Monday-ness

one last crafty vday decor :)
this one I saw on Scraplovers Blog on Saturday & just couldn't resist!!! The tags were leftovers from a crop, the hearts are stamped on printed paper then hand cut-very not me!- the letters & rose bkgd are also stamps. it was fun to revisit that craftiness!

Later in the week I will show u the crafty I made for the kids for Thursday! :)



Weekend Recap:
dental cleaning-survived
taxes figured-survived w/refunds even :)
craftiness-achieved
house cleaned-achieved
van tuned up-done
pretty productive!!!!!!!!!!!!

taxes, Valentine's, Friday!

With all the tax prep I procrastinated about, I didn't give myself time to post anything here yesterday --oops. you probably didn't miss me w/all the CHA stuff being posted about the net, the weather reporting yucky stuff to come, & decorating/crafting for Valentine's day in your home. The good news is that we are in the home stretch!!!! al. most. done :) good thing since the appointment is Tomorrow 12:30 :)

I have NEVER gotten as into Valentine's day as I have this year!! All of the crafty l inks have inspired me!!! looooooooooove it :)here's my last Valentine craft for 2010

Next week I will post the mega post I have been adding to daily for a while of other crafties I'd like to try in the next couple of years :) & while I am on the topic, the Remodelaholic is having a FABULOUS giveaway that I am entering! go check it out!!!

FRIDAY!!!! this week was a full week @ school!! an oddity for us this year ;) we are all ready for the weekend! I will just be happy when tomorrow is over. Dental cleaning ICK & tax appointment! then going to hide away w/New Moon!!!

I am off to finish the tax prep that I can tackle w/running, screaming, children around me :)

Good MOrning Sun!!!

I don't ask for much for my birthday anymore :)

1. sunshine
2. cooperative children -even relatively works for me
3. some quiet time to myself

3 simple things. so far I have 2 of the 3 :) lovely!

Some things I wish I didn't have to deal w/on my birthday

1. poopy diapers -haha j/k-sorta
2. tax prep-maybe next year I should plan to have them finished & filed by now!?
3. negative nellies & grumpy guses

3 more simple things-so far I have encountered none but the first 2 are sure to surface thru the day ;)

Weigh in Wednesday. ugh. gotta get my butt back on that treadmill or getting back to shredding! this is disgusting! almsot back up to my heaviest :(

I have decided to make these adorable lil Valentines from Sisters Stuff for the cc kids for snack next Thursday. I plan to make them this weekend.

Ok enough procrastinating!!! off to work on tax prep UGH!!!

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

good morning!!! Its finally Wednesday! (I spent most of yesterday thinking IT was Wednesday LOL) a list today:

• the Sisterhood-today is Weigh in Wednesday-last week was a total fluke b/c I am right back up there where I was ugh! gotta get this foot fixed so I can start moving my a$$ & loose it!!
• the foot-I was lucky to call in about the pain returning yesterday & they were able to get an appointment for me for THIS THURSDAY!! for the Podiatist that comes to town. YAY!
• the water-96-128oz/day! ROCKIN IT
• the crop-is coming right along
• the taxes-aren't LOL I really need to get to working on them
• its LAUNDRY DAY! :)
• BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY~
• ok.. off & running! :) have a great day!!!

What a Winter!!

our poor school kids will be in school until the middle of June if Winter keeps up this pace! I am not sure but I think we've missed a record number of days already & Its only January! :( Our summer activities start date will be delayed a few weeks. Until then I am pulling out the back up, big guns for Snow/ice days. :) Today: Painting! WHOHOOOOOOO!! maybe a new recipe to bake too!

ACCOUNTABILITY: yesterday I was surprised to get in over 96oz since I started 4 hours later than normal. I also managed 3 fruits & a dairy! WHOHOOOOOOOO

DO: as much as I wanted to be a bum & play online all morning yesterday I made myself DO something while I was on the clock. I managed my normal Wednesday laundry :) so I can proudly say I did DO something. Today is full day w/a full house (I assume) so I will start to DO my tax prep-bleck! -when I can steal quiet moments. I should start by calling & making my appointment, giving myself a deadline usually gets me into gear! ahhh out comes the to-DO list!

Sorry for the boring photo free postings! I haven't put any photo software on Tim's computer yet. Mine is back @ the store from repair shop so thinking when we get it, I'll just do them both @ the same time as I got a new hard drive installed & will need to start it allllllllllllllllllll over agaaaaaaaaaaaaain. *sigh*

Ok off to catch upon what I missed last night while the internet & phone lines were down in our area. :) happy to be back up & running!!!

ugh.

so yesterday I got worse as the day went on.. started out w/some nausea & then the chills set in as warning signs of a low grade fever (99.5) ... by noon it was up to 100.5 & I was getting sore, achy yucky thru the back & joints.. but I had made it thru the rough part of the day managing to be productive even! I got my registration renewal forms & copies done, & worked my way thru the copies I needed for my QRS application. :) not to mention keeping up w/the kids & facebook LOL by closing time I was REALLY cold & achy so over supper (chicken noodle soup from a can) I decided I was closing for today. the text went out (wow I had no idea how easy texting was!! looooooooove it lol) & I got into some comfies & we caught up on our DVR'd shows & then crashed early.

today I slept in :) then bummed around online. this afternoon I have worked on tax prep YUCK while I watched Greys, Private Practice & 2 weeks of The Medium online. so far my temp is sticking to 100.7 but not nauseated & less sore & achy YAY. I have even managed to sort & Start laundry!! I could definately get used to sleeping in, lounging around & doing a few hours worth of work in the afternoon :D hehe

I really need to get on w/the tax prep YUCK.

APPRECIATE: I appreciate that I am feeling better even tho I still have a fever. I appreciate that none of my cc parents were upset about me closing for the day. I appreciate that Tim has taken time the past 2 days to check on me thru out the day.

ACCOUNTABILITY: yesterday I got 20oz of water during tv time as I was so afraid of throwing it up that I didn't drink or eat anything all day! I only ate string cheese & ice cream during the work day then chicken noodle soup & 1/2 a cuban sandwich for supper. I am afraid my body stored everything that went in since there was so little offered it :( today I am definately working more water!

better a late entry than never eh?

this weekend looks to be pretty quiet YAY! just getting these taxes DONE & out the door!! whohooooooo

its a good day

or so I am trying to convince myself. I feel the day stacked against me so moving very slowly as there are some bright spots...

*I am down 2 children
* that makes it easier to deal w/the headache that is trying to beat me down
*I am incredibly addicted to facebook! never thought I would be. not sure how I feel about that
*I am going to try to do some more tax prep when I get a spot cleared on my desk
*YOGA TONIGHT!! yehaw!!!
*so happy its Wednesday -I really hate wishing weeks over but this one is killing me

ok enough randomness!

accountability: 96 oz of water yesterday but no exercise

appreciate: I appreciate the parents that called in today -key word is CALLED in instead of figuring I'll 'figure it out when they don't show up' THANK YOU! I appreciate the days w/o headaches now that I have one again. I appreciate the warm temp this morning knowing its going to dip back into the FRIGID IOWA WINTER temps tonight YUCK!!

Tuesday-

already fully caffinated :) drinking the rest of the mcDonald's iced coffee I treated myself to w/a bribe of working on itemizing receipts for taxes LOL. I really need to get to making them myself!! there's a great recipe on the Sisterhood site so you know its diet friendly :)

Tax update: I have 10 months of receipts itemized & totaled :) utilities also done. time to recheck that check list for tonight's task.

APPRECIATE: I appreciate my sweet thoughtful (most of the time after all he is a man) husband that made the fantastic Valentine's weekend plans. I appreciate that he's much more romantic than I. (working on that) I appreciate caffeine-is that sane? LOL. I appreciate the above normal temps for February in Iowa :)

ACCOUNTABILITY: I totally ate crap yesterday but I ate it in moderation. is that ok? I got 60 oz in yesterday & over 80 on Sunday! Sunday's exercise was walking thru the Home & Garden show for 2 hrs. & yesterday's was just working like normal. I am hoping to get back on the FIT tonight! also back to the fried egg white 'sandwich' meals! I got to reading the REAL LIFE DIET book this past weekend & it explains so much more than I thought I 'knew' .. I just wish I had more free time to READ IT!!! (working on that!)

the to-do list today consists of laundry, bread baking, & child tending, not in that order of course ;)

MY TRUE CONFESSIONS:
(modeled after the sisterhood site -again)

1. I think I am back to addicted to caffeine
2. I have dishes soaking inthe sink upstairs -ew over night
3. I forgot to WI in on Saturday w/the excitement so I am not weighing in until Saturday LOL
4. The kids are already driving me crazy this morning.
5. I want another day off-needing to figure out a paid vacation plan of the child care provider!
6. I put off tax prep WAY too long this year!-need to figure out a do able plan to keep up on during the year.
7. Sometimes I wish I could just take the little kids.
8. I am trying to finish this list b4 breakfast
9. I could easily sit all day & play online! eek!!
10. I love facebook-catching up w/old friends & talking to people online that I can't/won't talk to in real life. How strange is that??

how about yours?

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!

& a Friday the 13th to boot!! well, ok so its not a fabulous day as I have some out sick :( & it seems (from 2 different drs in 2 different offices that we are passing around that nasty virus of coughing, aching, stuffy head, fevers that they can't do anything for but OTC drugs)

& its not a fabulous day b/c we are expecting 2-7" of snow sometime in the next 24 hrs & Tim & I are to travel tomorrow.

BUT ITS FRIDAY & I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT THAT FACT!!!!!! I am so ready to sleep in.. do some valentine celebrating, sleeping in & hopefully enjoying a hot tub time or 2 :D gimme gimme gimme some ME time. I am so bad!

I have decided that next week will be dedicated to tax prep (& its about darn time since the appt is that Saturday night @5 LOL) but making that executive decision has released me from the guilt that was killling me of not touching them but 2 nights this week.

today's to do list has alot of weekend prep on it so I won't bore you w/the details but thre's alot of little stuff to get done, some normal friday stuff & some not so normal. NONE of it exciting.

HOPING to have some fancy smancy photos to share on Monday. Have a great Valentine's weekend all!!! & to my fellow iowans please stay safe!!

back on track

but oh so tired!!! I am Thursday-tired today.. not sure what it is about it but usually Thursdays are my tired tired tired days.. I cannot believe its only Wednesday! I don't think it helps that it has been SOOOOOOOOOO nice for almost a week & today its cold & grey out again YUCK!!!

ACCOUNTABILITY: last night Tim worked late so after I got supper done & simmering, I did 42 fit minutes & thought they may kill me LOL the yoga class tonight WILL. but its a good kill LOL I did get 60 oz of water after 32 of hot tea in yesterday & am ready to start on 40oz of water now after 32 of hot tea today.

after supper I itemized one month of receipts & showered & chilled on the couch. so lazy & tired!! at this rate I maybe doing tax prep on our vday getaway LOL

nothing fun to share today-facebook addiction is running rampants LOL

OH notice my new blinkie to the left? the sisterhood one.. adorable HELPFUL site!! come visit!!

Yay for Friday!

I am looking fwd to 2 days of relative relaxing. Sure we have our normal to do lists (cleaning, tax prep, shopping) w/a few fun things (painting, hunting, movies) listed but mostly I am looking fwd to keeping warm, hanging out, & doing things slowly :)

I flopped my first loaf of machine bread ever yesterday LOL... it was about 2" thick in the end. I have no idea what happened but it was nasty. so going to try again today

ACCOUNTABILITY: I was frustrated w/myself last night b/c after work we hauled the couches out for pick up today, ate carry out pizza (gc+coupon=free) for supper & took a nap on the living room floor :( so then when I got up it was too late for my full fit time *sigh* but I did do some & I know some is better than none but still frustrated. hoping to be better disciplined tonight & the rest of the weekend! I did get my whole 80oz in yesterday + an extra 20 :) so that was all good. I think I am doing so well on these 2 that I am going to try to add something else to be accountable for... maybe 3 servings of fruits/veggies? I know sometimes I am good & other times I am not. maybe I will do better if I have to report it. I will give it a test run this weekend & report in on Monday.

APPRECIATE: I appreciate the husband that was napping on the floor (reason I was) that meant he was HOME. I appreciate that the sun has shined/shone almost all week :) hoping it does again today! I appreciate the 40 degree temp we had yesterday that melted almost all of our snow! I appreciate the heads up that its getting cold again.

Today: receipts, honey wheat bread-again only better, & they are dying to vac so we will pick up & they will get to :) I am sure there will be coloring too.

ok.. off to do a warm breakfast, have a GREAT FRIDAY!

Oh my good thing its Wednesday!

because I just couldn't handle it if it was Monday or Tuesday again/still/only. I had a horrible training last night.. good thing is that its only every 5 years but damn I hate it w/a passion when I have it.. its Manditory Abuse Reporters Training. Being in the child care field makes me a manditory abuse reporter & they think we need training on what to identify as POSSIBLE abuse.. well they enforce that its not our job to investigate or prove but they still need to show us 20 mintues of horrifying photos of real life abused children of the 3 hour class. UGH. I ended up coming home w/an excrutiating headache that I took ibuprofen for & went to bed. I complain also that the class went until 9:30 on a week night. not that I am not normally up past that -I am. but to be out & about & not home, warm & relaxing is DIFFERENT Bordering on unreasonable IMO. ok.. now that I have that out of my system.....

ACCOUNTABILITY: I ended yesterday w/70 oz. & no Fit time :( BUT tonight is YOGA!! & hoping for some FIT time b4 it!!!

Appreciate: I appreciate that the class I HAD to take was only$5 for me. I appreciate that Tim got John to throw darts in my place last night so we don't have a make up game holding up the league. I appreciate the cupboard & freezer I am still able to pull food from :)

Yesterday I was able to get my last 3 months to balance :) WHOHOOOO noW to just total & write each family's year end receipts! then its sorting & totally our shopping receipts, highlighting & totally the bank statements, & putting it all together... this time of year I think how awesome it would be to have an accountant but I like to keep (&spend myself) the money I make LOL so its out of the question.

today I am hoping to get those receipts written & handed out, oatmeal bread made(dry ingredients already in bowl b4 Nat had a breakdown & needed me worse than the bread did), & headache kicked. wish me luck b/c today I just might need it.