Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Monday, February 24, 2014


What I wore:
JCrew green ribbon cords

JCrew green merino sweater

Tory Burch navy jelly ballet with bows

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014


My new favorite salad Pappa's Burgers BLT Salad with grilled shrimp




Dinner for kids: Bisquick Chicken Pot Pie






Best weight 117.4

breakfast - coffee
lunch - mozzarella sticks
snack - mocha, white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookie
dinner - blt salad with grilled shrimp
evening - glass of wine

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Teacher's birthday gift - pretty hot pink plant, gift bag full of chocolate, card, goodie bags for her students filled with chocolate.  This teacher loves chocolate.


Made chocolate chip banana bread


Paint colors cornforth white & slipper satin

To dos:
God -
1. finish Submissive Wife
2. finish Grown Up Girlfriends

Husband -
1. finish decisions
2. pay bills

Son 15 -
1. SAT Prep book
2. read Things Good Mother's Know
3. sign up to help at school
4. new phone
5. confirmation interview

Daughter 14 -
1. Coach's gift basketball
2. outfit for dance
3. dentist appt
4. sign up to help at school
5. wildlife, drop off & pick up
6. bake something for NCL Children's Neuroblastoma

Son 12
1. lacrosse gear
2. percussion lesson

Daughter 10 -
1. order school yearbook and personalized page
2. dance outfit
3. look up cheer competition packing list
4. back handspring private

House -
1. make chocolate chip banana bread, hard boil eggs
2. schedule vents cleaned and sofa and chair cleaned
3. check community classifieds for steals and deals M T W T F S S

Me -
1. finish Sparkle ebook
2. reorganize pinterest boards
3. drink 5 cups of water M T W T F S S ( 3 on Monday)
4. newspaper M T W T F S S

breakfast - coffee
lunch - pure protein drink
snack - mocha, chocolate chip cookie
dinner - sloppy joe, veggies & ranch dip
dessert - 3 peanut blossom cookies (I don't even like these)
evening - glass of pino grigio


Monday, February 3

To dos:
God -
1. finish Submissive Wife
2. finish Grown Up Girlfriends

Husband -
1. finish decisions
2. pay bills

Son 15 -
1. SAT Prep book
2. read Things Good Mother's Know
3. sign up to help at school
4. new phone
5. confirmation interview

Daughter 14 -
1. Coach's gift basketball
2. outfit for dance
3. dentist appt
4. sign up to help at school
5. wildlife, drop off & pick up
6. bake something for NCL Children's Neuroblastoma

Son 12
1. lacrosse gear
2. percussion lesson

Daughter 10 -
1. order school yearbook and personalized page
2. dance outfit
3. look up cheer competition packing list
4. back handspring private

House -
1. make chocolate chip banana bread, hard boil eggs
2. schedule vents cleaned and sofa and chair cleaned
3. check community classifieds for steals and deals M T W T F S S

Me -
1. finish Sparkle ebook
2. reorganize pinterest boards
3. drink 5 cups of water M T W T F S S ( 3 on Monday)
4. newspaper M T W T F S S

breakfast - coffee
lunch - CFA small chicken noodle soup, small fruit cup
snack - 2 CFA cookies, 1 peanut blossom cookie, pure protein drink
dinner - small quesadilla with corn tortillas, celery & ranch dip
dessert - 2 scoops caramel, 2 scoops nutella
evening - glass of pino grigio




February's reading list

1. The Men in Your Life
2. Manners Matter
3. Grown-Up Girlfriends
4. How to Raise a Lady
5. Things Good Mothers Know
6. My So Called Life as a Submissive Wife
7. The Christian Homemaker's Handbook
8. The Power of Hospitality
9. The Strong Willed Child
10. Princess Unaware
11. early decision
12. Happy Home

Monday, February 3, 2014

Sunday February 2,2014

Changed the kitchen calendar.  I am using our church's calendar.  The February picture is pretty.

Paint: I am having quite a time trying to find a color I want all over our main living area.  I don't want anything too creamy.  We have Sherwin Williams Antique White on our walls and it's just timeless but it's time to paint and update.  I love grays but I want something warm and welcoming too.  I'm thinking of justing going with Farrow & Ball's Pointing since it's tried and true.

Cheer Competition: They looked fantastic both days and won! It's always a nail biter.

Saturday Band Competition:  Rose and Dad are out the door early to go to Band event.

Volleyball tournament: Rose, Dad, Reed and friend out the door at 6:15am.  Her team came in first.

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: Starbucks mocha
Mid Afternoon snack: popcorn and diet coke
Dinner: turkey, many servings of homemade cole slaw (I'm the only one who likes it and I love it.), 2 peanut butter blossom cookies

It's freezing outside.  We went to church this morning.  It was Boy Scout day so the church was additionally packed.

Need to pay JSC, Davina, yearbooks.

Top 3:
1. pay the rest bills
2. Ryer new phone
3. find, order or buy SAT Prep books
then read to finish Submissive Wife

To dos:
God -
1. finish Submissive Wife
2. finish Grown Up Girlfriends

Husband -
1. finish decisions
2. pay bills

Son 15 -
1. SAT sign up, call College Board for help, SAT Prep book
2. read Things Good Mother's Know
3. sign up to help at school
4. Super Bowl party at friend's house - bring cookies

Daughter 14 -
1. Coach's gift basketball
2. volleyball teammate gift
3.  Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance tickets
4. sign up to help at school
5. make dessert (cookies) for volleyball competition, Rose & Ryer did
6. look up cheer competition packing list

Son 12
1. shot record for 7th grade
2. fix Kindle on tablet
3. help at school
4. smath night at school
5. parent meeting at jr high

Daughter 10 -
1. cheer competitionbuy wristband early
2. back hand spring private lesson - a grand success, she got it!!
3. order school yearbook and personalized page

House -
1. painters quote - coming Friday, main living area, master bedroom, sunroom, fix cracks in master bathroom, trash pullout cabinet in kitchen, sand off texture (yuck)
2. Milieu magazine
3. make chocolate chip banana bread, hard boil eggs
4. schedule vents cleaned and sofa and chair cleaned

Me -
1. finish Sparkle ebook
2. reorganize pinterest boards

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wednesday January 29, 2014

To dos:
God -
1. read Submissive Wife
2. read Grown Up Girlfriends

Husband -
1. read decisions
2. pay bills

Son 15 -
1. SAT sign up, call College Board for help, SAT Prep book
2. read Things Good Mother's Know

Daughter 14 -
1. Coach's gift basketball
2. volleyball teammate gift

Son 12
1. shot record for 7th grade

Daughter 10 -
1. cheer competition
2. back hand spring private lesson - a grand success, she got it!!

House -
1. painters quote - coming Friday, main living area, master bedroom, sunroom, fix cracks in master bathroom, trash pullout cabinet in kitchen
2. Milieu magazine

Me -
1. finish Sparkle ebook

Milieu has beautiful pictures of Jan Barboglio's Dallas home.  She primarily uses iron, crystal, silver, wood and leather.

Small volleyball gift - orange and turquoise colors. chocolate. nail polish. stickers = $9. I also bought a $5 Starbucks gift card but Rose wants to save that for the next gift.  She says there will be more.


Dinner - poppyseed chicken casserole, steamed broccoli, applesauce, brownies

I'm trying out paint colors for the house.  I love Farrow & Ball colors.  Today I tried Pale Powder in master and sunroom and Elephant's Breath in main living area/dining and sunroom.  I think Elephant's Breath is too dark.  I'm going to try a couple of lighter Farrow & Ball colors next.












Saturday, October 12, 2013