Snow Fun

Hello friends! Hope you are all doing well. I live in the Northeast and all the schools were closed today due to the impending 'snow-icane'. So far, not much snow has been sticking to the roads here in Northeastern PA. Which is good because that means we won't receive the 24" they were calling for originally. The snow amounts have been lowered to 6-12". The winds weren't bad at all this afternoon, so I went outside with my girls and the dog for about an hour. We rolled snow balls to make snow men and also started to build a snow fort. We didn't finish it though. There's always tomorrow, right? The school districts probably shouldn't have canceled today's classes, but how were they to know the snow wasn't going to stick on the roads as the snow fell all day? There is no way of knowing that. I'm pretty sure classes will be canceled again tomorrow though.

Here's a photo of my dog and I having fun in the snow:


Before going out to play in the snow this afternoon though, I did a thorough cleaning of my bedroom. My husband was sick for the past day and a half with a nasty stomach virus. I slept in the living room on the sofa for the past two nights because I do not want to get sick. So, I laundered the sheets, pillow cases, covers and bedspread. I cleaned the 1/2 bathroom that is in our bedroom thoroughly as well. As I did this, I had both windows open to air out the room. it was refreshing to get the bedroom cleaned up and I am looking forward to sleeping in bed tonight! (My husband is feeling better; I think it was one of those 24 hour stomach viruses).

I haven't had much time online so far today, but I just checked on my Facebook NewsFeed and saw something interesting. There's a site called Swagbucks.com and today is the site's 2nd birthday. Basically it's a search bar that you download and you periodically earn Swag bucks for your searches. You can then trade your Swag Bucks for gift certificates and products from the Swag Store. If you sign up today you can receive 60 free Swag Bucks. Use the code BABYGOODBUYS2 (case sensitive) when you sign up (there's a box at the bottom of the sign up form for this code). The above code is only good through March 4, 2010, so make sure you sign up right away! Here is a great link: Maximizing Your Swag Bucks I signed up today and hope we can share codes here on my blog to maximize our Swag Bucks together! Have fun everyone!

Mixed Monday

Good Day cyber friends. It's Monday morning, 11:30am and 30° F outside.

So far I've taken my 1st grader to school, washed 1 load of laundry, 2nd load in now and 1st load in the dryer. I worked out on the elliptical for 20 minutes and am now taking an 'internet break' while watching "The View". I just saw that stupid commercial Turn The Tub Around with Megan Mullally. Why did she agree to do this ad campaign? (other than money?) I'm just disappointed in her for doing the ads because she is a talented lady!

Trying to get all those 'little things' that are lying around and not being used that I was 'saving for something', out of the way. One example is the two left over diaper wipe containers that I know I'll be able to use, just not sure for what at the moment. In case you're wondering how you can reuse your diaper wipe containers, here is an awesome list: 50 Uses for Those Rectangular Baby Wipes Containers!

I'm also trying to minimize the number of bookmarks I have and put the ones I want to keep in some kind of order. I have a bad habit of just dragging things I want to look at later to the bookmarks bar I use for Foxmarks without tagging them or putting them in a proper folder. I think I will work on this little project for a set amount fo hours per week because the bookmarks are a jumbled mess.

I've got a headache right now and am waiting to get a shower, put the kids to bed and then maybe watch some TV with my husband. I need some good sleep tonight too...because last night I didn't sleep well enough to feel rested.