Accomplished!

Nothing says TIME TO CLEAN other than a cold windy winter day in Northern Indiana!

Hubby had to work today so I chilled (literally) at home with the boys...

and CLEANED!

I started on my computer desk then preceded to go through scrap booking supplies by the mother load!

I pitched some stuff and stuck a bunch of the "stuff I thought I'd use in my albums but haven't touched in like 3 years" into a box to set out at my next crop as FREEBIES for my croppers!

I swept the basement, did a couple loads of laundry.

Headed upstairs for lunch then did the dishes, put 4 baskets of laundry away...

cleaned up my oldest sons room AGAIN!

Straightened up lil Messy Marvin's room then began to do this...

Put plastic insulation on the boys windows!!

I've been talking about doing this for years so I am SO PROUD that I remembered to purchase this at Walmart the other day!

I put it over the big window in our bedroom yesterday and have already noticed a different in there; its actually WARM!

Our house is about 50 years old, maybe a little more and BRICK and COLD!

The windows are getting drafty which is a major investment that we can't do at this time.

So I got the boys windows done and it was time for this...

Swiffer Wet Jet!

I am in LOVE with this thing!!

It makes mopping soooo easy!

And I found out that if you remove the bottle of cleaner,

it provides at least an hour of endless entertainment for busy little boys!

When you press the button it makes a "brrrrrrrmmmmm" sound and they LOVE it!

But if you press the button, the cleaner will squirt out!

So me being a GENIUS today... I thought "Hmmm, I will take the cleaner out and they still can play with it!"

So my living room floor got dusted with the cloth on the bottom (hard wood floors) and they had a BLAST!

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Another exciting day tomorrow...

BACK TO THE GYM!

I haven't gone since November, well since before the wedding!

I've gained back 2 pounds and the belly is full of jelly:(

So I will get measured, be sad for a moment at the numbers then hop my phat fanny on the treadmill!!

My goal is to lose 30 lbs by June 1st!

Which if I go back to eating GOOD like I was in the summer, it shouldn't be a problem!!

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Apologies if this was a boring post...

It feels good to get off my rear and GET MOTIVATED!!

Love you all!!

Noelle ♥

Winner announced!

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: 
Result:16

The WINNER of my FAVE WINTER THINGS giveaway is...
#16... Katie from My Life as a Wallace!!


CONGRATS!
Thanks to all who entered:)


(Katie email me with your address, so I can send your WINS to you!! 
Its: lilbitsandpiecesofme@gmail.com)

:( Sucks!

Hey gals!
I missed the red carpet birthday event that I wanted to participate in yesterday, due to "flashy" vision and headaches. I don't know what is going on but I am miserable!

I keep getting awful headaches, my vision becomes fuzzy and almost "flashy" like lights...?
Its hard to focus on words, they seem to run together.
I have NO vision insurance, or $$ to go get an exam on my own right now!

I'm soo frustrated because my classes start next week and this is probably going to keep persisting on.
Its happened 4 times in the last week:(

Just wanted to update you all and let you know I'll be back on Sunday to draw a winner for my giveaway.
My eyes are bugging me right now so I've gotta get off of here.
Please pray this isn't anything severe!

Love ya,
Noelle ♥

Oh What a DAY!!

Ever have one of those days that start off so well?

Today I got up, Gavin went back to school.. and I was SHOWERED!!

I went to get one of these...

Sugar free Vanilla...

Went to MY school to...

change my last name,

check on financial aid,

purchase books for this semester and

get a student ID...

all accomplished but the ID!

Then went here...

Which makes me sooo happy!

Even found a cute swimsuit but decided not to try it on and have that RUIN my day!!

So I picked up some of these...

and a few other cute Valentine supply things...

Got hungry and grabbed one of these...

Blueberry Scone.. YES I cheated on my diet today but I was HUNGRY!!

Then went here...

Found NOTHING for myself but got this for my hubby who's bday is tomorrow...

And then I'm making him a yummy lemon dessert instead of cake,

taking him out for pizza to his fave place then MAYBE...

some smooches and stuff later ♥ (MAYBE!!)

So I called hubby and asked if he was in a hurry for me to come home...

he said NOT REALLY,

Bless His Heart...

So I took my gift certificate from my birthday from my mom and got these...

Mani and a...

Pedi!!

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Went home sooo relaxed and in a good mood!

Picked my son up from school came home and BAMMMMMM...

IT was all SHE wrote!

I started to have some fuzzy vision then I got hit with the MOTHER of all of these...

MIGRAINE headache!

I swear this is the first one I ever got!

I couldn't sit or stand, I felt sick, noise was awful around me!
So I took some Tylenol, drank some diet and laid down on the bed while the boys watched a cartoon!

Oh, it hurt sooo bad!

So, (a) I need an eye exam BAD or (B) my sugar/insulin is REALLY messed up!!

So once I recooperated enough to make dinner,

I thought I'd try this with the little guy...

Yea... well, nice though Noelle!

Within 2 minutes of putting undies on him, he peed on the kitchen rug!!!

Sooo, I gave him a bath and was playing/tickling him while I was putting jammies on and...

HE PUKED!!!

YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

Oh, what a day...

PLEASE let me NOT have another one of these ANY TIME SOON!!!

2010... remember!!

NEW Year. GOOD things.

NO MIGRAINES!!!

Love u all,

Noelle ♥

P.S. Don't forget to enter my give-away!! Click on the button on the top left of my sidebar...

I will pick a winner this SUNDAY!!!

♥ giveaway time ♥

Its winter, its cold...

Its time!!

For my Fave Things Winter giveaway!

Here's whats for grabs...

A cute pink/white rose fleece scarf (Love scarves!),

a pair of those fuzzy wuzzy warm socks that are pink/brown (so cozy & warm!!),

A package of Marshmallow Fudge HOT COCOA!! (who doesn't love hot cocoa when its cold!),

2 lip balms- peppermint and hot cocoa (for chapped winter lips)

and some yummy pear scented bubble bath (to curl up in the tub to get all toasty!!)

So here are a few of "my favorite things"... ENJOY!

All you have to do is LEAVE 1 COMMENT!

Easy as that... I'll draw a winner this SUNDAY, Jan 10th!

Good luck:)

~Noelle ♥

New Year, New Hair ♥

Wellllll, I did it!!

Took my nice gift card that I received from one of my sister in laws, to the NICE upscale salon...

got a 30 min. head, neck, back massage... L♥VE!

And...

Got the hair CHOPPED off!!

I had been growing out since March 08 when we made our engagement official cause I wanted it long enough to wear it in a pretty up-do with fluff!

The back of my hair was probably 3 inches past my shoulders in the back and now its SHORT!

But... I LOVE IT!

The gal named Sonia totally ROCKED!!!

Here's a view from the side...

Its angled toward the face...

I could NOT get a good pic of the back!

See... its SHORT!

But I love, love, love it!

It feels so light and soft!!

Nothing like a new haircut to make ya feel good!!

This afternoon hubby and I took our oldest son bowling- to spend some one-on-one time with him before he goes back to school on Wednesday. The lil one went to grandma's house for a play date.

Then tonight I went to dinner with one of my friends; we have been friends since kindergarten!!

We had some Mexican food and I had a cherry margarita... YUM!

(NO BLUE TONITE Stacy, darn it!!!)

It was so nice to sit and talk to someone who would just lend an ear,

and not be judgemental or crude like so many people I've been dealing with lately.

Its times like these when I realized how few TRUE friends that I really do have...

its kinda sad:(

BUT its 2010 and I'm OVER IT!

No MORE DRAMA...

SAVE it for ya MOMMA!!

(My new motto!! LOL)

Soooo... did you do anything exciting today??

Hugs xo,

Noelle ♥

Cleaning, re-arranging...

Hello! I woke up this morning feeling yucky with a sore throat but mustered

up a bunch of energy to get some cleaning done!!

I swept & mopped the kitchen, cleaning the cat box (hate that job!!) and created a little something new for the kitchen table...

The pink tinsel wreath was an after Target find for $.50!!

And the bulbs were $1.25 there too!

I added them into my trifle bowl; love the colors!

I was gonna use that wreath for Valentine's Day too, for the front door.

Was thinking of a way to add some cute hearts to it?

I really would like to have a tablecloth on my kitchen table but with all the play-doh, glue and moon sand that gets on it, I just don't think it will work for us at this time!

I took down the Christmas tree and moved my record player back;

and kept the side table that my bro made me in wood shop when he was in high school.

Added a wedding pic and that cute tea cup planter I found awhile back at Michaels.

Added some more ball ornaments too!

I decided to keep some snowman decor up for now cause we sure have lots of snow outside; probably about 15 inches this weekend!

Gage in front of the record player. ♥

I kept a strand of red lights on there for a warm glow.

Then Gage and I got busy with some cleaning up of the toys...

and some easy ways for him to organize his toys in the living room.

I pulled this bookshelf in from the garage, where its been since summer.

Its OLD; got it from Brian's grandma's house.

I thought about repainting it and putting it in our room, but like the extra storage for toys.

I am going to look for some fabric or panels to adhere to the front of the shelf to

"hide" the toys away!!

I put together the NOEL banner from the Making Memories kit I got yesterday...

see below.

What a day!!

I am still working on getting together My Fave Winter Things Giveaway...

I plan to post it later this week!!

Noelle ♥