Staying on Track - Goals

Well, we are 11 days into the year and, suprisingly, I am still on track (check back in another 11 days and we shall see if I am so proud).  Vitamins have been taken and devotionals have been read every day - ok, I have to admit to reading the weekend ones on Monday to catch up - but seriously, who wants to take it home and bring it back on Monday?  And as tech savvy as I am, I still don't want to read it online.  I am reading The One Year Book of Inspiration for Girlfriends by Ellen Miller and The Upper Room too.  I am on double devotional duty - so there.  I have been scrapping a lot and my contact reports are all caught up for January so far.  The fun of being a fundraiser - not only do you spend your lunches working - you spend your work time wrtiting reports about your lunches!  Plans have been made for two scrapbook retreats this year - one in Jan and one in late Aug.  And I have a plan for the kiddos valentine cards.  So with a whopping week and a half of 2012 under my belt, I am feeling like this is actually the start to a good new year.  (Ok - so I have to admit that the Christmas decrations are still up, but that will be remedied this weekend.)  Also, in super nerd fashion, I have co-created (with the hubby) a list of cuisines and activities that have been typed up, cut out and will soon be placed in something so when we have one of our planned monthly date nights and have no clue what to do, we will just pick two and make a run for it (after kissing the kids goodbye eight times and promisnig the babysitter that we will return of course).  I have nearly completed last weeks Project Life spread - only two pictures short.  I am super excited about that.  I will post it soon along with my title page when and if someone ever takes a picture of ME to include.  How come no one (read my husband here) never picks up the camera to take a picture of me?  I have 5,000 of the kids and him and just hime and just the kids, but nada of momma! 

How's your year? 

Goals - progress

So a goal of mine for this year is to put myself out there more in the scrapbook realm.  So, in a effort to do that (along with the help of the super easy to use TwoPeas mobile app), I uploaded my first page to twopeasinabucket.com.  And someone actually commented!  So "sheltieluvr" thank you for making my first submission a "success" for me.  If you want to see it - go to the site - http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/382691-iskawire/1791337-fairy-tales-with-grandmama/ 

P.S.  It has been viewed 26 times and liked and bookmarked twice.  What an awesome feeling! 

Coffee with spiderman

How did we kick off december 2011? With a trip to Starbucks of course. I took spiderman with me. Isn't he dashing in his outfit? We ran into Wyatt's friend "Dutch" the dog. Wyatt decided Dutch was on santa's good list. Wonder if mommy is too?

I am finally back to work and feeling better.  Had a brief bout with a stomach flu.  Yuck.  Thanks kiddos.  Still debating, can I swing the December Daily - hmmmm.  I really want to.  I have the supplies to do it.  Should I just got for it tonight, cut those 52 sheets of paper and see what happens?  Only time will tell (and the attitude of the kids when I get them home.  Wonder how long that will take me???

It's tomorrow!

Well, Thanksgiving Day is looming in front of me - why?  Cause, as usual, my expectaions are high and I am sure to be disappointed.  I have visions of homemade place cards (which I printed already - I just need to cut out, staple, fill with candy and insert lollipop sticks), a thanksgiving mini album (from Bella Blvd which I also have printed and need to put together) and non-whiney children.  I won't get them, but I always dream.  Well, as I brace myself for the holiday, I am trying to think of how my attitude will control everything.  To use a good line from The Happiness Project - Just like she sings in the mornings, I will sing in the holiday.  I am trying to keep my perfectionist, Type A personality calm and realistic.  Stay tuned - it just might happen, this year.

Scrapbook Giveaway - check it out!

You have to see this giveaway on Dear Lizzy - I would so love to win this.  This kits is in partnership with Ali Edwards for her December Daily project.  See more about that here.

Calendars and Such

I stopped in this morning at Dromgoole's in Rice Village for my yearly visit.  Why only yearly?  Well, I hope that I am not revealing too much about myself when I say that I love office supplies and it is best to limit my exposure to them for obvious checkbook related reasons.  I especially love good office supplies.  I also get huge happiness out of new notebooks and the fact that office supply stores are open ridiculously early.  So I went this morning to purchase my paper calendar refill - yes, paper.  I live in the frustrated university world - cuaght somewhere between Microsoft Outlook and the dreaded paper calendar.  I have both, but alas, no exchange server to render the paper calendar obsolete.  And don't forget the multiplication of this calendar drama - the family calendar on the fridge and the completely seperate calendar of my "old soul" of a husband that still uses paper.  Just remembering to purchase three paper calendars is enough to drive any sane girl to the office supply store with a strong longing for at least a pretty paper calendar.  Mine is lime green leather, small enough to fit in my huge purse (which isnt saying much) and only accepts pencil.  Now I sit at my desk transcribing back and forth from paper to electronic and back again only to do the same when I arrive home tonight with both the fridge calendar and the hubby's calendar.  It is a miracle I have not scheduled myself to be in Canada and California at the same time!  P.S. I did manage to sneek a small purchase in along with my calendar refill (it is only fair since the purchase alone was torturous enough) two small moleskine volant "legnedary" notebooks in two sahdes of pink.  Just the idea of the blank pages is thrilling. . . too bad they will probably only see phone numbers and grocery lists - but at least they are pretty.