Smelly Smelly

We were getting ready to go on a walk and noticed several neighbors pointing at our house. I thought at first they were talking about our new front porch or the fact our bows were blowing down and falling apart, but no it was because we had seven, yes I said seven, baby skunks rolling all over each other on our front walkway! Wonderful right?!?! I think not and I'm glad we haven't seen them since!

Pump It: Garmin Product Review

Just got an AHHHHHMAZING running watch!! I'm so excited to have a Garmin Forerunner 110 with heart rate monitor to use while I'm running around workin' on my fitness!! I know I had to throw in Fergie!!

Anyway, I've already used it two times and love it! It is super easy to use and works even on back roads. It only takes about 30 seconds to find satellites for the GPS feature to start tracking mileage. Each time you hit a mile or add miles while running it will give you your pace and has a tone to let you know. The watch will even store 180 minutes of run time, date, pace, mileage, and heart rate data. You can also put the data on your computer to track your progress. It is light weight and adjusts even to my thin wrist.

The only negative comment I have thus far is that the charger is difficult to use. You have to make sure the connection is just right to get a good charge.

Overall I give this product a BIG thumbs up, 10 points, 5 stars, and a YES I would recommend it to friends!!! The other plus is that I got mine on sale!!

More information from the manufacturer: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=63511

My new toy:

Travel Tips of the week

We love to travel so these are some tricks we use:

1. Stick a dryer sheet in your suit case(s) when you travel because it helps keep all your belongings smelling great!
2. Save space by putting socks in your shoes
3. Use your largest purse for your personal item to get more carry on
4. When traveling with small children don't forget to bring something they love to play with plus a surprise toy or toys to distract when needed
5. Wrap bottles of shampoo and such with clear plastic wrap then a ziplock to prevent bad leaks
6. Check the weather before you go and pack items you might be able to wear a few times or items that will dry quickly after a quick wash in the sink or laundry
7. Think about shipping a few items for an extended stay
8. Pack extra ziplock and trash bags for dirty laundry plus packing up items you may have purchased on your trip
9. Wear socks during travel... Everyone takes their shoes off where you do at security Yuck!!
10. For long flights purchase food and drink to carry on with you plus have your own ear buds in case of an in flight movie
11. To pop your ears fake a yawn then to pop a babies ears gently make sure they are drinking something on take off and landing

I have tons more but I'm running out of steam with it being 2:02am I think I will try to sleep now! :)

Water Blob = Friday fun for hours

At first I thought Pinterest might be a big waste of time but now I think it is a great tool to find awesome ideas to try! Yesterday we tried making a water blob and we were a little skeptical because the supplies are just sheeting plastic and duct tape. Our two year old even help us put some tape on and surprisingly it was Hours of fun for all three of us!!! Basically it is a tuff water mattress and it does not take much effort to get it ready to play with!!

Here are the steps: inside take a section of plastic and fold it in half, tape the sides up with the duct tape leaving a small hole just big enough to put a hose through, take it outside put the water hose in the opening fill it with water, and play till you can find a way to bust it (we really had to try hard this is tuff)!!

As you can see I can stand on it and our baby can flip on it too!! My hubby actually belly flopped on it with both baby and me on it and it still held up!!

Using the cloud

Today is such a beautiful day and I wanted to do several activities outside with my main man! We had a blast using the cloud... not to be confused with the iCloud or a real cloud... and we had SO SO much fun!! It is so messy but easy and a good hour of fun! It is so simple most of the stuff I had already. All you do is use corn starch, Shaving cream, and we even added baby oil to create a soft beautiful molding "sand" like dough. Honestly we didn't measure anything out but mixed what we liked. The great news about this stuff too is that it really feels great and is a great sensory learning project! It also pampers mommy too because I got in a little sun after the mixing stage was done!! Check it out:

Smack

Confession - I cannot put on lipstick and not smack, rub, bite, or lick it off. Shew I completed the first step to admitting I have a problem. Now how to resolve it? I LOVE Loreal's lip color in their infallible line. I'm a big Loreal brand of makeup fan if I'm going with drugstore products in general but when talking about at minimum 12 hour coverage this stuff is the best I've found out there! I kiss on my baby, wrestle around with him, drink 10 glasses of water, and it is still hanging on possibly even still there when I get ready for bed. It is so good I've had to apply another lipstick over it just to get it off!

To apply you use the color first then allow that to dry for a minute finally put on their gloss stick and go!! Remember that if you choose a color you do not like apply a different lipstick or lipgloss to rub it off... like products remove each other normally!

This is what it looks like:

And for my next trick

I'm going back in time to elementary school today! I tried reluctantly to do what the instructions said to do with my last and VERY bright Julep Maven box. It said take the two colors and a toothpick and play with different shapes on your nails! Now I feel like I should bedazzle something!! I let my two year old help as a project since we have been up since 5:30 AM I needed something we could do till the fog could burn off. Take a look at our work:

Cleaning Tip of the day

Since I became a Mother I do try to clean safe plus quickly. My cleaning tip of today is how to clean your microwave!

What you need:
Paper Towels or a small clean towel
Microwave safe measuring cup
Approximately 4 oz of water

Directions:
-Put the water in the measuring cup
-Put the cup into the microwave
-Boil the water (time depends but it 2 or 3 mins max!)
-DO NOT open the door immediately let the steam get the microwave wet for about a minute
-Take out the cup and wipe out the microwave with the towel and even use the hot water to wipe off any extra stuck on stuff by dipping the towel in the water
-Finally let the microwave stay open for a few hours to let it dry out then you are DONE

It is super simple and so easy! Also makes the microwave sparkle again with minimal time!