snuggly baby

It doesn't get much better than sweet tea, a new magazine and a sleeping baby.

organization

One of the things I'm finding that is the hardest about being a stay at home mom is the changing schedule, or lack of schedule, each day.  I would go through weeks and feel like I didn't actually get anything done.  So with the help of my computer savvy husband, I made a weekly planner.  There are things on there that I try to do every day and then blank spaces where I can write in things that change each week.  I have a spot for things to accomplish by the end of the week and even a spot where I can put down meal ideas.

I've found that planning meals for specific days doesn't work for us.  What does work is to plan out a bunch of meals and have all the stuff on hand and then just pick the day of what we're going to eat.  It's working great so far and will hopefully help us save some money.

harvest festival

This past weekend, we drove to Canon City for the Harvest Festival at the Abbey Winery.  Though not a fallish as I would have liked (thanks 85 degree weather), it was nice to get out of town.  There were lots of vendors selling over priced items and food that smelled wonderful, but we just stuck to the wine.
I had four different tastes, but they were all wines I had tasted before.  I thought they were releasing a new Riesling for the fall, but it was just the same wine with a fall label.  Disappointing.
After the wine, we stopped at a brewery so Mike could try their beer.  Hudson took a great nap while we were there.  We ordered a sampler of their onion rings, waffle fries and sweet potato fries. All were yummy.