Making Memorable Mondays

    I have decided that I REALLY hate Mondays!!(though it's Tuesday, so I've made it through the last one). I hate knowing that the start of another long, tedious week is going to begin....another week of not knowing where I'm going to be working or whether it will be days or afternoons...(I'm basicallly on call everyday Mon-Fri and work either shift...it sucks!!) So I've come up with a sort of  plan...something to help ease through the pain of Monday. How about making them Memorable??!!


      Now, I haven't quite figured out just how this will work, but I was thinking that every Monday there should be something to look forward to!! Whether it's a nice dinner, catching a movie or even going for a nice walk....how great would that be(provided I'm not completely exhausted) to come home after a Loooooooong Monday and know that something "memorable is going to happen!! I'm going to put my little plan into action and see of it will work!! I'll keep you posted and let you know how it's going!!!  Here's to looking forward to making memories!!

Quiet Sunday mornings

      Sunday morning and I'm up super early..but it's nice!! The Hubs and our girlie are still snuggled in their beds....talking and sighing in their sleep!! Me....I've been fighting a sinus/throat/ear infection and these gross meds. that I'm taking haven't worked yet!!! (give me a BOOOOO!!!). I really enjoy having the morning to myself sometimes, and not because I don't like the fam. up with me....I like it because it gives me chance to think about the day ahead and to do things like write on my blog without any interuptions!!!!! (hehe!!)
      Not sure what we are going to do today...we were thinking about going to Ikea as I need to get a new chair for my craft room...the one I have now is brutal and my back is usually killing me after hours of being hunched over a project!! But the Hubs wanted to wait and see how I was feeling before we decided! So that leaves the question..How AM I feeling???!! Not sure yet!!! runny nose and chesty cough...but that just might not be enough to keep me from getting my chair!!
      I think I just might make a hot cup of tea and soak up the quiet....and hopefully see the sunrise this morning (what??? Sun??? What is THAT????). So here's to enjoying Quiet Sunday mornings!!                                                
                                                                          

Awesome party favors for our girlie!!

      So I finally finished the monogrammed canvas bags for our girlies 10th b-day!! she loved them...which was what I was aiming for!! I also made Ginormous felt flower hair clips (thanks to Tatertots and Jello for the idea) and clipped them onto the bags for the girls to use when they do their hair!!! I told her to make sure she takes lots of pics. for us to see!! ( the party is at her mom's, not here!) So here are some pics. for you to enjoy them as well!

Journaling

       I was out shopping at one of my favourite stores yesterday (Homesense) and of course, I wandered up and down each and every aisle looking at the fabulous stuff. I then found myself in the aisle that is full of notecards....address books....and then...there it was...this totally cool, funky journal staring back at me from the shelf!! Now, this is something that I've been meaning to do for awhile, but I just never got around to actually looking for a journal to write in (o.k....so I kinda just forgot altogether) but now??? there were  NO-MORE-EXCUSES!!!!!!

       I grabbed that journal up and put in into my basket!! I felt really giddy and excited that I had finally found THE journal...the one that I was going to finally start writing in!!!!! I couldn't wait for bedtime to come...(though not sure why I feel the need to write a bedtime....) I wrote my little heart out that first night, from how my day was to still having those nagging maternal feelings that just won't go away!!!! And you know what? I actually wrote in it this morning before I got out of bed!! (our girlie was doing something really cute that reminded me of years past!)

        I am so thrilled that my little trip to my favourite place FINALLY got me to achieve my goal of starting a journal.....any of you bloggers keep a journal????  (though I guess blogging is a form of journaling!!)  This is one of my "small things" that I now plan on embracing....daily I hope!!!!

Embracing the small things.....

     I'm such a stickler for things that have meaning...whether its a little sketch that our girlie did or the name plate(?) that the Hubs welded for me..(picture to follow). Some people( the Hubs) might say that I'm a slight pack rat...(though I do ALOT of purging)..but I just can't seem to let go of the little things that mean the most!!! These are things that bring a smile to my face when I'm having a really crappy day!! Simple things like baking a loaf of banana bread make me feel happy..(especially when it turns out), and seeing my Grandma's cup and saucer that I adored since I was a child sitting on the shelf brings me great joy!!
    
      I really hope that you fellow bloggers also take the time to embrace the small things in life!!! It's amazing how they can sometimes brighten your day!!!! Please feel free to fill me in on your "small" things and what they mean to you!! I have so many, but for today, I will share just a few!!!

Motherly advice????

     I could really use some "motherly" advice....like I've mentioned before, I have step-daughter whom I love like my own and whom I'm very close with. But something has been nagging at me lately....nothing serious..I was just thinking about all the stuff that I do for her (ie...making special treats for her class for the holidays..shopping..and recently, making b-day invitations, and decorating canvas bags for each girl to have). I've starting wondering if I'm infringing on "mom" territory??! Am I crossing the "line" and doing TO Much?? Her mom and I get along, but I don't want to seem like I'm one-upping her, so to speak, because that's not my intention at all!!! I just want to be a part of things as much as I can and want her to be happy!! so please, if you have any advice for me on this topic, please don't be shy....I just want to be sure that I'm not doing the wrong thing!!! Just had to get that out...it's been buzzing around my head for awhile!!

Date night!!!!!

     So The Hubs and I are going on a date this Saturday and I'm soooooo excited!!! ( I know....excited???) YES!!! I can't wait!!!! We've been on opposite schedules lately, and with me being sick this past weekend, I think we could use a fun night out together!!! I miss him!!!! (he's even been sleeping in the other room since I've been sick hoping to avoid the plague...).
      Is it wierd that I wan't to buy a new outfit to wear??  I just want to WOW him...want him to get that feeling like we both had the first time we ever hung out...(and not at work either..hehe). What to get though??!! Maybe I should curl my hair to...whaddya think??!! (any advice helps!!) I'm feeling like a giddy little school girl and I LOVE it!!!! I think that all couples (with children or without) should take a night to hang out together...let loose and have fun!! And that's what we're going to do!!! Can't wait!!!!