Monday Miscellany

Joining in with the lovely Carissa this morning to bring you some randoms of my life.

~1~ LB is actually sleeping in this morning after this weekend that is a big plus. He woke up at 3:30AM on Saturday and would not go back to sleep no matter what we tried. I blame it on us putting him to bed in his superman pajamas. 

~2~ One week from today we find out the sex of this new peanut. I cannot wait!! I am so ready to get baby's room painted and together and pick out a name. :)

~3~ LB received his first buzz cut this weekend. I am not going to lie I miss his long thick hair. I let W have the scissors again and I just couldn't live with the results so we buzzed it. 

 Such a sweet smile and now he looks so grown up

~4~ I decided to start de-cluttering our house this past week. Which resulted in 7 bags of clothes and purses and shoes being donated to Goodwill. It feels good to get it out of our house but I won't lie that part of me wants to go get some of the shoes back. The sad part is we still have more to go through. I don't know how we ended up with so much stuff. Or kept so many random things. Like t-shirts from freshmen year of high school. I have been out of h.s. for 10 years now. No clue why I have clothes that are older than that!

~5~ My mom is all settled into her apartment and had an interview this past week. Pray they find favor on her. It is exactly what she wants to be doing and she loved the people she met there. The interview took about 2 hours and they were very nice with her and let her know they had other interviews already lined up so they couldn't make a decision yet but really liked her. Pray that favor is found and she will get the job. I know it would help her enjoy her new home so much better. 

~6~ A nasty nasty winter cold smacked us in the face this past week. Which resulted in LB finally comprehending how to blow his nose into tissues (not just onto random objects like mommy and daddy's shirts, pants, stuffed animals, etc). So I guess there always is a silver lining.

~7~ I have been craving pineapples again. Which resulted in me buying 3 yesterday. And almost finishing off a whole pineapple myself on Saturday. I guess it's better than craving ice cream. 

~8~ I made a really great vegetable soup last week after I realized we had tons of vegetables hitting the brink of expiration. I need to do that more often. I usually just cut the veggies up and then freeze them for stirfry or to toss with pasta. But I loved this soup so I will definitely be doing it more. What do you all do with your leftover vegetables?

Start of the soup

~9~ I cannot believe it is January with the weather we have been having. Today is suppose to be in the 60's. 60's y'all. For a midwest gal that is beautiful! I am hoping LB gets nice and rested so we can trek out to the zoo today and then maybe to the park this afternoon. Gotta soak up all the warmth we can because I am sure winter will be coming sometime. I just hope it doesn't come in March or April.

~10~ Any big superbowl plans? I really only watch for the commercials and of course to eat all the food.  This year I think I'm going to try out a few pinterest finds. I mean since I pin so many things on there I should at least try a few of them out :)

If you made it through all ten of those completely random tidbits of my life give yourself a pat on the back. I was not planning on rambling off that many. Now time to go make myself a cup of tea before baby bear awakes from his slumber. Have a blessed week everyone!