Little Moments

Cuddles from the Pup

Enjoying the flames game with my Dad, Thanks to my husband for the tickets!

Fun photo mash-up from the barn 

I get this face often 

The beautiful pups we fostered are now up for adoption. 2/3 of them already found their forever homes! Dwight is still up for adoption. He is the cutie pie on Marks Lap in the photo below. You can find him and other adorable loving animals up for adoption at the Calgary Humane Society

https://www.calgaryhumane.ca/adopt

UPDATE: All three puppies have been adopted, Yay!

Yummy Dinner

Andy getting some Auntie/ Uncle cuddles 

Andy thinking that hiding in the tall grass means I wont see that he is in the arena! 

Baking Toffee & Skinny banana raspberry chocolate chip muffins!

My Journey to Organization Day 1

Anyone that knows me personally probably read that title and snickered. Yes I have a problem! But admitting it is the first step to a recovery. 

I thought that moving into our own home would fix the problem, well we have been in our home for over 6 months and it has not solved the problem. 

This month I am not scheduled for nearly as many hours at work. I am a casual clerk at the foothills hospital and with the summer coming to a close there aren't nearly as many people going on vacations!

Which has given me the opportunity to be a little productive. In the last few days I have made 4 loafs of bread, 4 dozen cookies, Soft pretzels, a huge batch of french onion soup (From scratch) and some Gouda Mac& Cheese that I've put into the freezer for a rainy day. ( I will post photos and my recipes later this week) 

Anyway.. I've been thinking for the past few months that there is one thing i can do to help me become less messy and that is... MINIMALIZE! 

That is a very scary word for me... not because i am attached to my stuff, just kidding, i really am attached to everything. Its not that I use everything (obviously or it wouldn't be all over my floor). Its that when I am going through things I can think back to the moment I bought them or received them as gifts and I am to dang sentimental! 

So here is my plan for day 1. I intend to downsize some things that I feel least attached to. Starting with... My Mugs. 

Crazy right? There are two of us, We don't even drink coffee and we have a cupboard FULL of MUGS! So that is step 1, To keep only the most special and beautiful mugs. So I apologize if I ever have 20+ people over who all want tea or hot chocolate at the same time.. You'll be drinking out of plastic cups!

Here is the before, Mugs stacked upon one another

So i took them all out and there were 15

I put 4 back into the cupcoard and had a long argument with myself about mug 5 & 6. Do I really need them? no. But I wasn't ready to let go. ( They're the ones that go with our other dishes. There was 4 i only kept 2)

Final product... I was able to fit some more dishes here and ultimately make more space!

Yay!

Day 1 task complete... now for day 2!