Yearly Archives: 2012

Spa Birthday: Eye/Sleep Masks

May 10, 2012
Spa Birthday: Eye/Sleep Masks

Gillian is having a “spa” birthday party this year, so I’ve been trying to find things to do and things to buy and/or make for the party. One thing I think you would find in a spa is eye/sleep masks. The ones I found in the store were all either pink or blue, so...

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Some organized progress.

May 4, 2012
Some organized progress.

I’m just feeling so damn proud of myself I had to share: The Junk Drawers: Don’t even ask, because I can’t even begin to explain…. But here’s how it looks now. You may be wondering where all those cords and all those papers went? Well the papers were moved into a plastic file folder...

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This is not my idea of fun.

May 3, 2012

Since I quit smoking I have more energy and I can’t turn to cigarettes when I’m stressed out so I need to relieve that stress some other way and while I’m at it I figured I should eliminate things that tend to stress me out. I got this bright idea to O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-E the ENTIRE...

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The Chantix is working.

April 20, 2012

Bryan and I decided quitting smoking would work best if we did it together. Usually I try to quit and he’s still smoking, or he tries to quit and I’m still smoking. It never works. So we decided to take the smoking cessation classes on-post and get our free prescriptions for Chantix and quit...

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We’re home from Disney!

April 16, 2012
We’re home from Disney!

I’m happy to say that we made the trip to Disney World with no real problems. Just a slight problem the day before we left. Hannah got sick at school and then twice more in the night at home. In the car we brought a bucket, just in case, gave her some crackers and...

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How to “take in” the waist of cotton pants that are too big!

April 2, 2012
How to “take in” the waist of cotton pants that are too big!

Last year I bought this extremely comfortable pair of cotton capri’s. This year they are way too big. I’m not big on removing a million seams to make pants smaller, but I have read blogs where it can be done. I wanted an EASIER and FASTER way to make the waist smaller on these...

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A skirt from old ripped jeans.

April 1, 2012
A skirt from old ripped jeans.

Usually when I made a skirt from jeans I just cut straight across right at the crotch and add some fabric below that. But the other day at my Girl Scout meeting one of my Girl Scouts was wearing a jean skirt she made from a pair of jeans. Hers were made completely out...

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Water Bottle Sling Holders

March 31, 2012
Water Bottle Sling Holders

We are going to Disney next week and since we will be walking around all day in the Florida heat I figured it was a good idea to have water bottles with us. But I don’t want to be taking the bottles out of our backpack every five minutes when the kids want them,...

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Easy updated flip flops. From boring to fabulous!

March 27, 2012
Easy updated flip flops. From boring to fabulous!

Okay, maybe not fabulous! Haha. My daughter’s friend has a pair of flip flops with ribbons galore and Hannah saw these and wanted a pair. I am not one to buy my kids something if they already have it. She already has flip flops, she doesn’t need a second pair. So I simply cut...

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Tee to Tank. Genius.

March 26, 2012
Tee to Tank. Genius.

I have no idea who originally came up with this idea, but I saw a picture on Pinterest and clicked over to the site where there is a tutorial and I had to make my own. I started with an over-sized t-shirt that I won as a blog candy once upon a time: I...

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