Movin Out

Yesterday was a BIG day for my Sister-in-law! She moved out on her own!!!! We are so extremely proud and excited for her. Chris was able to go check our her place and help move in some stuff, but I am itching to go check it out. Best part is she is just down the road and we can foot it or ride bikes to go see her. Yay Elizabeth and CONGRATS to my In-Laws they are now empty nesters. They did an amazing job raising 3 AMAZING kids.

Washin the Stink Away

Most of the time when I am writing about stink and washing stink it is referring to Jackson's diapers, but for this post I am referring to the husband's game day shirt. We have that odd football superstition that if you are winning the shirt goes on a hanger until a loss. Last year the shirt pretty much could stand on it's own and you did not want to be anywhere near him since they only had one loss all season. But for 3 weeks in a row now I have had to wash the shirt. It has been a tough couple Friday nights. One loss was hard, two horrible, and three I don't even have words for. I don't even know that last time that I have had to wash the game shirt three times in a row? If you read The Reporter today I am sure they mentioned the answer to my question - I didn't even want to look at the sports page today. I am so proud of my husband all the hard work and time he puts into the team. League starts this Friday and  I am  looking forward to not having to wash his shirt the rest of the season - Let's hope.

Saucy Sunday

Well it is official, it looks like Sunday in our house will be Saucy Sunday. For two Sundays in a row I have made sauce and meatballs and my kids have DEVOURED it. The house smells so good and it makes me hungry all day smelling it.
 It is hard to find things Caden will eat and he can not get enough of sauce with meatballs and sausage. It is kind of embarrassing how many days in a row the child will eat it. The bonus is he is eating and putting on weight. So until my boys get tired of it or my freezer is full, it looks like I will be making Gram's famous sauce and meatballs.

Progress

Today was all about progress...
I made some progress in the office transformation. I successfully painted a small bookcase now I just need to tackle the computer desk and built in bookcase.
I took a HUGE load to Opportunity House and managed to post some items to sell.
I made some progress in finding some art and some inspiration for Caden's new room. I can't wait to get busy with the fun part of decorating now that the room is almost cleared out.
The laundry room got reorganized. I just need to figure out what to do with my vacuum collection. I have a serious problem and LOVE vacuums. I have all shapes and sizes. You just never know what spill or mess may come your way.
And last after a long, tiring day I made it through half of my progress reports. It is hard to believe that there is just 6 short weeks unit report cards. It was pretty amazing for me to look at the data and see how far some of my students have come in just 6 weeks.

Laughing Cow

Today I was introduced to my new favorite snack, Laughing Cow cheese on a crisp apple.  I am almost embarrassed to admit this, but after trying it once I ran to Costco to grab some and have already eaten half of the Costco pack. It sounds bad when I say half of the Costco pack is gone, but for a Costco size item it is pretty small. I admit I am completely hooked.  Later in the evening I reintroduced myself to an old childhood favorite, ants on a log using Laughing Cow. It is delish and bonus each wedge is only 35 calories. The sad part is I can't get away with eating only one wedge.

My Little Helper

Jackson has turned into quite the little helper. He runs for the laundry room when he hears it open. I went to go take a load from the dryer to my room and came back to this. That could have been a MESS!!!!

DISASTER

I came home from a fun day with my girl to a mess. The husband decided to start transforming the office into Caden's new room. I came home to half of a huge bunk bed put together in the office along with all the other stuff in there. So in the office we had a bunk bed, couch, entertainment center, air hockey table, kids recliner, and two carts full of my craft stuff - talk about a FIRE HAZARD! After several hours we know have a starting place for creating Caden's new space room.