.gettin' organized.

Do you love organization tools? 

I LOVE them. I own more planners and other organizational tools that I could probably use!

I know that many of you may already have gotten all organized for the new year, probably way before 2012 even started! However, I am just now getting it all together. I have found some cute printable planning pages that I am really excited about and HAVE to share with you! Who knows you may even love them yourself and print out a ton or few copies!

2012 Calendar:
I love how cute and simple this calendar is. I plan to place it on a clipboard and hang it our kitchen..and I'm soooo excited to use it! Eeep!

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Weekly Menu:
I am soooo excited to use this to help plan out our meals and eat healthy. Plus it's a huge help when going grocery shopping!

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Weekly Bloggin':

One thing I really excited about is amping up the blog and blogging more regularly. I have printed out my weekly schedule for the month and look forward to planning out my ideas and thoughts!! 

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Here is to getting it together! 

( now let's just hope I use them..sigh..)

.happy birthday bieber.

If you didn't know, today is Justin Beiber's 

18th birthday! 

I  have a mild case of Bieber Fever.

I will break out into song in public places, 

watch his movie on the Walmart tvs, 

try to get my nieces to like him as much as I do, 

and put puzzles of his face together. 

I hope that he has a great birthday 

and that he celebrates with cupcakes that have his face on them!

Happy Birthday Justin!

( I'm glad that I finally I don't have to feel like a creepy old woman!!!)

.february books.

February was a crazy month with moving across the world and settling into a new place, so I didn't really get a lot of time to read.  Hopefully, I pick it back up more next month! Here is what I what I did read:

Angela's Ashes: Frank McCourt - My dad recommended this book to me when he was visiting us. He has read it a few times and told me he cried more than once (and this is a big country guy!) so I knew I had to read it! I am soooo glad I did, this was a great book. I devoured it up and am looking to read the other book McCourt has written. In the words of my father, " If you ever plan on going to Ireland, you NEED to read this book." I would also say even if you don't want to go to Ireland, you should read this book!

Currently Reading:

I'll let you know how it is!

I'm 5/50 for my 2012 goal!

Love books? Let's be friends on GoodReads! here I am!

.that sh*t is bananas.

 In the words of Shaun T: 

 THAT SH*T IS BANANAS!!!

I'm doing INSANITY and it totally kicks my ass!

I tried doing it before and didn't even last 2 weeks..this time, this time WILL BE different!

So today I will drink my water 

and enjoy not doing anything for the rest of the day!

.mn.

Today marks the third week that we have been back in the states and more importantly back to living in Minnesota. I can't believe that it's been this long already, just one more week and a whole MONTH will have passed by. So much has happened in the last three weeks and yet I feel like we still have so much to do! As you may know Dave and I moved to Minneapolis, MN. This is the first time ever I have really lived in a city and it is sooo exciting!!! 

A lot of people assume that I know where everything is in the cities because I grew up in Minnesota. What they all forget is that I grew up in southern Minnesota and we NEVER traveled up to the big cities, it was to big and to confusing! So now Dave and I get to explore this wonderful city together for the first time. I have my list of places to check out and I can't wait to share our little cities adventures with y'all!

Soon we are suppose to have a big snow storm...well at least it's suppose to snow. To me now 2in. is a BIG storm! I have made it my rule for the remaining winter that I will not go out in the snow, especially driving! It's been a LOOOOONNNNGGG time since I have driven in the snow and I think I will wait until next year when the rest of the Minnesotans try to remember how to drive in the snow as well.  It's funny how the start of every winter Minnesotans need at least two snowfalls before they remember how to drive in snow, even though they live in it for about 5 months! 

So here is to staying inside for the next few days to 

watch netflix,drink hot chocolate, finish unpacking, 

and snuggling on our new couch!

.heaven on earth.

WhitSundays, Australia

.swimming with turtles.

Two days before Dave and I left Australia we spent the day exploring Green Island (pics. of that soon!) and snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. We had a great day relaxing in the sun and swimming with some sea turtles. Check out the photos below from our disposable underwater camera!