Out of the Mouths of Babes!

Cute Kid quote of the day...

My lil Gage (2 years) looks at this pic today and says to me,

"Mommy you wook (look) pwetty (pretty) in dat (that) weddin dress!"

Awwww!!

He melted my butter there!!

FUNNY kid quote of the day...

While shopping at Walmart to prepare for my monthly visitor...

My oldest asks after I place the above items in our cart,

"Mom what are those things for?"

My response: "I'll tell you when you get older"

He says, "Like when I'm thirteen?"

Me: "Sure, yea 13 would be ok."

He says, "Yesssssss... thats only 4 more years!!!"

LMAO!!!

Poor guy, at 13 he is SOOOO not gonna want to know what tampons are for!!!! LOL

Kids say the darndest things!!!

~Noelle ♥

♥ Inspiration & a bit of Romance ♥

Today I made a trip to Big Lots!!

I was looking for a couple new not too pricey pieces for my living room.

Here is what I found...

The cute HOPE sign above this mirror was a BL find for under $10!

I'm HOPING it gives us some inspiration in our home to have HOPE for what the future has in store for us. 

This shutterpane mirror has been on my wall for years; 

I added a valentine ornament and tag to it that were made for me by Michele last Valentines Day as part of a swap.

To the left of the mirror are the new new pictures I picked up today for $10 a piece...

The top frame has a F for Faith and a little saying.

The pic below was just pretty; I loved the warmth of the bronze frame.

Aren't they pretty?

These hang to the right of the mirror...

The blessings sign came from Michaels last winter and this LOVE frame was a bridal shower gift from my friend Heather. 

This is the photo that is inside of it...

Isn't it sweet?

I want to look at this picture and the inspirational words on the wall art around it and remember that we love each other and will have many tough times and many wonderful times in our marriage.

Just seems like there are too many tough times lately:(

But we are in this for the long haul and my fave quote is...

"This too shall pass!"

We got a card in the mail this past week for a FREE marriage encounter weekend coming up this November 2010 here in our city. It will take place on week after our 1 year wedding anniversary and I REALLY want us to go. It would be a wonderful time to spend reflecting on our married life and to be able to spend some one on one time together ♥ Also do receive advice and attend a couples workshop too. I've got many months to get babysitter/s lined up and I'm GONNA make it happen!!

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!

Noelle ♥

♥ Valentines from Kohls ♥

Hey girls!

Whats new?

I've just been trying to clean house even more, got our bedroom straightened up this morning. Still working on getting the rest of the Christmas decor down around here. I don't have much to put out for Valentines Day but... not to say that I won't soon!?! Check out this super cute stuff they have at Kohls right now for 40% off...

Precious... pink and brown heart Welcome sign!!

Awww, conversation heart wreath!!

Soooooo L♥ve this one!!!

Super cute basket with cupcakes!!

Same basket with the convo hearts ♥

Baking bowl... love ♥

Need it? Not really:(

PRECIOUS!!
Need? YESSSSS!!!!

Can I justify buying it... maybe?

Very cute!!!

Want it too!!! ♥

Really really cute!!

Love the baking theme they've gone with this year!

Most of these things are marked down right now for like $10!!

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Well on a good note...

My goofy vision problems have ceased at the moment.. Thank you God!!

This is my BUSY back to school and work week!!

I NEED to get my BUTT in GEAR and focus on my classes this semester...

last semester was a rough one; I withdrew from my math and stopped attending my scientific inquiry class that I was told I'd get an INCOMPLETE in... well the prof was new to the university's policies and gave me a WF!!

Which meant that I failed because I stopped attending, that dropped my GPA waaay down which could danger me getting financial aid!

So I talked to my advisor and the prof and we are trying to work on me getting that Incomplete, so I could have 30 extra days to complete the coursework and get a GOOD grade!

I start class tonite for Music Appreciation; which is from 6-8:45 every Wednesday.

Then on Fridays from 1-3:45 I have Survey of Art and Culture 1.

I do my literacy tutor job Mon.-Wed. from 2:45-4:15;

then work at the home daycare on Thursdays from 8:30-2 and Fridays from 8:30-11:30, so its always go, go, go for me! No wonder if feel like a mad woman all the time, but its what I have to do for now.

A question for you...

Being a mom you have a crazy busy life- especially if you work and /or go to school too...

How do YOU juggle it all and NOT GO NUTS?

How do you make "ME" time for yourself?

Please HELP!!

Love ya all,

Noelle ♥

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!!!