Monday : Week in the Life

6.00 alarm goes off

6.10 wake up hoping I didn’t sleep in too long & thanksful I showered last night

Eat leftover cinnamon cake with a glass of milk, watch news/Saved by the Bell/HGTV

Get ready, make sandwich for lunch, get coffee mug and hot cocoa mix(definitely needed    today)

Get Mya out of her kennel and give her a treat … She put her paw up when I said shake! (we’ll  see how long this lasts)

7.05 leave for work

It’s Monday of pay week so I do the timecards. I had 35 hours of overtime the last 2 weeks – can’t wait to get new couches!

Make meal plan for the week and grocery list

Take break to surf internet and blogs

10.45 Bad attitude has hit…inventory related because people don’t let me know when product is leaving the warehouse

12.29 Eat carrots for lunch because my sliced roast beef sandwich was really gross.

2.30 ah the perks of working for an agricultural company…chemical reps with customer expense accounts = new husker pullover, flash drive pen and a chocolate malt

4.42 very ready to go home, working on some billing, got an email that my package from Imaginisce was delivered, really want to know what it is!

5.08 things are slowing down at work, get tomorrow's billing ready, doing deposit and going home

5.26 Farmers decide to come in one more time for the night so I'll probably be here for another hour
6.30 went to the grocery store 
7.00 got home, let Mya out, and opened package from Imaginisce for a giveaway...it was the entire Splash line which is all oceany and beachy in a kid way...not sure how I will use it but maybe I'll just save it until I have kids.
Made homemade pizza  and a "Kramer" (drink) which reminded me of the Bahamas, while watching How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men
Chad came in from planting for supper and we hung out with Travis for a while. They decided that they needed to finish planting tonight because it might rain. They headed back out to the field which means I will probably hang out by myself the rest of the night.
Mya held out her paw again when I said shake...I think she's got the hang of this! sooo smart!
8.30 Cleaned up the kitchen while watching The Big Bang Theory...Monday night is the best TV night
9.00 catching up on Two Peas in a Bucket and surfing the internet
playing with some scrapbooking stuff

Meal Plan Monday

It's a new week already?! I've been working Saturdays now so my weekend meals are really up in the air, so no more weekend menu for me.
Monday - homemade pizza
Tuesday - chicken pasta (new)
Wednesday - pancakes/waffles
Thursday - beef veggie skillet (new)
Friday - blt's


Today is the start of Ali Edwards' Week in the Life Project!!! I've been taking pictures and journaling all day so far. Last night I decided to do 8 1/2 x 11 pages and just put them into my 12x12 album. I like the mixed page size look so I'm going to give it a try. I just need to go buy some page protectors and divided pages. I'm also using the Story of Today digital pages from Ali. I might also use some journaling cards from her as well. I will share some pictures and journaling from each day either that evening or the next morning. It's exciting but I have yet to settle into the thought of just enjoying and capturing the moment. Is anyone else doing this project? Would love to see your thoughts and progress this week! 

Country Stampede

I have lots and LOTS of pictures printed out and waiting for a home in my albums and so, I love 2 page layouts where I can put all those pictures together. I found Scrapburbia, where the sketches are all super easy to follow. It's so simple to put down some paper and pictures and then sprinkle some fun around the page. Here's my take on this sketch...

I loved making this layout! I've had these pictures from a weekend in KS at Country Stampede sitting around forever and I loved pulling them out and having some fun with them. I also have to say that although I used paper and letters from a kit club...it was super easy to mix it up with embellishments from a completely different line. There isn't really a story to go along with this layout because the pictures kind of show what we did...had fun and went to concerts. I think I'll add the programs in my page protector with strings sticking out so I can pull them out and look at them later. Thanks for looking!

Supplies: Farm Fresh by October Afternoon, Flour Sack chipboard letters by Cosmo Cricket, Rub-ons and chipboard flowers from Imaginisce

New Page!

I've added a page all about our home remodel and my decorating projects! Check out today's Welcome post and come back often to see everything that we've been up to!

Belated Menu Plan Monday and a reason to celebrate...

I'm late putting this up but I decided to still post it so that I wouldn't fall behind. This is something I really want to keep at. So on Monday - we had taco muffin cups (biscuits in a muffin tin filled w/ meat and cheese). It was actually a recipe for barbeque which I may have to try later.

Tuesday - Chicken Alfredo (it's our 2 year anniversary and we LOVE this meal)

Wednesday - hmmm I'm thinking pizza?

Thursday - homemade ham and cheese pockets

Friday - pancakes/waffles (love breakfast for supper)

Saturday - supper - minute steak, potatoes, carrots 

Sunday - lunch - pb&j (we'll be planting so it might be quick or taken to them in the tractor)

              supper - leftovers

Last weekend we had steak, which translated to marinated kabobs and they were awesome! The chicken night last week was an italian dressing mix baked on chicken breasts...also awesome. I was surprised that Chad liked both meals, very picky eater.

Well, since it is our two year anniversary today since we started dating, I've been working on a layout to highlight moments in our relationship. I didn't let Chad see me working on this one but I surprised him and showed it to him last night.

The journaling reads : we met one night in April 2008 and danced all night - after 8 months Chad surprised me with a pearl ring on our skiing trip - April 2009 brought a new adventure when we started remodeling the house - through 2009 we had a lot of fun going to New York and the Bahamas - We moved into our wonderful house in October and have loved it - for our anniversary we took another big step and got a puppy ...we named her Mya and we love her!

I used the Dear Lizzy line that came in my April kit from Scrapbook Kit Club. It may not be the most balanced layout but my intention was to have our two years in pictures and words and then show where we are now. Thanks for looking! If anyone has any good recipes to share please send them my way! Always love to try something new.