Productive Days = Happiness!

Yesterday I woke up at 5:30 am and quietly crept out of the house to meet some girlfriends (sans baby) for Starbuck's.  We visited until about 7:15 when they had to head out to work and  I drove home to relieve Skyler from "Daddy duty" as he had to leave at 7:30 for his orientation for nursing school (yahoo!).  Zeek woke up to nurse and then...back to sleep.  And slept until almost 11:30 am!  I know this kid loves sleeping, but sometimes he surprises me with exactly how much he loves sleep. :)  We ran a couple errands after he woke up (to Target and Lowes) and after 2 hours he was ready for another nap, which lasted another 2 hours!  All of this led to a very productive day for me!  I LOVE those days when I feel like I can just crank out a bunch of things from my "to-do" list...makes the days that I sit in my pj's until 2 pm feel a little more reasonable... right? 

Are you curious what all I accomplished yesterday by the time Skyler got home?  ME too!  (I love seeing my "to-do" list's diminish!)

Done:

-2 loads of laundry

-dishes

-vacuumed the whole house

-straightened up the living room and kitchen

-sewed 2 bibs, 2 burp cloths and a receiving blanket for a baby shower this weekend

-made up 2 gallon sized bags worth of ice cubed baby food for Zeek (beets and broccoli)

- read a chapter of my current book in my Unread Library - The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger

-primed a bookcase, a dresser, two candlesticks and a "toolbox" with white paint (ready for painting today!)

-pulled weeds

-made sausage jalapeno poppers wrapped in bacon for dinner!

Ok, that doesn't all look like a ton now that I've written it out... but it sure felt like a ton! :)

Skyler loved the jalapeno poppers!  They were really good and quite easy to make too.  I stumbled upon the recipe here and since I had all the ingredients, thought I'd try it out. 

I'll show you the bookcase and dresser when I'm finished!  One step closer to making our {completely blah, bland, nothing in it, nothing on the walls, space that we like to call our} master bedroom done!

And here's a little Zeek cuteness to leave you with. :)

Fat Boy loves a good swing! 

 {P.S. This hairy hand is NOT mine.  It's Skyler's, thankyouverymuch.}

 Do you miss seeing Zeek?  I feel weird since I haven't posted much about him since I finished his alphabet a little more than a month ago... I think I may rectify that soon. :)

Have you felt productive recently?  Don't you just love those days?!  Starbuck's days are always productive days for me.  Maybe I should start getting up at 5:30 more often!? ...

.. HAH.  Nevermind.  I'm productive enough when I wake up at 9. :)

So, now what's on my "to-do" list today?

To-Do:

-paint bookcase

-paint dresser

-paint candlesticks

-paint "toolbox"

-sand and paint trim piece for under window seat

-puree and freeze honeydew and mango for Zeek

-put together/wrap baby shower gift

-dishes

-get more paint from Lowe's

-pick up some baby shower and wedding cards

-read another chapter of my book

I'll let you know how I do. :)

Love, K