tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78947287568092251352024-03-13T21:03:47.868-05:00little wife power house...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-80163972323394749832011-06-26T23:19:00.000-05:002011-06-26T23:19:55.075-05:00I've moved!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Okay, everyone. I've had some issues with blogger's text/picture formatting...commenting...etc...so I've decided to make the leap that everyone seems to be making now-a-days to <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>! Visit my new site <a href="http://littlewifepowerhouse.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">HERE</span></a>. Same blog, same posts, same little wife power house, new URL. Head on over and show me some love :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-2597320713519403362011-06-25T10:54:00.002-05:002011-06-25T11:00:01.501-05:00grape-sicles<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I don't know about you but nothing says summer like a popsicle to me. Kids seem to want them <i>all the time. </i>I came across this fabulous [and healthy!] alternative to the popsicle. Kids could snack on these during the day after playing outside and you'll feel good about giving it to them! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>ENTER THE GRAPE-SICLE!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All you need is grapes, bamboo skewers, and a freezer. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My only tip is to chop the sharp end of the skewer off if giving them to little ones. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Find my inspiration and the oh so very difficult [enter sarcasm] step-by-step process <a href="http://www.accidentalhostess.com/2010/06/stick-it.html">here</a>. Seriously though, I've had two since yesterday. What a genius idea because really--who doesn't love frozen grapes!?</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-15830957726511045552011-06-23T19:03:00.002-05:002011-06-24T09:09:15.611-05:00my take on in-n-out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WdNWjOeSYkSu9n28WJ7k8iC1ccpYMYd6OG6tyTgtZl2xXHuBTehMAssIfT8MKY0Cx0YHL_PfGj7BjLFuACvzcqmMuUjjsBDE2psU6WP0dGe6lFTKCNFktYRbX2CbsNzcVOdRJFchYnv3/s1600/Frisco-InNOut05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WdNWjOeSYkSu9n28WJ7k8iC1ccpYMYd6OG6tyTgtZl2xXHuBTehMAssIfT8MKY0Cx0YHL_PfGj7BjLFuACvzcqmMuUjjsBDE2psU6WP0dGe6lFTKCNFktYRbX2CbsNzcVOdRJFchYnv3/s640/Frisco-InNOut05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">[<a href="http://www.frisco-tx-homes.com/default.asp.pg-LocalNewsFriscoTXInNOutBurger">source</a>]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">okay, so I had been waiting quite some time to go to in-n-out. I had heard GREAT things about them but there was no way a burger could be good enough for me to wait 2 hours. Yes, some people waited 2 hours! In the rain! We tried to go about a month after but the drive thru line was still 45 minutes. You know I did about a 6-point turn out of that drive thru line. [did anyone else read the last line in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_(Psych)">Gus</a>' voice from <a href="http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/">Psych</a>? am I the only one?!]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">finally, a month and a half passed [or so] and we decided to brave it on a Tuesday night around 9:00PM. Perfect time to go apparently. No line, got a table fast. I've been twice now and here is my take on the joint. I learned a few things and the 2nd trip was much better. some may not apply once business calms down a bit :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>always go in. even if you get it to go. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>if tables are full, just get it to go. the customers are ruthless! [stealing table after table from a party with 3 kids]</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>get the neopolitan milkshake. i guess it's one of their "secret menu items" and it's delicious!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>get everything animal style. burgers. fries. whatever you can put it on. but especially the fries. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>a burger for $2.50 that can compete with a $6 burger easily.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thanks for the wonderful date night, hubster!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and thanks to Jimbo for watching H!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-59672835875897015252011-06-22T18:17:00.001-05:002011-06-22T18:19:46.256-05:00wish list wednesday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so I think I'm going to start something new. I blogged about <a href="http://pinterest.com/lwph">pinterest</a> <a href="http://lwph.blogspot.com/2011/06/oh-pinterest.html">last week</a>. I LOVE it! I find so many great ideas and as I'm sure you can guess, my wish list has grown. So every week I'll be back here showing my great finds for the week on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Wist List Wednesday</span>! I find so many great things and love storing them in the back of my head for days when we have a little extra cash. Some are do-able, some are not...but hey, a girl can look!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-67509969164036735382011-06-22T16:19:00.000-05:002011-06-22T16:19:43.660-05:00it finally happened<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">did you know that carrying</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">baby + tray of cinnamon rolls + diaper bag + bottle + iPad + trying to lock the door</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">equals this?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">shoulda seen it coming. it was safe in my diaper bag though. that's usually a safe bet, no? it slipped out the side pocked and landed smack on its face. it was just a matter of time. hopefully I can find someone to repair it for as little money as possible.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-45952860657664286632011-06-21T08:37:00.002-05:002011-06-21T08:41:34.505-05:00a new haircut<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I gave Holden what I think is his third "trim" last night. He has kind of crazy hair. It grows longer in some areas and turns into somewhat of a mullet in the back. Don't get me wrong, I love baby mullets. Just felt like time for a trim :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Put him in the bath, got his hair wet, and went to work. Doing the front and sides was actually much easier--I think because he could tell what I was doing. The back? aye. It was tricky to get it straight. Needless to say I had to go back and do "touch ups." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I wanted to show everyone--holden had other ideas. here we are trying to get a picture...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Allan has been wanting a macbook air for quite some time. For those of you that know allan or who have been to our house, you're probably thinking, "ANOTHER COMPUTER?!" Yeah, me too. He told me when we got married that he would probably get a new computer every two years. I just thought he was kidding...nope! His presents this year were $$$ towards a macbook air...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...and a Doofenshmirtz "action figure" for his desk at work [any phineas & ferb fans?] Okay, you might think the second one is weird but my hubby is obsessed with Phineas and Ferb! <i>Obsessed</i>!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">You are the best father to Holden. You love him so much and he loves you to the moon & back! I love watching you as a dad. Makes you even hotter ;) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...and Happy Father's Day to all of the fathers celebrating their big day today. You guys deserve it! Especially to my dad, dad-in-law, Robert, Babe, and Steve [almost dad!] who I love so much and am so grateful to have in my life. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Temperament</b>: You are ALWAYS on the go. We have joined the elite group of "hall people" at church. If we are somewhere where you have to sit with us, you will go back and forth between your dad & I just so you can MOVE. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Things I Could Do Without</b>: If I would have written this a week ago on your actual "monthday" I would have said absolutely nothing! This week you have been ultra whiney either because you got messed up when we stayed at GiGi's for a few days [AC out] or because you are getting another tooth in [FYI as of yesterday, his top tooth popped through a bit. I knew there had to be something!] Besides that, you are perfect! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Things I'm Loving Most Right Now</b>: everything! you are happy, independent, playful, funny, smiley, sleep well [for the most part], etc etc. I love tickling you in the morning and hearing your baby laugh. It's the best sound. I love hearing your hands clap against the floor when you're crawling to me, it's the best when you reach super speed *clapclapclapclap!* I love that when you hear music you stop whatever you are doing and dance. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Things You're Loving Most Right Now</b>: Practicing walking with your chair, cords hanging from the computer desk, CDs, standing up on everything, still anything with water, playing with your tongue, and of course--anything you should not be playing with. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Gladiators:</b> Dressier than your average $1 flip-flops and they support your feet a little better. Just take them off before too much sun so you don't get those weird tan lines :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">**Great tips, Katri! I think I'll be heading to Target for some knee length shorts and boyfriend T's! Comfy is a must for this momma! :) -LWPH</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-59983005921417223262011-06-16T23:48:00.002-05:002011-06-17T07:59:43.616-05:00oh pinterest<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Why, oh why did I join pinterest?! Not only do I waste sooo much time browsing through all of the wonderful pictures but I find things I want - but cannot have! Pure torture. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Cheap toys seem to be the ones that Holden is drawn to most. Or toys that aren't even toys. I took time putting together a box filled with things to play with and what did he actually play with?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Hope everyone is having a great Friday and easing into the weekend. We have plans to see Kung Fu Panda 2 and will be looking forward to our date night on Tuesday :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-9212867372629233812011-06-09T22:44:00.001-05:002011-06-09T22:45:30.171-05:00first snow cone of the season<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've grew up in Frisco and for as long as I can remember, the Snow Cone Lady has been on my must-do list every summer....and then some. I haven't been as much the last few summers though so we after our walk in 90 degree weather, we thought it was the perfect treat. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We purchased the container at Ikea for like $3 and you can move the dividers around to fit your needs but if you aren't lucky enough to have an Ikea near you, I bet you could find something similar at any craft store. If you want the same container from Ikea, you better hurry! They are discontinuing it soon. Then I used my handy label maker so I can find which kind I need easily. I'm thinking of using the large space for used batteries because *someone...ahem, the hubby* keeps forgetting to take them to be recycled on campus. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Just thought I would share this great organizational tool! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-20039785917804496252011-06-07T14:41:00.001-05:002011-06-07T14:41:55.708-05:00too much meat<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Does anyone else have a problem with buying meat, sticking it in the freezer, and forgetting about it? Today I went to the grocery store, came back with some great finds [buy one get one free on pork chops and then some marked down chicken/steaks]. I come back to put it in the freezer and realize I really need to go through and catalog what I have in there and <i>START USING IT</i>! What's the point of freezing it if it never gets used? </span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1/2 lb ground turkey</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">almost 3 lbs of chicken breasts</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1 whole chicken</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1 flank steak</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1 lb stew meat</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2 sirloin rib eyes</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">3 lbs ground beef</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">6 mini sliders</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and of course TONS of pork chops!</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If you have any good recipes that use any of those meats, please send them my way! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-8806349608140431952011-06-04T15:45:00.003-05:002011-06-04T21:21:22.828-05:00Holden's Nursery<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've been meaning to take pictures and post about Holden's nursery for a long time and I figured it's now or never since I will be transitioning out a lot of his "baby" furniture and replacing it with "big boy" furniture. Lori was watching <a href="http://www.hgtv.ca/sarahshouse/">Sarah's House</a> on HGTV one day and stumbled across what would be our inspiration for his nursery. She taped the episode and had me watch it later. I fell in love with the design and we went to work. We had these plans in the works long before we even purchased the house we now live in.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To get an idea of what it looked like before we went to work on it...here ya go. I'm so glad we were reminded to take pictures of our house before we made all of our changes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First came the furniture. We found the glider at goodwill for $26! They are usually well over $100. A couple of coats of paint later, Lori working hard on making new covers for the cushions [which were soooo gross], and voila! Please ignore the pillow that is being used as the back cushion. We had some issues with it that still need to be worked out. A pillow works just as well :) If you'd like to know details on where I got anything else just lemme know and I'll send you a link. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The paint colors are both from Sherwin Williams - Accessible Beige for the lower part and Tradewind for the upper part. Allan, my family and Allan's family were amazing when I was 7 1/2 months pregnant and had just moved in...they did ALL of the painting! I think Lori, Robert, and my mom were in charge of this room and they did a fabulous job! The cube shelving on the floor and the 3 pictures were purchased for his big boy room and will be moved to another area, I just didn't feel like moving them out of the room :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thank you so much to everyone who worked so hard to put the room together, especially my sister, <a href="http://mymontessorimoments.wordpress.com/">Lori</a>, and her husband, Robert!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-9776829432638127032011-06-02T15:48:00.001-05:002011-06-02T15:53:27.692-05:00working from home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B3Uobq7PANkUNTqJzarJJPYNHMne0W5pRxU1A4SWZqdY8CGXtFeXzO3YK5F7KabRQQEwsDLm2-KNrdit1x0qZUs8mN8QOzMmz0wqr1JkUxsH4HYrDnNtuZOYzVtJVg-cgloMXMSnsfjy/s1600/Busy-Mom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B3Uobq7PANkUNTqJzarJJPYNHMne0W5pRxU1A4SWZqdY8CGXtFeXzO3YK5F7KabRQQEwsDLm2-KNrdit1x0qZUs8mN8QOzMmz0wqr1JkUxsH4HYrDnNtuZOYzVtJVg-cgloMXMSnsfjy/s640/Busy-Mom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Working from home has been such a blessing. I still feel so lucky to have been offered this opportunity. To be able to earn money for my family and at the same time be a full-time mom to my sweet boy. I've been feeling so grateful lately for my job and it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> made me start to wonder why more companies don't offer this to mothers who also want to care for their children? Is it because they can't trust them to actually work? Is it because there would just be too many people wanting to do it? E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xtra costs? Necessary face to face interactions that you can't get from home? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was away from Holden for only a few hours on Memorial Day. Allan took him to his parents because I was sick and needed some time to rest. By the time Holden came home, I was missing him so much. He was only gone for about 5 hours! Women who have to leave their children every day for 8+ hours, my heart breaks for them. This is not to say that I couldn't do it if I had to, I could, of course. I would just be among the women whose heart breaks every time they have to leave their child. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yes, working from home is difficult and busy. Yes, there are distractions. Yes, there are interruptions. Yes, there are days when I wonder if I'm spreading myself too thin. <i>But the positives far outway the negatives. </i>If you work from home, too, and want some tips on how to best manage your day, go <a href="http://www.homebusinesseye.com/working-at-home-moms-tips/">here</a>. I already do almost everything on the list woohoo! The thing I want to work on most is being able to say I can't do something because I have to work. It might help to carve out exact times of the day that I set aside to work...but I think that's nearly impossible with a 10 month old. Hmmm, I'll have to think on that. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Being a stay at home mom is definitely not for everyone and there is nothing wrong with that. There are days that are better than others and sometimes it's much more stressful than working at the office but I'm just happy to be able to stay home with H every day!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-91182841925974300092011-05-31T15:39:00.000-05:002011-05-31T15:39:56.046-05:00what a cute distraction<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Seriously...how am I supposed to get any work done with this face looking up at me pleading me to play with him?! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I will never regret getting up from the computer to play with holden. Whether it be peek a boo or waiting at the other end of the tunnel holden is crawling through. Work will always be there at the end of the day after he goes to sleep. Babies are only small for such a short period of time and I'm not going to miss any of it! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In other news, I can now be out in the sunlight and not be blinded! After developing an allergy to contacts about two years ago, not being able to wear sunglasses has been a <i>pain</i>. I finally bit the bullet and got my Ray Ban frames filled with prescription lenses. I'm lovin' it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894728756809225135.post-2230908242495745372011-05-31T07:03:00.000-05:002011-05-31T07:03:42.109-05:00Happy Birthday to GiGi!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My mom's birthday was last week and we got together as a family to celebrate the birth of the most wonderful woman ever. I saw this idea from a friend on facebook and had to copy it. I had to give Holden <i>two</i> baths afterwards but it was definitely worth it. If I were to do it again, I would put the paint directly on the canvas and have him smear it around. I did it on plates and he was more interested in the plates than the canvas so it was difficult to get him to paint on them. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Happy late birthday to one of my favorite people ever! We love you so much!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I found two $25 gift cards to Maggiano's Italian Restaurant from the first Christmas Allan & I were married. Can you believe it still worked? We only had to use one to feed 4 adults and 2 children! I love their big portions :) Then we shopped around Crate & Barrel where I found that ceramic berry container that I'm in love with! The best part is it was only $5.95! Totally affordable. It goes perfectly with my ceramic egg holder Lori got us when we got married. I picked up a few things for Holden's birthday party [can you believe it?!] and we fell in love with a couch that we definitely cannot afford [and don't need!] We also went by Anthropologie where we picked up a <a href="http://lwph.blogspot.com/2010/10/thinking-of-traditions.html">Christmas Mug</a> for <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?navAction=jump&id=78404&parentid=SEARCH_RESULTS&color=whi">Holden</a> so he can join in on the hot chocolate fun this Christmas...although his will probably be chocolate milk. I'm excited for Memorial Day tomorrow and grateful for those who bravely serve our country and the families that sacrifice so much so their soldiers can protect us. Please take a second tomorrow to say a prayer for those serving and their families. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm kind of behind on my blogging. Posts to come...a project gone bad, sprucing up the pantry, a birthday present/party for Gigi, and why May has been much more enjoyable than April. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well, I started off good. Cookie dough + couch + Gilmore Girls = heaven. Here I am making the delicious cookie dough in my Anthropologie apron that I love oh so much.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">see? what is wrong with me?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was going to post before and after pictures but the before wasn't that terrible and I figured I'd just list my "must have" items to keep your closet organized!</span><br />
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<ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Real Simple's <a href="http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=17038435">Purse Organizer</a></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ikea's <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70108912">Scarf Organizer</a> [not the prettiest thing but is genius in my opinion]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Some kind of shoe organization system. I have tried out quite a few and was never happy until I found <a href="http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10008147&N=&Ntt=shoe+organizer">this</a> one! I had to buy two because I have too many shoes :)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I also purchased a few of these <a href="http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10024249&N=&Ntt=front+drop+">front drop organization cubes</a> from The Container Store for only $9 each. I used them for my higher heels.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Any plastic/cloth storage bins for the miscellaneous things that seem to hang around in my closet. I have 5 [two for bathrobes, one for "delicates," one for swim gear, and one for clutches]. I found mine at <a href="http://www.biglots.com/">Big Lots</a> for $1 each. </span></li>
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I have to post this picture so you can get a look at the back of her dress...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBRRbu-X3Bw8tSSCxjr3WU-iPe8xSrnWupLqMsqRIzs73RPGFwrHbpMC3Ht3KJ6eh5zcz4s6rzXxbmCsc0LheagL-aReydGnw3LVAx5bUxfW3aqB_Wgy83hfbjOFe4GKXXqK9lkZ78CIX/s1600/DSCN3909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBRRbu-X3Bw8tSSCxjr3WU-iPe8xSrnWupLqMsqRIzs73RPGFwrHbpMC3Ht3KJ6eh5zcz4s6rzXxbmCsc0LheagL-aReydGnw3LVAx5bUxfW3aqB_Wgy83hfbjOFe4GKXXqK9lkZ78CIX/s640/DSCN3909.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Next we BBQ'd. oooommmmygooosh it was <i>incredible</i>! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDWO2mZeRuDYYeObmHXeU3eaJA_4FRV0Ykna1-Yp508GHZk7mS6l9ja1hFm_TktILqH7W89HtHghvLSlKu2B53fCdXUWoMjZF8BmZNQwidloGJcAPC2svXqI2Q9s8tmwZ1FTPVwyNzOQF/s400/DSCN3893.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Aaron resisted the urge to shove cake in Blair's face...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgD63rktq2wmERKabhwS_zSrm0DJX6YEYHfj7njZSRMORhsKBZprQOCUvsMqXgi6R0iYv5dyeOp598l6r_Bd6l9IHgyFcjEKJjG2gkpBCPmXy4fAE2RNstmvA7tJReShNnN5Lno8wrzQ5/s1600/DSCN3904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgD63rktq2wmERKabhwS_zSrm0DJX6YEYHfj7njZSRMORhsKBZprQOCUvsMqXgi6R0iYv5dyeOp598l6r_Bd6l9IHgyFcjEKJjG2gkpBCPmXy4fAE2RNstmvA7tJReShNnN5Lno8wrzQ5/s640/DSCN3904.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> We danced...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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No surprise, the groomsman who was like 6'4" caught it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBnD-vpR44OyHGPZHHMpkiIQDaILuJQlgkEU0WONbGwjav-QdB2t1J7pzBssnklt2-ch_RXR-__oRq0zfdtV_U_IMtcPOiCX0ek08qcqQ-1Zvfmy3AVG7X1w-YrqoDsFRRubeLEue5LMT/s1600/DSCN3917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBnD-vpR44OyHGPZHHMpkiIQDaILuJQlgkEU0WONbGwjav-QdB2t1J7pzBssnklt2-ch_RXR-__oRq0zfdtV_U_IMtcPOiCX0ek08qcqQ-1Zvfmy3AVG7X1w-YrqoDsFRRubeLEue5LMT/s400/DSCN3917.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Around 10:00 holden couldn't make it any longer...so we had to leave just a little early. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsO40KsP6-WLmPCQBqs2i7L1otNJFnBfvWF8VG_RoLPnA5j5ChPTknqzGxaqHRe_ru9I8hoaJoh7gwxgZNxJXoBgpGmGSKbKdUKiIx7vi2NqgCATu_CW_JMAY-U6NTffgdxEAscnxsb6H/s1600/DSCN3901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsO40KsP6-WLmPCQBqs2i7L1otNJFnBfvWF8VG_RoLPnA5j5ChPTknqzGxaqHRe_ru9I8hoaJoh7gwxgZNxJXoBgpGmGSKbKdUKiIx7vi2NqgCATu_CW_JMAY-U6NTffgdxEAscnxsb6H/s400/DSCN3901.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Now Aaron is sweeping her away to California. I am going to miss her so much but now I have an excuse to visit California! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. AND MRS. BLAND!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Little Wife Power House</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3