Tuesday Tips: 2 for 1

This little tip needs to be engraved into every debit card and wallet that I have. When I love to decorate/repurpose/shop as much as I do your earthly things start to add up.

Problem: TO MANY THINGS

Tip: For every (1) item you purchase and or acquire you must donate or get rid of at LEAST (2) things. They do not have to be the same item or even the same size but the quantity is the key. 

BDAY Weekend!

My birthday was yesterday and let me tell you how awesome it is to have a birthday in a weekend. My mom on thursday night sent me a email with a birthday itenerary. That may seem odd to you but it was right up my ally. Here is what we did:

- Friday: We had lunch at Sevon Saints. I had the grilled cheese and the best sweet potato fries I have ever eaten in my life. I seriously have been dreaming about these fries ever since. Friday night Erica got into town and we had dinner then mom and Erica came over and helped me clean/organize my kitchen. I think in the course of the evening I got rid of over two huge big bags of stuff. It was honestly great and something I wish I had done for a long time ago.

- Saturday: Breakfast was at nine o'clock at my rents. Then we all headed out to Bloomington to see Meg run. She won by the way which was pretty awesome. After lunch at Avanti's with my parents, Luke, Erica, Aunt Betey & Shelly we went and picked up Meg. We ended the night with mulitple games of Ticket to Ride.

- Sunday: All of us went to 9:45 church, followed by Monicals, Kami's cake and few more games of TTR. Then Meg & Erica headed out for home.

This birthday weekend was awesome and seriously better then last years. I am excited fr the things to come this year and I want to be a better wife, daughter, sister and friend. Heres to a new year!!

Thursday Latelies: Burlap & Birds

Hey Everyone!! Hope you are having a good day and staying warm. This video is a little random and kind of long. I think I have not been blogging enough thus my lengthy VLOG.  PS - I say it is January 25th in my video but is really the 26th. :) PPS - Erica if you watch this I wish you would start a blog and do Thursday Latelies!!

Recap: 

• Master's Swimming: AT the ARC
• Black Basket & Fake Grass - Prairie Gardens
• Burlap Bird Pillow & Decor Bird - TJ Max & West Elm
• Porcelain Cream Owl - West Elm

Tuesday Tips: Two Treat's A Day

When we were little my mom enforced a very valuable lesson in all of us that I still follow to this day. In fact one of my team rules for the girls on the swim team is this tip as well.

Problem: Eating to many sweets a day/ being unaware of what you are consuming.

Tip:(From Kim Houk) only allow your delve to treats a day. This can include a lolly pop and 1 cookie. It could be a thing of fruit snacks and fun size candy bar. The trick is one item=I treat. Sounds a little extreme but really is smart. 

Thursday Latelies: I'm Baacckk!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Everyone! I am back after a couple week break from Thursday Latelies. Check out my video below and don't forget to check out Bex, Laura and my sister meg. Links on the right.

Recap:

• Haircut
• Feather Headband: American Eagle
• Vitamin Water: Lemonade
• Lip Gloss: Victoria Secrets
• Sewn Coasters by Joy Habeeb
• SMALL Group

Key Keeper Coin Purse

So I busted out my new sewing machine last night and this awesome book,  thus the no Thursday Latelies. I am not on a very good  track record with the Thursday Latelies this year. 

Here is what I was up to last night. I was knee deep in making my very own

KEY KEEPER COIN PURSE

 

This little project was a little more then I should have started with as my first real project. I had never ever sewn a zipper on so that was a little bit of a learning curve, but hey you have to start somewhere.  I had to cut a million pieces because there is different fabric on the inside and it is also lined with a thin backing. 

My favorite part about this is the cute little pocket on the inside. It can be used to shove your phone, lipstick or compact into. 

I am really glad it is Saturday tomorrow because I have my eye on a really cute clutch I want to make. Although this little ditty is mighty cute too.

Tuesday's Tips: Deodorant Vs. Shirts

In an effort to make myself a more faithful blogger I decided to come up with Tuesday's Tips. These posts will be all about little tips I have learned or come across to make the every day to day easier.

Problem: Deodorant all over the outside of your shirt.

Tip: (from Bev Johnson) Put your deodorant on like u do every morning then take your shirt and fold it half up before putting on over your head. This causes any Deodorant marks to be on the inside of your shirt vs the outside.

Do you have any handy dandy tips? I would love to hear them.

Thursday Latelies: Warning no Hearts & Puppies

Well no Thursday latelies video today. I have decided to not link this to Bex or onto Facebook because if you are brave enough to read this debbie downer post you are exactly what I described a few words before BRAVE!!! Just imagine what my video would be..................probably like a dragon breathing fire on all that it touches. YEP pretty good mood. Below is the list of reasons why I am feeling sorry for myself today. I know that Thursday Latelies are a chance to be thankful for what you have and I am but the realty is life is not always hearts and puppies and today I need to be real. 

• Started the evil menstrual cycle - I probably could write paragraphs and paragraphs about how I feel about this right now. First thought is: Why can't I get pregnant? I feel like I am in a catch 22 right now b/c I am supposed to be doing all this stupid charting to take back to my Dr in Feb. I mean basically this just means every day I wake up take my stupid temperature that never does what is supposed to do, write down all my symptoms that have to do with headaches, insomnia and night sweats. Spend a crap load of money on dumb ovulation tests so that when the smile shows its face two or three different times during the month I can stop everything I am doing and follow its command. Once I have determned that I have indeed ovulated I enter into the agonizing TWW. I mean seriously this is torture and I just wish I could go into some massive denial. But, nope you have to deal with the pain of remembering how you miscarried and can't get pregnant again every day just so you have proof that your body is not working so your DR can start you on infertility. I know some are thinking well it has not been that long, but really until you have had a miscarriage and then suffered month after month of not getting preggo when everyone else around you is YOU HAVE NO IDEA!

•  JURY DUTY: Received this awesome piece of paper in the mail today saying I get to appear for Jury Duty Feb 6. Sounds all fat and sassy doesn't it? Ha maybe to some but that week I just so happen to have the auditors from some firm I can not even pronounce coming in to audit all of our fringe benefits for the last five years as well as our accountants for the week doing the yearly review. And on Friday was supposed to be my doctors appointment to get my thyroid retested and to talk about how infertile I am and what the next step is. So I guess I need to make up some hardship story to tell the Circuit Clerk to tomorrow why I can not possibly fulfill my civic duty. I mean I would give anything to be pregnant and be sicker then a dog so that I could say I would not be able to make it through jury duty. But nope I am sure they will say tough luck. WHY OH WHY??? Have I not already gone through enough sales tax, union, 401K year end mumble jumble then to have no baby and jury duty!

• YEAR END: The dreaded word for so many. I was really doing pretty well until today when the time came to actually close the books and pull everyone of the system. I call SMB b/c there seems to be some errors within the linking transactions in my company database. Does not sound like big deal right? Well it is was because you can not close the year out. And when you can not close the year you can not run payroll. And when you have so many freaking unions that you are a part of and they like to make every women who has to do payroll or associated with miserable b/c of their ridiculous rules about how and when and where a payroll check should be delivered it is a issue. So I am sitting here waiting for SMB to call me back (its been three hours and I waited on hold for 3 hours b4 talking to someone that said and I quote "Oh I am going to have to transfer your situation to someone else. I only handle the easy issues") so I can then stop and drop everything I am doing to head back to the office for them to be able to help me. Don't get me wrong I am super lucky and blessed to have my job but with technology today everyone is over worked and when you are forced to rely on equipment/programs to do your job it gets annoying!!!

As I was typing getting my emotions out and using this blog as my therapist today my husband decides he was going to video me and my facial expressions without my knowledge. He sent it to me and I thought it was funny. He said he could almost hear me say whatever I was typing by the way my eyebrows go up and down.

Overcome

Have you ever heard of this song by Jeremy Camp? If is pretty awesome and you need to YOU TUBE this if you have not. Here are the lyric's..

Seated above, enthroned in the Father's love
Destined to die, poured out for all mankind
God's only Son, perfect and spotless one
He never sinned but suffered as if He did

All authority
Every victory is Yours
All authority
Every victory is Yours

Savior, worthy of honor and glory
Worthy of all our praise, You overcame
Jesus, awesome in power forever
Awesome and great is Your name, You overcame

Power in hand speaking the Father's plan
You're sending us out, light in this broken land

We will overcome by the blood of the Lamb
And the word of our testimony, everyone overcome

The Blue Room

After my miscarriage last July I was convinced that it would only take a few months to get pregnant again. Well I was pretty wrong about that because it is now Jan and no bun in the oven. I never thought that I would be one of those people that it would not be a piece of cake for. Anyhow to get my mind off of not be preggo each month I decided to forge ahead and clear out the room that will eventually be the baby's room.

 I painted this room a few times because I was originally going for a grey but greys are super hard people. I ended up settling in this blue color. I repainted a old dresser and replaced the drawer knobs,  hung some curtains I had bought from Ikea years ago and just the other day I found this awesome super soft rug from TJ Max.  When and if we have a kid, if we have a boy I am going to do a sailing theme. If it is a girl the sky's the limit but I know I am going to do a lot of cream and lace bedding and change out the curtains. I am hoping that   I will be able to do some more on this room soon because at this point it is all ready for the next step. 

This is what happens when...

you have been busy non stop for two weeks during the holiday season and then get sick. 

I am sitting here right now feeling like I am a hoarder with absolute no energy to pick up or clean my house. My goal for 2012 is to purge all the things I do not use and really use the things that I keep. If you know where I live you might want to do some drive bys because this girl is tired of the mess and who knows what will end up out on the side of the street!! Hope you are enjoying your day off. Happy New Year