TGI... T

Glad that it is Thursday, but I wish it were Friday. I am definitely ready for the weekend. A weekend of nothing but hanging around the house. Maybe I can get some cleaning done!! No weddings, no parties, no helping Brandon at work. Nothing. Oh there is one thing.... Brooke asked if I wanted to go to a baby sale in Forest Lake, I said sure! But its not far from the house, so I won't worry too much.

My house is seriously a pigsty. If you know me, (which i am sure you do) you know this isn't completely unusual. Being the "sometimes single mother" that I am, I just don't have the energy (or ambition) to clean it/keep it clean during the week. Then the weekend comes and if we are busy with stuff, chances are I am either not home enough to get it clean or I am not home one whole day and need the next day to recover. Well now I am putting it in writing "I WILL CLEAN MY HOUSE THIS WEEKEND!" I do really enjoy when it is clean. I REALLY do. But it is hard when you get home from work, make dinner, eat, then get Haley down from the chair and she wants to hang out with Mommy... She doesn't like it when I try to do the dishes, she typically hangs on my leg crying and whining until I give up. By the time I put her to bed, I am wanting to go to bed myself. So this weekend, I WILL clean.

ON a different note.... It is only the beginning of August and I've already started thinking about what to dress Haley as for Halloween. Of course I could go with the Princess or Ballerina, but I am thinking something more cutesy. You know like a fuzzy animal. She won't want to do those when she is older, I am sure she will pick a princess every year til she is 10, so I figure I can wait til then for that. Any ideas? I wish I was crafty enough to make one myself, cause all of the really cute ones are $40- $50! And well that's just too much.

I've also started thinking about Haley's 2nd Birthday Party. It's not just her 2nd birthday... it is also her GOLDEN Birthday! What kind of a theme should I go with?? Big Bird? He's yellow, yellow is sometimes referred to as gold...? I really have no idea. But again, I am open to suggestions.