Saturday, June 11, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
OOTD 6.9
OOTD 6.9 by gibbiesmom featuring ballerina shoes
This is what I wore to work today. My actual shirt is a little different, the green isn't as bright as the pic and there is no band at the bottom.
Sorry about the dates being out of order. It took me a little while to find a top close enough to mine.
Have a great Friday!
OOTD 6.10
OOTD 6.10 by gibbiesmom featuring j crew cardigan
So tomorrow, Friday, is the last (official) day of school. I say it that way because Gabe has been out since Monday afternoon after he finished all his exams. Tomorrow morning is Lindsey's Kindergarten awards ceremony, and this is the outfit I plan to wear. It is supposed to be in the mid-90's here, but it is always cold in the school, that's why I added in the cardi. I am trying to add in more skirts and dresses into my clothes rotation, I have found that they tend to be just as cool and airy as shorts, and I am more comfortable than I am in shorts. Now if I can just keep from crying. . .
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
OOTD 6.7
I think I am becoming addicted to Polyvore. Have you been there yet? So much fun, and it has helped me to put together more outfits. It has also given me an ever-growing shopping/want list ;).
And have you been to Pinterest yet too? Ah-mazing! You would think I have a lot of time to waste playing around on the internet. . .
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Let's Review
So, since my last visit in
September
Work, work, work
Brody turned 3
Work, work, work some more
Gabe started High School Soccer, on the Varsity Team
October
Work, work, work
Soccer at least 4 nights a week
Work, work, work some more
Celebrated yet another anniversary with my Hubby <3
November
Work, work, work
Start planning for Christmas, finish up soccer, take on more hours at the store
Work,, work, work some more
Thanksgiving at my house, less than a week to plan, shop, clean, and cook - fun times!
December
Work, work, work some more
Plan, shop, hide, wrap, clean, bake, package, cook, label, decorate and all the other good things that come about at Christmas
Work, work, work some more
*Try* to make it through Christmas day without passing out from exhaustion
January
Work a little less ;)
Spend most of the month trying to recover from the holidays
Spend the month trying to keep all the bills paid after the holiday spending
February
Work, work, work more than the last month
Freeze my butt off in the arctic weather
Work, work, work some more
Valentines Day, and 2 hours out with my Hubby for dinner
March
Work, work, work some more
Gabe started managing the High School girls soccer team and being a line ref for recreation soccer teams (yay! his first paid job)
Work, work, work some more
Lindsey joined Girl Scouts just in time to complete their cookie sales, and Brody started a soccer tots class - you know, just because I didn't have anything else going on. :)
So now you are all caught up on what's been going on with my life. I've been wanting to get back to this, but this is the first time in over a month that I've had more than 1 day off a week. I'm exhausted, but at the same time I love my job. I've been promoted to full time, so I guess thay like me too (haha). I'm also going to try to get back to my WIWW posts. When I work I have to wear a uniform - black pants, socks, shoes and either a black polo with the university logo or a long sleeve button down with black tie. I'm getting really tired of all black. It's time for Mom to do something for Mom! Now if I could just find someplace to escape to for a weekend where I could just sleep and relax, life would be almost perfect, well, at least for me.
See you soon!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
I've been a little busy
Hi again! I know, not the best way to start a blog, but I promise I have good reasons ;) Life has been pretty crazy here lately, but mostly for good reasons. The day of my last post I was offered a new part time job. While I love my retail job I just wasn't able to get enough hours to help us get by. I had decided about a month ago to see if I could find something that I could work along with my current job. I really lucked up when I found out about this one. I am working in the catering department of my local university. The pay is great and I'm getting enough hours that we will be able to breathe at the end of each month after paying all the bills. I am still working the retail job, so that has made things a little crazy. The first week and weekend I worked was freshman move-in. It was also floor set at the other job. From Friday morning until Sunday afernoon I worked a total of 31 hours and got about 5 hours of sleep. Fun times let me tell you! Luckily that craziness is over and things are starting to settle down a bit and I'm getting used to the new routine. That means I should be able to give more time to my little blog.
Now let's back up just a bit and let me tell you about all the fun stuff going on at home during all the work madness.
Lindsey's birthday was August 20. My princess turned 5, and was treated as royalty all day. She had requested a chocolate cake just like Gabe's except she wanted it to have pink frosting, sprinkles and Tinkerbell. The night before her birthday I baked her cake. I, of course, didn't start baking until about 10:30 at night (most projects around here are like that!) and by the time the cake came out of the oven it was almost midnight. As I was taking it out I noticed it hadn't risen very well. Then I noticed it seemed kind of heavy and the texture wasn't very cakey. When I got them onto the cooling rack I realized something had gone really, really wrong.
Um, cakes aren't supposed to look like that, right?
That, my friends, is what happens when you forget to put the 1/2 tsp. of baking soda into your cake mix. Who would have ever thought that 1/2 tsp. of baking soda could make such a difference. Before this I sure wouldn't have! By the time I had figured out what went wrong it was after midnight, I knew if I started another cake that I would be up half the night baking and cooling and icing and decorating and just the thought of doing all that in the middle of the night almost made me cry. Thank goodness that Harris Teeter is open 24 hours and has a pretty good bakery. I ran there, praying the whole way, hoping they had a chocolate cake with chocolate icing that would be plain enough for me to decorate. I was extremely lucky and found exactly what I needed.
An hour later I had this beauty, with all the requirements:
Chocolate with chocolate icing - check
Pink icing - check
Sprinkles - check
Tinkerbell - check
Not bad for a middle of the night scramble, right?
The best part was that she loved it and never knew I hadn't done it all myself. You won't tell her will you?
Five days after that was the first day of school. It was a big year around here. Lindsey started Kindergarten and Gabe started High School. I can't believe that I have a child in high school! How did that happen? Didn't he just start school like 2 years ago?
So far it's going really well for both of them. Gabe made the Varsity (!) Soccer team (more time now being used for practices and games 2-3 times a week) and likes his classes. He is having to get used to having more homework, but so far I haven't had to nag too much. Lindsey is loving school. She was very dissappointed this past weekend that it was a long weekend and a short school week. She wakes up every morning ready to eat breakfast and go to school. I am so happy that she is like that. I just pray it stays that way.
She was so excited that this was the best picture I could get of both of them. I couldn't keep her still!
Don't you just love the pink shoes? She ended up with two pairs of pink school shoes. I guess it's a good thing she loves all things pink.
So I'm going to try to post more now that things are starting to settle down a bit and I'm getting into a routine.
Hope you have a great week!
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