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i am so excited for Shannan’s book!!
it doesn’t come out until September but you can pre-order it on amazon already.
don’t you want to be the first round of readers?!
i know i do!
i also know i am going to be buying this for everyone i know.
you won’t get charged until it’s shipped.
shannan is an amazing writer and lives so genuinely.
go pre-order her book right now!
(she didn’t ask me to share about her book – i just can’t contain my excitement for her!)
this was a recent text thread between annie and me:
(i was trying to watch a basketball game at the time of these texts )
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holy cow.
i was really hungry for grilled cheese after that 20 minutes of texting.
ha ha ha!
and last thing on this monday… i am LOVING the monthly subscription from Paper Works by Jones Design Co!
it’s so pretty!
each month’s design is different.
last month’s was flowery beauty and this month’s is all FUN!
i mean – it’s RAINBOW-TIZED!
what is better than that???
🙂
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ok so… my friends laughed at me and i know you will too but… for the FIRST time –
i made a weekly meal plan WITH a detailed grocery list AND i used it.
and i bought no other groceries!
i just used my list!
i told my friends afterwards “it’s crazy that I’ve never done that before! i feel so organized and accomplished!”
i am sure most of you already do that.
and you are shaking your heads.
but i am also sure that at least one of you does her grocery shopping the way i have been fro the past 20 years… winging it.
and it’s obviously been sufficient since no one in my family has starved – yet.
but it was also not efficient and caused frustration when i constantly forgot things.
and having a PLAN means less stress every day because i have planned what we were eating that night.
it’s mind blowing!
(i know i know – stop laughing! ha ha ha)
SO… i have to give credit to this pretty package that arrives every month.
it is changing my disorganized self in all the best ways.
i repeated that grocery list/meal plan 3 weeks in a row.
i am hooked!
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the monthly kits are sold in different levels where you can print it yourself, enjoy it digitally or have it all printed & sent to you in the mail.
you can figure out which plan works best for you.
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this print!
the perfect green and super cute!
and i really enjoy having the bible verse cards!
they are great to help with memorizing… to stick in a note to a friend… a kiddo’s lunch box!
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CLICK HERE for the shop with $5.00 off your subscription to Paper Works!
and enjoy all the fun ways you can organize your day!
molly - oh my goodness. laughed until i was crying tears to the grilled cheese text exchange. my oldest is the same age as annie. this is so something she would do. so hilarious.
sharon / tpt - holy triple cow! the grilled cheese presentation! laughed so hard. listen, you gotta start at the beginning with grilled cheese i guess, right? until you become a ‘pro!’ –where did i read recently (it was a singer or something? someone famous?) someone in the south made them a grilled cheese with mayo instead of butter! wow! (don’t tell Annie yet … it will just confuse her, lol!)
~i will be one of those Shannon book readers. i want to be like her when i grow up~
Amy - LOVE the grilled cheese conversation!!! <3 <3
elma - Oh my word I loved the grilled cheese!! That was just awesome!!!
Kerri - My favorite part is when you tell her to try and if she messes up it will still be ok. 🙂
Jenny B. - That conversation was hilarious. I love the clapping hands and celebration emoticons. You are such a good mom. 🙂
Jessica - Loved reading your grilled cheese conversation. You were so patient! I remember calling my mom the first time I made an egg.
Lisa - You were way more patient than I would have been texting through all that with your daughter! Haha!
Also going to look into that book. I follow her on instagram. 🙂
Kristin S - Oh my word. That grilled cheese text series is hilarious!
A few years ago one of my co-workers (single guy in his late 20’s at the time) called his mom from the grocery store looking for “cupcake mix”. Cupcake mix. He had no idea that cake mixes would work for cupcakes. Bless.
phyllis - Oh gosh it feels good to laugh!! That was priceless!
Patty - That was the most hysterical – typical teenager – parent – text exchange. OMGoodness I laughed SO hard while reading that!!
Andrea - I have read your blog for years and years. I’ve read (and reread) every archived post. I’ve cried, laughed, been challenged and encouraged. I’ve learned parenting strategies, read new books, tried new recipes, found new bloggers, and lived vicariously through every craft weekend. I’ve copied your decorating style, your fashion style, your origination tips and lived vicariously through your fitness life :). But despite the dozens of comments I composed in my head none of them have ever made it past my thoughts until today. Oh. My. Goodness! The text between you and Annie was so hilarious I was actually laughing out loud. Having kids of the same age that are old enough to do big things but need specific instructions, this just cracked me up! Thanks so much, I needed that laugh 🙂
Raylene - Thank you for sharing the grilled cheese convo between you and Annie. Hilarious!! It made me laugh out loud. Also made me hungry for grilled cheese!
marnie - i laughed so hard at that.
kid texts are the best.
I add laughing cow cheese to the kids grilled cheese…and now i’m the MASTER grilled cheese maker.
Jeri - Now I am craving grilled cheese…
Rebekah - This is the funniest thing I’ve read in forever!!!!😂😂😂😂
amy jupin - you are such a patient mom!
after a few mins i would have texted back “make a PB&J!”
hahahaaaa!
Debbie H - And THAT is how my kids get to 150 – 200 texts PER DAY. (which drives me crazy). They can be knuckleheads. Ya gotta feel bad for teachers. 🙂 It was very funny though.
Lee Ann - The grilled cheese texts made my day! That was HILARIOUS!!!!
Gabby - Thanks for sharing that hilarious grilled cheese text conversation. I love it!
Rachel - Oh my gosh! I laughed so hard at your grilled cheese text exchange! Describes teens so well. They’re so smart and so dumb at the same time.
Martha - That is way funny about the grilled cheese. My niece wanted to make grilled cheese and her mom told her to butter the bread and she said which side! Love your post they are so real. I’m from Plymouth, In. Close to Goshen