More Cookies!

In between the craziness of the Kegley house I've managed to squeeze in a couple more batches of colorful sweetness! I was super excited to make some for the couple we're acting as a surrogate for. She's throwing a country chic wedding shower. So cute! I love her color scheme and was really happy with how they came out.

Lilly and I worked together (well sorta!) to make some little bees to thank her and Sam's teachers a "buzzilion" for taking such good care of then during day. She wasn't so excited to give them away!!

Have I Told You I'm Crazy?!

I was asked by a friend of a friend this week to make some cookies for her son's birthday party. I have a hard time saying no to the chance to make cookies so of course I immediately agreed!

Then, I found out that the friend of a friend is one of the top bakers for wedding cakes in Indianapolis. She needed a dozen cookies. Can't be that hard right? I was sure it would just be some basketballs, soccer balls, or something similar. Not so much...

She needed Catwoman, Batman, the Joker, and the Riddler. Holy crap! She sent me a copy of her son's party invitation and I about lost it. I even showed Tim the invitation and he said "babe, you can't do that!" The challenge was on!

I LOVE the way they came out. I'm not going to lie, it took me about six hours total over a four day span to do 24 cookies (had to make room for mess ups!). She loved the way they came out too and I'll be doing more orders for her in the future. Yay!

Watch Us Grow

In true form of never sitting still I have added (and checked off) another project on my to-do list. I've been extra excited about this one as it will hold long term nostalgia for our family.

Pinterest inspired me, although the post didn't come with a tutorial. No fear here as I don't shy away from a challenge when it comes to DIY anymore!

Luckily, this project was a cheap one and pretty quick too. All it took was a 1x8 board, some stain, polyurethane, a little pinstriping tape from the auto store, mailbox letters, and two screws. $15 total! That makes for a happy budget!

We hung it up this morning and quickly added birthday measurements for each of our three munchkins. I wanted to cry as time has just gone by so quickly and they have changed so much!

We have a few other projects going on in the house. Pretty excited especially about our former dining room! Before and after coming soon…

How Do You?

Tonight I vacuumed. My entire basement. Which is not finished. I vacuumed the concrete floor. It looks amazing. Ha!

Earlier this week I went through a couple dozen boxes in the basement and made a Goodwill run. Random crap that hadn't been used in forever. Bye bye!

Tomorrow I'll probably vacuum the rest of the house, wash down my bathroom cabinets, organize the pantry and fridge, go through each of the munchkins dressers, or re-organize the playroom for the 1,417th time.

What am I getting at, you ask?? These crazy activities, my friends, are my coping mechanisms...strange, but true.

When my house is overly organized and clean you can just about guarantee something's up. It's my way of feeling in control on out-of-control days. It's my way of clearing out junk that's clogging up my space and making unnecessary messes. And its my way of feeling productive when I feel like I can never get anything accomplished.

The last few weeks have been crazy. Work has been demanding. Tim is gone so much with football. Surrogacy stuff has been challenging. And I get lost in it all. Enough venting...this is life as a working mommy of three in my little section of the world. I wouldn't trade it, but it ain't easy either!

How do you cope?

Excuse me while I go clean the trashcans...