I don't know how to explain today

Was it a good day, or a not so good?  I'll let you be the judge.

On the good side, I:

• got my kids to school on time, stopped for iced coffee and got home in record time
• bought a baby gift for one of my best friends, who I'm so bummed that I can't see her since she's had this baby - so, that's kind of a toss up, good and bad.  But, baby gifts are so cute, so more good, I'd say.
• had an order of tie dye supplies delivered, so I can make the halloween shirts for my kids that I'm really itching to do, as well as a few in brown tones for Nik.
• received a letter from school stating that, since Allegra scored in the top 2% on her standardized testing for verbal, she's eligible to join the John Hopkins Institute study program.  Which costs money, so, potentially bad.  But it is an honor that I didn't think she'd achieve. 
• Took a trip to a thrift store, and scored two Nordstrom long sleeve shirts for Nik, to replace some of the ink debacle, a Land's End turtleneck for Emma that needs about four stitches in the neck to be in perfect condition, and a brand new pair of Gymboree sneakers for next year for Emma - all for about $9. 
• Vacuumed my entire house.  (see below)
• Went out for a cheap Mexican lunch.  (also, see below)
• Realized that I can do 15 incline pushups without pause, and decided to attempt boy style pushups.  Wasn't a total flop, as I can do five.  Repeated the 15/5 set three more times.  (see below)
• Realized that Christmas is 3 months away, and I'm more than 2/3 of the way done with my shopping.  My list is smaller this year, and that's a good thing - it's easier to be done if there's less to buy.
• Was able to rescue 1/2 of the ink ruined clothing. 
• Did not eat ice cream, cookies, brownies or candy.  Did eat healthy fruit compote topped with fiber filled oatmeal crumb topping.
• Found a cool new site to upload pictures and scrapbook electronically - smilebox.com
• Found and purchased snow pants for two of my kids on ebay for less than $16, including shipping.  HUGE steal  - you all KNOW those suckers are expensive. 
• Watched my boys play football together, at Nik's initiative, and smiled to see him help Gabe throw the ball correctly.

The not so stellar:

• At the lunch with my girls, became embarrassed horribly by Riley, and realized that she's still having problems.  The stares and the words were really enough to make me not want to eat out again any time soon. But, hey!  I've now got a new Autism post to write!
• Broke the vacuum.  Boo.  But fixed it - yay.  But it's still not perfect.  Boo.
• Realized that the exercise group that I advertised for at school has a grand total of two, excluding myself.  I'm ok with that - I like the two women really well.  I just wanted to have a big group of women to walk with. 
• Did no exercise other than pushups, and the rhythmic movement of lifting cheese and chicken quesidilla to my mouth. Did not have a margarita, even though Mexican food needs a margarita to be properly enjoyed. 
• Tried to make a haircut appointment, since I've delayed due to my hairdresser having surgery.  Only to find out that she delayed her surgery two weeks, and so she will be out for another three weeks.  Which means that I'm already two weeks beyond when I should have had it cut. This means I've got to find someone else to cut it, and I'm really awful about trying to find someone.  I'm ANAL about my hair.  It's hard to find someone who can do a really good razor cut - one of the places I called said that, yeah, they'd try to figure out how to do it.  Not on MY head, you won't.
• Did not eat ice cream, cookies, brownies or candy.  Ate two helpings of healthy fruit and oatmeal crumb, which had lots of butter and sugar. 
• Had a big, huge argument over stupid stuff with my child who could be called Eyeore for the child's incredibly morose outlook. 

So, I'd say it was a even split.  How was your day?  Did you do any of the same things, either good or less than perfect, that I did?

Comments

[Melessa]

I woke up an hour and a half after my alarm should have gone off and let the day decline from there.

[FishyGirl]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant - exercise consists to trying to walk without falling, and carrying laundry up and down the stairs. I'm eating okay, overall I'd say good, but I had a Tooth Fairy Situation that I'm not too sure about yet that I posted on my blog about.

Think it's probably a wash. But I tried to smile a lot and give lots of hugs.

[Michelle]

No, I ate the ice cream instead of the compote. Sigh. But it was GOOD.

[Tammy]

All in all the day was a good one. I work as the secretary at a church and a pastor of another church brought in a new publicity idea that I really like and am implementing at our church for special events. Had an adult dinner/fellowship at church last night that was fun. My husband hates games, but participated last night with no hesitation at all. We picked our daughter up from her volleyball game at 9:00 and she finished her homework by 10:30 which is a record since high school began! The down side, my husband was supposed to be out of town next week for only 2 days for work, but now will be gone all week and may not even make it home in time for Friday's homecoming football game.

[Hayes]

Good day
Then WIlliam sliced the webbing between his pinky and ring finger on his left hand. BUT, the ped we saw said if it were her kid, she would glue that puppy together and keep a close eye on it. And she gave us a scrip for antibiotics just in case too.

SO, for as bad as that one part was, it was all ok. I ate lunch out with a friend, sorted the boys clothes for fall/winter, and realized Samuel needs clothes. He has almost nothing. SEriously, one pair of sweatpants, and lots of shirts. 4 one piece outfits, all of which are too big because despite being a ginormous baby, he is a little guy now.

But he said Alligator last night and was very proud of himself!

[Jess]

Well...

Good:

Unpacked Bryce's room and our room.

Put up new shower caddy in masterbath.

Bad:

Broke blind in masterbed room.

Wacked head on shower wall while trying to install shower caddy. Now have nasty lump in middle of my forhead.

Semi good:

DH fixed blind last night at midnight when he got home from work.

Only 4 more days till we leave for FL.

Semi bad:

Turn 34 tomorrow.

Only 4 more days till we leave for FL.

[rachel]

yesterday was a mix for us too.

The really good (but unexpected, and kind of odd) was finding 3 pairs of UGG boots on my doorstep (one for each kid). ??? I didn't find the gift receipt the first few times I checked the box, so we spent half the day wondering about the mystery of who bought the boots!

[Kristi]

I've had a suitcase to unpack for the last week and half ... I took a few more things out of it. My kids are making loud thumping noises, and giggling hysterically and I refuse to leave my room to investigate. I probably should. I did do the dishes, and disinfect the counter, so that's at least one plus to the day. I bathed, too ... two pluses!