Currently

Planning: Our family vacation to Disney! Yes, we live 30 minutes and head there at least 2 times month but this is our time to leave campus and just relax. The kids are excited and I may or may not have a 3 page packing plan. We are staying on property at the Camp Wilderness Cabins.
The plan is to eat in the cabin more so we can enjoy bigger meals in the parks. Aiden is very excited about sleeping in bunk beds!

Cooking: We have been really good at meal planning lately which make my heart and bank account happy! I am so grateful for Pinterest and all the wonderful meals I find on there. Yesterday I put this honey garlic chicken in the crock-pot and it was so good. We had with couscous instead of rice and my kiddos favorite green beans! I also made this cold-brew coffee last night. It's still in the 90's here in sunny Florida so cold-brew is needed. 

Wearing: I've been spending time really looking at all of the clothes that I try to squeeze into our small apartment closet and clear out the pieces that I really don't wear. I've also been using Pinterest to find different ways to wear the pieces that I love. I always forget to take a picture of myself during the day when I look put together and by the time I remember to take a picture it's right after we've put the kids to bed and I am looking a little rough but those are the real moments! So here I am rocking classic white and black in my messy room, with dirty mirrors, and an unmade bed!

Loving: My hair is crazy - I mean Scary Spice crazy! I have successfully burned it into submission over the last 10 years and I have an amazing hair dresser. He can get my hair to do things that just amaze me and I could never get my hair as straight with my straighter as he could....and then I found out my straighter is old and not the right type for my hair. Thanks Google! So after much begging Jesse bought me a new straighter! I got it at Ulta and this is the one I got. I reviews were so so but I have used it a few times now and I am in love. I even taught myself how to curl my hair with it too. I am in love I think I might get rid of all my other hair tools!

Ya'll have a great weekend! I am off to the happiest place on earth!

 

October Goals

As part of my fall resolutions I setting some monthly goals for myself as well:

Blog more: I want to keep doing this and do it well. That means dedicating time to do and not slipping into my out habits.

Eat less, workout more: My jeans need me to do this. I've been busting it with Jillian Michaels nightly.

Finish my 2013 Demecber Daily book: I know it's 2014 but I didn't finish last years. I have my days laid out and most of the pictures in order I just have to do the layouts. For more information on December Daily check here.

Host an instagram sale - I have some clothes that I want to get rid of but are still in good shape and I've watched another blogger have a lot of success with instagram sales. So be on the look out (mommyrudolph)

Declutter our living room: We live in an 1,100 sq. foot townhouse and we have HUGH Ikea furniture that is filling our living room not to mention all the toys that magically appear in there! I am finally giving up our entertainment center that I have made Jesse move 3 times.

It's like Ikea threw up in our living room!

Here we go!

Why I stink at this whole blogging thing

Here I am again ..taking 6 months to share our daily lives in this space. I've spent a month trying to come up with a clever way to come back. I even started a post but never finished it...so here is why I awful at this whole blogging thing. My goal in sharing this is that I can hold myself accountable.

- I work a full time (24/7) job that I love but keeps me pretty busy. I can get a call at even given time from an RA that takes me away from anything I am doing at that moment. There is constantly an event taking place. We are 6 weeks into the new school year and this week I FINALLY don't feel like I am coming into work 2 weeks behind each day.

- I am a mom and a wife. I know you're shocked - those cuties up there are mine - it's not just a stock photo. I would rather spend time with them...most of the time. If I am not hanging out with them I am so exhausted from just parenting I don't want to focus on writing. Parenting is hard work ya'll. I feel like in just the last 3 weeks Aiden has finally hit this growth and maturity level that I am enjoying and Felicity is still pretty sweet...most of the time. I want to spend weekends at Disney not blogging. Those little boogers also cause loads upon loads of laundry and a never ending chore list.

- By the end of the day I am done! I am worn out - emotionally, physically, and mentally. I love to get settled into the couch with Jesse on one side and boyscout kettle corn on the other and watch the shows I have lined up on the Tivo or catch up on Bones on Netflix. Once I am settled I don't want to get up and get the computer - which is upstairs so I get the ipad and hello pinterest! ugh!

- I have blog envy.There are blogs that I love and when I look at how pretty they are and their beautiful pictures I just get upset that my pictures aren't edited or organized and then I get on pinterest to look at blog design and how to blog easier and then ...pinterest -  you find a cute outfit or s'mores desert or diy project (that I will probably never do) and blogger is over. 

I am tired of these excuses (no matter how cute they are). So I am making a change! Starting with today - it's like a new years resolution but in October.

Enjoy!