Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Valentine's Day Decor 2018

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I love decorating our house for all of the holidays each year, and today I’m sharing our Valentine’s Day décor!  This year I kept it pretty low-key.  Typically our mantle gets a pretty big makeover, but now that I have my bar cart, all of the focus has shifted toward it and that’s just the way that I like it!

I didn’t want to leave the mantle out completely, so I strung this adorable tulle garland across it and that was it.  It’s amazing what a punch that one little item packs!  The pink flowers are part of my every day décor, and we all just so happen to be wearing red in our family pictures on the mantle, so I love how that every day décor ties right in with the Valentine’s Day theme.





Now for the bar cart… oh how I love decorating this thing!  I am having way too much fun!  And pink is my favorite color so I had a particularly good time with this holiday.  I also still have my lights on there and I’m pretty sure I’m just going to leave them up year round.  I love that extra little bit of twinkle that it adds to the room. 
















As for the decorations, most of them are from the Target dollar spot, one is from TJ Maxx, and a couple of things are actually left over from Olivia’s first birthday party!  :o)  The Rae Dunn champagne flutes were a TJ Maxx find as well, but a similar set is here on Amazon.  And FYI, if you've been thinking about getting a letter board but didn't want to spend the money, Amazon is having a HUGE sale on the one that I have... buy it here.

The last thing I decorated was my tiered tray… I’m having almost as much fun decorating that for the holidays as I am the bar cart!




And wait, I can't forget the coffee bar!  I have to showcase all of my cutesie Valentine's Day mugs!


That’s a wrap, y’all!

Next up… EASTER!


Monday, February 5, 2018

Super Bowl Weekend AKA the Weekend Where We Pretty Much Did Nothing

You guys are in for the world’s most boring post today, but since my blog is primarily our family’s scrapbook, I wasn’t about to let a weekend go undocumented!

We really just didn’t do too much this weekend at all.  We did get out and about for a bit, but we also laid low for some of the weekend as well because the flu germs are running rampant around these parts and we’re trying our darndest to stay well.

Friday I spent the day cleaning out a bit more, but mostly catching up on paperwork and finishing up Valentine’s Day decorating.  I’m trying to pace myself on the purging so I don’t get burned out… every now and then I just have to take a break! 


Friday afternoon I picked up both kids from school and we ended the afternoon with some play time on the downtown playground.  Naturally, I was completely freaked out of the thought of the sheer volume of germs on a public playground, but I also know it’s not healthy to keep the kids in a bubble either.  We were in much need of some outdoor time so we threw caution to the wind and played anyway.  And you better believe I didn’t let them get in the car without wiping them down with antibacterial wipes first! 





We headed home after that and then B brought pizza home when he got off of work.  He and I enjoyed some adult bevies with dinner and then we popped some popcorn and settled in on the couch in our jammies for a family movie viewing of Big Hero Six.  B built a fire, and my belly was so full of yummy pizza and wine and my body was so cozy in my PJs by that fire, that I may or may not have dozed off around 7:30 and missed a good chunk of the movie.  Whoops!  #NoRegrets


B and I put the kiddos to bed after the movie and he and I continued our bingeing of Master of None on Netflix.  If you haven’t watched it, you should!  I’m sure it’s not for everybody but we love it! 

Saturday we had plans to go to Jacob’s school and help with the campus beautification, but that dang flu virus has been taking down students left and right these last couple of weeks so we skipped it.  I honestly just didn’t even want to be in the building.  Lol.  I felt terrible for missing it and we really thought it would be a great opportunity for Jacob and Olivia to help out and learn to give back, but y’all, GERMS. 

We didn’t even leave the house (or our PJs for that matter) until it was time to go to church at 5:30.  I really didn’t want to go to church for fear of germs either, but since we missed last weekend and will likely miss next weekend due to a little weekend trip we have planned, I really wanted to go this weekend. 

We are Catholic and we take communion every week at mass.  Typically bread and wine are offered and everyone drinks from a community cup, but y’all, this flu is SO BAD that they made an announcement saying that they are not going to offer the wine anymore until the germs settle.  I honestly can’t remember them discontinuing this EVER before in my whole life.  Not even when the Swine Flu was running rampant back in 2009.  This lets me know just how serious this virus is.  It’s plain scary!

After mass we did what all good Catholics do and we headed to our favorite Mexican restaurant for margaritas!  Haha.  The kids were so well-behaved during mass – maybe the best ever – so we also stopped by Dairy Queen on the way home to grab some Blizzards to go.  Both of my parents are currently down with what they think might possibly be the flu (fever, aches, chills, cough, etc.) so they didn’t join us like they usually do.


Sunday we laid low all morning and then we headed to my MIL and Step-FIL’s house for lunch.  B’s sister is down with what is possibly the flu as well, so she wasn’t there, but my brother-in-law and nephews were and I’m just praying that they weren’t carrying any of those nasty germs!  EEK! 



It rained all day so we were cooped up inside after lunch… womp womp.  We decided to head to Dick’s after lunch to grab some soccer cleats for Olivia because she is starting next month!  She’s so excited, too!

Our original plans for the Super Bowl were to have my entire family over to grill hamburgers and such, but Momma and Daddy still weren’t feeling well Sunday evening, my grandmother is down with possibly the same thing, and my brother has been sick all week, too, so yeah, we told everybody just to stay home!  My father-in-law did come over to join us and we made the typical football spread – burgers, baked beans, chips, and beer – and we all watched the game together. 

I couldn’t care less who won or lost… my heart was just in it for the halftime show.  And wasn't it soooo flipping good?!  Makes me even more pumped to go see him in concert this summer!

IT'S GONNA BE MAY!

Happy Monday, everybody!  I hope you’re avoiding those germs!

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Friday, February 2, 2018

Five on Friday - Favorites

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Happy February, y’all!

I swear, ever since I stopped working the weeks are flying by even faster than they were when I had a job.  My six hours of kid-free time while the kids are at school go by in the blink of an eye.  I have an alarm set every week day for 2:20 to remind me to leave to pick up Jacob, and some days when that alarm goes off, I can’t even believe it’s already time to go! 

Although, I do have to say, January somehow also felt like it was ten weeks long because – January.  Funny how that works. 

Anyway, I have some favorites for you on this second day of February!

O N E – More Pictures From the Ball

The photographer from the ball we went to this past weekend got all of his posed and candid shots up this week and I’m loving all of them so much!  You can really tell just how much fun we had on that dance floor!













T W O – Lunches with Friends and Old Co-Workers

Last Friday I was able to meet up with my girlfriends for a nice long lunch and it was nice to get caught up.  Most of us hadn’t seen each other since before Christmas so it was long overdue.  And I’m pretty sure that was the first time the five of us have all been together at the same time in several months.  The last few times we have all tried to have dinner together, at least one person had to bail at the last minute for a sick kid, working late, etc. 

I also had lunch with two old co-workers on Wednesday to get caught up on all of the work drama, and goodness gracious, every time I hear about what’s going on up there I’m so glad that I left! 

I also had lunch with my twin, Adrienne, yesterday and we went to Chipotle… our fave!  I sure do love catching up with my peeps!

T H R E E – Everyday Bin

I mentioned on Wednesday that I created an everyday bin to house all of the things that I use on a daily basis, and you guys, it has been a total game changer!  Every single day I read/write in my planner, my daily devotional, the kids’ two One Line a Day books, and my gratitude journal, and since I don’t always work on these things in the same place every day, I was having trouble keeping up with all of them. 

I bought this bin from Target, sprayed it white and gold to match my office, and it now houses all of these things listed above as well as the book that I’m currently reading, my iPad, a notepad, and my planner pens. 

This keeps everything in the same place and it makes it so easy to transport all of it together.  It mainly stays next to my desk in my office, but I can pick it up and carry it wherever I need it whenever I need it.  If you have lots of things that you work on every day, I highly recommend using this method.  It has truly made my life a whole lot easier.  2018 is all about simplifying and JOY and this sure does make me happy!  It’s the little things!






F O U R – The Great Purge of 2018 Continues…

I am having the best time cleaning out all of my old things, you guys.  First of all, it’s been so much fun reminiscing about the past and second of all, it is SO FREEING getting rid of all of this old stuff!  Granted, I am hanging on to the keepsakes that are the most precious, but it’s going to be amazing having all of this extra space! 

I started working on my office the second week of January and I still have a long way to go.  I’m hoping to have it done by the end of February so I can move on to the kids’ rooms, but goodness gracious, it is so time intensive cleaning out thousands of papers, ripping music from old CDs before I toss them, and trying to figure out the best way to organize what I keep to maximize functionality.  It is totally my jam doing this kind of stuff, though, and now I’m starting to wonder why I never became a professional organizer.  I would love to do that for a living!

This week I cleaned out my old movie theater keepsakes and my old school papers. 

My first job was working at a local movie theater when I was 16 (you can read more about that here), and we constantly received promotional items for the new movies.  I ended up saving a ton of it and I had a full-size plastic storage bin FULL of stuff, but I finally let most of it go this week, and the stuff I kept now fits in a shoe-box.  I still have around 150 old movie posters to go through, though, so there’s that.  And some of those might be sellable on eBay, so cleaning out the posters might end up being a big job.


My old school papers and artwork were stored in two full-size plastic storage bins and I purged so much that it now only takes up about 1/3 of one of those bins.  I’m telling y’all, I got rid of a TON of stuff this week.  We have a full-size recycling bin that’s about 4.5 feet tall and I literally filled it to the brim this week.  Say whaaaat?!

Bye bye bye, stuff!

P.S. I know this makes me sound like #HoarderStatus, but I swear I’m not.  I probably do have more keepsakes than most people, but all of mine have always been organized in boxes, labeled, and stored in one centralized location.  So there’s that.  Maybe I’m an organized hoarder?  Hahahaha.

P.P.S. If you want to follow along with my purging journey, be sure to follow me on Instagram.  I’m constantly updating my stories with lots of organizing tips, pictures of everything that I’m getting rid of, and pictures of the newly organized spaces.  And if you’ve missed any of it, I created a story highlight in my bio and all of the stories related to my 2018 purge (old and new) are there in one place!  Follow me here to get inspired!  And be sure to tag me @lindsayssweetworld in your stories if you’re purging, too! 





F I V E – Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

Oh hey, here it is again!  So I posted my Valentine’s DayGift Guide for Her on Tuesday, and I think it was my most popular gift guide ever.  I don’t think I’ve ever had so many sales from just one post!  You ladies went crazy for the peplum top, house slippers, and Wine is my Valentine top!  I hope you love the peplum top and house slippers as much as I do!  And now I must have the Wine is my Valentine top!  But anyway, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you who appreciate and support my little website.  I’m so grateful for all of you. 


Happy weekend, y’all!


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