The One with Lots of Family Time

Friday- I spent most of Friday morning super busy but then the afternoon Kyra and I had to get out of the house. So first stop was the library to pick up some holds and also to take care of some fines. My library was running the Food for Fines program again so we took our canned goods and got our fines forgiven. 


After the library we had to make a grocery store since it was Friday and since we had gotten a ton of work done the past week we treated ourselves to Starbucks. I got the Green Tea Frappe and let me tell you it is now my go to drink! Actually I have been researching how to make it at home because yeah I'm going to need that one a lot over the summer! 

Kyra got a tasty treat from the "kitchen" as she calls it. Not pictured because she immediately ate it. 


We powered though the shopping and then headed home to make some tacos for Cinco De Mayo. Let me tell you there were amazingly tasty. I'm not normally one for salsa and sour cream and all that jazz but everything was so fresh and wonderful and of course I didn't take a picture because I'm a greedy guts who eats her food before being a good blogger and snapping a photo. 

After the awesomeness that was dinner I headed out for my evening walk and passed by these lovely flowers that told me they wanted their picture taken. 

Saturday: I spent part of the morning finishing up some work and then wandered to our downtown area because they opened a few new stores. 

I think I need this. 

These too. 

 Then that afternoon we took off to take Kyra to visit some parks! The day was too gorgeous to spend indoors!

After playing around we had to stop by Target for some necessary things and of course left with things that we didn't really need because that is curse of Target.

Then we headed to my parents for the evening and fed the animals. I should have snapped pictures but again I was playing with Kyra and hanging with my family so yeah my phone wasn't even with me. 

Sunday: More work in the morning and then the afternoon was spent watching some old movies. Not like super old more like...90s old. We watched- Major Payne, So I Married an Ax Murderer, Clue, and Nothing But Trouble. All hilarious and a great throwback. 

Sunday night another evening walk that was accompanied by a few little hop toads. 

So that's what we were up to. How was your weekend? 

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Monday

I started off by wanting to do a Weekend Recap post. However I have no pictures and all we did was hang out and play board games literally ALL WEEKEND LONG. So that doesn't make for very exciting posting. 


Then I thought I would put up some Monday Motivation stuff to get you going and ready for the week. However I can't get my computer to load Pinterest and I don't even remember what I have posted before so that I am not just posting the same thing over again. 


So maybe I thought I would post my Goals/ Non Resolutions for the year.....but I had that post scheduled for Thursday already. 

Then I started by working on my Show Us Your Books post for tomorrow. I managed to get it done but it took well over an hour because my computer is running at the pace of a turtle through peanut butter and I nearly pulled my hair out trying to get the images to load. 


So instead you get this image and now I'm going to make another cup of coffee because this is going to be one of those days. 

Happy Monday Everyone.

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A Case of the Mondays

Afternoon Everyone, 

I'm so late putting this up because the weekend was just so busy that I was BEYOND exhausted and in no mood to write last night. Also I spent the entire morning cleaning/prepping tonight's dinner/wrapping my Bobby's anniversary gift/cleaning more. 

To say my mood isn't in a good place is a bit of an understatement. I'm frustrated that there was so much to do. A lot of things went wrong: 

1) Luna decided that since she was mad we were busy this weekend she would destroy the carpet on the stairs. Also rip up the baseboard. Ugh. 

2) They still have not come to mow our grass. The neighbors are all done and now we look like "that" house. I'm fuming. 

3) Dishes were left in the sink. I took Mother's Day off because I thought I could. Hah. 

4) PILES of laundry. 

5) I hate being asked "what do you want to do" seriously doesn't anyone have a plan? 

I know this sounds like I'm being a drama queen. I mean yesterday was Mother's Day and I got a sweet card from Kyra and I had a lovely brunch with my family. Also tomorrow is our three year anniversary. I should be excited and happy but I'm just in a funk today. I hope to shake it before tomorrow and I am VERY excited about the gift I made for Bobby. I honestly can't wait to share it with you all here, I even have a DIY! 

Another thing to be excited about is the Show Us Your Books Linkup! I read some really awesome books last month and I am can't wait to share them with you all! 

Now I'm off to make a late lunch for Kyra and hopefully get a workout in before a much needed shower. 

Have a good Monday Everyone. 

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Mommy Needs a Vacation

Good Morning Everyone,

This morning I woke up in a blind panic thinking, "Crap! I'm late for work!" but then Kyra smacked me in the face with her foot and I realized, "Oh no I'm not. I'm at work....I'm always at work." 

This weekend was deer hunting weekend at my husband's Mom and Step-Dad's. Which means my husband left on Friday and now it is Monday morning and he is still not home. Sure he sat out in the cold for hours and all that jazz....but he did it out of fun. He got a whole weekend away from responsibilities...I want to not be jealous as he does it every year but...damn I could use a weekend away.

So without the hubs around commenced a "girls weekend"....aka Kyra and me.

Friday wasn't too bad. My parents had some errands to run and invited us along. I can actually get some shopping done when there are two other people there to distract Kyra. Especially my parents because she would rather be with them than me anyway.

Saturday was a day of chores. Laundry, general cleaning, and trying to keep Kyra out of mischief. My whole family ended up getting really sick so we didn't go visit them the rest of the weekend. Mom has the flu, brother has a cold, and Dad broke out in hives. So basically it was just Kyra and me all day. She thought it was fun....I mostly just felt exhausted because I can't count the number of times I had to say: "Don't Touch That!" "No!" "Kyra please don't sit on the dog." "Kyra please don't do that" "Get that out of your mouth!"  She did take a nap however and I got a lot of work done on the scarf that I am knitting. It is my first knitting project and it is just a scarf for myself but...I'm really slow. However I am really proud of how it is turning out and I will be sure to share it with you all once it is finished!

Sunday was more of the same. Laundry, cleaning...blah blah. Also my dog Brian has now decided since my husband is out of town he can get on the furniture. Um NO. Dog has no respect for me. My family was still sick except for Dad who had to work. So no visiting there. I did take Kyra out for an hour to run to the grocery store because they were having a sale on baking items and I needed flour. It was worth getting Kyra all geared up in winter clothes to score flour for .99 cents! Brown Sugar was also .99 cents and regular sugar was just a $1.29. Seriously you cannot pass up deals like that. Plus I was out of coffee....and no one wants that.

Now it is Monday...my husband isn't home yet and probably won't be until later this afternoon. Kyra had me up at five after the face kicking incident....so I've already mopped the floors and dusted this morning. Now I am sipping coffee, listening to my neighbors fight while their two year old screams, watching Kyra grind Cheez Its into my carpet, and dreaming of the vacation I'm going to take someday....somewhere where the tub is deep enough to cover both your boobs and your knees at the same time....that's the dream I tell ya.

Happy Monday Everyone.

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Monday Mantras and Coffee

Morning Everyone,

Well apparently I forgot to hit Publish on my Friday Favorites! Blogging Fail. However I am back in action today and will just save last Friday's Favorites for another day! 

Today I thought I would share some Monday Mantras to get you through the day and just in case you might need a little motivation today...I know I could use just a little push this week! 

 

 

 

 Also it is National Coffee Day so drink up!!!! 

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Hey It's Ok! Vol. 2

Good Morning Everyone! 

Today is another edition of Hey It's Ok! 

 

...to randomly and for no real reason completely fail to blog for a week. Except for your confessions post of course. 

...to suddenly want to drink cups upon cups of coffee even though you have had maybe three cups in the last four months. 

....to create massive wishlists based on the fictional fortune you have in your head. 

....that you only got your baby's pictures in two outfits since she was just NOT HAVING IT during the photo session. Hey the photos you got were cute and you saved money! 

...to go completely crazy at the dollar store on Halloween items. They were just a dollar! 

...to want to completely simplify your life and chuck everything out and start fresh. It will probably never happen but it is totally okay to want to!

...to watch makeup tutorials and hauls over and over again. How else will you learn?

...to put up a post like this on a Monday because you know that everyone is pretty tired from the weekend and actually doesn't mind "fluff" posts because Monday's are serious enough! 


Hope Everyone is having a great day....if not here is a picture of a cute kiddo....

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