Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Chore Chart...
Take a look Here
Let me know what you think. The Check boxes are missing, they didn't copy over to Google Documents but you get the gist!
Renewed energy and a cool website!
As for this cool website, My girlfriend Tiffanie sent me this awesome website that I totally fell in love with after browsing it for about 5 minutes. It is called eatathomecooks.com. This mom plans out a weeks worth of dinners and puts together the recipes, shopping list, side suggestions and even a dessert! Plus within each meal she has some of the recipes that are for the slow cooker, others you make two of so that you can put one in the freezer for later that week of to portion out for lunches. Also, what I like about her site is that she uses a lot of fresh, natural, healthy ingredients. I think she has about 30 weeks of menus planned. It is so easy all you do is open up the menu that you want to use, print it off and then go shopping! Talk about easy!
If you choose to use this site, let me know what you think!
I am going chopping tomorrow! So I will let you know how it goes!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Staying on task...
I am trying, and failing I might add, at finding a way to manage everything at the same time.
Karen, my sister-in-law, gave me the idea that I should set a timer for an hour and do whatever i can in that hour. Or maybe I will do that twice a day once in the morning and once in the afternoon? So I figured I would try it starting tomorrow!
I make all these lists of things that need to get done and yet nothing seems to get done even though I am working on them? I am also known, at least when it comes to things around the house, for saying that I am going to get something done today and then by the end of the day it is only partially done or not at all. Then I get frustrated and then Jason gets frustrated and that is just not good. So any and all ideas are welcome and hopefully I can get into some kind of routine that works and will stick.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Playing with flour!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Unfinished projects.......
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Our Christmas Tree:
I am known for getting tall and fat trees, however this year I was able to find a tall and skinny one that I liked! Well here are a few pictures of the tree, it definitely looks better in person with the lights on at night, I will add some more pictures a little later.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Black Friday Shopping Open House!!!
Holiday Open House
Friday November 27, 2009
Noon-6:00 PM
4509 Boeing Rd
Lincolns Landing Development
Off HWY 161 By Scott AFB
The Pampered Chef
Close To My heart
Party Light
Mary Kay
Handmade Cards and Gifts
And more.
Enjoy one stop shopping to get everyone on your list something special!
Stop by anytime to enjoy special savings!
Door prizes given away every hour!
Enter to win the Grand door prize valued at
more than $50
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
To do list part 2
Thursday, October 29, 2009
My to do list:
So in no particular order:
- Make Bo some gymnastic pants
- Finish hemming curtains for my bedroom
- Work on making a baby gift
- Finish baby shower invites
- Address and mail 45 baby shower invites
- Work on baby shower party favors
- Work on baby shower menu
- Make baby shower bingo game
- Attend Pampered chef meeting
- Plan Black Friday Vendor Fair Open House (at my house)
- Start planning Christmas lists/gifts
- Go shopping for Baby Shower Decor
- Get Ready for Pampered Chef Vendor Fair next weekend
- Clean house for Halloween party on Saturday
- Close Pampered Chef Catalog show
- Prep for Pampered Chef Show
- Put laundry away
- Do more laundry
-Drink lots of COFFEE!!!!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Childrens Museum Part one...
Sunday, October 11, 2009
TWINS GAME!!!
I am in need of a recipe...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Joel's adventure with Powdered sugar.....and mud!
A rained out Air Show......
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Bo likes Air Planes...
Friday, September 18, 2009
Ok Let's try again!
So, lately I have been out of our somewhat normal routine and it is bugging me. I need to get back in the swing of things and in order to do that it is going to make for a very long day.....Usually when the boys wake up I get them ready for the day feed them breakfast put on some cartoons and then I check my email, Facebook and Pampered Chef stuff. Then I work my way to the kitchen and do dishes or I pick up the living room or start laundry etc... By this time Joel is ready for a nap, so I make him a bottle and lay him down. I then go take a shower while Bo is playing in the toy room or watching mickey mouse. Once I am ready, it is lunch time so I make Bo and myself lunch and then he goes down for a nap around 1 or 2. The rest of the afternoon I check email stuff again, work on another chore or do something crafty. Then of course I have the days where I have a bunch of running around to do or a play date for the boys to go to etc... Then comes getting ready for dinner and once dinner is done and we eat, we either go for a walk, watch TV and relax, or we are hanging out with people. That is our typical week. Now of course I have Pampered chef shows, Jason does Boy scouts and we have the occasional date night. But this past week has been so out of whack that it is hard to get back into the swing of things and that is my frustration right now. I don't even now how it got out of whack in the first place? GRRR. Plus now I am having to start getting ready for our trip up to Minneapolis! I can't wait! But for now that means more laundry, cleaning and packing. Anyways, I am going to revamp my blog to not only share craft ideas and family photos, but also how I am feeling, recipes and meal plans, ideas, wishes, Pampered Chef specials, random trivia, photos and the sort! So I hope you enjoy the changes that are going to take place. For now here are a couple photos of the FAM!!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
WOW it's been awhile...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Breast Cancer Awareness Quarters Auction!
Breast Cancer Awareness Quarters Auction!
May 7, 2009
6:00 pm
Knights of Columbus
Collinsville, IL
All Proceeds go to making strides against Breast Cancer
Bring your friends and your quarters for a night of fun!
We will be auctioning NEW Pampered Chef products ranging in price from 25 cents to $1!!!
Can't Attend???
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Pampered Chef!
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Oh WOW!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Starbucks Via!!!
I signed up to get my free sample and am excited to try it!!! So read on and sign up yourself if you would like to try it!
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Crimped Envelope Card!
Create a pouch out of a regular envelope.
Supplies
- A2 size Envelope
- Paper Trimmer
- Crimper
- Adhesive
- Stamps>>(Gina K. stamp set A Year of Flowers used here)
- Cardstock (for insert)
Step-by-Step
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Step 1
Seal the envelope.
Use your paper trimmer to cut 1 1/4" from one of the short sides of the envelope.
The narrow piece will be the topper and the larger piece will be the crimped pocket portion of the card. -
Step 2
Decorate both pieces with stamps, keeping in mind that the bottom piece will be crimped and the images may be slightly distorted.
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Step 3
Place the larger piece into the crimping tool with the opening to the side, and crimp.
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Step 4
Add stamped/cut images, die cuts and embellishments as desired.
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Step 5
To create the insert, cut a piece of card stock to 4" by 4 1/4".
For a layered look, cut additional pieces slightly smaller. -
Step 6
Stamp and embellish insert as desired.
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Step 7
As a variation you can scale the project down to create gift card holder.