A productive day... sort of

Today was a 'no school' day for the kiddos and like most SAHMs that often translates to and 'interesting' day. The kids were able to have a friend come over and spend sometime today which was nice because I had planned to organize all the huge piles of laundry that had over taken my basement and was going to hit the laundry and hard. I also had a presentation that my class group and myself had to give this morning, so it was a crazy day.

The presentation went off without a hitch *WE ROCKED IT*... this means that our project for the class is almost completed other than presenting it again to our class mates and also writing out papers, but honestly, at least for me that will be the 'easy' part.


I came home to find that my children had trashed the living room and the toy room in the time that I was gone, so that only added to the list of crap to do for the day. So I got the kids set up for breakfast (which they should have already had) and started in on cleaning the kitchen....--- side note: Does anyone else have ANY idea why exactly dishwashers do NOT hold the dishes from an entire meal for a family of six?? I mean I could kind of understand if we were the Duggars but for goodness sake, we are only 6 people.!!!!--- Once the kids were done with their breakfast their friend arrived and the day of 'kid fun' began.

Since the kids were all being entertained by one another I thought it would be a good idea to go and start the laundry.... well long story short... Laundry is on hold until the Appliance repair man can come tomorrow to take a look at my washing machine * It is only 3 years old and it is making some serious scary noises and is SUPPPPER loud--- *... wish me luck that it is an affordable fix since we certainly can not afford a new machine at this time... I was able to do some of my 'other' cleaning, but not near as much as I wanted to. Thankfully it is Spring Break from college this week so I will hopefully be getting more and more checked off my to do list...

This evening I was able to join some friends and make a few meals that will be in the freezer to be used at a later date. We made White Chicken Chili, Cheddar Cheese Meatloaf, Chicken Taco Bake, and White Chicken Lasagna. We also made Baked Corn Casserole for a side dish.

Came home to yet again a trashed house * can someone explain to me why I bother... just curious*, the kids not quite in bed and am about ready to fall int bed exhausted in a few moments. And you know what... I am glad to do it all again tomorrow... well minus the cranky kids hopefully.

Uggg

Last night I tried this awesome brownie recipe. After the recipe was done baking, I realized that it was very similar to a recipe that a friend of mine had made a few weeks ago. My friend was kind enough to share some of the brownies...they are SOOOO RICH. In fact I actually got a stomach ache from eating them...so good, but so painful.

So last night after I realized that it was the same recipe, I reminded myself during dessert to take a smaller piece because it is in fact SO SWEET....

Well dumb me... I had a second brownie (a small second one mind you) shortly before bed, and let me tell you I paid for it BIG TIME...