Busy busy!

So hubster is back home now, which is all kinds of awesome but it means we've been busy busy lol. And it started with the most awesome purchase we have made in awhile:


My new bicycle!!! I am so in love with it. It's an Electra Townie and it is so comfortable to ride. The only downfall to this bike is that on our way home from getting it - our check engine light on the van came on and now the van is driving all funky. So we have to take it in to the dealership on Tuesday to get it checked out (that's the first available appointment they had - boo!)

Then today, after a bike ride to the park, we went to the Manitoba Museum for the 17 Wing MFRC/PSP/SISIP volunteer appreciation event. It was awesome. And we won a super cool door prize - tickets to a pre season Winnipeg Jets game! Nora was so cute when we won because she picked the prize out of the bucket. She did this crazy shaky thing that she does when she's super excited and screamed ooh the jets!! I love Buffy. (If you're not a hockey fan - she's talking about Dustin Byfuglien lol). And after the speeches, prizes, and free lunch, we got to go through the museum, watch a Bug Bird show at the Planetarium and play in the science gallery. It was an awesome day.




Nora and Grandpa looking at sea creatures


Annika loved everything. And she was in her Squeaker shoes so we always knew where she was lol.


Nora and Grandpa on the way to see the HMS Nonsuch.


I love my family!!

Hope y'all are having a wonderful weekend too!!!

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Currently

Currently

Linking up with Randalin and Lindsey for another round of Currently!

This week’s themes were: snapping, checking, learning, dropping, saving

I am currently:

Snapping – pictures of the girls constantly.  I don’t want to miss anything, especially when Paul goes away, I like to document even more so he doesn’t miss out on the fun things that happen around here.

Checking – the weather forecast – it’s supposed to be storming all night, and I HATE thunderstorms.  So far, it’s been holding off, we will see what happens overnight.

Learning – that I have poor time management skills, or that I’m a normal parent who can’t get everything done in one day.  It’s much harder to take care of both of the girls when I have no breaks lol.

Dropping – the ball on getting things clean. It’s been so nice outside that I really don’t feel like being inside and doing housework.  Also – dropping hints that I want some alone crafting time lol.

Saving – money.  I feel like I’m always trying to save money lol.  Also, trying to save every memory and every minute of this summer with my girls.  They are growing up so fast and I don’t want it to end.  I love the age that they are at right now, it may be tiring and frustrating at times but it is SO much fun.

Thanks for stopping by y’all!

Monthly Goal Recap

MONTHLY GOAL'S RECAP

So we will do a little monthly recap of last month’s goals:

1.     Earn 500 Swagbucks – done like dinner – I earned 300 more than I wanted to!  YAY ME!

2.  Make Meal Plan and Follow It – we also did this one with no problems, it was nice to know what we were having for dinner all month long.  It made prep way easier and grocery shopping super easy too.

3.   Make Blog Plan and Follow It – FAIL.  I barely blogged last month – I’m trying to do better this month though.

4.  Make Social Package for Natasha and Scott – I completed this and had it done before their Social so I would consider that a Super Win.

5.  Choreograph One New Dance – I was so focused on Recital and learning my dances that I didn’t have time to do any choreography last month.  I did however find several songs I would like to use.

6.   Organize Front Hallway – I completed this task and I am SO happy about that lol.  Our entrance way is actually nice and tidy now AND all of the winter stuff has been put away, no more boots, hats or mitts to look at lol.

Now onto June’s goals!

1.     Make it to 2500 Swagbucks to earn a PayPal gift card. This one shouldn’t be too hard to do I’m super close to it already, I’m hoping to get at least one gift card every two months.

2.  Meal plan the month again.  I loved how organized I felt doing this and I would like to continue it.

3.   Make a blog plan and stick to it.  So far I have blogged every day this month – not necessarily the best blogging but I have posted something every day so far.

4.  Plan Nora’s 3^rd Birthday Party.  A word of caution to all parents, don’t ask your two year old what type of birthday party they want – it’s changed like 6 times in the past two days lol.  It’s mostly narrowed down to a Frozen Princesses and Superheroes party.  Most likely we will go with just Frozen.

5.  Clean Dining Room.

6.   Host Stampin’ Up Catalog Launch.  The new catalog was released on June 2 so I’m hosting a launch party and I’m hoping to drum up some new business!

7.  Go through one dresser in the bedroom.  Between Paul and I, we have three dressers, I’m sure I don’t need all of the clothes I have and now that I’m no longer in maternity anything (except my yoga pants because they are still so comfy lol) I need to get rid of some of this stuff, or at least put it into storage bins.

There you have it. My lovely June goals.  Hopefully I can get them all completed this month!

Tired

There. I admitted it. I'm tired. I'm actually exhausted right now. I don't sleep well when I'm by myself. Add in two kids who don't sleep well. And well, I'm exhausted.

Two more nights. That's it. Kudos to all those single moms out there and to all the military mama's rocking the deployment world - this is hard. I am so thankful that I have a husband who comes home at the end of his work day and gives me an hour or so by myself. It's definitely helped keep my sanity. I know I need to get used to this too but for now, only two more nights alone.


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Weekly Wishes

 

Weekly Wishes Link Up

So I kind of dropped the ball last time I linked up and I never recorded how I did with my wishes lol.  So here’s a small recap:

1.    Hang up bulletin board in the kitchen.  CHECK MARK!  Did it!!

2.  Put up hanging bars in basement to hang our winter gear.  Fail. Did not complete.

3.  Finish the KayDee Crafts Facebook page.  CHECK MARK! http://www.facebook.com/kaydeecrafters

4.  Finish cleaning our office.  I feel as though this is a fail and win.  It was clean.  It is no longer clean now.

Now onto this week’s wishes:

1.   Make June meal plan.

2.  Make one banner for Nora’s birthday party.

3.  Start brainstorming invitations for Nora’s birthday party.

4.  Clean office (again lol)

5.  Clean kitchen counter off and get rid of all the extras that are collecting on it.

6.   Hang calendar project (more to come on that one!)

I feel as though these are pretty attainable goals this week.  It is a bit harder as I don’t have much of a break from the girls right now.  Too bad everyone else can have a summer vacation but my darling husband is on course so they might not even get leave this summer.  Oh well, we will have an awesome summer anyways!!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week y’all!!

June!

June is typically the month in my household that everything starts to slow down… I think June missed that memo this year.  Today is June 1^st, and it’s already shaping up to be a busy month. This is what our month looks like so far, and remember, it’s just started lol.

June 1 – 5 Paul work trip

June 4 – Nora Gymnastics

June 5 – Coffee Break at the MFRC

June 6 – Mom’s group at the MFRC

June 7 – Volunteer Appreciation Event at the museum

June 10 – Coffee and Conversation at the MFRC

June 11 – Nora Gymnastics

June 12 – Creative Tots

June 13 – Mom’s group at the MFRC

June 13 – Camp Kinsley

June 14 – Stampin Up Shoebox Swap

June 15 – Father’s Day

June 17 – Stampin’ Up Catalogue Launch Party

June 18 – MFRC AGM

June 18 – Nora Gymnastics

June 19 – Creative Tots

June 20 – Mom’s Group

June 21 – McNicol Summer BBQ

June 21 – T’s 5^th birthday

June 23 – Grandpa’s Birthday (my Dad)

June 25 – Creative Tots (days switch for the summer)

June 25 – Nora’s last gymnastics class

June 26 – Learn to crochet class at the MFRC

June 27 – Mom’s group at the MFRC

June 28 – Nora’s birthday party

June 29 – Nora’s 3^rd Birthday

June 29 – Farewell BBQ at Church

AND that’s only the stuff that I can think of off the top of my head right now.  I always think that we never have anything to do and then I write it out and realize, man, are we ever busy people lol.  I wouldn’t change it though, I love all the activities that we are involved in and I’m sad that dance is done for the summer now.  I’m definitely looking forward to when it starts back up again in September!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoy JUNE!!