The best laid plans...

This morning started out with Brian and I sitting down and listing out all the things we'd like to get done today.

In the house:

• Pick up the girls room and sort through all their clothes
• Clean up the kitchen 
• Pick up the front room and vacuum
• Do some laundry
• Clean the bathrooms

With the cars:

• Get the alignment fixed on the van
• Drive through the car wash
• Vacuum out the interior (the van needs this desperately)

Errands:

• Get Brian and Jake's hair cut
• Go to Ikea for a wardrobe for Jake's room and some bookshelves for the kids books
• Go on a date (I probably shouldn't list this under errands, because it wasn't a chore.)

Attitudes:

• Choose to be happy
• Not react in frustration

I've mentioned before that we have a real problem around here with telling time, or really with understanding what can reasonably be accomplished in a given amount of time.

What we actually got done today was:

• Picked up the girls room and sorted through their clothes
• Did the dishes
• Got the boy's haircuts
• Went to Ikea and ate lunch (kids ate for free today so that was nice)
• Bought a new sock basket, some magazine holders, and drinking glasses
• Had a great date night which included frozen yogurt at Orange Leaf (um, yum!) and finally seeing the 2nd part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
• Spent all day being happy and only had a few moments of frustration

I am calling today an unqualified success. Even though we didn't get everything done, we got the most important ones checked off!