Lately

Before our regularly scheduled program of Quinn pictures and stories, I thought I'd share a few things I'm dreaming about lately.

1) I need to start doing more painting / crafting with Quinn. I love the idea of hanging up her masterpieces in our kitchen like this:

 

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2) How cute is this for a nursery or kid's room?!

 

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3) This could not be more true

 

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4) Nor could this

 

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In fun, but currently unattainable news, I decided on the colour scheme for our master bedroom...

 

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Yellow, blue and gray.

Caitlin Wilson fabrics, while beautiful, are just slightly out of this gal's price range at the moment...but there's always Christmas ?! (major hint dropping dear husband)

 

Speaking of bedroom, I also love this lamp:

  

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 For some reason, just writing " I also love this lamp" made me immediately think of Steve Carell in Anchorman...

 

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Well, with all those dreams and funnies out of the way, back to reality.

 

Last weekend my pantry went from this:

  

To this:

I threw out an embarrasing amount of expired food.

Like half the pantry.

Yikes.

 

Let's see, what else did we do....

 

Oh, well Quinn learned to put on her own sunglasses (or as Daddy calls them, 'sunny gs')

 

 

We went to the library

 

 

And last, but certainly not least, we got some very good news.

Our doctor at the fertility clinic gave us the green light to try again for a baby!

What better way to celebrate than with a frozen yogurt sundae...

 

  

Happy days!
xo, Vicky

Embracing the hobo look

Remember this piece of crap post about me doing Spring Cleaning?  

I have literally accomplished one item off that list. It must have slipped my mind when I wrote that post, that I'm a lazy S.O.B. who would rather spend all her spare time watching Lost while drinking coffee. Yes, coffee. Remember that other piece of crap post I wrote about having to quit coffee? Well I did in fact give it up but then the stupid time change came along and blew that idea all to hell.

Any professional organizers/cleaners out there looking to take on my house pro bono?

 I have a cute kid that could entertain you / undo everything you have done while you work.... eh, EH?

I've booked Friday off work as my 'personal day' so I can clean my m.f-ing house and prep for a super fun day I have planned on Saturday (more details on that later).

But the real reason for this post was to share a few thoughts on looking like crap and not giving a damn.

I went out last Friday night.

Like went, went out.

To a bar.

I can't tell you the last time I did that. It was a fun time. I drank some drinks, I laughed, I gossiped, I caught up with friends I hadn't seen in a while. It was glorious.

 One of the best parts of going out for me these days is the getting ready to go out.

 B.C. (before child) I dreaded getting ready. Picking an outfit took forever and doing my hair and makeup felt like a menotinous chore.

A.C. (after child) I love it. I lock myself in my bathroom, turn on some tunes and go to town.

The reason I love it so much is because I so rarely get to do it.

This ecard sums it up pretty well:

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Before Quinn came along I NEVER went out in public without at least some makeup on. Nowadays I'm lucky if I have time to slap on some undereye concealer and mascara. 

But you know what?

 I love it.

I love not fretting about how I look all the time.
 The time I used to spend getting ready is now spent keeping a kid alive, nourished and loved.

 Its freeing.

 Plus, I feel like a supermodel when I do get some time to doll myself up instead of always feeling in a rut about my appearance.

Yes, I look like a piece of poop the majority of the time but is my kid alive, dressed, fed and happy? If the answer to any of those is yes, its a good day.

xo, Vicky

Spring Cleaning

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Spring is just around the corner. Thank baby jesus.
The sun is shining, the birds are coming out and we can finally spend time outside without fear of losing an appendage from frost bite.

Spring is awesome.

Spring cleaning is not, but my house is in dire need of some TLC.
We try to keep the place tidy but only get around to actually cleaning it a couple times a month so needless to say it's high time this house gets cleaned AND organized.

Here’s what we have on our To-Do list:

1) Organize and backup all photos 

2) Make photobooks (FINALLY)

3) Clean, sort and organize kitchen cupboards

4) Clean, sort and organize bathroom cupboards

5) Clean, sort and organize closets and linen cupboard

6) Organize and sort baby clothes and toys

7) Clean kitchen sink (I thought it was called ‘stainless steel',WTF)

8) Clean and organize fridge

9) Clean and organize freezer

10) Clean dishwasher
 

11) Clean washing machine

12) Donate old clothing and shoes

13) Donate old electronics

 

PLUS everything on this list

I don’t know about you, but I need to be in a certain mood to clean. If I am not in that mood and am forced to clean, I'm a miserable human being. Simon can certainly attest to that.

One way to get me in the ‘mood’ is a great playlist. Specifically an oldies playlist. I'll get on Grooveshark or 8tracks, stream some golden oldies and by some mystical and mysterious reason I actually begin to enjoy cleaning. Based on my list above it looks like we'll be listening to whole lotta oldies music for the next few weekends.
At least I've got Quinn helping me out with dusting duty.

xo, Vicky