tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post4385061046130120677..comments2023-10-24T06:40:27.247-06:00Comments on 11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven: A Day in the Life of Me...in PicturesMom2my10 @ 11th Heavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813012011182498512noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-68122414566752504672010-07-27T16:45:06.487-06:002010-07-27T16:45:06.487-06:00Okay I got a kick out of your double washers and d...Okay I got a kick out of your double washers and dryers. We too have double and it's great except for the fact that I get 2 loads done at the same time which means two loads that pile up and continue to double throughout the day. That was until I handed the laundry room over to my twin daughter Emma. Now all's well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00444896414475893411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-51721432030814219012009-10-29T21:20:44.919-06:002009-10-29T21:20:44.919-06:00Wow! You are one busy mama! Looks like you're...Wow! You are one busy mama! Looks like you're doing a great job. You have a beautiful family and a gorgeous home! I love that you have a courtyard! I so want to live somewhere warm! You really wouldn't want an out door courtyard here. I don't know how you get your kitchen so clean! I only have 5 and I don't think it's ever clean in here!Lolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11681913773862875803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-35075041568049492682009-09-24T14:49:48.355-06:002009-09-24T14:49:48.355-06:00Cant remember which blog i clicked to get to this ...Cant remember which blog i clicked to get to this one (been blog surfing today) but your comment about your kitchen being clean (and the one that said "say no to crack") cracked me up. I could die a happy woman if I had a beautiful kitchen like yours! Love the pics, cant believe you manage to keep your house so clean with so many kids running around. I have two kids and my kitchen only looks that clean while they are sleeping or at school. Once they wake up/come home you can kiss the clean look goodbye! Lol.Autumnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437680039451649416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-41525658325572889032009-09-21T16:48:58.098-06:002009-09-21T16:48:58.098-06:00Jennifer, you must know that I DO NOT have a clean...Jennifer, you must know that I DO NOT have a clean house!~ I just try to avoid photographing messy areas! Also, one morning each week I have a maid who comes to help me out! There, now you know my secret!Mom2my10 @ 11th Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813012011182498512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-70573419988570857092009-09-21T16:42:58.852-06:002009-09-21T16:42:58.852-06:00I don't know how you manage with such a busy h...I don't know how you manage with such a busy household AND blogging! I still scratch my head wondering how you manage to keep your home so clean...especially with all you have going on AND being pregnant!!! I truly admire your homemaking skills!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789961117599474902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-41274616340868213742009-09-21T12:37:18.533-06:002009-09-21T12:37:18.533-06:00Do you have super powers? You are amazing. I do ...Do you have super powers? You are amazing. I do not know how you do it all.Living It, Loving Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194896483256964340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-30832050860349053042009-09-21T12:37:17.807-06:002009-09-21T12:37:17.807-06:00Do you have super powers? You are amazing. I do ...Do you have super powers? You are amazing. I do not know how you do it all.Living It, Loving Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194896483256964340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-29683003283516310552009-09-21T10:02:47.736-06:002009-09-21T10:02:47.736-06:00What a day, (I do understand a little) Love your t...What a day, (I do understand a little) Love your two sets of washer and dryers, I need so that. I hate to fold, something that is on the kids list of chores but never seems to get done. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing information about the church and helping others understand, you are doing a great work. <br /><br />Love the toes, see we still need to take care of ourselves even with the demands of so many. All I can say, is What a Women. :-)Christi Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04872079059490880228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-53632293800036969452009-09-21T07:20:47.891-06:002009-09-21T07:20:47.891-06:00I am amazed you kept up the picture taking as long...I am amazed you kept up the picture taking as long as you did. I would have been tired of that way before lunch. I am not the most avid of picture takers. My usual MO is to bring my camera and assign picture taking duties to a convenient relative. Very interesting though and very jealous of your washer dryer set. Probably much more of a necessity for you than me but nice.Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151054558976153598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-70068223779526034662009-09-20T16:40:39.627-06:002009-09-20T16:40:39.627-06:00Ahh, I miss you!
And I'm so glad you love y...Ahh, I miss you! <br /><br />And I'm so glad you love your toes.<br /><br />((((((Hugs))))))))Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965226698037464912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-11974336350207085102009-09-20T11:16:42.174-06:002009-09-20T11:16:42.174-06:00D.U.D.E.!!!!!
I always thought I was a lazy bum b...D.U.D.E.!!!!!<br /><br />I always thought I was a lazy bum but your post confirms it. I agree with Suburban Princess - you are an inspiration!!!<br /><br />I thought you were all done with your day at one point...and then I kept reading and realized it wasn't even LUNCHTIME. Wow!Keeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699051418849331296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-31924848792260830602009-09-20T07:32:12.649-06:002009-09-20T07:32:12.649-06:00part 2 ...
The week after B1 graduated from high...part 2 ...<br /> The week after B1 graduated from high school, we had a house fire. We ended up living with my then bachulor brother on the FAR south side of town. While there we sent B1 off to college. And that fall, we had three still to home sons enrolled in three different school systems. B2 wanted to finish his Sr. year in the same high school, and he ws doing 'okay' there, so we let him. But by then we had learned all of the details of MI's 'school of choice' program and knew that we no longer HAD to fight that schools administration ... so B3 was enrolled in a different school system, a fifteen (15) min. drive from OUR house. And B4 was in his last year of the Christian school all of the boys attended from Preschool through 8th grade. <br /> But we were living on the FAR side of town, and I was working 'part time', ... and we ended up needing to traverse the highways during the morning rush hours ...:-/<br /> That fall B2 took over B1's job as manager of the schools auditorium. And he had neither a car nor even his licence (at 25 he has now decided he wants to get it and is close to doing so :-D). So sometimes I had to pick him back up at 11:oo p.m. due to the auditorium having been rented ..<br /> Both B3 & 4 tried out and made their schools socceer teams, equaling either practice or games EVERY night. Usually, B3 had games two nights and B4 had games two other nights, but sometimes they both had games the same night ... so I'd keep track of who's games I had attended to try and keep everything 'even'. And while B4's games were always immediately after school (just not always at their school), B3 often had later games. I spent so-o much time driving "loop-de-loos"!!!<br /> One particular day, I had left work, picked B2 up from school, droven him out to near where we were living to a Dr.'s appointment, headed back to pick B4 up from school, went back out and picked B2 up, dropped him back at school to run the auditorium, picked B3 up, ... and while I'm not entirely certain at this point in time what all else was involved, I do remember that when I finnally pulled into my brothers driveway for good (well, till 10:45 that night) I had literally been on the road for close to four (4) hours. I had walked through the door and asked "A, I there yet?!!! ;-p I've been driving long enough to have driven all of the way to B1's college by now!!!"<br /> By B3's Jr. year, B2 was in the local community college, and both B3 & 4 were in the same high school. But then B3 got enrolled in the sound tech class through the local (oh waht do you call it? Where high school kids can go to learn "trades" such as cosmotology, and auto mechanics, and baking, etc. ?). But the class was held at one of the local high schools that had an auditorium, not at the places campus. Therefore, bussing to the school was not available.<br /> So in the morning I'd drive them both to school (thankfully we now had two cars). Then at 11:30 I'd go pick B3 up and drive him over to his sound tech class. At 2:15 I'd pick him back up and head back to either drop him off since both him and B4 were on the socceer team, or pick B4 up. When they were both on the team, I'd have to go back at 4 to pick them both up, or - head to a game. ...<br /> The year after B4 graduated, I kept looking at the clock SURE I was suppose to be headed someplace to pick somebody up .... ;-p<br /> Rember the promise - "This too shall pass" :-D Also keep in the front of your mind that having the PRIVALAGE to be this involved in your kids lives really is a blessing!!! :-DCheryl B.http://www.xanga.com/thehousethatlovebuiltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-72122152018477708312009-09-20T07:31:35.295-06:002009-09-20T07:31:35.295-06:00Aw the memories your posting brought to mind. At t...Aw the memories your posting brought to mind. At the point in time when we decided that B1 NEEDED to go to school, not be home schooled, we only had one car, and getting a second was far from an option!!! So early in the morning, while pregnant with B4, I would get the three young sons up and into the car. We would then ride twenty five (25) minutes or so (sometimes it depended on traffic conditions that morning) to take daddy to work. After dropping him back off, we'd head home to get the boys breakfast, B1 dressed aand ready for school, to then drive him to school ( a fifteen to twenty minute ride due to the increased traffic by that point in time). After dropping him off, we headed home again. Later we would pick him back up and again head home. Yet latter we would pick daddy back up and he would drop us off at home before heading to cater. <br /> That summer B4 was born. And the next fall anouther loop was added to our driving circle. Both B1 & 2 were now in school, one half day, one all day. I swore that while I knew that B4 had not been concieved in the car (o;-p), he most certainly spent way too much of his youth in one!!! <br /> I always referred to it as driving my "loop-de-loos".<br /> continued ...Cheryl B.http://www.xanga.com/thehousethatlovebuiltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-61741467723204994692009-09-19T21:17:12.447-06:002009-09-19T21:17:12.447-06:00You don't have much going on , do you? ;)You don't have much going on , do you? ;)Amanda B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08611282164381411546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-79394023390612759532009-09-19T20:57:29.206-06:002009-09-19T20:57:29.206-06:00You are truly amazing :) I agree, though, I would...You are truly amazing :) I agree, though, I would be THRILLED each and every day if my kitchen were cleaned :)Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280523378311477782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-10838684792509947612009-09-19T19:39:29.517-06:002009-09-19T19:39:29.517-06:00WHAT A DAY!!! I am exhausted just reading about it...WHAT A DAY!!! I am exhausted just reading about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-21914260486007214232009-09-19T19:06:06.900-06:002009-09-19T19:06:06.900-06:00What a day. I agree with Tyler about your kitchen,...What a day. I agree with Tyler about your kitchen, I'd love to trade. The bit about the post that made you weep with happiness was touching. I think you are far braver than most people by putting yourself out there like that and being honest about your faith. I appreciate the courage it takes to do such a thing, sadly I'm a big fat chicken most days so I admire the willingness of others to take the reigns:)bilbysalengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839662667698494376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-54233137439128353732009-09-19T14:27:18.887-06:002009-09-19T14:27:18.887-06:00Your are an inspiration... and I think one is hard...Your are an inspiration... and I think one is hard and half the time my hair is in a pony tail... how in the world do you do it!?!<br /><br />Plus thought I would also add love your kitchen! It is so unique and neat<br /><br />Have a great weekend :)Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710340531622413362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421475838864238344.post-14616741847257063232009-09-19T13:04:04.161-06:002009-09-19T13:04:04.161-06:00Wow! You have all of those kids, are pregnant and...Wow! You have all of those kids, are pregnant and still manage to get so much done and make yourself look nice! You are an inspiration!Suburban Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229769705478339351noreply@blogger.com