wsww and my jam

what she wore wednesday: week 7

1. kaylee really loved her outfit on monday. i got her shoes from oshkosh outlet- cute little mary janes.

2. mike took kaylee to school friday morning since i wasn't feeling well. i did feel better and went to lunch with them so friday's photo is from lunch. her mouth is full of pizza sam-wich.

3. i spent much of yesterday paying bills and setting them up so i just go onto my banks website and pay them all from there. its free and i already pay a few bills from there anyway.

4. i'm also organizing all the paper/receipts that i have just thrown into a file cabinet.

5. i have folders for everything but i'm SO lazy! next year i WILL be better organized!

6. i felt a little down yesterday too. no motivation to put in any effort to do anything.

7.  i did go to the gym. i felt a little sad there too because i have no one to talk too.

8. i haven't talked to any of my "friends" or my family since we last visited in july. i have texted with my parents though.

9. sometimes i wonder what is wrong with me?

10. one republic has become my jam.

i got happy mail

1. wednesday i got my much anticipated urhere swap. the florida mug is SO pretty. actually, i love them all. i really want hawaii but have only seen it by googling it. its selling for $30 bucks- what the what?!

2. at first it didn't bother me that my partner didn't send anything homemade then i saw her flickr page and was a little disappointed. love the cross stitching she does!

3. then i got my erin condren lunchbox that i had ordered. its bigger than what i had expected but still too small to add the containers it came with and a drink. [no containers = big enough]

4. debating if i should give this one to kaylee. [i got our initials on it- kb so we both could use it]

5. i was going to use it to hold drinks and snacks/food in the car instead of my purse/bag. [i got granola bars in my purse right now]

6. i also got my october birchbox.

7. i am now patiently waiting for the arrival of my duck boots and purple filofax.

8. i decided to get duck boots since we walk to school and my current rain boots are too small when i wear pants. i have huge calves.

9. and the only time i don't wear pants with my rain boots is when i'm at home to get the mail or newspaper. i am wearing shorts though. for my neighbors.

10. and sadly, the filofax isn't estimated to be delivered till the end of october.

wsww and some other stuff

what she wore week 6

1. kaylee cracks me up doing the same pose everyday. 

2. yesterday i took armando in for an routine oil change. [i drive a nissan armada but call it armando]

3. the night before i had a dream i couldn't get it to start. then last night i had a dream that black smoke was coming from the engine. [it was suggested that we get a new engine air filter]

4. weird how the brain works incorporating my daily life into my dreams.

5. i still need to finish painting the trim and doors in kaylee's room. plan on getting that done today.

6. after i take back those jeans ham doesn't want. [wish he wasn't so picky sometimes!]

7. ham is still not liking college station. he says its full of rednecks who drive big trucks. 

8. i started going to a different workout class. wish it was during the day rather than the evenings because i have to count on mike being home on time in order for me to go.

9. but i love the class. its called strictly strength. we work with light weights and work all muscles. i feel like i'm getting back some of those muscles i had when i worked out with andre.

10. even though my body ached most days, i sure do miss those personal training sessions.

getting another room painted- HOLLA!

1. sunday i started painting kaylee's room. it went from the green to lilly lavendar. it looks really pretty and fresh and clean.

2. i finished that last wall today and started on the trim. i'll finish the trim and doors tomorrow.

3. then its on to a new ceiling fan and some curtains.

4. ham came home saturday. he complains that college station is boring. wish he had gotten some roommates that way he's got someone to talk too when he's at his apartment. i'm sure it gets lonely all by himself.

5. this getting old thing kinda stinks. for awhile now i've been having trouble with focusing on what to make for meals. nothing sounds good to me lately but i still eat!

6. i've come up with a chore/allowance plan for kaylee. i hope it works.

7. i want her to do things without having to be told 100 hundreds a day, everyday. and i want her to learn how to manage money and save.

8. so we're going to give her $8.00 a week but $3.00 of it goes into savings so she gets $5.00 to spend.

9. i'm hoping that it teaches her to save her money for something she really wants.

10. and i hope mike and i stick to it and enforce it.

Holly Henry: "The Scientist" - The Voice Highlight

                              via snapshots of a good life

i don't watch the voice but after hearing her sing,  i'm going to and i'm going to vote for her to win.
 [i totally agree with everything karen said in her post about her]

ramdom stuff on friday

she made a Leaning Tower of (Hot Box) P'ZA tonight.

1. she came up with that on her own. clever little girl.

2. thursday i found water leaking from our ceiling due to a clogged a/c unit pipe. these houses in texas are built weird. 

3. mike was able to fix it so that saved us a $75.00 service home warranty fee. [we also replaced one of the filters in the pool filter holder saving us aprox. 40 bucks since one new one cost $35.00.  and he also fixed the lawnmower]

4. then our awesome neighbor/friend said he can help us with the drywalling.

5. then kaylee said she was hearing a clicking noise coming from her bathroom. found out we have another leak probably from another a/c unit thats clogged. [they put these units in the attic with 2 hoses coming out from our roof but the units themselves are outside. i'll have to find out what they're called inside.]

6. mike's not looking forward to fixing that one. its probably way in the back of the attic.

7.  my mind has been occupied with filofaxes. i've decided that while i like the momagenda and erin condren planners, they both had things i didn't like or wasn't working. i want my planner to run smoothly.

8. after much research, i decided on the filofax malden personal in purple. i'm hoping to use it as a wallet/organizer.  [i know, i lead such a tough life]

9. i seriously wanted something that i can carry with me at all times and it will hold all those stupid store cards, store coupons and medical info. plus, i can write down any appointments as they are made.

10. i figured if it turns more into a wallet, then i will just have to get myself a bigger one that stays home and i will just transfer info as needed.

what she wore wednesday, steam mops and ur here swap

1. last week was theme week at school.  we followed along except for friday since it was school picture day.

2. this is the outfit she picked out of the two that i wanted her to wear for pictures. i think she looks cute and its different.

3. mike was all for it because its a tupac look.

4. today was suppose to be a cleaning day except it hasn't worked out quite that way.

5. i went to target to get a steam mop but they didn't have this one. neither did walmart or kohls. [i don't agree with their con of leaving excess water on the floor, it worked great for me]

6. so after steam mop shopping, i came home to eat lunch and read some blogs so no house cleaning has been done yet.

7. it started to rain, which i love. good napping weather.

8. i'm still working on my urhere mug swap. its much harder when i'm trying to add something crafty.

9. the urhere mugs are the cute ones from starbucks. there's even one from banff! mike said he will take me there one day.

10. wish that one day would come soon!