tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850379919473124412024-02-07T10:57:38.473-05:00My Krazy LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-42893789199234567342012-10-01T11:48:00.000-04:002012-10-01T11:48:10.326-04:00Long time!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow! It feels like forever since my last post....My apologies to anyone who actively reads here! It's been quite the whirlwind around here. Crazy busy/stressful at work, the whole kids in school routine and keeping up with my daily chores seems to have taken over my life...well that IS the title of this blog right?? MY <u style="font-weight: bold;">KRAZY</u> life! Well it has been extra krazy lately to say the least! What else did I expect??? I don't know, I think I expected to get into a routine a little quicker than this! I guess time management redo is in order...as in ASAP!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So hopefully you all have been doing well and enjoying the beginning of fall. I know I have. This past weekend we went apple and pumpkin picking! LOVE IT. It's definitely up there on my list of favorite things to do. We enjoy it just as much as the kiddos :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />I thought I'd stop in and let you know why I've been MIA lately. I'll try to get back tonight with some posts that have been put on the back burner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hopefully this is an awesome Monday for all of you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi everyone! I've been wanting to customize my blog design to reflect me a little better. I've come up with this and will probably be tweaking it as time goes by. It's hard for me to really pin down what I'm looking for, but I'll get it by trial and error :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope you are all having a great day. I'll be back later with my Sweet Thursday post...</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-20899210804011945962012-09-17T12:47:00.001-04:002012-09-18T09:37:57.214-04:00Weekly Menu Planning-9/17<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Monday to you all :) Hope your week is off to a great start. It's a beautiful sunny day in this neck of the woods, so no complaints from me! I thought I'd share our weekly menu with you all once again. I promise to get all my recipes up on the recipes page...please bare with me as it's a little crazy around here. I will be sure to write the title of the recipes of the week in red so that you can locate it quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope you decide to try a few of these menus. If you have any meals to share, I'm always up for new foods!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Monday: Leftover cream of vegetables with cheese and buttered bread</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuesday: Leftover marinara meatballs with linguine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wednesday: Ham sandwiches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thursday: Homemade "lunchable"(rolled ham, cheese, crackers, veggies and dip)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday: Still working on this one! Perhaps homemade pizza to make my little one happy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I shall return soon...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi Everyone! Hope you all had a great week. It's been super busy this way. With work, the kiddos, school and all the rest, I've been finding that I'm running out of time {what's new???} Well, tonight was a fast and furious type of night :) I was definitely lit up! haha I also want to apologize for skipping my Sweet Thursday post, but I will post a desert and it'll be my Sweet Thursday...on Saturday! lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So my nights usually consist of putting the kiddos to bed and then making lunches, doing dishes, laundry and all the other fun chores that are on my list:) Last night I decided I was taking the night to complete a few crafty {or not so crafty} projects I've been wanting to do! The list is long, believe me. Checking a few things off felt SO good:) So I poured a glass of wine and enjoyed my evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just like everyone else {or so it seems} I've been decorating for fall! I love how it gives the house a little more warmth. So I'll include a few pictures of that too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am so thankful I came across Brandi's blog {<a href="http://bet1975.blogspot.com/">Don't Disturb This Groove</a>} a few weeks ago. She made these awesome confetti glasses that I just had to have:) I've been thinking that it would be great to have custom wine glasses. I hate having friends over and not knowing who's glass is who's. Once I was done with the wine glasses, I had some fun with our regular glasses {which we've had for years}, they are so much fun now :) So here is my version of the painted glass:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All I needed was a little acrylic paint {I used $0.57 Walmart paints} some brushes and sponges to play around with and voila. I cured the glass the same way Brandi did, I was a little skeptical of this and crossed my fingers that the glass wouldn't break:) I put the glasses in a cold oven and set it at 350 degrees, then let them cure for 30 minutes and then let them cool down in the oven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I purchased a straw wreath ($2.97), and I purchased a few strands of leaves and flowers ($10.00). A little hot glue, some cutting, twisting and gluing and this is what i had. I wanted to put it on the outside of the door, but then my husband bursted my bubble reminding me that when it rains, the colors will probably run and the wreath would probably be ruined...so I settle for the inside of the door :)</span></div>
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While doing my fall decorating, I realized I really wanted to have something on our dining room table. It can't be too much as we do eat all of our meals there. I remembered I had some burlap and thought I could cut that and make a smaller runner. I also had an empty jar of salsa that I kept to find some creative way to reuse it. I thought it would make a cute candle holder. I used some twine and hot glue and simply put a dab of glue and spun that twine all the way around to the top of the jar. Then to make it a little fancier, I tied a ribbon to the top and took some of the leaves and flowers from my Walmart purchases and glued those to the front. So here is what our table now looks like.</div>
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Some of the other things that I've done will go in another post on organizing . So to finish, here are a few of the decorations I've been scattering around our house. I really do love decorating. The house feels so alive :) </div>
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Well there you have it! So much for one post, but I was so excited with what I got done that I had to share :) Hope you all have an amazing Saturday!</div>
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After following Being Mom{me} for one whole day... you read right, one entire day :) I've just come upon her latest post, she has the spotlight blog for the Welcome Wednesdays Blog Hop. Being new to this whole blogging world I appreciate every opportunity I get to find some new amazing blogs to follow...and let's be honest, I wouldn't be mad if I found a few followers myself to prove to myself that I actually have something a little interesting! So much creativity and wisdom out there...some pretty funny people too :) So I'm linked up to this awesome linky party that's hosted by <a href="http://takitfrom-me.com/">Take It From Me</a></div>
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Happy Tuesday to you ;). Hopefully your week started off on a happy note. The weather is changing around here and I am loving it. As much as I do love the summer, there's something about the fall... Crisp air in the morning and the leaves changing colors, I love it!</div>
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I've shared my family binder with you and told you how much of a time saver meal planning has been for me {YAY! for extra time }. In addition to being a time saver, this also saves me money on groceries. I make my grocery list after doing my meal planning, this way I know what I need to purchase and don't get items that won't be needed.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Monday to you! Hope your weekend was a good one and that you're ready for this week to start. After a hectic weekend with the kids, I like to clean my house. Monday is the perfect day for that...Sunday night too {if I'm not exhausted}! I find that cleaning on Thursdays and Mondays works well for us. Obviously I do some random cleaning, picking up on a daily basis as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since I have children, it has become more important to me to know what I'm using for cleaning products. I'm trying use earth friendly products that don't leave as much chemical residue in my house and in the ground! So after reviewing and trying a few products I've chosen the ones that seem to clean well, smell good and that are environmentally friendly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought I could share the products I use, why I like them and how I use them. I know sometimes products that are more earth friendly are more expensive, however that isn't always the case. To each our own and I in no way, shape or form think that you "have" to use these greener products. It's simply a matter of personal opinion and taste!</span></div>
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I've been using a meli melo of Melaleuca and Seventh generation products. Every once in a while I'll grab some Method {but rarely}. I also love to use Mr. Clean erasers...if you have children you know that these are the ultimate handy tool for cleaning :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now I clip coupons and try to save every penny I can so at first it did seem like these products were a lot more expensive than my original crew of products. I thought I'd try it and really pay attention and compare. It turns out that it isn't more expensive. You don't need a lot of product to clean well, which I think makes a difference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So here you have it. These are my go to supplies when it comes to cleaning. I love the efficiency of them all and love the smells even more! Seriously, the smell of cleanliness just makes my heart melt :) I'm always up for a new product. I'd love to know what your using to make your home oh so clean :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-51042000043653445582012-09-06T10:01:00.005-04:002012-09-13T11:06:09.473-04:00Sweet Thursday...take 3<div style="text-align: justify;">
Happy Thursday everyone! Hope your week is going well. Mine is going as well as it can...TGTIF {thank goodness tomorrow is Friday}. That pretty much sums it up right? This week is going to be a little different as my sweet recipe isn't desert! It's some sweet BBQ pork.<br />
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I love this meal not only because it's so good, but also because I love using my slow cooker any chance I get. There's nothing like coming home from work and having half if not all of our dinner ready! Such a time saver.<br />
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We buy our meat from a butcher we've known and we buy it for the year. I really like knowing that the meat we eat doesn't contain antibiotics or hormones. So we get our veal and our pork and it's all packaged up for our family meals. I have a second freezer in the garage just for our meats and I love having everything sealed and packaged in just the right quantities for us.<br />
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So I have these pork rolls that WE LOVE! I simply throw it in the crockpot with a bunch of chopped up onions, some chicken broth, salt and pepper and cook all day. I often times will add carrots to the mix too :)<br />
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Once it's cooked, I pull the pork apart and leave about 1/2 to a cup of the liquids in the crockpot and add 1/2 bottle to a bottle of BBQ sauce{depending on how saucy you want it}. I have to tell you, I love DIANA sauces. They are so delicious, you definitely have to try them once. Mix it all up and let it sit on low for 30 minutes or so. This is definitely one of our favorites!!! Serve over rice with some corn and carotts and you've got yourself a pretty delicious meal! My husband loves ribs, but he says this is better and well...not so messy :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi there! With this past weekend marking an end to our summer, I thought I'd share a little of it with you. We've been crazy busy with all kinds of fun stuff. Our summers aren't usually this busy but we had some great quality family time...which I LOVE! I'm not a big fan of posting personal photos online like this, but we'll say this is the one post where I'll forget about that for the sake of sharing with you and implode with said pictures :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't think I've mentioned how much we love the zoo...but we do love a trip or two or three :) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We've also been to the beach a time or two and I always love the pictures I can get! We've also been to Dave & Busters twice which the kids loved {had never been before!}. We've also gone to the NE Aquarium, which is always a fun outing. We spent a week in Quebec with family which was super fun! Went into Old Quebec City which is still as beautiful, Village Vacances Valcartier {water park}, and spent a ton of time with the ones we love. We've had relatives over our house two weeks in a row and...we've done so much my mind is going blank :) We went to Disney last week which was the ultimate vacation for the kiddos!{when I say kiddos that includes us big kids} lol Unfortunately we came back exhausted as we only had 3 1/2 days and crammed as much as humanly possible in each day :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's something about being away from home as a family. I always love the time we get to spend together without having all the household duties, the projects and work to get in the way. As much as I could lock myself in a padded room sometimes {so much my kids drain my energy}, as much as I am thankful for the blessing they are in our lives. They are amazing! It always makes me smile to see how they interact {well...not when they're screaming at each other :) }, when they 're cuddling or telling each other a story. They are definitely the sunshine to my days. They always find a way to show you they love you unconditionally. We do too, but I'm not sure we're as tolerant as they are sometimes :) Ok...off track here! But all that to say that I am blessed to have 3 wonderful children and an amazing hard working husband. I am so glad we spent a wonderful summer together! Hope your summer was as good as mine! I'm looking forward to fall and all the changes that come with it. I can't wait for the leaves to start changing colors. I love going up to the mountains to see all the wonderful colors nature has to show off! Well I wish you all an awesome fall!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Thursday everyone! Hope yours has started off well. Over here, we're still getting used to the whole "back to school" routine. We'll get there...I'm pretty sure:) This week I thought I'd share one of my sweet yet healthy recipes. I love the feeling of eating sweets, but knowing they're somewhat healthy for you {healthier...I should say}. So this week I'll share my Zucchini/Apple bread recipe that I made with zuchinni that came straight from my own garden {even healthier...right???}.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pre-heat the oven at 400 degrees. In a bowl mix the eggs, the sugar, the vanilla and the oil until all combined and yields a creamy texture. Set aside. In another bowl, mix the flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder. Add the wet mixture and stir. Add the zucchini, apples, nuts and raisins. Pour mixture into a greased bread pans and cook about 45 minutes or until top is golden brown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">***You could also chose to make muffins which I opted to do. Only change to recipe would be to cook for 20-25 minutes.***</span></div>
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Fresh Zucchini from our garden :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So moist and yummy. They make an awesome snack for work or to send the kiddos in their lunch boxes. I always feel good about sending them as much homemade food as possible.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-19768621983263997642012-08-28T22:15:00.003-04:002012-08-30T12:50:46.112-04:0030 Days to finding your blogging voice...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I am at the beginning of my blogging "career" :) {career...makes it sound so professional} haha Not so much of a writer and probably not that interesting...but I'll get there!!! :) Nonetheless, I've enjoyed this short lived endeavour and hope to get better as time passes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I found this awesome blog <a href="http://hip2thrift.blogspot.com/">Hip2thrift </a>where Iuliana has started a 30 days to finding your blogging voice post. Sounds so cool and well...I'm looking to refine my skills {or lack of...} so I thought I'd hop on the wagon and join in! So I'm a little behind since she's already on day 4 of this great challenge. I'll start with day 1 and work my way up....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Day 1: Childhood bedroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I remember my room having these two wallpapers; stripes and hearts...cheesy I know but it was the 80's and it was in style;). I must admit I was pretty licky...I had my own bathroom in my room{ which I came to enjoy during my teenage years}. I also had the room with the balcony which I was so petrified of. The paranoid thoughts that weent through this kids mind were pretty surreal! "What if someone climbed on the balcony from the deck below and broke into my room through the locked slider ???". I'm telling you I was one paranoid kid! Actually...come to think of it, I'm a prett paranoid adult ;). A little off track here... Back to my bedroom, I had this wooden bedroom set with the oh so awful gold hardware which again was stylish back then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wasn't the barbie/doll type kid. Me and my cousins mostly drew or just talked...we're girls we had a lot to discuss! haha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My room was definitely my haven from about 12 to 16. I came home, went to my room to watch TV and talk on the phone hours on end, went downstairs, grabbed dinner and ate in my room. What were my parents thinking??? I can definitely say that my children will never have a television in their room {if I ever want to see them}. So those are all the great memories I have of my childhood bedroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to show you the "pretty" {can you hear the sarcasm???} wallpaper!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Day 2: Describe your most annoying facebook friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have to admit this is probably the strangest thing I will have written about in my entire life. I've written some weird stuff, but this beats it all :) I have my laptop on my lap and I'm writing this post with nothing on my feet but my worn off black nail polish. This is the first time that I've worn black nail polish. I usually go for the french manicure or a flashy shade of pink. I am in desperate need of a pedicure. My heals are cracked and not so pretty to look at right at this moment. Between work, the kiddos and house duties, a pedicure is pretty much the last thing I have time for. I am not a big fan of feet to be honest with you. I don't really like my own! There's something about toes that just doesn't do it for me. I've rarely seen feet and say " wow, nice feet". I'm more the type that'll notice the crooked toes and the ugly nails. I usually have my slippers on around the house, but love to kick them off while typing away at the computer :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strange writing exercise...can't believe I'm actually going to post this. I hope this really does help better my writing skills!!!</span><br />
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I guess the first thing that comes to mind when you read this sentence is "money"!!! Who wouldn't want that??? But in all honesty this would probably create more problems than anything else. So once I stopped to truly think of what I'd like to grow on trees, my answer would without a doubt be health or a <span style="text-align: center;">derivative, cures for deadly or even lifelong diseases...when I hear the horror stories of children {and adults}finding out they have either a commonly known disease or something rarely seen, my heart goes out to them. I can't imagine what these people and their families go through. I am thankful each and every day for the health that we have. Alright, I do complain when my kiddos get sick, but then I see something far worse and am grateful that my children are otherwise healthy. There can't be anything worse that being helpless to the ones you love, nothing that you can do or say to make their pain go away. If health/cures grew on trees in the form of remedies in a pretty little instruction manual, wouldn't that be awesome??? I know, I know....this kind of thing won't happen, but for the sake of this writing exercise I'll put my thoughts on paper...or web I should say :) Well enough with all this sad stuff, I think you get the picture. What would you like to have grow on trees?</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Nature to me, is the one place you can go to relax and recuperate . Don't get me wrong I'm in no way, shape or form suggesting that we go camping in a tent or anything. I like nature but not that much :) There's something about the serenity that one can find out in the middle of the woods! {In a cabin of course}. I think we all need a little time away from the hustle and bustle of our everyday life. No technology; turning the phone off, leaving your computer at home {or just smash the hard drive}, parking the car and leaving it aside to just soak it all in. I think nature and all it has to offer is definitely soothing. Taking a stroll through the wooded path where you won't find any billboards or bright lights to distract you from your thoughts, breathing in the fresh air that's not polluted. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">With all the stress we deal with each and every day, I think there is no better place to just refuel the body. All you need is the necessities and off you go! The only thing you may want to bring is some paper, a sharpie and a stapler, in case someone gets lost :) </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-73934583683989227902012-08-27T06:17:00.002-04:002012-08-27T06:17:36.854-04:00Spaghetti Sauce<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Monday!!! With school starting today and my garden having a ton of vegetables ready...I thought yesterday was a good time to make a batch of spaghetti sauce while picking up around the house today. What a good idea I had! I usually always have a stash of spaghetti sauce jarred for those nights where I need a quick, go to meal. I've been out for some time now {shame on me}! So onto cleaning up I went, as I had to stir my simmering sauce...pretty much all afternoon :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So for those of you interested, here's my recipe! It's a mix between my our grandmothers recipes that I played with to make my own. Inspired from our Quebec roots, it might be a little different from the typical American sauces. So here are needed ingredients;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So for the meat I sometimes do a combination of veal and pork or beef and pork or even deer meat. and pork. Whatever I have on hand. I love adding the tofu {we're not big on tofu...} because you don't really taste it, but you get all the nutrients it has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I start off with 2 tbs of butter and 2 tbs of olive oil in the bottom of my pot. I then sweat all my veggies for about 10 minutes or until onions become translucent. I then add all my liquid ingdients with the exception of tomato paste. Add all spices and bring to a boil. I then add my raw meat making sure to press the meat against the sides of the pot to avoid any lumps of meat. I simmer my sauce for about 3 hours stirring pretty often to avoid any sticking or burning at the bottom of my pot. 1/2 hour to an hour before the sauce is ready, I add the tomato paste, mix it in well and continue simmering.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-34493918769531938072012-08-25T21:58:00.002-04:002012-08-26T07:32:20.480-04:00Memories<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi everyone! Hope you've all had a good week, mine was a little krazy { 3 1/2 days at Disney with the kiddos and hubby}. Trying to see as much as humanly possible in Florida's summer heat {what were we thinking????}. We were able to make it to Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Sea World. Managed to make it to fireworks every night...and exhaust ourselves! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We like to try and do as much as we can with our munchkins and I like to take a ton of pictures. I'm all about making memories and cherishing them! I've been trying to find the best way to keep track of our lives on a daily basis, some type of journaling. I've tried to litterally keep a daily journal, but find that I'm not so good at writing in it on a daily basis {sigh}. I had seen this idea on Pinterest where you have an index card for each day of the year and you write down the year and then what happened...well that hasn't worked out so well for me either as I find myself skipping quite a few days!{sigh...again}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So...as the school year begins, I thought I'd start tracking our daily lives {yet again} in another way. I'm pretty good with our family binder and keeping track of a lot, so I figured I'd use a Daily Log sheet that I'd add to said binder. So here is what I came up with and I'm hoping that this will do the trick!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1c. brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1c. boiling water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/4 c. butter</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/4 c. butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1c. sugar</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pre-heat over at 325 degrees. Sift the flour and the baking powder in a bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl beat the butter until creamy texture and add sugar while still beating. Beat again until you get a creamy texture. Alternate adding 1/4 of the flour and 1/4 of milk while mixing until all ingredients are combines. Grease a 13 X 9 dish and pour batter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pour all sauce ingredients into pot and bring to a boil. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes or so. Pour the hot sauce over the raw batter and cook for 45 minutes. Here is the delicious "not so diet friendly" result you'll get! Enjoy :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anything made from pure maple syrup is just delicious! I'm lucky enough that my brother and father own a commercial size maple farm up in Quebec so I usually have a pretty unlimited supply of this great stuff year round!!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-77855269053345477962012-08-16T07:48:00.000-04:002012-08-16T07:48:08.896-04:00Back To School<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With school starting shortly {can you believe summer is almost over???}, there are a few things that I needed to have done. I have to admit that I'm a little anxious for the beginning of school. Mornings are going to be super crazy in this household! {As if it wasn't already right?} Well, it just might get a lot crazier!!! With the 2 younger munchkins being dropped off at daycare by 7:15am so that I can drop my 1st grader to school for 8:05am {18-20 mins. drive to school}, it's gonna be a race for punctuality :) I was a little overwhelmed with my back to school "to do" list!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First off, I needed to go through all the kiddos clothes and get rid of what didn't fit and put aside what could be reused. Now that that was done, school shopping needed to happen and let me tell you IT HAPPENED and a few trips to the store later I was broke :) I still need a few things for my little man, but the girls are set! I was so excited to get to do some shopping in Quebec and I got a ton of things 50%-75% off. LOVE those savings! I'll have to come back with a few pictues of my favorite outfits!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As to shoes...I might have gone a little overboard with my oldest. I just have this thing where I can't have her wearing shoes that don't match with her clothes {and I love clothes and shoes}! That's just me :) So now she has 2 new pairs of shoes, 1 new pair of sneakers and 1 new pair of boots {to wear with her skinny jeans}. I figure that not all is lost as Amellya always wears her big sisters shoes once they don't fit...so I do get double the use out of them! {Rationalizing my purchases, can you tell?} </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. Clean Closets X</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. Buy new clothes X</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. Buy new shoes X</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4. Buy School Supplies X</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">5. Weekly outfit organization method X</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">6. New lunch boxes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">7. Labeling all school items (so glad I hadn't done it yet...just found out about name bubbles!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">8. New routine sheets for kids X</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">9. New lunch menu sheet (binder)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">10. Hair accessory organization</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm slowly getting there! I thought I'd share my newest creation {nothing to write home about}. I just get so excited to cross something off my to do list and I get overly excited when I complete a DIY project {however little it may be}! So in order to speed up our mornings, I thought we could pick out a weeks worth of outfits {including socks and hair accessories} and get them all ready on the hanger. A little designing with publisher a great {borrowed} hot laminator and some scisors! Here are my daily labels for the girls:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One for each day. We can put elastics on the hanger, barrettes can be clipped to the little sign, headbands can be put on the hanger as well. As for shoes, they'll be put in our entrance cubby the night before. So now when the girls wake up, all they have to do is grab the hanger and get dressed! Sounds silly but I'm sure we'll be saving at least 5-10 minutes of choosing/complaining each morning. Well, enough with all this creativity. lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I still have a ton to do before we're ready...I don't know about getting mentally ready! We're going to Disney next week with the kiddos, one last trip before school begins! I'm hoping to get everything done today and tomorrow. Let's see how my plan works for me :) </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-83130477159456452222012-08-15T07:11:00.003-04:002012-08-15T07:11:49.312-04:00Living Room Decor...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi everyone! Hope your day is going well and that your creative juices are flowing {that way I can find some of your inspiring ideas in blog world} lol. As I've mentioned before I'm not very creative but I love to take an idea and run with it! I have a few things to share today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So my living room has been calling my name and wanting somewhat of an update. About two years ago we decided to remove our original mantel and replace the fireplace surround with stone. We added some "faux" wood beams to the ceiling, put a fresh coat of paint and the living room was so much prettier :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I'm not one to have a ton of "nick nacks" on the walls or shelves. I have two picture frames {on either side of the fireplace} with some professional family photos {that are "oh so due" for some updated ones. Above one of our couches I've been wanting to add something as the wall is big and seems so empty. I've contemplated the idea of some modge podge picture canvas', and then of some frames, and then I wasn't quite sure! I love the idea of having a picture of my babies, when they were babies, with some sort of stencil .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is the layout that I've been playing with and I think I just might end up with something like this! I really do like the canvas idea. I'm thinking the pictures should be either black and white or sepia...not sure on that one yet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If anyone has ideas they'd want to share with me, I'm always up for a little help :) I'm wondering if the flower arrangement shouldn't be centered above the gallery... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now for the DIY canvas', I had seen a great way to do them on Pinterest. Using tissue paper to print the photos on and then just modge podge. We'll see how that works out for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I can't report any progress on all of my fun projects just yet! A weekend out of town for my "sudo" sisters wedding makes it totally ok. However this means that I'll have to work extra hard this week to complete at least one of my projects. I'm also a little swamped at work so we'll see how much I can realistically get done. I really wish that I could go on little or no sleep! Seriously...have you ever thought of all you could accomplish during those hours??? I'm constantly thinking that I could actually have the spotless, ultra organized home I dream of oh so often!!! Sweet dreams, unfortunately for me that's all it is! Don't you feel like time is enemy #1, always working against you? I'm always wishing I had more of it ;). Maybe I just need to get better at time management...but I prefer to think that it's the lack of time that is the problem! Ok...so enough of my whining. Let's talk about some inspiring projects:) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6- Add some finishing touches to our now finished 3 season room.: <b>NOT STARTED</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So off I went to home depot with my measures and had them cut a nice thick piece of wood that I could paint white. Since the washer and dryer are front loads and that I had the drawers under them I had to first remove the drawers and then I could simply place my wood top of them creating a table. Worked like a charm!!! Above my washer and dryer I have a simple metal shelf {closet maid style}. I found some pretty baskets at Home Goods to store some of my supplies. I have a few baskets on top of my new folding table as well to hold "lost socks", another for the soaps I use on a daily basis and another for things I find in all pockets! I will come back a little later with a progress picture. There's still something that's not quite to my liking and I think it's the shelf. I'm debating whether to change the wire shelf for a few wood shelves or...replace with top cabinets. Time will tell. I have to say that I love being able to fold my clothes on the table top surface. Not only that but when the phone rings or someone shows up at the door it's much easier to shut the curtains and "hide" my mess of a laundry pile then to have it laying on the couch for all to see. So I'd love to see what some of you have done to make your restricted laundry areas work for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The other areas of my fridge that I hated because of the constant disorder is the fruit and vegetable drawer. So in order to tame the craziness of these areas, I purchased these pretty containers! LOVE them. So now, when I get home from the groceries I prepare {wash and cut} my fruits and veggies and store them in these pretty little things. They fit perfectly in the drawers. What a difference from the fruits all piled up and mixed up. I keep my apples and pears and any other fruit or veggie that I don't cut on the side.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Menu planning/Lunch planning on one side and my grocery list on the other</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My 52 weeks of cleaning chart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Monthly Calendars with all events (I insert the kiddos school reminders in here)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Weight Loss/Fitness Tracking</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Vacation Planning {Which I must say is my absolute FAVORITE)} :)</span></li>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's so much easier now that I have these to organize everything! I have yet to find a coupon that doesn't fit! I separated by sections: Dairy, Meats, Condiments, Snacks, and Household good. I'll have to add a picture of the binder later...you'll never guess what print is on it....ZEBRA! Not sure if I'm going over board with the zebra, but for right now I'm enjoying it :) To maximize my savings, I even have a spreadsheet with items I tend to purchase on a weekly basis to compare what the weekly sales have to offer. Again, I may be going overboard, but for now I am loving the savings! I must admit that I'm new to the couponing world so I still have much to learn. I can't believe I use to think "$0.50 coupon...what the heck am I gonna do with that!"...now I'm saving over $15-20 a week just with coupons! What an idiot I was all those years, giving stores my hard earned money to now realize I can keep some of it in my pocket! They say "live and learn"...this to me is more like "burn money and learn"!!! Oh well...water under the bridge, but I wised up and am now on the wagon :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Good Morning everyone! I keep going from one project to the next...now you can see I am one of those people who has too many projects going at the same time! Back to my playroom project today! I really can't wait to get everything started. I was able to get some pillows on sale at Walmart last week and was so excited! With 3 kiddos I needed 15 pillows. That could've been expensive but I got each pillow for $2.50! I love the feeling of saving money :). I've had this project in the back of my mind for some time now. After seeing these on Pinterest a few times I thought it would be good for the kiddos when they're watching a movie or just want to hang out on the floor. Now I just have to find the perfect materials for each one. They have to be different because I can already here the "MOMMY she took mine...yes it's mine because mine doesn't have a stain on it!" and want to avoid any and all arguing I can :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought these looked so cozy! My plan is to find the perfect materials and use them to figure out the colors of the room. You always need a starting point to focus on and help inspire the room and I think these just might be it. I'm thinking I want something fun but nothing with character themes! I want a room that they will be able to grow with. I've always tried to organize their playroom in sections or centers. I love having separate areas for different activities. Here are some of the areas I want to create: </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dramatic play area with kitchenette, dress up clothes and their little house tent.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I won't be adding an art center in this particular room just because we'll use my craft room for that. I want to have paintings on the wall for each center. What are some of the things you have in your playroom that make it awesome? Any pictures you can share? I'm looking for some great ideas I might be able to incorporate in this room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really want to design this room as best I can. I know the kids will love being down there once it's ready for them. They like being down there now, but it's just so chaotic with my exercise equipment at one end and then the toys at the other. So there you have it! My "to dos" for this room at this point are finding the materials for the pillow mats and the cushion for the pallet seating. Wish me luck :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope you're all doing well this morning... Besides the unproductive night I had last night {that's what I get for falling asleep with the kiddos!} all is dandy. So today I'm back on track and will be tackling the remainder of my walk-in closet project! YAY! {don't you hear the happiness in my tone?} So I will be posting a few pictures of the progress a little later but here are a few things that I have done and others that are in progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I started off organizing my jewelry...which was much needed. I had a disarray of mismatched cheapo depot jewelry boxes that didn't look so pretty on my shelf! So in a long term effort to remedy this problem of mine I had found two black jewelry boxes at Walmart that I thought would work. One was a standing box and the other horizontal...Well they worked but not quite as well as I had originally planned. So on to Pinterest I went {told you I was hooked} in search for the next bigger and better thing... Ta Da! I found the perfect way to organize my necklaces. I used a pretty black frame, removed the glass, hot glued some flexible cork to the backing, covered this cork board with some very pretty zebra print material and placed some pins. It has worked incredibly well for me and I love the zebra print.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> Now I needed something to store my chunky bracelets that were too big for my box. Hadn't found anything that tickled my fancy until I was cleaning out my closet! I love when I find something I was ready to toss and turn it into something useful. An old box I had from some facial products has now turned into my bracelet keeper! Covered this little baby with {yet again} my fancy zebra print material and there you have it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Now I just need to figure something out for my earings and I'll be great. Once that is done, I will be able to get rid of my standing black box. Anyone interested??? :) I've seen a few here and there with the chicken wire, the hanging wire and I have to say there's something missing. My thought is to use a piece of leftover wood from my husband's many projects, cover it with some of the flexible cork and....drum roll...yes, some zebra print material to match the rest of my set! Put some small nails on one row and then use a hanging wire on the next and alternate that way to create 4 rows. Then I can hang my earings off those.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.houseofhepworths.com/">House of Hepworths</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-45850018238063661292012-08-06T06:27:00.000-04:002012-08-06T06:27:01.787-04:00Sunday Fun!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi everyone! Hope you all had a fun filled weekend and that you're ready for the week to begin...well...are we ever ready for the week to begin??? {I rarely am} This weekend was a little hectic my way as I had some realtives over and spent most of the time entertaining and enjoying some family time. Now that didn't get me much further with all my projects, but family time is always the best and my projects will still be here tomorrow. They left this morning and I must say this afternoon was EXTRA productive :) I'm so excited when I get to clean my chaotic household. There something about organizing and cleaning... and having it stay that way. Unfortunately for me those instances are few and far between because usually my very energetic 21 month old...how should I say...DESTROYS any cleanliness there may have been:) Yesterday afternoon my kiddos got to work outside with Daddy while I got to bring my house back to order. I also got to start my walk-in closet organizing and have moved a few things around. Love the feeling of having some progress to note. Then it was onto my Sunday ritual...or what I would like to have become my ritual. I love starting the week knowing that all is in order and that all is planned. I got the idea of a home binder from Jen over at iheart organizing {LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her blog by the way!!!}. Instantly fell in love with the idea of planning my week ahead. Never thought it would be so helpful but I have to say it has made some parts of our week easier. I've also began couponing as much as I can in order to save some dineros. So for those who are interested, here are a few items that are in my home binder:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Meal planning (which is such a huge time saver). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. The kiddos lunch menus for the week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Clothes for the week (kiddos)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Grocery list (After reviewing coupons and meal plan for the week)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Shopping list for miscellaneous household goods</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Household chores to complete this week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. Any projects that need some attention</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Fitness goals for the week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What I love about a family binder is that you can tweak it as much as you want to customize it to your family's needs. The one thing that I've done is that I've laminated each master page of each section. This way no more wasting paper! I use expo vis-a-vis markers and voila, a greener binder:) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once this is complete I always feel that much better :) It seems so much easier to get home from work knowing what is for dinner rather than wasting 30 mins or so trying to figure it out every night. What I like even better than the awesome meal plan is using my crock pot! How sweet it is to come home to a complete and cooked meal...the house smells incredible and we're ready to set the table and eat. On those nights I feel like I have that much more time to enjoy my munchkins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well I am off to my Monday...hope yours is a good one!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-12926951115791396712012-08-02T10:39:00.002-04:002012-08-02T11:16:31.147-04:00Here I go...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok...so after some serious thought I figured I'd make a list here of what I have in mind for the near future. All the projects that I've had on my "to do" list for a while now. As I finish each project, I'll cross it off and show pictures whenever possible. I think accountability puts this girl into action rather than procrastination :) So here it goes for the 1001 projects I'd like to complete:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1- Paint and reorganize/decorate children's playroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2- Paint my soon to be craft/exercise room and get all organizing things in place (after I figure it all out of course!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3- Start Project Life for my 3 children (Saw this on The Sunny Side Up blog and LOVED the idea)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4- Rearrange/Organize my walk in closet (which is in desperate need of a lift me up)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5- Put together the art wall for my children's creative concoctions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6- Add some finishing touches to our now finished 3 season room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7- Make some picture canvas' for our living room (you know...the ones they show on Pinterest that are so amazing!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8- Organize all of my pictures (SOOO Overdue!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9- Make Cushion for our entrance bench</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10- Redo the children's Chore Chart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So here are the top ten on my list... Of course many of these have more than one component and will take longer to actually accomplish but nontheless, I put them out there for all to see. I'm hoping along the way I can get some great ideas from others. Today probably won't be that productive of a day since I have company arriving shortly for lunch... I will still try to at least cross one of these off my list by the beginning of next week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think I'll start by making the Art Wall for the kiddos. It seems there is no real place to display there beautiful creations. I bought three clipboards this morning thinking I would go with something like this (found on pinterest of course):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm thinking I'd like to cover the clipboards with some pretty material and glue a cute little wooden strip on the clip part with each children's name on it. We'll see how good I can do with that. I love crafts...but have to admit I don't that there isn't much creativity flowing in this body...quite the challenge I know, but thanks to Pinterest and all the awesome blogs I've found I should be able to achieve something....{I hope} :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So the idea is that from this day forward, I'll give an update on which project I'm working on and what has been accomplished. I'd also like to get a cleaning checklist going on at some point. Don't you dread all the cleaning and picking up??? I know I do! Unfortunately it has to be done and no good fairy will do it for me. I figure if we all post our list and check back in at the end of the day Friday to give an update we'll all feel that much better about doing it. Isn't there something to be said about doing things as a group??? How good I feel when all is crossed off the list and I'm ready to move on to something better and bigger! Well on that note, I am off to get some cooking done before my guests arrive....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And just an FYI: I figure I'll give you a fair warning...I may use this blog for some much needed venting every once in a while. It will sure be cheaper than therapy!!! You can just tune out when that happens :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chow!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10467652596603960524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785037991947312441.post-23805385440964989482012-08-01T13:42:00.000-04:002012-08-01T15:27:34.180-04:00My blogging Debut!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So this is my first blurp in blog world so please be indulgent :) So I thought I'd start with some great projects that I have in the works... Our children's playroom is in our finished basement but isn't so finished! So many projects to do with so little time to actually complete all of them. I'm so excited that I am going to have a craft/exercise room in the near future so the children will now have a full size playroom. This also means that I now have 2 rooms to redecorate and organize. I have found so many great ideas through pinterest and other blogs that I can't wait to put in place. I plan on starting with the children's playroom to make it that much more fun :) The one idea that I have slowly started working on is some great pallet repurposing! The floor is tile and hardwood but since it's in the basement it's a little cold. I'm hoping to use 2 pallets, paint them a fun color and make a cushion for the top and voila I should have a great seating area for the children't reading nook. I plan to make some creative cushions to go atop this wonderful new seating. Once in the works I'll post some pictures to show my progress. Have I mentioned how excited I am... Here is a picture that shows what I want to do but I'll only be using one pallet high.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqGEJMZd5xB1iDivQxXdYjdRwG90_LF5uraBXj5N5OGxZXXMu8LDBBt2Awn9ICAjNw_uuBvL4b7JLd-SGws65cB6wWLoEmT4kNT9bWVdzufKFD6TK7VmcUV8OVElF7sIazjtIbFh_W8BZ/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqGEJMZd5xB1iDivQxXdYjdRwG90_LF5uraBXj5N5OGxZXXMu8LDBBt2Awn9ICAjNw_uuBvL4b7JLd-SGws65cB6wWLoEmT4kNT9bWVdzufKFD6TK7VmcUV8OVElF7sIazjtIbFh_W8BZ/s1600/1.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm hoping to do some fun paintings on the walls as well. I'm thinking there will be a tree painted behind the seating and a lamp post/street sign with two hanging wooden signs. One will say Reader's Corner and the other one will say Creative Lane. I also want to add some other paintings/stenciling to the walls, but am not quite sure what to do. I want something that will last for years to come. For the toy storage, I'm finding a multitude of great items and am still debating which ones to purchase! Here are a few that I really like...</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.landofnod.com/is/image/LandOfNod/2BinMB-3_FAM_0710?$web_zoom$&" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="2BinMB-3_FAM_0710" border="0" class="jsZoomLarge" id="_imgLarge" src="http://images.landofnod.com/is/image/LandOfNod/2BinMB-3_FAM_0710?$web_zoom$&" style="height: 390px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 390px;" /></a><img alt="189084_Bookcase_Closed_60_Set2_HO_0211" class="jsZoomLarge" id="_imgLarge" src="http://images.landofnod.com/is/image/LandOfNod/189084_Bookcase_Closed_60_Set2_HO_0211?$web_zoom$&" style="height: 390px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 390px;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="5-Cube Bookcase & 3-Cube Bench (White)" class="spillImage" id="_img" src="http://images.landofnod.com/is/image/LandOfNod/5004022_CubeBookcase_WH_Su108?$web_setitem$" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'll have to make some drawings to show what I'm looking forward to doing. I'm sure I'll be tweaking my plan a few more times between now and the end of the project! I'll also have to come back with all the fun ideas I have for my craft/exercise room! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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