July 4

Ohhh... Look I am updating!

1.  Mommy Style:  

I really like this outfit.  I like the lacy top and the length of the shorts.  The fit isn't quite right , but I got both of them at Target so I can't really complain too much.   And you get to see the chubby legs of the littlest one.  I'm working on figuring out how to take pictures and lighting and stuff.  Eventually, I hope these pictures won't suck.  But if I try to make them perfect now, then I'll never get anything done.


2.  Accomplishment:  I made bruschetta for the 4th of July bbq we're going later today.  

3.  High/Low:  High: I got to go for a run this morning and it was awesome.  I'm training for a 5k and I can run about a mile without stopping.  I hope this time next year to run the big 10k in my city on the 4th with my husband.  That will be awesome!  Low:  The nonstop fighting my two older kids have been doing.  I'm not impressed, part of it is the weather and part of is boredom.  I'm looking forward to camp next week.

4. Activity for the day:  Fighting.  The boys are fighting each other and sleep.  In a few hours we'll be going to the family bbq at my brother in law's house.  And that will be a lot of fun.

5.  Menu: breakfast: eggs and a waffle.  Lunch: quesadilla with watermelon/grapes.  Dinner: ribs, corn on the cob, broccoli slaw, and whatever else is at the bbq. 

Introduction

Another Mommy blog.   And the internet rejoiced!!!




Welcome to another mommy blog.  I figured I would start one because there are only 3.49 billion mommyblogs in the world that there was room for me.

Anyway, I want a place to force me to think about my day.  I'm going to try to blog once a day for a year.  And then we'll see what happens after that. And I have a format for the blog too.

The plan is to have five parts:

1.  Mommy "style".  I've started following fashion blogs like Kendi Everyday and putting me together and I really like how they take pictures of themselves to see patterns in how they dress.  I'd like to start to see patterns in how I dress so I can find clothes I both like and that fit.  When I stopped working, I started to dress like crap.  I would start out with my outfit today, but it is rather sad: washed out denim shorts and a lame Old Navy t-shirt.  So starting tomorrow you will see lame Target clothing. And selfies using the mirror or pictures taken by my 4 year old son.

2. My accomplishment(s) of the day.  Today's would be putting away the laundry that I started on Saturday. And getting all of the boys asleep before 8:15 pm!

3.  High/Low:  The high for the day was that there were no baby melt-downs after dinner.  The low would be ripping out an entire afternoon's knitting.  Not that it really was much, but still....

4.  Activity for the day:  Generally will be something that the kids and I did during the day either inside or outside of the house.  It's been raining all day so it was mostly running around the house and playing with play-doh.

5.  Menu for the day:  I really need to keep on track with what we eat and when.  I'm having a hard time remembering last week  so I think it will help keep the argument of when DID we last eat pork chops down to a minimum.  Today: Breakfast: oatmeal, Lunch: hotdogs, strawberries, and chips.  Dinner: Waffles, bratwurst, and watermelon.

Other parts will be how my garden is doing, Pinterest things I do, random thoughts about the news, etc....

A little about me:  I have three great kids: Oliver: 4, Philip: 2, and Fredrick: 7 months.  So, this isn't a brand new mom gushing about how awesome her kid is, but rather a mom who is gushing about how awesome her THREE kids are.  I'm currently a stay at home mom.  I'd like to go back to work when my youngest is in kindergarten.  I'm married to a great guy and we currently live in a suburb of a large city in the Southeastern United States.