Messy Messy Fail - I really try to take advantage when Shutterfly offers their 101 free prints by printing out the pictures that are quickly collecting on my laptop. However, when it comes to putting the pictures away in an album, oh I'll just say it I'M HORRIBLE. I have several of those fun orange envelopes with pictures stuffed onto one of the built in shelves. Blah!
Tidy Victory - Even thought it would be considered some "cyber-tidying", I got all of my other social network accounts linked up to the blog. FINALLY!
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
Oh hey, Friday! - What To Do On a Snow Day
Messy Messy Fail - Puzzle pieces, puzzle pieces, puzzle pieces EVERYWHERE! The toddler really enjoys putting puzzles together, however, he doesn't always put them back. Gotta come up with a way to organize the 987234987234 puzzles we have!
Tidy Victory - I just realized last night that I have managed to keep the spice cabinet ORGANIZED from when I originally cleaned it out a few weeks back. Holy cow!
On our local news, it was reported that we should expect negative digit readings for our temperature this morning, with even lower readings for the wind chill. Schools starting closing last night even. Our district will often close due to extremely low temperature because so many of our students walk.
"The Call" usually comes in the morning around 5:30 AM, and when I hadn't heard the phone ring at 5:50 I was ready to get up and start preparing for our cold journey to daycare and work when "The Call" came - snow day! Most of the districts around us (except my poor husband's, sorry dear!) ended up closing due to the low temps and wind chill, although it did not get quite as cold as expected. So what did I do? Well duh, I went back to sleep!
What should I do on my unexpected day off? Here is a list of 5 things that you should try if you are ever so fortunate!
<One> Baracade yourself in the house - why should you leave when it's this cold out? I HIGHLY recommend this one especially if the weather is truly nasty. They cancel school for a reason, so follow suit and stay inside.
<Two> Bundle the kids up and take them to daycare anyways - only if it's safe temperature and weather wise. We are fortunate enough to have a daycare provider just a few minutes away who still takes the kids even on a snow day. Most importantly, since tomorrow is Valentine's day, the toddler had his valentines ready to go, so I wanted him to go and hand them out to his friends.
<Three> Go to work anyways - although we suspected we may not have school today, I did not have the forethought to bring home some things I needed to work on over our winter break next week. So there I was, only truck in the parking lot save a few other people who just couldn't stay away, collecting the oboe parts from the full orchestra pieces to transpose at home.
<Four> Go shopping - as in go to Joanne's looking for some fun musical fabric to purchase for the orchestra's display case in the front hall of the high school and end up buying fairy garden items because they are 40% off plus another 20% with coupon! Just because there is a couple feet of snow on the ground doesn't mean you can't plan your new fairy garden for the summer!
<Five> Make plans for the weekend - meet fun co-workers out for a chick dinner and movie - CHECK, washing baklavas, I mean baccarats, I mean BALACLAVAS for our Valentine's day snowmobile adventure tomorrow - CHECK.
Sometimes it's just so nice to have an unexpected change of plans, so when it happens take advantage of your opportunity and ENJOY IT!
Stay warm everyone, Happy Valentine's Day AND Presidents' Day!
Katie
Tidy Victory - I just realized last night that I have managed to keep the spice cabinet ORGANIZED from when I originally cleaned it out a few weeks back. Holy cow!
On our local news, it was reported that we should expect negative digit readings for our temperature this morning, with even lower readings for the wind chill. Schools starting closing last night even. Our district will often close due to extremely low temperature because so many of our students walk.
"The Call" usually comes in the morning around 5:30 AM, and when I hadn't heard the phone ring at 5:50 I was ready to get up and start preparing for our cold journey to daycare and work when "The Call" came - snow day! Most of the districts around us (except my poor husband's, sorry dear!) ended up closing due to the low temps and wind chill, although it did not get quite as cold as expected. So what did I do? Well duh, I went back to sleep!
What should I do on my unexpected day off? Here is a list of 5 things that you should try if you are ever so fortunate!
<One> Baracade yourself in the house - why should you leave when it's this cold out? I HIGHLY recommend this one especially if the weather is truly nasty. They cancel school for a reason, so follow suit and stay inside.
<Two> Bundle the kids up and take them to daycare anyways - only if it's safe temperature and weather wise. We are fortunate enough to have a daycare provider just a few minutes away who still takes the kids even on a snow day. Most importantly, since tomorrow is Valentine's day, the toddler had his valentines ready to go, so I wanted him to go and hand them out to his friends.
<Three> Go to work anyways - although we suspected we may not have school today, I did not have the forethought to bring home some things I needed to work on over our winter break next week. So there I was, only truck in the parking lot save a few other people who just couldn't stay away, collecting the oboe parts from the full orchestra pieces to transpose at home.
<Four> Go shopping - as in go to Joanne's looking for some fun musical fabric to purchase for the orchestra's display case in the front hall of the high school and end up buying fairy garden items because they are 40% off plus another 20% with coupon! Just because there is a couple feet of snow on the ground doesn't mean you can't plan your new fairy garden for the summer!
<Five> Make plans for the weekend - meet fun co-workers out for a chick dinner and movie - CHECK, washing baklavas, I mean baccarats, I mean BALACLAVAS for our Valentine's day snowmobile adventure tomorrow - CHECK.
Sometimes it's just so nice to have an unexpected change of plans, so when it happens take advantage of your opportunity and ENJOY IT!
Stay warm everyone, Happy Valentine's Day AND Presidents' Day!
Katie
Monday, February 2, 2015
The Blush Obsession
Messy Messy Fail - so I was supposed to start following this calendar of anti-clutter for the month of January. The calendar offers a small tidying activity to perform every day with the grand finale being a tidier house at the end of the month. I completed a few of the chores out of order but ultimately, I forgot to check my daily task and ended up with WHA WHA WHAAAAA! Oh well, I'll see which room I'm supposed to tidy for February.....
Tidy Victory - One of the tidying activities was dedicating a donation box - so I declared a box in the hallway to be christened so - clothing items go directly into it to be prepared for donation. Some probably think I'm crazy, but I log ALL donations on a spreadsheet and submit it on our taxes every year. It's amazing how much you pay for items and how much their value decreases. However, it's still wonderful to donate to a good cause.
I have a problem, an obsession actually, with a makeup item that is probably found in a large percentage of American women's makeup bags. I was never into crazy lipstick, eye shadow is okay, but what really makes me excited is BLUSH. I have cheap blush and not-so-cheap blush (do not judge). It's my thing, I cannot help it. The first step to recovery is admitting your faults, right?
I am one of the palest Polish girls you'll ever meet, so my solution to looking not-dead - rouge! My mother, Nana Patti, would always say, "You're pasty, get over it!" - well, I couldn't, and so my colletion started.
For this post I would like to share my obsession and beautiful blush collection.
****Disclaimer - to my friend (you know who you are!) who I tried to convince that my not-so-cheap blush was the most life-changing thing ever, just smile and read on. :)
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| 1. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Dim Infusion 2. Maybelline Face Studio Master Glaze Blush Stick in Just-Pinched Pink 3. SimplyVera Vera Wang Cosmetics Illuminating Powder Blush in 314 4. NARS Blush in Amour 5. Maybelline Mineral Power Naturally Luminous Blush in Gentle Pink 6. Tarte Cheek Stain in Exposed |
<One> Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Dim Infusion - by far my most prized and favorite. Comes in a sturdy high-end case (the mirror doesn't fall back when you prop it open on your counter!) that holds such beautiful color. This particular color is a soft coral with a SUBTLE lighting (not shimmer!) that needs no other highlighting. I did not think I could wear corals well until I tried this on at Sephora. Well worth the price at $35.00 - definitely a special treat! Goes on so beautifully and easily, you cannot mess this one up. Gives you an effortless look that will stay for most of the day. Does not come with a brush but who cares!
<Two> Maybelline Face Studio Master Glaze Blush Stick in Just-Pinched Pink - a nice drugstore blush stick that you apply then blend with your fingers or a sponge (I'm a fan of the digits). Gives a really nice color that's easily build-able and lasts a good portion of the day. Does not give you a dewey look like a cheek stain would, almost looks like a powder blush but still has a nice, faint glow. A pretty decent product at a drugstore price - $7.94 ($1.00 off if you bring a Maybelline coupon woo-haa!). Thanks Maybelline!
<Three> SimplyVera Vera Wang Illuminating Powder Blush in 314 - a powder soft peachy-pink color with an ever-so-faint glow. Goes on very easily, does not last that long but still goes on with beautiful color. As you can see I do not use the brush it came with, and the casing is a bit cheap. Seems a bit pricey at $19.50 but I still like the color and it will stay longer then my cheapy drugstore blush (that's coming up soon).
<Four> Nars Blush in Amour - a bright pink (can you see the pink trend I follow?) that will stay on ALL DAY LONG. This was the reason I made this purchase - I was looking for a better quality product that I could wear to work and still have it present when I arrived home to start dinner. Extremely pigmented (in my opinion) so a little goes a long way. My go to for long-wear most definitely. I was EXTREMELY tempted to purchase the cult-favorite color Orgasm but the lovely lady at Sephora convinced me otherwise. You too can purchase this long-wear beauty for $30.00 at Sephora. Does not come with a brush.
<Five> Maybelline Mineral Power Naturally Luminous Blush in Gentle Pink - so I purchased this blush in 2007 at a local deep discount store called Mr. Salvage (I can't believe I just admitted I bought makeup at a place called Mr. Salvage) for $0.99 when the mineral makeup craze started with bareMinerals. This purchase was also made during my I-don't-need-to-spend-more-than-$2.00-on-makeup phase. It certainly does NOT last all day, perhaps a few hours, however, the makeup has literally lasted YEARS in the container, as in I'm still using it and there is a decent amount left. I'm not sure I would use the word LUMINOUS to describe the finish as it's name suggests, but I wear this product a lot to school (work) as my every day blush. Just did a quick search and found this product is still available on Amazon for $6.69. I also have the colors Original Rose (which I'd call more peach than rose) and Fresh Plum for a bit of a darker look. Does not come with a brush.
<Six> Tarte Cheek Stain in Exposed - I found this product when I had 4.6 free minutes to run through Sephora and I was drawn to the idea of a cheek stain. The packaging is SUPER cute
(as you can see) but for me, one of my favorite aspects of this product is it has a LOVELY smell! It's a slight citrus/lemony smell, which is what initially sold me (I'm a big smell person). This color is described as a neutral/brown shade which I would normally NEVER wear but it goes on in such a light contrasting way. Definitely gives you a dewey look if that is what you are looking for. Apparently this blush has been around for quite awhile and I see why. I love getting samples from Sephora as you can see from the last picture, so I took advantage of my opportunity and got a few other colors of the cheek stain including Blushing Bride and Flush. The colors looked super pigmented in the containers but definitely go on much lighter. If you want to smell this magical blush check it out at Sephora for $30.00.
So there you have it folks, my collection. My obsession is out there for all to see, judge me if you want, but we ALL have our vices, mine just happens to be blush :)
Do you have a favorite blush, or a particular makeup obsession? Please tell me about it and start with your first step to recovery!
Friday, January 16, 2015
Oh hey, Friday! - 5 of My Favorite Blogs
Messy Messy Fail - I really enjoy decorating for the season/holiday, and after Christmas I put up snowmen (I collect them), yet they have yet to be displayed. Therefore, my shelves are naked.
Tidy Victory - the toddler's potty training is making huge gains lately, at the expense of washing 5-10 pair of underpants a day, but I think that's a HUGE gain! Even if it takes chips and Bison dip as our positive reinforcement (we brush our teeth twice a day!).
I wish I had kept better track of this, but I THINK I starting looking at blogs about halfway through my pregnancy with the baby. Let's say that was the fall of 2013.
I am a traveling teacher, sometimes switching between buildings three times a day. I remember just being EXHAUSTED at the end of the day when I was preggo, carrying all that extra weight around and still attempting to climb the two GINORMOUS flights of stairs to my orchestra room on the second floor of the high school. So after a very long day, I'd prop my feet up on the couch and start searching for some easy reading online.
The very first blog I came across that I immediately enjoyed was with Kate and her blog - The Small Things Blog. This blog has evolved over the years from being mainly about hair & makeup to more posts about her family, crafty things and just everyday life as a newer stay-at-home mom with a one-year-old and a new one on the way. I was intrigued by her hairstyle TUTORIALS (I love saying that word out loud, is that weird?) and descriptions of makeup colors and such. I loved it!
I continued searching for more reading material and have since come across several that I enjoy checking on as regular a basis as I can muster, which is sometimes only once a week. So, here is my list of my five favorite blogs that help me de-stress from the week:
1. The Pioneer Woman - my all time favorite read. Filled with her delicious recipes with AMAZING pictures as well as tales from her life on the ranch in the middle of nowhere. I watch her cooking show religiously and love everything that she wears, especially her amazing earrings! I also love her passion for home teaching and everything that she shares about her experience with it.
2. The Small Things Blog - really easy, light reading with great hair and makeup tips (especially for us fair-skinned gals) She also posts videos once a month or so about new beauty products and/or products she likes or dislikes (for valid reasons of course!)
3. The Farmer's Wife - witty witty witty! Basic blog about her family's life on the farm, makes me smile every time!
4. Iheartorganizing - my go to for organizing inspiration. She features a lot of large scale projects that I would most likely NEVER try, but it's still fun to read about how she does it!
5. Scary Mommy - I just cannot stop laughing. Warning - you MUST have a sense of humor to read this or you WILL be offended, so lighten up!
Honorable mentions - Momastery - her one post about being grateful will always stay with me; Coordinately Yours - I wish everything in my house could be white like hers, has some really nice gift ideas; The Rosie Report - really fun to read while I was pregnant because that was ALL I had on my mind at the time for obvious reasons.
Thinking of starting your own blog? The common thread that all bloggers have is their desire to SHARE their passion with others, so if you feel the same way, do your research and GO FOR IT! Whether it's just a fun hobby like mine or your livelihood, you'll never know how it goes unless you try.
Enjoy the weekend, we hope to be out snowmobiling!
Katie
Tidy Victory - the toddler's potty training is making huge gains lately, at the expense of washing 5-10 pair of underpants a day, but I think that's a HUGE gain! Even if it takes chips and Bison dip as our positive reinforcement (we brush our teeth twice a day!).
I am a traveling teacher, sometimes switching between buildings three times a day. I remember just being EXHAUSTED at the end of the day when I was preggo, carrying all that extra weight around and still attempting to climb the two GINORMOUS flights of stairs to my orchestra room on the second floor of the high school. So after a very long day, I'd prop my feet up on the couch and start searching for some easy reading online.
The very first blog I came across that I immediately enjoyed was with Kate and her blog - The Small Things Blog. This blog has evolved over the years from being mainly about hair & makeup to more posts about her family, crafty things and just everyday life as a newer stay-at-home mom with a one-year-old and a new one on the way. I was intrigued by her hairstyle TUTORIALS (I love saying that word out loud, is that weird?) and descriptions of makeup colors and such. I loved it!
I continued searching for more reading material and have since come across several that I enjoy checking on as regular a basis as I can muster, which is sometimes only once a week. So, here is my list of my five favorite blogs that help me de-stress from the week:
1. The Pioneer Woman - my all time favorite read. Filled with her delicious recipes with AMAZING pictures as well as tales from her life on the ranch in the middle of nowhere. I watch her cooking show religiously and love everything that she wears, especially her amazing earrings! I also love her passion for home teaching and everything that she shares about her experience with it.
2. The Small Things Blog - really easy, light reading with great hair and makeup tips (especially for us fair-skinned gals) She also posts videos once a month or so about new beauty products and/or products she likes or dislikes (for valid reasons of course!)
3. The Farmer's Wife - witty witty witty! Basic blog about her family's life on the farm, makes me smile every time!
4. Iheartorganizing - my go to for organizing inspiration. She features a lot of large scale projects that I would most likely NEVER try, but it's still fun to read about how she does it!
5. Scary Mommy - I just cannot stop laughing. Warning - you MUST have a sense of humor to read this or you WILL be offended, so lighten up!
Honorable mentions - Momastery - her one post about being grateful will always stay with me; Coordinately Yours - I wish everything in my house could be white like hers, has some really nice gift ideas; The Rosie Report - really fun to read while I was pregnant because that was ALL I had on my mind at the time for obvious reasons.
Thinking of starting your own blog? The common thread that all bloggers have is their desire to SHARE their passion with others, so if you feel the same way, do your research and GO FOR IT! Whether it's just a fun hobby like mine or your livelihood, you'll never know how it goes unless you try.
Enjoy the weekend, we hope to be out snowmobiling!
Katie
Friday, January 9, 2015
Oh hey, Friday! - 5 of My Favorite Holiday Viewings
Messy Messy Fail - our house cleaner started the Christmas take down process, however I have yet to finish it. I swear my mom used to leave Christmas up until Valentine's day........
Tidy Victory - I went on an organizational binge to tidy up our CD's and DVD's crammed into the shelving of the entertainment center. Now the toddler is no longer tempted to play frisbee with the disks that were scattered about!
As we are watching our final viewing of Frosty the Snowman, one of my favorites, I was inspired to make a list of my five favorite holiday programs/movies that are especially fun to watch during the festive season. We were able to record several of these on our DVR for our kids to watch (or maybe it was more for us?) and they bring back so many memories.
<Five> A Charlie Brown Christmas - these lovely characters just make me smile and my toddler giggle whenever Snoopy makes that weird squawky noise and Woodstock gets flustered.
<Four> A Christmas Story - not only does this movie have some of the most memorable characters and adventures (the Bumpus hounds!) but has a somewhat local tie! Many of these scenes were shot at a house in the nearby city of Cleveland, OH, and my husband and I were able to visit last summer. So crazy walking through the house where Ralphie opened up his pink bunny suit!
<Three> Frosty the Snowman - apparently the toddler's new favorite, he cries for Frosty almost every night. Happy birthday!
<Two> National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - my husbands favorite, he even has a Fargo hat so he looks like Cousin Eddie when he's out shoveling!
<One> How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon!) - nothing makes me giggle more then listening to the narrator tell the story of a creature with a lonely heart who is moved by the Christmas spirit.
Honorable mentions - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Bumble & Yukon Cornelius, "His beak blinks like a blinking beacon!"), Home Alone (I never laughed so hard the first time I saw that movie in the theater), Twas the Night Before Christmas, Elf (we ate syrup on everything before we saw this movie), The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey WAS the Grinch) and finally a Nightmare Before Christmas (the toddler would sing "Here comes Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!" in the different voices).
Remember people - it's good to keep the television turned off, but a classic show to share with the whole family is a-okay in my book!
What are your favorite holiday programs? Check these out next year with your loved ones!
Katie
Tidy Victory - I went on an organizational binge to tidy up our CD's and DVD's crammed into the shelving of the entertainment center. Now the toddler is no longer tempted to play frisbee with the disks that were scattered about!
As we are watching our final viewing of Frosty the Snowman, one of my favorites, I was inspired to make a list of my five favorite holiday programs/movies that are especially fun to watch during the festive season. We were able to record several of these on our DVR for our kids to watch (or maybe it was more for us?) and they bring back so many memories.
<Five> A Charlie Brown Christmas - these lovely characters just make me smile and my toddler giggle whenever Snoopy makes that weird squawky noise and Woodstock gets flustered.
<Four> A Christmas Story - not only does this movie have some of the most memorable characters and adventures (the Bumpus hounds!) but has a somewhat local tie! Many of these scenes were shot at a house in the nearby city of Cleveland, OH, and my husband and I were able to visit last summer. So crazy walking through the house where Ralphie opened up his pink bunny suit!
<Three> Frosty the Snowman - apparently the toddler's new favorite, he cries for Frosty almost every night. Happy birthday!
<Two> National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - my husbands favorite, he even has a Fargo hat so he looks like Cousin Eddie when he's out shoveling!
<One> How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon!) - nothing makes me giggle more then listening to the narrator tell the story of a creature with a lonely heart who is moved by the Christmas spirit.
Honorable mentions - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Bumble & Yukon Cornelius, "His beak blinks like a blinking beacon!"), Home Alone (I never laughed so hard the first time I saw that movie in the theater), Twas the Night Before Christmas, Elf (we ate syrup on everything before we saw this movie), The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey WAS the Grinch) and finally a Nightmare Before Christmas (the toddler would sing "Here comes Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!" in the different voices).
Remember people - it's good to keep the television turned off, but a classic show to share with the whole family is a-okay in my book!
What are your favorite holiday programs? Check these out next year with your loved ones!
Katie
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Goal #1 - DONE like Thanksgiving Dinner
Messy Messy Fail - so I only achieved ONE of my Goals for a Teacher's Christmas Vacation over my break - but I guess one is better than none, right? :)
Tidy Victory - I'd say about half of our bedroom, aka my pre-maternity, maternity and post-maternity clothes strewn around the place, were cleaned up and packed away in drawers, the closet, bins in the basement. We can see the floor now!
So, I did it - the spice "black hole" has been tamed! No joke, it is literally so dark in the cabinet that you can't see the back of it, and it's not deep at all. So sad.
Some friends on Facebook gave me some great suggestions for cabinet spice rack organizers, which I would LOVE to try. However I was in such a hurry, and I wanted to cross at least ONE of my goals off of my list for my break, so no cabinet spice rack organizer for me. Perhaps next Christmas?
Here are some thrilling before, during and after shots I took to document my journey.
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I should have been getting dinner ready (notice the time) but I decided to do this instead. |
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| Randomness at its best. |
The key word to this mess was SHOVE - I would SHOVE something here and SHOVE something there, SHOVE things where ever they would fit.
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| Here is the "black hole". |
Absolutely no rhyme or reason.
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| Looks like it's feet deep, but it's probably only 12 inches. |
Yes, that is Tung Hing Cinnamon from China that someone gave me as a gift, highly recommend it, from Penzey Spices. Great for baking!
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| Flash on, there's the back of the cupboard! |
So to start - I took everything out of the cabinet and gave it a good Dust Bust.
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| Anyone else want to admit they have as many spices as me? |
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| Yes that is boxed wine back there. Do not judge. |
Now it's hard to get the full effect, but here is the finished product!
- I categorized everything that was left into one of three - hardly use, use sometimes, use often.
- Hardly use - top shelf
- Use sometimes - middle shelf
- Use often - bottom shelf
- I even had extra room now to take the economy size peanut butter and Carnation Instant Breakfast out of my lazy susan and put it on the bottom shelf!
Ta-da! Beautiful, organized, goal accomplished!
One little change - my husband and I like to have soft butter ready when a recipe calls for it, but my two lovely cats have helped themselves to it several times when it was left out on a counter top, even a shattered butter dish. Now it fits perfectly on the bottom shelf!
Don't forget to recycle your empty containers people!
Friday, January 2, 2015
Oh hey, Friday! - 5+ Ways You Know You Had a Smashingly Successful Holiday
Messy Messy Fail - had some friends come over for a brunch and I didn't let the Cinnamon Roll Cake bake long enough - slightly mushy in the middle still! However we had no problem eating it still.
Tidy Victory - we got the house cleaned up so you could actually see the dining room and kitchen table tops - that's the REAL reason we invite people over, i.e. forced clean up. :)
In celebration of such a lovely holiday season this year, I shall make a list of 5+ ways that you know you had a smashingly successful holiday. I will include pictures where appropriate.
<One> Your kids enjoy watching their new toys CHARGE UP as much as they love playing with them.
<Two> Your husband is EXCITED to go shopping with you to purchase/return/exchange gifts (sans kids).
<Three> You didn't feel like a complete sloth when you realized you literally stayed in your pajamas ALL DAY LONG. How easy to get ready for bed now!
<Four> You gained AT LEAST 7.5 pounds.
<Five> Christmas threw up (see previous post A Teacher's Christmas Vacation Goals, goal number 4) in your finished basement and you are at peace with that.
<Six> You've been eating Christmas dinner leftovers since Christmas and they still taste PHENOMENAL.
<Seven> You've been eating Christmas cookies since Christmas and they still taste PHENOMENAL.
<Seven.five> You are already planning your Christmas card for next year! :)
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday with your friends & families and welcome to the new year - 2015 here we go!
New year - new jams!
Katie
Tidy Victory - we got the house cleaned up so you could actually see the dining room and kitchen table tops - that's the REAL reason we invite people over, i.e. forced clean up. :)
In celebration of such a lovely holiday season this year, I shall make a list of 5+ ways that you know you had a smashingly successful holiday. I will include pictures where appropriate.
<One> Your kids enjoy watching their new toys CHARGE UP as much as they love playing with them.
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"Buddy, what are you doing in the bathroom?""Mom Mom, I'm waiting for his eyes to turn green." |
<Two> Your husband is EXCITED to go shopping with you to purchase/return/exchange gifts (sans kids).
<Three> You didn't feel like a complete sloth when you realized you literally stayed in your pajamas ALL DAY LONG. How easy to get ready for bed now!
<Four> You gained AT LEAST 7.5 pounds.
<Five> Christmas threw up (see previous post A Teacher's Christmas Vacation Goals, goal number 4) in your finished basement and you are at peace with that.
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| I know you are jealous of our groovy rug. "It came with the frame." - The Burbs |
<Six> You've been eating Christmas dinner leftovers since Christmas and they still taste PHENOMENAL.
<Seven> You've been eating Christmas cookies since Christmas and they still taste PHENOMENAL.
<Seven.five> You are already planning your Christmas card for next year! :)
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday with your friends & families and welcome to the new year - 2015 here we go!
New year - new jams!
Katie
My Favorite Pie Crust & PW's Caramel Apple Pie Recipes
Messy Messy Fail - I'm being eaten alive by laundry prior to leaving for our three Christmases.
Tidy Victory - Before returning home from our third Christmas with our families, I washed everything save a few pieces of laundry at my MIL's house. When packing up to go home, I put all of the clean laundry in the suitcases first, put a layer of a few plastic grocery bags over the clean clothes, then put the dirty clothes on top of the plastic bags. That way I can throw the dirty clothes right into the laundry when we get home cause they are right on top AND they don't touch the clean clothes, which will now sit in the suitcases until I put them away :) I still think my plastic bag idea is pretty smart.
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