Newest Obsession Realized!

Newest obsession is now a reality!

She’s here! My Erin Condren Life Planner finally arrived this afternoon! I didn’t even hear the fedex guy either. My and the kids where walking out the door for me to drop them off at the movies and there she was sitting on the porch waiting for me to claim her! I grabbed the box and ran my errands after I dropped the kids off. I couldn’t wait to get home! At every stop light and stop sign on the way I would look over at the box and think “I bet it’s as pretty as I hope it’ll be”. When I got home I was singing “look what came for me today!” I opened up the box and there was this gorgeous orange wrapping paper….well, here’s some pics so you can see for yourself.

I decided on the pool & mocha candy lace with my favorite pic of my hubby and babies. He took them to Sea World (in 2005) when we lived in San Diego and they took this and another pic I love. It was a half day for the kids and I had to work so Daddy worked it out!

I’m only showing 1 notepad here but I got 2 of them. I went to my local Walmart to get the Avery tabs for the tab-fix but they only had the color ones. Boo! I guess I’ll order them from amazon because I refuse to pay $20 bucks for tabs. Nope! Not gonna do it! Maybe the color ones won’t be so bad. The pack does include 5 clear ones as well. Anyway…..

As I was opening the box, all my gasps kept my husband looking at me all strange and finally he said “ok, lemme see this thing” and when I handed it to him, he smiled so big! Then he took out the labels and said “wowww!” and when I showed him the notepads, he dropped his voice a few octaves and said “from the desk of Monnique Arnold”. He’s so silly.

I’ve spent the last several hours putting in my important dates and phone numbers, upcoming appointments and commitments….my daughter talked me into doing a fashion show with her. Me? A fashion show? What are you talking about? Fashion show? What? Are you crazy? Fashion show?

Yeah, fashion show!

So I put that in my planner as well. It just makes me happy to look at it and now I’m so motivated to get completely organized, I’m organizing a mission to get organized! I stumbled upon an awesome blog a bowl full of lemons, and let me tell you, this woman is an organizing genius! Check her out. Part of my commitment to myself to be less stressed is to get more organized and i think she can help. Her name is Toni and her blog is amazing!

So that’s my schpeel on my new planner. New I get to use all my pretty new pens! Newest obsession realized!

Happy planning!

Welcome to my blogspot!

For years I kept diaries and journals. I've gone from the little girlie type with the lock and key to as simple as you can get with just a plain old spiral notebook. This will be my first attempt at an online type diary. I've never written for the world to see, but with some encouragement from my husband and my instructors, I decided to take a stab at it. I haven't kept any diary for a while since I had my kids. Ya know, too busy to do that kinda stuff. Now that they're a little older and I can take more time for myself, I decided to go back to school and get my degree. It's been a wonderful experience so far and I'm so glad I made that decision. I guess I still might be in the honeymoon stage. It's a four year commitment and I've only been at it since March this year. I've been married to a wonderful guy for 10 years and we have 2 great kids. People ask me if I want to have more and I always say "nope, I got my set and now I'm through". Our son is 8 and our daughter is 7. They're only 15 months apart. They're so close, people ask us all the time if they're twins. They are very bright too. My son can tell you anything you ever wanted to know about dinosaurs or any prehistoric animal. He's teaching himself about fighters jets now. He wants to be a paleontologist and a Marine when he grows up. Go baby! My baby girl is my little drama queen. She wants to sing and dance, which is great, but I think she'll be a lawyer or a negotiator. The girl can bargain! Either way, she knows her Mommy supports her 100%. My husband is the smartest man I know. I'm always calling him SuperMan/Clark Kent because he just never ceases to amaze me. We've been best friends for almost 18 years. To anyone just meeting him, he's a clean cut, all around nice guy. He wears glasses, has beautiful eyes, a warm smile, and a genuine heart. Strangers start talking to him and tell him their life stories. But don't let that nice exterior fool ya. He's a fierce protector of his loved ones and awesome provider. He's been my rock and I don't know how I'd live without him. It's such a cool story how we met. We always say it's something we can share with our grandchildren. Our kids are still too young to understand the significance of how we came to be, but one day we'll tell them and they'll see how true love really is out there. You just have to be open to it and not be afraid. It'll make a nice blog entry one day.