I know, I know, this is a late post about Christmas. I’m sorry its just Christmas was chaotic this year and i felt very misplaced. So I’m just getting around to posting some of our Christmas celebrations now.

Every year I get a picture of these two crazies at the window looking out for Santa Clause. This is our front window in our home, and they get their Christmas Jammie’s on every year and pose for me at the window. Lol…just amuse me 😉

This is our front hallway, I just love these little red Santa face garland. This year we put our tree in the front hallway. Wasn’t sure if we were going to like it there but it ended up looking so pretty. Usually we put it in the dining room, but i was worried we wouldn’t have enough room this year because I was expecting some company over the holidays. I wanted to keep more room around the dining table. Regardless we did like it here and will probably do it again next year too. I usually set up 3 Christmas trees in this house. We only did one this year, it was fine. Sometimes less is more 🙂I’m not sure if I ever mentioned but pretty much every get together at the Martz’s ends up being a dance party in the kitchen. Here is my beautiful freckled fox with my dad, her papa. They are having a dance in the kitchen. Now this wouldn’t be Christmas without my parents dancing. Actually they dance anytime, doesn’t matter when or where. I love that about them, they have taught this whole family to always dance. I love that about them ~Mom and Kailey trying my Christmas sangria in Christmas bulbs. I wanted to try something different.

I ordered a cake this year for dessert, it was delicious. I also ordered this cake topper which says “Christmas with the Martz”s”…absolutely fell in love with this~

Well my lovelies, until tomorrow good night and god bless~

Overall today was a good day~

But I think the best thing was our date night. Every Thursday we have dinner out and enjoy each others company. Although Paul technically is home, he does work from home and us quite busy these days.

Another great part of the day was picking yo our finished pieces from Valentine’s Day, our clay pieces that we painted. We were both very impressed with how it turned out. I will include a couple pictures below. I also took the cutest pic of Ollie, uploaded to instagram. The sun was out today, and we were listening to some music. I purchased a hoody for Ollie a little while ago and wanted a pic of him in it.  He truly is the cutest little boy. He truly doesn’t mind posing for me. The sunglasses are always easy with him.

seriously tho…isn’t he the cutest~

Here is our finished pieces…

we will definitely be back again

Paul’s Pasta bowl and my moon plate…see the white dot on my plate? That’s a small star in the sky…lol…thats what i tell people 😉

Good night lovelies~

Above all else..people will always remember you by how you made them feel~ Never forget that!

100 Things I want to Teach My Daughter

 #88 Above all else…People Will Always Remember You By How You Made Them Feel~ Never Forget That~

It’s not going to matter what you do for people, what’s more important is how you made them feel.

My advice to you is that you always make those around you feel good when they are with you. You will want others to love who they are when they are with you. 
Don’t mistaken that for feeling like you are responsible for someone else’s happiness…that is NOT your job. 

It feels really good to make others smile, to share in a laugh. Its important to be there for someone in a time of weakness, make yourself available to those in your life. 
Don’t get caught up in someone else’s drama, its perfectly ok to know when something or someone is effecting your life in a negative way. Once again, its not your job to save someone. 
Someone else’s problems are not your problems. It’s ok to be there for them, to do a little an act of kindness. Drop off soup for someone who may be fighting a cold, deliver a coffee to tired friend. Prepare a meal for a mourning family, there are many many things you can do for someone to make them feel good. But never think you can fix their problems. 

You want someone to be able to say at the end of the day “Oh that Kailey Martz really liked my outfit today, she told me how pretty I looked. That made my day…” 
Give compliments, LOTS of them. Always pay attention and always looks someone in the eye. That validates their existence. It will make them feel good to be with you~

Don’t mistake kindness for taking advantage of, always do something that you want too…not something that you feel you have too. 
Well my lovelies, its a quick one tonight. Hoping you got something out of this post…so until tomorrow good night and god bless~

Right now Paul and I are watching Sons of Anarchy and Season 8 of Shameless.

We are loving both, and if I had to pick between them I would have to say as of right now its Shameless.

What have you been watching? Any recommendations?

Well its a quick one lovelies, life has been busy but i am still managing to upload every day! Until tomorrow good night and god bless~

The best day I had last week would have been Valentine’s Day. Paul and I had a great day, We started off down at our local Play with Clay studio, and then we headed to Cafe 13 to have lunch with friends.

We reserved a cute little table in the front window of the studio. Then we picked out our pieces of clay. The staff at the studio was absolutely amazing. They were so helpful, they guided both Paul and I.

Paul picked out a pasta bowl,

and I picked out a dinner plate. The atmosphere was perfect, they were playing a Valentine’s Day playlist so the songs were all pretty much love songs. We sat quietly across from one another working away on our pieces. I had a very difficult time figuring out how I wanted to make this plate look good. Aarrgh!! It was so frustrating. Finally I searched Pinterest and then I asked the shop owner how I could make this idea work for me…and ahead we went to fulfill my desire of a crescent moon plate.

This is half way finished, I then painted the moon a yellow paint which has exploding rocks in it. So as it is in the kiln the small paint rocks explode making the moon look like it has creators. It’s going to look so good once its done.

After we finished at the studio we walked over to Cafe 13 and met with our neighbors. We had a lovely lunch, always a nice time with Bonnie and Al. Overall it was a perfect day, i am so blessed to have this man beside me.

I hope you all had a great day as well, can’t wait to show you may finished moon plate~

Until next time my lovelies, good night and god bless~

I want to learn how to speak Spanish. Done.

I’ve got nothing else to add to that my friend, I think its pretty self explanatory.

How was your weekend? We had a great one, it’s Family day long weekend and tomorrow is a holiday. Everyone gets tomorrow off. We have lunch plans at a friends house in Guelph. Paul and I have helped them through some challenging times, we both have a child in a wheelchair due to a Spinal Cord Injury. I first met them through my work. But then we became friends. We enjoy their company and its so nice to have certain things in common.

Tonight my parents came to dinner and we watched home movies with them. It was such a nice night. When I look back at these films I realize how fortunate we are. I truly am blessed and I have loved every moment of my life. These video’s show a happy, thriving, loving family who worked so very hard to recover from a very tragic accident.

I have been blessed with the best of parents. Both whom have become our best friends and complete support system for my kids. I am loving these videos, watching them have helped me over come some confusing feelings lately. They are helping me move forward, let go and understand the meaning of self.

I am out lovelies, until next time good night and god bless~

Depending on the stage in life, my quotes can change. I have lived by many. Each one representing something different in my life. Today, I am living by one that is helping me get to the next phase of life. The phase where the children have grown, and no longer need me. The phase where your children are building their own lives. The role you have is no longer the same for them. This has by far been the hardest time in my life, the changes taking place in my life are completely out of my control. That scares me, I don’t like all the things that are happening. But I just have to smile and nod, I also have to understand that this time is my time. I am building my life back, it is about me now. I am in another time in life where I can fill my time with things that interest me.

The quote that I am living by today is this:

That’s it friends, “and now I will do what’s best for me”

Watch it happen, its in the works.

Until next time my lovelies, good night and god bless~

I don’t believe there is any movie that I would tell my friends to watch. Sadly we are all mid-late 40″s and movies aren’t as important as they once were.

I truly don’t think there is any movie I would recommend. I will say if I were to get excited over a movie and tell someone to watch it, it would be a scary one. I love horror films, every time a new one comes out I can’t wait too see it.

Halloween is my absolute favourite time of the year, and I look forward to all the new scary movies released during the fall season.

Short and sweet tonight friends, its Friday and I’m tired. So my lovelies until next time, good night and god bless~

Happy Valentine’s Day To You…

How has your Valentine’s day been my friends? Today has been a good day in my house, I surprised Braden and Cam with some Valentine treats in Braden’s luggage. I got a lovely text from Braden saying thank you and he loves me. Kailey recieved some treats and a card from Paul and I…she loves candy, not much of a chocolate lover so we surprised her with candies. I have had 25 Valentines with Paul….we have not missed one. Every valentines day we have been happy and together, that’s a blessing and something I am very proud of. It has been important to both of us that we treat each Valentine’s day like it was our first, it has been important to us to not become mundane in our celebrations and continue to surprise eachother with a small gift, dinner or flowers. We have got creative through the years..we have had those valentine’s where money was an issue. We have had to cook dinner at home, we have made gifts for eachother, we have wrote letters, dipped strawberries and drank wine, locked ourselves in our bedroom, lit candles and had some quiet moments, we have made dinner with the kids and included them in our celebrations and we even were in Mexico one year for Valentines day. We have missed eachother on the 14th, but we made up for the lost time on a different date. I can always count on beautiful flowers and a card that makes me smile, maybe this year…sit down with your spouce/partner and try to think of each year you have spent together and recount all your valentine celebrations. Paul and I have done that and we have shared in some pretty funny memories. I wanted to post a few ideas that I found on Pinterest to share on my blog..especially for those who may be struggling financially…its not always about the gift, most importantly its about the time you give eachother. Its about laughing, smiling and quiet times spent between the two of you. Even if you have young children…include them in your famly valentines dinner, let them help out in the kitchen. We use to do this with our kids, and I would play “Love Songs” in the kitchen and we would talk about romance, love and relationships..but only at their “kid” level..you can never start to young expressing the importance of how you deserve to be treated…and/or how you should treat those you love…including yourself..if you so happen have to spend a valentines day alone, treat yourself…be good to yourself, thats ok..and its important! 
I found this cute, cheap idea that I thought I would share…you could totally get white cheap pillow cases at Walmart, Target or even the Dollarstore..
I am sure you could even find Fabric Markers at those stores as well..but seriously, you could totally do this on your own..what a cheap, cute inexpensive idea for a Valentines gift for your love~

 

This was originally what I wanted to do for Paul…I mean how easy is this and what man wouldn’t love a bag of peanuts and a cool bottle of  beer? Perfect..right?

This is something that i would love to do for Paul next year…he would LOVE this..especially the cigar…the beer glass i would have engraved I think. Make it a bit more personal. 

 Well my friends, Whatever you do today and whoever you are with..i am wishing you lots of love and happiness, smile plenty, hug tight and kiss strongly. Much love to you my lovelies..until tomorrow good night and god bless~

I work better in the morning. I always have. I am an early riser, I like to get up early and have everything finished that needs to be done by 10am.

My typical morning routine is this. I get up at 6:15am (working on an earlier time), have my tea, toast and watch some news. Then I hit the treadmill for 7:30, usually done by 8:45 am, shower, walk the dogs and finished my morning routine by 10:30am. That’s when I can start the rest of my day. Emails, phone calls, appointments, groceries etc etc…the day fills up pretty quickly.

My dream would be to be up at 6am and on the treadmill by 6:15am…that my friends would be the perfect morning. 🙂

Well its actually been a busy day, I would love to sit and chat a bit longer but I’m exhausted. So until tomorrow my lovelies, good night and god bless~