No More Cookies!

My husband made cookies on Sunday and I can't seem to keep my fingers away from them.  Seriously!  It's bad.  I needed some motivation to eat healthy so I stuck this on my fridge from pinterest from a place called, ironically, Put the Cookies Down. 

It gives me more motivation to eat more healthy when I have many choices in front of me.  No more cookies for me.  Ummm, that might have to start tomorrow because I've already eaten some today.

Monday Must Reads

So, my new addiction is listening to books while I walk/exercise.  I used to "read" or listen to books on my way to work but now I don't spend as much time in the car as I used to so I rarely get a chance to read.  If I wait until bedtime I fall asleep and there will be no reading getting accomplished.  The first book of the new year is Open by Andre Agassi.  I really liked it.  It was truly an eye opener for me in some ways.  One thing I didn't like was the language.  Foul!  It is so harsh when you listen to it rather than read it.  Good book.  I highly recommend it.

Next up on my list is:

What are some good books you have read lately that I should download?

Blog Book

Sorry I've been kind of MIA lately.  I've either given in to my urge to sleep while my son is taking a nap or working on my blog book from Blurb.  I turn my family blog into a book every year so it is like a journal.  We love looking back at year's past.  Since I don't really print out pictures it is nice to have something to read and look at pictures in.  In fact, my son and I looked at pictures of when I was pregnant with him and when he was a baby.  He loved it!

So, excuse me if I'm absent a bit.  I have to get this done ASAP.

Thanks!

For Christmas, I bought myself Santa brought me some more makeup.  It was many different colors of eyeshadows.  I used to wear different colors to match what I was wearing but then went to just boring old brown.  Well, one day while shopping at Sephora I was talking to the makeup artist.  She told me to be more daring with my makeup and branch out and wear colors again.  So, I am! 

What are your thoughts about switching up your eyeshadow colors?

WIWW: You are my sunshine!

This outfit just makes me happy.  I love wearing new clothes but bright, cheerful colors are always a plus in my book.  I felt great the whole day in this outfit.  Too bad I didn't have too many places to be because I definitely had a skip in my step.

Linking up:
The Pleated Poppy
Momma Go Round

Organize, organize!

As I last stated in my resolution post, I wanted to get more organized.  Not sure if it is nesting (already) or if it is the annual January declutter mode I tend to get in.  Anywho, I've been busy and feel like a ton of bricks have been lifted off of my shoulders.  Well, let's not forget I have many more projects to go but I can give myself credit for the ones I've checked off my list so far. :)

Mail Station:  My inspiration was this picture from the Nest Effect.  My mail station was anything but neat and it just bugged me.  So, of course I pinned a lot of ideas and went with something similar to this.  I love it!  I even bought a weekly dry erase calendar so we can ALL see what is going on in the week.  Not sure if my hubby looks at it but it is there for him. :)

Junk drawer and art drawer:  Trust me.  It's a step up from what it was.

I also created this Home Management Binder.  I've been meaning to do this for ages but finally did it.  I got the idea from The Nest Effect (again) and I Heart Organizing.  A friend of mine also told me what she does.  I only have one kid so my life isn't too busy with different schedules but it will be soon enough.  I simplified it to fit our life and here it is.   

Next up: The Pantry and Kitchen Drawers.  I would say I know where everything is in my kitchen but needless to say some things were needing some change.  My main reason to redo pantry was to make a snack area where my child can grab snacks as he pleases.  I really don't want him eating snacks all the time (and he isn't asking as much as I thought he would), but it is nice to be able to say, "You're hungry?  Well, go get a snack!"  Genius, I tell ya!  I redid all the drawers with fancy compartments to keep everything in it's place/home.  I'm pretty sure no one will be pinning these pictures but I'm loving every second of my new set up.



What have you been organizing or decluttering?

New Year's Resolution

I'm a little late in the game about posting some of my resolutions but this week it became apparent that it is for sure my goal.  I have many goals but I will share two with you:

1-Be nice!

I need to train my brain to just think of others instead of myself all the time.  I'm not very good at just thinking, "Oh, I should do that for someone" or "I should take them dinner or take their kids."  Call me selfish but I need to be better at it.  This week at church we talked about Loving Thy Neighbor and it confirmed that I really needed to focus on this goal this year.

2- Get more organized.

I'm a pretty organized person anyway but I need to be more organized.  There are a few things on my list of things to organize that need to happen soon or I'll go crazy.  First up, the pantry.  I want to train my son to get his snacks by himself so in the next year if I can't leave my couch for various reasons, he is set.  My neighbor suggest I go to Pet Smart because they have things used for that. Ha!  It gave me a good laugh.  I guess I do sound a bit crazy but just you wait.  It will come in handy.

What are your goals?