First Swim Meet video

Poor thing got a cramp towards the end of his swim, but finished like a champ!!

Sparring!

January 20th was Cody's first day of sparring at karate.  He loved putting on all the gear and getting physical with the other kids.

I got a brand new pair of roller skates....

We went roller skating for the first time in January.  After many unsuccessful attempts at regular skates, Cody wanted to try the roller blades and did SO much better and had a fantastic time with his friends!  Of course I left my camera at home not thinking so I did the best I could with my cell phone.

Upwards Basketball

For Cody's first basketball season, we played with the Upward Basketball league at our local church.  Cody had a great time and his friend and classmate Trey was on the same team.

National Champs!

Our team, The AUBURN TIGERS are NATIONAL CHAMPS! 
Since we were still snowed in and Auburn is a two hour trip, we let Cody roll our living room fans.

WAR EAGLE!

Long Time, No Blogging...

I've been so busy keeping up with blogging on my public site The Queen of Dilly-Dallying that I haven't caught family and friends up on what is going on here.
We have had not one, not two, but THREE snows this winter!  The biggest was in January.  Here are a few pictures!

Go 'Cudas!

Cody is on the swim team this year at Berkeley Hills Country Club.  He started out as a level 2 Junior Barracuda.  Tuesday he was promoted to level 3!  Here are pictures and video from his first swim meet!

I couldn't upload the video yet.  I'll upload it in a new post later.

New Blog

I decided to create a new blog to keep family things password protected and give me a place to share things with the world (or the three of you who are reading this...haha).

Introducing The Queen of Dilly-Dallying!

Day #1 Challenge (Organizing the "junk" drawer)

A Bowl Full of Lemons has a daily organization challenge that I am going to participate in. Jump on over to her blog to join in the fun! Check back daily to see the progress I make on the house!!

Today, it was to Organize the "junk" drawer. We all have a drawer we just toss things in. In my case, I toss everything in every drawer. I set out to tackle the actual "junk" drawers. Here is the before...

After taking everything out of the drawers and putting it in another box like was suggested, I re-lined the drawers with some fun polka-dot paper and pulled out my little baskets and got organized!
Here is the after!
Wow...I love how they look! It motivated me to start on the utensil and kitchen towel drawers. They were pretty bad as well.


And here are my beautifully organized utensil and towel drawers!
Then the organization bug REALLY bit! My cabinets have been a mess for years because I've just never taken the time to do something about them. This is our little guy's cabinet. He couldn't reach it and it had OLD stuff still hanging around.
We now have a large box to give to his new baby cousin with things he will need in the future!
He even helped sort through all of the cups and stack them for me.
While he stacked the cups, I turned to the MESSY cabinet that held our glasses and his candy. There was VALENTINE'S DAY candy still hanging around.
Now our cabinet is neat and old candy free!
Then I came across THIS mess when I was ready to put little guy's things in his arms' reach. YIKES! The Tupperware and plastic cup monster had to be handled.
Yes, all of this came out of that cabinet. I am so ashamed!
But after sorting through, we kept the cups we wanted and put little man's plates, bowls and cups where he can start helping himself. Aah...self serving child...this is going to be nice!
And we put the Tupperware where his mess was.
You see...what had happened was I kept opening cabinets and seeing messes like this. A busy mom in a hurry didn't have time to put things back...just throw it in there!
It was getting the job done, but when I needed something it took me forever to find what I needed. So.....
TA DA!
Nice, neat and organized. I can actually get to the steamer, tea maker and vacuum sealer now. What ever will I do with myself?
And then my cooking cabinets were in disarray! I couldn't let my organization kick skip over them!
Wow...I can get to my Pyrex and other cooking things with ease! I don't have to worry about opening the cabinet and it all come crashing down on me!
And lastly...I HAD to do something with the pantry. This is the one area I should not let slip this bad, but I have a bad habit of just shoving things where they will fit and slam the door shut. This is just embarrassing to even show.
But I have to show where I came from to where I am now! WOW. The amount of expired cans and boxes in the top is shameful. But how nice!
Yes, I was carried away and might think twice about Day #2 challenge for fear what I might get into! On the other hand, I LOVE my kitchen now and just think what I could do to the rest of the house!!!