Oh, this is a no brainer. I’ll give you one hint.
Yep. Oh glorious red one. Seller of all things you’d never need (and a few of what you do). I spend about $100 a visit, which if I’m not careful, could be every 2-3 days. And lord help me, I’ve now got a Target debit card. That’s right folks, I now save 5% on every. single. purchase.
I love my Target. Maybe I’ll hit them up tomorrow.
Just a quickie today. I’ve cleaned up way more baby yuck than normal so I’m way behind in all my other stuff. So, I totally deserved to eat an ice cream sandwich. Just wish it wasn’t a “diet” one, though truthfully, these are the best ice cream sandwiches in the world. (I’m serious. If you haven’t had one, get one. Even if you’re not dieting!)
Tomorrow = hump day… couldn’t have been better timing. ;)
I’m doing a 30 Day Blog Challenge. Why? Because I’m sucky-sucky with keeping up with posting and it’s (the blogging, not the challenge thing) something I really want to keep at.
Anywho, I’m supposed to post a photo of myself and talk about my day. So here’s me (and the baby). Not from today, but unless you wanted to see me all grossed out from cleaning the house, you’ll take this. And well, that pretty much says what I did today: cleaned.
We *finally* got the Christmas stuff down and put away. The tree was a total PITA. I had to help and it really made me wonder how single moms do this crap. I could never do it. NEVER. I’d have to find myself a nice handyman to do it. ;)
So aside from cleaning, I fed the baby and changed her diaper. I also did some 1st birthday scouting. Yep. I’m on a roll. Let’s hope tomorrow is equally exciting.
(And woo hoo to 2 Broke Girls for their Golden Globe! Love that show!)
So, here we are, January 6th. A Friday. SIX days into the new year and I’m already feeling like I’m being suffocated by various aspects of life. Whose brilliant idea was it to start kids back to school at the beginning of the year? They should give us an extra week to get over the holidays before throwing us back into the ring of endless papers and school work!
And, not to outdo any previous year, I had the best intentions of starting out all organized and stuff. You know, “Oh I am so going to be organized this year! That’s my resolution! If I do nothing else, I will be organized.” Yeah, that went right out the window.
On the positive side, I have discovered that the problem is not with me. It’s with time. There just isn’t enough of it. Well, that and coffee. There is never enough coffee either.
I’m also a miserable grump as I’ve started strict calorie counting. But I guess I can’t be too grumpy because I’ve already dropped 3 pounds. Though, something seems a bit fishy because that’s 3 pounds in 3 days. But who am I to complain?!
And don’t try to tell me they don’t. Ok, well, I’ll accept some form of caffeine, but I’m telling you, that’s a consolation prize. Coffee is where it’s at.
It’s been 5 months since I became a mom to two. I think—keyword *I*—I’m doing a pretty decent job thus far. I imagine it’s easier for someone to go to two/three/four kids while the kiddos are still young and you’re not out of diapers for quite a few years or set in your ways with various other aspects (like sleeping through the night). However, I will say that this here cutie pie to the left has been sleeping through the night for the past two or three months now. *phew* She even goes to bed on her own! That’s right, she lays down in her crib while awake and goes to sleep. AWESOME. And the best part—knocking heavily on wood—is that she goes to bed about 9:30/10:00 and sleeps until about 8:00/9:00. Yep. That’s right. Now you can see why *I* think I’m doing a pretty decent job so far.
Now, one would think that since I’ve got a ten-year-old and a five-month-old who both sleep through the night I’m functioning at 100% or even better during the day. Au contraire, mon frere (well, mes amis, actually). Half the time it’s like the walking dead around here, and believe when I tell you that’s not so big a compliment for zombies.
I think I’ve just been super swamped since August. We had something every weekend in October and November was pretty packed as well. Funny enough, we’ve only got one thing planned in December.
We did manage to squeeze in buying a new tree this year. Our current/old one is 9 years old and one of the ones you have to put each branch on one-by-one by color codes. No lights either. Pain in the butt. Christmas shopping is just about finished as well. And thanks to our annual trip to Hershey, the baby made out like a bandit with winter clothes.
Unfortunately our dryer is on it’s last leg. It’s not heating up all the time. I called the repair place and they suggested taking the vent tube off and running a cycle without anything on it. I did that and nothing but cold air shooting out. Broken. So it became a game of buy a new one or fix this one (5 years old). We chose to buy a new one. Only, we bought a dryer and a washer, lol. But you can’t beat 50% off! So now I’ll have one of the fancy front loaders with all the buttons and bells and whistles. Geek heaven. Too bad it won’t arrive for 4-7 days. So we’re looking at Wednesday the earliest.
AND I was just told that we’re in charge of crafts for the holiday party. I’ve got something up my sleeve and will be sure to share once I work it out. :)
Now, where’s that 4th cup of coffee?!
