More Organization....

I must be channeling my energy into organizing today because once i finished the scrapbooking ribbon, i moved on into the kitchen! My spice cabinet has been driving me nuts for a while now & so i decided since i was one kid down today & the other likes to be a helper, i would put him to work. Plus Daddy was outside working in the yard, leaving me to my domain with no interruptions. As you can see, my cabinet was a mess...

And i have had this spice rack for the entire length of my marriage,

But once i got to work, i realized that i only had opened 4 of the jars!

So i literally cleaned out the remaining 12, peeled off the original labels, washed & dried them.....

And filled them back up with 12 of the other spices in my cabinet that i use often. (Of course, i made a new label, too!)

Isn't my cabinet much nicer now? You should see all the containers i trashed! Eli had a blast rummaging in all this too, so it was a success all around!

For All My Scrapbooking Girls...

Okay, so to those of you who love to scrapbook like me, i am sure your ribbon/fiber "box" or whatever is a total modge-podge of mixed up, unorganized, tattered ribbon spools, etc, right?? Well, last night when i was at Archivers for a scrapMANIA (i am a total scrapMANIAC, no comment, Daniel!) i picked up these nifty little things, thinking it can't hurt for .99c to try them. Well, after sitting down this morning and transforming my cluttered box into a much smaller neat box, i am hooked! This is how it went:

My box was filled with these before:

I got one pkg of 10 ribbon cards (for .99c) & 1 pkg of 25 ribbon holders (for another .99c).

And now my ribbons look like this:

My clear shoe box looks like this (for now) until i can go get about 20 more to complete the job:

But, then i can downsize my box into a much smaller box & feel much more organized( & to those of you who really know me, this is a weight lifted off my shoulders because i HATE the feeling of disorganization & clutter- i just can't work like that!) So for $1.98 total- this was one steal of a deal & a great overhaul of my ribbon box! And the best part is that i did it all in under 30 minutes (including taking the pictures, blogging it, & cleaning it up!) Go get 'em, girls!

I'm lonely

So tonight is an official milestone for Jackson. He is is out camping with Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Marie, & Kaleb. I can't believe he actually went! And my heart is actually hurting with him being gone. He has never spent the night anywhere without one of us & i am not certain i will sleep well tonight knowing he isn't in the house. Although i know he is in good hands (& having a blast), i just would rather have him under my wing! He hopped right up in the truck though with Uncle Jeremy when he & Kaleb came to get him & waved a big wave & gave me a humungous hug, but i am not certain it was enough to last me until Monday. We have already discussed going to pick him up (an hour away) before Monday, because we just aren't certain WE can handle this. But pray for sweet dreams for Jackson tonight because i would rather him have a blast & not miss us one bit than to be miserable & long for home. I can remember that feeling & i wouldn't wish it on my little man.

**this morning came with an update at 8:00am! Jackson called to say he slept well & was having a fun time. Whew!! I am so thankful he made it through like a big boy! But still, do you think I will make it to Monday?! I don't think so! I miss him terribly!**

Outraged!!

Something has GOT to give! I just paid $3.45 per gallon of gas! How absurd! It took $65.08 to fill up the ole jeep & that will last 4 days, 5 tops! I have found that every time i go to get gas these days (which as you can tell is pretty often) i get in the worst mood before i leave! I actually passed a station this morning that was $3.57 a gallon & i almost choked as i drove past. If these gas prices do indeed go up to $4.00 a gallon, i will have to start walking. I guess i will stay home more because it sure would take me a long time to get anywhere since i live out in the sticks!

Oh, & to top it off, not only did i pay an enormous price for this gasoline, but the station was too cheap to make sure i got a receipt- which just put me in a deeper state of disgust.

Big Brother Duties...

Last night Jackson volunteered to get Eli ready for bed. He got out the pjs & a fresh diaper & Eli allowed all this (the child is always motivated to go to bed!) All was going well until.... he opened the diaper & found a surpise waiting- & then it was all over!

Helping in the Kitchen

The boys decided to help in the kitchen the other night... & they did indeed help- MAKE A MESS! But they had a blast, so that is what counts. This is one of Eli's favorite things to do because this is the ONLY cabinet he has access to & he loves to carry the tea kettle around the house.

Can we go now?

We were CVSing.... enough said!

ps- i "bloglifted" this right from Aunt Becca's site... If you want to see the full story you can go here.

pss- See how the pacifier loop is flipped up (where it touches the base of his nose)? This is his new thing- he HAS to have it this way. If you flip it down, he flips it right back up! Oh the sleeping comfort of the paci!

Ear Check in....

Well, this morning was the last of the ear rechecks, & yes Eli had to get the third and final (FINALLY) shot of Rocephin. His right ear was "beautiful", but his left ear was still a little red & had fluid around it so we had to get the last shot. They don't want to recheck for 7-10 days (Whew!). I should buy stock in the pedaitrician's office, huh? No picture of his poor little leg today, he was a screamer for me this time & i think he is pretty fed up with the whole doctor's office / shot ordeal. Can you blame him? It wasn't a pretty sight & he didn't want to wait for the 15 mintutes we were required to in order to make sure he didn't have a reaction. Sooo, the wait was loud & embarrassing (i'll just leave it at that!)

Check this out!

Okay, so if you are not into freebies or use paypal for any reason...simply skip ahead to the next post!
However.... today i signed up for Revolution Money Exchange which is the new "paypal" just simply without fees associated for accepting or dispursing money. "Revolutionary," huh? Well, until Tuesdayi think it is (April 15th) you get $25 free bucks just for signing up! They will even send it to you by mail if you don't want to leave it in your RME account. (ummm, which i will do!)
So, sign up today & get your new **Free** money exchange account & **free** $25 bucks! I referred Randy who is going to sign up for one (he does most of the ebaying etc, anyway) & get $25 & then i will get $10 more dollars for referring him! Fun!! That is my grocery money right there!
*** Edit to original post***
You are in luck, because they have extended this offer until May 15th! I've got my money already, do you??

Two Cute Jacksonisms....

Two funny things Jackson said today....

"mommy, we going to eat at the driveway?" (we were getting happy meals at the drive-through & heading to the park!)

Then later.... (as i slammed on brakes on the way home from church)...
"Mommy! What happened? Did you see a reindeer?!" (this cracked me up because i had to explain that we only see reindeer at christmas and the animal i almost hit the other night when i slammed on brakes was just a deer.)