TOGETHER

There are 2 things I have been wanting to accomplish for about a year: Swap the 'Scrappin' room for a locker/homework room for the kids Take the small closet out and switch to a cubby with a bench Number two on this list is almost done, and number 1 is right behind! This is what the closet looked like before, minus the coats, crap and door. just a plain old white coat closet when you come through my garage door. Across from the plain old closet was a white wall, that I had painted a chalkboard on oh about 3 years ago. I had big plans of writing clever inspirational things on this chalkboard...yeah that did not happen so much.  there were the four little hooks to hang the kids coats on. This was annoying because there was always more than one coat or item on each hook, so it got very bulky. The short little hallway is pretty tight so if I was carrying in a person or bags, something always go knocked off.  the new space...!!!: the picture isn't the best to s...

I am the worst blogger! (well for now I will just address being the worst blogger, there are many things I am the worst at, but for posts to come! Also I realize there are many other bloggers who post less than me, I just keep saying I am going to post more so I need to follow through!) I am making a list of all the things I need to blog about, so I remember and get to each of them. Basketball season Stitch Fix BPS Organizing FUNdamentals Closet to Cubby Scrap room to locker room Because I Said I Would Sleepy smell Tonight I have to start with Stitch Fix . Please use this referral link if you would like to give Stitch Fix a try. I Love it, so if you make it through this whole post you may love too!  I found out about this FUN FUN FUN site from Stephanie's blog. One thing I really wanted to work on was my clothing, step it up a notch or three or four. My clothes mainly came from Old Navy or Target and if it was a real special occasion I would head to lo...

Everyone knows Instagram I am guessing, I printed all the pictures I had taken so far in 2012 about 4-5 months ago at Persnickety Prints . They do a great job and you can pick what size you want your perfect little Instagram pictures. I finally arranged my pictures on an old window frame using twine and some old Heidi Grace pins I had from way back. I love the way it turned out. I am not sold on where I have it hanging, I think I am going to move it upstairs, but for now I am just happy I have actually completed something! the first pic I used the flash so it shows the right color but the second one is no flash so there is no glare so you can see the pics.  Love it! Happy day after Thanksgiving!!

A long time ago, Vuke & I, well all of our little gang, used to watch an old Little Rascles episode and the gang was comparing who was more tired. It went a little something like this: "I'm so tired" "I'm 10 times more tired than you tired" "I'm so tired..." That is how I feel these days. It will be refreshing to have a few days home to reflect on what I am grateful for & get back on track.

Thankfully we did not have it as bad as many others, but I am happy to say the rain has passed. Who knew we would have a hurricane here in Northeast Ohio! Monday evening it started to get pretty bad on the way home and by 11pm the schools were all closed due to power outages and flooding, trees and debris all over our little city. Thankfully we never lost power, but that was not the luck for a bunch of our friends. Finally today it seems the remains of Sandy have passed by. The kids went back to school, but many systems have not, and about 4pm I saw the first clips of the sun in well over 7 days. The kids ventured across the street to one not so  flooded area to ride their bikes, they really needed to get out of the house. I am not a bad mom, there were tons of really heavy current I did not allow my kids to play in. The one good thing was school was canceled on Halloween, why is this good, well because bad Mom waited until the last minute to get the boy his cost...

I started on the greatest adventure of my life and it has been amazing. I was worried I would suck at it, and I am not the best at it that is for sure, but it is something that I work hard at and try to refine my skills all the time. I learn from my mistakes and I know I have and will continue to make mistakes, but because of that I become better at it. I am so very lucky to be on this adventure and so very lucky to have my little people guiding me along the way. 10 years ago today I became a mom, to this girl. Now I realize every mom thinks their kid is great, but really I wonder each day how the heck this child is mine. She is SO not me: she gets straight A's she is smart she is so laid back she is calm she moves at her own speed...slow she lets just about everything just roll off her back but she IS mine because: she is sassy to me she always has to get the last word in she loves to read she is goofy she is sarcastic I asked Grace today to describe her perfec...

The kids were off school today, and I loved it! I took off work to spend some quality time with the oldest two & I loved it. We had fun, we went to the bookstore & bought books for each of them, did a little more shopping & had a great lunch! What a great day with m oldest 2! I also have great friends! It is supposed to drop to 37 tonight, I am not a big fan of that, but I am a big fan of sitting in the hot tub on a beautiful fall night. We cold hear the band from the football game, that made it a super fall night! Have a great Friday night, mine was awesome!