February in Review

I can't believe I haven't posted anything in almost a month. This past month has been absolutely crazy. Here's a run-down (this is a short list and is not comprehensive):

Adam:
finished our kitchen remodel

started and (almost) finished my parents' kitchen remodel

refinished someone's hardwood floors

worked on homework when he had spare moments

helped with the kids and did other projects around the house

worked at the cannery on Tuesday

put the house on the market

went to the temple

took a lovely trip to the dump

Angie:
counseled with several exchange students about various problems, one of which involved the student posting bad comments about his host family on Facebook-- idiot!

moved an exchange student to a new home because her original host mom is on bedrest and is set to have a C-section next week

taught piano lessons twice a week (one of which is across town)

took Ruby to the doctor twice

went to the doctor once for me

carpooled James to and from preschool

interviewed several new host families for next fall, including a family that lives in Mountain Home

worked at the cannery on Wednesday with my SIL so we could get a free ticket to Disneyland

took care of sick kids that had the stomach flu and strep

cleaned up puddle after puddle after puddle of puke (Adam also did this)

did 7 loads of laundry in one day including several changes of bedding and lots of barf-soaked towels

came down with strep myself

pretty much single-handedly planned and executed our ward's Relief Society birthday dinner (the food part anyway)

attended stake mutual night to meet our new trek "family" (we were asked to participate as a ma and pa when the stake goes to Martin's Cove in August)

started getting into couponing (finally)

helped plan a ski activity for the exchange students

trips to the library

started planning our trip to LA (all-expenses paid, Woot!)

carpooled Adam to all of the places he needed to go since we only have one car


I'm exhausted just thinking about the last several weeks. I've realized that I don't handle stress very well. Last night was the first night in weeks that I can remember feeling completely relaxed and had nothing to do once the kids were asleep. It was so awesome to sit and watch the sweet NBC Thursday night line-up with Adam and actually be able to enjoy it.

As a side note-- I have had enough exposure to ground beef this week that will last me a year. I cooked 15 lbs of ground beef for the RS dinner and then the very next morning went to the cannery and what were we canning? That's right-- ground beef! 6000lbs of it! The floor was absolutely disgusting. Puddles of water mixed with greasy, slimy ground beef that was slippery to walk on and the smell was pret-ty tasty. I couldn't help but think of my friend Jessica, a vegetarian and former vegan. I pictured her in my mind with a look of utter revulsion on her face. It was truly gross.