DST

Also known as daylight savings time. A time that the majority of the population in the great state of Indiana DISLIKE! I am one of them, I didn't like it before children and I dislike it even more now. As it is my child did not go to bed until around 9:30 and now this morning I'm going to have to go in and wake him and cause confusion to his little body. I will have to drive to work in darkness as just last week it was daylight on my drive in.  I will lose track of time and just like last night we will be eating dinner at 8 but really it's only 7 so that's ok right?

Now, I'm going to try to look for the good in all this time changing nonsense. Which is hard to do for a morning person. Holy cow I just called myself a morning person and I'm sure my parents just had a great chuckle too.  Hey, remember swim team days when you would be constantly calling my name telling me to get up??  Yeah, I don't miss jumping into a cold pool at 5:15 either or smelling like someone who bathed in cholorine although technically I spent more time in the pool than I did in the shower 2x a day for approx 2hrs each practice for about 3 months.  Yeah 2 showers a day in a locker can't cut through that smell at all.

And back on track...I might actually be able to start and finish my morning workout without any interruptions as Ian's lil body is all confused. The possibility of running as a family in the evening is more likely to happen. The time change means spring is coming, the trees are budding, and I see little green sprouts coming up from the flower things we planted last year at some point.  I should add I really know nothing or care to know anything about plant care inside or outside.  I want it to look nice without anything required of me.  I'm looking forward to warmer runs with Ian that can happen earlier in the day.  I currently have no races on the calendar as they aren't fitting into our schedules or budgets.  I may though train for a half just for the heck of it and run one on my own. Anyone wanna join me, we can even make it a stroller friendly run, and make our own t-shirts?!?!  I know all very enticing  reasons to join me!

Well I should probably end the rambling that this post has turned into right here and get back to the proposal on the Bachelor!

Mary Poppins

Before Mary Poppins bag: diaper bag, purse, work bag, pump, lunch bag and Ian

After Mary Poppins bag containing all the above minus pump and Ian (of course)

I got the above MP bag from Target last year for all of $20 it has definatley gotten it's use and I'm now in search of a new MP bag as I hand this one has caught my eye NineWest Push Lock Shopper on sale now for 39.99 (in case anyone was looking to get me something just because I'm so great)

Teach by example

This was my reasoning for the production of the below masterpieces:

airplane and giraffe

Based on those masterpieces I'm pretty much ready for an ice carving contest!

Free Stuff

Yes please, check out Crowdtap I was reading over at Beach Bum and Baby about how she got FREE jeans from Old Navy. Seriously I will take free jeans from Old Navy.  Obvisously they always have new deals like that but if FREE jeans are a possible one then yes I will sign-up.  A precentage of your earnings will go to the charity of your choice but then again all you have to do is take advantage if you choose of the offering they have.  So use the this link and sign-up.  It goes through your facebook page. 

This is right up my alley with my coupon clipping in which I may or may not be obssesd with but in the last 3 wks I have saved $40 with the help of coupons, gift cards earned by using coupons and in-store specials, and I also have a FREE organic roasted chicken coming my way from Target.  I love FREE things, I love more FREE things that I can actually use.

So go sign up!!

sleep over

This past weekend was the only weekend Marcus didn't have fire academy or the bank. And my dad was on his four day with no plans to go out of town. So we took advantage of this rare occasion and Ian made a reservation to stay Saturday night with his Grammie and Papa Jim. Marcus are I were able to have our 1st ever day and night date.

Ian's Weekend:
I dropped Ian off Saturday morning at my parents where they had a big day planned for him. We went over bedtime routine, any bumps, bruises, scraps that occurred prior to arrival so they wouldn't be concerned that he acquired those while in their care. And I swear he only stayed about 24hrs yet I packed 3 bags for him. A food bag, clothing bag and a bag we were returning so I decided to use it to carry his blanket and monitor in.

They had lunch at house before their big adventurous day that included:, tool show, diaper shower for baby Jackson, dinner with Brian (a former ND student fire station live-in) and his girlfriend, bath and bed. Napping was also in the above mix. I think the above events assisted in Ian sleeping from 8:50p to 9:10a so I say SUCCESS and we will have to do that again.

Date day and night: after Ian dropped off, I came home and Marcus had showered we got the GPS ready to go and we were off to Ikea in Chicago and dinner.  It was Marcus' 1st trip the store that someone could easily spend an entire day in.  We made a few purchases and then headed across the street to the mall where we would indulge in the Cheesecake Factory and then we drove home where we got to sleep ALL night long.  And aside from the dogs doing the potty dance in the AM we got to sleep in.

We agreed that we will have a to make a point to try to do sleepovers for Ian at least once a month.  It's good for him and us and his grandparents love lil overnight guests.

Drive thrus

I really wish more than just fast food places had drive thrus. Not because I'm lazy but when all your errand involves is about 2min of your time and it takes twice as long to get your car seated passenger in and out of the car it becomes very easy to put off such errands until your 30 day return policy is on day 30 and it's a half hour before the store closes. In my 14 months of toting Ian around in my errand running I would like the following places to consider drive thrus.

• Post office, this is a biggie for me juggling packages and a child in quite the task.
• UPS Store, the only packages I drop off there are already labeled it's a matter of tossing the package in the door and leaving.
• Pet store, all I need is one large bag of dog food so how about I drive up place my order and you send your stock boy out and load said dog food in my car.
• Meijer and Sam's Club Pharmacy,  really all I need from your store is my one lonely prescription and because I don't do really at shopping at your stores I have transferred my prescription elsewhere. However if you had drive thru I would consider transferring it back.

This is the just my short list of places, I would basically like to pick and choose places I would like to have drive thrus at.  But the post office is one that would benefit a lot of people.

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