It's Thursday. This is what I have to get done by Monday:
- Go through well over 1000 reader submissions for Digital Scrapbooking 4. Sort them into "yes," "no" and "maybe" folders. Compare my list with my managing editor's to see what we'll actually pick up.
- Write a feature article for Scrapbook Retailer. Topic: Embellishments are your friends. And your customers' friends, too.
- Create 5 projects (layouts & otherwise) to illustrate this article.
- Go to the MOPS leadership retreat this weekend. (Yes, I'm the publicity coordinator for our local MOPS group. Why does that surprise you?)
- Go to stamp camp on Sunday. This will be fun.
- Host a BBQ at our house on Sunday afternoon. My Sweet Thang insists that BBQs are properly started early in the afternoon; I insist that 6 p.m. is plenty early to start anything. We're compromising at 4.
Then in the few weeks of June that still remain, I need to
- Write a feature article for the November/December issue.
- Create layouts to illustrate the feature article.
- Finish the special issue. 'Cuz I totally don't want to take it on vacation. That's 6 chapters, about 140 pages of text, for those of you who are keeping score.
- Make 10 cards for this swap I signed up for for some unknown reason.
- Host my mom at our house from the 16th to probably the 21st.
- Go see my brother in Boulder the 18th and 19th.
- Turn thirty. Respond appropriately. (Perhaps I'll take up gin. I've always hated gin, but it seems like a serious enough drink for a woman on the cusp of senescence.)
- Host our best Cali-friends Joe and Karan the 23rd to the 28th.
- Drive to California the 29th. Be gone for the entire month of July. See old friends, relive our honeymoon, and with any luck meet up with some awesome bloggers.
- Did I mention finish the special issue?
- All this while my kids are mostly home. Yep. This is the last week of daycare for the summer.
My head hurts. My brain feels all melty. Wanna come over and draw? Or play foursquare in the driveway?
I loved foursquare! It was prehaps one of the few games I was pretty good at in elementary school. Yes, I was always picked last.....
Posted by: abbya | June 09, 2005 at 12:47 PM
But, at my elementary school, you had to bring your own ball to play foursqaure. I was smart enough to realize this could be a distinct advantage in getting picked. So, I talked my parents into buying me my own foursquare ball, wrote my name on it, and always got to play at recess. Even now I have a fondness for brand new foursquare balls.......
Cheers to you and good luck getting all your projects done!
Posted by: abbya | June 09, 2005 at 12:49 PM
whew! and you said i had a lot of balls in the air? :D
r.
Posted by: renee | June 09, 2005 at 08:34 PM
Well, at least you aren't bored, huh?
Posted by: Nancy Nally (ScrapNancy) | June 10, 2005 at 07:39 AM
I thought our BBQ started at 3:00.
Posted by: DH | June 10, 2005 at 10:33 AM
I say lets play quarters - with shots of gin - and relish in the amazing things that have resulted from the last 30 years of your being. :)
Posted by: Nancy | June 10, 2005 at 11:49 AM
Should I bring stuffed eggs for the BBQ?
I miss seeing you!!
Posted by: Thena Smith | June 10, 2005 at 12:15 PM
The BBQ commment from DH made me LOL!
Just wanted to say that I'm an awesome blogger from California! What part are you going to? I'm in the SF Bay Area.
Good luck getting it all done!
Posted by: Cosy | June 10, 2005 at 02:46 PM
Enjoy the stamp camp, and good luck on all the rest!
It was great to see you in Simple Scrapbooks. And, wave at San Andreas if you wander that way!
I'll not be there this summer (I've already been for my trip this year).
Posted by: Mimi | June 10, 2005 at 02:51 PM
No, not Gin, Ketel 1 vodka! It's best with a splash of olive juice & 3 lg. olives---shake w/ice then strain (or let a few of those ice chips slip through ;))
YUM!
Posted by: Jerrene` | June 10, 2005 at 05:56 PM
I hear your pain and sending you all my energy vibes!! Hugs Wanda
Posted by: Wanda E. Santiago | June 10, 2005 at 08:28 PM
See, and all these people think you have this dream life! Well, they DO!
I hope you get through all this with minimal struggle and can really enjoy that trip to California.
Posted by: Gwyn | June 11, 2005 at 12:09 PM
We can play four square. No cherry bombs, though! :)
Good gracious, Molly! Quite the to-do list!
Have a popsicle. It will make you feel better. :P
Posted by: t | June 13, 2005 at 08:27 AM