Organizing and Feeding my Addiction

Back in June I posted about how I used a plastic tote bag to organize my paper rolls on my pantry door. 

As I mentioned in the post I intended it to be a temporary fix until I found a better solution. I searched for a good over the door organizer but the problem was the opening at the top of the door was too small and anything on it would keep it from closing. 

Finally I realized that I would have to use something that I could hang directly on the door.  I know, some things take my brain a while....

I found this four tier rack that is the perfect size.  It came with mounting screws but I don't want to drill holes in my door so I just used a couple of those handy little command hooks. It works great! The only thing is the sides of the shelves are open so if you swing the door too hard the rolls slide out of the side. I'll have to weave some string or something on each side to hold them in place. 

Looks so much better than this don't you think?  

Also, since Christmas is fast approaching my addiction to snowman figurines is starting to surface. I took a look at my local Salvation Army store the other day to see if they had any and I found these two:

They are super cute! While I was there I picked up a ceramic cookie jar and the lid fell off and smashed on the floor! I took it up to the cash register because I figured I broke it so I should pay for it. The cashier said I didn't need to and promptly threw it in the garbage! I felt bad but was glad because it was $6! 

I also found this snowman when we were at Bronner's a few weeks ago. 

 

The picture really doesn't do it justice. It's all sparkly and is very pretty! 

I probably should stop looking for them now as I have three new ones already and it's not even November!

Maxwell and Levi are doing really well in school. Neither one of them cries anymore. I went with Shauna to pick them up one day and they both look so little coming out of their classrooms! 

That's it for me for now. 

Next weekend we are (hopefully) going to go on a lantern lit hike at Island Lake State Park and on Sunday we'll be going trick or treating with the boys! 

Until the next time stay safe and well my friends! 

Crafts and Recipies

I did a little dollar store craft the other day. I was looking for a small glass container to hold a little bit of candy.

Super easy and I thought it came out pretty good. 

I need to check out more dollar store crafts. I know there is a whole bunch of them and you all know Dollar Store is my favorite store lately! 

I got this recipe for a Chicken Parmesan Casserole off of the internet somewhere. 

It was really, really good! I used Bertolli Garlic and Olive Oil marinara sauce and Barilla protein pasta so I could eat some of it! I highly recommend it!

I also copied this off of another bloggers post, Mari from My Little Corner of the World.  (Hi Mari!)

I haven't made it yet but I thought I would show you my colorful recipe! A lot of times I will write down a recipe instead of printing it out. Just because I don't want to waste printer ink! This time I decided to use colorful pens! 

My friend and I were walking on Saturday morning and it was pretty foggy outside. 

I took this picture of the sun trying to burn through the fog! 

That's it for me now. I'm working an extra day again this week but that's going to come to an end. I want to start going with Shauna on Wednesdays to pick up the boys from school. I don't get to see them nearly as often as I used to because of work and their school. 

But we are keeping them overnight on Friday! I am looking forward to that and hoping I can get a good night sleep on Thursday so I'll be ready!

Until the next time stay safe and well my friends! 

Fall (Kind Of)

Well it's officially Fall, at least by the calendar anyway. The temps have been in the 70's most days, which is nice except the humidity has been really high, and that's  uncomfortable at any temperature. Even more so when it's cooler out because it just feels weird! We have yet to be able to close up our air conditioner because you never know when you need to turn it on for a minute to suck the humidity out of the air! 

Maxwell is doing very well in school. He doesn't cry anymore and he tells his mom he is excited to go and has fun. 

Levi just started this week because he was sick when he was supposed to start last week

The first day he just walked in the classroom and started playing. Shauna said he didn't understand that they were leaving him. Then on Wed and today he cried but went in the classroom holding the teacher's hand.

Maxwell goes Monday-Thursday 12-3 and Levi goes Tuesday-Thursday 12-3. Gives Shauna a nice little break!

Sigh...I'm looking forward to pictures from school when they aren't wearing masks! 

I finished putting up the rest of the Fall/Thanksgiving decorations. I decided to add some orange lights to my family room built in this year.

I may see if I can find some more fall leaf garland to add to the lights. It looks a little plain to me. 

Work is going well. Occasionally she asks me to work an extra day to cover for someone. It puts me at 17 hours a week instead of 13 and that's ok. 

And I am enjoying the paychecks, too! I get paid every Friday so I always have a little extra for the weekend! 

A few days ago we went to Bronner's so I could get the boys their personalized Christmas ornaments for this year. We usually go in July but somehow the month got away from us. Between vacation and Chris being in town we just didn't think about it.  If we would have waited too much longer it would have been crazy crowded! One year we went in November and vowed never again! 

That's about it for me for now.

Until the next time stay safe and well, my friends!