Hello! Hello! Hello! It has been sooooo long since I have done a Ten on Tuesday post! I love to read them and I actually like to write them, so I decided it is time to get back on the bandwagon! So Happy Tuesday and here are some bits of randomness for you!
1. Somehow I have managed to create a little “catch” in my hip. I did it yesterday and while I am feeling much better today {although it is only 7:30 AM as I begin this and I have only walked from my bed to the bathroom to the computer!}, it still catches when I walk and isn’t exactly comfortable. So I have been hobbling! I am planning to take it easy today {something I don’t do well!} and try to relax and not go, go, go and hopefully that will have me back to new in no time!
2. The Bachelor. Is anyone else out there watching? You know me…I don’t miss a season. I will probably be 45 and still tuning in!! I will say that this season has been a bit more challenging for me – I am getting CRITICAL in my old age!! But WHAT in the world is going on? Although I could barely keep my tired little eyes open last night and did in fact doze off during the cocktail party, I managed to wake up {thanks to Chris!} just in time for the rose ceremony. My thoughts? Really Jake? REALLY? How in the tarnation are you not seeing what everyone else is seeing? I am liking Tenley. Cute name. Cute girl. Seems sincere. So, we’ll see!
3. I am a HUGE fan of Tide Stain Release. {Yep…super random and all over the place today, hunh?!} Have you tried it? I just pour a capful in the kids’ loads of laundry, let ‘em soak for a bit and then start the washing machine back up. I am super picky so I still spray all the spots on their clothes, but I am loving this stuff! Try it…I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!
4. Speaking of kids and laundry, am I the ONLY one who washes each kid’s clothes separately? As in I wash Huntler’s stuff together and then once his is done I’ll wash all of Gentry’s together. Well, not “together” as in ALL of it, I do create loads based on color! It used to totally overwhelm me…to the point of tears. And then Chris kept telling me it was basically my fault because I was creating work for myself! Anyway, I have been doing it the same way for five years now and I am finally at the point where it doesn’t totally stress me out anymore! In fact, I did all of their laundry {including sheets and blankets} yesterday and had it all folded and put away shortly after lunch…no stress at all!
5. I have seen on several blogs I follow links to this app for the iPhone. At a whopping .99, I finally figured out how to buy an app ON MY OWN and bought it yesterday! All it is is an application that lets you take photos and then they ”develop” right before your eyes like a polaroid!! And if you shake your phone, they’ll pop up even faster!!
Here are the first two I took…straight out of my nifty {hand me down!} iPhone to the blog!
I am loving the vintage retro feel! Something fun and different!!
6. Gentry. The child has a closet busting at the seams with cute clothes yet she’ll go through multiple pairs of pajamas in one day. Do other kids do this? Only want to wear jammies and then want to change the said jammies several times a day? I can’t keep up with her and all her clothes already and she is only three! Hope she outgrows this phase before she’s a teenager!
7. Despite the fact that I regularly throw out random “junk” and am not one for clutter AT ALL, I worry that this same said child may be a hoarder. She carries around multiple stuffed animals and baby blankets every day. Carts them all over the house to wherever she is. I am also hoping this is a super short phase!! {Especially because I really can’t stand stuffed animals and the girl loves them!}
8. Remember my yammering on last week about all the rain we had? Well, Friday evening the kids and I ran to the grocery store and I snapped this {with my handy dandy phone!} on our way home. Just LOOK at all that water! Totally covered the sidewalk and everything. It amazes me how only four inches of rain can cause SO many problems!! It rains four inches at a time often in other parts of the United States and there are never any issues, but here, where the ground is ROCK HARD, it puddles up and causes flooding.
9. I have a super sweet photo shoot in mind and can’t wait to make it come to life! I am keeping all the details secret, but I CAN tell you that it was totally inspired by these adorable shirts I found on Jenn’s blog! {Thanks for letting me borrow your photo Jenn!} Would you believe she bought these at Wal Mart for only $5 each?!! Like Jenn, I am a fan of cute. I much prefer cheap cute opposed to expensive cute…especially since my daughter prefers jammies anyway. Sooo…thanks for sharing your fun find Jenn!!
Sidenote…if you live in KC, Jenn is an amazing photographer! Be sure to check out her site and book an appointment if you are wanting some photos taken! She is also super crafty and creative and her blog is SO much fun to read!
10. My little sick girl is on the mend. She still has her nasty cough, but she seems better. We are skipping dance today and staying home to rest up some more, but I can tell she is starting to feel more like herself again.
And that’s it friends…Ten on Tuesday! I am off to get some things DONE today! {By the way, that little catch in my hip really is better…I have been up and moving for a couple of hours now and think I am back to myself again as well!}
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I am going to get those shirts today. Do they have them in Lily’s size? If not, I will just get the smallest size and sew them into dresses…
Love them!
And, I think you need a polaroid camera. How fun would that be?
And I accidentally hit submit before I was finished! I lOVE Tide stain release. I use the little packets and my laundry has never looked brighter! I just pop them in with the cycle…might have to try soaking them first…hmmm!!
First of, props to you for skipping an activitiy while the little one is not feeling will. If more people thought like you, even if it’s more for the fact that she doesn’t feel well, not the spreading germs idea, everyone would be a lot less ill.. Thanks!
Love It!
I love reading your random ten on tuesdays! I will have to try the tide. we currently use baby oxy clean and it seems to work, yet like you I spray/treat every little stain before the wash anyways.
I can’t wait to see the new photo shoot you have in mind. I am in the process of working up a mini-session photo shoot op for a fundraiser. Hoping it will turn out alright. If only this darn cold would go away. I can handle the snow, just not the below zero temps. I need about 40′s!
I can see how washing your kids’ clothes separately would make it faster to put them away when they are done because you don’t have to sort them! Just throw them in a basket and head to their room!
And no, she is not the only kid who wants to wear pj’s all day long and change into different pj’s throughout the day. I’ve got a girl just like her right here!
what CUTE shirts! i’m gonna go check out jenn’s blog! and i LOVE this idea for a blog post – Ten on Tuesday… what fun! i might have to borrow it (and i’ll give you props!).
I love your Ten on Tuesday posts! I can relate this week — my kids would LIVE in their PJs if I would let them! I also hate clutter and stuffed animals too!
I can’t believe you do laundry separate for the kids! I just throw anything in for everyone! However, I am picky about separating colors, etc. I don’t allow the hubs to do the laundry!
Can’t wait to see what you do with the cute t-shirts!
Love the pics of the kids and am glad to know you and Gentry are doing better. Thanks for posting! Love, Grandma Debbie
Thanks for sharing your 10 on Tuesday……the saying you learn something new everyday is true! Just to add to a couple of your points, I too am a fan of Bachelorette and have watched for years. However, we took the kids to see the Harlem Globetrotters on Monday so I missed the first 1.5 hrs. and therefore wasn’t real sure what was going on with so few girls at the rose ceremony. I don’t really have a favorite (yet), but do know that I don’t like Vienna (she just doesn’t seem like Jake’s type. On another topic, I’m so excited you mentioned the new Tide because I have been wondering if it is good, but know that I like regular Tide so have just stayed with it…..now I’m going to have to give it a try, especially since I have some coupons! My youngest, 5 year old Ross, really likes to hang out in his pj’s for a long time too, but I really can’t say I blame him since he can! After having 2 girls then a boy I was excited to buy a “different” type of wardrobe, but now that he is getting more of an all-boy personality all he wants to wear is t-shirts & sweats (or long shorts in the summer) and that drives me crazy because I buy all this cute clothes and he don’t wear it. Anyways, I’ve gone on enough, but thanks for sharing and your randoms and take care! ~Stacey
I am watching the BACHELOR>.. and I am 45! Love and romance do not end after a certain age. You just get smarter(hopefully!)
You are definitely making much more work for yourself by doing seperate loads of laundry. As long as you have the time then do what makes you happy. When things get busier with activities and the kids(and their clothes) are bigger you might want to re-evaluate! You can begin to have them help as soon as they are big enough to carry some clothes to their room and open a drawer by themself. I have four and I had to learn to prioritize more with my time or else I would be exausted and that does not make anyone happy.
hey bethany! i did it! my first ten on tuesday! ( :
Hey! Found you from joyshope blog … anyway, I love the tshirts and the fact that you want to incorporate jammies into a photoshoot! I’m planning one for my 20 mnth old b/c she wears her darling little footed sleepers all day long (we live in Michigan, it’s REALLY cold here). I figure she won’t be wearing them much longer and want to capture this stage. I’d love to see your pictures! Love your blog, I’ll be back!