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November 24, 2008 | Filed in: Organise '08

Organise ’08?

That is the exact opposite of our life right now. Instead being all nicely scheduled and organges we are leaping wildly from one commitment to another, trying to cram in all the stuff we need to get done. It’s not horrible, actually it is often quite enjoyable, but it is tiring and I’d be a fraud if I tried to spout on about attempting to be more organised at the moment. I’m holding fast to my lists and not even bothering to try to manage anything else… and yes the laundry is well out of control.

Renovate ’08?

Well that has come to a grinding halt too. We are waiting on architects plans before we can move forward. Even the Baldy Boy’s new shed (which we had hoped would be well finished by now) is way behind schedule because of paper work taking forever. Thankfully we’ve done this sort of thing a few times before and we know that even the best laid plans often don’t come to fruition and schedules get thrown out the window at the drop of a hat, so we are all good. I’ve reassed my time frame and adjusted my thinking to include a winter with only half a house and I think we’ll manage. ‘As long as it happens eventually it’s all good’ is my mantra and repeating that over and over is what my renovations plans consist of right now.

So now all I am left to write about is ‘Contemplate’…. This is what we are doing a lot of right now. Sorting out potential schedules for next year. Seeing if we can fit in everything everyone wants to do without any clashes. Dreaming about a long hot summer and weeks where we don’t have to be anywhere or work to anyone else’s time table, a nice lazy way to ease into the new year. Idly day dreaming about what things I’d like to do once the crazy christmas rush is over – a blog re-design for me, and maybe take on a few new blog design jobs for others, reading (real books as well as blogs), sewing, making a scarecrow, thinking about what I might like to blog about next year.

2009 the year of….. ?

Washing Line ’09? Nah I can see my blog stats dropping at the mere thought of me blogging about how dismal I am at laundry each week.

Sunshine ’09?? Might be good for the summer but once the cooler weather comes back I’d just spend each pining for that sun.

Hmm… maybe I should just leave the idea of a Monday blogging subject all together? But I do so like to have something to inspire me to start off the blogging week. Suggestions anyone?

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I started out vowing that I would be organised early for Christmas this year and yeah, ok…. I know that just saying that I will be organised isn’t going to make it magically happen, which is a bit of a bugger really, but in my defence there has been a few new end of year things added to my plate AND I am much more organised than I was last year when life was a lot less crazy. So I am patting myself on the back already, regardless. A little bit of self encouragement never hurts!

So now the plan is to try to keep my head above water and be organised for all of the end of year things we have planned. Lets see what is on my end of year check list and how on earth am I going to manage it all!?!

The Twinadoes’ Birthday
Eeek it is November already and my girls turn five (yes FIVE!) in less than two weeks! I finally got the invitations out to kinder friends today and will whip off some emails and sms’s to those further away as well. We are trying to keep it simple, with just cake and a play in the park, so please everyone pray that it doesn’t rain here at the end of next week! I also have to make cakes to take to kinder the day before, and I have a meeting to attend for their new kinder that week as well! I think I will be glad when next week is over!

Ballet
On the off chance you haven’t been paying attention to this blog of late, then you might not realise that the girls will be in a whiz bang fancy ballet concert at the start of December. Two dances, two performances and a heck of a lot of extra rehearsals! I am VERY thankful that we don’t have to sew costumes (they are hired) but we still need to get the correct tights (x2) and manage hair and make up (my girls hate their hair put in a pony tail, so making two buns that will last from 8am till 6pm isn’t going to be easy) and juggle Muski.

End of Year at Kinder
The end of year at kinder means a concert at kinder, as well as a party. I am trying to come up with a cool present to give their teachers, but so far I am drawing a total blank. The end of the year also means that we will have orientation at their new kinder for next year, I am hopeful that will magically fit in around ballet rehearsals and current kinder commitments!

Camping Holiday!
We were hoping to be a bit more organised for our holiday than we currently are, but hey, at least we have the tent! The only other big purchase we have to make is a sleeping mat for the Baldy Boy and I – I have found what I want, just waiting on BB to go check them out too. Still not sure what Muski will sleep on though! I feel like there is a thousand little things to organise for the trip, but not sure what they are. I must make a list and try to wrap my head around it all.

and finally… Christmas.
It is not all bad news, I am doing ok in some areas of Christmas planning, even if I am doing really bad bad bad in others.

I have managed to order all of the ‘bought presents’ either online or via the toy library’s fund-raising catalogues. I picked up our order from Eco Toys while the lovely Mel (owner of Eco Toys) was at the local market yesterday and ooooh they are even better in person than they look on the web site! I am hoping all three kids might pick up some money for Christmas/birthday as there are a number of other things I’d love to get from Eco Toys, Mel who runs the site is just lovely and I highly recommend her products and her service, so go have a look. We pick up the toy library orders next weekend, which includes a few things we need to make a start on our ‘made presents’… and here is where my master plan has come undone.

By now I had hoped to have at least made a start, or even completed a few of our crafty presents, but um.. ahem… er… well… ok I confess I have done nothing more than think about what we will do. I have all the plans in place, I’ve researched where we will get the supplies from, I’ve even got a few of the supplies, but as yet we’ve not begun anything. I really, REALLY, need to rectify this, especially since we will celebrate christmas with family at least a week early this year… so I have a week less time… help!!!

Am I the only one staring down the barrel of psycho end of year stuff in the coming weeks? Surely someone else’s life is more mental than mine, and surely they cope just fine…. please, if that is you, come tell me how to do it!

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