Category: Randomness

Chuck sent me this video and I had to send it to his sister who is pregnant. If you have ever been pregnant or even know someone pregnant, you will get a good laugh at this video.

I saw this the other day and I laughed so hard. I thought you might get a good giggle out of it, too! Enjoy!

A friend of mine posted this the other day and it made me laugh. I hope you’ll get a kick out of it, too.

My MOMS Club did a service project last Friday. We made 22 fleece blankets for Fairview Ridges Hospital. Someone at the hospital decides which mothers/babies are in need of a blanket and donates it to them. It’s such a sweet idea.

We also made some tie blankets (6 total) for Community 360. I haven’t made one of these blankets in a really long time and I remembered how much I like making them and really want to make another one for the house even though I already have tons of them!

And I volunteered to take one of the blankets home to do and finished that over the weekend.

I love the colors for all the blankets. They were so cute! It was so much fun to hang out with some MOMS Club ladies, too. I am so glad that I joined this group! I know these ladies are going to be great friends!

Chuck sent me this music video the other day. It’s really cool and mesmerizing! Make sure you watch until the very end. You can learn just how many Jelly Belly candies were used to make the video!

And here is a cool video about how it was made. So fascinating!

Some days I wonder what is wrong with me. Seriously. I have done some pretty stupid things in my days. But this past weekend, I did a number of dumb things.

First, I ruined both of our Sonicare toothbrushes. Yes. You read that right. Chuck some times boils some water and dips the top of the handle in the water to sanitize it. I thought I would give it a try. But I didn’t remember exactly what Chuck did. I just remembered that he boiled them. So I tried to help out and get them done during nap time. So I boiled some water, and dropped the handles in. That was my first mistake. The second was leaving them in there for 5 minutes. I figured I had to leave them in there to sanitize them. Well, it didn’t occur to me that it was a bad idea to boil batteries. So they were good and ruined. I think the batteries may have actually still worked, but I boiled them so long that they lost their shape and the brush heads wouldn’t screw back on. Whoops.

Next, we went to a baby shower for Chuck’s sister and brother-in-law. It was over dinner time, so I fed Maddie some food. She had a mouthful of banana and milk and flung the straw at me so I was left with food and milk in my hair. Then I dipped my shirt in the food and didn’t know it and got food all over my shirt and pants. And as if that weren’t bad enough, I leaned over to get something for Maddie and proceeded to dump my glass of wine down my pant leg. Wonderful. Just lovely.

I know there were other things I had done, I think I have just blocked them all out of my head. I was pretty happy when the weekend was over and I could start fresh. Some days I think I should just go back to bed and start over.  

Have you ever had one of those days?

How exciting, I know. I last got my hair cut back in November. It wasn’t anything too wild and crazy except for the fact that I got some bangs. They were ok. I liked them for a couple days, then I put them in a clip….everyday. So I was ready for a new cut. And I got a coupon to Solimar Spa and thought I’d go for it!

Here’s what I had done.

The bangs were much better than the time before. But I couldn’t stop playing with them so I thought I would call them back and get something else done to my bangs.

This is what they looked like when I came home.

I like them a lot! It takes some getting used to, though because I don’t feel like I look like myself at all. I pulled it half back (my hair, not my bangs) the other night for date night and that was cute, too.

The real test is liking them when the stylist doesn’t do it. So here it is on my own. And I still like them!

We’ll see if I continue to like them as they grow out. I might just keep them this time and then grow them back out. It was just time for a change.

Oh, and can you tell I am a little obsessed with scarves lately?

I was thinking I haven’t done a weird random post in a while. So as I was thinking of things to blog about, I thought I would do a brain dump of things.

I have been in a furious declutter/cleaning mode lately. To the point where I am worried about my sanity and why I am doing things that I have never done before. Or obsessively cleaning things that never seemed to bother me before. Or being OCD about picking up toys. Just weird things. I have been throwing things away left and right that I don’t need. As I am trying to fall asleep, all I can think about is what I am going to clean or organize the next day. It’s a sickness, I think.

I have been pretty good about sticking to my resolutions. The only thing I have been bad about are making phone apps. I think once I sit down and do it, I’m going to be addicted. But I have a hard time getting started. I think I am scared. I am a wuss when it comes to new things. So I need to get on that. But I have lost a couple pounds, been eating better, reading more, walking on the treadmill a lot, cooking more (and doing a good job of planning meals and working on eating our smorgasbord of food in the freezer), making sure we all eat together when we can and trying to make more plans with friends.

I have also been thinking about what I might want to be/do when I grow up. I love staying home, but some day, when kids are in school, I would like to go back to work. Ideally, I would love to have my summers free when kids are home, but I would be happy to be able to work from home when kids are in school. (And no…I am not pregnant, but we do hope for at least one more kid in the future…hence making “kids”.) Some things I have been thinking about are working in special ed. I have a neighbor that does it and find it very fascinating, challenging and rewarding. I think it would be fun to specialize in something like sign language. I would also LOVE to be an editor. I would love to edit books, magazines, websites…anything that would be printed/read. If anyone knows of any opportunities or information in these areas, PLEASE let me know! I would be very thankful!

So that’s a couple things that have been on my mind, but don’t really warrant their own posts.  

And here’s a little picture of Maddie since I haven’t shared one in a while…I’ll have to do a photo dump soon. No one likes a blog post without pictures!  

During my morning reads on various blogs, I stumbled across a fun website. It’s called 280daily. The idea is that you write 280 characters a day about anything you want. It can sum up your day. It can be a place to journal for the day. It can just be something you want to remember. It’s quick and easy and a great journaling tool.

You can only write one post a day. But you can go back as far as you like. I went back and started on 1/1/12. I thought it was a good place to start. I am going to try to write something every day for a year. Like when I did Grace In Small Things (GiST).

I love that you only have a short amount of characters. It makes you get right to the point. And why not? Why not write about something every day? It’s good for people to write down their thoughts. And this is a creative way to go about it.

Give it a try. It’s free and fun!

First, I have to say a VERY happy birthday to my wonderful husband! He is the best and I would be lost without him. Here’s to being “old like me,” Chuck! Love you!

I have some “resolutions” for this year. I hate calling them resolutions, though. They are more like things I want to accomplish or get done this year. These are in no particular order.

1. Lose a couple pounds. I have a couple pounds I would like to lose. Nothing drastic. Just a goal I had set with myself a while ago. I know I can do this if I stick to a few things. So I am going to:

2. Eat better. I eat too much junk during the day or just don’t eat much during the day so I eat a ton at dinner. I just need to get back into some better habits again.

3. Work out more. I tried running on the treadmill and I realized I just don’t really like running all that much. So I am going to walk on the treadmill. Our treadmill has some pretty cool settings for actual hills or places you can “walk”, so I am going to give those a try. I would also like to be more consistent with my exercise. I don’t want to be those people that bought a treadmill and never use it. So off my butt I will go!

4. Read more. I don’t read nearly enough. I spend too much time watching tv. So I want to read more. I am trying to read every night before bed. Even if I only get a little reading done before I conk out, it is still something. I am also going to read on the treadmill. I used to love that. It’s a great time to read and exercise. So hopefully I can get through some of the books that are on my “to read” list.

5. Eat dinner together. We have been pretty good about this. Most nights, the three of us eat dinner together. I want to make sure we keep this up. I remember we always had dinner together when I was growing up and I think it is really good for families.

6. Cook more. This goes along with eating better. I have so many recipes and recipe books, but I don’t use them enough. So I want to plan out meals and really stick to making some tasty dinners. I also want to try to make some meals that are easy to freeze for lunches. I am much more likely to eat a healthy lunch if I have things prepared ahead of time and I’m not looking for something to eat in the couple minutes Maddie allows for me to eat.

So if you have any recipes you think I should try or websites I should check out for meals or meal planning, please let me know!

7. Declutter. I have so many things around the house that I either don’t need or don’t need to see every day. So I want to organize and declutter some of the unnecessary things around the house. This may mean organizing things better or just work harder to keep things clean and put away.

8. Make apps. I have some ideas for phone apps and when I quit my job to stay home, Chuck and I decided I would make some phone apps to make some extra money. I kept saying I would do it later. Well, Maddie is 10 1/2 months old and I still haven’t made any apps. I think it’s “later”.

9. Make family/couple/alone/friend time. I think each of these are very important. We were given a Zoo membership for Christmas and I want to get a Children’s Museum membership. I want to make sure we do these things as a family and no just Maddie and me (even though we will be doing that a lot).

I also want to be sure that Chuck and I take time to go on dates and do things without Maddie. It’s so good for a relationship to do that. We have so many wonderful friends and family that want to babysit Maddie and we need to remember to take advantage of that.

Even though I am home with Maddie all day, I think it is important for me to spend time by myself. It’s good for my sanity. I think some of this time will be my treadmill/reading time. But I need to remember that it is ok to want to go to the store alone or just relax without feeling guilty about it.

And I have some fabulous friends. I need to remember to make time for them because they are so very important to me. My best friends don’t live that close to me, so I need to be sure I plan things with them. Or email them. Or call them. Or just generally stay in touch if we can’t get together in person.

10. Be the best me I can be. This might sound silly, but I think everyone can work on themselves a little. Whether it is to be more patient, more kind, less judgmental, happier…whatever it may be. I want to make sure that I am the person I want to be. I want to be the best person I can be to my family and friends. I want to be the best possible mom to Maddie that I can be. I want to be the best wife to Chuck that I can be. Just be the best me.

So I don’t think any of these are so crazy or hard to do. So let’s welcome in a new year. I hope that 2012 can be as wonderful as 2011 has been to me. I am so thankful for all I have!

Here’s to a wonderful 2012 to all of you!