New Book

I'm really excited! I just got this book in the mail today:

I pre-ordered from Amazon about a month ago and forgot all about it. It was like a little surprise today in the mail! :)

I was a little wary at first; what in the world could 1) be made in under 200 calories and 2) not taste like cardboard? I've checked out a lot of the recipes and they actually look good! There's lots of good substitution tips that I'm excited to try. I'm certain I don't have the willpower to only eat one serving, so my book should actually be titled 200 recipes under 400 calories, but "tomato/tomatuh."

I'll post some of my favorites. I am a Hungry Girl.

Audrey Paige

Proud mom moment: Audrey and her friend are playing Little People; they're setting up a wedding. They decide that the girl and boy should be a mommy and a daddy. Audrey says, "no remember, babies come after [the wedding]." Good girl! :)

Audrey was playing at her friend Karlee's house and Karlee's mom, Jenny, asked her these cute questions:

1.What is something mom always says to you?
A: When you get something out, clean it up before you get something else out.

2. What Makes Mom happy?
A: When I clean up my room

3. What makes mom sad?
A: When I don’t clean up my room

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
A: When she tickles me

5. What was your mom like as a child?
A: funny

6. How old is your mom?
A: like, 15 maybe

7. How tall is your mom?
A: I don’t know

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV?
A: Dancing With the Stars

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
A: Go to stores and watch TV

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
A: Being on TV

11. What is your mom really good at?
A: baking food

12. What is your mom not very good at?
A: going to stores when I am not at school

13. What does your mom do for her job?
A: Going to work really good

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
A: Onions with salad and chicken mixed together

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
A: Being a good mom

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
A: Jazmine, that is my favorite so I just picked that

17. What do you and your mom do together?
A: going to the stores and clean the silverware together

18. How are you and your mom the same?
A: Our hair is the same

19. How are you and your mom different?
A: Our talking

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
A; because she loves me

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
A: going out to dinner

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
A: Burger Kings, no, not Burger Kings. Wings, Pizza and Things that is our favorite

Hum...perhaps I should relax about the cleaning. And, not go to so many stores...

Spring Cleaning

I love spring!!!

Between the really nice weather and "nesting," I am in full Spring Cleaning mode. Well, actually, I'm thinking a lot about my plan of attack for spring cleaning...

Most of you know that I can be a little freaky about some things: which toys go in which boxes, scheduling the days I can do laundry, alphabetizing random things, sneaking a peek at the end of the book before I start... Ok, so I like organization. It makes me happy, and peaceful, and content. And, when I'm organized I feel like I can start a project. I'm sure there's much insight I could get from Dr. Phil, but I can't seem to help it!

So, for what it's worth, I thought I'd share with you some of my organizational tips.
Here's the first one: DRAWERS!
(I can take no credit for this -- it's from my seestah, Jennifer!) I don't know if this sounds familiar: drawer full of shirts -- stuffed to the brim, but only the top five or six only get worn...the same five or six every week! Have you seen the t-shirt on the bottom of the stack since Daughtry lost American Idol? Uh-huh...See what I mean?!?! Or...have you ever gone into your 5 year old daughter's room and found every shirt in her drawer on the floor because she was looking for the "shirt with the pink flowers and the sparkly writing?" True story. I see the shirt...It's nothing fancy, as you can see from the pictures, if you fold your shirts in half lengthwise and then fold that top to bottom and then in half again you get this nice little size that fits perfectly in a child-size drawer. This way, you can look in the drawer and see exactly what you have and exactly what you need! You may remember shirts you didn't even know you had (or that you should have long ago thrown away) and you can see everything at a glance. I also do this with their pajamas and their jeans.

So there you go...organizational tip #1!