A Hot Random Friday Mess

Before I lay into my Friday Favorites, I'd like to wish my mom a Happy Birthday! She is the greatest person in the world in my eyes and is the reason I am the woman I am today. I'm truly blessed to call her mom. Nobody ever says moving 9 hours away from your mom is easy. I walked into Macy's yesterday and there was a lady working at the Clinique counter wearing Raffinee (what my mom wears) and I nearly teared up talking to her. Such a familiar smell that you don't smell everywhere. Not a day goes by that I just want to load up B and go visit. Thank goodness for FaceTime! I could go on and on about my mom and turn this into a full on sappy post, but I'll save the tears and show some pictures instead! Happy Birthday, Mom. I love you!

 MercyMe Concert

Mother/Daughter Vacation

 Colorado Vacation 2009

 Josh Turner Concert

 Isn't she beautiful?

Even with just a cap on! ;)

I guess she could have been Favorite thing #1 since she is one of my favorite people. Now, Hooray for Friday! Did y'all happen to see the Llama drama in Arizona? Ha! I was cracking up. Seriously, go watch it! I have this weird obsession with llamas so I absolutely love it. I had tears in my eyes and Tate thought I was upset crying on the phone talking about it. Speaking of Llamas and Friday.....

And another internet sensation last night, were you black and blue or white and gold? I was blue and gold.. so does that mean I am strong with both sides of my brain? I'm going to go ahead and say yes. If you don't know what I'm talking about here's the dress and the meaning behind it.

On to the favorites:

{One}

I have a new favorite photographer, y'all! She weighs in at about 22 lbs, stands at 33" and has a brilliant imagination. You guessed it, Brylee! I'll show you some of her greatest work at a later time. I just wanted to get that out there.

tiara, heels, 2 purses and athletic wear. I couldn't pull it off. ha!

{Two}

My favorite text of the week. Now, Tate always sends me cute texts and quotes throughout the week so those will always be the best, but planning a weekend with my cousin and sister..I should add the Llama 'uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh' in again but I won't. :) I was ecstatic when my cousin Amber text me! Lets get to planning, gals!

{Three}

I saw these swim suits on pinterest and knew I had to have them because, just look at them! How cute! I have an extremely hard time finding a tankini that I really like and that's long enough for my torso and I think these just might do the trick. I would have already have ordered one but I just can't decide on the color. I love them both! Find them here.

{Four}

Favorite outfit of the week.. coral and orange top with some turquoise jewelry and my most comfy wedges ever! I got so many compliments on my ensemble that I decided to share with y'all!

Top: Old Navy (old) - I couldn't find a similar one but they have some super cute tunics in this style.

 Jeans: American Eagle - Hi-Rise Skinny . For the Price, these rock!  

Wedges: Jessica Simpson (Old)- Similar 

{Five}

And of course, it's always a favorite getting to go eat and shop with my girl! Three separate times this week, too. Sunday to Corner Bakery for breakfast than a little shopping at the mall, Tuesday to Target and today to the mall, Old Navy and Target; I'm so ready for spring. Our weatherman says today is our last freeze before spring. Hallelujah! I know all you people up north are rolling your eyes, but this girl has turned into a wannabe beach bum and I'm hating this 50-60 degree weather. Enough about weather, on to pictures: 

 Chocolate chip pancakes and bacon! She's a happy girl.

 Taking the lead.

 Cool evening trip to Target. She dressed herself and I went with it. Ha!

Lunch at the food court. 'Mom take a picture of my macaroni!'

 Mall shopping wears a little girl out!

 Sweet Green Tea Lemonade. She's hooked.

 And of course, can't go to Target without her popcorn. And check out her little pink hat we found in the dollar section. We got the white one too. :)

Happy Friday, Friends!

Leah

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Day 13 - Ceiling Fans

According to my planner, Sunday should be the last day of my challenge! Ha! That's not going to happen.

 

Day 13




Clean: Ceiling Fans. Winter is over and the beautiful warm days will soon be upon us with the need to put the ceiling fans on. Let's give them a clean before they do get turned on.

Declutter: Junk drawer. Ahh the drunk drawer. Most households have a junk drawer that can never be kept tidy. If you don't have one, find a drawer that does need to be cleaned. Declutter and organize it so it won't be such a struggle to find something the next time you look.

Organize: Calendar/Diary. I know at the beginning of the year we buy a new planner and plan on using it, however life gets busy and the planner gets put in the drawer and never used. If you don't have one, get one. A planner, calendar, phone calendar, or just a plain old diary and make use of it today. We are going to add the following to your planner so we are organized for all holidays, events and birthdays through the end of 2015. Add the following:

• Personal
• Birthdays and birthday parties
• Anniversaries
• Holidays
• Family events
• Friends/family visiting
• Public Holidays
• Kids
• After school activities (Sports, music, etc.)
• After school care
• Immunization dates
• Work
• business trips
• social engagements
• School
• term dates
• no school dates
• school events
• Around the Home
• pest control
• car servicing
• change smoke alarm batteries 
• Other
• dentist checkups
• hair appointments
• meal planning
• pet immunizations

New Habit: Dry and put up dishes after washing.

5 Minutes Only: Clean out your purse!

Clean: I just use my Swiffer extended duster thing to clean my fans. I put a sheet underneath the fan to catch all the dirt then I just shake it off outside and wash it. I have heard of people spraying cleaner in an old pillowcase and throwing that over each blade to catch the dirt but I've never tried it.

Before Declutter: This one was hard for me. I've never had a 'junk drawer'. I've never had 'junk' just laying around my house in a drawer. Everything has a place and junk gets trashed. However, when we moved I seemed to find it necessary to have not one, but three drawers of 'random things'.. not junk, remember?

 This one in the kitchen had a little bit of everything in it. Most of it just needed to go to the desk and now that the desk is clean and organized it was easy to put things up.

This drawer is full of my dogs bandanas.Yes, they wear bandanas. It also had markers, hand sanitizers and travel sized things.

This drawer was in the laundry room. Most of it just needed to go to the garage but I just got too lazy to walk right out that door and put it up. Today I did.

After Declutter:

 This drawer now only has my grocery shopping notebook (because I'm always adding to it), daily things (chapstick, gum, sissors) and lighters. I'm not even sure why I have so many.

 Straightened up the bandanas and that cleared up room to add my other notebooks to this drawer plus my glasses and Scentsy spatula!

 Also made for a good time to change out their bandanas! :) They may have been bribed with a treat to stand that still! Aren't they so cute?!

Looking at this picture it doesn't look like I decluttered it, but I promise I did. All the batteries got put in their own baggie (if they had already been opened) according to size and then all put into one gallon sized bag. The other bag is full of my hanging things (command strips, suction cup hooks, etc.). Everything else that was in here not pictured got put up in it's place in the garage!

Organize: Not much to say here except for the fact that I love my Erin Condren Life Planner. I use this baby on a daily basis.

Before 5 Minutes: This baby was a mess.

Lets see: 2 books, apple sauce, 2 lotions, 1 hand sanitizer (that belongs in Brylee's backpack), shout wipes to go, an umbrella (it's always raining), Daisy and her bow, B's sunnies, my sunnies (in their case), kleenex, 2 disinfectant sprays (1 should be in B's backpack), pens, my key chains without keys (Tate takes them off if he drives my car), and travel handsoap (yes I carry handsoap in my purse because my skin is super sensitive and most cheap soaps dry my hands out). All the small travel things should be in that blue bag..

After 5 Minutes: Everything got put either up where it belongs outside of my purse or organized inside my purse! I also felt it was a good time to change out my purses too. :)

Oh for the love of Target.

Anybody that knows me, knows my love for Target! Who doesn't? If I need some time to kill, Target. If I need to pick up quick things for dinner, Target. Cute last minute clothes and shoes, Target! Before we moved from Odessa.. like the very last week.. a Target employee said "you must love Target. I always see you here". Why, yes, yes I do! After talking to him for a bit he decided I should just work for Target but little did he know that would probably just hurt me financially. Now that I have access to like 5 Targets within 20 minutes of me (2 of those being about 5 min) Brylee and I frequent them! She loves 'Tartet' just as much. :) You can usually catch me there with some Starbucks and B some popcorn! Today I went for some Pull Ups, left with a St. Patrick's Day shirt for B, shoes for me, swimsuit cover up for B, crock pot liners (if you regularly use your crock pot, go get those..lifesavers), Birthday card for my mom and baby wipes. We picked out B's big girl bedding and it's coordinates but I want Tate to 'agree' with me. ;) Guess what we didn't get? Pull ups! Anywho.. I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika for favorite Target things. There are sooo many but here are just a few. 

Exactly!

See! Got her popcorn and she's ready to go!

First and foremost, the dollar section. I ALWAYS browse through this section. I snatched a couple of those baskets the other day to use during my Cleaning and Organizing challenge. :)

Hands down, my favorite cardigans!

Picked up this cover up today for B.

Option 1 of Big Girl Bedding.

Option 2.

Option 3

I love these! I'm hoping they come up with some more colors/designs to match her room.

I freakin love these! I got them over the Christmas holiday and sooo wish I would have bought the pink ones too!

That top looks even better in person! I'd get those bottoms too.

And I see me getting this scarf in the near future for spring! 

I mean, what's not to love about Target?!

-Leah :)

Day 12 - Guest Room

Okay, so I'm a little behind on posting the cleaning and organizing days. I really haven't had the time to sit in front of the computer to type them up. I have a few hours today so I may post more than one day.. don't get confused!

Day 12

Clean: Guest room. Tasks:

• tidy area by placing all items where they belong
• wash bedding if needed
• empty bins
• dust/wipe over surfaces
• clean window
• pick up items from the floor
• vacuum

Declutter: Lotions, soaps, perfumes and hair products. We all have more than we need and if you haven't used it in months, you won't be using it any time soon.

Organize: Craft area. Put things together in groups and make the area tidy.

New Habit: Lay clothes out for the next day; head to toe.

5 Minutes Only: Hows your main bedroom looking after the wonderful clean we gave it? Today's task is to spend 5 minutes straightening up or wiping over surfaces so you can maintain a tidy bedroom.

Before Clean: Okay, remember a few cleaning days ago I said that Brylee sleeps in the guest room... here it is! This is how it was painted when we first moved here so I was going to keep it and do some kind of nautical theme with it.  We aren't moving anytime soon so this room will be painted and girly in a few weeks! Brylee's room will be turned into the guest room and I'll keep the blue and white theme it is. There wasn't really a mess to clean in this room, just a lot of dusting.

I wish Tate had an office to put all this in! You should see the 'mural' of all his football stuff. I'll show that another day, but my gosh! The boy has a lot! At our old house he had a man cave (before I turned it into a playroom :) ) and it was all there.. One day, Leah, one day.

After Clean: Bed made, surfaces dusted and waxed, and window cleaned.

This window always has nose and hand prints. They all like to check on the neighborhood.

Mom, take my picture!

Cheese!

Before Declutter: I feel like I just did my lotions, etc. when I cleaned out the bathroom cabinets so I decided to do the guest room closet. Our pants,my dresses, and more of Tate's old football stuff hang in this closet because they don't fit in ours.

After Declutter: Pillows on top and then I organized the sheets, blankets, etc. When I switch B's stuff in here I'm sure I'll add her blankets to it also.

Before Organize: Oh my goodness.. this was a hot mess! I love to craft. I haven't in a really long time, but I used to always have some kind of project going on. When my sister and I lived in our last house together before I moved in with Tate we decided to do a lot of DIY decor and I was left with a lot of it. I have a couple more bins at my moms house too, sorry mom! :)

So much tulle!

and ribbon!

big hot mess!

After Organize: This one took some time. Brylee wanted to help and was curious what everything was. She loves to do crafty things too.

All my deco mesh, deco rope, fabric and sewing stuff in here... sidenote, I've always wanted to learn house to sew but never have. Maybe I should take up some classes.

This looks a little messy but it's not. All my ribbon is color coded in different baggies. Makes it so easy to just grab that bag when I know what color ribbon I need.

Same here, looks like a mess but it's not. Each baggie has different kinds of paint and glue in them and then one has little pieces (pom poms, cutouts, etc.). The two white containers (yes, those are lysol containers) have glitter tubes and small parts in them. Big paint brushes and rollers on the very bottom and then extra random stuff on top.

It looks so much better just looking at it! I do need to find something to put my paper crafting things in.

And something for my tulle... :/

I also found these cute pillowcase dresses in there too! They were my nieces and I think they will fit B now. All I have to do is thread the ribbon through them. Yay! 

Successful day!
-Leah :)