Gratitude

It's been a while since I posted.  Not because I didn't want to.  Instead, I got robbed on the El and they took my phone.  Which was my #1 way of updating my blog.

How does that happen?  Well, as it turns out, very easily.  I was simply sitting there, minding my own business, and someone walked off with it.  It happened so quickly.

I have to admit, I was bummed for a while.  It felt so violating.  Stupid, right?

But I felt what I felt and now I'm over it.  And I'm just so thankful.

Thankful it didn't turn violent.
Thankful for a friend who is letting me borrow their old phone.
Thankful he didn't steal my purse.
Thankful that I was raised better than to steal people's stuff.

Silver linings people.

Anyway, now I am getting used to being on a computer again and will work on updating from there.

Have a fantastic week fabulous readers!

Wordless Wednesday

Pinterest Saves Lives

Ok, maybe it doesn't save lives per se, but it definitely makes it easier!  Today, the hubby and I took on a task that we have been avoiding for a long time: organizing our family's important paperwork.  I found this pinterest pin about making binders for each person in the family and adding all important documents to it.

The thing is, we've been using an old filing cabinet for a long time for important documents.  What did it become, you ask? Just another place to catch all that junk that has nowhere else to be organized.  It has been so hard to find things that we need when we need them.

Well, if anything, Pinterest has encouraged us to be more organized and more adventurous in the... kitchen (What did you think I was going to say?  Dirty!).  This way of organizing our important things is definitely prettier than that old filing cabinet, for sure.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Yeah, it's Saturday... Whatever.

Wordless Wednesday... Just a little late

Daisy Duke Workout- HOLY COW!

Brian and I recently joined a gym (YES, we are those people) and I was really looking for a workout that would be challenging.  I found this one on Pinterest (where else?) and tried it today.  WOW!  No wonder she was in great shape!  I am definitely feeling it about 6 hours later.  Brian also started working out today- he walked on the treadmill for an HOUR because that's how he lost weight last time.  Let me tell you, having kids is one great way to add pounds to your figure, whether you're a mom or a dad.  But really, who wouldn't want a body like this?

In other "resolution" news, we started meal planning yesterday.  I mounted a large dry erase marker on our fridge and wrote down what we are having for dinner each day of the week.  This kills two birds with one stone- both the saving money and the getting organized resolutions.  This will do for now, but soon I hope to make this one (AGAIN off Pinterest!).  Isn't it neat?  I'm really in awe of it:

We are also getting rid of CABLE soon, yikes!  We haven't been without it in the 6 years of marriage we have gone through so far.  But, we're planning on getting a Roku Box, like this one here.  It streams Netflix, Hulu+, Pandora and much much more.  It will be weird not watching local news or sporting events the way we used to but it will save us a bunch of money for sure.

I know I made several more resolutions, but these are all I can keep up with right now.  Once these become habit I can work on changing some other things that need a-changin'.