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.