fabulous friday- 15 fabulous things from the first week of school.

aka SWEET FREEDOM!

in no particular order. ( be prepared, these are guaranteed to be random and may have absolutely nothing to do with school .)

1. 5 days of success for being to school on time! WHOOHOO! (i am stinking exhausted from the early mornings BUT feel totally rad about it) it's to the point the kids are asking why I'm getting up so early now. but i wonder something , does everyone hit snooze at least once? i set my alarm to allow for one or TWO hits of the snooze and still leave me time to get up and get everyone ready.

2. BUNKO! i got to sub last night for a friends group. and meet a BUNCH of REALLY FUN girls.
and everyone in my regular groups will be thrilled to know my luck has run out, and i was LAST to pick. LOOSER! oh but Karalyn had some really fun games and i won one. yay extra prize for me.

3. Fawn gave me my Pay it forward prize! it is freaking FABULOUS! and took a ton of time and effort. it's SO stinking cute, and in my signature colors too. it's a mini scrapbook. all i have to do is add the pictures. which I'm afraid to do since I'll probably ruin it. but I'll try. She even customized it with my kids names. and they were all spelled right! seriously she is UBER TALENTED! thanks Fawn I totally LOVE IT! REALLY TRULY! YOU ARE RAD!

4. WILD Bunko tonight at my sister in law Alicia's house WHOOHOO! her prizes are spectacular and i can't wait to win ONE. ANY ONE ! and it didn't hurt that i helped her shop for them. ;) but Alicia has FABULOUS TASTE so anything she would pick is FABULOUS! (if she had a blog I'd link to her but she doesn't yet. dang it.)

5. my mom came for dinner last night and while she was waiting for it she folded the mountain of towels on my front room couch(the kids helped for a minute freaking turkey's ditching out on helping). and Lance actually put them in the cupboard (away)! HALLELUJAH! we had used every bath towel and beach towel in the house, washed them and they sat on the couch WAY too LONG! living off the couch rather than the linen closet. i need to purge some old blankets, and re organize that cupboard. it's been too dang long. next week.

6. i swept the whole main floor again(while my mom folded) and I FINALLY get to mop sometime today. yeah, I've talked about it all week, but haven't managed to get it done. i was waiting for people to nap so i could, the one day they napped , i did too. today is the day , no matter what!

7. home work was finished and signed off on every day this week.
with only minimal nagging or threats on my part. nobody forgot it. and we even practiced spelling words.

8.EVERYONE is loving going to the school Library, and checking out books. Peyton has been reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire like a fiend all week(he got it on the 1st day of school, he finished the 3rd one last week). the only problem is he's reading instead of chores, or homework, or sleep. hmm wonder where he gets that?? Me? DAD? um yeah both of us are known to do this. but on the upside, all of our kids love to read. they love books, and even the little ones will go grab a book and sit quietly looking at them if they see me sitting on the couch reading. someday I'll get a picture of it. it was FREAKING ADORABLE!

9. 2 fab lunch dates with 1,2,3, friends this week. and 2 planned already for next week. i love going to lunch and visiting with friends. i love my friends. and my kids love having friends and look forward to playing with my friends kids.

10. dinner this week. we had it on time. we had it together. we discussed our days, and are trying a new listening and taking turns thing while everyone tells about their day. we had minimal spills. i kept up on the dishes.

11. bedtime schedules are back to regularly scheduled programs. or close to it. and a solid routine that worked almost too well for me. now if i could just get naps back on schedule I'd be RAD!

12. 4 out of 5 morning beverages lovingly fetched by Lance this week. now i feel totally LOVED! Have you ever read the 5 love languages books? mine is gifts. and something as simple as a beverage, or treat counts as a gift to me, and i feel totally loved when i receive one. My love Language is gifts and Quality time. wanna figure out what your love language is or are? go here to take the quiz to discover how you most effectively give and receive love? or . Both Lance and i HAVE read it. he even suggested it to friends when he was in college (last 5 years) and we've given it as a standard wedding gift. seriously LOVE IT! you need to read it.

13. getting an Email from Savers announcing 50% off day on LABOR DAY! WHOOHOO! that is when they bring out the Halloween treasures. and who doesn't love 50% off day? i can really only bring myself to shop there for 50% off. yes i am that CHEAP!

14. finding my label maker! i can't wait to put it to use! next week. I've got BIG PLANS for it!

15. now I'm going upstairs and taking a NAP! Lance was telling me to. :) i always feel better about it when i have his blessing to go ahead and do it. even though i have other things that i should be doing. thanks honey. it's been a long week of late nights and earlier than i like mornings.

so?

did you take the quiz? what was your love language?

have you read those books before?

How do you feel about kids checking out library books?

what are your kids reading?

did you take note of Savers 50% off day?

what is your bedtime routine?

how about dinner? do you eat as a family?

Isn't my scrapbook from Fawn too freaking CUTE!?! go tell her so! here

are you jealous i have bunko 2 nights in a row? \

the questions are optional and really just to refresh your memory of what the post was about by the time you got to the end.

Have a FABULOUS FRIDAY!