Simple Woman's Daybook - Week 8

Monday February 20, 2012

Outside My Window....it is a sun-shiny day and the kids are in the backyard playing all together really nicely!
I am thinking...taco soup in the crock pot was a wonderful idea.
I am thankful...for my sweet friends Cori and Jessica who came to scrapbook with me today.
In the kitchen...I have coffee brewing, a crock pot full of taco soup and a couple jugs of juice for the kidlets.  
I am wearing...a scrapbooking t-shirt and my favourite Victoria'S Secret PINK jogging pants that will soon have to be replaced.  :(
I am creating...nothing!  I am putting my already-done layouts into albums.  The stack is getting smaller and smaller!  Woot! Woot!
I am going...to have the gals over for coffee tomorrow morning.  
I am wondering...when my Project Life stuff will arrive on Wednesday.  I am really chomping at the bit to get it here and get to work on it!
I am reading...all the magazines that are on my bedside table right now.  I have about 15 scrapbooking magazines that I need to look through and a few of the All You magazines with pages dog-eared.
I am hoping...that the kids continue to get along today and this week so that it isn't a struggle.  This week is Winter Break and I am really not up for a hard week.  Especially since Ben will be travelling for work next week and I will be the "single mum" for the week.  
I am looking forward to...scrap night with my McDonough girls Thursday night and hopefully a trip to the zoo this week (if the weather co-operates).  
I am learning...menu planning is really saving our budget.    
Around the house...the kids are playing nicely and there haven't been any huge knock-down-drag-outs.....yet.....
I am pondering...what other things we can do this week while the kidlets are off school without having to deal with crowds.  Lord knows, I am not a fan of crowds!
A favourite quote for today....
"it is better to be content with what little you have. Otherwise, you will always be struggling for more, and that is like chasing the wind."
Ecclesiastes 4:6 NCV

One of my favourite things...a new little lap desk that I bought at Ikea this weekend.  It is perfect for sitting my laptop on while I sit in bed....very cool!
A peek into my day....

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Until next week, Scrap On!

~Cyn~

Scrap Nook Re-Organization...

BEFORE:  This is Dawn's little scrap nook in her master bedroom.

This is the area beside the scrap nook and we decided to organize it a little better and leave it for a little longer.

We moved the bookcase to the edge of the wall and then put the little Iris organizer in the corner.  The Creative Memories bag sits on top because the pages and protectors are in there and we want to keep it out of her little man's reach when he is in their room.  I cleared off all the papers and bins on her desk, moved the albums to an 8-cube Expedit shelf from Ikea.  It really opened up the shelves on her bookcase to put things up high out of her toddler's reach.  The finishing touch will be her papers sorted into ROYGBIV, White, Black, Brown and Grey piles to put in a paper organizer for easy access on her bookcase.  

It looks AWESOME!!!

Until next time, SCRAP ON!
~Cyn~

Day 45 of 365

Not much happening here, Yoda is still missing. Today was a weird day. Yes, it is Valentine's Day...but I just don't feel "lovey dovey" and it is just another day for me. Really.

Ben liked his humorous card, so that is good. He came straight home from work because he was leaving really late. So no card for me. Nothing for me. We don't really have the money to be shelling out on things for a holiday where everything gets jacked up in price for one day. It is brutal. We will go out for dinner another time.

I am still working on my knitting....I am making washcloths for people for Christmas 2011. Here is the washcloth I am working on right now.

I hope people like them!
~Cyn~