i don't care if you wanna sleep, i'd rather practice some Karate moves...

Last night was definitely not the most sleep I've ever gotten. First I didn't get to bed until 2 am and then I woke up again at 5.30 am because little man decided it was time for his early morning work-out session. He already kicks a lot during the day but it seems to get worse at night. I am glad he's healthy and seems to be pretty happy in there, but I am one of those girls that needs at least 9 hours of sleep a night to function properly during the day...

I tried going back to sleep but that didn't work so I ended up at the kitchen table, with a mug of tea and worked on a poster design for a client. At least it was a productive morning.

So now I believe a little nap is in order. I need to get more stuff done today and that won't happen if I fall asleep in the middle of it ;)

Stop back for a post on how I got my work space organized :) And hopefully you are blessed with some warm and dry weather today. It sure looks like a nice day here in Pittsburgh. 

Think she likes that bone? 

i think it's called "nesting"...

Yes, I am pretty late with my post today but the hubby and I have been super busy with things around the house. Last night we went to our first Prepared Childbirth class and we actually both enjoyed it. Not much of the info we got was new to us but it was still fun meeting some other couples and getting to try out relaxation techniques that almost put us straight to sleep ;)

Afterwards we got ice cream cones from McD's and watched a movie on the couch.

I also made one of our faves for dinner. I don't know what it's called, we just call it Mexican Bake ;) It's quick and pretty delicious.

Here is what you need:

1 lb. ground beef

pkg. taco seasoning

3/4 cup of water

brown ground beef in large pan, add taco seasoning and water 

15 oz can tomato sauce

can of chopped black olives (we don't use them)

can of diced tomatoes&green chilies

2 tbsp. minced onion

add all of this to the meat mixture

in a medium bowl mix the following together:

3/4 cup sour cream

3/4 cup cottage cheese

1 tsp. garlic powder

dash of hot sauce ( however much you like)

you will also need 

bag of chili cheese corn chips (we use fritos)

1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese (or whatever cheese you have on hand)

9x13 pan greased

In the pan, first put down half of your chips as a bottom layer. Then add all of the meat mixture, add the sour cream mixture next and top off with cheese and remaining chips.

Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350F. 

 ENJOY :)

We also got a few gift cards for my favorite store TARGET in the mail last week. We used our bank points and also had some points from a credit card. We ended up with $65 total - not bad. Today we went out and bought a bunch of plastic bins in various sizes to organize some of the downstairs closets. Believe me, they looked BAD!!!

We also scored a curtain rod for the nursery for only $7 on clearance from $32 :)) Who doesn't love a bargain??

I love home organization almost as much as I love shopping for craft and art supplies ( I am a total addict). You wouldn't believe it sometimes, looking at how unorganized my house can get. I try to tell myself that it is totally normal not to go to the store to buy bins and shelves for an entire house all at once... (you know, like Martha Stewart would) but whenever you have $65 in gift cards it is totally ok to splurge a little ;)

I don't have a picture of the before-closet (did I mention it was BAD?) but here it is in the process of being reorganized (yes that fridge is a little dirty)

I swear I didn't lift anything over 25lb ;)

And here it is after we were done :) Nice and clean compared to the before. We seriously couldn't walk in more than a couple of feet. 

Our kitchen is not the biggest so we use this closet partly as pantry but also for some of our shoes and small tools. I am happy we got to move some stuff out and put it in the new storage bins. The hubby also made some new additions to my work space but more about that in tomorrows post. 

Of course we couldn't come home from Target without one of these jumbo sized bones. Gift cards work for dog bones too. ;)

 Good Night everyone :)

i can see spring :)

This day started out really great. First of all it always makes me happy to wake up to sunshine streaming through the windows and then the hubs made us breakfast in bed. Scrambled eggs and toast - my favorite ;) Yes, he's pretty great like that. We don't really do Valentine's Day, no offense to anyone who does, it's just not our thing. Who needs Valentine's Day when you have a man who makes you breakfast in bed any day of the the year? Maybe he just felt bad because he left me to go play hockey with his work buddies and now I am left to do the housework haha...

So today I will take care of some Etsy business and buy some more fabric, which makes this the perfect day for him to be gone anyway. Tonight we have our first prepared childbirth class and I'm kind of excited for that. Last monday we were supposed to go to Baby Care class but me and my pregnancy brain totally mixed up the days and so we ended up showing up there on tuesday, a day late :( The hubs was pretty bummed because he won't be able to go to any of the next dates for this class due to his work schedule. Well, I guess I really screwed that one up... Kind of a typical situation for us though haha. 

Well I guess that's it for now. Hope you're all having a sunny day!

improvements, improvements... or moving half way across the world for love

Today my post is going to be short and sweet since I spent so much time writing an about and love page for this blog... So you can head on over to the about page and read all about my inspiration for this blog, how the hubs and I met and how I ended up moving half way across the world for one guy ;) Oh yeah and there are some lovely pictures too.


Have fun reading and leave me a comment if you want. 

the best friend I have or what a beautiful sunday afternoon

You know how they say that true friends can go without seeing or talking to each other for weeks, months or even years and when they finally talk they can just pick back up where they left off? I have one very special friend like that. We've known each other since the summer before we started 5th grade, when she moved into town with her family and we started getting tennis lessons together. Of course we also ended up in the same class and went through all of high school together. She's always been there when I needed her and we remain close in spite of the huge distance (Germany and the US). Needless to say, we don't always get to talk as much as we'd like. 

Well, today we finally managed to set up a time to skype, which I hadn't done since the days when the hubby and I were still dealing with the whole long distance relationship thing... 

Of course I couldn't remember my password so I just signed up again. Next there were some microphone issues with the macbook that I managed to resolve all by myself (with the hubby at work I have to fend for myself lol). And then we finally managed to see and talk to each other - yay! I hadn't seen her since last summer when I went to Germany last. 

We talked about her upcoming wedding which I am most likely going to miss because of the baby :( We talked for over 2.5 hours and it sure felt good.

Now I am ready to conquer the mountains of laundry piling up upstairs before J gets home from work and we can go to his parents house for dinner. 

Oh and just in case you were wondering what the other members of this family have been doing all day...

And yes, since we built this window seat I could pretty much clean my windows every day. I just choose not to ;) And I also don't have the heart to keep them off of it. It's their new favorite spot because they can keep an eye on the road and let us know if someone is coming up the driveway, or the neighbors driveway, or if someone is walking along the road, the mail is here, deer and other animals are in the yard or... well you get the picture ;) But hey, at least we don't need a door bell. 

Hope your Sunday is as wonderful as mine!

first post ever or how does this blog thing work?

So I've been talking about blogging for months or probably years but I am also the worst procrastinator ever... We all know how that goes ;-) 

But today is finally the day !!! So get ready... lol