Party! Party on my blog! It’s Friday! And ummm… that’s the day that seems to always lead into an ever more and more busy weekend with no end in sight. So why am I excited? I dunno… Just thought I’d try to shake things up a bit.

Have fun with some 5QFriday! 

Rules for Five Question Friday: Copy and paste the questions to your blog post, answer them, then link your answers to My Little Life!

Questions for Friday, February 17th
1. What do you do when you are really upset to calm yourself down?
I’m still working on that one, can I get back with you on that? Sigh! Getting upset is what I like NOT to do but it does seem to come around every now and again. I will sometimes bury myself in a book to avoid everything for a bit, if I need to.

2. Do you go all out for Valentine’s day or is it just another day?
First off, I had to change this question. It originally said, “V-day” and I’m sorry… when you say V-Day I think of Veteran’s day. I guess I’m little bit of a stick in the mud about that? What’s so odd is that Valentine’s day is usually  just another day for me. So why am I worried about how it’s spelled? I dunno. I do help the kids do some fun celebrations and gift making. This year Hubby went all out! You can see more in Valentine’s Day 2012 post. He earned serious brownie points!!

3. Are you more or less productive when Hubs is away?
Usually more productive. I kinda have to be more productive to keep up with everything though. This actually would tie into a future post I am working on about this very topic. Not easy when Hubby is away.

4. What is your favorite time of day and why?
Nap time! I get a little bit of downtime and can attack some of the more difficult school subjects with the older kids. Plus there’s usually no rush to our next task. It’s just mid-day. Just sitting there. So much possibility!

5. What is your go to karaoke song?
Here’s a deep, dark secret: I have never done karaoke. So there you have it! I have no idea what song I would sing if I did do karaoke. Doubt any of us will ever figure that one out either. Hehehe…



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What a nice surprise for the day!
I received breakfast in bed,



found beautiful flowers on our table,



and finished a valentine day craft with the kids.



(Something I learned on Pinterest!
Making crayon hearts turned out to be messier than
expected, but SO much fun!!)

How was your Valentine’s day?

I am linking this SOMEWHAT Wordless Wednesday post to:
5 Minutes for Mom
Dagmar's Momsense

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Meal planning is not going so well this year. Actually, when I started back up with a job working outside the home meal plan basically stopped. It wasn’t a good combination of being so busy and not having a plan. Not good at all!

At any rate, meals need to be fast around here. I have not had a really good time planning but I’m getting back to it. My list for meal planning looks more like this:


But it’s a start, right? And the most important thing is that the meals need to be able to do this:


This meal here was meatloaf, tater tots and cheesy broccoli. Not the usual meatloaf side dishes, but they are FAST!

See, I’m on my own and with practices, piano lessons and other kid activities on the “wrong” side of town I have to take meals with us ad camp out at my parents house to eat. Just planning a meal that can be prepped like this is a challenge in itself! I’m getting there though!

So looking forward to getting my little spinning-out-of-control world back in order. That will happen someday again right?

Check out MORE great Meal Plan ideas at: I'm an Organizing Junkie - orgjunkie.com.

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I have a stack of dishes, piles of laundry, vacuuming and so much more that needs to be done. But I laid the little ones down for a nap and am just too emotionally and physically tired to bring myself to do any of those things. So what's a tired Momma to do? I immediately thought to grab my netbook and BLOG. Isn’t it nice to be able to do such things? First I cleaned out my inboxes and then I rewarded myself with THIS blog post.

What did I decide to talk about? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Normally this would freak me out but after a few weeks of non-stop go, go, go the thought of thinking about anything I wanted or nothing at all free’s me. Can you feel that? It’s like a weight lifted. For the first time in weeks I am thinking about nothing more than the words that are coming across my screen right now.

Freedom. Blogging is so nice!

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I am having a hard time sleeping. Oh wait, rephrase: I am not sleeping. Ugh!

Another busy day to face and little sleep. I've tried a few things to sooth me but they just didn't cut it tonight. So... What do you do when you can't sleep? I tweet, research crazy things on the internet, read and stalk my children. Hehehe...

That's my favorite part. They are so cute while sleeping! I mean, they are cute during the day too, but something about them sleeping reminds me of the first time we met. That first moment of meeting them was so full! And then the first time I got to hold them, cuddle them, feed them and let them fall asleep in my arms.

Yes... Watching them sleep now reminds me of that day and those moments. I think I need to go stalk them again and pray I remember this in the morning when I wake a tired grouch! Ha!

Sigh...


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