November 8- weekend

Friday was a good day- it was the perfect end to a rotten week. We spent some time with my parents and my great-uncle and great-aunt, who are in town. We love visiting with family, especially when we don't get to see them often.

Saturday was a beautiful day. Miss Emorie wanted to go outside and play, so we bundled up and headed outdoors. We have been seriously neglecting our flower beds, so we took the time to clean them out while we were playing. We got two and a half beds cleaned out, and have one and a half to go. We will finish those on Tuesday. I also plan on cleaning out our container gardens and replacing them with some fall color.

Miss Emorie went to her grandmother's Saturday evening, so the hubs and I could have a date. We went to P.F. Chang's. We had a reservation, but due to problems in the kitchen, it took an hour for us to get our food. The manager ended up comping our meal. We had a delicious dinner that ended up only costing us $3. On the way back home, we picked up sweet girl and headed home.

On Sunday, I was running a fever and not feeling very well. I am almost feeling better now, and almost positive this is the result of some nasty virus. I am hoping the husband and sweet girl are spared the fever!

Weekend recap- November 2

What a busy but blessed weekend! We started off our weekend with a teacher workday for me, followed by Halloween festivities later on that evening with my sweet little Elsa. I know you've already seen the pics, but I just can't help but post this one again:


Saturday, Mr. B and I went to help his step-brother celebrate his wedding day. The wedding was gorgeous and we very much enjoyed being there to help celebrate. We didn't get to stay very long, since we had to go pick up our little lady from my Mom's, but we still had a great time. Here is a picture of my with my handsome man.



Of course, one doesn't celebrate a wedding without remembering their own wedding day. Almost 6 years have passed since I became Mrs. B.


When you get married, you promise to be there for each other "for better or for worse." We have had lots of "better," but unfortunately 2014 brought a whole lot of "worse." Truth be told, without the Lord, and without my man, I'd have never survived. We have faith that the best truly is yet to come, and everything we are currently enduring will truly change for the better.

A week in review ...and a new blog series

This week has been great. Busy, but great. My kiddo went to the Children's Museum with her grandparents this week. She has been before, but was much younger and really didn't remember a lot about it. She really enjoyed the fire truck and the grocery store. She's a very hands on child, so the Children's Museum is right up her alley. She also got to spend an evening playing at her other grandparents' home. We are fortunate to live near both sets of grandparents, so she sees them often.

My husband works a lot and he actually had a four day weekend this weekend. He and I spent one of those evenings on a dinner and shopping date together while his parents watched Emorie for us. Yesterday, the three of us spent a day at the pool. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of our little fish, but she was surely upset when we had to get out of the water.

I am compiling a summer blog series on my home blog, Organized and Simplified, called Common Sense Cleaning. It is a chance for me to explain my cleaning and deep cleaning (yes, there's a difference) routines and to offer some tips I've picked up along the way. I'm pretty excited about it.

Speaking of blogging, I have gotten so many positive comments following my last blog entry. So many people have reached out offering prayer, support, or just wanting to talk and vent about their own struggles. Sweet friends, know I am thankful for your friendship and am praying for each of you. I thank you for letting me be honest about my imperfections and for offering a little encouragement along the way. God bless all of you.

Until next week, take care and come back!

Saturdays are lazy days.

I used to clean the house on Saturdays, but by the time I'd get finished, it was too late to do anything. Now I try to get the bulk of the chores done on weeknights so we can have our Saturdays for family time.

This weekend was spent visiting family. My grandmother came to town, so we spent Friday evening with my parents and grandmother. My dad recently finished his last radiation treatment, so we had cause to celebrate. We went to dinner and spent some time visiting.

Saturday morning, we slept in and then the three of us got haircuts. Emorie spent some quality time with her grandparents while I tackled some of the tasks on my spring cleaning list. We finished off our Saturday visiting Michael's grandparents.

Sunday, we went to church and then finished out our weekend having dinner at Olive Garden!

Hope you all have a fantastic week!