My latest to-do list, a pictorial essay:
Unpack.
Water the Chia Turtle. And re-wire our telephone jack.
Paint.
Unpack.
Shore up the back of the detached garage before it collapses entirely.
Find the rest of the blender.
Unpack. And paint.
Administer 1 tsp of acetaminophen every 4-6 hours to control fever.
Oh. My. God.
Bwahahahahahaha!
*Ahem*
The sheer volume of boxes you have to unpack is making me anxious. Maybe just do one box an hour? Yikes. Good luck with that.
And I'm genuinely sorry your little people are sick. That makes everything so much harder.
Rebecca F.
Posted by: Rebecca F. | January 30, 2008 at 11:18 AM
I don't understand why you don't have time to unpack those boxes and paint. What do you do all day, anyway?
Posted by: 3-Martini Jennifer | January 30, 2008 at 11:42 AM
That last one... Um yeah, that one will insure No.'s 1-7 remain on your list for an unprecedented amount of time.
Such a pathetic little sick face, makes the heart weep... Though I'm quite sure, your expression would more than likely win out in a contest of 'Who's the MOST miserable'
Posted by: Margie Blystone | January 30, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Will the misery never end? I would like to say I feel your pain, but my cardiologist suggested said I should avoid feeling that kind of stress.
Keep the faith.
Posted by: Patrick W. | January 30, 2008 at 12:08 PM
That is the most pathetic sick face I have seen in at least a week. It's a good thing you have all those chores to keep you busy.
Posted by: Casey | January 30, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Look on the bright side...by the time you finish everything with the house and the garage, you'll need to sell all of it in order to pay for three weddings.
I'm crying with you, not at you.
Posted by: You can call me, 'Sir' | January 30, 2008 at 01:28 PM
Well Brian, regarding the entertaining and yet educational musing of Dora... Have I got a treat for you:
Had to search far and wide for this and I'm hoping this is the first time you've seen it... Makes it all the more funny!
http://www.clipstr.com/videos/SNLTVFunhouseMaraka/
Consider it payback for all the laughs your First Day of Preschool video gave me.
Just do it!
Posted by: Margie Blystone | January 30, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Oohhhhh, The Gmama needs to sweep up the wee one and rock awhile.
Posted by: The Gmama | January 30, 2008 at 03:10 PM
OK, whatcha gonna do after lunch?
Posted by: Petunia | January 30, 2008 at 03:36 PM
Wee ones, The Gmama. Wee ones.
Posted by: The Dad | January 30, 2008 at 03:44 PM
If you haven't unpacked it by now, then you don't need it. Just pitch it all.
Posted by: Burgh Baby's Mom | January 30, 2008 at 03:49 PM
How about shoring up the garage with all those boxes? Kill two birds with one stone!
Posted by: Diane | January 30, 2008 at 03:56 PM
Diane, look at the window of the garage. I think boxes are all that's holding it up already!
Posted by: Swamper | January 30, 2008 at 04:00 PM
just find the blender, fill the blender, & forget about the rest til it starts moving on it's own.
Posted by: heidi | January 30, 2008 at 09:13 PM
I agree with Heidi - or myself. This twin thing is complicated! Don't know how you people do it. But get the blender! And water the poor Chia - priorities my man
Posted by: Heidi #2 (whose grandfather really did live on an alp with goats) | January 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM
At least the kids will get better. That Chia Turtle looks doomed. Hope you didn't name him.
Posted by: Sue | January 31, 2008 at 07:46 AM
Wow, when your girls look sick it is really written all over their faces. Poor girls! Poor the Dad!
If it is any consolation, my husband and I have been living in our house for almost 6 years now, and we still have boxes unpacked. We also haven gallons of paint and bags of hardware intended for the kitchen in our basement. I think that stuff was purchased last spring? We did manage to get the fireplace lined, after being here 5 years, but that was because we hired ppl. At least our boys aren't sick....yet.
Posted by: Chickenpig | January 31, 2008 at 08:08 AM
first order of business should be to break open that box of ballantine ale xxx
Posted by: savvydaddy | January 31, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Aw, feel better little ones!
If it's of any consolation, I still have boxes around, over a year after moving in. They are handy surfaces on which to pile even more crap. Why do I even have this stuff if I haven't needed it in a year?
Oh, and to me that clothesline seems to be doing a fine job of holding up the garage...no worries there.
Posted by: reen | January 31, 2008 at 01:56 PM
Wow...full plate.
Posted by: Jason | January 31, 2008 at 06:57 PM
Our similarities are seemingly endless!
1) Your list of chores (especially the boxes to unpack) looks a lot like mine, though I've lived in this apartment for 7 months.
2) I also need to buy stock in children's Tylenol.
3) My parents have the same blender.
Given all that, though, your blog is much cooler. My own sister reads yours more than mine. But don't worry, I don't hold it against you lol
Posted by: LiteralDan | February 03, 2008 at 05:08 PM
My sympathies. Where is the wonderful fairy godmother when you need her? Or at the very least a small army of worker bees who can unpack, paint, fix walls and care for little ones. You will survive, hope things get much better soon.
Posted by: Angela | February 04, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Wow! They make a Chia Turtle? What will they think of next...
Posted by: creative-type dad | February 21, 2008 at 01:42 AM