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Total Planner Nerd Post!!

January 16, 2019 admin

I LOVE planning. I love everything about it. From the feeling organized (even if you’re not, it’s a great feeling to have!) to the decorating with washi, stickers, and whatnot, to the gorgeous options for leather Travelers notebooks, and so on and so forth.

I also love the planner subscription boxes. The little surprise “gift” to myself in my mailbox each month is my little guilty “mom” pleasure. I’ve really had to downsize my subscriptions because if you know me then you know my “Go BIG or go home” mentality in allthethings but I got my last monthly box from Lauren Phelps Designs and I wanted to share it because it really is gorgeous!

I’m going to apologize now for the crappy lighting, but the kids are finally asleep and this is the time I have to myself, so I deal with whatever lighting I have on hand. 😉

I really love her designs, and I fell in love with her artwork for her October kit (I’m a total freak for pumpkins!) and decided to order a few boxes! This is the January kit for 2019 and it has all kinds of goodies from washi, to stickers, to gorgeous papers that I’ll use for scrapbooking and whatnot.

I’ll admit I haven’t figured out the sequins yet. Eventually I’m going to make shaker dashboards out of them, and I even bought ALLTHETHINGS to make shaker dashboards, but alas, laziness consumes me sometimes… (or maybe it’s just motherhood…. either way, I’m tired.)

One of these posts I’ll share some “Plan With Me” videos, but I’m waiting for my little iPhone tripod to come in so I can be all official-like, and so you can’t really see my face (because no one really wants that), and so my nervously shaking hands won’t make you motion sick. Because that could totally happen.

Also, isn’t it ironic that I couldn’t even fill up a day on a planner when I was working full time, yet now that I’m the stay-at-home mom of two that planner is jammed? Funny how that works…. LOL!

The Journey Begins

January 16, 2019 admin

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

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WordPress added this little blurb for me, and so I’ll keep it for now because YES, the journey has to begin somewhere – and for me it’s January 16, 2019. What’s special about that day? Nothing really, it’s just the day I decided to get off my lazy rear parts and actually do something about all this writing I have swirling around in my head at any given point.

To me, “beginnings” are very similar to “introductions” so let’s get that out of the way.

I’m Jamie. I live in Wylie, Texas. I’m 37, a mom of two, and a freaking awesome wife. 😉

I plan on making you laugh – a lot! I also plan on making some new lifelong friends – because, let’s face it, stay-at-home-momming is hard, lonely, and the pay is sometimes weak, but the rewards are unmeasurable. It’s also sometimes hilarious, and I love sharing that part.

I will occasionally post “Stuff I Love” – sometimes just because I like it and want to share it with you. Sometimes because I like it and I’m getting some kind of reward for sharing it (though I’m not going to be sharing things I don’t like and pretending I do, that’s just not how this whole honesty thing works. I mean, I want to set a good example for my kids, right?) – If I share something as an affiliate, I’ll make sure to let you know as well as if I have any options for getting you a discount or whatnot, because we ALL love discounts.

For realz.

Toilet Troubles

January 16, 2019 admin

nq5orq26fhfzo6ywygq — Middle of Nowhere – New Mexico

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We just got back Sunday from an awesome little vacation to Angel Fire, NM with me, my hubby, and our four year old daughter. We left our 18 month old son with the grandparents, because I didn’t think he’d really enjoy being up to at least his waist in snow and 7 degree weather.

Prior to going, I did what all moms do before any vacation involving kids. I panicked.

See, I knew we were going to be in the middle of nowhere for quite a while on our trip, with no usable restrooms in sight, and that’s enough to send any parent of a 3-5 year old into conniptions.

OXO Tot 2-in-1 Go Potty for Travel – Pink

Genius right? The kid needs to go? You just pull over, slap a bag in it, and off you go! Boom.

One little problem though. My daughter is obsessed with toilets. She dreams to one day use a porta-potty. She gets in trouble at school for asking to go too many times in an hour. She doesn’t have a medical problem, believe me, we’ve checked.

So the potty arrives in that glorious 2 day shipping window, and I took it out of the box and promptly left it on the table to I’d remember to pack it.

Enter 4-year old…..

Her – “Mommy…. what’s that?”

Me – “Um, it’s a travel toilet. See, where we’re going we may not be able to get to a toilet in time so this is for EMERGENCIES ONLY”

Her – “OH, ok!

Also her, at gymnastics the next day… “HEY Y’ALL, I got a new POTTY! It’s AMAZING!!!”

*facepalm*

So we start off on part 1 of our split-in-half 10+ hour drive…..

Minute 15: “Mommy, I need to go potty”

Minute 38: “Mommy, I need to go potty”

Every 20-35 minutes for the rest of the drive, both parts, both days…. “Mommy, I need to go potty!!!”

*sigh* I didn’t need my hubby to tell me “Well, you shouldn’t have told her what that was” because I knew it already – but seriously, she’s not stupid, she knows what a potty looks like. What else am I supposed to tell her it is?

I’m happy to say…. I won. We didn’t use the potty once, though there were a few times I got a little nervous and was prepping myself to hop into the back seat of the mini-van and dust that thing off. Our friends, however, may never travel with us again because out 10+ hour car trip turned into more like 13+ with all the potty breaks. I AM happy, however, to have that as a backup in the car, because you KNOW there are some questionable places where your kid announces they need to go RIGHT NOW.

*sigh*……. Parenthood. Isn’t it grand?