A Little Knitty

My husband is watching Discovery Channel (nice change from History Channel, but a little too much education for this chica) and there is a show called Doomsday Bunkers. You can watch it here  http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/doomsday-bunkers-prepping-for-nuclear-meltdown.html  it is riveting TV. First of all, I'm all for being prepared for a disaster. My Father-in-law started us a very nice emergency kit that I plan on adding to so that we are better prepared. Granted, the kit could have 2 pixi-sticks, gum and a book of matches in it and we would be better prepared. The power went out a couple months ago and we couldn't find a working flashlight (when you have kids, flashlights are no longer tools to be used for when the power is off. They become toys to be left on and drain the batteries) nor could I find a candle. I felt like Super-Mom!! So anyway, I think it's great to be prepared in case of an emergency. I do find spending thousands of dollars on an underground sh...

Yup! It's officially Spring here in Washington State! I hear the constant hum of law mowers outside, people are smiling, kids are hanging from monkey bars at the park. Life. Is. Good. I love this time of year because we FINALLY get some sunshine AND it's time to do Spring Cleaning!!! I love to purge. I love getting rid of things we don't need. If something sits still too long, it will be found in the trash or Goowill pile (pretty sure if my kids sat still long enough, they would encounter the same fate). I love when everything has a place...it makes me blissfully happy. We live in a tiny house with very minimal storage and no garage. We also have a rented storage unit, but honestly bringing stuff to and from the storage unit with two wild children in tow is less fun than a root canal (I have contemplated ducttaping them to a wall, but I remember the little security cameras that are constantly on a feed to the front office, and decide against it). Um....where was I? Oh....th...

This is pretty darn cool! That there is a Norwex Silver Care Toothbrush featured in People Magazine's "Get Your Best Smile"!! I have been using this toothbrush for about 2 weeks and I have to say my teeth and gums are even happier than they were when I was using my Sonicare brush...and whiter too! The toothbrush was created to eliminate bacteria growth and build-up. The toothbrush has a silver-coated, replaceable head with microfiber bristles.It self sanitizes within hours!! If you have ever read an article about all the bacteria floating around a bathroom, this is a pretty awesome toothbrush!!!! The toothbrush comes in soft & medium bristles and comes with the brush plus a refill. 

How do bloggers do it? How do they continually blog day in and day out and find something of interest? I guess I needed to take a little blogging break because I had absolutely nothing of interest to say. Honestly, I'm not so sure there will be anything of interest in this blog post, but read on friend, read on! So, life is currently teetering on the brink of crazy, but not quite there yet. Balance has always been tough for me. Life goes a little something like this... #1 Take on a project. #2 Still not busy enough. #3 Start a business. #4 Still have time to eat lunch. #5 Sign us up for another activity. #6 Still remember to use the bathroom. #7 Start a small insignificant task. #8 LOSE MY MIND BECAUSE THIS LAST LITTLE THING SENDS ME OVER THE EDGE. #9 Quit everything. #10 Sit around thinking I should do something. Rinse & Repeat. Right now I'm at #6 and dangerously close to #8. Yesterday, I signed my son up for Karate lessons and I fear this might be my breaking point. But...

I have really talented friends and I have been meaning to "showcase" their talents to my many, many (eleven) followers! *grins* Seriously, they inspire me to be more creative (that, and Pinterest) and they also show me where I am not so talented and I'll just leave certain things (like sewing or crocheting) up to them and stick to what I'm good at. So, my first shout out goes to my friend, Heather. Heather is the talent behind HartFelt (you can find her here:  https://www.facebook.com/ihartfelt  or her blog here:  http://hartfeltbyheather.blogspot.com ) She does amazing things with felt like.... Seriously cute stuff!!! It's all hand stitched with love and just amazing! She is having a giveaway right now. If I were smart I wouldn't tell you about it, to increase my chances, but you really should go enter....you need an owl!   http://hartfeltbyheather.blogspot.com/2012/03/lucky-owl-giveaway.html give the owl to? 8. Join my blog.

Technically, in 100 days it will be Thursday, June 21st But I guess more philosophically, will I be better off in 100 days than I am today? A Mentor Mom at MOPS introduced me to Ann Voskamp (click on the logo below to check out her blog). Whether you are religious, spiritual, agnostic, Buddhist (hahahahaha....I totally spelled Buddhist wrong and it wanted to autocorrect it to nudist!), ok....even if you are a nudist...we all have seasons in our lives where we want to be better versions of ourselves. I've noticed a lot of my friends have experienced this desire when their children were born, or shortly after. These amazing little creatures are in our care, and there is something about them looking up to us and seeking counsel that makes us want to be more, do more, have more answers or just make it through the day (with a little extra prayer). As I mentioned when I stared this blog, I am on a Spiritual journey of my own. I look into the eyes of my wonderful children, and w...

Alright people, I'm about to dip my foot into the pool of blogging for the purpose of pinning it on Pinterest. I'm pretty excited! :) When my daughter was born I bought this dress in size 12 month. Every month I would put her in this dress and snap her photo. It looked slightly insane the first month, in fact when I posted the photo I didn't explain it, and had a friend question whether the dress might be a tad bit too big! hehehe She was swimming in it! The second month she really chunked up and we worried the dress would even fit at 12 months! But we made it, and even have room to spare so I'm thinking I'll continue with the photos until she is bursting out of the dress!  Ok...so then I took all these monthly photos and printed them out, grabbed some ribbon and some clothes pins.... ...and displayed them at her birthday party this weekend. It's SO much fun to watch her grow into this dress. It's hard to remember how tiny she was!  It has been fun and I thi...

I have a confession.... My son is a Video Game Addict! He is THREE....and completely addicted to video games. If he isn't asking to play some sort of gaming device, he is pretending to be one of the characters. He talks about video games constantly, even telling the barista at the coffee shop that he LOVES video games. He tries to get other kids to join in on his passion, they just look at him like he has two heads. He was Luigi from Super Mario Bros for Halloween. He needs a 12 step program! Today I discovered a great byproduct of this obsession. On Thursdays we volunteer to walk kids to school (their bus service was discontinued in a budget cut). Anyway, we walk right past this football field with a track around it. My son begs to go in every week. You see, one of his favorite video games is an Olympic Games game on the Wii. So he wanted to pretend to be in the Olympics. The kid RAN 3/4 of a mile and wanted to do more but we had to get to the dentist! He even got down like t...

I'm obsessed. It is true. Sometimes I run into products that are just so fan-freaking-tastic that I have to share them...this time I just so happen to be a consultant for the company, so I do sound like a constant infomercial. I honestly don't mean to be like this. I'm not looking to make a trillion dollars or anything, I just think Norwex has made such a drastic change in our house...that I want others to experience it. It might seem like I'm some clean freak...but that is SO far from the truth! My house has always been messy. Not just toys everywhere, but honestly, just not clean. The only time it was clean, was when we were expecting company. I would spend a LARGE chunk of time cleaning the house from top to bottom (hating it the whole time) and inevitably it would be messy again and I would be thrown back into the cleaning vortex once again. I hated it to say the least. I am extremely Type A, and would rather the house be clean...but I'm a lazy Type A. That mean...

Today is the birthday of Dr. Seuss....so I thought I would share the "artwork" that I made for the kids playnook (we call it a playroom, but it's really just the corner of the living room!) Upclose... The quote is from  Oh! The Places You'll Go! and says... You have brains in your head You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself in any direction you choose I hope as my kids get older they will read this a lot...a mother can hope! :) I bought a cheap canvas at Michael's, painted it blue all over then sponged on some white puffy clouds. Then borrowed my friend's vinyl cutter to do the letters. Easy Peasy!  It didn't turn out 100% like I thought it would (I'm an amazing artist in my head, in reality I'm on par with a 4th grader)....but my son thinks I'm cool, and that's all I can really ask for!

This week we visited Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Washington. We've been asked a lot of questions about life at the lodge....so I thought I would do a little review.  First of all, we are already planning our trip for next year....so obviously we loved it!! First Impression:  Keep in mind....I just stepped out of a vomit soaked car, I was tired and just wanted to get to our room so the kid could be near a private toilet and we could all relax a little. So, upon stepping into the entry way, I had huge sensory overload! There were loud sounds, children running around like cracked out hamsters, bright colors everywhere and just a trillion things to do and see. I decided to ignore it all, look pathetic as I could, check in and BEG for our room. It didn't work....but the extremely nice, professional, sweet and compassionate front desk person did say she would do everything she could to get our room ready for us (including the pack n' play that I requested) and give us a call...