Day 1

I've been wanting to scrapbook an "All About Me" album for quite a while now. I've gathered topics, ideas, pictures, lists...yet I haven't done a single page of the album.

Then the other day, I found a link to this post and was inspired to document a week in my life through pictures. So here are some pictures from Day 1.

I began my day by volunteering at Ryan's school...

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been organizing a play date for the other pre-school moms at the McDonald's playland for today after school. This is exactly the second time I've been to McDonald's in the last year. We don't do a lot of fast food, but that's not why I avoid McDonald's - what turned me off to them in particular is the three-year-old Happy Meal someone showed me a couple of years ago. The burger and fries looked exactly the same as you'd see if you'd buy them fresh - they had not rotted or molded at all. To this day, this gal has that same Happy Meal and still travels the country showing it to people to get them to realize that McDonald's isn't real food. I got a Snack Wrap and the lettuce tasted real, but who knows! That's all I'm going to say about that. Ew...

After naptime, we ran to the grocery store. This was the first time Kaylin was old enough to join Ryan in the Kids Club childcare area. It was the quietest, most pleasant grocery trip I've had in a long time...I just roamed the aisles at my leisure...

I made a new recipe for dinner. I fully expected this Deep-Dish Greek Chicken Pie to be amazing. Then I tasted it. After an hour of chopping, dicing, and messing with phyllo dough, I was crushed when I took my first bite. What's worse is that (while I was at it and I had extra ingredients) I doubled the recipe and stuck one pie in the freezer. I can't bring myself to throw it away just yet. All of those ingredients...the time and effort...the money wasted...I just can't.

After a few bites of dinner, Mike pepped up and said, "The good news is that since we'll hardly be eating any dinner, we can make chocolate chip cookies!" Aunt Flow is still visiting...you don't need to threaten me with chocolate!

Once the kids were in bed, I was motivated to reorganize some things in their playroom. Specifically, their dress up clothes. I even pulled out my label maker...

And nothing ends the day quite like a load of laundry...

So there you have it. Day 1 of "A Week in my Life."