Love/Hate Relationship

I have a love/hate relationship with the mail. Hate the junk and the bills that bring more paper and clutter into my house. But I love the joy that comes from finding an unexpected treasure sent by some sweet soul! Today that soul was my dad! He sent moonstruck chocolates to decorate my thanksgiving table and an extra little treat that if you read his note closely says, "4 Immediate consumption IF-OK".  The girls were ecstatic, Lovebug was dying as she had to wait for me to take these photos.  The immediately to be consumed were cookies n cream chocolates shaped like ice cream cones. The turkeys are vanilla and raspberry truffles. Mmmm, can't wait for turkey day!!!! Thanks Dad/Papa, we love you!!!!!!!!!

 

     

 

 

 

Better Prepared

So I promised to post a few of the ideas swirling around in my head, so as promised, here's the next installment. We were busy in the month of October trying to be better prepared. A family vacation took us to the California coast where we stocked up with 60 lbs of yummy, delicious fresh picked apples from Gopher Glen Apple Farm in See Canyon. Thankyou, Robertsons for sharing that little gem. And if you are wondering what a small family of four does with 60 lbs of apples, here's a look.

We dry them..

We slice and core them to cook down to applesauce and apple butter. And of course we eat them! And by we, I mean mostly Ryan and Lovebug, seriously, I think I got four apples, you gotta be quick around those two, they love apples!!!!

So many posts in my head....

We have been so busy during the last month or so, I have had many great ideas of things I'd like to blog about but haven't found the time or made the time I guess is more appropriate to post a single one. So I am vowing to be better and this is where I start. Thought I would share a great little find my mom sent to me. Thanks mom!! It's the Christmas organizer, from OrganizedChristmas.com 

I don't know about you but since motherhood began, Christmas became a more stressful time, the whole production of Christmas became fast overwhelming. Being a Christmas participant was much more fun when someone else was the planner. Again, Thanks Mom!  Well now I'm the planner and creating traditions and memories for my family is a lot of fun, but all the extra stuff that accompanies this season, left me a little stressed out at times.  I am not naturally very organized, it takes a lot of effort for me to pull it all together. So when I saw examples of Christmas Organizers, I had to make one. It's small enough to fit in my purse, and it keeps all my lists in one place. No more ideas scribbled on the nearest pad of paper, and later hunting down that particular pad of paper.  Now I go right to the planner jot down an idea and it's back in my purse ready to be pulled out at a moments notice for those spontaneous trips to target or where ever. It was simple to make the folder, I made 2 (one for mom) in about an hour and all the inserts were printed from Organized Christmas. Gotta love that! There were many printables to chose from, so I stuck in what fit my needs. I know it's still November, and December may be different, but for now, I feel more sane with my new little friend, and sanity at any time is priceless!!!!

I've been tagged...

So, it's funny how there are people who read your blog that you don't even know about until one day they make themselves known.  I think I fall into that category.... a blog stalker, I've referred to myself as such a few times. We lurk, catching interesting glimpses into others lives, it almost feels like snooping, only not really, because the person I'm reading about put it out there in cyberspace for anyone to read. So I was tagged by cute Terra Olsen, who I didn't even know lurked in my cyberspace. Ha! So welcome Terra, thanks for the tag I hope I get it right. Fourth File, Fourth Photo, I think was the challenge. Here it is. I didn't have a 4th photo in the 4th file so here is the closest one. It was taken at the pumpkin patch just about a week after Sugarplum was born. She was a teeny little thing. And now I tag Alyssa and Janey. 

Peek-a-boo I see you too!