Thursday Thirteen: 13 Things on My To Do List!

Here are the things on my To Do list today:

1. Make a grocery list that includes things for my new diet - I am getting sick of eggs on toast.
2. Return a permission slip to school for my little Prince. We are off to tour a farm this month. The Knight and I are going too! Right now there is only one other chaperone. Wish us luck!
3. Encourage Princess to take a spelling test. They do spelling tests differently in this 2nd Grade class. Last year, Princess received a list of words at the beginning of the week, she studied the words all week, and then Princess took her spelling test every Friday. In 2nd grade, the spelling tests are "self motivated". Sometimes this means that Princess needs to be "Mommy Motivated" to get them done. She studied hard last night and should take a test today. But I do need to remember to ask her about it when she gets home.
4. Get groceries with the Knight. Include the purchase of toys for Operation Christmas Child service project we are doing through MOPS. This is so neat! I am going to have my little Knight pick out some toys to send in the Christmas boxes!
5. Do about 5 loads of laundry. Wash, dry AND put away. :)
6. Call for a vet appointment for the cats. (Just an annual visit)
7. Send grandparents and aunts and uncles school pictures that Princess and Prince brought home from school yesterday! (And hopefully include a nice letter along with the pictures. I am way behind in real letter writing but I love getting real mail, so I like to write letters to other folks.)
8. Clean the following rooms: living room (vacuum, organize desk, return all wandering toys back to their rightful homes), 3 bathrooms. Kitchen is done.
9. Take Halloween decorations down and find Thanksgiving decorations.
10. Talk to our friend R.N. (college student at Texas A&M) to see if he can come here for Thanksgiving!
11. Work on pink baby blankted that I am making for one of DadOf3's co-workers so I can start a blue one.
12. Copy off MOPS newsletter for Friday's MOPS meeting. (I only have 6 more newsletters to write. I am trying to get December's, January's, and February's done early too.)
13. Work on Christmas Calendars for both sides of our families. (Also, look for a coupon - this gives me a target date to get them done before the coupon expires.) I LOVE snapfish.com photo calendars! If you are looking for a fun Christmas present that lasts ALL YEAR LONG, check it out!

That is my Thursday 13 for today! What are yours?