Day two of resolutions...

It's getting off to a slow start.  With the heat still out we stayed the night at my parents last night.  We tried to run a portable heater in our room and Liam's room at the same time.  Who knew they were on the same breaker.  We do now!  It didn't trip it it blew it!  So my husband and his dad replaced it tonight.  I missed my bed.  I may be short but I'm too tall to sleep on a love seat!  Needless to say I didn't get logged into wii fit last night and I doubt I'll get to it tonight.  I did however remember my reusable shopping bags and resisted the urge to take the easy way out and buy bottled water.  We didn't eat super great today.  I feel I'm going down quick here with these resolutions.  I'm going to try my best though!  At least I got the chance to write this.  Little Liam is napping here on the couch next to me.  It's still too cold in his room for napping.  But hopefully by bedtime it will be fine.  It's also incredibly too cold for a walk tonight.  It's snowing!  Flurries, but I would love to go walk in it!  Unfortunately it's too windy for the little guy.  Maybe tomorrow night!

New year's resolutions...

I've never been big into making new year's resolutions but this year I'm going to give it a try!  They won't be unreachable goals but things that I always say I will do and never get around to.

Starting today I will blog everyday!  Whether it be a short paragraph about the day or a topic I'd like to share or discuss.  I know I've said this before but this time it will stick!  My tablet is being shipped back to the manufacture due to technical issues.  Until then I will be using the desktop and my new MyTouch Q my husband got me for Christmas!  Which I love by the way.  Don't get me started on the mess I went through with my old one.  That might be for another day.

Be more earth friendly.  I will remember to bring my reusable shopping bags with me to the grocery store.  I was pretty good last year but I can do better.  Use my reusuable cups instead of buying or using bottled water.  This means find a way to bring water for Liam's bottle instead of using bottled water.  Start making sure we always bring a garbage bag with us when geocaching so that we can clean up the areas around the caches! 

Get organized!  We need to make our office usuable instead of our catch all room.  We have a great desk that is burried under random things.  Mostly my husbands tools.  I want that done by the end of the month.  I want to keep it organized all year, always!

Lose this baby weight!  I want to log into wii fit everyday, even if it is just for a few minutes or a weight check.  Take a walk everyday, long or short it doesn't matter.

Eat better!  This will help in getting rid of the extra flab.  Cut our eating out to once a week.  On the weekedns maybe.  I'd love to knock it back to every other week, but let's take baby steps first.  Drink more water and cut out soda.  If I do have a soda one per day and no refils if we are out!  I'll keep up better with the fresh fruits and veggies and not let them go bad before we use them.  And make lunches the night before and seperate snacks and veggies into easy grab bags for snaking or lunch packing.

Manage our money better.  Start shopping with coupons and make sure I remember to use the rewards programs we have signed up for. 

These aren't hard tasks to accomplish.  I'm sure I can keep up with them, right?  Wish me luck!

Vlogging update and weekend

I posted days 2, 3, and 4 tonight.  They aren't the full videos.  I still haven't found a good editing app for my tablet.  That being said day 2 has two videos uploaded seperately.  I inadvertently uploaded part two without a title.  It's title is December 2 instead.  I have yet to figure out how to change it!    I also realized I posted my username wrong.  Sorry about that.  It is Rascalflattfan24. 

We had a great weekend!  The craft show went well.  We had more customers this year than last.  Things are turning around.  The last few years had not been so well due to the economy.  But things are looking up!  I sold lots of my small pine cone baskets!  Though I only sold a few of my scrabble tile jewlery.  It's a shame because I really enjoy making those.

As always the fireworks were wonderful!  Though I wish the wouldn't allow people to stand on their soap boxes.  I'm all for free speach but it ruins everyones good time.  I realize it was somethi g that was done in colonial williamsburg but not with speakers!  It was fun when the crowd began singing carols to drown him out.  Which of course gave hom something to feed on, "you won't be singing jingle bells in hell."  Good grief.  But the carols added some extra cheer and once the fireworks started you forgot they were there.  Liam loved the fireworks!  It was his first ti e seeing any and he didn't cry.  He even trjed so hard to finish watching them even though he could barely keep his eyes open!  I can't post pictures yet as I haven't unloaded the camera but I will soon.

All in all it was a good weekend, a good start to the holidays!

Vlogging!

One of the ladies on the June mommy's group I belong to on facebook decided to do a vlog everyday from now until Christmas.  I thought this might be an interesting challenge for me.  I recorded my first one tonight.  Search Rascalfan24 on youtube.  Although I didn't get to take all of my clips and put them together.  I recorded it on my tablet and tried using a free video editing app to do my editing.  I was very excited because the app did everything windows movie maker does. Unfortunatley after I rendered the video it wouldn't play!  So therefore I could only upload the first part which actually started out to be the only one I was going to do because my son was being cranky.  I need to find a better set up for my video recording.  Liam and I were sitting on my bed, only because Country Christmas was on tv and we were recording during comercials!  But the tablet was being propped up by the blankets and Liam's toys.  I also looked terrible by the way.  I never did get a chance to do my hair today.  Oh well.  Just one of joys of being a mom!  I'm going to call it a night jn case the little booger decides to wake up every hour!

Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful thanksgiving!  We took Liam to his first trip to his aunt's house in Wlimington, nc.  I do believe we came home with a spoiled child!  He was held just about every minute of the day.  We almost didn't go, poor little guy has an ear infection.  We had no idea.  He was a little congested so to be on the safe side I took him in to see the doctor and low and behold she found the ear infection.  Knowing he would be cranky we didn't want to impose with a crying baby we gave his aunt the option of us staying home.  She said it would be fine she was use to babies with ear infections.  Her son had tons of them whe  he was little.  So Wednesday morning we packed up the car and made the 5 hour drive down.  Liam did suprisingly well and sleep most of the way.  When he did wake we stopped to kill time until he was ready for another nap.  Needless to say our 5 hour drive took more along the lines of 7, but we had a happy sleeping baby. 

Thursday, Thanksgiving.  More family came and we had a wonderful meal cooked by my sister in laws husband.  Liam even had a taste of the sweet potatos.  :(  I brought some sweet potatoes and pumpkin I had pureed for him.  He is really liking the whole solids thing!

Friday we introduced the family to geocaching.  We went to a local park to find some caches.  Liam even got his first swag, a rubber ducky!  My sister in law is hooked.  She spent mich of that evening looking at a map of geocaches.  I think we may have created a monster!

Saturday we went to play disc golf at a beautiful park by the beach.  I've never played in the sand before, it gave the game an interesting chalange.  I forgot my camera in the car.  I was disapointed I did not get a chance to take pictures of the beautiful course.  All the more reason to go back!  After disc golf we headed downtown to eat lunch and do a little more geocaching.  We found some pretty interesting ones and I can't wait to go back and find others.  We only found ten all total for the weekend.

Sunday we packed up and went home.  I think Liam missed everyone. He wasn't too happy just seeing me all day yesterday and today!  I had to escape the house to my moms this afternoon just to make him happy.  Oh the things we do for our kids!

Mingo, WV

Each year my family takes a trip to the mountains.  This year we went to Mingo, WV which is just a few miles outside of Snowshoe.  My husband and I went skiing at Snowshoe a few years back.  It looks so much different in the snow!  Fall is my favorite time of year.  I love the way the mountains look with all the colors.

This was Liam's first trip to the mountains.  It definitely won't be his last!

Oh my!  I started this post last week!  I just happened to come in the office and realize I never finished it.  I'll share a few of the pictures from our trip and call it a day on this one.

It's been a while...

The AC is out.  With that being said it is very warm in the office!  I haven't had the motivation to sit in a hot room and mess around on the computer.  It cooled down a bit tonight so I thought I would write a few words.

I love yard sales, thrift stores and flea markets!  My mom and I went to a few church sales today.  Liam may not have been born into a family with lots of money but he sure won't be missing out on anything.  We found some great things today including a swing for the tree in the front yard.  Our greatest find for the day by far had to be the two rear and forward facing car seats for fifteen dollars a piece.  They were in great condition!  I can't wait to use them.  I'll give him a few more weeks in his infant seats then I think I will graduate him up to a big boy seat.  I just can't carry those seats anymore.  It's killing my back to drag it in and out of the car.  He seems to do well in the one my mom has.  I honestly think he enjoys it better being as he insists on being sat up all the time now.  No more laying down for him.  Now if only he would roll over.