field day 2009

mckinlee's field day was friday. thankfully, the weather cleared for that day & the sun came out (my arms & shoulders actually got a little darker!) we had such a fun time (chris got to come for the morning) watching the kids. we were cracking up at how funny they are!
mckinlee and i at the end:
the class wanted a silly picture:

this picture cracks me up! i wanted a picture of mckinlee with aditi and olivia (2 friends from her class) just before i took the picture this little boy, stone, that they don't really like said, can i be in it too? the girls were just totally silent looking at him. i told him, sure--get in it! the girls were not too happy! chris said mckinlee will probably scratch his face off or cover it over with a piece of paper like she did to one little boy in her school yearbook that she didn't like! ha!

these silly girls were using up the drinking water by pouring it over their heads! the teacher finally told them they couldn't get anymore unless they were going to drink it!

this was mckinlee's day! she is so athletic and absolutely loves to run and be active! (where did she get that from?)

mealtime

so i finished grocery shopping and have made my meal list for next week.

tonight:

cheeseburgers

chips

sunday:

eat out

monday:

easy chicken enchiladas (kathy mills' recipe)

mexican rice

refried beans

tuesday:

beef stew (cooked all day in crockpot--so easy and good!)

wednesday:

leftovers or bacon/egg burritos (gymnastics night)

thursday:

chicken pillows (found recipe here--picture above)

asparagus
mashed potatoes

nothing too exciting, but at least mckinlee will eat most of it!

have a good weekend~

"susi homemaker"

mckinlee and i got a package in the mail this week from my mom. mckinlee got a cute tank top and i got this darling apron from anthropologie! isn't it the cutest? when danielle was here a couple weeks ago, we went to anthro and i saw all these beautiful aprons. i thought maybe i'd treat myself to one when i had a little extra money. now i don't have to because my wonderful mom sent me one! (thanks so much, mom, i LOVE it!)
(please excuse the bad picture of me...i spent all day outside at mckinlee's field day and was looking pretty rough by the evening!)
i'm heading out to buy groceries. will try to post my meal schedule when i get back.

show us where you live friday

here are the pictures of my living room for the tour of homes on Kelly's Korner:

view of the living room from the front door:

same picture-different angle (sorry!)

little wall in the living room . pictures of family vacations

table in the entry with spring/summer arrangement and one of my favorite pictures of mckinlee

view from other side

view from the kitchen

view from the master bedroom doorway

thanks for looking!

teacher gifts

this week is teacher/staff appreciation week at mckinlee's school. since we don't give gifts during the holidays, i always try to do a little something special during this week to show them how much they are appreciated (and that we can make cute stuff not holiday related!)

on monday mckinlee was off school for a teacher in-service day (not because of swine flu--thank goodness!) she went with me to a class i had scheduled to take from our stampin' up lady and we made the cutest box out of cardstock filled with little notecards and embellishments that the teacher can use to create her own card. it turned out so cute and now i have the instructions if anyone else wants to make one too!

mckinlee is going to give these two jars to her current teacher and her teacher from last year. one loves sour skittles and one jelly bellies, so we tied a ribbon around our wal-mart jar, punched out a tag and put a flower and a little bling to finish it off! tell me you wouldn't love to get a gift like that! (i almost couldn't let go of the jelly bean one!)

this is the candy pouch we are making for all the staff and mckinlee's teachers for specials, library, etc. the candy is hershey's nuggets that we wrapped in coordinating paper and put in a little plastic party bag. the pieces folded over is the top-note die cut from stampin' up. these baby's are time consuming, but so cute! one teacher already told mckinlee she didn't want to open it because it was too cute!

you should see my scrapbook table after doing all this...it is a mess!

accomplishment...and my lunch

so first of all, here's my lunch today. i've been at the dentist all morning and my face is still numb (thought about taking a picture of myself~that would have been your laugh for the day!) so i decided to eat a sweet potato for lunch. do you ever eat sweet potatoes for lunch? let me tell you, with butter and vietnamese cinnamon...delish! anyway, i cut it into and started to fix it when i realized it was a heart! isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen?

now on to the accomplishment part...i've come to realize that i hate to-do lists. i write everything down that i'd like to get done, then i don't end up getting to finish everything on it and it makes me feel like i've failed. so...i've decided i will keep "got-done" lists. every so often (not every day) i will keep a list of everything that i've got done during the day. i did this yesterday and it made me feel so good! the following list is for me to go back and read over when i need validation that i do indeed do a lot during the day! (feel free to go to the next post. i said i got a lot done...i didn't say it was exciting.)

~woke mck up and ironed her clothes
~made her lunch and breakfast
~took her to school
~got a baby gift wrapped
~ate breakfast while doing my personal study (text, bible reading, few articles in watchtower)
~read some in new mary higgins clark book
~cleaned rest of kitchen, cleaned out toaster oven
~washed 1 load of clothes, put another load in dryer
~took electric blanket off our bed, made bed
~cleaned out linen closet in bathroom (moved blankets to very top, got out beach towels)
~cleaned my closet (hung up all clothes, put all shoes in bins)
~got dressed, did hair and make-up **all done by 10:08 am

~dusted & clean glass in bedroom
~vacuumed
~checked email, blogs, etc
~made & ate lunch, then cleaned up kitchen
~watched 1 show while i ate lunch
~took pictures of my nice and clean bedroom
~ran to wal-mart to return jars and get new ones for teacher gifts
~picked up mck
~back to wal-mart (for a treat for mck since there was a birthday at school)
~worked on teacher gifts
~made dinner (panko breaded tilapia, broiled asparagus, garlic & herb rice, garlic bread)
~started meal plan and grocery list for next week
~ate dinner and watched the biggest loser
~family study
~folded 3 loads of laundry and put away
~tucked mck in
~took shower and washed & dried hair
~picked out clothes for tomorrow
~cleaned out bathroom cabinet
~went to bed at 11:15

to make up for my no-photo post...

my new camera finally got here! when i heard the big brown truck rounding the corner of my street, my heart started racing! i just love when it stops at my house! so tonight i've been playing around with it, just trying to figure it out.


our yummy dinner:

the beautiful flowers danielle got for me:

some of my spices:

our wine:

shells (mckinlee took this one):

i'll try to take more later. have a good weekend~~