June's challenge... 2013

Hey folks, sorry I haven't been on blogger for a few months. I wanted to share a few of my goals for June and hope you all get a little inspired or if nothing else, enjoy my families monthly journey....
Sorry I'm posting this a bit late:
- first I m planning to work on Ryder's art project this month and I would also like to video log some of my progress. I'm hoping to start working on that tonight :)
- I have some shoes and a new workout program coming, so as soon as I get those in the mail, I plan to tackle and new workout program along with preparing my meals for the week...
- I've been trying to get up every workday by 4:00am and I've been slacking on that the last few weeks. This month I plan to challenge myself to get up by 4:00am and get more things ready the night before.
- I want to finish the river rock around the front of my yard.
- add some much needed compost around the flower beds in the front and back yard.
-work on my Beth Moore, Stepping Up study!
-start a vlog... Which I will start with Ryder's art project or the bamboo tepee. (Stay tuned)
And last but not least build a bamboo tepee for the boys... We are going to do that this weekend!
Happy baby Friday to you all and best of luck with goals this month:)

Here's a you tube video of creating a backyard tepee, hope you enjoy
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9SkcMu8pC6I

Spending the day organizing my social life :)

November's Challenge 2012

 

I always love the start of a new month!!! I’m just one of those people who like to have a new start each day ;)

With Halloween behind us and just about all the trick-or-treating fun done, I’m looking forward to moving towards the Thanksgiving Holiday and working on some new and not so new goals. Around this time of year I usually start to do an inventory of the things I had hoped to accomplish during the year and check the things I acutely did… I’ve still got many things I didn’t get to this year and like most some of my goals changed based on my life events ;) Early in October I posted a quick list of things I would like to check off before the end of the year and here is a recap of those:

Finish Christmas shopping and Christmas craft gifts; get back brake pads replaced; detail car; get last few items for baby 3; work on Scentsy business (get business cards and contact list completed!!); paint hallway, stairway, and wall in kiddo’s room; finish bathroom remodel; clean out Laptop; scan photo’s; pre-register @ hospital; list Cows to sell; finish all current scrapbooks; and finish Ryder’s quilt.

For November, here is what I hope to complete… finish Christmas gifts, get car in order, paint Ryder’s and Baby’s wall, finish quilt, clean out laptop, put cows on e-bay, or other auction selling site. Of course there’s got to be a CHALLENGE for this month, so my Challenge is to keep-up with the never ending laundry, and try and get things for the next day ready the night before. This all seems easy enough but for some reason we still have not made it a habit…. Google says it take somewhere between 21 and 28 days to form a habit, so let see if they are right :) Happy November everyone and may you achieve all your dreams and goals this month!!!! :)

Mid Month Review... September

  

   Review for September... during my vacation/ staycation... no, I’m not going anywhere just not going to work!!!! ;) Yippy for me!

    Just a quick recap of some of the things I would like to get done while I’m on vacation         

    - get the kitchen scrubbed down and go through cabinets.

    - get dining room the way I want it. Check out curtains

    - manicure the back and front yard and power wash both front       porches, and paint and stain

    - Ryder’s birthday party.

    - Look into flooring for living room

    - Work on Ryder’s quilt!!

    - Go through Halloween stuff

     Happy Tuesday Everyone!

   

Pinterest Monthly fun for September ;)

September's Challenge

Alrighty… folks, I can’t believe I’ve been away for so long. July just hit me good and since coming back for my 2 weeks of military training I feel like I’m still playing catch-up.
I’m hoping the start of school and new month well bring me back to my normal self. I have noticed that know that I’m in my 20^th week of my pregnancy I have had a lot more energy and seem to be in a nesting phase, which for me is almost going into overload, when it comes to “getting things done” and planning projects. Hope you guys are ready for me :) I’m making myself tired… LOL
Right now I started working on my filing system @ home. I’ve just about finished up and on Tuesday I should be completely done with that. It felt great to get rid of so much unnecessary paperwork!
By the end of this month I hope to finish getting Mr. Ryder transitioned into a big boys bed. I have plans this weekend to pickup his mattress, and a friend from work gave me a great captains bed. The only thing left for the bed to crib transformation will be getting his bedding together. So this means a fun shopping trip :)
So what are my plans for September: Hope you’re ready?

-         Ryan starts school, so I’m joining the PTA and hoping to get connected with that the 1^st week of the month.

-         Start buying the bedding for baby #3 and find a dresser/ changing table

-         Have new blog/ group up and running on facebook…. The Thrifty Scavenger: A local group of folks who love shopping @ thrift store, yard sales, flea markets and auctions. (I’m really excited about this group and hope it turns into a fun past time)

-         I want to get the kitchen scrubbed down, and finish getting the dining room the way I want it. I really really hope to finally get new curtains.

-         I want to manicure the back and front yard and power wash both front porches, and maybe get them stained finally.

-         Mr. Ryder’s birthday is this month as well so I’ll be working on getting everything together for that!

-         I’m becoming a Scentsy consultant in just a few days, so I’m looking forward to starting that and really getting my feet wet this month.

-         As for  something to do during my light duty time: I hope to finish up my home inventory I started back @ the 1^st of the year and start working on going through my husband’s baseball cards and organizing those.

I know it sounds like a lot but I hope to get most of these things completed if not all of them….
As for my challenge this month! I’m going to challenge myself to get things ready the night before to save time in the morning and hope to wake up by 5:00 every work day!!!!


So that’s it! This is my hopes, dream, goals and challenges for September….What about you??

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Oh Yeah and start working on Mr. Ryder’s Quilt :)

More Pinterest Crafts, May 2012

Hey guys, sorry I’ve been a bit out of the picture with my blog this month. I’ve had some unexpected but good news and I’ve been doing a bunch of research to see just what I want to do with my blog. I have so many ideas and I’m not sure if I should put them all on this blog or create a new one. Anyway for now I’m posting here and going to see how it goes.
So here is what I’ve been up to in the last month or so… and I wanted to share:

We made some handmade edible finger paint and I think it came out really nice, and it was super easy to make:

Recipe:

1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp sugar
2 cups cold water
food coloring

Mix all ingredients except food coloring well with a whisk.  Set over medium low heat. Stir about 15- 20 minutes until thickened.  The mixture goes from water consistency to thicken very quickly towards the end of the time period, so don’t worry – you will know. Let cool. Distribute evenly into bowls or cups. Add food coloring — a little bit will do — and mix with a spoon.

Next I found a spoon to use as a hook outside. I didn’t think of it at the time, but when I found this slotted spoon, I knew it would be perfect. No drilling required :)

And here is a cute idea I found using a bird cage to house some flowers. I had this bird cage for about 2 years and moved it all over the house trying to find the right place for it. Soon it ended up in the attic... until I found this idea on Pinterest. I think it came out really cute ;)

Another cool idea I found using Pinterest was taking old brass candle sticks and spray painting and distressing them. I really like how they came out!

 This idea turned out better than the original idea in my opinion. The original idea was to use a cap from your plastic dish soap container on a glass bottle. Here is the link I found this old milk/beer bottle at a local thift store and thought it would be perfect for my dish soap!!

And last but certainly not least, my two favorite kiddo's...Ryan and Ryder. We made this photo for our Mother's Day gifts for my Husband's and my Mom...Of course I made one for me as well ;)

Hope you enjoyed viewing my crafts :) 

Mid Month Review…

In just 8 days my oldest will be graduating from preschool and I’m really excited for him! I have a feeling this month is going to blow by and before I realize it, it will be the start to the summer season... OH MY!!!!
Gosh!!! I feel like I’ve done so much, but when I review my list, I really have only done a few things. Guess I need to get going with some of my goals. So here is what I have done:
I managed to finally get Ryder’s 1^st year scrapbook completely organized. I only have about 4 more pages to scrap and I still need to get more photo pages and upload the DVD, but hopefully by next weekend I will have it completed. I also organized our 2011 Scrapbook and have just a few more things to do on that one as well. I hope to scan more photos next week while I’m off for 3 days, but I’ve still got a lot to do with those. My hopes are to at least finish uploading photos from 1997 – now. I’ll most likely start working on the others sometime this summer :)
So where does this leave me with my other goals???
Okay I decided to not do the May photo a day challenge, and the window boxes are looking bleak. My Husband doesn’t think they would be a good idea… honestly I just don’t think he wants to do them. I’m going to see if I can find some at the local garden store’s and go from there, but I may have to wait until this fall :(…
I’m still hoping to clean the rest of the back yard, but I don’t know if we are going to open the pool this summer.
In the next few weeks I hope to Read a book in a day, Start sorting through my yard sale stuff and decided what I’m going to do with it all, and organize my bedroom closet.
Well Happy Wednesday all, and best of luck with all your goals this month!