Furious................

I cannot believe it, I get to work today to be informed that the service team found a cat still alive frozen to the ground by the dumpsters. O my goodness, did no one notice this poor animal while dumping there trash, I mean come on this is a busy area!! So of course we are all trying to nurse it back to life currently with no avail! I am just so mad and cannot believe the heartlessnes nowadays. You can easily drop a cat off the the shelter or humane society to get help if you cannot take it in!! We are doing our best and waiting for one of these place to open so we can get this animal help. Everyone keep there fingers crossed that this poor animal lives and I just hope that people will start caring for animals!

Our little beauty.............

So I took Tiffany to her first Sunburst Beauty Pageant on Valentines Day. Some may say bad idea and others think it's cute. I'm one of those mothers that think it's cute. I also think it's a good way to get your child use to being in front of people. One thing that always held me back was I was shy in front of people until my late teen years. Which by then doing any sport and activity was pretty much out of the question. I think this is a fun way for our family to get involved. We had such a great time. All of her metals, trophies and crown will be something she will have forever to look back on and tell her friends about. She won 2nd runner up and received a crown and trophy, she won four medals for pretties smile, prettiest eyes, best hair, and best personality and she won a trophy for most photogenic! I'm so proud of my little peanut. Then after all that excitment she got her ears pierced. It was a fun, memorable and eventful day for our entire family!

Groundhog Gallop

So I did my first 5k run/walk this past Saturday! I am so darn proud of myself I ran way more than I have ran since high school and believe me I was no runner!!! I am going to do most if not all in the Jackson Citizen Patriot run walk series this year. I have wanted to do it for the past 3 years and never got the cahonas to do it and finally my dear friend Martie decided we are going to do it! I did 3.1 miles in 38 minutes. I have no idea if this is good or bad but it's damn good for me!! The next one is is March for Hospice. I am getting $50.00 in donations for Hospice in order to attend. This makes me feel great because I am helping a great cause. Who wants to join me for the next one????? If only this baby belly would go away! O well can't be perfect all the time and my hubby seems to always make time to rub it and say how much he loves it so I guess it can't be that bad....can it? LOL

The Joys of Meal Planning................

So in our families efforts to save money especially now that my husand just got word of his layoff, momma is on a mission to save save save! I just started meal planning on sunday and I found some really cool pre made templates at www.microsoftofficeonline.com. This will get rid of our temptation to go out to eat because I don't feel like thinking about it when I get home. I do feel a little more organized I must say since starting this. I also have been packing my lunch with some cool items I purchased thru tupperware. If anyone wants cheap good recipies go to Campbellskitchen.com, check it out I've found some budget friendly and yummy recipies on here! I am such a strong person I feel that no matter what I have to do I will take care of my family. I have always been so self reliant and independant I plan ahead and if I have no plan I have nothing! I guess I'm getting back to the basics which really isn't so bad. It will make our family stronger and closer. I have so many money saving ideas I will implement, making cards (Thank You-Birthday-Holiday), planting my garden in the spring, not going out to eat, packing my lunch, walking at the Jackson Crossing Mall in the morning instead of paying for a gym membership, doing my own nails instead of getting them done(I am a beauty school drop out), turning down the heat a couple degrees and having the fam wear clothes in the evening instead of running around barefoot, making safe cleaning supplies that really do work!!!! I have so many ideas that come to me and if anyone has any other please pass them along I love a good idea or project to keep my mind busy!

The Poop MONSTER......................

Well my darling baby Tiff for the first time broke me and daddy in. She crapped from head to toe. I have never seen so much poo in my life. So I'm making dinner and walk in to give her cute little face a big kiss and I was smacked by the most retchid smell ever!! So then I give Brian some crap about not changing her and then pull off her tights to find it clear up her back, stomach and all over her pretty little outfit. So much for enjoying dinner after that one. This was a two man job for sure so as I'm folding poo spattered clothing Brian is holding arms and legs from flailing all over the place to prevent it from going even farther! O the joys of motherhood!! So then I carry her by her feet to the bath tub and she proceeds to kick the crap out of me and splash water in my face. She is soooo lucky she is so darned cute and I love her more than my life itself! After that I had a wine spritzer and attempted to finish reading New Moon to no avail! We'll see how tonight goes!!

Safe Dishwasher Detergent

Have you ever wondered what they put in those little tablets to clean your dishes? Well I wondered one day because I kept have these white powdery spots all over mine. I thought it was gross so I always had to rinse things before using. Once I started digging a little more as to what they actually have in them I soon realized it's practically toxic and I sure the heck don't want my family ingesting it. I don't know about your husbands but mine sure the heck doesn't inspect dishes before using them. After doing some googling I came across some home made remedies to cleaning supplies. Did you ever wonder what our grandmothers and great grandmothers did before there was such a thing and windex and clorox bleach wipes, or even pledge? Well I figured it out and almost all of it is found in your cupboards. This will be the first of a few posts on my newest project of ridding my home of toxic cleaning supplies and replacing them with safe natural ingrediants. I made this dishwasher soap can with some left over scrapbook paper and an old formula can which I might add comes with the handy dandy scoop already. I still have to apply modge podge from Michaels to the entire container so if it gets wet it won't ruin it. All you need is 2 cups baking soda and two cups borax mix together and voila a safe and cheap I might add dishwasher detergent and stop buying jet dry put white distilled vinegar in instead. It's safe and does the same job!

Nap Time................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

One thing I absolutely love is being able to take naps with my mom and daughter. My mom and I always use to take naps on sundays and snuggle up. This is something that was always comforting and even though I'm grown now I still love our Sunday naps. My brother Kris thinks he's a photographer and runs around snapping random photos and he caught us all napping so I thought I would post.