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11
Mar
I Love Books AND a **Giveaway!**
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The little girls have been sick.  It stinks.  Littlebit has handled it pretty well, but it’s made Baby Bee clingy and miserable.  I can’t blog, because if Baby Bee isn’t personally physically abusing me (moms, you know what I mean.  Headbutting, pinching, pulling, etc) she’s sadder than sad.  The Realtor is coming on Saturday to get the house on the market (because ZOMG!  We’re MOVING) and I haven’t been able to get this joint picked up at all.

This leaves me no choice but to go to my happy place.  Between the mess and the stress and the crying; the constant, constant tell-tale heartesque crying, I’ve spent a lot of time in happy places.

When Littlbit arrived at school today, one of my favoritist things had happened.

It was Scholastic Book Order Day!  Not only did the books I ordered last time arrive, but the new book orders had arrived.  BLISS.  FREAKING BLISS!

I love Scholastic Book Club.  It really is a nice way for families to acquire affordable books and I believe strongly in the benefit of a child having books of their own.  Libraries are great.  FANTASTIC.  I LOVE libraries, but the books that hold a place in my heart from my childhood was the dog eared copies I owned myself.  Read over and over and memorized out of love.  Beezus and Ramona.  Little Women.  LIttle House in the Prairie.  The Princess and Littlbit have favorites of their own.  Picture books read lovingly over and over.  No, David.  Skippyjohn Jones. Chrysanthemum.  Pinkilicious. I also love that Scholastic provides books for the classroom.

Books.  Books.  Books.  Books.

So, dear readers, today when I was paging through the book order flyers I decided that I was gong to share some book love with you.  And your little people.  :)

The Details:

Leave a comment making sure to include your name and e-mail address.  Tell me what your kiddos favorite books are.  Next Thursday, I’ll randomly choose a name to win brand new copies of:

Welcome Spring by Little Scholastic

Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

and

Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up her Wash by Sarah Weeks

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07
Mar
Menu Plan! Woot!
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I’d rather scrub toilets than actually menu plan.  I admit it time and time again, but I love the fact that we don’t scramble at dinner times.

We are going to return to OAMC using www.onceamonthmom.com and her off the hook, easy peasy OAMC (once a month cooking plans).  We divide the amounts in half and it will create for us 16 dinners, four different lunches and two different breakfast options.  Totally worth the effort.  However, we aren’t going to be doing one large cooking session.  I’ll be doing several small sessions over the course of the next week  We’re quite busy this month and Idon’t have an 8 hour span of time to devote to it.

ANYHOW….

Monday

Homemade corned beef hash, corn bread and fruit

(another easy peasy recipe if you have leftover corned beef and potatoes.  Dice them up and fry them until brown.  Delish!)

Tuesday

Catalina chicken, oven fries and veggies

Wednesday

Chicken pot pie and salad (veering away from once a month mom’s recipe on this one and recreating a dish from last week that we all loved and that should freeze well.

Thursday

Ravioli Lasagna, garlic bread and salad

Friday

Typically out

Saturday

Usually on the go.

Have you taken time to put together your menu plan for the week?  It’s a time and money saver!



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03
Mar
A note from Baby Bee
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Hi Interwebs,

So, I’ve been rocking this planet for eight months now.  I have to say, it’s pretty good.  Except for peas.  That’s some nasty stuff.

Anyway, I decided to start crawling.  That’s pretty fun.  I can get into all kinds of stuff.  I like eating, in no particular order, fuzz, paper, money and the occasional used dryer sheet.  THose might actually be my favorite.  They taste a lot better than the peas.

Another great thing to do is to scratch your nails on things.    And also to pull yourself up and stand.  That’s cool.  It makes my Mom unhappy, but she’s all  “hey, when you get bigger you can play with your sisters” and then she’s all  “STOP GROWING SO FAST!”

Make up your mind, lady.

But, she pretty consistently says she thinks I’m the cutest baby EVAH (she says it just like that) and I’m not stuck up or anything? But she’s probably right.  I’m super cute.  Don’t you think?

Anyhow, I’m going to keep working on this getting bigger thing (while trying to keep my Mom off my back.  You can’t give me shrinking formula!  It’s illegal! or Something!  Plus, I don’t think it exists).

But really, I am cute.  Mom says jowls are totally in.

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02
Mar
How NOT to sell your house. At least to me.
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Big Daddy and I are househunting.  I tweeted during the search this weekend.  It was…eye opening to say the least.  Since Big Daddy and I are buying a house it makes sense that we’re also selling a house.  I know a lot of people are looking to sell their houses and after having looking at more than a dozen this weekend, I’ve come to the following conclusions

1) I understand your house is vacant and that you want to save money on your heating bills but walking into a house in the middle of February that is minimally heated is uncomfortable. It’s not welcoming.  It’s particularly unpleasant if I have to take off my shoes.  It is worse if you don’t heat your house, want me to take off my shoes AND have tile floors.  Your house?  It doesn’t make me want to stay.  Or linger.  It makes me want to get back in my shoes and go back to my warm car.

We saw two occupied houses that were, of course, comfortable but all the vacant or semi-vacant houses?  Freezing.  Causing me to want to make my exit.  The bank owned home we viewed (and loved) was warmer than the vacant houses we visited.  And, since it was a comfortable temperature it encouraged us to linger.

oh hai house in a blizzard

2) If it’s been snowing, find a way to clear your walks.  Trudging through knee deep snow with Baby Bee really didn’t put me into a very positive mindset.  Even just shoveling the walk would have made a huge difference.  If you couple a lot of snow with a cold house I really REALLY want to go back to the car.

3) If you live in someplace where it snows and if your home is for sale during that snowy time and if you don’t want to shovel your driveway or walk at least put the lockbox on the door you intend it to open.    Having to trudge through said snow from door to door to remove the key to trudge back to the front door to unlock the door is maddening in bad weather.

4) Take your barking dog with you.  Or crate her.  Being trailed around the house being barked at is another unpleasant encounter and, again, not lingering.  But the house?  Lovely.  Would have liked to linger.  Dog?  I don’t care if you say she’s friendly, her hair was standing up on her back and that=not that friendly to me.

BIg plus?  If you’re retro?  Rock it.

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26
Feb
Friday Links
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Just a few links to share this week, but they’re good ones.

Handmade Charlotte? The entire thing?  BEAUTIFUL

Adore this one hour sundress from From an Igloo.  (and, as an aside, I am so stinking ready for spring and summer.  Seriously snow.  DONE WITH YOU!)

The Written Word has new uses for old books.  Some of them are quite stunning.

I love the upcycling possibilities with the Place Mat purse from Little Birdie secrets.

Thinking about whipping up a batch of homemade sugar scrub from petit elefant

This little Refashioned ruffle skirt from Sew Much Ado is to die for.

Caramel Turgle Sugar “Brookies”. ZOMG.  I can say no more.  That says enough.

The Flat Emelie and Matt dolls from Moda Bake Shop are going right onto my to-make list.  LIttlebit would love them to pieces.  Of course, we’ll call them Flat LIttlebit or something instead.

I’m using this shirring tutorial from Pretty Ditty to make sundresses this summer.  Yes summer.  GO AWAY SNOW!

And, last but really REALLY not least Knock Off Wood serioulsy blew my mind.  Love Pottery barn, but you don’t love the prices OR the MDF.  Knock off wood shows you how to make it yourself. Let that sink in, people.  Because WOW.

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