I'm Up for the Challenge!!

OK...It's almost complete!!!
I got my Home Management Binder put together!!!

Yesterday I told you about the Weekly Challenges
at a Bowl Full of Lemons



Today I got all of my things together.
I had bought a binder earlier and printed off some different pages
to use to see what it going to work best for me.
I started adding things in and put my calendar in and started to write in dates
and then realized that the last time I started to do this was
January of 2010!!!

So, my calendar was a little off...
DUH!

So I made me some swifty little labels to put on my divider tabs...
and put them all in my binder!

Planned out what types of things that I am going to keep in here
and am going to try to stick with the old saying

"a place for everything and everything in its place!"

 

I added a little scrapbook paper to the front and

slapped a monogram on it...

everything is more fun with a monogram

Right?

It matches my MomAgenda...
that I absolutely LOVE!!

And I got straight to work!

Filled out the activities for the rest of the week,

and

got back to my filing project from last night!

I had a little helper today with my shredding...

needless to say a few things were shredded that I had

intended to keep!

But in the words of Jackson

"they are gone, gone ....rrrrrrrr"

and he would end with the sounds of the shredder...

Oh well...I can order more prescription cards, right?

So I am getting off on the right foot...

All of our Tax info is all together and old bills and statements

are filed or shredded...

It feels pretty good...

now just to keep it up!

If it's a Party, It's got to be more Fun!!!

OK so I keep telling myself that I am

going to get

MORE ORGANIZED!!!

and yet...it hasn't happened yet!

I think I am a little better, but not there yet.

I have found several new blogs about organizing

and have gotten several great ideas.

One blog is having a little link up party

of different weekly challenges.

Surely I can get it done if I have a week

for each new task...surely...hopefully...

we'll see.

So if you want to check out what everyone else is doing

you can hop over to a

A Bowl Full of Lemons

and check it all out...

I am off to gather my things for the first challenge...

A Home Management Binder

I really need this one!

I just HATE it when Scott asks me

"Where is so-and-so?"

which is usually some really important paper

that I have NO clue where it is!

So with Tax Time upon us I plan on using this to get it all together!

So, since we have yucky weather today,
I'm off to clean off my desk and get it all together!

I started off by sorting through all of the "stuff" on the desk...

bills, paid bills, receipts...

STUFF!

And I was feeling pretty good about my little task at hand...

until I started getting everything together for Scott to do our taxes.

I kept thinking,

"There has got to be more of this stuff to be filed...I'm not that good."

and then it hit me...

there was a box of things to file, sort and shred that I had

started to clean out before Christmas...

Now where is that box....

Oh yeah!! It's hiding under the table cloth covering the

file cabinet that I never put anything in!!!

Oh yes, here it is!

So I began going through the box, page by page...

Oh, there is my cute little orange notebook I was looking for the other day...

Yeah...it was on top of this little book...

I guess you can tell I am getting a lot of good use out of that one, huh.

So, after a while I had it all sorted out and ready to put it

into the binders they are intended to live in.

I shredded a bunch of stuff and found lots of things

that should have never been in the box to begin with...

like my car title...

umm yeah...not where it needed to be!

But, the good news is that it is all well on it's way

to being nice and organized.

I found plenty of binders and supplies to put together

my new little Home Management Binder...

which will hopefully keep this from every happening again.

Even better news is that I have everything together

for Scott when he is ready to do our Taxes...

aww yeah...no scrambling and searching this year.

WHOO HOO!!!!

I'm pretty proud of myself about that one!

So, tomorrow I'll be hole punching till my little hole puncher

can punch no more!!!

And then I will be putting my cute little notebook together!

Check back tomorrow and hopefully I'll have a sassy little notebook

to help me keep it all together!

I'll give you a hint...

it has stripes...

Sassy Stripes!!!!

Mix up -- Switch up

So while Austin's furniture is on order

we are on the hunt for new bedding...

he says he just wants another

solid, Navy Blue comforter.

I may do it, just to avoid having to take him

shopping....cause he loves it so much...

NOT!

But Jackson on the other hand is too young to have an

opinion on the "style" of his bedroom...

so I am starting to make a plan!

Austin's furniture will move into Jackson's room. 

The yellow paint will have to go...

which I don't think either of us will be sad to see...

we have never been that fond of the color, but

after the 82 coats it took

I didn't want to pick another one out!

I have asked Scott to do some

board and batten detailing on his walls.

I think Scott has agreed to go along...

I may need to bat my eyes a little more.

We are going to paint the majority of the room white,

and then above the board and batten

Navy Blue...

I would like to paint the ceiling a light gray/blue,

but I have not sprung that on Scott,

so if he looks at me cross eyed I think I'll have to

let that one go.

I would like to paint his furniture a deep red.

I am going to keep the Navy Blue comforter that

Austin already has and use these sheets.

I also found these prints on Etsy.

I think they will look really nice in there.

I may not order the navy mats and look for some

at Hobby Lobby that are

white with a dark blue double mat...

frame them in a simple pewter frame

and then hang them against the dark navy wall.

Here is the pillow that matches the sheets.

I looked at the quilt that matches and it is not

a pieced quilt.  If that makes sense.

Instead of being actual different pieces of fabric it is just

screen printed on the fabric.

So I wasn't a big fan.

I am going to try to find a coordinating plaid

 to match up with the pillow and sheets.

I saw this whole idea on

Thrifty Decor Chick

She does some really neat things with decorating on the cheap.

She finds amazing things at Goodwill and other thrift stores

and adds paint and such and makes them look great.

So that is where I totally stole the idea!

Her little boys' room turned out very cute, so I think

Jackson's new Airplane room

will turn out pretty neat too!

Maybe I'll send here a picture of his room when it's done.

They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

So hopefully she'd like it...

Well,

We are off to pick up Austin.

They said we were getting snow today,

so school was delayed until 10:30.

This day has gone by fast!

Oh yeah...and then we are on the way to

take Jackson to the Doctor...

He's sick....again!!

I am so ready for Spring...

What a Friday....

Are we ever going to get back to normal???

We have snow, AGAIN!!

OK...now usually I am as excited as the next about some

snow in the south...but this is getting a little out of hand!

Austin's school was delayed this morning until 9:30.

And when Austin jumped out at the door we realized

he had forgotten his gym clothes...

not the end of the world, but I ran home and brought them back.

This is how Jackson looked when he went in to see Mrs. Joan

in the office.

NICE, Huh?

He had decided that the bottom of the icing cup from

cinnamon bites this morning needed to be licked clean...

sigh....

And this is his...

"why on earth are you taking my picture...

wasn't taking me out in public bad enough?"

Anyway...

We are getting ready for some big changes around here!

We ordered Austin some new furniture this week.

After taking several furniture shopping trips last week, we finally

found a set that we all could agree on...

and believe me...it wasn't easy!

And I might have just picked out two or three sets

that I would have liked to put in my bedroom, too.

I decided not to push my luck!

So, this is his bedroom furniture!

It's the Martini Suite from Ashley.

However...if you are in the market for furniture and live in

North Alabama or Southern Tennessee

or even Western Georgia...

take a little trip to

"Dogtown"

there is a furniture store in Ft. Payne, AL called

Akins Furniture...

they were able to order our furniture for

$700 less than the actual Ashley Store!!!

And the price the Ashley store gave us...

it was "supposedly" a 40% off Sale Price

yeah...right!

I think he's excited! 

He's not going to know what to do in that big bed!

He's slept in a twin since he came out of his baby bed!

With Austin's new furniture arrival means that his old

furniture will move into Jackson's room!

Poor little thing is about to get too big for his baby bed.

He looks so cramped in there.

So with new furniture comes a little redecorating and rearranging!

Austin's room will stay the same with the exception of finding

him some new bedding.  Which may turn out to be as

fun as finding him the furniture.

(insert tones of sarcasm here)

And then to decide what to do with Jackson's room.

Austin's furniture needs to be repainted before we set it up

in Jackson's room. And the yellow Nursery walls will

need a new coat of paint.

So I think we are going to make a run to

Lowe's some time today and start

getting some paint samples!

We also need to find a chest of drawers

 for Jackson's new room!

Better get things cleaned up around here for the great

Room-Rearrange!!!

Oh...and they are giving snow again for Monday and Tuesday

G.R.E.A.T

Is it spring yet??

In case you didn't hear...

There's a big game on tonight!!!!

Showdown in Glendale

Which can only mean one thing....

And just in case you didn't hear....

AUBURN TIGERS

are the

2010

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

It's GREAT

TO BE
AN
AUBURN TIGER!!!!!!

WAR EAGLE....HEY!!!

Winter Storm of 2011

Last night when we went to bed this is what the top of the table
on the deck looked like...

And this morning we had just a teeny, tiny bit more!!!

WOW....we have snow everywhere!!!
It is AWESOME!!!
I say "is" because it has not gone anywhere today!!!

Jackson could not wait to get out and play in the snow.

Since we are not used to having this much snow...ever...

we are not prepared with all of the snow gear that one

needs to play in the snow.

Jackson didn't have any shoes that would not just soak through,

so we had to improvise...

grocery bags and duct tape

I'm not sure if the measuring tape was all the way to the ground...

but we had between 6-8 inches of snow....

white, beautiful, fluffy snow!!!

Our neighbors let the boys ride on their sled behind the

four wheeler...

Jackson had more fun riding on the actual 4-wheeler

rather than the sled.

Heading up the drive and ready to ride!

Coming back around....

The boys absolutely had a BLAST!

A snow day is not complete without a

snowman!!!

Ours is sporting his Orange and Blue...

There's a BIG GAME on tonight...in case you haven't heard.

Our Auburn Tigers are playing for the

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!

Warrrrr Eagle HEY!!!

We tried to run the go kart around, but

there was TOO MUCH SNOW!!!

That just seemed so weird to hear

in Alabama!!!

We had a great time playing in the snow.

Came in and made some chili to keep us warm

and then made some snow cream.

YUM!

We received word late this evening

that School is out again tomorrow

Whoo Hoo!!!

Another day to play!!!

It's SNOWING!!!

In North Alabama, this doesn't happen very often

SNOW

For the last three days they have said it was coming,
and in our neck of the woods we don't believe it until we see it...
We stopped and had dinner at Pepper's tonight after church,
headed to Publix for a few last minute items...
came out at 7:45 and it had just started to snow...
and at 9:45 this is what it looks like out my front door..
White, beautiful, peaceful....

I love SNOW!