AHHH! Excuse me while I run around screaming.

Tomorrow begins the last full, free day I have to work on this insane birthday party. I have been putting off so much for tomorrow because I’ll have a babysitter or two to watch Knox so I can actually get some things accomplished. To make matters worse, we decided to be geniuses and try to mount our TV over the fireplace this week. You know, because we didn’t have enough to do. We used some gift cards to buy the mount (that didn’t fit… crap… back to Target tonight), and it will free up a lot of space in the room and allow us to have some more seating, which was sorely needed. So, we have to put the living room back together before people will actually be able to sit in it.

I just made my to-do list for tomorrow, and, well… it’s long. Like front and back of the page long. Yikes. First thing on the list is scrubbing the life out of my house until it sparkles. That’ll last five minutes, but I have to get the bulk of that done so I can just spot-clean during the week to keep it presentable. Then, off to get the thousand tiny things I have forgotten or put off getting thus far. Then, grocery shopping for the food, drinks, paper goods, etc. Oh, and getting Knox a birthday present may be a good plan. We have a couple little things, but nothing substantial. I have to make his banner, put treat bags together, pull out all my platters and such and try to figure out what’s going on which plate, how I’ll set things up, etc.

Oh yeah, and I have to finish making the curtains for my living room that were started, oh, four months ago. It’s ridiculous. I finished one set which are hanging up, but I have two more panels to hem up and a total of five curtain rods and one roman shade to install. Why, oh why, do I take on all of these little projects at one time?? I never have enough time to finish them, then it’s a mad rush to get them done before I have a zillion people in my house.

This party’s guest list is almost all family members, and just a handful of friends, but let me tell you- Knox is one loved child! Almost everyone is coming that was invited- upwards of 40 people! He may not remember this birthday party, but I’m going to take enough pictures of this event to paper the walls of my house with because this has been a lot of work! At the same time, it’s so much fun (even if it’s stressful here at the end), and I wouldn’t have had it any other way! Here’s to a VERY busy weekend of party prep! (Keep me in your thoughts… I may not make it!)