Kids room

The kids room haunts my dreams at night. It is a thorn in my side. When I decided to have the kids share a room (honestly the best decision I ever made) I fell in love with this,
I loved how it all went together, gave him his own boy looking side and her own girl looking side. However I didn't think my husband would understand why we needed to buy such expensive bedding for kids and so I set out to find a similar room on the cheap. Until I did, it looked like this,
It was as if I was the only person in the world looking for a brother/sister coordinating room. It was difficult no impossible to find on the cheap. So I settled for this.
It went together and worked, but I never really liked it. So not very much later I sold Emma's set and got her a new pretty quilt, with lots of pink and flowers. I have hated the color of the paint on the walls since the day I put it on. I AM going to repaint that room, just as soon as I can decide what color.....sigh..... I honestly don't know what to do in there. I know it really isn't even a big deal, but it's a big deal to ME. The kids have decided that they want me to paint her half purple and his half dark blue, and call it a day. I am not sure how all that will work out, but the room is all over the place. It is a jumble, unorganized and makes my tummy hurt.
Suggestions please! Something like this...

Phone

I can't believe it's been 2 years since my last phone fiasco. I have used my current phone for the last 2 years and been very happy with it. Now, I know thou shall not covet, but I can not help myself when my husband has the newest and best phone around. I however will continue to have phone envy because the plan including Internet if far more then I want to pay per month. I thought about switching wireless companies for a better deal, but I find that never seems to work out for me. I always end up paying more and disappointed. So I will continue to be in the same category as your Grandma and be the only person you know with out a smart phone. But I am super excited about the awesome rad one I got!! :)

Flips closed so no pocket dialing.
Opens like a old style phone to make calls.
Then opens to a full key board for texting.

Like I always say, it's the simple things in life that make a girl happy!

:)

It is no secret I like to re-decorate. I never leave anything the same for long. Since Jeremy and I have been married (7 years) we have had 4 different bedding sets. 2 years ago when I redid the bedroom I purchased a beautiful black and cream damask set. It was simply everything I wanted. I brought it home put it on the bed and was very happy with it....that is until Jeremy came home and announced he didn't like it. :( Fine, I will be nice and take back the set I love and try to find something we can agree on...:( So, this time when I decided we needed new bedding I found the beautiful set I wanted and didn't ask Jeremy if he liked it. I just sold the old stuff on craigslist and put the new set on and I am gloriously happy with it! I love it so so so much and can't believe I let Jeremy talk me out of it before.
It's the simple things in life :)

Beauty Products

I am liking up with LC over at Got Good Love for a product blog. I love knowing what other people use, I am always wanting to try new things but hesitant in case it is yucky! I tend to stick to the same old tried and true products.

In the shower I use Bath and Body Works Twilight Woods body soap and follow it with the lotion and body spray.
I wash my face once a day in the shower with cetaphil cleanser and follow it with the moisturizer. I love this stuff as I have sensitive, dry skin and it really works really well for me.As for shampoo and conditioner, I really like Redkin products, but I am cheap and I don't like to spend the money for it. And since I am very picky about the way things smell I have to get a shampoo that I can stand to smell all day. I usually end up with Herbal essences products. I love the way they smell and they make my hair look great. I also use the smoothing cream, and the gel and hair spray on curly days. I have never found a hair spray that I love more then the aerosol spray, I.LOVE.IT! And people always comment on how good Em's hair smells ;) its our little beauty secret!
I use almost all Maybelline make up. It is inexpensive and great on my sensitive skin. I do swear by the Mary Kay deep brown eyeliner and the Cover Girl lash blast mascara and will not change those up! But the other stuff, foundation, powder, blush, eye shadow, I try new things in the Maybelline and sometimes Cover Girl line but almost always end up back to the same old.
The other major "beauty product" we can not live with out is Aveeno Baby Eczema Therapy Moisturizer. Poor little Jack has eczema so bad and I have not found anything that works to control it like this does. It is simply the best! It is a little pricey at $7.99 for a 5oz tube, but well worth it when Jack's skin is clear and not hurting him!!
My final "beauty secret" is BABY MAGIC! I simply could not live my life with out this stuff. I always used it on my babies, and have used both soap and lotion on myself for as long as I can remember, (again with the sensitive skin) So in the very dry winter months when Bath and Body Works isn't quite moisturizing enough, I switch back to Baby Magic. I love that stuff!!! What do you use???

Just another day in paradise

I love my job. I love being nothing more then a mommy and housewife. I know that the work I do is as important as any other mother no matter how much money she makes. Here is a run down of a day in MY paradise. I shop, and drop $80 at Target on nothing but the group you see here.

I let Emma "do it myself" and brace to clean up the mess. Then become gloriously happy when there is no mess!

I clean up a random mess left by "I didn't make that mess"

I buy my sweet sweet boy new shoes, every 2 months because he is growing that fast! These are his newest, size 3.5 (that is a womens size 5.5)

I am unable to resist the begging for the new flip flops in February because they are exactly like the ones I wanted 2 years ago.

I clean up yet another mess.

And I wouldn't have it any other way!

Whats for supper?

I am known for making recipes up. Things I have in my pantry, mixed with a recipe I find, adjusted to what picky Jack will eat....and I end up throwing something together. I am usually not disappointed... usually ;)
Tonight I looked up a recipe online, found some egg noodles and a jar of spaghetti sauce in the pantry and knew some how I would make this supper. So here ya go my made up casserole:

• 1lb ground beef
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce
• 12 oz egg noodles
• 1 egg beaten
  
• 1/2 cup milk
• some grated parmesan cheese
• some random shredded cheese (what ever is in the fridge, obviously motzerella would have been the best choice but i had colby jack.)

Brown hamburger, mix with sauce, set aside. Boil noodles in salt water, drain. Pour milk/egg mix over noodles. put noodles in the bottom of a 9x13 pan, shake parm cheese over noodles, pour sauce/meat mix over, top with cheese. Bake at 350 for a while.. idk.. 30 mins :)
I will let you know how it turns out... it can't be that bad... its basically spaghetti....right?

Book Review

As I said before my favorite books right now are by Jennifer Weiner and her latest book did not disappoint!
Fly Away Home,
Sometimes all you can do is fly away home... When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician's wife - her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator. Lizzie, the Woodruffs' younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve - a husband, a young son, the perfect home - and yet she's trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER's exam rooms, she finds herself craving more. After Richard's extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be. Written with an irresistible blend of heartbreak and hilarity, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who after a lifetime of distance finally learn to find refuge in one another.