*We closed on our house on Friday and since then Ray and I have been staying up very late, babysitter gets to our house at around 8pm, to paint, rip out carpet, try to do some updates before we move in at the end of the month. Carpet will be installed next week, so we have to get the painting done. The problem is the trim. We are painting it, ALL of it. It is taking WAYYY longer than I thought it would. And I am very tired. Kids still getting up at 6.
*I am feeling generally overwhelmed by the whole situation and it is sort of causing me to shut down in every other area. I feel like I was stretched pretty thin as it is, but this has just put me over the edge. I HATE MOVING!!! I will be so relieved when it is all over in 2 weeks. And I know it will be worth it, the house will look so much better.
*Swimming lessons, every day. Need I say more?
*I have decided to take the hard line with my kids and eating. My 3 oldest RARELY eat dinner. They know that if they don't eat dinner they go to bed hungry. I think they have just gotten used to eating 2 meals a day. Soooo, I have started giving them their uneaten dinner for breakfast, and if they don't eat it for breakfast they get it at lunch. It has worked like magic with Grace and Maggie, but Elliot went almost 2 days eating only milk, 2 gogurts, and a piece of celery with peanut butter. I finally caved and got pizza for dinner on the second day (last night) because I knew that was a dinner he would eat. I know that if I don't stick to it it will just get worse, but it is hard. He woke up crying because his stomach hurt, *sniff*, I wanted to cry, but I still fed him his dinner for breakfast. My resolved definitely wavered. Will I ever get him to eat? We shall see...
I have some before pics of the house. I will try to post them soon. Now, I'm off to paint all night!
Update: It is 12:20 AM and I have decided that painting trim is worse than Chinese water torture!!
