Going Dot Com Birthday Bash

This is a great website to check out! They are celebrating their 2 year anniversary, and also going to a ".com" site. Go to www.tipjunkie.com to check it out. I am crossing my fingers to win the gift certificate to Bead Blossom Designs....There are so many great prizes...It's amazing how crafty people are. If you ever need gift ideas, it's always great to support "Mom-preneurs"!

Laundry Tips

A while back a lot of people were posting money-saving tips on their blogs. I thought that was a really great idea, and really enjoyed reading through some of them! Here are a few if you are interested http://mackelberries.blogspot.com/2009/04/money-talk.html and http://eliandabbybowman.blogspot.com/2009/04/money-saving-tips.html

Anyway, lots of great ideas there so I thought I would share some great laundry tips. And these actually aren't ones I came up with, I got them from Sarah's ward blog, ohiocookingfriends.blogspot.com

Here they are...

Getting berry stains out: HOT WATER!!! Take the article of clothing that has berry juice on it, pull it as tight as you can, and put it under running water (as hot as possible). It may take a few minutes, but just work with it.

Getting markers/pens out of clothes: Pour a little rubbing alcohol directly on the ink marks and toss in the washing machine and it comes out as good as new.

Getting grease spots out of clothes: Pour a small amount of dawn dish soap directly on the oil/grease mark and toss in the washing machine

Vinegar uses: Pour 1/2 cup to 1 cup of vinegar in load of towels (in addition to laundry detergent) to help make them clean and smell fresh! Vinegar also works great to get the musty smell out of clothing if you have forgotten to change loads and they have been in the washing machine too long.

Getting whites clean: TILEX MOLD AND MILDEW REMOVER. Just spray the cleaner directly onto the clothes and toss them in the washing machine. ONLY use on whites and do not let them soak in the cleaner for too long - spray them and then wash them asap.

Whats New

Well I guess it's been a while so here's an update:

We went to a Cincinatti Reds game over Memorial Day weekend. It was a lot of fun, even if it did get rained out in the 4th inning!

Lexie: she is walking all over the place, she still doesn't have any hair, she's gotten really good at clapping, waving, and we just recently taught her to throw her arms up when we say touchdown. She has started climbing all over the place and she still has the most determined personality of any 10 month old I know.

(Here she climbed into the dishwasher)

She loves to play with other kids, go to the zoo (mainly to watch the kids, not so much the animals), swing and go down the slide, and she absolutely loves books. If she starts fussing in the car, I'll just hand her a book and she's happy.

James: This coming week is finals week so he has been studying hard for those. Which means late nights, early mornings,and sometimes no sleep at all. After finals are over, he'll have 3 weeks to study boards. He actually isn't taking the boards until July 9th, which is the first week he's back in school. We can't wait until boards are over. He will start working on patients this August and his schedule will be a lot easier so he can be around a lot more. And I'm sure golf more as well.

Me: I got a piano a few weeks ago that I'm really excited about. It's a Clavinova and we got it for a great deal on Craig's List.

(Lexie likes the piano too.)

I start back to work on June 15th. I will be working contingent, which is less than part time.

Some girls in my ward made the absolute cutest little Mary Jane baby shoes so in the last few weeks I taught myself how to crochet so I could make some. I got the patterns online. Click here for the website. She has so many cute things!

I think they turned out really well for my first crochet project.

There are a ton of mistakes, but they look pretty good overall.