crushin'

on being a superhero everyday and wearing tutu's with jeans!

and these bold bedrooms!

mom brain

eh. i don't have anything profound to blog at the moment.

i've gotta bad case of mom brain.
we were out of our house for a few days cause our
heat quit working. that was fun!
luckily my sis and her hubby took us in.
now we're back and stuff is just ick.
i have to clean. i'm just procrastinating and enjoying
just being home. with heat.
tomorrow i will clean, i have told myself.
sometimes i have to psych myself up for that. a little pep talk.
some motivation. right now my motivation is that we're running
out of clean clothes and dishes and you can't really
see the living room floor.
eh.
the kids are more important.
a friend and i talked about that today.
if you're cleaning it takes ALL of your time it seems like
which is time away from your kids so it's ok to let the house
go some! i usually allow myself 3 days (sat. sun. mon.)
where i just let it go. then the rest of the week i make an
effort to tidy up something ea. day. or just all on one day
to get it over with. which is what i'll be doing tomorrow.

i heard a little girl in the video store tonight asking
her mom to watch the movie with her and her
mom started rattling all the things she had to get
done and how she wouldn't be able to and it
made me sad. and made me realize how true
my conversation with my friend was.

some things that have made my life SO much easier as a mom are:
organizing - i bought little plastic basket tub things from
the dollar store and now keep everything from
bottles to deodorant in them
getting rid of toys - i try and bag up un-used toys and
put them in the basement for when they get sick
of the others or we move to a bigger house
cause it gets TOO cluttered with toys and my kids
don't play as much
crock pot meals - i find great recipes here and
make them my own
google reader - for all 103+ blogs i read

today i was watching the snow in the bright daylight
and i saw it sparkling and it made me happy.

bride wars!

last night my sis and i and our bff saw this. 

it was hilarious!

we loved it and already wrote the sequel for them.

Birth Wars! 

where they fight over the best doctor, hospital, and birthing suite 

oh and the same baby name! 

we spent a lovely evening together. just the three of us. 

we haven't done that in a LONG time. 

we're gonna try and make it a habit. 

holy matrimony!

so, i'm signing up for this challenge.
not that we need much help...
ha ha ha
(that was just for you mom!)
it's always good to re-focus

life.

when you're feeling down
the best medicine is...

long stringy carrots,

fries,

and a tomoato melt of course!

not to mention the company of an amazing husband and kids!

(now i have to go round everything up to go somewhere warm. our heat is broken!)

dinner is served...

tonight i made this. well, really all day cause it
was made in my crock pot. it was excellent
and a big hit with our 3 yr old that can
be picky at dinner time.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings


4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons butter
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
1 onion, finely diced
2 (10 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces

put your chicken, butter, soup, and onion
in the crock pot for about 5 hours.
30 mins. before you serve, add the dough on top

it's THAT easy!!!

*it got an 8 out of 10 from my husband

i found the recipe here and the photo here

hello monday

i'm sad to see the end of these past two weeks...

rock banding...

a sporadic trip to the park...

bowling...

starbucks trips...

i cut my hubby's hair to look like this...


i got my hair cut like this...


had my first wedding of the year...


and a random craving for spotted cow in pj's...


and a date night with dinner, ice skating, and sitting under the stars...
all of which i forced my husband to do with me.
his idea of romance was staying warm and chatting in starbucks...
which we did do for a time... but i got him!

oh and our car pooped out the day after christmas
and cost another couple hundred buckaroos!
but was caught before more damage happened. thank you Lord!

tomorrow starts the hum-drum of normality...
we've enjoyed these two weeks with my hubby home
and will miss him GREATLY!
we love you baby!!!