I need to stay on task today, so I am posting progress reports to feel good and see progress.

- stripped bed, flipped matress, vacuumed mattress, picked up clothes, shooed away Jehovah Witnesses, put back on the two mattress enclosures.

Now I am off to re-make the bed with my brand new Beech Jersey sheets! Bright Purple on sale at BB&B yesterday. YAY! My bright pink ones sadly were so worn out that I took them to the fabric recycler people in NYC before we left.

Some friends of ours from NYC who relocated to OK a month after we moved are coming through town tomorrow. This is one of mac's bestest friends from NYC. VERY EXCITED! And, they are parents that I actually like.

Ooooh, bright purple sheets? I've got a favorite-ever set that is developing irreparable rents that needs some kind of replacement... I wonder if the BB&B's around here have them in Queen size.

For the Lush kerfuffle, someone should mail Consumerist.com with examples of the Lush non-apologies. They like stuff that demonstrates that kind of corporate heinousness.

I've just made my first batch of Trader Joe Spicy Apple Bread mix muffins. It's seasonal, so I'd better remember to stock in 20 boxes of it for next year....

I bet Jezebel might run something about Lush, too.

I've just made my first batch of Trader Joe Spicy Apple Bread mix muffins.

Mmmm. Sounds good. I made TJ's Pumpkin Bread for my sister's visit. I jazzed it up with pecans and raisins, but it's probably good by itself, too. Three days later it's mostly gone.

Ha HA! Laundry is done AND put away. Or hanging up to dry, depending.

Victory is mine!

Been to the market, pedicure and Target. Shoveling some food into my face, then hardware store and leaves....

I made TJ's Pumpkin Bread for my sister's visit. I jazzed it up with pecans and raisins, but it's probably good by itself, too.

My mom made TJs pumpkin bread with dark chocolate chips. Also really good.

But apparently I've been spotted as a kid-hater so I will have to give out candy on Halloween.

Shouldn't the kid lovers be the ones giving out candy? Or is that crazy talk?

Erin, if it were me I'd suspect the cat isn't feeling well. My cat peed on the bed only once, and it was the night she returned home from surgery.

OK, today is already stressing me out. I have too much work to do and the kids are already acting nutty. And soccer was canceled/postponed due to the rain, and the kids need something to do NOW.

Theo - my BB&B only had twin and full sets, YBB&BMV.

One load of laundry in, clean clothes from air dryers are sorted into rooms (piles on floors), clutter from my room cleared, my room vacuumed, bed made, guest bed stripped, some clutter from guest room floor has found homes (this is stuff that has never been put away since the initial move in).

Next up, vacuuming the guest bed mattress, making it up, and decluttering more then vacuuming.

SHOCKER of the day, mac is not helping. Thinks that putting away his own clothes and straightening his room is punishment. I have been too lax on this for too long. He has 30 more minutes to get on board, then real punishments will come down.

An eagle needs to eat it for breakfast.

I really don't find those kinds of jokes funny. That's someone's dog, and they love it.