The Weekend

FRIDAY:

• Sleep till 9
• Blog while eating breakfast and watching Sparky play on his GameCube
• Haircuts for Sparky and me
• Stop at bookstore to look for book mentioned on phone Thurs. night by niece
• Pick up Rx for Beast; stop at post office to check mailbox
• Wrap shower gifts
• Call church: can we borrow centerpieces (yes)? what kind of bread do we need for Communion tomorrow (2 loaves? maybe....? no one knows)?
• Plan games for shower
• Make list of items to take for shower
• Make grocery list
• Flip through cookbooks looking for a salad recipe for Monday; add ingredients to grocery list
• Call Borders--they have the book in stock and will hold it
• Sim
• Start making party favors
• Watch an hour of Survivor on tape, but not reunion (Yay Person Who Won--in case there are others who have managed to not find out!)
• Call high school kids about tomorrow morning, and other youth leader
• Go to Borders and grocery store--at 9 p.m.
• Finish party favors
• Sim and watch Beast play Tiger Woods Golf
• Bed...at 1:30 (after setting alarm for 6:20)

SATURDAY:

• Up at 7, cramming in Pop-Tarts, skipping shower
• Pick up kids at church for deliveries of food and toys/books to residents in need
• At 10 we're done (but this town has the most confusing streets EVER!); take the kids to McD's for breakfast
• Pick up deli trays and cake; hey, wouldn't a shopping cart be a GREAT IDEA? (duh)--There are 6 containers in all
• Home
• Message from nephew: "hey, are we doing anything for Christmas?" (yeah, doofus, there's a party today, too); Beast calls back and leaves him a message
• Message from VS--they found my 'lost' bag; Beast calls them back too because he's a really super-nice guy. We'll go pick it up after the party
• Bring everything we need to the dining room table staging area
• Sit down and type up answer sheets for shower games, while also creating games
• Borrow Sparky's hair gel and "do something with my hair--ponytail, sigh, no time for a shower--and change into dressier clothes: cords and Coldwater Creek sweater
• Start loading car
• To library, unload car, decorate, put out food, organize, find kids' music CDs in kids' area, photocopy game stuff
• Beast leaves to get ice, napkins, spoons (which we barely use), and bread for Communion
• My nephew's mom & stepdad and grandparents arrive
• I find out I told people to turn at a street that has a different name than the one I told them (did I tell you...the most confusing streets EVER!); everyone gets lost....sigh...last person arrives at 3:45 for a 3:00 party
• Cut back on games, but play a couple
• Open prezzies
• Almost forget to cut the cake, but do so
• People begin to leave
• We clean, put away tables, restack gifts, and separate what goes home with us; Sparky deals with trash
• I'm allowed to bring leftover food--lots and lots!--instead of salad on Monday! yay
• My stomach implodes--I can't drive an hour to the mall to pick up the 'lost' bag feeling like this
• We reload the car, drop the church stuff off (centerpieces and bread) and head home
• Unload car
• Beast and Sparky head to mall; I deal with my stomach
• Finally feel better, so decide to try taking a bath
• Beast and Sparky return
• Blog while watching horrible football and then American Justice (A&E)
• Sim (I hope) when blogging is sorted
• Beast and Sparky

SUNDAY:

• Up by 7
• Wash hair
• Church at 9
• Beast has to count the offering money and deposit it
• Find out if I have a Session meeting Tuesday night
• Stop at library bookdrop near house and empty it out
• Home
• Do dishes
• Call Mom
• Put away shower leftovers
• Make sure all gifts are wrapped for Christmas
• RELAX!!!
• Christmas Eve service
• Dinner at our Chinese place
• Drive around looking at lights
• Home and open one gift
• After Sparky hits the sheets, stuff stockings
• Bed by 9:00 or so

MONDAY:

• Up no earlier than 7
• Unwrap presents
• Snack and play till 11
• Prep for departure to niece and nephew's house
• Pack car with leftover shower food, presents, silverware, etc.
• Arrive by 1
• We are going to have to leave by 4: there are 4 cats in this house!!

I work Tuesday. There may be a meeting Tuesday night. We leave town either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning for Beast's parents' house about 8 hours away.


YOICKS.