Well, after a two false starts Maddy was asleep by 8:15 last night. The same cannot be said for tonight, however. She has been in the process of going to bed for almost an hour. She's not tired. She just simply isn't. She's squirmy and trying to chit chat. It's not like she became tired and then OVER tired. That didn't happen. We started bath at 6:30 and bed was at 7:30....so... it's been an hour. Matt is with her now.
Maddy did get up twice last night as well. She fell asleep pretty well both times. The last time it was 5 am and I did NOT think she was going to go back to sleep. Fortunately, she did put herself back to sleep until 7. Matt let me sleep in today (Thanks Hon!) and I slept until 8:30.
After a nice breakfast, we all got ready and headed out to the mall. I wanted to take back two makeup items I just purchased at MAC since neither one really work for me (darn it, I liked 'em, too). Then I went to meet Maddy and Matt at Arby's since Maddy loves the roast beef and really, it's pretty good for her, too! So I'm fine with that kind of fast food. When I made it there, they weren't there!
Then I realized where they were. Sephora. I tried to call Matt. No answer. I started walking down there and I found them on the way back. I asked where he had been (since he was going to park closer to Arby's he shouldn't have come from that way) and he could not conceal his look. (If you know Matt, you know the one.) Yep, he had purchased a Sephora Gift Certificate for me. It's really sweet of him, but honestly, he shouldn't have! I just did an online purchase the night before which he did know about. So I will wait to see what I receive from my Secret Santa. I do a Secret Santa through a group of women who love makeup as much as I do. But the list is forming in my head. :)
After Matt and Maddy ate at Arby's we headed home and put Maddy down for a nap. I sat down with a piece of paper and a pen and started to go through some recipes for some really nice dishes that I've seen posted at another board I belong to and decided I wanted to try some of them. Now I have my grocery list done and I'm ready to try new things this week.
I spent a lot of time after Maddy's nap sorting through the books in my downstairs bookcase and then rearranging books between our two bookcases so they make the most sense. I have all of Maddy's paper books (as compared to board books) on the bookcase now along with a few other things in the living room. I moved some of Matt's work books to the family room. I'm feeling good that it got done. Matt took Maddy to the park while I worked on books. I have a FULL laundry basket of books I will give away to the Salvation Army. SHEESH. At least someone else can get some use out of them.
I hadn't eaten at Arby's because I was craving a gyro so I ordered in one of those for lunch/dinner. It was delicious! Now I'm still stuffed.
Well, I think she's FINALLY down (8:38) and Matt and I are going to have a fire in the chimnea on the deck. It's a great night for one.
Tea of the day: Celestial Seasons Gingerbread (herbal)