There are so many things going on here! I try to plan ahead to get things done, but if I don’t write things down, they will likely not happen. I have moved from an actual paper calendar to Google calendar to organize my appointments, which has also thrown me off my game. But, as [...]
Ok, it is about one week until Turkey Day and I need to get my food prepared. You all know how I love to make ahead and freeze for the big day and I’m planning on doing it again for this holiday. Here’s what I have, so far: stuffing apple pie potatoes for mashed potatoes [...]
Hi Friends! I’m still here. Last week Miss Petrie and I were on Spring Break. My parents came to visit, which was great. They got to experience Miss Petrie Deux’s awesome walking! Yes, she is walking and I am so charmed. She does this side-step walk and falls on her butt all the time- so [...]
As we start 2011 I will not make new resolutions, but look back at what we accomplished last year. We gave our master bathroom a facelift. We had a baby. I delivered her by myself. I continued to stay home with my girls, which is financially tough, but is much easier on my heart and [...]
Friends, I apologize for the scant postings the last few weeks. Between Thanksgiving, Miss Petrie’s birthday and family visits, I haven’t been giving the blog the attention it deserves! (I’ve also been chasing a very curious baby around the house. This same baby isn’t enjoying sleep as much as she had been in previous months.) [...]
I continue to work on the to do list from August/September. I did get a few things done. I wanted to do more, but sometimes running a household smoothly and getting daily work done is more important than the other list items. We’ve also had the pleasure of family visiting this month, which clearly takes [...]
Before Miss Petrie Deux was born, I was cleaning, organizing and remodeling like a fiend! This week I have been putting pressure on myself to get some work done. I’m a list girl and if I don’t write something down (then subsequently cross it off), it weighs on me. The way I do the list [...]
Okay, baby, we’re ready for you. I know I can’t take on any big projects right now, but I’m trying to maintain the cleanliness of our house. My dogs are making this process a lot more work! Fur, barf, blood, spit, food…it never ends!! I normally find cleaning up after the dogs to be a [...]
We’ve accomplished most of what was on The BIG Getting Ready for Baby List, so I thought I’d revise what we need to do as we wait for Baby Deux. The New and Revised BIG Getting Ready for Baby List Organize hall bathroom cabinet Organize gift closet Take more stuff to Goodwill and the dump [...]
The BIG Getting Ready for Baby List (The text highlighted in red shows the work done in the past week.) Clean and adjust infant carseat; get car washed and vacuumed DONE Wash and organize baby clothes DONE (5 bins of clothes later…) Buy: baby wipes, baby soap, baby lotion, bath mat, large containers for clothes [...]