Long long summer

I haven't posted a lot on my blog for a while, kind of forgot about it and had a lot going on. But I'm happy to have remembered it, it has become a great tool to get my mind off my never ending pregnancy.
August was a very long month for me-everything was great and going fast till August hit. The reason is I thought my original due date was August 6th, well today's date is Sept 6th! Yes 1 month later I am still pregnant and starting to lose it. Needless to say I got my dates very wrong, the problem is I don't really know what my actual due date is, and since I'm not into hospital births or medical intervention unless totally necessary, I wait, and wait.
So this blog has been a great thing to get my mind off what isn't happening and all the questions I get asked every time I see someone I know (I am a hermit these days and can't wait to no longer be one) So I will be doing a lot more blogging and putting up some of the projects I've completed and cool things I have found.
You can also see my Pinterest board that have a lot more of my favorite things as well.

I think I will also blog more about things that are happening in our life-so I will but things up about the new baby to be.

Until the baby comes this is where u can find me :)

DS lite fix

We have had a problem for a while with our DS lite and accessories. The games were getting lost and we didn't have a good place to store any of it. My husband came up with this good and cheap fix.

 Just using a over the door show holder we were able to organize all the DS lives and accessories. Plus now I keep it in my office so that I can better control who has the DS and make sure the games get put back in the right spot.

Lego Books

Another idea I took (can't remember where)
My son has a lot of lego books that were slowly getting lost and destroyed. This is a great way to keep them in one spot and from getting ripped on the floor.

I added reinforcement labels to the holes so that they keep from tearing a little longer.

I decided to do the light bright papers like this as well.

Then I stuck them on a 3M hook on his lego building table so he has them right were he needs them.

Custom Menu Board

So I am terrible at putting a family menu together for the week and then going grocery shopping. I usually don't really know what I should make that week and when I do actually shop for groceries I end up buying random stuff and then I never know whats for dinner each day and then just do some last minuet thing. So It's been a big problem for a while.
I found this and thought it was a brilliant idea I could actually do.

Since it was not something I could just buy I made one up and did a few things differently.

• I picked out a few scrapbooking papers that went well together.
• Got some cute snowflake stickers to match and accent with (My kitchen is blue with s snowflake theme)
• Made a template with our favorite side and main dishes that I could coordinate-you might want to do some blank ones to write in as you try new things, also I did a leftovers one and a take out one and breakfast.
• Picked up some ModPodge 
• Got a pre-cut sheet of steel at Lowes (in the nuts and bolts isle) mine is 8x18. I didn't clean or smooth the edges at all
• Got some cheap magnets, and cut decorative magnets, and 1 clip magnet, and 4 heavy duty rectangle magnets at loses (next to the metal sheet)
• Got some metal bottle caps in the jewelry making section at Joanns
• Found small cute envelops at Michael's

Pretty easy, just ModPodge all my backgrounds on, and also the envelopes at the bottom.
I didn't glue the plain magnets onto the bottle caps-they stick by themselves. Put a 3x5 card on the shopping list clip and them stuck the heavy duty magnets onto the back and then the fridge-and it's done.
BTW it have been working great, and the kids love to help pick out the meals we will be having for the week.

I had to quickly write about our families new favorite way to watch movies-NETFLIX, and more importantly on your Wii or internet ready.
Ya, so I've just be reacquainted with Netflix. We had blockbuster online for a while and quit because it was a little more than we wanted to pay at the time. I got one of those emails from Netflix, like me and I think everyone else does in their email ALL the time, but this time I didn't delete it but decided to try it out-after all it is free for 2 weeks, right?
Well not only is it great to have them send you any movie you want to watch (and fast, we're talking 1-2 day turn around) but now they have this feature were you can watch movies instantly, which is a nice feature, but I get sick of having to be in my office watching movies only on my computer screen.
Well, it's gotten even better! They send you a free disc for your Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, or internet connected Blu-Ray player and after inputing it and doing some very simple steps you can now watch streaming movies through your internet device. And there are lots of movies to choose from.
I've also heard that the selection will get much better next month. Netflix is contracting to make some new release movies available on instant viewing as well.

Here's what you get...for about $9 a month you get unlimited streaming movies (remember not all movies are available but the selection is very good) and 1 disc at a time in the mail. Not bad, it will pay for itself real quick if you ever rent a movie or buy one.
Check it out, do the 2 week trial and see if it's for you
www.netflix.com

Drink up

A bun for all..

Here's the link