Super Bowl Sunday Again!!!

Wow Can't believe it has been a year since I last blogged. It wasn't that I didn't have anything to say, just not enough time to say it.

Superbowl Sunday

OK today I had to ask my son who will be playing in the superbowl. Can you tell I'm not a huge foodtball fan, unless we are talking about European football. Now I am a fan of the Superbowl festivities, beer, food, snacks. What's not to love.

Happy New Year!!!

Now that it is a new year, don't expect me to be making any of the silly New Years resolutions. Most people don't keep them anyway. Instead, I will try my best to...
spend more time with family and friends and to take more photos. I've embarked on the 365 project, so far, so good. It is only day 4, but I have pictures for each day.

Looking back at last year, I vowed to take care of "Me". Well, that is just what I did. I did things for me and didn't worry about those who got in my way. Life is too short to worry about what others think. I'm over 40, who do I need to impress. Let's be real here. If you don't like me the way I am, then see ya. Don't think that you can influence me now. I'm am all grown up and proud of it.

I Love My Label Maker

Yes, it is true I love my label maker. It makes me feel organized. I label Tupperware containers, cupboard contents and more. Each drawer in my pantry has a label to help the kids know where groceries belong and to helo my DH know where to find that can of soup or package of crackers.

I'm thinking of now labeling the rest of my kitchen cupboards so our housekeep knows where to put things. Last week she put my PLASTIC cutting board in the oven. Can you guess what happened? Yes, I pre-heated the oven and melted the board. It was a 2-day 4 to 5 hour mess of scrubbing and scraping.

I have the p-touch 65, not a super fancy labeler, but it does the trick.

Clutter Crew

I have joined Oprah and Peter Walsh's Clutter Crew. I am way ahead of the game though. I've spent a good portion of yesterday and today tackleing overdo re-organizing. Yesterday, I tackled the kitchen. I am free of many uneeded and unused coffee cups. I then went through my candle cupboard, yes, I have a candle cupboard. After that, I hit the spice/medicine cupboard.

My kids were also involved. Together we went through their bathroom and mine. We even changed the shelf paper.

Today I finished my closet. I've decided to let go of all those cute wool skirts I keep saying "I'll wear next winter". I then put all my clothes back together by color groups, put shoes back into boxes and got ride of jeans and capris I haven't worn in over a year. I also I went through the dresser drawers and parted with a ton of white too short, too wide t-shirts and tanks. Why is it everytime you wash a t-shirt it gets shorter and wider? I also worked a bit in my scrap room.

As I look around, it doesn't appear to be clutter free, but just open my drawers and cupboards and you will see how bare they are. Now only if my DH would at least notice and aknowledge the small changes I've made.

I'm Baaaack

Wow- has it really been two months since my last post? School is kicking my butt. I have a 2nd/3rd grade combo, 2 student teachers and a full inclusion assistant. I barely have time for me anymore. I started going to the gym, but I'm lucky if I can fit it in three times a week. For some reason I like to be home by 5:00PM. This is virtually impossible being that I don't leave work till after 4:00, and then It takes me about an hour to go through my gym workout. One of these days, I'll have it all figured out.

DD is in another cast. This time it is a bennet fracture to her hand/wrist/thumb. You know it is bad when the x-ray tech knows you by first name. So, she is out of soccer for a while. She is not happy of course. Hopefully we are done with injuries for a while.

Scrap Supplies- My Favorite Places

I love scrapbookpal.com for all my tape runner needs. They have the best prices and if you order $25 or more, you get free shipping

I don't have the ATG gun, but I may just one of these day join the club. framingsuppliesonline.com, has great great prices.

My new favorite online scrapbook store is serendipityscraps.com The store has great customer service and fast shipping.