New Routines

New year new routines.  The last few years I have refused to make resolutions.  To me resolutions are grand ideas/plans that always fail, are often negative and don't make you happy in the end.  So this year with inspiration from others I have started a new routine.  First I took The Inspired Room's five minute morning routine and made it my own. 

1. Make Bed

2. Get dressed, making sure I do it right with a bra and shoes.  Thanks to  Fly Lady and mother in law I can do this comfortably.  Jean bought me my first pair of Sketchers Shape Ups!

3. Have something warm to drink.  Not a coffee drinker but tea lately has been working for me or hot chocolate yum!

4. Empty dishwasher.

5. Empty other dishwasher.

So far these have been working for me especially since my hubby has been loading the dishwashers at night.  We have been doing this for almost a week and we have caught up on our dishes.  There were not enough dishes to even run one drawer of the dishwasher last night!!

Now I am starting the Fly Lady program with my sisters.  She is all about the baby steps.  Today I shined my sink and I will be doing the 27 Fling Boogie later.  But my favorite thing about her is her mantras "You are never behind you are just starting out" and "Your house didn't get dirty in a day so don't expect it to be clean in one".  With my sisters and a little help from Fly Lady I am hoping that my house will become my home and I will never again have to frantically clean when company is coming over. 

Now this is all for inside the house check out the new blog for outside Sister Seedlings.

Well hello....

I know it has been awhile. It has been a major slump time for me. Things happen but in random spurts. So while I have been gone I have made a couple of aprons, a market bag, baby legs, and a toddler dress out of an old t-shirt of mine. If I can get the motivation up I will start posting pictures of each. Out of all the things I have made lately you know what made me want to post? Homemade ketchup! I know pretty random but we were almost out and I have had this recipe bookmarked for awhile. So I thought I would try it out. I will let you know how it turns out after is simmers in the crockpot for a couple of hours. Now to dive into the sewing books I just got from the library.

Explore Something New Challenge

We are joining the crew over at Hip Mountain Mama in their Explore something new challenge. I am challenging you to join us! We are starting our geocaching and letterboxing adventures. Go out and find something new in your town!

Lazy Sundays

A long time ago Kurt and I had a Sunday tradition. We would get up in time to make it to McDonald's, get ourselves mcgriddles and then head to Staples. This was a great tradition for us way back when. It had a couple of downsides. First the money and calories that type of breakfast brings and second if you are at Staples weekly you are spending at Staples weekly.

Fast forward a few years and Sundays became the lazy day to sleep in and lay around the house all day. We would watch a season of a show or have movie marathons. Doing nothing productive and loving every minute.

Present day Sundays now look quite a bit different. And yesterdays was bit rougher that usual. The week was more hectic than usual. Aili had a cough and we went on a last minute overnight trip with the girls. So we let the house slide big time. So we decided Sunday was the catch up day. When you wake up knowing that you are going to spend most of the day cleaning well ugh. Plus I am working on my third week of the month which just makes things more interesting. Well after much grumbling and picking on each other Kurt and I finally got over our grumpiness. In the mean time we found our first geocache.

It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be! We had Kurt's phone the the gps and got to our coordinates. The one we found was about a mile from our house and very tiny. It was the kind where you just write the date and your name. I am excited to find the kind where you put something in and take something out. Plus there is letterboxing where you stamp their book. I have been getting lost on the internets looking at how many of both are in our area. I can't wait to turn this into our new sunday tradition.

Ever have one of those days?

Or weeks even? Let me sum it up for you, I made it half way through the day with my shirt on inside-out and backwards.

Hey I was still able to laugh at myself so it can't be that bad, right?

Falling down, down, down

Like in a dream just falling until you wake up right before you hit the ground.  Only I didn’t. Wake up that is, I did hit the ground.  Face first while holding Aili.  She came out of the ordeal unscathed but I on the other hand did not.  Not only did I sprain my thumb pretty good I also bruised my invincibility shield.  It was a crushing blow, as I crawled and scooted across the floor to my cell phone, to realize that something could really happen to me that I might not be able to handle myself.  All of this occurred because my ankle just decided to stop working as I took the step down into the living room.  I have been having a lot of problems with them (ankles) since Aili was born.  I think now would be a good time to consult a doctor or a physical therapist to help make sure that this doesn’t happen again.

You know you are a parent when...

your bed side table is cluttered with the following items: Desitin, hydrocortizone cream, bottle, and Good Night Moon.