This past weekend Noelle and I made some Valentine’s Day cupcakes (a little early). I used to be able to do the majority of the work but now that she is older she wants to do it all. This time was no exception. She did it all except pouring the batter into the cups. It’s a good thing that we weren’t planning on sharing them because I’m not sure how sanitary they were. There were a lot of fingers and licking of the whisk happening. But she had fun and that’s all that counts.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Happy 6th Birthday Thomas!
I know I can’t believe it either but Thomas turned six this past week. I was lucky enough for his birthday to fall on the week that he stays with me. He choose waffles and bacon for his special breakfast before school.
Then he got to open a present from me.
That evening we all went to dinner at one of his favorite places… Red Robin.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Getting back in the groove of things
As many of you know I moved into my new house the second weekend of November and then Kelly went back to work, after being off for six months with Karly, the week of Thanksgiving. This meant that I would start watching the kids again at night and on the weekend while she and Dave worked. With all of the holidays in November and December and Kelly taking some vacation time at Christmas the schedule wasn’t as consistent from week to week. That all changed in January up until that time I kind of flew by the seat of my pants when I had the kids and was having a very difficult time.
Everyone that knows me at all knows that I love a schedule and try to stick to one as much as possible. We only have a small window of time from the time Kelly and Dave leave for work and the time the kids need to be in bed. During that small window of time there is a lot to do. We all need dinner, the kitchen needs to be cleaned up from dinner, toys need to be picked up, Thomas’ lunch needs to be packed, all the kids need baths, and bedtime stories need to be read and as well as the nightly call to Dave and Kelly so the kids can say good night. So, keeping with a schedule is the only way it all gets done. The problem was I didn’t have a schedule and was having a difficult time coming up with one. I wasn’t used to having to have the kids ready to go in the morning. In the past I had the kids dressed and sometimes a small breakfast and then when Kelly got there to pick them up she combed their hair and brushed their teeth and then it was off to day care and there was only two of them. Now there are three. Thomas and Noelle both need to be ready for school and Karly needs to be ready to go to day care as soon as Kelly and Dave get here in order to have Thomas to school on time. I also need to be able to get myself ready for work. Needless to say the first few weeks were very difficult. However, I’m happy to report that we are back in the groove! It may have taken a little longer than what I would have liked but we are finally there and I ‘m proud to say that Thomas and Noelle have made it to school on time and I have made it to work earlier than I was able to in the past.
On our first weekend together Noelle and I did our traditional baking and Karly sat and looked cute. With Grandma’s help we even made it to church! Yea for us and yea for a perfect schedule.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Progress is being made
I’m trying to do stay on target with the goals that I set a few weeks ago and since I need to held accountable I thought I would share with everyone my success and failures up to this point.
1. Complete my Photoshop course by the end of March.
That was planned to do today but the motivation wasn’t there. Good thing I have 2 1/2 months left.
2. Exercise at least 3 times a week.
I think I have exercised 3 times since the beginning of the year. This is a new week right?
3. Cook dinner for myself (other than eggs, popcorn or a bowl of cereal) at least once a week.
This one has been totally successful! A few good meals have come from my kitchen.
4. Learn to say “NO” and not feel guilty about doing it.
I totally said “NO” to helping with a presentation at work last week and I can’t tell you how wonderful it felt and how happy I was with myself!!!
5. Learn to sew with my new sewing machine and complete 3 projects.
Well…. I have practiced. Does that count?
6. Become more patient.
Last weekend I had a lot of patients….
7. Take Buttons for a walk more often (that wont start until the weather is better. LOL)
The weather still isn’t nice.
8. Read a magazine and feel free to throw it out when I am done. I have some weird thing about wanting to hold on to them.
I have read three magazines and they all went into the recycle bin. I still have a huge stack to get through
9. Not buy another pen, pencil, marker, crayon or post it note until the ones I have are gone. (those of you that know me know that this is going to be the most difficult one to work on)
I haven’t purchased a single office supply
10. Organize the mail the day I get it and not let the junk mail take over my desk.
As week speak there isn’t a stack of mail sitting in front of me but that’s because I just cleaned off my desk. I’m doing much better but it isn’t mastered.
11. Blog at least once a week even if I don’t have something special to talk about.
Your reading this so I guess I’ve got this one done.
12. Read the calendar and publish the holiday of the day. It always puts a smile on my face.
I have successfully done this everyday except two and that’s because one of them was “play Jesus day” and I didn’t like that and today is Martin Luther King Jr.’s B-day and everyone already knows that
13. Be happy/content with what I have and remember how hard I worked to get where I am.
This one has been a little harder. I really want an ipad and I still don’t have it so I’m doing good…. even though it would be fabulous to be bad.
So, over all 15 days into it and I think I’m doing alright.
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