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Monday, 31 October 2011

Amaze me August #61 - I'm Leaving :(

Posted on 19:08 by Unknown
Hello and HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all of you!!

I just got back from trick or treating with the kiddos, and their friends. We have TONS of candy as usual, and after the kids munched on several pieces, it's no wonder they aren't tired, lol. Do you go through your kids stash and get rid of all the really nasty candy? Or is that just me. My kids already know that by morning, half of their candy will be gone, and the rest hidden. So they always make the best of it, and try to eat as many NO NO candies before I can see as possible, lol. 

I hope everyone had fun decorating and crafting for Halloween this year. I didn't do one single thing, and am pretty bummed. I didn't even make it to the pumpkin patch to take pictures :(

My life has been pretty hectic, as you all have been hearing, but now things are getting even more so. After much thought, we have decided to MOVE. We have been thinking of getting a bigger house for a while now, and renting this one out since we can't sell it for nothing right now. My mom was going to move in with us, and that was the plan. Things have changed though, and we will be moving into her house for a while. Not exactly what I had in mind when I was house hunting, but this is the most practical solution for everyone right now. 

My momma has been trying to stay afloat for years now, but the economy is getting the best of her too, and it's just getting way too hard. She works, works, and works some more, and there is never an end in sight. So once we move in, she won't have to worry about bills anymore. I will be there with the bakery full time, and am excited to do even more with the cake business. By living there, I think we can do tons of great things, so that is awesome. 

We will be kind of crammed still, but I guess we will just have to figure it out for a while, until we can find the perfect house, and save enough to comfortably move in. 

This means that I will have 100 times more to do now, getting our house ready for renters, getting my moms house ready for us to move in, and packing, selling, donating, and actually MOVING, ahhhhh. I am aiming to finish within the next two weeks, but that might be wishful thinking, if nothing else I have to finish by the end of the month. Either way I ahve way too much to do, I can't even think about it all, it's scares me. Last time I moved, it was summer time, and I was only pregnant with my second. This time, it's full on school time, with THREE kids after me, I am like a mad woman trying to finish it all, AND do laundry, and cook, etc, etc, etc. 

I will have to see what I am able to do with the blog this month, so please forgive me ahead of time, for being EVEN more absent than I already am now. I do have great plans for my blog, and of course the cake blog too. I haven't forgotten about sharing our cakes with you all, but I just couldn't do it all. Once things settle down JUST a bit, I will work FULL TIME on getting things back and running, because I have missed you all so much, and I've had ideas come to me all the time, I've been writing them down, and I can't wait to put them in action. 

Things are going to be crazy for me this month, but I will try my very best to pop in and keep you updated. Thanks to all who continue to support me, and my blog. I love ya!!!

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Monday, 24 October 2011

Amaze me August #60 - My daily schedule

Posted on 18:55 by Unknown

Welcome to the 60th edition of
AMAZE ME AUGUST

Just wanted to explain just a little of what's been going on in my life lately. It seems like I have not really blogged in months, and I know I've hardly had any time to read any of your blogs either. It makes me feel bummed, and it's definitely not how I planned on things going once school stared. 

I had such high hopes of accomplishing all kinds of wonderful things, and I've just realized that I have years of things I've been trying to do that are taking longer than I had thought. Just going through all our paperwork took almost a whole week, and even now it's not completely organized, but I got rid of more than half of it, finally. 

I've been really trying to donate, sell, or dispose of a lot of things, in hopes of making my life easier, and less things to put away. Simplicity, I long for it so badly. It's hard for me to just do it all at once, so I've had to go over a room 3 or 4 times, before I finally have it down to where I'm ok with it. Things will stay the first 2 rounds, but then as time passes, I'm ok with downsizing even more. It's pretty refreshing, but very time consuming for sure. 

One thing I hadn't planned on was just how quickly 6 hours passes. Somehow I feel like the time just flies, after I get all the kids off to school, I rush home and start the race. Goes something like this :)

6 am - wake up (push snooze)
6:30 am - for real wake up and check out the new pins on pinterest while I go pee.
6:45 am - with a numb booty I finally get up, and wash up.
7 am - wake kids up, princess wakes up nicely, gets dressed no problem. Dino D acts like a baby, and refuses to get dressed on his own. Big B needs to be threatened with the spray bottle, and often squirted with ice cold water before he rolls out of bed, 30 minutes later.
7:30 am - breakfast (snacks)
8:00 am - drop two younger ones off at school
8:30 am - Big B catches the bus, unless he's behind on his work, and I make him finish which means now I need to drive him to school. 
9:30 am - finally get back home from dropping Big B at school, which seems to be happening more often nowadays. Clean kitchen.
10:00 am - start laundry, and with 5 people in the house, it's never ending. I always have about 2-3 loads every day!
10:30 am - Decide which room to organize, clear out, declutter, donate things, and decide how I want to remodel it. I am slowly but surely trying to get every room in order, and it's just taking forever. 
12:00 pm - seems like I did a bunch of nothing, but some laundry, and planning, sometimes I have boxed full of stuff to donate, sometimes I just jotted ideas down, but either way, I feel like I am getting nowhere, and now it's time to cook lunch, or eat something. 
1:00 pm - usually still cooking something, and getting food ready for dinner too. 
1:30 pm - eat, and clean up the kitchen again, finish up some laundry.
2:30 pm - Dino comes home from school, feed him, clean him, try to stop him from playing on my iphone, ask him to put his shoes away etc, usually with no results. 
3:00 pm - Princess comes home, changes, and charges at me with demands to play with her friends, always gets the same answer, finish your homework girly :)
3:30 pm - try to get them to snack on something, and I'm still working on finishing up some housework.
4:30 pm - Big B comes home, and again mad dash to get him a snack, and finish up some work, and then it's time to start our afterschool activities.
5:00 pm - We go to Kumon twice a week, Tae Kwon Do 4 days a week, Tavaci one night a week, try to go to the gym one night a week with the kids, and when possible squeeze the park in there too. Either way we are busy every night of the week, for several hours.
7:45 pm - we usually get back home around this time, and we quickly eat dinner, finish homework, shower, get ready for school. I wash dishes, clean kitchen AGAIN.
9:30 pm - trying to get everyone ready for bed, I am usually pooped by this time, and the kids basically pass out. I look over my to do list, and feel sad that I didn't get anything done, and make my list over for the next day, hoping for a better day!

I would love to share with you all some of my TO DO items, and maybe you will enjoy seeing things as they progress. At least that way, I can continue with this crazy huge list I am trying to work through, and still keep you up to date. Sound good? 

Until then you guys please link up all your awesome projects. Thanks for all your patience, and support, as I try to get past this crazy hectic schedule of mine. Hopefully I am able to start putting some more time aside for blogging, but as of now, I just can't seem to stop working on things that I've been trying to do for years. 

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Monday, 17 October 2011

Amaze me August #59 - WIWW Instagram edition

Posted on 19:23 by Unknown
Hello and Welcome to the 59th edition of 
AMAZE ME AUGUST
and
WIWW Instagram edition

Comfy outfit day!!
Skinny Jeans - Khols
Vintage Flower shirt - used to be my moms like 30 years ago, woo hoo.
Necklaces - Khols
Bracelets - Khols
Miss Shine Hairlclip - LUXE BOULEVARD
Clogs - Khols



Can I just tell you that I hardly ever find cute COMFY shoes to wear. These babies, well I just LOVE them. Totally comfy, totally cute, totally get tons of  compliments every time I wear them, I feel so happy I can't even tell you. HOORAY for CUTE comfy shoes finally!!


I saved a couple shirts from my moms 70's fashion days, and this is one of my favorite shirts. Full of color, it makes me happy every time I wear it.



Pink Barbie Hairlclip - LUXE BOULEVARD


Dress - Target
Green shirt - Old Navy ( used to be big brothers when he was small )




Ballet flats, she doesn't do ballet, but loves wearing them, AND she can totally stand on her toes like crazy, maybe we should put her in ballet :0

Bobby Pins - AGAPE LOVE DESIGNS
Pink Barbie Hairlclip - LUXE BOULEVARD







 So there you have it. Another fun WIWW post. I'll be linking up to these awesome parties, because they are awesome, and full of inspiration. You should check them out!!




So much awesome Halloween projects being done, I am so excited. 
Don't forget my SIX WEEKS TO SPOOK Halloween party is still up. 
LINK UP HERE

Also check out the Halloween party I threw last year, which was also my princesses birthday party.
HALLOWEEN PARTY
If you missed it, there are some good ideas for food, and decorations.

You are so awesome, each and every one of you, WOO HOO, keep up all the amazing work. I love it!!
Don't forget to grab a button if you are linking up to the party. I appreciate the support as always.


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Monday, 10 October 2011

Amaze me August #58 - BIG ASS BOOK of CRAFTS 2

Posted on 18:59 by Unknown
Hello and Welcome to the 58th edition of 
AMAZE ME AUGUST


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Just wanted to let you all know that a great friend of mine, and VERY talented author, is having his OFFICIAL book release tomorrow, for THE BIG ASS BOOK OF CRAFTS 2. 
The Big-Ass Book of Crafts 2

You know MARK MONTANO- his BLOG HERE.
My Website 
That guy --------> there in the sidebar, yup he is awesome. I know I've talked about him before, and I know many of you are following him now too, but in case you missed it, just letting you know, his NEW book is OFFICIALLY released now, so GO, RUN, and grab yourself a copy. He just told us all that even WALMART is selling his books, even for less than Amazon, so dang, pick a place, and check it out. 

Make sure to go congratulate him too, he's so dang nice, you will seriously be happy you did. Oh and in case you are in the market for some COOL ASS jewelry and other cool things, check out his ETSY shop, I kinda LOVE all his stuff there too. 
Shoot, I just love this guy, he's flippin awesome!

I can see many of you have linked up to the Halloween party, YAY. Totally excited to see more cool projects, we still have to start decorating. I NEVER can get my decorations up in time, golly. At least I have tons of ideas thanks to all of you, so thank you!!

6 weeks 2 Spook
Go ahead and click HERE to read the rules to enter the party.



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If you have a Halloween project to link up, you've come to the right place.
 I just ask that you PLEASE link it up to the HALLOWEEN LINKY. 





SIX WEEKS TO SPOOK ---> HALLOWEEN PROJECTS 
AMAZE ME AUGUST ---> THE REST OF YOUR PROJECTS





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Monday, 3 October 2011

Amaze me August #57 - 6 weeks 2 SPOOK party OPEN again

Posted on 19:35 by Unknown
Hello and Welcome to the 57th edition of 
AMAZE ME AUGUST
Tonight I wanted to reopen my HALLOWEEN LINKY from last year.
6 weeks 2 Spook
Go ahead and click HERE to read the rules to enter the party.
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There were so many awesome projects there, and I think it would be fun to look back at some older projects, as well as link up all your new ones too. Lets see how this goes, I may open it up every year, and before we know it, there will be hundreds and hundreds of cool Halloween projects for you to look through. If you have a Halloween project to link up, you've come to the right place.
 I just ask that you PLEASE link it up to the HALLOWEEN LINKY. 


For all the rest of your projects, as always I'd love to see them linked up to Amaze me August!
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SIX WEEKS TO SPOOK ---> HALLOWEEN PROJECTS 
AMAZE ME AUGUST ---> THE REST OF YOUR PROJECTS
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