Getting Things Done

I woke up yesterday morning and decided it was time to be an adult. You may have thought that living on my own, getting married, having jobs, or you know, that little thing of being responsible for another human being might do it, but apparently I am always a little late to catch on. So I decided that cookies are no longer an appropriate breakfast and house cleaning is something that should be done with a little more regularity.

So that is what I did yesterday.

I cleaned.

And cleaned.

And laundered many, many loads.

I made a menu plan.

I made a grocery list.

I went grocery shopping.

And then I collapsed into bed, utterly exhausted.

But it was so nice to wake up to a clean house, full fridge, and solid plan for our meals for the rest of the week.

And I feel so grown up.

Who knew? Being an adult can be kinda rewarding!

i went to the gym today. it felt good. and bad. good to be working out, using my muscles. bad to be working my muscles and lungs that haven't seen enough strenuous work as of late. but i am pleased with myself, and if i accomplish nothing else today, at least i worked out. and there is a very real possibility i will accomplish nothing more today. because now i am totally pooped.

i was a little worried that after not going to childcare for a while, chickie wouldn't be thrilled. and she didn't seem that excited when we were walking in. joke's on me though - she pitched a major fit when it was time to go. that is, once we caught her. she was running around and climbing on the big climby thing (think like McD's playland). this further proves my theory that anything in the world is more fun than hanging out with mommy all day.

so friends, i have a favor to ask. please check in on me periodically and make sure i hit the gym more frequently. because, you see, i am fat and out of shape. and i have dreams of owning a really cute pair of GAP jeans. why GAP jeans? i don't know, but i want to buy a killer pair. and i want to wear shorts next summer. and i want a good butt, and great legs, and not to look perpetually pregnant. oh yeah, it would be nice to be healthy as well. so....cheers to the sore muscles i am sure to have tomorrow!

Saturday...

...started with a perfect mug of hot coffee...




...up next was raking and playing in the leaves...








...then inside for a snack...





...it was also Halloween. Chickie was Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street...






...we did a little trick or treating...







...and then stopped by a party. But my little Abby Cadabby was all tuckered out!




THE END

I Won...Again!

One of the great things about following so many blogs is the giveaways! I follow about a million blogs, and on any given day at least one or two are having a giveaway. Sometimes it is for a book or a gift certificate. Sometimes it is something I totally want, other times, not so much. But I always enter, because who doesn't like free stuff. And apparently it has paid off...again. I won!
Of the many blogs I follow, The Diaper Diaries is one of my favorites. It is written by a mommy and loaded with funny stories, product reviews, and occasionally giveaways. Like I said, I always enter. This particular giveaway was for a aden & anais sleep sack. Before you get all excited, I am not expecting. But I plan on having at least one more baby, so I figured why not? I can start a little collection or whatever for all my baby needs. I chose this adorable little fishy sleeping sack. Isn't it the cutest?
I love entering giveaways because most of the time it doesn't take much more than entering a comment. Like a minute tops! And you can win all kinds of cool stuff! Yay for me!

Blah....

It's a cold and dreary day. Except, it isn't really that cold. It is like 50 or something, which is actually about the perfect temp. And it isn't really that dreary either. That must be my mood.

It should be a good day. Chickie slept in. I met a friend for some play time for the kids and gossip time for us. We then met another friend for lunch. The kids meal I thought was $4.99 turned out to be only $.99. Really, things are pretty good.

But Chickie has been crabby today, despite enough sleep. I found out someone we were in contact with over the weekend has the dreaded H1N1. And the news on the radio...it is enough to make anyone cry. I mean seriously! Is there ever any good news anymore? As if times weren't tough already, economically speaking, apparently petty crimes are at an all time high. Awesome. Add that to the list of things to worry about. I might get mugged in my driveway or my car may get broken into at the grocery store.

My house if full of leaves. Leaves that are brought in stuck to my husband's shoes, because my front yard is full of leaves. Lest you think we are too lazy to rake, our tree is just starting to shed it's leaves. It is a Silver Maple, which is possibly the ugliest, dirtiest tree in the world. Oh sure, I love having a mature tree. And I will take the ugliest, dirtiest one over none, but still...it sheds helicopters all spring, so I am constantly picking little maple trees out of my garden. Every time the wind blows it showers our yard with little sticks. And in the fall - the time of year when trees really show their beauty - my tree holds onto it's leaves until the very end of October . They don't turn fiery red or brilliant orange. Nope, they sorta turn yellow and brown and fall. But as far as amazing fall colors go, they got nothing! And they retain their leaves well past the point when it is comfortable to be out raking. We will likely see a decent snow before it has shed all its leaves. Which means I will be mopping up salty, slushy puddles from my entrance way as well as picking up wayward leaves from my carpet.

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Ahh...Monday again. A lovely, rainy, sleepy day. A day that started at 5:30 am thanks to one little child who could care less about sleep and mommy's sanity. Alrighty then....here we go!

I did NOT take a nap EVERY.SINGLE.DAY last week. Nope, not me. I use my time efficiently while the Chickie recharges her batteries. I scrub the potty, fold laundry and mop the floor. I certainly do not fall into my bed 3.2 seconds after putting her in her crib.

And speaking of napping, I did not totally fly off the handle at my husband yesterday when he was unable to keep my darling little one quiet so I could nap. I never lose my cool and am not at all possessive of my sleep!

Also speaking of sleeping, I do not lay in bed every night staring at the ceiling wondering why I can't sleep after napping all afternoon. Nope, not me. I know that if I sleep the afternoon away it may create a vicious cycle of not being able to fall asleep at night, resenting getting woken up by a cheerful voice calling "Mommy, play," leading to too much coffee and then crashing and sleeping all stinkin' afternoon because I couldn't sleep the night before.

I have not, in the past couple months, evidently fed my child too many cookies that now she asks for cookies 24/7, even while eating a cookie. Nope, my child eats nothing but nutritious snacks like fruit and yogurt (truth be told, she would probably choose the yogurt over a cookie!)

I did not arrange a girls coffee night and then indicate the wrong Starbucks, leading to a wasted evening for my friends because we ended up a different locations. Nope, not me. I definitely know north from south.

And finally, I did not forget the 20 other "Not Me" things I was planning to post. Because my memory is awesome!

What about you? What have you NOT done lately?

A Perfect Fall Day

we went to the zoo on sunday.
it was beautiful.
wonderful.
perfect.

we saw some animals.
mostly we enjoyed our time together as a family.
i heart these two!