The new giveaway over at DMC !

I am excited because these are our bracelets :) So excited! Hope you win!!
Here is the link

And the BLog is comming up I swear lol.

Reading Dracula

Ok I really think there are so many books I need to look into further :)

Dracula has been hard at first to get into but is really getting good!

Can't wait to see how this is going to play out!!

When Stress runs high....

There are some tell signs that stress is on and thick. I am not sure why now is a tougher time to handle than any other time of stress but it is weighing on me. The tells for stress for me are....
-Uncontrolled crying fits.
-Anger bursts.
-and when things get really bad....
The desire for a small rollie cute 8-9 week old puppy.

It is bad when there is a place to find such cute and adorable things. Not so much for sale as a "rehoming"fee.
This time it is really bad. I am ready to go on a computer/everything fast to get away for awhile and just relax. It is like my own form of puppy porn. It started when I was very young. If it isn't puppies it would be something else. I just wish it was Gourmet food or something that my kids could use.

And I need to run.... like I have never run before.
My timed mile was 12 minutes and I am going to time again this weekend. I just need some really big stress relief.

Busy Busy tis the season!

This week we...
-Orgainzed next Book Swap!
-Started reading Dracula (thanks Lani for the push)
-Hung Fliers for davis.momscircuit.com
-Started actually working hard on the Blog for MomsCircuit.com
-Tree lighting down town was so fun with the choir and treats and sleigh rides.
-Helped in Thing 1's class, we did Pumpkin bread, and I played drop the sicks to see what side they would land on (probability thing).
-Timed my mile. :) Did I mention how much I love running? Hee Hee
-ordered thing 1's new glasses Phew!
-designed coupon for Davis.MomsCircuit.com for downtown store that is on the new blog that will be ready soon :).
- Looking for ideas for my hand made CHRISTMAS CARDS!
- Realized there would be no Zhu Zhu Pets under the tree this year... Ok I am over it ;)
- Discovered these are kinda cute.
-Found out where my brother is going on his Mission. :)

Stress around this holiday season is incredible. I can't believe how crazy this year has been. Breathe just breathe.

Setting goals for long term achievements.

This is not my strong point. I am the care taker of three small children. I put out fires a lot of my day.Things that are planned are a lot of times don't happen because of one reason or another. But I really like being in physical shape and I like the energy and the amount of work I get accomplished when I am in shape.
The past two weeks I have been sick. Just sick and sleepy with this cold congestion crap. Everytime I spend time recovering I always get the itch to exercise. So the goal now is to cut my mile time down. I will start very slowly. And work my way to whittle down my time. Outside in the cold is my first obstacle I must overcome. Then there is the motive to listen to new music. And then there is my dislike of running I have to get over.

I plan on running. Becoming a runner. A good runner. I used to be a runner. Now I am a walk runner. I love to walk. Maybe I will be a walker..... I also like bikes..... Man I have ADD.

The Halloween Post

Ok it is a bit behind but last weekend was a total blast. We went to the church's Trunk or Treat, Went to an awesome Halloween party, road the last run on the Spookie Train in Old Sac. Then wrapped it all up with some trick or treating in the old neighborhood. Man I want to do it all over again.
Can't wait to see what this holiday season brings! Hope less candy!

Foreign Service Anyone?

Ok the Band passed the exam. What exam you ask the Foreign Service Officer Exam. Well the initial exam. He now has go through the narrative and then oral interview. We are so excited this is his dream job. Seriously I am scared to the point of nervous giddy laughter. We'll see what happens.

YEAH BAND!!

Never thought I would type this....

This afternoon I was looking out the back windshield to check if it was safe to make a lane change on the freeway. I couldn't believe what I saw. A frog. (yeah It was hard for me to beleive my eyes too) was trying to scale the back window! I was freaking out and then asked the kids if the frog was on the inside or outside. They started shrieking and I knew it was on the inside. The sound of excitement mixed with terror ensued. I knew I needed to clean the van but really? Seriously? A fully grown frog??? WHAT the WHAT?

We got home and we unloaded EV-E-RY thing which included four jackets of Thing 1 that I had been looking for :)

Could not, still cannot Believe a frog was in my VAN!

Woot woot for do it your self hair!

Ok there are things that I must confess. I don't know which I love more the long flowing hair or the beautiful short sassy hair. I like the sassy for now.

Damage report... A++ Ode to thing 2

Some times the list works to work it out.

-The fish last night jumped on Thing 1's bed and fell on the foot of the bed. Split his eyebrow right open. No stitches just glued shut.
- Thing 2 just cut her hair. Let's just say it is Business in the front and party in the back. I have to deal with it after school tomorrow.
-We all woke up with soar throats..... Yeah
Rough day. I think we will be good but I didn't take a chance kept everyone home. I am really excited to see the sun tomorrow it was not so good not being in our regular routine:( I am kicking everyone into gear tomorrow.

We are going to have a do over.

Yard Sale finds!

Can I say .......... 5 dollars? Sure it was probably a little more expensive at wally's (hee Hee) when she bought it but I like 5 dollars.

Back to work!

This week we have the GRAND Opening of the new Website MomsCircuit.com this is the Davis one that is set up right now if you have requests to start one in your area.... tough! Ha Ha just kidding we are working on it. Meanwhile come check out the happenings around our neck of the woods. It would be really nice if you have been some of these places or seen some of these events to rate them.

I will be designing Wordpress and Blogger templates soon so you can keep an eye out for those. I am going to put up there more designs for the covers of the planners so there is a selection.

I have been Gathering ideas for the news letters and what is happening around town but I am going to need some ideas on what to write about.

Hopefully we will have a widget and some I-cal attachment features soon for the site so the events that you want can go right on to your calendar ;)
We'll see how this flies and then I am sure I will be doing more crazy projects.

Book or Recipe by it's cover..... Don't judge!

Ok so a couple weeks ago I am thumbing through the Cookbooks I have and I have some Country cooking book that had some "misc" recipes in the back. I love these kinds I could read these all day long. But one caught my eye

Peanut Butter Banana Toasted sandwiches.

Come on. Are you kidding me? Mashed banana in Peanut butter?? I have had some crazy combos like
Salt on Mangos
Cereal and Yogurt
Crepes and Yogurt
cottage cheese and Ruffles potato chips
I mean I am willing to give anything pretty much ago.... ask R.G. I downed some nasty sesame seed sweet ball of pooh yesterday.

The Banana and Peanut butter sounded to me like someone pulled it off of the Oscar the grouch menu. Something like "Pickles and Ice cream"

So I had to give it a whirl.

LOVED IT! Made my kids eat it and they TOTALLY LOVED IT.

So here it is. Peanut butter mixed with two mashed bananas to taste.... sandwhich them like toasted cheesers and grill them on each side. Eat hot steamy mess and LOVE IT TOO! I dare you.

Two brothers

Yesterday morning around 4:30am I woke up to some light peering through my door. The normal dark house is not usually lit up so well at that hour. I slowly made my way down the stairs. I then hear some clanging and banging of our fisherprice train set. I look and the two boys are already getting the tracks laid and the trains moving.

I am too tired to be really upset. So I gently tell them to go back to sleep.
Thing 1 instantly turns to the FISH and in a direct tone says,

"I told you this was a bad idea!" We had two cranky boys to deal with yesterday.

If it Sounds Gross.....

It could be but try it anyways. Here is where I am going with this. I love food and yesterday I went with a friend to a SUSHI BUFFET. I thought it was just a normal sushi place. I am glad I didn't research it before hand and just went. So glad we did! Thanks R.G. I need some more adventures in my life.

Any one want to RACE?

On Labor Day this year I ran a 5k It was so much fun!
Here are some of our crazy shots. :) the after ones are the best who knows what was going through my head!

Surprise!!

We had a surprise birthday party for our friend B.W. and we had so much fun getting there and setting the whole thing up.
Here are some of the shots from the party. Thanks I.W. for setting this up we had a total blast!

Thing 1 Humor

I have to post about Thing 1's humor lately. Couple years ago it was the art of the nonsense joke. Where you just got the cue to laugh from his own fierce laughter.
This week we have been introduced to "practical jokester Thing 1"

"Hey Mom! I have Poo on my arm" he yells from the bathroom. This was such a disgustingly gross image that entered my mind so I armed myself with baby wipes . Then he showed me his "muddied" arm. It was peanut butter. FUNNY...... to him..... Me I still used the wipes for the peanut butter.

Earlier .......
I am getting out of the shower and started dressing. I think I had one item of clothing on. All of a sudden I hear foot steps on the stairs. My door is the one at the top of the stairs. So I call out...."oh Who is there" and I hear a quick answer "It's me George"

You would think that simple phrase would have no effect.... WRONG with that simple phrase I have never moved across my laundry filled bedroom so swiftly. I was a lighting bolt. I can't even remember crossing the room I was just there shutting the door. FAST.

"George" is our neighbor. You know, you have a "George" in your neighborhood too. The one that knocks on your door CON.st.ant.ly at the same time everyday to see if Thing 1 (or your child) can play. He has been known to not understand "boundaries" being only six I can cut him some slack. Let's be honest, I am still working on that.... I just didn't want to blind our fine youth we have in our neighbor hood :)

First Day of School

Ok here are my little versions of the place mats we made in the wee hours the day before school started up again for Thing 1. They were fun to make and my table has so much less milk spots that I hate cleaning up! Three days after using them for like every meal we finally threw them in the wash. I love these and I think I will be getting out the good old machine soon for another round of them but in matching color schemes. It was a great day. I am still without my charger for the camera so these pictures were brought to you by a little iphone action. Thanks Band! Hope that thing comes in the mail next week :) more funness to post ;)

Mom Planners: What make the best... The best.

2009-2010

School is starting folks. For some it has already begun!Today it started for us.

Of all the things I am passionate about it is my time. My time to do things, and have control over. I don't usually either of these things TIME or CONTROL. (See in Fig. 1) This seems to be my latest trick.

Hence, I obsess over tools, tricks and tips to give me as much time possible.


I am a Mom so I need something that is fun to look at, and I can relate to. UM......Hard to find for me ;)







Fig.1




Here is some of the best of what is out there. Thoughts and links are beneath each picture.

MORE TIME MOMS Mom's Agenda


These are easy on the wallet, slick smooth format of the weeks. Kind of a two for in the world of aesthetics. I like the set up of the monthly budget planner page.


Circa 2010 Weekly Agenda Notebook Junior


I just love how this is set up. So sleek like a desktop calendar. It is just straight up pretty and you can find others like it here.

Bob's Your Uncle 8 Days a week Planner Journal

I love that you don't have this one dated. It is perfect for the notes and journal I seem to combine anyways. The cover is happy and cheery, perfect for the inside of my purse.


momME Weekly Planner Sheets

I included these because they would be a fold and go. I only think I would fold and went ;) in my world right now but in the near future I do like this model. I just need all the wee ones in school first :) I am for sure getting this system when things slow down around here.


The MomAgenda


This has all the bells and whistles for moms and what they need. I just need a landscape view of my weeks. They are very hip and come in some awesome colors as well as durable covers for us messy types.


Busy Body Book Family and Personal Organizers


This is one of the ones I was really taken with. Cute cover designs. And awesome for the family schedule that is visible so you know when to leave. And for me when to set an alarm to leave :) I may have to get one of the wall calendars (scroll down to the bottom). SUPER FAB.


So I decided to make my own :)



Ok so the top area is the weekly schedule Starting with Monday.

The second area for the important things to concentrate on. "Priorities"

Then there are "Ideas" areas for your children and hubby. Or the categories you have some idea about. Ha Ha. There are lines so you can add your own time schedule for each day. It has helped me really focus on the things I need to.

The inside pages are only printed on one side. So I can take notes on the page above the week. I have been using it for a month now and I LOVE how it focuses my brain. Check back with me next month when I have left it somewhere and can't function lol. That is until I print out another one :)

Based on this idea. The only complaint about the originals I had was they weren't "pretty" enough :) I reversed the design and made them blank so I could fill in the dates. I just printed it and spiral bound it. Oh and had them laminate the covers.
***If you download it please let me know what you think in the comments area :)

Here are the documents in pdf format.
The Front Cover here.
Download the inside page in weekly format.
Download for free the Back Cover.

So.....
Do you like other ones? Did you find one in Italy that we can get in the US and I don't know about it?? I wanna here about it.

I found a new site.....

I know when don't I find new sites.....

But this one has easy sewing and creative projects to try. HELLO right up my alley? Heck YES.

Here is the latest and greatest one. I can't wait to do it and serve breakfast on these for the kiddos next wed. When SCHOOL STARTS!

Sorry here are the links

Creative Kismet

and table placemat will be the next project....

my picture???? soon my friends soon!
My camera charger died hope to get new one in the mail by next week or I'll cry a bit.

List list who has a list?

For those who know me I love things, lots of things. Here is a list of just some of the things I love.

1. Good Deals on Clothes, Hand bags and pens.
2. Pens (Parker and Uniball Jetstream are at the top of the list right now)
3. New Planners/organizers
4. Journals
5. Digital scrap booking
6. Drawing
7. Carving
8. Playing out Doors
9. Selling crap around my house on ebay
10. Watching Grey's Anatomy, Lost, and Operation Repo.
11. Reading good books.
12. Munching on Mochi
13. Helping others.
14. Clean floors. (So rare I think it is like finding a treasure when it happens)
15. Making things.
16. The 'idea' of Sewing
18. Illustrator
19. Randomness.
20. Gardening

Twenty things you LOVE what are they? Post them and I will make you something :)

Self Portrait.....

Ok Thing 2 is just cracking me up lately. I love that she loves to draw. But this cracked me up. Everytime she draws herself she is drawing this little stick person. I am so glad I am a mom. And her mom at that.

Imaginative Play taken too far.

Once upon a time, like thirty years ago. In a land called Idaho. There lived a little girl with lots of energy. She was two and took her diaper contents and spread it all over a beloved Dresser vanity mirror. "Finger Painting" was one of my favorite activites evidently. My father has yet to let anyone.... anyone let me forget by retelling the story over and over again. I was dubbed "PunkyDoodle" from then on.

Like many things it has come back full circle to me and my family. And payback's a _____(insert favorite word).
Here is a picture that describes (without a real description) what happened. Here is our newly bleached kitchen set. And no the accessories are not included anymore-sad face-or ewe face I can't tell which dominates at this time.

The Fish has a new nick name too. Lil' Chef.

Mr. Roboto:

We started with an empty can. And ended up with these fun things. I got the idea here.

The good experience was worth it.

N



The one thing I am really not content with here in Davis is the water and that it doesn't have fluoride in it.

She had gone to school and was coughing a bit. Her crown was from school that day. Thing 2 has cavities in her back molars. Two rather large cavities. The one we were into fix today was really big. 5 minutes into the procedure she was asleep. I couldn't have asked for a better way for things to go. She loved getting a "star in her tooth" and can't wait for the next one. We'll see how it goes.
We have another app mid next month. I hope she sleeps for that one :) She did awesome. I am glad we have the dentist we do. She is really great.

Free Tickets

Oh you know there are few things better in this life than a great band in the summer evening sun. Are you wondering why Coldplay looks so close? Because when they put on a show they change the stage local. We were like 20 feet from them for three numbers!! It was AMAZING!