SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• I kind of feel like doing one of those "Nah nah nah boo boo! Cuz we're leaving for Florida tomorrow!
• Every time I type Florida, I want to type Floriday! Like Florida and Yay put together....
• I've been packed since Sunday....Chloe since like last week sometime.
• I may or may not have packed and repacked my bag 2-3 times....Just to make sure everything was in there...all 36 outfits for the 7 days we will be gone.
• This might be my last real post until I get back from Florida. Unless I get some down time and decide to upload some beach pics.
• I say this will be my last post, but I'm sure I'll manage a SWW post next week too.
• I'm having a hard time figuring out what I want to put in Chloe's Easter Basket....I think I'll wait and shop when we're in FL in hopes of finding some cool stuff I wouldn't have found here.
• When I went grocery shopping this weekend, I didn't get anything for lunch for the 3 days of work....Fail!
• I was a giddy Mom when Chloe finally let me put footie jams on her the other day! So, now I'm all happy because that's what she's wearing the night before we leave so I can put her in the car all nice and cozy in her footies and not have to change her and just throw a blanket over her!
• Even though I know I can't read in the car, I'm going to try and read on my Kindle on the way down to FL so I can (gasp) finish 50 Shades Freed......

That's all for me. Head over to Shannon's blog and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT to this week!

My packing Style

I'm not sure if it's just me, but when it comes to packing, I'm just a little bit OCD....well, maybe a lot. I make lists, and more lists, and I drive myself pretty much crazy until I know that everything is absolutely crossed off....these are some of the lists that I've made so far.

The one on the left is the grocery list of things we will need for the ride down to Florida. Snacks and such. And the one on the right is the clothes and toiletries items that we will need. Chloe is pretty much already packed. Except for her bath and toiletries stuff.

Now when packing Chloe's things, I had to put the clothes in the luggage according to outfit. And I've been thinking since I did it, I might actually redo it and put all the different outfits in separate bags. According to day. I don't know. We shall see.....

This weekend will be the big packing and cleaning time for us. I'll get all my clothes packed and try and set out my clothes for the week for work so that I'm not rummaging through and make a mess. (Yes, I know, I'm crazy.) I did mine according to outfit as I did Chloe's, and when I was watching Andy pack his stuff, I was just cringing....ugh. Men!

I'm one of those people that have to have a bag for EVERYTHING! I have a bag with all the toiletries. A bag with my hair stuff, a bag for shoes. We have a separate bag with everything for both hotel stays. 

(blue Ikea bag)

My clothes are in the red luggage and Andy and I toiletries are in the black bag.

Chloe's clothes in the luggage on the bench and Andy's standing up.

All the beach stuff has a bag of it's own complete with sunscreen and all. But the bathing suits are in the luggage...weird? We also have a paper grocery bag stocked full of snacks....and then a couple of coolers and insulated lunch bags for sandwiches and other things that need to stay cold.

 This all may sound crazy to you, but to me, it's organized, and you could ask me where ANYTHING is and I'd be able to tell you EXACTLY where it is! Trust me!

Are you as crazy as me when it comes to packing? What are some of your secrets? Please share, cuz I might steal some!

Some Firsts

I saw this on a Laura's Blog, so I thought I'd throw it out there!

Some of my firsts...

1. First thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Go to the bathroom. And as of late, weigh myself

2. First thing you do when you get home from work? It depends on if I have Chloe with me....if she is, 
then I get her something started for dinner. If not, then I relax and maybe clean up a little or get on the 
computer until Andy and Chloe get home.

3. First kiss? Uh.....first boyfriend. Honestly, this happened in 6th grade....I'm not proud of it. LOL! 
But if it makes you feel better, I was with this same kid up until my sophomore year of high school.

4. First home? With Andy. 2 bedroom, 1 bath home....still love that place, but we're renting it out now!

5. First car? I think it was a 1990 (something) Ford Tempo

6. First thing you wanted to be when you grew up? A vet.

7. First choice beverage? Any kind of coffee drink. Or diet coke

8. First choice dessert? Tiramisu, or Creme Brulee

9. First choice of a restaurant? Oh goodness, I don't know. It depends on my mood. I love anything and 
everything.

10. First song that comes to mind? Thrift Shop

11. First major purchase? Uhhhh...I haven't ever really bought anything super expensive 
except my lap top and my kindle....and those aren't expensive things. LOL!

12. First job? A & W

13. First time you flew on a plane? 2004 New York with Andy

14. First real "big girl" job? CVS in 2006. I'm not sure I would consider that a big girl job though. 
I hated it.

Done Smoking and Done with School!

I know you are probably going “What?! I thought you guys quit like a year ago?!” Well…we did! And I hate to admit it, but we didn’t quit for very long. Andy being in school, busy with work…other things going on. I don’t have the greatest will power, and if I went out with my girls for a night, I would want to smoke because I was drinking…..oh well, so shoot me.

Now, it’s been 3 long years since He’s started school. I remember it very well, actually. I was a mere 16 weeks pregnant when we were on the train headed to Chicago for my birthday weekend! He was studying to test out of a class so that he wouldn’t have to take it….and I was, reading Vampire Diaries. I remember that he was studying a lot while we were in the hotel room, and I actually remember feeling Chloe kick for the first time that weekend too. It was all pretty amazing.

Btw-I feel the need to say that I did NOT smoke while I was pregnant…And either did Andy. We actually didn’t smoke for about 2 years prior to me getting pregnant, and that continued all the way up until Chloe’s first birthday….

Anyways, I kind of got off track there for a second.

This is like the moment we have all been waiting for, kind of. Through this whole thing, we both said that we were going to quit smoking when he was done with school…just so that pressure and stress was gone and there wasn’t the urge anymore. And it was just be much easier. So here we are. Today is the day!(Well....Monday was the day) He’s done with school….FINALLY! I have my husband back, Chloe’s got her fun loving Daddy back. He won’t be sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room doing homework anymore. He can hang out with us on the weekends again. We will be able to take Chloe to Chuck E Cheese (for the first time) and maybe even bowling…..I just can’t wait for all the fun stuff we’re going to be able to do now. It’s going to be awesome!

So, next week we leave for Florida… 

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! if:

• Chloe is pretty much already packed for Florida....except for her toiletries.
• I look forward every week to organizing and making grocery lists and shopping.
• Sometimes I forget that I need to drink water after drinking coffee until about 1pm.
• Chloe isn't potty trained. She only goes on the potty when she feels like it. And until we're home from Florida, I'm ok with that.
• Chloe throws a fit if she can't wear her little white "dance shoes". She HAS to change into them as soon as we get home!
• Chloe has a cold, and I'm glad that she got it now instead of next week when we leave for Florida.
• If I can help it, I try not to get gas if it's cold outside...and it seems that every time I need gas, it's cold and blustery...UGH!
• Sometimes I sit and play Candy Crush while Chloe is playing in the bath.
• I'm actually looking forward to cleaning and packing this weekend.
• I need to change my grocery shopping day because the Meijer I go to is usually out of a lot of stock when I go on Sunday. So I might start going on a Thursday or Friday instead...see if I have better luck!

Head on over to Shannon's Blog and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

BlogLovin'

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Trendy Tots

Linking up with Kelly over at Mrs. In Training to share with you my trendy tot!! And, let me tell you, she's a trendy one!

This is a brand new link up for me, and I’m so excited about it. Kelly does a link up on Tuesday called Trendy Tots, and it’s basically just pics of her “trendy tots” in all their awesomeness!

Now, I’d like to say that Chloe is a pretty Trendy Tot. As long as Daddy doesn't dress her…..lol! Sorry, babe, but you just have no fashion sense when it comes to dressing her. Jeans and a shirt is as far as you will take it. Now, I do admit, sometimes he does surprise me, but mostly. It’s just a tad, well….boring. I like to put her in bright pops of color. Cute little skirts with leggings…ya know. Girly stuff that shows her personality! We all know that this little Diva has got the personality! So, without further adieu, I give you, my Trendy Tot in all her glory!

Thanksgiving 2012

As simple as this is, it's one of my faves!

Valentine's Day 2013

Not the most fashionable, but girlfriend was rocking that hat!

Can you say DIVA?! Look at that little bent knee.....Love Her!

Fab Friday

Linking up with Laura from The Everyday Joys for Fab Friday!

• Tiffany from Momma Bear Diaries....she's amazing and awesome and the bomb.com for doing my new blog design! She truly knows what I like and my last few designs have been from her, and I just love her!
• Old Navy....They have amazing jeans that fit me just right. I have a pair of the Rockstar Skinnies, and I am absolutely in love with them. I'm going back to get another pair of the Rockstars in a different style, cuz I just love them that much.
• Andy only has like 4 pages left to write of his last paper for school and then he's done. He might actually finish before this weekend....which, would be AWESOME! Thank God for NO MORE SCHOOL!
• VACATION! I know I have put this in like every single one of my SWW posts and every other FB status and whatnot, but it's just because I am so gosh darn stinkin excited about it.
• My new glasses. Hubs and I went to get our eyes checked, and my prescription changed. Like a lot, and let me tell you, I can SEE!!!! I don't need them for anything other then reading and computer, which is awesome news to me. Now I just need to have my license changed so that it doesn't have corrective lenses on it. I don't wear them while I'm driving anyways, so I'm already breaking some kind of law...LOL! Oooops.
• Coastal.com.....They are awesome. Regardless of the fact that my first pair I ordered didn't fit. My fault anyways....but I'm sending them back, and ordering another pair so that I'll have 2 pairs. One for home and one for work. YAY!

Alright, I'm done, so now go over to The Every Day Joys and tell us what's Fab in your life right now!

O'Keefe Working Hands

I’m sure you all seen my IG post a few weeks back of how badly dried and cracked my hands were.......

It’s crazy how your skin seems to change over the years. I have never in my life had dry skin. But for some reason, this year? It’s been horrible! Not only has my skin changed, but my allergies and everything…just horrible. I guess that’s what happens when you get old, right? Or is it just having a baby changes your whole immune system, maybe both? Eh, whatever.

Anyways, I have tried pretty much everything….nothing seemed to work. I know you aren’t supposed to use anything scented when you have dry skin, and maybe that was my problem. So I got a few suggestions from people with the same problem. And one of them was the O’Keefe Working Hands Crème. Let me tell you, this is like the BEST stuff I’ve ever put on my hands. It’s amazing. It’s kind of nasty feeling…like greasy ish, but if you just put it on at bed time that doesn’t affect anything. I love it. The very first time I used it, I woke up and my hands were almost 100% better. It was amazing! I’ve also been using it on my new tattoo, and it’s helped the healing process tremendously!

So, long story short, this shit is the bomb.com! I will never use anything else for my dry cracked hands. And I suggest, if you suffer from dry hands, you give this stuff a try too!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I’m saying SO WHAT! If:

•  When someone compliments on what I’m wearing, I always look down at myself as if to kind of check it out…ha! I just noticed that I do that, this week.
•  I got a face lift….and I love it! I know that I like to change it up a lot, and I was contemplating it, then finally just decided to do it! And I love it!!! Big Thank you to Tiffany!
• The past few times I've cooked in my crock pot, I was convinced that I needed a new one, because everything was over cooked….well…come to find out, it was me. I set it too long. Ooops!
• I’m excited about St Patty’s Day, but for different reason then everyone else. I just like to dress up in green! I don’t drink like the crazies do…LOL!
• As soon as Andy is done with school (Monday) I’m going to suggest that we alternate nights with bath and night time….It will keep my sane. LOL!
•   I’m counting down the days till the 28^th! Seriously, I need some sun in my life right now! I know it's going to be a long 2 day drive...but it's going to be fun staying in hotels, and having some fun int he sun!
• I have a WHOLE new wardrobe for Florida that's going to take me right through summer and I couldn't be more excited. I'll post pictures as I start to wear them!
• This isn't really a SO WHAT, but....I'm in a size 5 pants now! I have NEVER been a size 5! This is HUGE! 
• I try REALLY hard to be one of the first link ups for SWW every week....but because of my work schedule, that doesn't always happen.

Head on over to Shannon's blog and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Finish the Sentence

1. People always tell me that Chloe looks JUST LIKE ME.....doesn't surprise me.

2. In the movie based on my life, I would feel bad for the actors and actresses, because it wouldn't make much money.

3. Typically, I end up regretting stuff that I say far too late....I don't have a filter

4. I always ask to omit the onion. YUCK!

5. Kim and Kanye really need to fall off the face of the earth and put that baby up for adoption.

6. My Parents always reminded me that I need to be paranoid no matter what I was doing or where I was....Thank goodness I have forgotten about this rule.

7. Every single day I wake up and weigh myself.

8. This one time in College I....don't have any stories from college because didn't go.

9. My grossest habit is I pick my nose, and bite my nail.

10. My latest white lie was was telling Chloe there wasn't any cake left.

11. I know all the words to most MMCH and Barney songs. Gosh, I'm a toddler Mom.

12. When I grow up I want to make more money then I do now.

13. Sexy time is sexy.

14. I will never, ever be able to get the Thrift Shop song out of my head now.

15. I think it's hilarious when Chloe sings at the top of her lungs and is so serious about it!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• I wish I had the whole week off work for my birthday.
• The next 3 weeks can really not go by fast enough for me....
• I ate cake.....and lots of it. Damnit, it was my birthday, and it only comes around once a year....
• Now that I ate cake, I need to be VERY GOOD this week and try to be under my calories so that I don't gain weight.
• I have gotten a whole new wardrobe for summer, meaning I have a whole new wardrobe to take with me to Florida.
• Since I got my Scentsy order from all the discontinued scents that I got, I no longer have enough room in the drawer that I stored all my other scents. Now, I think I'm going to have to get a storage tub of some sort to keep them all in.....admitting you have a problem is the first step, right?
• Hubs and I haven't drank alcohol in over 2 weeks.....And NO! I'm not pregnant.
• I'm in love with my new Ashbury Scentsy warmer....so much so, that I'm not sure I'll want to change it when a new holiday comes around. LOL!

Head over to Life After I "Dew" and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Happy Birthday to ME!

27 Years ago today, I was brought into this world by someone who didn't really want me, and 6 months later gave me up for adoption.....

Sorry to open this post up in such a negative way, but that's what I think about every year on this day since I was 21 and first found out I was adopted.

Thank the Lord that I was adopted into a family that actually loved me and cared enough to take care of me and helped me become the person that I am.

Hubs bought got me a sweet sweet card from him and Chloe, and also a pair of blue ombre shorts, a really super cute denim jacket and a super adorable dress for Florida. I got a Target gift card in the mail from my Mommy and Daddy and an iTunes gift card in the mail from my sister and her hubs. 

Thanks guys! I can't wait to do some shopping! And that's exactly what I'm doing today! Hubs and I are spending the day alone without the little one. She's going to day care and we're actually going to an eye doc appt, new glasses for me, hubs will find out if he needs glasses, and then we're going to PF Changs for lunch, and then some shopping and a movie! YAY!!! I wouldn't want to spend my day any other way!

Fab Friday!

Linking up with the always Fabulous and ridiculously adorable Mommy and preggo, Laura to tell you all what's fabulous in  my life right now!

• Weight Loss - Slowly but surely I'm losing the weight that I want to lose for our Florida trip at the end of March! I'm so happy about the way it's coming off. First goal was to hit 120, and now that I've surpassed that, I'm going for 115! I know that I can do it! I know that once we get to Florida and are in vaca mode, we're going to gain a little bit back, but I fully intend to keep with the MFP and try to keep working out (or shall I say, start) while we're down there.

• Pants that haven't fit in 3 years - To add to the first bullet point on losing the weight, I was able to fit into a pair of pants that haven't really fit me since before Chloe was conceived. That was an amazing feeling yesterday! For the past few months, I feel like I've worn nothing but leggings and stretchy pants....and yesterday I was just not in the mood for leggings. So glad I took that leap. Made me a happy girl!

• Potty Training - We aren't really training, per say, but she's now telling us when she needs to go, sometimes....sometimes it's after she's already gone, but that's a major step for us! She's understanding more and more that she's wet and needs to be changed. And she's actually interested in sitting on the potty more and more now. So I feel like we're getting somewhere. And that makes me happy. Will we be trained before we go to Florida, probably not. But that's ok with me.

• New Room at Day Care - She's loving it! And let me tell you, I think it's that she's trying to keep up with the big kids, but good lawd, she's tried at night, and I love it! She hasn't really been fighting bed time....(except last night) but I think that was our fault. But she's doing great, her teachers are great, and once she gets settled in her new room, they are going to REALLY push potty training! And I think that when she sees all her friends going potty and wearing undies and using the potty on a norm, she's going to get it and do it right along with them! I cannot wait! No more diapers in our near future!

• And last but not least....Tuesday is my birthday! I'm actually pretty excited. I get the day off work....PAID! And Hubs is taking the day off work to spend it with me while Chloe goes to day care. I cannot wait! We're actually going to get our eyes checked together. HA! That should be interesting....his first time every getting his eyes checked, and well, I'm going because I need new glasses. So it should be fun. Lunch at PF Changs, and it should be a good day!