Good Thing, Bad Thing

Another week survived, another round of wins to celebrate and wounds to bandage and baby a bit.

We'll start with the good stuff this week:

This past Sunday was our six-year anniversary.  Six years of marriage.  Not a huge number to some, but based on the past year or so that we've had, it's a celebration for sure.  Life gets hard and marriage isn't always a honeymoon.  But we were able to relax for the evening without the kids, chat about nothing and hang out like we "used" to before all that life stuff got in the way.  And Game of Thrones was on too, so that was a bonus for sure!

Bad thing.

Avery was interested in potty training and then some little switch flipped in her 2-year old brain and she's back to really having zero interest.  I know she's barely two, and the chances of her going to Kindergarten in diapers is pretty slim, but it was just so exciting only to stall out.  She has taken her lack of interest into refusing to wear ANYTHING on her butt some mornings.  I give you exhibit A.

No diaper.  No pull-up.  No "big girl undies" that she'll pee right through.  So made her play outside on the deck with me while I read my magazine.  I think ultimately I won that battle.  We'll see about the war.



How was your week??

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Hot Mama Workout Playlist

I am by no means a "Hot Mama" (yet) but I'm trying.
That's the important thing.
And we all know that exercise can get boring (otherwise people wouldn't struggle to get to the gym, or tie on those tennis shoes!)

I thought I'd put out my playlist for you all to freshen up your own tunes!  I've got a mix of old songs (thing basement dancing in college) to newer things (hello Bruno Mars and Macklemore!)

• Runaway Baby, Bruno Mars
• Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepson
• Put the Gun Down, ZZ Ward
• Next to Me, Emilie Sande
• Single Ladies, Beyonce
• Hey Mama, Black Eye Peas
• (I Got That) Boom Boom, Britney Spears
• Locked Out of Heaven, Bruno Mars
• Thnks Fr Th Mmrs, Fall Out Boy
• Right Round, Flo Rida
• Don't Stop (For Anything), Jonny Lang
• SexyBack, Justin Timberlake
• Thrift Shop, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5
• Get Naked, Method of Meyhem
• Maneater, Nelly Furtado
• BOB, Outkast
• It Wasn't Me, Shaggy
• Faded, Soul Decision
• Can't Hold Us, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

The joke is that the list is over 2 hours of music, and I NEVER workout for that long.  But with a bigger list, all you've gotta do is hit "play, shuffle" and you're off and running!  Literally!

If you've got a list or songs that we should have, share them!!  I'm always game for something new and fresh to keep my workouts exciting!

Washi Tape Letters

I have slowly been putting together new things to hang in the girls' room.  With the new bunk bed, and fresh paint, we needed some new wall decor.  Before, I had each girl's name in large cardboard letters, but I wanted something new to put on the gallery wall I've been planning (for about two months now, but whatever.  I'll get there!)

I bring you my washi tape letters.  Super simple, really cute and totally customizable to your color pallet.

Snag your letters at your local craft store.  You can find washi tape at most craft stores (your Michaels and Joann Fabrics), of a specialty scrapbooking store (like Archivers) or even online (my favorite place to shop is In the Clear.)

Plan out your design and start stretching tape.  If your letter has a hole in it, just stretch right over it.  You want straight lines and you can trim the excess when you're all done.  Washi tape doesn't exactly have industrial-strength stick, so cut your strips long enough to wrap to the sides/back of the letter so you get a good hold.  Peeling washi = ugly washi.

When you're all done, grab a cutting mat and Xacto knife and flip your letter over.  Time to trim!  Remember, error on the side of cutting longer pieces to wrap and stick to the letter to hold the tape securely.

Sit back and admire your work.
(Ignore the unfinished ledge that they're sitting on, there's molding that needs to go back up now that we're done painting, but we're just taking our time.  Wanna make sure it's perfect.  OR every time we have a kid-free moment, it's during nap time, and the project just so happens to be where the littles are sleeping!)


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