Day 38 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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A pretty routine evening around here...me on my computer, with David sitting behind me on the laptop doing school.

Day 37 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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A surprise package from my Aunt today. She sent G. the most adorable Pug purse. She knows how much G. LOVES pugs. She has a very cute one herself named Chester, and often sends pictures of him to G. through e-mail. THANK YOU AUNT CHERYL!

Day 36 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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Heart shaped rice krispie treats to share with our playdate group. Yum!

Day 35 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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G. and I found these vinyl appliques at a significant discount at the local craft store. It gives her room such a girlie touch. Can't wait to have a place we can paint and decorate as we please.

Day 34 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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An hour before we left for AWANA we were helping G. finish up the Valentines she wanted to pass out to her classmates. Even Daddy chipped in! :)

Day 33 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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G. and I had our annual eye exams today. The nurse was thoroughly impressed with G.'s maturity level. On the peripheral vision test she stated they usually don't give them to children her age because they just can't sit still long enough to do it.
G. had her eyes dilated and really liked the shades they gave her afterward. She wore them around the house all the rest of the day pretending she had glasses like Mommy.

Day 32 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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Daddy took a break from repairing his truck to play a quick game of Battleship.
G. sunk all of Daddy's battleships! :)

Day 31 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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I tackled our craft/game closet this afternoon. Organized all the craft goodies in hopes my little girl would pull them out once in a while.

Day 30 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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G. saw the clothes I had dumped on my bed with the intention of folding them later...she folded them up nicely for me on her own. Such a sweet girl!

Day 29 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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Really slow sluggish day for me...
But I made an awesome Falafel salad for lunch, and whipped up these babies!
Yum!

Day 28 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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Grocery shopping day...
I shop at three different stores to complete the shopping.
The Commissary first to get the best price on the items I can get there...
The health food store for our farm fresh eggs, hard to find organic items, and Greek yogurt!
The local grocery store for all our organic produce, and organic dairy products.
This picture was taken after the first stop...the Commissary.
I love it when they can bag all my groceries into these reusable bags!
We dropped off this load to free up the bags for the next stop.
We live very close to all three locations, so it was on the way!
Today I was able to shop and ONLY use my reusable bags. No plastic! Yay!

Day 27 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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We recycle what we can here in town.
That is limited to aluminum cans, and tin cans.
We only take it to the facility maybe twice a year! ahhh!
It piles up in our garage until then!
The facility that accepts our cans, is about a 15-20 minute drive out in the boonies.
"Old Man Alaska" weighs your cans and pays you pennies for the pound.
The scale was acting up this day, but the reading was 20 lbs.
Not sure if it was very far off, there were A LOT of cans! And the tin cans can be pretty heavy!
It was like pulling teeth to get David to take them for me! :)
He finally did after much huffing and puffing!
I'm so glad he did! Our garage has so much more room now!

Day 26 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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G. played on Webkinz and Millsberry with her cousin V. for hours today.
V. calls G. and they "talk" over speakerphone as they play together.
It's a great way for them to still be "close."
G. ran the battery almost all the way down on the cordless phone! :)

Day 25 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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A typical Friday night for us...
after pizza and a movie...
G. is quiet in bed...
David plays WOW and I knit.

Day 24 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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My friend Kim, lent me her wool winder (or ball winder...tee! hee!) today. I happily wound over 10 balls of yarn. I love how pretty and tidy the yarn is when wound in this way! Thanks Kim!

Day 23 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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Seriously addicted to this tea before bed lately...
I sometimes have two cups before retiring for the night!
Mmmmm....
Such a simple, inexpensive, pleasure.
My Mom always has some of this tea in her cupboards. :)
Memories...
I'm on the lookout for some of this one. Haven't been able to find it yet.

Day 22 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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I've been trying to implement some good habits into my life again.
Here is what the dining room table looked like this morning.
I had time to read my Bible, look over my memory verses, eat breakfast and have a cup of coffee before G. woke up.
This binder and these sticky notes are my "life" on paper right now. I have set a morning routine, and an evening routine. I listed the days of the week on a sheet of paper, and the goals I have for each day, such as laundry, menu planning, grocery shopping, errands, cleaning tasks.
I already followed a loose routine in the past which included the following:
On Mondays I wash the laundry which includes the bed linens.
On Thursday I do laundry again and include all the towels in the house.
Mondays used to be my grocery shopping day, (that's changing) and I used to clean the bathrooms and sweep and vacuum all the floors on Friday.
Some of the tasks are moving to different days now to accommodate our changing schedule... But the weekly goals are staying the same.
Years ago I was exposed to FlyLady. I'm sure all of you have heard of her! Her concepts are good, and I have implemented a lot of her practices.
One of her main practices is having a shiny kitchen sink...
I always dry my sink out with a clean dish cloth specifically designated for that job, after we do the dishes or run water in the sink. It keeps the sink from getting those ugly water spots. When I wake up in the morning to an empty, shiny sink, it makes me happy! I've been practicing this for 2 years. (Even David does it!)
The binder I have been using loosely for about a year, but am just now really hunkering down and putting all the things to keep me organized into it.
Blank menus
Chore Charts
Bible study notes
Days-of-the-week goals
Addresses
Birthday card organizer...etc.
It's a work-in-progress and probably always will be. I will omit certain sections, or add to it with time.
It's been really helpful to me! I have been SUPER productive this week, and hope for continued productivity in the coming weeks!

Day 21 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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I ordered this book from Amazon.com the end of December, and FINALLY after one lost package received it today! I am off for the night to peruse it, and pick out all the little hat patterns I want to knit! :)

Day 20 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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I spent a good 2 hours scanning and posting pictures to Facebook today!
I have a lot of family on there now, so we've been sharing photos...lots of old photos!
Today is also my Dad's birthday!
(That's him in the above B&W photo with his Dad. He's also the cute kid poking his head out of the igloo he made in his yard when he was little.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! I LOVE YOU!

Day 19 - Photo-A-Day 2009

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David celebrated the 2nd anniversary of his 29th Birthday! :)We had a great dinner with friends, awesome Dr. Pepper Cake, and plenty of Rock Band II.