Shh….

Wait!!  Can you heart that????  It’s peace and quiet in the Smith home!  Seems I’m alone today and couldn’t be happier!!  Rich took Olivia to Borrego Springs (2 hours away) for a soccer game and won’t be home until late.  Cameron is at work, and Zach is at friend’s houses.  So I got up early, made Rich and Olivia lunches, talked to God and went back to bed with my fur babies.  They recently got spayed so I’m keeping an eye on them.

Today I’m going to be semi-productive and by that I mean a “do what I feel like” day!  It’s colder  than normal and cloudy as we are awaiting rain tomorrow.  I might just crawl up and watch at movie today.  I can’t read because my Kindle froze up on me and won’t even charge.

This week at school was unusually busy.  I’m not complaining, it really makes my work day go by faster.  I thank the Lord every day for putting me in the position I am.  I didn’t know if I would have opportunity to minister to others like I did with the kids in the classroom, but once again, God has surprised me and I have been able to in my little office.  What a blessing!

On a lighter note, Is there anyone addicted to Pinterest as much as I am??  I am loving the great ideas and tips.  Kindof motivates me to keep organized more and find new ways to keep it that way as well.  If you aren’t a member, I can send you an invite, just let me know!

Ok….I’m going to go and enjoy my quiet for the rest of the day!

God Bless and ave a beautiful weekend!

Kacy

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It’s almost here!

This year seemed to fly by more than any other year.  I thought I could contribute that to having a new job position this year, but I”m not really sure.  It seems that everyone feels the way I do.  Why does time go faster as you get older?

Officially 11 days until Christmas.  I’m looking forward to spending time with family, sitting by the fire, having a good meal and just reflecting on all God’s blessings to us this year.  I want to get better at remembering pivotal moments from each year.  Otherwise, they all seem like a blur.

This is the last week of school and I welcome the break.  I’d like to bake a few things, get caught up on some organizing projects, and tackle the sock basket.  I know, you’re laughing….”sock basket”  Really?  Yes, that’s my one downfall when it comes to laundry.

I wanted to post a craft of the day up until Christmas….I made this one the other day and it turned out very cute..

Craft #1  Snowman Soup

I used a clear plastic bag with a topper I made, printed out and stapled at the top.  You can find different sayings here:

http://www.squidoo.com/snowman-soup-recipe-and-poem

Snowman Soup Recipe:

Assemble in a gift bag, gift mug or small zipper food storage bag:

• 1 individual packet hot chocolate mix
• 2-3 chocolate kiss candies
• 10-15 mini-marshmallows
• small candy cane

Here’s how mine turned out.

They make a really cute inexpensive gift for Christmas or even stockings.

Have a great day all!  Tomorrow I’ll post another craft!

N-Joy

Blessings,

Kacy

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Loving Rainy Days~

Ok, so normally, days like these cause me to want to curl up on the couch with a fire and a good book or movie, but today turned out  unexpectedly productive.  I have this real desire to get my house in order and not just in order, but really organized.  With a house as big as ours, I always seem to be misplacing something or I put it somewhere and forget later. It’s not lack of organization, but I think I have too many zones.  So today, I collectively decided to start downsizing in clutter, things, and zones.

To me there needs to be clear zones.  Not too many.  For instance, office zone for bill paying, incoming/outgoing mail zone.  This is where I put all incoming mail if I can’t get to it right away.  Coat and keys zone, a shoe zone (my kids can’t come in the house with their shoes on).  All of these zones get used often, but not quite as often as the kitchen.  I have lots of storage in my kitchen, but to me it doesn’t seem like enough.  So today was Operation Organize in the kitchen.  I knew I couldn’t do it all in one day or even a week, but baby steps will get me there.  Today I tackled the drawers.  I cleaned out three junk drawers and made one a school zone.  For those flyers and paperwork you get from your kids daily.  All there and in one place.  The other drawer I’ve left empty.  (Cuz you never know *wink*)

And lastly, I tackled this drawer.

Now, you know you all have one.  It’s where all the miscellaneous kitchen gadgets go.  Well, I got a new product by Drawer Decor.  It is the neatest thing for organizing your drawers.

I was so surprised how well it turned out.  I’m sorry this picture doesn’t do it justice, but it’s bright orange, so my camera wasn’t liking it.  But if you go to the website you’ll see what I mean.  All of your utensils stay in place and do not move!!!  A real plus!   I have plans to do two more drawers and am anxious to see what other items I can use with these.  So stop that procrastinating and get to those drawers.  You’d be surprised how many you will get done in a week if you do one every day.

I’m off to eat homemade chili on this awesome rainy day.

Blessings,

Kacy

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