SPRING BREAK!!!!! In 10 days I am going to be at a beach in Florida. My parents are coming to visit and we are going to spend the week together in paradise. I haven't seen my Mom in three months and I am going crazy. I hope the next 10 days go by really fast!!!
My good friends Davin and Kim welcomed sweet baby Nolan Lee at 8:04am. He weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and is 21 inches long. I am so happy for them and I wish I could be there to see and hold sweet Nolan!! CONGRATULATIONS DAVIN, KIM AND BIG BROTHER AIDEN!!!
I wanted to give you all an update on my new laundry schedule. (To read the original post go here) It is fantastic!! I have been at it for a week and a half and never once was there a pile of unfolded laundry on my bedroom floor.I am done folding a putting away the clothes before lunch time. Having the schedule in place really helps with the stress and the never ending laundry. Now, I just need to get separate laundry hampers for everyone.
So, now for a new schedule, a house cleaning schedule. I usually do all my house cleaning on Thursday's, that way the house is clean for the weekend but, that makes for a pretty long cleaning day and by the end of the day I am exhausted. Since the laundry schedule has worked so well I thought I would try a schedule for cleaning the house.
Here it is:
Monday: Dusting and vacuuming Tuesday: Kitchen and Downstairs bathroom Wednesday: Upstairs bathrooms Thursday: Dusting, vacuuming and mop kitchen floor. Friday, Saturday and Sunday: No cleaning, Woo Hoo!!!
I am excited to see how this schedule works and hopefully I will be done with laundry and cleaning before lunch.
This Loy, she is a little girl we sponsor through Compassion. We have only been sponsoring her for two months and yesterday we got our first letter from her. It was so great to learn that she wanted to be a nurse and that her best friends name is Carol. By the end of the letter my eyes were filled with tears. It is so amazing, I already love this little girl so much!! God is so amazing!!!
This is part of Fingerprint Friday over at Pampering Beki.
It has been lovely flip flop wearing weather here in Georgia. And let me tell you, I love me some flip-flops!! Unfortunately, I can not participate in the flip flop wearing because...
I NEED A PEDICURE!!!!
And I can not get one because of this. But, it is a sacrifice I am willing to make if it means we will be debt free and financially secure. So please, if you see me, DON'T LOOK AT MY FEET!! HA!!
My Favorite Things is one of my favorite blogs. On Fridays they always post a Do-It-Yourself project. Last Friday the DIY project was the perfect hostess gift, paper covered match boxes.
So cute and very chic!! So much better than the regular box they come in. If you want to learn how to do this, go here for the step-by-step tutorial courtesy of Creature Comforts.
I am coping this post from my Hubs Randy. He loves to spend time with the boys doing "Boy" stuff. It was so cute because the boys kept calling the screwdrivers Tuner and Felipe and the hammer Pat. Turner, Felipe and Pat are some of the tools on Handy Many. I hope you enjoy!!
New Bookshelf
Yes! Another piece of furniture from Target that will be in house! Yay! We pretty much only shop at Target, Costco and the grocery store. We got this bookshelf a long time ago and finally I'm putting it together. This will go into the boys room for their one-million books that were on the floor or in small boxes.
The boys just love to help out Daddy with projects. (We put a desk together too!) We got out our tools (Felipe, Turner & Pat) and went to work. Oh, we did make one mistake. We put the backing on backwards. I seem to always have that one mess-up on these small projects. D'oh!
There were a few time outs given, but we still put this Bookshelf together in under 50Seconds! Seriously.... see for yourself.
This is my sweet Carson. He was our "oops!" When I found out I was pregnant my second son was only 9 months old. I cried for days, I just wasn't ready for another one.
Now, looking back I can't believe I cried. I can't imagine my life without him! He brings me so much joy and happiness. God created Carson and chose me to be his Mommy, and for that I am so lucky. Gods timing is perfect!
This is part of Fingerprint Friday over at Pampering Beki.
the need for organization!! Why when spring comes around do we all feel the need to clean and get organized.I keep my house pretty clean and picked up, but if you open the closets you would have one of those avalanche moments. My closets are in desperate need of some organization.
So, I thought I would tackle them one at and time so the task doesn't seem so overwhelming. Where better to start than the pantry.
Before:
After:
Much better I think. We don't have much cupboard space so I have to keep some of our big appliances and Tupperware in the pantry. It feels so good to get organized.
it never ends! Laundry and I have always had a love hate relationship, I love to have nice clean clothes and I don't mind putting them in the wash and then into the dryer, the hate part comes in when they are done drying and the clothes need to be folded and put away. I can never seem to stay on top of the folding a putting away of the clothes. My old plan to tackle the laundry was to wash every time the laundry basket was full. I would also do every ones laundry together, sorted into colors, of course. I was doing laundry everyday and still having trouble getting it done in a timely manner. So, I have come up with a schedule that I think will help me stay on top of everything.
Monday: McKay and Bryce's Tuesday: Carson and Randy's Wednesday: Mine and towels Thursday: Boys Sheets Friday: Our Sheets Saturday and Sunday: NO LAUNDRY! YEAH!
I am also going to wash each persons clothes separately so I don't have to spend so much time sorting everyone's clothes while I am folding. And because I am doing everyone's clothes separately I can fold the clothes right in their room and put them away right then and there.
I think this plan is going to be very effective and help me stay on top of my never ending laundry. I will let you know how it goes.
This book has changed the way I look at debt and finances as a whole. We have made a plan to get out of debt and we are on our way to financial fitness. We have set up a budget and we are ready to LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE, SO LATER WE CAN LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE!!
If you are thinking your finances need a makeover, I highly recommend this book, it will change your life!
Pampering Beki has come up with a fantastic challenge. It is called "Unplug It" day. I have been thinking that we needed to this for awhile now, this is just the kick in the pants that I needed.
So this is the challenge, pick one day of the week and make it your "Unplug It" day. No computer, cell phone, texting, tweeting, or facebook. I know my kids are going to have a hard time with this but I think it will be so good for our family. We have decided the Saturday is our day, Randy is home and we can spend time together without the distractions. I can't wait to see what this time does for our family. I really think this time is going to be life changing!!
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I heard about the rumors surrounding the Bachelor but watched with the rest of America hoping they weren't true, except for him picking Melissa. I liked Melissa and after he let Jillian go, who was my favorite, I was hoping he would pick Melissa. So, he picks Melissa, they all jump in the pool and the live happily ever after!!!!
Or do they....
After the final Rose is when it gets interesting, Jason breaks up with Melissa on national television. What a JERK!!! I really thought Jason was a genuine nice guy and with everything that he has been through, that if it wasn't working with Melissa he would have done what he did in private. JASON, YOU DON'T BREAK UP WITH YOUR FIANCEE' ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!!!!
So, with that I believe that the speculations are true, that this was a big ploy by ABC to get more ratings. The whole show, After the Final Rose, was scripted with bad acting. I really don't think Melissa was blindsided, I think she knew something was up. And this is why, did you see the way they greeted each other, they gave each other what I call a courtesy hug. I was expecting them to at least kiss each other. Second, one of the rumors was that Jason was seeing Molly on the weekends that he wasn't Melissa and Chris Harrison kept making a big deal of them not seeing each other until last night. Molly was trying hard to be mad and holding back a grin. Also, what is up with her saying, "What about Melissa?" and by the end of the show she is all over him. I have some advice for Molly, if he will do it to Melissa he will do it to you. Is Molly that desperate that she will take sloppy seconds. She should have told him to get a life!!!
It is completely ridiculous and I am never watching another episode of The Bachelor again!!!
I was so excited when I looked outside and saw snow falling. I just knew the boys would love to go out and play in it. So, I woke them up from their naps, got them all bundled up and we all went out in the snow. We didn't stay out very long, we got cold and wet pretty fast. Just long enough to have a little fun throwing snow balls and take a few pictures. We had a blast!
Carson had fun too! He played in his ExerSaucer and watched us play from inside. It was too cold and wet for him.
This is Bryce trying to get a book. And just last week he did a header off the couch, on purpose! He is going to be the causes of my many visits to the emergency room.
For dinner that night we had Mexican food. Daddy was dipping his taco and burrito in sour cream so, naturally Bryce wanted to do the same thing. I put a little sour cream on his plate and a few minutes later he decided that sour cream would make a great facial cream.
This experiment wasn't all bad, I found out that sour cream makes a fantastic hair gel, HA!!!
