Phone Dump

It's been pretty exciting here over the last couple days. Took Addi and Emileigh to see Disney on Ice Dare to Dream on Sunday. On Wednesday Em and Mason stayed the night. The rest of the days Addi and I pretty much just hang out. OHH Tuesday! It was like 60 degrees. In February. So we hit up the park. So awesome. I seriously love this "winter" we are having and I'm getting completely spoiled that we aren't having a real one. BUT i'm not going to complain. I'll deal with the rain over snow ANY day!

This girl rocks 4" heels better than I do :/

$10 popcorn at Disney on Ice. Hey, the girls at fun and it was a pretty good show.

Park in February? I'll take it!

Mason and I bonded over the course of the evening. Before bed I even got a "i love you hilbo". Melt my heart. This kid has not liked me from the minute he was born. That's not an exaggeration. I was there. Witnessing him being born. He screamed when I held him. Little stinker!

Oh Pinterest. You are my drug.

I.am.seriously.addicted.to.Pinterest.

It's my go to drug. I can not get enough of it.

Like today, I have a headache from hell. Thought about knocking myself out with some drugs {mom of the year, right?}but I have Addi to take care of tonight because Kyle's working midnights. Looking at a computer hurts my eyes, watching tv kills, Addi walking around in 4" heels on hardwood floor? Torture. I can't wait for bedtime. But the one thing that I NEED to do? Check Pinterest. It's a necessity every day.

And I'm not usually a crafty person. At. All. I can barely cook or bake. Crafts? Ha! Forget about it!

Until I got sucked into pinning.

I have now made many crafts with Addi, took up crocheting (yes. you read that right), and I'm a cooking fool. I made a whole dinner mean plan for the week and am constantly getting ideas for next week. It's actually easier than I thought it would be (now that I have a working stove).

Here's a craft we did:

and I got the idea from :

Source: meetthedubiens.com via Hilary on Pinterest





And now get ready to drool. I got the meal plan template from Jen over at TheseFourNoMore and have made these.

Crock Pot Lasagna

Source: getcrocked.com via Hilary on Pinterest

Braided Spaghetti Bread

Source: rhodesbread.com via Hilary on Pinterest

I have 4 more meals to make this week and I hope they are as good as the other two were. Highly recommend this site if you want some new recipes and craft ideas!

Wordless Wednesday...Sledding!

We went sledding Sunday and we all had an absolute blast!!!

Rambles.....

*Well hello there! Miss me? Good. Moving on :)

*We ripped out the carpet in the computer room last weekend and had the original floors redone. They look ah-mazing and it's so nice to not have carpet and have a clean room again. We also rearranged everything. Pictures are hung up, new rug, "reading" area. It's so nice. I can't wait to do the dinning room and living room next.

*Addi has had some sort of bug since last Wednesday night. She threw up twice in 2 days and was running a 99.5-103 fever Wednesday-Saturday, was fine all week and last night popped another fever and says her stomach and throat her. I don't know if she's getting sick or if her throat is sore from us being outside sledding for an hour yesterday. She's eating and drinking so I'll just keep an eye on it.

*Kyle is back to working midnights. For 8-12 months. Joy. Good and bad I guess. I won't be able to do anything at night now (bad), he will be able to see Addi more (good), he will have sundays off (good and bad...one day off a week), good paycheck (extra good!)

*I may be going back to school for medical assisting :) I'm sick of having dead end jobs and have always wanted to work in the medical field and what better time then the present right? I'm just waiting to hear back from Ivy Tech and still have to talk to a counselor about some things but I'm hoping it all works out.

*We took Addi sledding for the first time yesterday. She had an absolute blast!! Seperate post to follow :)

*Hi. My name is Hilary. And I'm addicted to Pinterest.

That is all....for now.

Happy 2012!

So this is a little late. Sue me. Blame Comcast for the lack of Internet for the past week. So glad to have it back up and running!!

2011 we probably one of the worst years ever. A week before I got laid off of Arnell, Kyle severely sprained his foot, causing him to miss a couple weeks of work. Then I was out of a job for a while. Kyle's work was slow. The summer was fun hanging out with friends and being home with Addi but it was rough for Kyle and I. We weren't used to being around each other that often and we fought. A lot. Then I got the job at Nissan. Thought it was going to be the best job ever. How far from the truth that was. Got fired 3 days before Christmas. Merry Christmas to me huh? Oh well. I'd rather be home with Addison than be at a job that I absolutely positively hate. I was more stressed there than at Arnell {which I thought wasn't even possible}. Ray died. Still miss him like crazy. Family drama. Nothing seemed to go our way. 1 step forward, 10 steps back.

Not this year.

I refuse to let 2012 be a repeat of 2011. REFUSE!

Sure I'm unemployed right now, but Kyle is working a lot and will be on a turn around that will last about 9-12 months at BP. I'll get my Altima back and he will drive the Sentra again {thank GOD!!!!!}. I can now take Addi to dance again and I'm thinkg about putting her back in gymnastics. Or karate. Or something. She still goes to school 2 days a week and loves it. I'm back at the gym 3-4 days a week. Trying to make dinner every night so we aren't eating out or eating junk {anyone have some good crock pot receipes???}.

But the one thing that has made me smile throughout the year?

This girl. 

January: birthday parties, first hair cut and sleepovers

And Snowmaggedon...how could ANYONE forget that?!

February: Valentine's Day and The Museum of Science and Industry with my dad and stepmom

March: Got laid off from work, had some fun playdates

April: Easter, gymnastics and first time bowling.

May: First manicure and swimming {Memorial Day!!! CRAZY!!}

June: Family trip to Brookfield Zoo, a certain little girl turned 2 1/2 years old :(

July: best part of the summer. Porter County Fair :)

August: very talented daughter (dance, gymnastics, artist)

September: new job, new routines, WIZARD OF OZ Fest!!!

October: Pumpkin pickin' and Halloween

November: "camping", Ray died, Twinkle, Christmas Tree

December: Christmas and Birthdays!!!

Will be back...

Our Internet is down {oh Comcast, how I loathe you} and I want to do a 2011 recap post but it's really hard to do with my iPhone or iPad.

So until Comcast decides to get back up and running, this adorable picture of addi and I having a pizza party will have to hold you over.

Hope everyone had a fantastic NYE and enjoyed the holidays with their family. I know I did.