Project 365: Day 448- February 21st

Today was cleaning day! It seems like the weekend always makes this place go down-hill LOL! So, I spent the day cleaning and organizing things! I love seeing it in ship shape :) I mopped the kitchen floors, scrubbed the counters and stove, did the dishes.. wahoo!

And I got our bathroom "somewhat" organized. I still have a little more work to do to fit Tayler's bath tub and washcloths/towels in there. I think I'm going to go purchase a towel rack or something that will hold Tayler's hooded towels. We'll see what we can find! :)

But at least the sink looks nice and clean, right? haha!

I also cleaned up the living room! Dusted... vacuumed. MUCH better!

And our bedroom. It's still a bit messy, but it looks better than it did, haha!

After cleaning the house, I started on dinner! It wasn't anything extravagant tonight, but it was something I'd been craving!!! CONEY DOGS AND MACARONI AND CHEESE! Oh my heavens-- YUM! :)

After dinner, Ethan went to work out and get some things for the house. I stayed in! Why? Because we got hit by a winter storm! LOL I was shocked. 60 degrees on Friday. Sleet, rain, ice, and snow on Monday! That's Ohio weather though, so no reason to really be too shocked, haha!

And after that, I watched "Pretty Little Liars" with Ethan AND Tj LOL! Yes, two guys, haha! And they were more into the show than I was hahahaha!

Cheers to Project 365! :)

Project 365: Day 419- January 23rd

I woke up this morning, grabbed some breakfast with Ethan, then came home to this MESSY HOUSE and got started CLEANING. I literally almost had a nervous breakdown when I woke up this morning because of how NOT put together our house was. Just the week and weekend caught up with us and it was tragic, haha! Sooo, while Ethan left and went to work out and ref a few basketball games, I got the music cranked up, my cleaning gear on, and got started. I vacuumed, dusted, swept, mopped, did the dishes, scrubbed the counters, changed out my Scentsy lights, cleaned the bathroom, and cleaned our bedroom.. plus did a load of laundry. I was worn out, but boy oh boy, does our house look better! :)

After the cleaning was done, I got a shower because we were going out with my family for dinner, and then I RELAXED. :) Oh yes, I propped my feet up and watched about 4 episodes of "Desperate Housewives" season 1. As I previously stated-- I AM HOOKED. There is no denying it, haha!!

And finally Ethan came home. He got ready and we left to meet my family at Tumbleweed. Ethan just loves that place, haha! While we were there, it slipped that mom's birthday is Wednesday so guess what she got? Yes, a strawberry sundae type deal.... LUCKY! haha :)

I got a yummy chicken fajita wrap, fries, and a salad :) It was soooo good! After dinner, we took some pics outside with the soon-to-be Birthday GIRL! :) Here's Corey and mom:

And dad and mom:

Ethan and mom:

And mom and me :)

We were yelling at dad because he was TOO close LOL!! So, mom's laughing hysterically and I'm talking through my teeth, haha!! :) Here's our futher away photo LOL

Happy almost Birthday mom! :) LOVE YOU!

(Oh and random fun fact-- if you go to my blog post for January 23rd, 2010-- we went out for her birthday that night too. Weird, huh? LOL)

Cheers to Project 365!

Project 365: Day 409- January 13th

Today marks being 28 weeks/7 months pregnant. Can y'all believe that it has been that long? I really can't. We're on the home stretch now... that's right... 3rd trimester. Crazy how time flies.. especially when you're having fun, haha :)



That's a glasses shot above. I don't know if that sweater is very flattering, but I wore it none the less, haha! I liked the color. :) And here's a no-glasses shot. There's less of a glare.

And here's an upclose belly shot with this not-so-tight, unflattering sweather, haha

And a no-shirt shot :) (Well, I was wearing a shirt haha! It's just pulled up lol!)

And everyone was encouraging me to do a frontal view. Yes, she's lopsided... she's all on my left side if you can see it, haha!

And here's me holding my tummy from a frontal view :) I know, lots of pictures of the fatty, hahahha! :P

After getting ready for the day, it was time to clean this house. My sweet husband cleaned earlier in the week, but the house needed care in those little areas-- dusting, cleaning off, scrubbing. So, I got down and dirty in all areas, haha! I dusted the living room, vacuumed again (a man with boots.. it's tough to keep this carpet looking fresh!), swept and mopped the kitchen, did the dishes, set dinner out, scrubbed the toilet, scrubbed the tub, vacuumed, cleaned our room, and washed our bedding :) Boy did it feel great! I was worn out afterwards, haha, but it got done and I am so happy!

And what was for dinner you might be wondering? Oh, it was French's Oven Baked Chicken with mashed potatoes and corn. YUM! I completely forgot to take a picture of it, but I figured I'd still show the recipe in case any of you out there would like to make it for you and your family. It was AMAZING and I plan on making it again :)

And then my sweet husband took me to McDonalds and got me a chocolate milkshake. Tayler and I have been craving those here lately, haha! :)

And then we went to bed early. I was worn out and Ethan wasn't feeling good.

Cheers to Project 365!

Project 365: Day 399- January 3rd

I spent most of my morning cleaning this house. As much as I absolutely ADORE the holidays, they created a tornado in my house, haha! It was time for the whole place to be scrubbed down, mopped, and cleaned... and that's exactly what I did. I cranked up the music (channel 901-- they play all the latest hits) and got to doin' mah thang! Ethan called while I was working and was like "What the heck? Is there a party there?" HAHA! Nah, momma just likes some tunage while she's workin' her hiney off! 

And after cleaning, I got a shower, and got ready-- and guess what? I thought I looked super "mommy-like" today, haha! You tell me, k?

Can you believe our 3rd trimester starts Thursday? Because I can't. Time has seriously flown!
I also had time to work on the picture frame Ethan bought me. It's digital and holds up to 1,000 pictures :) I LOVE it. I got all of my pictures organized and finally got them uploaded to the picture frame. It's GORGEOUS!

And then once Ethan got home, we headed out to get his new truck. I am SO beyond thankful for this truck! Right now, he drives a '91 Nissan Sentra and while it's a nice car, it is not safe in the snow. It's too light and the fact that he drives over an hour to work a day and an hour home.... makes me super nervous when it's icy and snowy! PLUS, I didn't want him driving Tayler around in it either, haha! Now, we have plenty of room in the back seat for her car seat and it's safe! Ethan loves it. We are SO blessed, it's insane! :) Here's a few pictures of the interior:

And a few picture of the outside:

Cheers to Project 365! 

Project 365: Day 350- November 15th

Woke up this morning and immediately got started on my project that was due today for class.
We had to submit a Power Point project so I felt fairly confident that I could finish it in enough time... and sure enough, it got done! Thank the Lord. Here was the assignment description... not too tough :)

And after finishing my assignment, it was time to CLEAN this messy house! We let it go terribly over the weekend (we just wanted a relaxing weekend and by golly we got it, haha)... and I haven't had a vacuum since we moved in here... HOW GROSS! lol So, the floors hadn't been swept in about a month.. it was time! So, I vacuumed the floors, mopped the floors, dusted, did the dishes, did 2 loads of laundry, scrubbed the bathroom, cleaned our bedroom. It smelled so fresh and clean in here. I LOVED it. Here are some shots of our finally clean floors :)

Love me a clean house, haha! :) Ethan even enjoyed it as well lol! He said "Man, I love coming home from work to a clean house, sweetie!" :)
Then it was time to make some dinner. I was going to make this Nacho Chicken Chowder, but guess what? I forgot to buy corn AND tomatoes! What a dork! So, then it would have just been cheese and chicken... so instead, I made my own chicken concoction. I cut up 3 pieces of boneless, skinless chicken.. added a can of cheese soup and a can of cream of chicken soup and put it on high for about 2 hours. Then, I made some mashed potatoes and brown gravy and some cornbread. :) And that was our yummy dinner last night! It tasted so good (not to toot my own horn, haha)

The cornbread wasn't finished or I would have posted a picture of it too LOL But I was far too hungry to wait for it to get done! haha!
After that, we ran to the store, got some Orange Juice and Cranberry Juice and settled in for the night for a movie :) What movie you might be wondering? "When in Rome" ... yes, it was my night to pick a movie, obviously haha! But it was a REALLY cute movie! I loved it!

It had a great, unique cast-- Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Danny Devito, Anjelica Huston, Jon Heder, Will Arnett... amazing :) We laughed through the whole thing!
Cheers to Project 365!