let me pencil you in

Sorry about the pause in posting folks! We had some losses in the family so we went back to California for a couple weeks. Now we are back and ready to get into the swing of things again! I'm gonna go ahead and warn you that we are moving (again) in a few months so posting is going to be slowing down again while I try to pack up our house with a 14 month old who just discovered how to tear tape off and open up boxes :)

I have pretty much become an absolute pro at moving. Mr. L and I have been married for 2 1/2 years and we have lived in 4 houses already (...soon to be 5). Before we even got married I traveled all over the world and lived in a lot of different places so let me tell you that the art of moving has be perfected by yours truly.

To keep my sanity, I depend on lists and lists and schedules and more lists. I was a professional organizer before I found Mister Right so I know a thing or two about keeping it together :)  Before the little one arrived, I relied on my FC planner for everything... even what to eat and when to eat it. no joke. I like to keep them to remember things in my life, almost like a journal. example:

These are only the month pages...just imagine what each day looks like!

Scheduling naps and errands and chorse wasn't quite working on their format, so I decided to make one for myself and share it! I printed the sheets on card stock at Staples and they laser cut it too so that it was nice and even on each side. Then, I lined up the sheets with a bit of cardboard underneath for a hard surface and secured them in place. I applied a padding compound to the top line and now I have my own daily check list! It's really quite easy and just how I like it!

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It turned out exactly how I hoped it would! I put it up on the fridge so I see it all day and it really helps me to stay organized! I hope you like it! Let me know if anyone is wanting different colors. I think I might add a few options to download if you would like! enjoy!

saint patrick

It's time decorate for another holiday! My house is covered in green already, but the pictures frames aren't! I'm not a fan a getting pinched so I like to cover my bases... enjoy!

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Another love in my life is reading. It is not much of a surprise for me to have such a love of stories and books growing up with my dad. He would take us to the library when we were little and let us pick out any book that we wanted. It was so fun to sit and choose but the best part to me was when we got to go home and read them and then write book reports on the book that we got to check out! Yes, I'm serious. I loved it. No joke. He owns a few bookstores and my parents house has slowly turned into a library over the years. I aspire to their collection.

I am trying to make sure that our Little One loves books as much as we do. I think it is really important for kids these days to read from an actualy piece of paper instead of playing on kindles or ipads (however I might reform in later years so don't hold that against me). I make a point to show Little One how fun books are by pointing out the colors and words slowly and I always have tons of books mixed in with toys so he can see how fun they are.

I just came across this link on Pinterest. It is a great list and perfect for all ages.

I also did a little printable for Little One's room that I wanted to share with you fine folks as well!

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mister man

We had a birthday in our family a few weeks ago and boy was it fun to celebrate! I love a good party! The shin-dig's theme was "Mr. Man". Little baby G from day one has been beyond his years. He is bigger than most of his cousins and has always learned very very fast. He was born very prematurely and we were told it would take a few years for him to catch up. It didnt. He is a total champ and the Man theme was absolutely perfect! We had a blast!

Food was simple and "manly" themed. Hot dogs and "handlebar" veggies with plenty of sweets. I made cupcakes to look like sliders and cut thin sugar cookies to look like fries.

We wanted to make sure that everyone knew this was a party and to act like it was, so instead of the boring center pieces, I spruced up each table with balloons tied to a basket of games! Each basket had bubbles, kaleidescopes, UNO (for the adults), crayons and coloring pages. We played games, had a pinata and made funny faces in the photobooth too!

looks like it was a hit :)

We sure loved our party and hope you do too! Here is a printable for the coloring pages just for you!

Just open in a new window, right click and save. enjoy!

Hey all!

Alright can I apologize once again for the serious lagging that has been going on the past month?! Sorry! Now that Christmas, Anniversary and G's party are finished (till next year) I'm hoping to have more time to get back into the swing of things.

If you know me outside the blog world, you would already know this stunning bit of information. If you don't know me personally then get ready for the big reveal!

I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day

Sorry! In fact, I absolutely refused to get married in the month of February because I thought it was lame and cliche, so we got married in January. Low and behold the fates worked against me and baby G was born in February the very next year! Needless to say February is growing on me...

To celebrate all this lovey-dovey-ness I decided to dedicate this month to things that I love!

Today's love love love is Printables!

Because I love printables so much, I thought that I might share some with you fine folks. Both are 8x10 size. Just open in a new window, right-click and save to your computer. Easy Peasy. Enjoy!

Festive Festivities

Alright, this is my formal apology for lagging SO MUCH the past few weeks! I have been slightly busy with the Thanksgiving-ness at my house, not to mention that I got asked to throw a party for about 250 people last night for my church (the day after is the best feeling ever!) and I have a White Elephant party coming up in a few weeks that I'm working on. Not to mention decorating for the holidays, shopping for Christmas presents, getting ready for our family trip, being a mom, being a wife and cleaning the house! (notice how cleaning is last on my list?... come over and you will see why) Case in point:

So now let's get back into the swing of things with some photos of the Christmas party I did last night and some printables for you and yours! The party really was so much fun! There were a ton of people and we needed a way to keep the kids at the tables so we provided crayons and coloring books and had the tables covered in craft paper to keep them busy which worked...

until they noticed the balloons on the ceiling:

This was probably my favorite part of the decorations. Too bad this picture is after the kids and teenagers demolished them and started sucking out the helium and running around all over singing songs with very high pitched voices. So this is what was left. It was super easy to do! I had little kid help cutting out some snowflakes out of paper and we also used these which were awesome because they come in so many sizes.

It made the whole room look like a winter wonderland!

 Now on to the labels and printables for you to enjoy for the upcoming festivities!

We used labels on everything to keep it all organized. With the 250 people and others providing food it can get super hectic so these were a must and I think they turned out pretty well. They could be used at home for a fun Hot Chocolate night or a Christmas Eve party. Just right click, save and print! (or drag to your desktop on a Mac) Enjoy!

(mid candy cane grab)

Thankfulness

As I'm sitting down to post this, I'm thinking about just how grateful I am. This time last year I was in labor with my son at 22 weeks pregnant. Thankfully we were able to keep him in for 12 more weeks but the time between Thanksgiving and his birth was probably the most challenging time of my life. Words cannot begin to even express how happy I am that he was born healthy and has continued to be so. I've decided that each post I do this month will begin with something meaningful that I am grateful for. This will help you as readers know me a little better and this will help me know myself a little better.

Now on to the fun! I'm in the process of making a new wreath which will be posted shortly. In the meantime I made some printables for the coming day of gratitude. Just click the link below the pictures, choose your size, click "actions" and download. Easy as pie.

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