Crazy!

So the first week of the new year has been a busy one, and oh so tiring!

If you are my friend on FB, then you know that I am going to try to find 30 things to throw away, 30 things to give away, and possibly 30 things to sell...I don't know if I actually have 30 things I could sell, but it's worth a try. I don't remember where I originally saw this idea...somewhere of course on the web. If I come across it I will post the link because she has some great ideas of where to look! My plan is to do this each week in January...because all of it happening in one day just isn't happening around here. :) Let me know if you join! I would love to hear your progress!

Two nights ago we spent a couple of hours in the ER. Thankfully Mike's brother came down to stay with Marlee while we went because Mike had another allergic reaction. To what, we have no idea. The ER doctor said if it happens again in the next few months (like 3 times in a year) we should have him allergy tested. We went up there at 9ish, and didn't get home til midnight. Then of course that night Marlee decided she should be awake for 2 hours from 2:30 am to 4:30 am. So needless to say, yesterday we were all tired!

Along with my getting rid of stuff, I now have to have my house spotless for an appraiser to come on Tuesday morning. We are refinancing our house, and I am so excited! It's going to give us the extra money each month that we need to buy another car...we have two, but my car is OLD and doesn't always start. This is the first winter we have had in the past 3 or 4 that it has worked in the winter time. We will probably get a used car, mainly because I want a cross over, but I am excited none the less. :)

What I am not excited about is doing our taxes. I have my own business...that I don't really persue much, but it makes just enough to put me over the edge of adding it to our taxes. Which means I have to do inventory, and get all our bills in order to put in my box of things to keep for 7 years. I am halfway done with inventory...which is AWESOME!!! :) And I started sorting through my box of things for our taxes today, and will finish hopefully tonight, or at least have some sort of idea of what else I have to get so I can take them in on Monday. I long for the days of having easy taxes. :) Maybe this year will be the year! :)

It has been super duper nice here. Today it was between 35 and 40 degrees, so we went to the park. It was nice yesterday, but everyone at our house took a LONG nap, so we didn't make it outside. I am hoping its nice all weekend because we will need to pick up dog poop, and take all the boxes that are sitting outside from Christmas to the recycling center before the lady comes on Tuesday. :)

Next week is Brooklyn's birthday, so I am going to make a practice cake sometime this weekend or next week...maybe Tuesday afternoon after the appraiser comes...because she wants a Strawberry shortcake cake. We will see how that works out. It will be my first time using fondant. I also need to start planning Marlee's party, but I think instead of doing a big one, we are going to have 2 or 3 friends over during the week, and call it good. Marlee just wants a pink cake...that's it. Although I want to make some things for their goody bags, and I may do a theme...and it could get bigger than I originally intend right now. LOL

I hope this week has been fabulous for you! I am hoping it slows down a little for me, and that I can get more stuff done that I need to do before the weekend is over...without running out of energy. That seems to be a problem these days. :)