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What tv are ya'll into these days? Here's what I/we are watching and what we are patiently waiting on..

 The series chronicles the daily life of Katie Otto, an average wife and mother who tries to stand out among the more wealthy, arrogant housewives and their privileged children in her hometown of Westport, Connecticut. She lives with Greg, her level-headed husband and a university professor, and their three children. Taylor is their athletic oldest daughter who wants to fit in with her peers; Oliver, their savvy and snarky son, is the middle child; and Anna-Kat, sweet but obsessive-compulsive, is the youngest and Katie's blatant favorite.

 During the blind auditions, the decisions from the musician coaches are based solely on voice and not on looks. The coaches hear the artists perform, but they don't get to see them - thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed by the artist's voice, he/she pushes a button to select the artist for his/her team. At this point, the coach's chair will swivel so that he/she can face the artist he/she has selected. If more than one coach pushes his/her button, the power then shifts to the artists to choose which coach they want to work with. If no coach pushes his/her button, the artist is eliminated from the competition.

I have no idea who is going to win! They are all SO good!  Chris, Jesse and Brennley are my favorites!

 Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while unraveling the mystery of the murder of their best friend.

 An American cooking competition for kids ages 8-13

Waiting on..

 

The series begins with an eerie narration by John Rayburn: "Sometimes you know something’s coming. You can feel it. In the air. In your gut. And you don’t sleep at night. The voice in your head is telling you that something is going to go terribly wrong and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. That’s how I felt when my brother came home."

 A recently widowed sheriff buries his pain behind his dedication to his job and community.

Monday Madness

-So behind on blogging. Trying to spend more time away from the phone and more time with the kids or doing productive things. I haven't even blogged Riley's 14 months or Madison's 3.5 year. Or the million other things I could write about.

-getting ready for Disney coming up! A million things to do, lost of list making, double checking, errand running.. I had almost 900 pictures I put on cds to clear up my camera and phone. Now to figure out what to do with the videos on my phone since our video recorder died. Do people still call it a camcorder? Any recs for Disney packing? Or any info at all?

-I decided to skip Season 4 of Pretty Little Liars. I saw they revealed who A is last week and I couldn't stand waiting.. 10 more episodes and I'm caught up! Also started a new Netflix series, Unbreakable with Kimmy Schmidt. Very funny. Not to be watched if you are easily offended :)

Tuesday Things

-We, and by we I mean Alan, are painting our front door black.  The door needs 1-2 more coats and after a coat of primer, the surrounding white wood will be painted black also.

I'm also in love with this screen door.
 I need one for the front and back door, please.

via Pinterest

..and the idea of having curtains for the side windows.
I actually love this entire entryway.
I have also thrown out the idea of painting our interior doors coordinating colors with the rooms..

via Pinterest

-Thanks to my amazing husband for taking completely over for Madison Sunday. I was a zombie all day. I came down with some sinus issues Saturday afternoon and couldn't function at all on Sunday. He took her to church and to run errands and after her nap, he took her to the State Park to play for a few hours so I could get some rest. Thanks to Riley for napping with me from 7am-12:30pm and for napping most of the day but unfortunately she's come down with a cough herself, but thankfully no fever. I hope this house gets better soon!

- I cancelled my Emeals account. I've had this for years. It helped me tremendously in meal planning and grocery shopping. I've come to find that most of the recipes aren't that great though. I was finding myself replacing 1-2 meals that I knew we wouldn't like with freezer meals or leftovers. While planning my own menu and grocery list is taking me for.ev.er, I'm trying to shop for 2 weeks now and I am actually spending more money on groceries than when I had Emeals(including the emeals monthly charge). I'm trying to plan my meals around sales and coupons and using up all of an item in things and making simple meals a few times a week. How do you menu plan? What are your go-to meals?

-Our library has a ton of Summer activities going on. At least once a week, there's an activity that I, or Alan, can take Madison to. There are actually a few activities a week but most are during their nap times. We will be venturing out this week to the magic show that's going on. Mommy/Madison date while Daddy can rest at home.

-I have completely caught up to Parenthood. I'm so bummed to now have to wait for the season to start back. I have now started How I Met Your Mother. I've watched a few episodes and it's pretty funny. I'm also watching The Bachelorette. What shows do you recommend? I'm looking for some series I can find on Netflix or Hulu.

-I feel like I've fallen off of the blogging world lately. I'm trying to come up with weekly ideas so you will be hearing more from us! I will try to do a weekly update, Summer activities list of things I'm doing with Madison along with some week/weekend in photos posts. Anything you want to see, leave me a comment or email me and let me know! I've gotten horrible at blogging but it is something I enjoy.

Five on Friday

I'm joining Darci, April, Natasha and Christina on the Friday fun. 
All you have to do is...

1.)  Write  your post about any five things you want. 2.)  Share the logo on your blog and link back.  3.)  Link-up at the bottom of the post so some new readers can check out your five things and say hello!

(one) I have fallen in love with Parenthood. I have been watching 2-3 episodes a day. I can't believe I missed it when it previewed. I cry every.single.episode. It's SO good and if you haven't watched it, Netflix it asap. Alan and I have also started Lost together. We have watched 4 episodes in 2 nights. I'm glad we have another show we can watch together. It's very good too. Lots of surprises already!


(two) The weather has been so nice this week but I'm thinking Madison has allergies. I kept her from school on Wednesday because of her runny nose and cough but she seems better now.

(three) Spring Break is next week. I need daily activities for the girls. Crafting, library, parks, etc. Hoping I can come up with some sort of schedule or activities to keep her happy and busy that week.

(four) I have a massage tomorrow that I'm looking forward to! I haven't had one since December when I was 9 months pregnant. Going from monthly massages to not having one in 3 months does a wonder on my muscles. I know, I know.. first world problems.

(five) I have the itch to plant flowers and my garden. I'm scared we will have another cold snap though. Hopefully in the next few years I will have a couple of more above the ground gardens. I would love to grow all sorts of fruits and veggies. I also want to get into doing winter planting.

 

So what!

..if I'm thinking about pulling Madison out of Gymnastics. She doesn't really pay attention and I'm doing most of the work for her. All the other kids are pretty well behaved and listen and participate. She has to be forced.

..we watch Myrtle Manor. I can feel my brain cells dying watching it.

.. I still haven't started some kind of crafty hobby. I long to have a hobby but after Madison goes to bed, I just want to sit and do nothing.

 ..I love the Roomba commercial where they are doing the robot. 

What are you saying SO what! to this week?

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Grown up things

I'm going to try to write more about what Alan and I are doing. Madison is so darn cute, plus she's involved in just about everything we do, so it's hard for her to not take over this blog. Random order but here we go:

I'm so ready for our annual Christmas tree trip to the mountains. Madison was only 2 months old last year. Seriously, look how tiny she was, and how tired I looked, and how long my hair was.. Geez :(

It was freezing and the wind was blowing crazy on that mountain! This was the first year we didn't go to the same tree farm in 7 years! Our usual farm was pretty bare the day we went last year and we lucked up on this one. I think it will be our normal farm from now on. We have booked a nice cabin and we are ready to go!

oh yeah.. Supposed to be a post not about Madison... This will be hard.

Movies/tv watched recently

Alan's movies:

Moneyball

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

 Machine Gun Preacher

Hunger Games(also enjoyed by Crystal) -really strange and pretty controversial as kids are killing kids but we both liked it.

Dolphin Tale(also enjoyed by Crystal) - very good. Sad but sweet!

The Eagle

War Horse

The Manchurian Candidate

Contagion
The Grey -pretty graphic and sort of strange but decent.

Crystal's movies:

Mirror Mirror - so bad I turned off

Wanderlust  - turned off also

What to Expect When You're Expecting -so funny! Especially if you are a mom/pregnant or trying to get pregnant.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - very good and very emotional! Not a girlie movie at all.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall- Very funny. Could be quite offensive. Very R rated.

Friends with Kids - hilarious! Great cast! A must see if you have young kids or if you have friends with kids and you don't have kids.

One for the Money- Pretty good!

A Thousand Words - Horrible. Turned off and rated 1 star.

New Years Eve - Really good

The Vow - So sweet. Seems like a Nicholas Sparks movie.

What's Your Number? May have questionable subject but I thought it was cute.

As far as tv goes, Alan doesn't watch much tv. He has gotten interested in the series Last Resort. He also watches Dallas, The Office and football.

Crystal records too much. Young and the Restless, Rachael Ray(depending on the recipes/guest), The Talk (only watch the discussion part unless a good guest is on), Ellen (depending on the guests), Cupcake Wars, Shark Tank, Breaking Amish(so sad it's over :( ), Long Island Medium, Auction Kings, The Real World, Pioneer Woman, Trisha's Southern Kitchen, Duck Dynasty (love!), Great Food Truck Race, Up All Night, Giuliana and Bill, Undercover Boss and SNL(depending on the host/musical guest). Some of these are on season break right now and yes, some weeks I have about 4 episodes of each show and I have to weed through them cause I don't have the time to watch them! Some of them are background noise while I do things around the house, while she's napping or if she's playing in the floor, and a lot of them I just fast forward through.

We both watch Modern Family.

We have Christmas pictures coming up next week. We are doing them at a local park. Trying to figure out what all of us will wear.. 

My sweet Micki's 10th birthday is tomorrow. I got her when she was 9 months old. This dog has been through the worst. Tragically losing a leg when she was a year old, having heartworms(and getting rid of them through the  and her back right foot's tendons got sliced a couple years ago after stepping on a broken mug in the grass, while on a walk one day. She is still super happy and still loves to swim. Her bark is crazy annoying but I can't imagine not having her around. She's been through some of my happiest and saddest times. Happy Birthday Micki!