10 on Tuesday

1. So this is a little late, but it will still be Tuesday when I finish it.

2. Decided I needed a day off. Life has been CRAZY lately and so today I decided I wasn't going to get upset with myself if I didn't do all the things I thought needed to be done. It felt good and I'm actually really ready to tackle the list tomorrow.

3. Instead today I watched Audrey hula hoop with her new hula hoop. She is crazy good on it. Cracks me up when she gets her butt moving so fast and then her whole body gets going and somehow her butt stops.

4. Played football with Dart this evening. He bought himself a new football with a gift card he got for his birthday. He is so much fun to play catch with.

5. Speaking of birthday money, I need to get on him to get thank you's done. I'm telling you life has been so crazy I haven't even thought of that.

6. We rented Spooky Buddies tonight from Red Box. My kids love the buddies movies and I have to admit I do too. I think my favorite movie is Santa Paws. And my favorite buddy...Butterball.

7. Kids have an early release day tomorrow. Someone remind me on twitter or facebook tomorrow. I always stress over remembering that. I think we are going to hit the library after school!

8. Hoping to get the kids out one evening this week to do pictures. Need to do Audrey's 6 year pictures, Dart's 10 year pictures and want some for Christmas cards and gifts as well.

9. Dart's baseball season is over FINALLY! I swear we have been playing since January. Last night was the last game and they played AWESOME! Dart had a great diving stop and threw to the first baseman sitting down and should have had the guy out, but the ump called him safe! All the boys and coaches wore bright pink sweat bands in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. They all knew why they were wearing them too and NOT ONE even blinked when the mom was handing them out. They all took them and wore them with pride. Love all those boys.

10. Wow, this was a lot easier to write this week than last week. Maybe I should start doing this post in the evening.

Breathing again and October Mini-Goals

I think(whispering that) life might be slowing down for us. Wedding done, school carnival done, and after tonight baseball will be done!! I'm looking forward to having evenings at home again. I think we've been playing baseball since January.

I will update how I did on my Sept mini goals later this week, but I wanted to get my October mini goals posted. I sense Holiday stuff will be on my list from now until the end of the year.

October Mini Goals

• Have a Fall Frenzy Sale-looking at Oct 17th-19th. 
• 4 sets of Holiday Cards Designed
• Holiday Mini Album Designed-also trying to decide how/if I want to do December Daily this year. I think I will end up doing something, just thinking I want to do something special and different. I will be including the kids in on it. 
• Design Thanksgiving stuff. I want to do some banners, cards and a mini book. I have a couple mini book ideas running in my head. One for the entire month and one that would be perfect for Thanksgiving Day and recording those memories.
• Blog 5 times a week. This will show up until I can make it a habit. 
• Run/Workout 4 times a week. Still struggling here so if it's on here I HAVE to do it.
• Start Christmas planning. Yes, I know it's early and I'm not talking just gift ideas, but things we are going to do. The kids each have elves that come stay with us during Christmas and I want to be ready this year, especially since I'm not sure how much longer Dart is going to believe. I don't even want to think about that part of it all. 

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I'll be back next week. Life is a bit crazy and trying to add blogging to my schedule was making me crazy.

10 on Tuesday

1. I am currently fighting with my allergies and unfortunately they are winning this fight.

2. I feel like I cannot catch up in life right now. There are piles of junk every where in my house and it is making me crazy, but I can't find time to do anything but make more piles.

3. Looking forward to next Monday when we will be done with baseball and maybe things will slow down some for a few weeks.

4. LOVING the weather we have right now and have had for a while. It really feels like fall and is amazing!!

5. I am starving right now. However, I have no clue what I want for lunch!

6. I loved spending time with my cousins this weekend at my sisters wedding. I love that even though there are age differences and that we live miles apart, but still have so much fun every time we are together. Dancing, drinking and talking!!!

7. Every week when writing this post I hit number 7 and can't seem to think of anything else. Maybe I should call it 6 on Tuesday. Doesn't have a very good ring to it though.

8. Dart got an award today at school. He received the "Leadership" award. So proud of him!

9. Getting excited to start watching holiday movies. I can't wait to watch "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown". For me it signals the start of the holiday season and all the amazing things that come with that time of year.

10. I could really use a nap. Slowly catching up on sleep after not getting much over the weekend. Hoping with a slower night tonight I can finally get "caught up."

Happy Birthday

to my curious

sweet

handsome

10 year old baby boy!

Hard to believe Dart is 10 today. So many changes in him in the last few months and so many changes in the year ahead of him. There are moments when I see a "grown-up" emerging in him and then there are moments when I realize he is still a "kid".

Happy Birthday Dart, Nanyan, D'Artanyan! We love you and are so proud of the "man" you are becoming. I couldn't ask for a better son!

10 on Tuesday

1. Battling an earache. Started last night at baseball. UGH! Haven't had those since I was a kid and I remember crying all night because of them.

2. So happy Castle is back on tv. I have a feeling it's going to be INTENSE for a while.

3. Catching up on shows still. Finally getting around to finishing HGTV Design Star. I am surprised by the last 2, but love both of them, so I'm good with whoever ends up winning. I CAN'T wait for the new magazine.

4. I think today I figured out something that might be able to help me focus. I have this problem where I get going on one kind of project(sewing, cards, etc) and being so excited about doing it that then I don't want to work on anything else. So today I thought what if I focus on one of those things a day, say Monday being cards day. I'm going to try this for a bit and it may change some, but I'm hoping it will help me focus some!

5. Walking School Bus started this week. I love Walking School Bus. For those who don't know it's a program through Columbia's PedNet program. It encourages kids to walk to school as a healthy way to start their day. We live no where NEAR our school, in fact we are there on special permission. However, we meet in a location and several others are dropped off. Along our walk to school we pick up several more kids. We have 2 routes. I love seeing the kids so excited about walking to school and the conversations we have along the way are the best. You really get to see the kids for who they really are.

6. I have been collecting quotes like a mad woman lately. So many amazing and inspiring words out there!

7. Feel like a crazy woman this week. 2 baseball games, a PTSO meeting, a Stampede(fall carnival) meeting, go with brother to get tux and pack for going out of town. We have no night at home this week and then with my sisters wedding this weekend it's going to be crazy. Ready for baseball and Stampede to be over so I can relax.

8. Signed Dart up for Lacrosse camp. He is so excited!

9.  For some reason every Tuesday when I get ready to write this it takes me most of the day to get this post done. All week I think of things I could add to the list and then come Tuesday I forget half of it. Guess I should write them down.

10. This morning when I got to school I saw Dart(he was there early for choir) and I could tell he was upset. He had that look to him and I could see tears in his eyes. He had tried out for a solo and didn't get it. Through his tears though he said "I'm going to try again at Christmas and in the spring." I LOVE that about him. First of all he is always willing to try something new and has very little fear when it comes to it. He is always setting goals for himself, little and big. I am so proud of him for trying something like that. I would NEVER have tried out for a solo and for him to try and not get it and be ready to try again is really something I would have never done.

I Am....

• enjoying an unexpected weekend with nothing going on. We were supposed to have a car wash yesterday and baseball practice today, however thanks to Mother Nature both were canceled!
• working on getting some digital prints done. I love them! So much fun to make and I'm having a blast searching for quotes to use.
• gearing up for a crazy busy week. 2 baseball games, 2 school meetings, a trip to Kansas City for what will be an INSANE weekend including my sisters wedding.
• thinking I should never admit to anyone that I am a Chiefs fan. Who in the world is out on that field in their uniforms? I think a pee wee football team could play better than them.
• catching up on tv shows thanks to Hulu, since the new ones start soon. I can't wait for Castle to start! 
• enjoying a Mizzou Tigers huge win, but also starting to get nervous about their game next week.
• excited to watch 2 former Tigers on the NFL field tonight. Jeremy Maclin and Sean Weatherspoon will be playing tonight. Dart says he's cheering for the Eagles, but wants Spoon to have a good game too! Poor kid, you'd think he knew these guys personally!
• going to enjoy this last week of both kids being in the single digits. Next Monday Dart turns 10. I can't believe it!

 I love this print/quote. I need to decide what color I want mine in! I love all the colors I have it done in. This one is available in 5x7 only.

I love this one too! I am doing one of these for Audrey and for the art teacher(who is also Audrey's best friends mom). This one is available in 2 sizes 5x7 and 8x10.

Both prints will be going in the shop this week!! So excited.