Memo Boards

Organization makes my heart go pitter patter I swear!  Call me crazy but if I walk in the house and have a fridge covered head to toe in paper work, invites, spelling words, and calenders I get flustered!  Yes Im aware I am a total nut job!  Since school has started in these parts Trev often has schedules, papers etc he needs to hold onto!  Im tired of it over taking my kitchen and the younger two taking the papers and throwing them around to drive me crazy!  

We bought a 2x2 board from Lowes for around 4-5 dollars and cut it into four boards!  

Plaster and Paint made the blue chalk board

Cork paper made the corn board(we may need to buy some thicker cork though!

Some batting and a old sheet and ribbon made the final memo board!

I personally would like to move his dresser and have his desk in this little spot!  The hubby not so much so for now we have a mess on the floor till I win we come to an agreement!

When If I get my way the tv will be craiglisted, the dvd player will be stored away, a shelf will be built for the trophys or they will be put in the playroom to display and the room will be ORGANIZED!  I may get two more western hooks from Tractor Supply if I can find them 2 for Trev 2 for Casey!

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Lego Storage

With a 7 year old and a 2.5 year old boy I have come to terms with the fact Lego's are going to be around for a while!  I have stepped on, swept up and thrown out more then I care to admit so I knew the time had come for me to start finding a way to organize these little blocks of pleasure for my kids!  Seriously give the kids a instruction set and a Lego set and they are quiet and build away until they are done! 

Bargain Becky had shared about a Scrapbook paper bin at Michael's but even on sale it was 30+ dollars!  I'm super cheap so I drooled and waited and watched and it just didn't get lower then 30 even full price with a coupon! Then last week I spotted a clear version for 15.00!  I figured why not swing by and just see how it looks expecting it to be super small, super narrow or super cheap!  To my surprise it wasn't!!

It took me one full nap time to go through the multiple bins of legos and dissemble and separate into like colors but it went pretty quickly! 

As you can see I did have a few bins that I had to combine colors so I just decided to use scrapbook or construction paper and put a small piece in the opening so you can see what color goes where when assembling Lego Sets or just free building!

We threw it in the playroom and the kids have gone down there a lot to play with it.  I think they find it easier to find what they are looking for.  I have all the people and instruction sets in a Lego case on top of the Lego organizer and its working.  

As you know Legos are expensive but one of those toys you can pass down and they never get old or outta date! I feel good in this 15 dollar investment!







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WW Weekly Weigh in Week 2

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ROUGH ROUGH week!  I'm shocked I lost in all honesty!  I didn't do good with my diet soda hoping it will get a lot better.  Im getting better with my fruits and veggies and eating lots and lots..I need to stay away from a banana a day as I know they will pack on the pounds!  Just fighting myself this week having a tough time fueling myself properly for workouts and staying within my points!  I covered 21 miles this week since Friday 9.4 in running YAY!



Here are my numbers Weight Watchers wise for the week!

Daily pointed allotted: 124

Daily points used: 124

Extra weekly points allowed 49:

Extra weekly points used: 25

Activity points earned: 37

Activity points used: 37

I lost a grand total of 1.4 pound this week

Total weight loss since Oct 2011 38.8pounds

pounds till my 5% Weight Watchers goal 3.5

pounds till my goal weight 31.2

I missed my goal of 2 pounds this week but I am okay with that!  It was a ROUGH ROUGH week...I'm having major chocolate cravings if you get my drift ;) I was also super hungry this week.  Weight Watchers HATES carbs and I need them to keep my working out energy level up!  I will have to learn to use my Weekly points as I felt a lot better towards the end of the week when I actually used them! Hoping for 1.5 pounds next week!

Weight Loss Jars

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My best friend is also doing Weight Watchers and her and I are so similar its weird!  When she showed me this pin I thought DUH!  We are both visual people so it helps in situations like weight loss to always remember how far you have come!  You may not have a great weigh in week but you've lost x amount of pounds! So off to the Dollar Tree I went and grabbed 2 vases, a package of shiny rocks, and some beady table fillers for $5.00!

I happened to have my craft paint and stencil on hand which I prefered over letters.  Thankfully it had a large and small stencil that worked good enough for me!

I just held the stencil super snug around the vase and dabbed away. It didnt pull off perfectly but I am okay with it! 

 It turned out very cute!  I put it on the shelf on my side of the room so when I wake up every morning I can see at it to remind me to kill it today with my workouts and staying on point with Weight Watchers!

 The bigger circle and the smaller circle represent my weight lost and my weight to go!

You just simple fill them with whatever you have....The pictures do not do it justice!  You can tell the amount of beads in there when you look on.  Right now its pretty even I have 31 in my to go and 39 in my lost! 

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OCD

 When your child has fine motor weakness you do whatever you can to help him or her!  In my case it was circling or pointing arrows to coupons I wanted and having him cut them out...Did I ever think he would be the perfect child just like his momma and make two piles? No!..One for longer coupons and one for more square coupons.  I could not stop laughing when I saw this and he thought I was crazy for taking his picture.  Its the little things that make me giggle...Yes I am extremely OCD and very proud this habit is being passed down!

One the bargain note if you teach your kids about free money coupons they will learn to appreciate money and where it comes from and how to keep it!  I select them, Trevor cuts them, and Aubrey separates them into food and household piles.  Its a family event saving money!

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Martha Stewart Crafts

I am probably the last person in blog land to get a hold of the Martha Stewart craft line at Michael's!  I went the other day with coupon in hand of course and grabbed one of the larger stencils for around 9 dollars!  I also grabbed the paints last week when they were on sale for 30% off. I now want to stencil everyone everything in the house

 I simply cleaned her table we made with a tutu over the summer.  From then I used the stencil and just dabbed the paint with a foam brush!  Super easy!  I tried to go quick so the stencil did not have time to attach itself to the table with the paint.  

As you can see you will need to fix the ends of the stencil but it comes with dotted lines to assist you to know exactly where to line up the stencil so it looks seamless!  I seriously am in love with this product! 

When I was done I had some areas where it smudged due to me not cleaning the stencil off every time.  I used a qtip with a little warm water and it cleaned up super easy!

When all was said and done it came out SUPER cute!  I love it as does she...We plan on getting some pink fabric to staple under the tulle to make her tutu look fuller and less transparent!  Just waiting to get to Jo-Anns with a nice coupon in hand!

WW Weigh In week 1

So my first 4 days on Weight Watchers have come and gone.  Its been hard to not peek on the scale and see how I am doing but I know that's part of the success of Weight Watchers!  I'm dealing with the initial hunger pains and will work through it! I was WAYYY over eating hence the nearly 10 pound weight gain!  I worked out 3 times this week..Once was a killer Pinterest workout, 7 miles in running, some cycling, some elliptical and LOTS of weights!

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Here are my numbers Weight Watchers wise for the week!

Daily pointed allotted: 124

Daily points used: 124

Extra weekly points allowed 49:

Extra weekly points used: 10

Activity points earned: 22

Activity points used: 22

I lost a grand total of 4.4    pounds these past 4 days!
Total weight loss since Oct 2011 37.4 pounds
pounds till my 5% Weight Watchers goal4.9
pounds till my goal weight 32.6

I think I did very well these past four days..However I did eat A LOT of free fruit!  I want to try and split it 50/50 this week for free fruits and veggies!  I know the fruit will up sugar intake!  I also want to limit my diet soda this week to one every other day..I need to kick this habit!  My goal for next week is 2 lbs!