day off.

Isla and I enjoyed a "not for any particular reason" day off today.  Isla from daycare and I, of course, from work.  I have to say we did a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and then went back to a little bit of this and that again - jumping from one task to another has alot to do with both Isla and I's very short attention spans.  However, I think she is starting to take a liking to Baby Einstein DVDs which helps keep her preoccupied for at least semi-small amounts of time. 

"Uneventful" day's schedule:

• laundry
• christmas card making
• post office and target - where i rewarded myself with these from the dollar section and apparently I thought that wasn't reward enough so I got these "over the knee high" socks because I loved the little flower on them and they were on clearance

• more christmas card making (if I wasn't dedicating all of my creative juices and down time to christmas card making I would love to be doing this)
• more laundry
• put up little christmas tree in Maddox and Isla's room (yes all this Christmas Card making has inspired me) plus I wanted Maddox to be surprised when he gets home from grandma and grandpa's tomorrow.  i pretty much just decorate it with stuff we have around the house and some old wooden ornaments that grandpa got at a garage sale last year.

• cleaned up all Maddox's toys from yesterday and even vaccumed (well just that one room)
• collected recyclables- have I mentioned that I am somewhat of a recycling addict and I am extremely ecstatic that we now have this (one is for regular trash and the other for all recycables):

which means no more of this - yippeee!

• started organizing paper/ craft area (my goal is to get this area all cleaned up so that I can trash it again while getting ready for the holidays :0) )
• thank you card making
• bath time for isla (which she loves)
• a little more laundry and a little more cleaning
• so much left to do, but I am calling it a day

Did I mention that Isla was obsessed with my red toed socks today.  Anytime I was anywhere near her, she found a way to make it to my feet.

So here's to our lovely uneventful day off.  I think both Isla and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it- especially the minutes when her little hands where on my toes :0).  I apologize for my sloppiness, but no post-proofing will be done tonight - my pillow is calling my name.

what a cool idea.

Tonight on the CBS evening news one of the feature stories was about a not-for-profit corporation by the name of Clean the World.  Clean the World's mission is to collect and recycle hotel soaps, lotions, and shampoos that are normally discarded after one or two uses and then distribute them to a number of impoverished countries to help prevent millions of deaths caused by infection and disease due to a not-so-clean environment and bad hygiene.  What a cool idea.  Something that was once so wasteful is now being used to help millions!  Love this.