Happy Monday my friends! It has been a really busy Monday…sorry I didn’t get the check in post up earlier. I hope you had a great weekend…and that it was a nice mix of fun and getting things done. Here’s my update…
Play List:
- Birthday party! Check…and a great time was had by all.
- Get Christmas tree + decorate it. Check…and a great time was had by all. (Seriously. We love getting our tree…it’s one of the highlights of the season.)
- Knit. Check…lots of progress was made.
- Make a batch of hot chocolate. Check and yuck. It did not turn out.
To Finish:
- Finish final preparations for birthday party. Check! The treat bags were filled…
And supplies were gathered for the craft activity, which was making friendship bracelets. This was Kailea’s idea and the girls seemed to enjoy it a lot.
- Laundry. A partial check. I still have a bit to do.
- Clean house. Check!
- Decide on appetizer for next weekend’s neighborhood party. I’m going to bring cheese and crackers including this marinated cheese recipe. (Doesn’t that look yummy?)
- Wrap some Christmas and birthday gifts. Check!
- Review holiday master list…and make plans for the upcoming week. This one’s on today’s list.
All in all it was a really nice weekend! I was feeling a tad bit under the weather yesterday, so I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked. But was still a good weekend. How was yours?
Looks like it was a great party and hope you’re feeling better today! I read your post on Simple Organized Living by Andrea and loved those tips…some I had to learn the hard way-asking for help and containing the clutter! My girls are 1 and 6 and I’m still learning and trying to maintain some sense of control! 😀
I made hot chocolate this weekend too and wasn’t impressed! It’s always interesting to try new recipes. I think the problem was towards the end the chocolate was just too done. (I did mine in the crockpot and no one would leave the darn thing off!) Marshmallows helped a lot at the beginning, but at the end, nothing could save that cocoa! Oh well, it’s fun to try it. Hope your next attempt works out better! And it looks like that birthday party would’ve been a blast to attend.
Fun:
Saturday baking sugar cookies with my BF-Check and we had so much fun
Sunday – getting together with my niece and nephew to celebrate my birthday-Check-they brought me lunch and an ice cream cake
Read – Check
Crafting – Finished 2 projects that have been sitting on my desk and cleaned up crafting area
To-Do:
Pay Bills/Balance Checkbook – Finished This Morning
Scheduled Lunch with Girlfriend for her birthday- Done
Wrap Birthday Gift – Done
Clean out year end filing cabinet – finished purging 4 years of files and did the warranty files – 3 drawers completed – one left and will do after the holidays – Woohoo this was a big task!
Wash -Check
Ironing – Check
Straighten up house -Check
Library – Check
Bonus:
Cleaned email and organized folders
Cleaned out books and gave my sister-in-law 2 bags for the school book sale
Looks like the party was a huge success! Sorry the hot chocolate didn’t turn out. I was hoping for a good recipe. Have a great day!
Finish:
Clean upstairs bathrooms – DONE
Vacuum – DONE
Sweep + mop kitchen floor – Partial DONE – swept but no mopping yet
Upstairs dusting – DONE
Laundry – washed, folded + put away – DONE
Clean up email in-box – DONE
Finish up some cyber shopping – DONE
Shred documents – I’ve gotten behind on this – DONE, but still have a little left
Birthday present shopping – DONE – Need one more present for my youngest’s birthday on Sunday
Fun:
Soccer Academy for my oldest two on Friday night – FUN, but very cold (33*)
Family movie + pizza night – FUN – watched Rio
Reading – A bit, but not enough 🙁
Saturday am run – YES and boy was it cold!
Ornament exchange party – Had to miss it since my husband had to work 🙁
Family movie on Sunday afternoon? – Another Sunday
Listen to holiday music and do some holiday crafts – listened to lots of music but didn’t do any holiday crafts.
Glad your daughter had a great party, Aby! The cupcakes were adorable!
It is fun to decorate a birthday party. Usually, birthday parties have a colorful decorations with balloons and cakes. I like the cupcake, it is so cute.