March Madness

It is so hard to believe we are more than half way through the month of March already!

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I have been so insanely busy this year, not at all what I thought it would be. February was such an incredibly crazy month and that is just not "normal" for us. I'm glad to be done with February, I really think it was as crazy busy as December was with all the Christmas craziness. March hasn't been much different than February it's just been busy, busy.

So, I'm taking a D-E-E-P breath and trying to take it all in and re-focus!

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I would love to tell you I've spent the last month crafting up a storm and getting all kinds of fun stuff ready for the shop and blog. 

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Or that I have been putting in all kinds of miles for the half-maraton I'll be participating in, but that hasn't happened either.

Nope, instead our schedule around here has changed a bit and I'm loving it. I started doing Pre-school with the little guy and he LOVES it. It really is just so our day is more focused and it helps me to not get bored at home. I love my little people and they keep me busy, but I do get bored of the same 'ol routine. You know the what's for breakfast, what's for lunch, what's for dinner? What are we going to do now? Do I wash clothes, fold clothes, or put away clothes? Do I dust, vacuum, sweep, mop or clean the bathrooms? When am I going to workout? Yeah, I've been a little burned out and one Friday I decided I was tired of "it" and started researching pre-school schedules and pre-school lesson plans. The following Monday we were rolling starting with the Letter "A".  I would like to say that we are accomplishing a letter a week, but at their age that is just unrealistic. But we are averaging about a letter every two weeks and I think it is working out great for us. It gives us time to enjoy "school" without it becoming work.

I've also closed my shop for the time being. I am hoping to have it opened back up in a couple of weeks with some Ready-To-Ship items. I won't be be doing any personalized or custom orders for a little bit yet. I also have a few crafty-tutorial ideas in mind for the blog and will get those done as I can. It just takes time do them, take and edit pictures, and write up the blog post. I enjoy doing it all, I really do,  I just have to many other things that are taking priority. So my posts will be less frequent but I will still be posting as time permits.

I must say, it has been really nice and kind of refreshing to have a schedule and spend some fun, quality time with my little people. Plus, I am finally starting to get into a workout routine.

I'm sure I'm not (and I hope I'm not) the only Momma that gets stuck in a rut. What are some things you do when you get stuck in a rut?

New Year, New Look!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend as I know some are actually having a 3-day weekend due to the Holiday today! Yay, for you all! 

It has stopped snowing and instead we have been having below zero temps, it's -2 right now, quite the heat wave from -17 from last night...brrr.....

Anyhow, I'm sure you all have now had a chance to look at the blog, Facebook, or my Etsy shop to discover there have been some changes made! I'm so loving the new design work that Brooke at Get Outta My Head Please has done!

The previous Header was designed by Mallory over at House Of Hydrangeas and she designed it specifically for my Etsy shop and Facebook Fanpage. Since then I've started blogging, tweeting, Google+, Pinning, Blog Frogging, Stumbling and well....just expanding. I love what she did for me and I definitely appreciate it as a starting point while I was/am trying to figure out what I'm doing. Thanks Mallory!

So I'm going to give a little "tour" to hopefully help you to navigate around a little easier. 

What do all these buttons mean?? T=Twitter, F=Facebook, P=Pinterest, E=Email, BF= TheBlogFrog Community, G+=Google Plus, SU=Stumble Upon, Rss=Subscribe using Reader

Etsy Shop Header courtesy of Get Outta My Head Please

Facebook Profile Pic courtesy of Get Outta My Head Please

I'm also offering advertising space. If you are interested and have questions please feel free to email me about fees and/or sponsoring a post or giveaway. 

And for all you bloggers looking for a new look, be sure and stop over to Brooke's Blog over at Get Outta My Head Please as she has a pretty awesome giveaway going on right now!

Thanks for stopping by today! How do you like the new look? 

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2012 and New Years Goals

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Everyone! I know it’s a tad late, but I hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays!

 This was the photo that we used for our Christmas card this year, it was so much fun taking the pictures! You all know how much my little guy LOVES his cabin, if not, you can see how much he loves by what we did for his 2^nd Birthday Party in this and this post.

So with the New Year comes time for us (meaning myself and husband) to reflect on the past year and set up goals for the upcoming year. In no particular order, I have a few personal goals, crafting goals, family, and household goals. I’m positive I will not achieve all of my goals, but I will most certainly try to reach the goals set for the year.

Some of my personal goals are to try to get in better health so I can possibly have a 3^rd little one! My first two are 16 months apart; I had pre-eclampsia with my first and didn’t have the best deliveries with either, and had bouts of post-partum depression with each. SO, as much as I love my kiddo’s I think it’s time for me to start taking care of me a bit more. Of course this would be easier, if my youngest would just get all her teeth in and start sleeping through the night again…. :-)

To help with my personal goal I’ve decided that whether I walk or run it, I am going to do the Mayor’s Half-Marathon this year in June. It is a race that my husband and I have made an annual event, but I’ve yet to do the half, only the five-miler. So, we have already, yes, already, signed me up for the half marathon and he has signed up for the full marathon. It’s do or die now!! So, although this is a crafting blog you may see me post from time to time about my trek to run/walk the Mayor’s Half-Marathon. Just cheer me on and come back for something crafty!

Now for my crafting goals, well, Pinterest does not help with this! There are so many ideas out there not only for inspiration, but also that I think would be so neat and fun to create myself for my home or kiddo’s. So, maybe one of my goals should be to “pin” less?? Nah…

Seriously, my husband got me this Journal/Notebook (with a pen) so I can jot down all the “wonderful” Ideas I come up with so I don’t forget them. You know the ideas you get in your head when you lay down at night and then you can’t sleep because you are afraid you will forget them? Yep, problem solved, I’ll just jot them down in my “handy, dandy “Notebook!” I LOVE it, and have been going crazy jotting down and sketching ideas for my daughters upcoming Birthday, as well as Valentine’s Day.

My Etsy shop will remain open, however; it will have less custom orders so that I can spend the time with my little ones while they are still little. I love my blog and all of my blog readers so I will be focusing more on it for the time being. I cannot guarantee how many tutorials I will have a week or month, but I will definitely share with you what I’m working on or what is inspiring me.

Photo Courtesy:Discovery: Home Sweet Homer

Family goals are the ones where we try to plan all the big activities for the year. Most of the time this means we are planning our summer trips. Since summer is only about 3 good months of warmer weather, we like to play hard! I think I would like to go to Homer, AK this year; we will have to see if it makes the list! I’m also, going to be getting my little ones in more activities. I know they are little, but we all get a little tired staying cooped up in the house. It’s a little while yet until May, and well, talk about Cabin Fever!

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Household goals are never ending but the main one and biggest is ORGANIZE!!! Maybe you have something similar, but this is a definite one for us this year. We were planning last year to be the year to organize, but we had our littlest one in January and she took up a bit of time, and it actually ended up being the year to replace appliances and that was definitely not planned! But every month, for about the first six months, something broke and either needed to have major repairs or be completely replaced. I’m so hoping that doesn’t happen this year!

Sorry for the long post! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! I would love to hear what some of your Resolutions for the New Year are!

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