Something I really need....

So my life has been absolute chaos since November!  Yep that's 8 solid months!  We have twin boys, were living in Minnesota, my husband accepted a new job in Iowa - which was great, but then came all the craziness during the holiday season....

Getting our house ready to sell
Selling our house
Leaving jobs and friends
Moving into my high school bedroom at 28
Finding Jobs
Finding new daycare
Building a house

AHHHH...it's all been a bit CRAZY!!!  So at some point between January and February, we realized neither of us have no idea where our camcorder went.  It was last seen at a Christmas celebration in January.  I keep telling myself that it wasn't thrown away with Christmas wrappings and it will show up when we move. I've been doing some cleaning, still no camera:(((  Hope we find it!!!  I've already missed capturing many milestones in action.  


So when I saw this Polaroid DVG-720BC - had to enter the drawing on this humor blog.  See more digital cameras here.

Something great for the Holidays.

 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these knits!!!  How great would these be for a holiday picture, especially with a newborn.  Check them out at the Creative Dragonfly.

She's a beaut....

I'm so excited, I got a new laptop at work.   I think it would be safe to say, this not only made my day, but possibly my year! I am in LOVE, it's beautiful.  And the screen is like 3x the size of my old laptop.  Not such a great day for my old computer, something happened to the fan and it would overheat and shutdown without warning.  Not great for work productivity!  But it lived a good life and I think I'm ready to put it behind me and move on to my new MacBook. 

Something Ridiculous.....

Lately I have really been enjoying a Starbucks' coffee while grocery shopping at Target. However, sipping on a yummy white chocolate mocha while shopping has made me recognize a ridiculous comparison. Sometimes when chicken is really expensive, I skip it and get something else or really complain about the cost. Yes the pack of chicken that will feed my entire family for a meal. Then I look down at the coffee that I didn't think twice about paying almost $5 for! Really, when you compare the two, I realize how ridiculous I am!

Birthday party planning for my twins turning two!

I said last year I would be on top of the party planning and be ready to go by the day of the party. NOT SO MUCH with just a week to go.  Here is the invite, I ended up making this myself to save on costs.  Here are some cake ideas I like.

They love Thomas and Elmo, so I am thinking of incorporating one of those, both go great with the light blue and red invite.

All the cakes are from Glorious Desserts in Des Moines.

Friendly Fridays!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

To the moms of boys

 

 

As I approach my third winter as a mom to boys, I would like to share a few words of advice...

HATS

Buy at least two hats right now, and if your little ones are still really young, buy different sizes, one for now, one for spring.  First off, somehow they disappear, reappear and disappear for good.  By the end of last winter, we were down to these two hats.  Honestly, I can't believe they fit!   Second, by mid January, there will be very few hats in sight to buy.  You would think in a state like Minnesota, where hats can be worn about nine months of the year, they would sell them all year! 

I'm sure it is tough to find girl hats late in the winter as well.

 

Something to make your friends say wow.

I'm always looking for a great place to go for cute invites besides shutterfly or Tiny Prints. You'll have to visit Jumping Jax Designs to see all the invites Becca has designed.  She does birthday parties, birth announcements, holiday cards and blog designs.  I've been looking for somebody to make a custom design for Something from TheMallMamma, so I am going to see what her availability is. 

Something Vintage.

 I found these cool signs at Signs of Vintage.  Such cute Mr. and Mrs. signs for a wedding or you can create your own "words" sign.  Very cool!

Show Us Your LIfe - Offices

This is supposed to be Show us Your Life Friday, but I was am a little late getting this posted.  Our office....not too exciting!  This room was full of wallpaper when we bought the house.  It is the perfect little room for an office.  It has two doors, one that goes to the kitchen, the other that goes to the back hallway of our house.

As the boys toys quickly piled up we decided we must do something more with our office to hold their stuff. So last year we bought that great shelf from Ikea, and green boxes from Target and made the office child friendly. 

Both of us our laptop junkies so we don't spend too much time in here.  I do do a lot of blogging from our desktop b/c that is where we store all our pictures.  Otherwise, we would prefer to surf the web on the couch in front of the TV. 

Hope you enjoy.  If you want to play along or see lots of other offices, click here.

Friday Follow

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Beanies and Leg warmers - TOO CUTE

I am in love with these adorable leggings from Knotty Tots.  Next girl I buy a present for is getting a pair of these!  I would be in so much trouble if I had a little girl.

Book on a ring

 Today I spent some time browsing around on on Brown Paper Packages.  I saw these adorable story rings- they look pretty easy to make and would be a really fun gift for any expecting mom! 

Something Disturbing... Davies Happy Meal Project

A woman named Sally Davies shared on Flickr her experiment in time lapse photography...only when it came to her subject, a McDonalds Happy Meal, time seemed to have no effect – even after 180 days had passed. In her words, “no bugs, no mold, no smell, nothing.” Makes you wonder...

Here is the link!  
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallydavies/5059592657/in/set-72157624739645253/#

Calleigh's Clips and Creations

Today I spent some time at Calleigh's Clips and Creations blog and Etsy store. She has lots of adorable little hats and several other crochet creations ! Loved all of them. Here are a couple of my favorite pics I grabbed.