We had tickets to go to the U2 concert tomorrow night.
It was postponed until next year because of Bono having emergency back surgery.
Suck it up Bono for the sake of my goal!
Ok, not really.
It is a bummer though. I was super excited to go.
We do have tickets to 4 more concerts throughout the summer, 3 of which are artists I have never seen, so I am sure I will complete my goal.
You are off the hook, Bono.
I decided to read this book as my second book for this goal. I read about 2 pages and just knew this was not my cup of tea. I don’t like to think too hard when I am reading, always trying to figure out what they are talking about, no thanks. I returned it to the library and will be on a search for a book that is more up my alley. Wish me luck!
No, we didn’t make it to Communal. We didn’t plan ahead again.
We were in the mood for Thai food so we decided to try a new Thai restaurant instead of waiting for us to get our act together to make reservations at Communal.
We settled on a place in Orem called Thai Drift.
Here are my ratings:
Atmosphere: Nice inside, modern, very clean, a little chilly, but overall very good.
Food: Beef & broccoli had really good flavor just didn’t get very much of it; Shrimp Pad Thai had a good flavor, but the noodles were too chewy; the Massaman Curry was divine.
We also got fried bananas with ice cream for dessert and I thought it was pretty good. It was exactly that, fried bananas with ice cream.
Service: VERY slow (maybe it just seemed extra slow because I was extra hungry), however it is a family run business so I don’t think they have a lot of help. All of the workers were extremely nice. It seemed like they had a lot of regulars that they cater to.
Price: Very reasonable for dinner. Most entrees were under $10.
Overall: I would definitely go there again, but probably for lunch or take out. The food was very good, and in my opinion you can’t go wrong with Thai food.
Photos courtesy of Jared’s cell phone
Done! Baby 72 hour kits are so hard. They are constantly changing. They change what they eat, drink, what size diapers and clothes they wear. I sure hope I have everything. It does make me feel a little better knowing we have a kit for him with things that would hopefully get us through know matter what stage he is in. Plus Jared and I both have a 72 hour kit and a car kit so hopefully between them all we will be prepared. I just hope we never have to use them!
My good friend, Amber, called me the other day and wanted to know if I wanted to go with her and the kiddos to the zoo.
I sure do!
Luke enjoyed people watching more than animal watching, but it still was a fun day to be outside (until it rained). I am sure I will be taking Luke back to the Zoo when he gets a little older, but for now this goal is complete!!
It’s still not quite there yet. This time I figured out the best way to cook the crust. Although, I think next time I will make it a little thinner.
Now I just need to perfect the alfredo sauce. If anyone has a good recipe send it my way. Better yet, get me the Firehouse Pizzeria alfredo sauce recipe and I will forever be indebted.
I am constantly asking people for their address because I never write them down and store them in one place. I went through my address book and emails and tried to find all the addresses I would need and entered them in one address book.
Now any new addresses I get I am going to be diligent in entering them into my address book. Hopefully it will make mailing my Christmas cards a whole lot easier. Cross your fingers I will keep up with it.
I finished Luke’s quiet books for church. One book is pictures of his family. It includes pictures of mom, dad, dasher, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I made it through a company called hotprints.com. It was just a simple drag and drop book. Nothing fancy since I knew it was probably going to get pretty hammered.
The next one is a Gospel ABC book. I got the supplies from a RS enrichment night, but I just never had put it together. I had to get pictures printed of certain family members to include in the book as well.
They are finally done! Now it just may be awhile before Luke will actually use them. Right now he just wants to eat them.
I thought it would be fitting to write this letter to Luke on my first official Mother’s Day. Now hopefully I can put it in a place where I will remember to give it to him!
I have tried all different schedules to see what works the best for me. The most recent ones I have tried is where certain days of the week I focus on cleaning certain rooms (Mondays I clean the master bathroom, Tuesdays I clean the kitchen, etc.). I only need to worry about cleaning that certain area for that day. Thought it was a good idea…not so much. I felt like I was pulling out all my cleaning supplies all the time. Lugging the vacuum out of my storage room is no easy task. So I thought I will change it and focus on just one chore per day (vacuum the whole house, dust the whole house, etc.) Didn’t like this idea very much either. I felt like I was constantly cleaning. Even though I am sure both these ideas work for a lot of people, I just wasn’t feeling it.
I decided to revert back to what has always work. Every so often I just take a full day and CLEAN! This way I can stay in my cleaning clothes all day and I have all my supplies already out to use for each room. It just seems to work best for me. Of course there are still those days where I see that my house needs a quick vacuum or the sheets need to be changed before the big cleaning day arrives. I am going to officially say that I have completed this goal. I know that a “so-called” schedule just doesn’t work for me. Maybe one day someone will convert me to a schedule but for now, I will clean it when it is dirty.
What is your cleaning routine like?
