requested them above $250.00. And...I think I'll be in decent shape to plow off a good amount of SMA TTD next time I get a day to do so.
Which won't be tomorrow, as I'm supposed to be flying to Erie, Pennsylvania. :)
Right now Steve is napping while watching the Daytona 500 (is it OVER yet?) and Kaylee is watching Cinderella III. I'm updating Kaylee's site next with the two photos I took on the deck (nothing fancy, one is the above) and then will start going through my magazines by the couch and try to clean out that basket. And of course keep working on the other above-mentioned things I need to get done. Until I run out of energy for the day, anyway...
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