Simplifying my life

As a single parent I need to keep things as simple as possible.
So every once in a while I will de clutter my surroundings.

This usually includes going through Laila’s toys, my beauty products, and all of our clothing. For Laila’s toys I find all the missing piece items, and mini toys from happy meals, or just random little items that she is in love with for a few months. Once I gather all of those up I look through them and throw most of them away. If she has larger toys that she hasn’t played with they start our bag to go to Goodwill. Next I go through all my beauty products which would include: shampoos, conditioners, lotions, lipsticks, eye shadows, and even some hair accessories. If its stuff that I know I have not used in forever I find a friend to give it away to. For my makeup I eventually force myself to wear it so it doesn’t waste. It’s a different story if it’s very old. I have sensitive/oily skin and any little thing can mess it up. For clothing it’s simple if I can’t fit anymore it goes in the bag, same for Laila.

After I am all done it feels like a huge weight has been lifted, and the air is less stuffy. Maybe it’s a mind thing, but I love the feeling of getting rid of stuff.

Rainforest Cafe

This place is so cool. They have them all over the U.S. It was on my list of things to visit with Laila and on President's Day we finally went. A friend of ours met us over there and he knew someone that worked there. We ended up having lunch and doing a behind the scenes tour. We saw were the fish sit until they are ready to be brought into the cafe aquarium. We also had a look at the control panel for the sounds. It seemed to make Laila less afraid. When we frist got there is was dark, and she was half way ready to get up and run out, but still a little bit interested.
Every thirty minutes a thunderstorm comes through with lightning and thunder. I actually liked this part because it got brighter.
The food was good, the price was a bit too much, and they have a gift shop with lots of stuffed animals.

For a family, I'd say if you order the sampler appetizer that's enough for 2 maybe 2 and one kid.

Weekend full of fun

This past Saturday I planned for the kid and I to go see a free movie at the library and go to a craft hour at one of the bookstores. Well, I was trying to multitask a little too much, got behingd schedule and ended up doing neither. We did go to a Bookstore and met a friend there. Afterwards we went over to a bread shop and had cookies and lemonade. All of a sudden we decided hey let's go to Whole Foods! We really needed to go to whole body, so we went in to find shampoo and some stuff for my face. No luck in the face department, Laila found a toy. It's a pig with detachable parts, it's really cute. I purchased some oils and natural deodorant.
I am so happy with it. I have just been finding lots of things that are working for me right now. The deodorant being one of them. I had recently started using the clinical strength secret, and it was just not working. So YEAH for natural deodorant.