"Office" update

We don't have a real office and I don't know what I would do in it if we did have one, but we do need an organized place to keep the important stuff. I shared our little office in a cupboard here before. I haven't worked on it much since it went from this

To this

And I have slowly been purging, eliminating and making room for other things (like those cake stands!) in other places. 

Here it is today

The boxes hold stuff that goes together, together. Camera lens and charger with the memory cards.

One box is all letter stuff! Envelopes, cards, stamps, wax seals and the address book!

I was able to pick these up on sale (I need a couple more though)

 and I plan on adding the labels to them soon!

Our most used thing, besides the HMB! 

These little inexpensive IKEA jars are perfect for holding anything small, batteries, outlet covers, change, thumb drives, safety pins and random screws!

I was hoping t get the lids painted pink today but it's just a little busy round here! On my list of things to do though!

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Meal Plan Monday

Weeks that start with a holiday always throw me off a little bit.

We are planning getting home today before dinner. But of course there is 4 days of laundry to do and unpacking, planning for the school week and life in general, so easy tonight is a must, and the rest of the week really needs to be easy so we can recover from being gone for 4 days.


Monday~Pork tenderloin with mashed potatoes
Tuesday~Chicken Tacos
Wednesday~Lasagna Soup
Thursday~Beef Stew
Friday~Turkey Burgers
Saturday and Sunday are just not mine to deal with this weekend,
my girlfriends and I will be at Farm Chicks!

And with this week being so busy, I am not sure I will have another post this week, I will try though!
For sure posting about Farm Chicks though :)

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Citrus Themed Bridal Shower

Keeping it real here. It is 3:45 in the morning and I am typing this in the hallway while my girly is in the bathtub after a 3 am wake-up (eww, throw up) call. I really think a good bath can fix a lot of things. She is playing and already feeling better but I won't get back to sleep until she has been ick free for a whole day. 

So might as well make the most of it!

I hosted a bridal shower for my soon to be Sister in Law yesterday. She wasn't sure she wanted one, and I didn't have a lot of time to plan once a date had been set for it.  I wanted the theme to be a surprise for her because I KNOW she has a ton of wedding stuff she is working on and if she knew the theme she would be spending some of her time pinning cute stuff for me to look at!

This was my first party not at our house, and it was a 40 minute drive, so all those little things I forgot were not really an option to go home and get. (like flowers!) I know for next time to USE the lists I made!

So there it is, super simple and I didn't take pictures of the games but also simple, the bridal shower poem game, and the points for what is in your purse game.

I don't have any other parties to plan until FEBRUARY!!! We are taking our kiddos to Great Wolf Lodge for Finn's 3rd Birthday in September instead of the traditional party, this all started because I couldn't think of a theme in February for him and I like plenty of time to plan! They don't know but I am sure Ramsey will be suspicious when there is no party prep going on in August or September!

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Little Bathroom Update

I said last week that with all the deep cleaning I was sure to find some things that needed replaced or fixed, moved or organized. Well the first thing I noticed was the bath mats in our bathroom, when I took them out of the washer the rubber backing is pretty torn up and coming apart. 

I knew I had seen some cute ones around town somewhere..

It was Cost Plus, they have reasonable prices on a lot of their stuff. 

These match and I like them a little better even!

Also dealing with our under sink storage. It's not pretty or functional. Looking for some ideas on storage for everything from hair dryers to toilet paper. 

I love this idea from Pinterest

I haven't found the small holders yet though. Anyone seen them around lately?

Hope I have a newly organized bathroom post next Wednesday, 

especially since I am headed to IKEA in a couple days!

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