a little letter to myself…

08 March 2011

c’mon, Melissa. You know these things.

* getting up an hour and 15 minutes before the kids is absolutely priceless. It means exercise, a shower, quiet study/planning time, the dishwasher unloaded, a load of laundry started, and 15 minutes worth of email response, where it will take you 3 hours to get these things finished when the kids are up. I know you want to push snooze, but don’t do it….

*fold the clothes right out of the dryer. Don’t you dare pile it up on the floor or the baskets. Seriously? It will take 15 minutes tops. C’mon.

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sneak peek & giveaway!

07 March 2011

Here is a sneak peak of what’s to come in my daughter’s room:

She wanted to go bold and COLORFUL which makes me *gulp*, but we’re actually having a lot of fun with it.

This beautiful pillow is from Chrissie @ In His Grace~I love that it’s handmade with love, unique, and something that you wouldn’t be able to find in a big box store. I am thrilled to say that we are giving away $25 towards anything in her Etsy shop to a lucky winner. ALSO, you all get 25% off anything using code 320FRIENDS at checkout. She’s got beautiful stuff over there, here are some of my favs:

I love that all items are handmade by Chrissie, reflect the beauty of Christ's love, AND 25% of all proceeds go directly to CBC Seminole,a local foster and adoption agency. What a beautiful gift to give to yourself or someone you love.

How to enter:

1. Go over to her Etsy shop and tell me what you love in your comment back here.

2. For a second entry, go over to her blog and become a follower and then tell us in your comment back here.

We’ll announce a lucky winner on Saturday!

Happy Monday~good luck!