Whats Up

 

Yes Princess Merida is allowed in the bath.  

My girls love baths as much as I do.  A very warm bath can cure many things I believe. 

check out this darling family picture Baylie drew.

Sure seems like a lot of us when we are in pen form. 

Whats new?  Hows it going?  Is that what you want to ask me?

Well...

Jason and I are giving ourselves a pat on the back

for being totally spend free for over three weeks now. 

Thats quite an accomplishment. 

Or we say so ourselves.

Serious I can hardly believe how little we have spent.

Cause I'm a pretty great spender.

I have bought a very few staples like Milk and produce.

But nothing else.  Not even red box.

And we are keeping our quality of life nicely.

Probably cause my freezer and pantry was stocked up.

And TV is our entertainment ...downton abbey specifically, castle, and once upon a time.

This is the happiest I have been in a while, which is just strange considering.
(maybe its because I was so crabby this summer?)

But my load has been lightened.

No money I can do....at least for a while longer.

Remember that year I didn't cook.  Like at all.

 Only 'prepared' food or did pre-made, super easy stuff.

Well here begins the year of the opposite.
A season for everything right?
Well no cooking was the season of surviving.
This is now the season of stretching.

Homemade.  Home cooking.  Family time. 

I do love to cook and bake and with an extra set of hands around, its been so nice.

Thoughts I've had lately...what are necessities? 

Goat cheese, no (at least right now).  Coke Zero, yes :)

The big question is, 

What am I going to do with the biggest bag of spinach and carrots

that is taking up so much room in my refrigerator?  Any ideas?  Pretty please :)  

I officially am postponing my homemade Christmas party, at least a year.

But I'm itching to have a craft night with all these supplies I already have. 

And a game nite with friends

 (this is when having so  many children poses a problem..

when we want to invite people, the kid tally adds up fast). 

Maybe I can do it in shifts :)

I am loving having Jason home.  Its as great as I always imagined it would be.

When he gets a job I'm going to cry.  For joy and cause I will be sad to see him go back. 

But one thing is for sure, we are not going back to our 'regular' life

This month (or months who knows) has changed us...for good (Wicked reference for ya :)