My first race

Okay everyone I have not talked about it much on here but I have been working out and training to run.  I wanted to start with a small and simple run so I signed up for a 5k.  This was a color run and I was excited.  A color run if you do not know is where you wear white and as you run the race they spray you with color I was so excited.  Training was going good.  Then I decided to runin flip flops on a gravel road let me juat say this is a bad idea never do this I was hurt and could hardly stand.  I iced my ankle and itwas doimg better so I got up and ran again totally wrong thing to do by the time I was done with my run I could not walk and my foot was twice the size it should be so I went to the er and tjey told me it was a bug bit I knew this was not true but they would not do anymore so I went to the dr when they opened on Monday and they did a xray it showed stress in the ankle they said it was a sprained ankle and put me on cruches for 2 weeks so that put me out of that race.  So I took my time getting back in it I did not want to hurt my ankle again.  Then I seen a really good race that was for a great cause it was called the run run Rudolph.  it was to

How I organize my bathroom closet

I have been struggling with this bathroom closet for most of the two years that we have lived in this house but I think that I finally have it organized in a way that works for me.  I waited a few weeks after I filmed the after to post this to make sure that this was going to work and it seem to be working nicely.  There will be a attached video to show you my before and after tours, and I will link it below.  I was struggling with controlling what I kept in the closet and how everything was placed so that it was not every where on the shelves and as you can see in the after part of the video I was even able to make room to have empty spots on the shelves.  I will insert some pictures below of my afters because I forgot to take before pictures.  I hope you enjoy this and if you do please share and like the video.

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=659SUBaVuVQ

what's in my tub/shower

This is a video that I saw lots of others doing on YouTube so I decided that I would take you in for a look in my tub and shower its not all that exciting and prettt normal but thus will begin my bathroom series.   Below you will find pictures and a link to the video I posted on YouTube.

Video link:   http://youtu.be/-RpVlh2nuNA

Halloween Giveaway

I love to make people smile and I was thinking what a better way then with a giveaway.  So I put together a small giveaway to see how this goes and if it turns out good you will see more giveaways on this site and will all be partnered with my youtube channel.  Here is a look at what you can win.

You will get the cute pumpkin bucket and inside is two fingernail polishes one in orange and one in green a bath bomb and black scarf made by me a set of two pot holders and a dish towel.


 There are only a few rules: you must subscribe to this channel you must like this video and answer one question about what your favorite thing about Halloween is on raffelcopter.  If you are under the age of 18 you must have parental permission to enter.  Good Luck to all.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The video will be at http://youtu.be/8bb46JFKkh4

Updated look at my kitchens

I decided after over a year living here and trying things my hubbys way the kitchen being downstairs was not working for me so I moved it upstairs and moved the kitchen from upstairs down and it is working out so much better for me I can be up here while the kids are playing outside.   This also give me a lot more room to work with when I am cooking because I did not have very much counter space down stairs but have a lot upstairs.  So here are a few pictures for you to see and then there is a video where I walk you through both kitchens listed below.  I hope you enjoy.    Video links http://youtu.be/iABZ8hkBE9Y

 Main food Cabinet

Containers and Lids

Strainers and lids

Drinks

cups bowls and plates

Here is how I keeps up with the kids daily meds

Canned goods

Mixing bowls and such

Right side of kitchen

Main area of kitchen

left side of kitchen

Catch all basket

Laundry Room Organization

Hi all,  It has been a long time since I was able to blog on here but I want to get into a regular posting schedule again.  So I thought that I would start with my laundry room.  This was a project that I have been wanting to do for a long time.  My laundry room is a very small room so it is hard to do laundry in there, so I needed some new organization to make things easier and to make the best use of the space.

I will give you a break down on how i organized the space.  (There will be a video link at the bottom of this post walking you though the organization that I did.)

First I started with the top shelf on right hand side when you walk in the door.  In this area I moved the boxes from the under the stairs closet that hold my keepsakes.  (Things like kids baby books and such as well and wedding things and such that I just dont want to get rid of but do not need to access regularly.) The next shelf down holds blankets.  The next shelf down holds 3 buckets that have each one of my kids name on it their clean clothes go in these and they put them away.  In front of this shelf is a tension rod that holds hang up clothes that are not being stored in the closet at the moment and that need to dry.  All of this is hid by a shower curtin.

 Here is three shelves and a peg board it is holding things in this order, top shelf is tools and dryer parts as well as paint.  Second shelf is letters that can be hung in the kids room and other extras like the wii box and a hat.  I have left the third shelf empty for things that need to be used for my daughters cheer squad.  Then below is a peg board that hold extras from couponing like floss and razors and such.

 These three shelves I installed.   Top shelf holds a basket that holds my extra drying mats for the dish drainers in the kitchens as well as the jugs for making laundry soap.  Second shelf is empty for now.  Third shelf holds a basket that has things like tooth paste and samples of shampoo and conditioners. and a rag for wiping off the washer and dryer.  

 I added this shelf above the washer and dryer and it holds my laundry soap and starch for ironing and stuff.  There is also a basket for things I find in the washer.

 Here is a shelf system that I installed the top shelf holds a bucket that has cleaning supplies and then two empty containers that I put powder laundry soap in for the winter because we have no heat in this room  then the far container holds extra gifts to grab if I need to run out to a birthday.  Second shelf holds lightbubls, a extra air freshener then the box holds shoe polish and then on the far side is extra soap and fabric softener.

Then I keep my iron on the door with a over the door hanger.

If you would like to see the video to go with this blog post you can find this at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVMUf-do8g&feature=c4-overview&list=UURza7SJUiBcbXRqr9cxXOzw

A quick money saving tip

I have been doing this for about a year and it is working great for use it saves us 88.80 per month so now I have you wondering whag is this great money saving time I want 88.80 extra a month that is a phone payment or internet payment.  So here it is I buy 2 liter sodas mellow yellow is my hubbys drink of choice and he saved up all his empty 20 oz bottles and I refill them it is a simple as that.  Okay so here is How it works one 2 liter cost 1.45 at family dollar and 1 20oz cost 1.25 eavh 2 litter will fill 3 1/2 20oz.  My hubby takes 3 a day so that makes us need to use about 3 bottles a week.  It is that simple.  I like to use s funnel to prevent spills snd mess but when hubby fills them he does not use one that is just person choice.  I will put s picture in of what it looks like when I fill them.  Also if you csn find your brand on sale stock up I do.  When the dollar store puts them on s 3 for $3.00 I get a lot and that is a extra .35 per bottle that I save. 

I hope you enjoy this and That it helps you save some money.

How to make Sidewalk Chalk Paint

Today I decided it was a nice warm day and it would be fun to make some sidewalk chalk pain I had found a post about it on http://pinterest.com/ and I will link it below for the source.  It was very simple and the kids had a great time doing it.

What you will need.
Corn Starch  
Water
Food coloring  
And some small containers (I used a egg carton)
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All you have to do is mix equal parts of the water and corn starch together in the container. You could be done at this point but white chalk paint was a little to boring for us so we added in some food coloring for a pop of color and it turned out great.  It was a fun project for right before bed to get them all tired out.  (but would be great any time of day Haha)

                            They were having so much fun it was hard to get them to come back in!

By the way it looks like it is not going to show up very good when you first start to put it on the ground but as it dries it get brighter and brighter so just give it time to show up.

Also I found that if you want it to be chalk and not paint if you let it dry over night it would be had and work good as chalk


If you would like to see how we made the chalk and a good walk through of this you can check it out on my youtube channel here is the link to this video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?edit=vd&v=BUKYT3O3uAo Enjoy!
Source:  http://momstownwinnipeg.blogspot.ca/2012/07/how-to-make-sidewalk-chalk-paint.html

deep freezer organization

I just recently organized my deep freezer and both my refrigerators and I wanted to give you a look at my deep freezer organization and I have a video where I show it off and talk about it so you can check that out as well I will have the link at the bottom of this post.

Here are the pictures of my deep freezer I hope you like it.

Deep freezer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGE2Owyng8

Upstairs refrigerator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvE1XMAJSI

Down stairs refrigerator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVFLREC7IOw

Starting crossfit

Hello all I wanted to tell everyone about a new workout that i am trying it is called Crossfit training.  I am loving it.  I burn a lot of calories and I am loosing weight not so much in pounds but i have lost 3 1/2 inches over all in the last week to week in a half.  I have been trying to out some different calorie counters that you wear as I work out to tell me the amount of calories that work the best.  I started out with the slim coach and like it for awhile but it was not understanding the calories that I was burning on the elliptical so I switched to the BodyMedia and I really seem to be liking it. You can check it out at www.bodymedia.com I am loving this new training and I am still working out at the YMCA to work on my running but I am loving this.  I will keep you posted on how I am doing.   Below are a few of the Special K items that I am liking and that are helping me to loose weight Protein will keep you full so it is great for loosing weight.

  



I am loving these I hope that you will to.  I also like the protein shakes.  Protein was one of the hard things for me to increase so these things have been key.  I am feeling full and not eating as much.

Good luck in your journey we can take this journey together.

Flying Videos

Hello all I know that i have not been around a lot in the past few month but I am going to try to keep up with my blog more now.  I wanted to let you know that I also have a youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/couponmom05?feature=guide here you can see a lot of what I have been up to.  I am working on getting spaces in my home organized and showing you as I do it.  I hope that what i do in my home will give you some ideas and help you to get organized to fly as well.  This channel started out being a lot like the fifties and I was really into being a housewife like in the fifties and I still do that a lot.  I am keeping up with the home and cleaning and I have supper ready at night and all that good stuff but I want to let everyone know that this is not just about being a fifties housewife but being a flying housewife.  I love to fly like a flylady does and I love being a housewife so this is the direction that this blog will be taking I hope that you all will enjoy this blog and the new direction that i will be taking it in.  Here are a few of the videos that I have post in the last few weeks:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDBfIaAEXb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvE1XMAJSI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVFLREC7IOw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ov8TXeX_SY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Cla7yc1BE

I'm back

Hello everyone I'm back I have been workinv on organizing my house and getting started with my vlog and  organization videos if you want to see what I'm up to you can see them on my YouTube channel www.YouTube.com/couponmom05

I will be back to posting again soon.

Sofia the first birthday

I found the purple dresses at toys r us and the cake was just a pink cake with the girls name and hapoy birthday crowns on it and I googled sofia the first and printed a picture on card stock and cut it out and attached it to a tooth pick we had purple and pink tissue bals and balloons and it was a perfect sofia party