So What! Wednesday

First and foremost - I'm jumping on the bandwagon to tell you all to follow me on BLOGLOVIN.  Google reader is going away (although I never used it) so bloglovin is taking its place.  I've joined and started reading my blog feed there and let me tell you, it's awesome!  So, go and follow me there.  It's super simple to just transfer all the blogs you're following from blogger to bloglovin.

Now onto the good stuff - today I'm linking up with Shannon from Life After I Dew for So What! Wednesday.  Here's what I have to say so what to this week.....

~ So what - if it snowed yesterday, I mean, it's on March, spring today to be exact.  I'm over it!

~ So what - if since buying my new eye shadow palette I'm a bit obsessed and ordered a few new colors from MK to try out.

~ So what - if my husband and I have already started Christmas shopping for Olivia.  We got some really good deals on things we wanted to get her, we couldn’t pass them up.  This is the first time I've ever, ever started Christmas shopping this early - well, early at all!

~ So what - if all said Christmas presents are currently on the floor of my bedroom closet.  They're taking up so much space and I need to move them downstairs but haven’t gotten around to it.

~ So what - if my family has been eating fruit salad like crazy these past 2 weeks.  We have spent so much money (and time) making it but it's so delicious, healthy and 0 points!

~ So what - if I joined Weight Watchers almost 2 weeks ago.  I was struggling with tracking calories and felt like I needed a bit more structure.  I'm happy with the program so far....and my 4.2lb weight loss during week 1.

That's all I have to say So What to this week.  Head over to Shannon's blog and link up too!

So What! Wednesday

It's time for another edition of So What! Wednesday....   ~ So what if I'm still buying Christmas presents... and will probably finish my shopping this weekend.  The weekend before Christmas.  I'm crazy for waiting so long and not looking forward to it at all.   ~ So what if I'm still finishing Olivia's main presents... we bought her really nice wooden doll furniture (a bed, stroller and highchair) for her baby dolls but they came unfinished.  I'm staining them a pinkish color but I've only half finished one piece... I really need to get my act together.   ~ So what if we skipped church this past weekend.  With the events on Friday in Sandy Hook CT, a super stressful weekend and another sinus infection I just wanted to stay home in bed.  So I did.  I really missed the service but I needed the rest.   ~ So what if I'm wishing for snow on Christmas.  It will be magical for Olivia to have a white Christmas and I would love to have dinner and take her outside to play in the snow!   ~ So what if I can't wait for our Christmas Eve service at church.  This will be my first year attending at our new church and I've heard it's beautiful.   ~ So what if I almost drove away from Dunkin Donuts without my coffee this morning.  It was early and I was tired and I have a lot on my mind.  Thank God I didn't leave without it.  It would have been a long, long day with no caffeine.   ~ So what if I'm trying to come up with ways to bless someone this Christmas season.  I love random acts of kindness and I'm trying to think of a creative way to do something similar to our Thanksgiving blessings.   ~ So what if I absolutely love my new blog header made by the awesome Jess from Wrangling Chaos!  She has a new blog design website up and for the month of December she's running a sale for half off premade blog headers!!!  Go check out the designs she has to offer and mention the code holiday for half off!    

So What! Wednesday

It's Wednesday again, and I'm linking up with Shannon from "Life After I Dew" for So What! Wednesday. 

 

~So what if I bake when I'm stressed.  This week I've made Mickey Mouse cookies, Christmas cupcakes and I have the plans for peanut butter blossoms this afternoon.

 

~ So what if I burnt the Mickey Mouse cookies to a crisp because I forgot they were in the oven.  ...and so what if I tried to hide them from Olivia by throwing them in the trash but she saw them anyways and cried. 

 

~ So what if my daughter started saying "shut up" because I slipped and said it to the dogs when they were barking at the mail man.  I've corrected her a million times but now she's just saying "no no shut up, don't say the words" instead.  Either way it still sounds bad.

 

~ So what if I can't wait for the new year so I have vacation time again!  I've used my 4 weeks already and I can't wait until it's accrued again.

 

~  So what if Olivia saw a man with a long white beard and yelled out in the middle of a crowded restaurant

"MOMMY IT'S SANTA!!!!" while pointing at said man. 

 

~ So what if she not only yelled it out once, but twice.  He smiled and waved but I was mortified.

 

That's all for So what Wednesday this week.

 

Thanks for the prayers from this post.  Although at this point I can't elaborate on the situation, all people I requested prayers for did just fine on Monday and we're now waiting for the next step.

 

So What! Wednesday

Linking up with Shannon at "Life After I Dew" today for her So What! Wednesday series.    This week I'm saying So What! if...   ~ I'm still feeling all warm and fuzzy after gifting two local families in need full Thanksgiving dinners.  Read more about it HERE.  Get inspired and do something for the greater good.   ~ I can't wait for Pie and Praise tonight at church and Thanksgiving tomorrow.   ~ I started cooking for Thanksgiving already to free up some room in the oven on the day of.  I made roasted butternut squash yesterday and oh my! it was delicious.  I wanted to eat it right then and there!   ~ Making a chocolate cream pie with Olivia yesterday took twice as long and was twice as messy but it was also twice as fun!!  This age is awesome.  She's so fun and funny and she gets super excited about little things just like I do and I love it!  This is my girl licking the leftover pudding.  She rocks!  

~ Olivia started saying "shut up!" and I was so, so appalled!  I blamed my husband, my mom and my dad...until I realized that it was me she picked it up from.  I don't normally say it in a mean way but more in the context of "no way!" type of shut up.  It has to stop because it sounds so horrible coming from my 2 year olds mouth.  I have to admit that I also say it to my obnoxiously loud barking dog... ugh.   That's all I have to say So What! to this week.  I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.  I'll be back after the long holiday weekend!   

 

So What! Wednesday.

Linking up with Shannon again for So What! Wednesday!    This week I'm saying So What! if...   ~ Olivia pretty much started potty training herself.  We have had a potty in the bathroom for her to get used to it but at church this past Sunday she was all "let's do this!" (see yesterday's post for details!)    ~ It's almost Thanksgiving and we don't have any plans yet.   ~ I'm probably more excited about our "Pie and Praise" night at church than I am about Thanksgiving.  Members of the church are going to bring pie and share their personal testimonies of how they came to know the Lord and their experience this far.  What's better than eating yummy pie and hearing true life stories of how Jesus changed lives?   ~ I finally got started on my Christmas shopping for Olivia.  I bought her 4 things online yesterday and I'm super excited about all of them.   ~  I need a haircut like yesterday.  I really want to do something drastic (my hair is pretty long) ...but I don't have the guts, the time or the extra cash right now.   ~ the women that work at Dunkin Donuts know me and my order by heart.  I start to order my coffee in the drive thru speaker and they interrupt me half way and say "Good morning!  Drive up!"  ...and sure enough, every time they have exactly what I always order waiting for me.  Awesome!     That's all I'm saying So What! to this week.  Check out Shannon's blog and be sure to link up.  

So What! Wednesday

It's Wednesday again which means I'm linking up with Shannon from Life After I Dew for her So What! Wednesday series.    This week I'm saying So What if...   ~ the candidate I voted for didn't win.  I heard him speak on the radio this morning and I was so proud that he humbly stated "Ann and I will stand behind President Obama and pray for him during his term earnestly.  God Bless America!"    ~ I'm super excited that I'm making lasagna for dinner tonight, we haven't had it is so long!   ~ every year I say that I'm going to get a head start on Christmas shopping and every year I don't.  UGH!   ~ our bedtime struggles with Olivia have changed from getting her to fall asleep to getting her to stay asleep.  Lately she's been waking up at 1AM or 2AM and she refuses to go back to sleep unless one of us is in bed with her.    ~ I struggle with being super strict with her bedtime because I flip flop between wanting her to be able to fall asleep on her own and knowing that she's only small once and I should take the cuddles while I can get them.  There are Mama's out there who've lost babies and would do anything to be able to sleep beside their children so why am I so dead set against it?    ~ I'm still drinking iced coffee and it's about 35 degrees in the morning when I'm on my way to work.    That's all I'm saying So What to today.  Happy Wednesday!     

So What! Wednesday

Linking up with Shannon again from Life After I Dew for So What! Wednesday.    This week I'm saying So what if...   ~ I'm not really into Halloween.  I'm afraid of masks and most costumes, except the cute little kids, due to my fear it makes it difficult for me to enjoy trick-or-treating because I'm afraid someone is going to jump out and scare me.  I don't like to be scared and I really feel a rise in my blood pressure when around costumes.   ~ because of said fear I made my husband take half a vacation day to come trick-or-treating with us so I have protection and company.   ~ I've been sick for almost 2 weeks not with a double ear infection, sinus infection and now pink-eye.  No big deal, I'm a Mom, no sick days allowed.  Feel bad for me.   ~ I went to bed at 8:30 last night.  I'm sick and I was just so so tired and drained.  Good thing I did because I was up from 12:30 - 2am with the worst ear aches of my entire life.  Heading back to the Dr today.   ~ I'm still drinking iced coffee.  I like hot coffee but I just don't drink it fast enough and I don't like cold hot coffee.  Eww.   ~ I think in "So What's" all morning every Wednesday... but end up forgetting most of what I'd thought of.  I need to start writing it down.   That's all I'm saying So What! to today.   Happy Halloween.  (or not)    

So What! Wednesday

I'm linking up with Shannon from "Life After I Dew" today for her So What! Wednesday series.  This week it's going to be a little different because I need some Mama advice so I'm incorporating my original blog into SWW style...  If you have advice, please, please share it!   So What ~ if bedtime with Olivia lately has reduced us both to tears for the past several nights. So What ~ if my first mistake was never letting her fall asleep on her own as an infant. So What ~ if my second mistake is never letting her cry...not talking cry it out, I just mean cry a little. So What ~ if this is coming back to bite my in the behind. So What ~ if I lay in bed with her (she's in a full size bed) to get her to fall asleep. So What ~ if every damn time I tried to get up after she was asleep last night she woke up. So What ~ if it took me 3 hours to get her to bed last night on her own. So What ~ if I was crying out of sheer frustration during bedtime for the last 2 nights. So What ~ if I lost my temper because she just wouldn't!go!to!sleep! So What ~ if I really, really need some advice on how to get my now 2 year old go to sleep on her own.   ....so, if you can offer me advice, please do.  I'm willing to try (almost) anything.  Bedtime has become dreadful and it shouldn't be this way.  I need to be able to put my daughter in her bed and have her fall asleep without screaming, crying, snotting etc. for hours.    

So What! Wednesday

It's Wednesday again and that means So What! Wednesday with Shannon from Life After I Dew.   Here goes...   So what if Olivia's birthday party wasn't as "pinteresty" as I'd hoped.  I didn't get to complete as many crafty projects as I wanted to because planning a birthday party while working opposite shifts from your husband and dealing with a "terrible 2's toddler" can be challenging.  The party was awesome anyways!    So what if Olivia's Halloween costume was $5 and I found it at a consignment shop.  It's adorable, she loves it and it was a steal!   So what if I need fall shoes like yesterday, make that like 3 weeks ago.  I have big feet and can't find anything I love that fits well enough to buy.  I hate shoe shopping.   So what if I feel like I cheated Olivia out of some toys for her birthday.  Anytime I was asked what she wanted/needed I said "fall or winter clothes" instead of toys.  Girlfriend has a ton of toys and really, she did need clothes and what better time to get them.  Kids clothes are expensive.   So what if I've been to church but haven't really been to church in about 6 weeks because we're trying to get Olivia used to staying in the nursery without freaking out so I've been at church just in the nursery the entire time while my husband goes to the service.  She's making progress, which is great, but I really miss the music (our church has awesome music) and the message.  Sunday keeps me grounded for the week.  I've been listening online but it's just not the same.   So what if we said good-bye to Olivia's binky but gave it back to her?  More on that next week.     That's all I've got for this week... Go check out Shannon's blog and link up for her So What! Wednesday series.     

So What! Wednesday

I'm back!  I haven't blogged in f.o.r.e.v.e.r. and jumping back in today!   I'm linking up with Shannon from Life After I Dew for her So What! Wednesday series.    Today I'm saying So What! if...   ...I haven't blogged in such a long time.  This time I plan on sticking with it.    ...I have SO much to blog about and don't know where to start.   ...I'm super happy that fall is here.  I'm ready for Halloween, Thanksgiving, pumpkin and apple picking etc.   ...I'm really excited for Olivia's Minnie Mouse birthday party!    ...I cant believe that my little baby is going to be 2!years!old!   That's all for today.  I promise I'll be around here much more often.  Now go over to Shannon's page and link up with her for So What! Wednesday.    

So What! Wednesday

Today I'm linking up with Shannon at Life After I Dew for So What! Wednesday!  Today I'm saying So What! if..... ... I cried real tears yesterday because we had to spend $600 on new tires for my husband car. ... I'm SO looking forward to my week of vacation in 2 weeks, I need it! ...I've been at work since 6:30 this morning and haven't really worked yet? ...I went to bed at 8:30 last night, woke up at 11 and watched Teen Mom 2.  Don't judge. ...I'm obsessed with Teen Mom 2. ...I just got my 2nd tattoo and already thinking about ideas for a 3rd.  ...my whiteboard in my office still says Merry Christmas? 

So What! Wednesday.....

Today I'm linking up with Shannon @ Life After I Dew for So What! Wednesday.  Today I'm saying So What! to a lot of things... ready, set, GO! ...if I took Monday and Tuesday of this week off as last minute vacation days?  I needed to recharge. ...if my husband and I cleaned our room from top to bottom yesterday because it was a DISASTER? ...if we bought a cheap & semi-ugly bed in a bag set to finish off the room since we needed a new look in there... seriously, it's dorm-room-ish. ...I'm obsessed with InstaGram - find me under user name Camarogirl819 ...if I still use Camarogirl819 as my username for everything.  I've used that name since I was 15 years old and my first car was a cherry red 1986 Camaro!  The good old days! ...if I cheated on my diet yesterday and had a Reese's peanut butter heart... it was delish! ...if I have 2,600 pictures in my iPhone?   ...if 99% of them are of Olivia...she's cute! Go over and check out Shannon's blog and link up for So What! Wednesday.  She also has a question today about blog hosting that I can NOT answer, maybe you can???  

So What! Wednesday

I'm linking up with Shannon @ Life After I Dew for So What! Wednesday.  Today I'm saying So What! if..... ...I bared my soul in yesterday's post and it felt so good to get all my struggles out of my head! ...I contemplated deleting yesterdays post about 386,973 times. ...I'm obsessed with trashy reality TV, my favorite being Teen Mom 2. ...I need a new hair straightener since like 2 years ago but haven't bought one because I never do my hair. ...I'm going to buy a new one this weekend because I need to do more for myself. ...I put Olivia down for a nap yesterday and she slept for 3 hours...and so did I. ...I wore jeans and sneakers to work today because it's cold and I wanted to be comfy!  

So What Wednesday!

Today, for the first time, I am linking up with Shannon @ Life After I Dew for

So What Wednesday!

I've been reading her blog for a couple of months now and I assure you, you'll love it!

This week I'm saying "so what if..."

• last night I was so tired, I curled up on the floor and dozed off while Olivia played around me.
• the only reason I woke up is because she dropped a book on my head.
• I went to sleep at 8:30 and left the dishes in the sink for my husband to take care of.
• I'm considering taking a vacation day on Friday to have a 4 day weekend.
• I put my hair up in a bun this morning because I couldn't be bothering fixing it.

So, what are you saying "so what?" to today???

~Laura