life, parenting

What DID I do today?

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Well, today was a busy day. Although, as usual, when I actually list what I completed, it doesn’t seem like that much. Do any other moms feel like this? Like you’re busy all day, but nothing really got done?

I did do the diaper laundry. For once, it was actually sunny all day, so I was able to save some electricity and dry the majority of the diapers outside. I love being able to sun dry the diapers. It’s great for disinfecting and whitening them.

Mr. Stinky Pants and I went to Hancock Fabrics to pick up a few items I needed for DIY projects. I ran out of thread for my table-cloth/place mat project. We also stopped at the grocery store and picked up a few things.

Oh, and Hubby came home for lunch, and I cooked for him. So I did get some stuff done…

And I bathed Mr. Stinky Pants! Okay, so there’s a few things on my list =D

I’ve been planning on baking cookies for my husband’s duty section on his ship, but I really suck at baking cookies. I know that sounds ridiculous; cookies are very easy to make. But my problem is I burn them. I always burn at least the first batch and usually the second. To skip some steps, today I bought one of those premade cookie batches in a tube. It’s the peanut butter kind, and I bought some Hersheys milk chocolate chips to go in them. So peanut butter chocolate chips for his coworkers. Here’s hoping I don’t burn ALL of them!

I have “Heathers” playing on Netflix right now. Can you believe I’ve never seen it before? Considering all the active shooter situations lately, you’d think this was a recent movie based on recent events. It’s labeled as a dark comedy, but I’m not really seeing the comic side.

Once I get the baby in bed (he’s napping near me in the swing right now…didn’t want me to leave him alone in bed), I’m going to work on cleaning up some more. I have some bins of teaching materials I need to go through and consolidate. Although I’m not teaching right now while Jeremiah’s a baby (and since we’re moving to Europe soon), I do plan on teaching again.

So that’s about it for today. Not very exciting. That’s my life. Not exciting. Not anymore.

 

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giveaways, life, Uncategorized

CLOSED The Green Family Giveaway Hop Sept. 15-30

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I’ll be participating in the Green Family Giveaway Hop from Sept. 15-30! Nearly 50 blogs have teamed up together, and each blog will hold a giveaway and offer a different “green” or family-friendly prize worth at least $20. The grand prize for this event will be given away on Formula Mom’s blog and is provided by Glow Bug Cloth Diapers. One lucky reader will win a full stash of 24 Glow Bug Cloth Diapers in the new prints that Glow Bug has just released! That’s a $300 value!

For the giveaway held on this blog, I’m teaming up with Amy and Michelle from The Knotted Pineapple and Gina from Gina Jordan’s Shop to bring you beautiful handmade items!

 

The Knotted Pineapple is an Etsy shop offering hip and trendy crotched pieces to suit the modern child (or adult)! Amy and Michelle will be giving away any custom item from their shop. Visit their store to check out their lovely handmade beanies, earflap hats, and headbands, valued at $16-28!

 

Keeping with our theme of being “green,” Gina Jordan’s Shop will be giving away 30 paperless towels, an eco-friendly alternative to paper towels! That’s a $25 value! Paperless towels are an easy way to eliminate trash and and reduce your impact on the environment.

 

From Gina:

These paper-less towels are super absorbent, premium quality, 100% birds eye cotton and are serged around the edges for a clean finish. You can expect these work-horses to last for a very long time. I have used mine for about 2 years, and have washed them about 200 times each……still going strong! Use them to mop up any spill, dry your hands, or for any typical use of paper towels. I throw mine in the washer and dryer with any and all loads of laundry (they take up very little space), because no special care is required.

This giveaway begins Sept. 15, so mark it down on your calendar!

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life

TOO MUCH ICED COFFEE??? IS IT POSSIBLE???

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Maybe, because I had 2 today instead of my usual 1, and then I felt kind of sick for hours.

So I went to the gym today, and then I ate pizza. Because gym cancels out pizza calories. Duh! It was delicious pizza. If ya’ll don’t have a Papa Murphy’s where you live…you’re missing out.

I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet that I joined a gym. The baby weight just isn’t coming off fast enough, and I just want to be healthy. Planet Fitness had a fantastic deal going on (at least I thought it was fantastic) for $99 a year, no sign up fee. I think it ends tonight.

Who came up with the phrase “baby weight” anyway? Is that just supposed to make us feel better for pigging out during pregnancy and putting on too much fat?

Let’s see, my mother in law is awesome. She read my trifle post and saw that I didn’t have a glass bowl to put my trifle in. So she and my brother in law bought me one! One big, beautiful glass bowl and several smaller bowls came in the mail today as an anniversary present. I need to make trifle again and update my post with better photos.

Hubby is home all weekend and Monday. I’m so excited about this! I’m hoping we can finally make it to the local farmer’s market tomorrow!

Let’s see, what else is going on…

I’m working on my new blog page. I’m moving to a self-hosted WordPress site. I’m hoping to have it up and running this weekend, definitely by Monday morning, but we’ll see. I still have to export some specific posts, and it’s also taking me quite a while to get a background and theme together that I like.

Next month is going to be awesome! There’s a lot going on at this blog, and I’m really excited about it!

And that’s it until tomorrow!

TTFN

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