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Day: January 28, 2013

  • Valentines Gift Basket {Giveaway}

    Valentines Gift Basket {Giveaway}

    Time sure does fly by! I keep seeing pins everywhere for Valentines Day, and some of my favorite bloggers have been posting Valentines Day Craft Ideas, Printable Cards, and Treats.  Then I looked at the Calendar.

    Yup, only 3 weeks until Valentines Day (which also means 3 weeks until I have a 5 year old). So, what to do for Valentines Day?  My first stop was to get some “cards” for Princess V’s class. They really push reading here, so I thought these Owl bookmarks from Living Locurto were perfect

    Owl Valentine's Day Bookmarks - Free Printable Design by Amy Locurto at LivingLocurto.com
    (FYI, go to her website, and these are FREE to print out! Plus many more!)
     
    Of course we needed to find a good treat to celebrate the day too. I like to start the morning with heart shaped pancakes or French Toast, and some Strawberry syrup. With strawberries and raspberries on the side. Later in the day this Valentine Popcorn Munch would make a sweet treat
     

    For more Valentines Day Ideas, visit my Pinterest Board.

     
    Are you ready to share the love?  Holiday Gifts and Baskets is giving away one of their Valentines Day Gift Baskets valued up to $60. Pretty Sweet, right?  Look what you have to choose from –
    
     
    Option 2 – Monkey Business Kids
    Option 3 – Sweet Treat
     
    Entering is really simple! Just read the rules, and then follow the Rafflecopter form.
     
    Giveaway is open to US Residents 18+ (48contiguous states, sorry Alaska and Hawaii).  Entries close February 7th at midnight. Winner is chosen randomly and will be given 3 days to respond via email before a new winner is chosen.
     
     
     
    
  • Just Do It!

    Just Do It!

    It’s so easy to let little things slide. To push small tasks to the bottom of an ever growing list. Time to stop it. Get those little things done, and soon the big things will fall into place too. It’s time to just do it. 
    Make a choice today and then Just do it!  
    Something seemed to click inside me over the weekend. I’m not sure what it was entirely, but I have this sudden urge to be a better home maker. I mean, it’s something I was working on already, but I have this better desire, and I can see more of what needs to be done without feeling overwheled.
     
    Anyone else get that overwhelmed feeling when they start to think of everything they need to do?  Sort of like there aren’t enough hours in the day, so why even bother?  I don’t feel like that anymore.
     
    We went to hang out with our 16 year old niece this weekend. Her parents were gone for the weekend, and didn’t want her home alone. It was a nice break from my regular routine. Now normally when we go on mini vacations like this, the car doesn’t get unpacked for days to come, and the suitcases sit around with dirty clothes while I get back into routine.

    Ask for help

    Not this time! I made the consious decision, and then the effort to clean out the van, AND put it all away when we got home. I asked Mark for his help, before we even pulled into the drive way. Since he was mentally prepared to help as well, the kids were mostly good at also helping.
     
    It really made a nice night for all of us. We got our vacation cleaned up, and then got to relax watching Bolt with popcorn and hot chocolate.  And the best part for me…Prince L then slept through the night (a rare occurrence indeed). Getting enough sleep led to an early morning of pondering my scriptures, and begining my menu plan for the week, as well as time well spent playing pirates and dancing crazy before the Princesses woke up.
     

    JUST DO IT!

    You’ll find it doesn’t take as much time, you’ll have more time for the fun things, and you’ll feel better about yourself.