To Do

This is my dad's first Thanksgiving without my grandmother, his mom, so we've invited him and my stepmom and half-brother up to have Thanksgiving at our house this year. I'm excited, because I love hosting Thanksgiving and I've only done it a couple of times, because usually we go to California to see my mom.

But I have kind of been in denial about Thanksgiving being next week, and I have to work through Wednesday this week... so this weekend this is what my to do list looks like. And as of 8:17 p.m. Sunday, this is how much of it is done.

•	Clean out car & vacuum
•	Drop clothes off with India
•	Grocery shopping for week and Thanksgiving
•	Wash dining room curtains
•	Wash windows
•	Clean up dining room & update bulletin board
•	Bake applesauce cake for Amelia's class
•	Dust
•	Wash backpacks
•	Wash sheets
•	Clean stove & fridge & wipe down other appliances
•	Re-decorate mantel
•	Update gratitude tree
•	Clean off desk
•	Sort through summer/winter clothes & pack away/Goodwill

Actually, I have one set of sheets washed, I have Amelia's cake baked but not frosted, and I'm about 1/2 way through the clothes, so I'm a little more done. Well, except I also have my normal Sunday night to do list too, like laying out everyone's clothes for tomorrow and checking my work calendar for the week. Oh AND, I cleaned the stove, yeah. But then I made shepherd's pie for dinner and it bubbled up over the pan and now my stove it a wreck again.

At least it was a really yummy dinner.

Man, the rest of that list looks daunting, especially since it's already past my bedtime. Well, my pregnant bedtime. If only I could clone that hour between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. - I am ON FIRE during that hour!