Summer List

I got this idea from Meg at Whatever. You really should check out her blog. It's amazing. She's amazing. I thoroughly enjoy keeping tabs on her family.
Anyway, I saw this last summer and thought it would be a great idea. I love to check things off a list!
My family was less than enthusiastic, to put it nicely.
But I forced encouraged each of them to come up with at least one idea. Can you guess what Jeremy wants to do this summer?
We didn't fill our page, so if we come up with any new ideas I'll add them. And I'll let you know how much we accomplish.
I think they are all doable.
There's only one thing I'm unexcited about.

Throw Away Thursday

So my friend Kristine at I Love You More Than Peanut Butter (isn't that just the cutest blog title?) has a weekly challenge: Set your timer for 30 minutes and throw away 100 items.
And since I'm in the throw away mood lately, this is one challenge I can do!
Today was Allison's room. This is the trash we collected. One Hundred pieces of trash from her room!

And this is the box of items to be marked for the garage sale.

And just to let you know, we filled another trash sack and our garage sale pile became a mountain. We worked hard. And her room is clean and decluttered and it feels great!

Thanks Kristine!

Writer's Workshop

So I decided to try a writing prompt today. Mama Kat at Mama's Losin' It has a weekly choice of prompts so I thought I'd jump on board.

Today's topic: Ten things that make you happy (not necessarily in this order)

1. my kids
2. my hubby
3. clean sheets
4. chicken poop (the chapstick, people!)
5. chocolate
6. a good book
7. Jesus
8. a healthy family
9. good report cards (those came out yesterday)
10. new shoes

What makes you happy?

Wordless Wednesday

This and That

Just a fair warning...this post is ridiculously pic heavy!!! Hey what can I say? I like playing around with my camera!!

I spent a good part of the weekend cleaning/decluttering. I still have a ton more to do. But I got a great start while I'm still motivated.

Linen closet/medicine cabinet before...

even my sewing basket is a disaster!
and after...

school supply drawer

craft supply drawer

Allison got some silly string for her birthday and couldn't wait to take Nate out to play with it. I think she was more excited about it than he was!!

The neighbor girls and my girls hung out yesterday afternoon. The weather was perfect for playing outside with friends!

And we finished off the day with a beautiful sunset.

I totally ripped this idea off from my friend Ann. Only hers is a hundred times cooler. You can check it at at her blog, Jack's Journey.