Mama Speaks

My mom, Aunt Kari, and I went to Orlando this weekend.  One of the many highlights (they were all highlights!) of the trip was the world's fastest trip (for us) to IKEA.  We spent maybe an hour in there, which if you know us, you know our trips are hours and hours.  Many times, we'll have been there for 2 or 3 hours before we even notice how long its been!  While we were there, I purchased a set of Tripp storage tins. You see, I'm on this quest to become more organized.  The idea of organizing excites me.  If my organization was based on the number of organizing books and magazines I've read, I'd be the queen bee of organization.  But alas, I'm not.  My only regret about buying these tins is that I put away the second set I intended to buy.   Hair ties, bows, and headbands fit perfectly in the smallest of the 3 tins in the set. Oscar absolutely adores little plastic toys.  Dinosaurs are his favorite victims.  I recently found the...

I am not Catholic, so when I observe Lent it is simply because I love the idea of changing habits, giving things up, and improving myself however I can. I couldn't figure out what to give up this year, so I decided this evening that I will take some things on instead.  I am going to just map things out a little at a time, maybe week by week, and I am going to set off to accomplish each task on the list.   Michele Connolly's blog about doing mini-missions to get things accomplished and organized has really inspired me! This week's goals: 1. Clean off and clean out my bedside table (its driving me nuts). 2. Clean out the fridge before grocery shopping (I do this pretty regularly...after our company/big barbeque it def needs done again). 3. Do some kind of exercise as many days of the week as I can (major struggle with Ayla girl under my toesies!) 4. Get stamps for Save-the-Dates and get the rest of them ready to send (almost done addressing all of them...) 5. Sort t...