Anything Goes in August {Musings Pt. 1}

Wow, the time has flown! I really got out of my groove over the summer. But I am trying to expand what I write about so that I can post more! 

I'm exited to share a few things with all of you! 

1. My business is growing...very slowly but I have my online website set up now. You can view all of the current items for sale and purchase them using PayPal! Head on over to www.missmaullyco.com and see what you like! =)

www.missmaullyco.com

2. We adopted/rescued two adorable kittens from a friend. They really help complete our family! {for now!!} 

The orange one is Oliver and the Tortie is named Olive.

3. I'm on the job hunt. It's bittersweet but exiting to be looking for a change. The final straw for me is that my boss, the store manager, is quitting!! I know that the store will be going downhill and I need to get out before work starts overriding my schoolwork. We also need the $$. 

4. I start school again next week. I am really exited. I love school, learning and meeting new people and seeing people that I know. I am so ready to get my degree and get out and move on with my life! I'm ready to be able to support my family and be financially stable and have a job that I love doing. This will be the last semester of all but 1 of my pre-req's for the nursing program and also the semester that I find out if I will be accepted into the nursing program. 

5. Rosetta is NINE MONTHS OLD!!! My, how time goes by soooooo fast. It seems like yesterday when she was born and she is almost ONE!!

I'm trying my hand at some new adventures. The first one is meal prepping. My first attempts went pretty well and I am going to continue to learn and grow and become a pro.

Bean & Cheese burritos

English muffin and deli thin pizzas {these are mine}

Boiled potatoes, tuna salad, egg muffins, {so freakin' delicious} pepperoni English muffin pizzas for the SO and waffles.
So far this prep had saved SO MUCH time, was so easy and I barely prepped anything!!

The second one is writing. I used to write all the time. Well, I used to do many things all the time. Either I have become lazy or...I've become lazy. It doesn't matter that I have a child, I need to find time to do the things I want to do or need to do. I come up with all these plans and ideas and they ALWAYS fall through. I at least want to TRY and SUCCEED, even if it is a small gain. 

Some things I am focusing on right now:

1. School

2. Spirituality

3. Personality

4. Involvement {I want to do some volunteering with my Honor Society}

5. Writing & reading 

I am still young, and even though I have a child I am always on the prowl for enriching my life, learning and growing. I am still finding out who I am and I don't believe that that journey ever ends. I am involved with tons of things and I love it that way. My daughter ALWAYS comes first. Most of the things I do for her like Climate Cadets, school, work...I have to have some me time and do things I enjoy too. And some of those things are stuff we can do together like events, day trips, going outside, etc. Most of my work is done on the computer after she is in bed. That's my time. During the day I {when I don't have school or work} I clean and prep meals while I watch Rosetta. My life has daily challenges but I wake up each day ready to face them and know that I am blessed with what I have. 

I want to do a new series called My Spiritual Journey--Maulism Movement. I started it as a FB page but I think it would be more appropriate here so that I can write to the extent and length that I want to.

Alrighty mommas, I'm out and off to plan some topics to blog about. Have a great night!

xoxo Miss Maully

Serendipitous Summer {Stuff Part 1}

Hello loves! <3

I know practically no one reads this blog...but I'm hoping I will get a nice community of followers one day! Until then I will continue to write like I have thousands of listeners!

 

 

I've missed writing but so much has happened in my life since last posting. Rosetta is sitting up now and getting ready to crawl any day. She had her first time at the pool, first time eating baby food {sweet potatoes}, first time sitting in a shopping cart, babbles different syllables...

We moved into our apartment and we all love it. Rosetta has tons of space to roll around and play. We haven't unpacked everything yet but we are close! 

I formally decided to switch majors and I am taking summers classes to work towards getting all my pre-reqs completed so I can apply for the Nursing program to become a Lactation Consultant. I have also done some research in becoming a doula. I really want to teach some classes as well.

I am giving my organization, Sustainability for You {S4U} a makeover. I want to focus on teaching children the importance of living a sustainable life and would love to do classes, parties, and discussions in schools and classrooms.

I have applied for a new job...please send blessings that I will get it because it pays more than my current one!

I have taken up doing yoga when I wake up {and hopefully I can remember to do it before bed!}

I started journaling again and doing the Transform Your Life: A Year of Awareness Practice app for iPhone.

I changed the name of my Facebook Page from Kansas City Feminists to Breastfeeding Feminists.

I crossed 300 followers on Pinterest!

I NEED to continue working on my business, Made by Maully. Unfortunately, I am not the most effective planner, so I usually forget things very easily and do not get things done when I need to. I'm trying to change but I need to step it up...ALOT!

My friend and I will be learning to bake this summer!

&& I can't wait to start making homemade bread and meal plan again!

 

Though I think I have totally found myself, I am definitely still in the process of figuring out what I want in life and what I really want to do. I have had disappointments in the past of my proposed career and school ideas not working out, but life is all about TRIAL & ERROR right?

 

I can't wait to post pictures of our apartment, cleaning tips, organization and DIY when everything is unpacked and put away. It all looks like a mess right now!

 

I will say that I have a craft center, "mud room" marble-top dresser and a sparkling clean kitchen!

 

Goodnight all!
More to come so stay posted!

 

xoxo Miss Maully

 

April Showers Bring May Flowers {Musings Pt. 1}

Wow!

It has been awhile~

 Rosie can now roll from her back to her tummy and push up. There have been several times I have laid her down to go to something real quick and when I came back she was in a totally different position. She grows more everyday!

I have some exiting news~We are moving into our own apartment next month and I can finally decorate it as a home! I cannot wait the suspense is killing me!

I have been pinning so many For The Home pics. I know the design will come together eventually. It will be a work in progress. I'm thinking earthy shabby chic with a retro/vintage vibe. Rosie will have her own room and I can decorate it will all her things, especially pictures and things I have made for her.

I am almost done with this semester at school. Then back to full time next year. My businesses are going good, starting slowly but making progress.
visit www.facebook.com/madebymaully and "like" it. Then you can see all the cool jewelry that I make!

I am also researching companies that I can be a consultant for, so that I can work from home more until my businesses kick off. I will be going to school a little longer than I had planned to get my Sustainability Certificate, a new program being offered next spring. I think I am going to be a Sustainability Coordinator or teacher as my backup career. I could be a substitute teacher too? I am still working out the kinks. I just want to do everything! I LOVE life SO much!

I've made two goals. 

`1. Post everyday

2. Comment on another blog everyday

I can DO IT!!

Anyway, this is just a short post as I am off to bed...

Goodnight lovelies!

xoxo Miss Maully

Spring Cleaning {Parent's Refrigerator}

Hey I have awesome post for all you lovelies tonight! I had been planning on cleaning out and organizing my parents fridge for awhile, and I finally did it today! 

I have an wonderful tutorial for you below with tips and tricks!

Enjoy your start of Spring Cleaning!

I started about 1 pm this afternoon, after eating lunch and a chocolate bar {don't worry, it was Dark Chocolate, therefore I am being healthy}

This is what it looked like before I took anything out.

I took EVERYTHING out. Mind you, my parents are not so hot with throwing food away and they shove more food than is necessary in their fridge, so I removed A LOT of food. I wish I had a picture of this, but I did not take one. I threw away and poured out all the bad and expired food and then removed all the shelves. 

I put all the shelves and drawers in the bathtub and ran hot water and poured in dish soap, laundry detergent and all-purpose cleaner. All 3 cleaners are Natural & Organic & from Whole Foods. 

I left the bottom shelf in to keep the most perishable items cold while I went to get storage bins from Dollar General. I spent about $40 on several different sized bins, but I will be taking a few back that I didn't use . {I also bought a $3 picture frame for Rosie.} 

This is what happened right after I got back from Dollar General.

In the middle of being cleaned and organized!

When I got back, I washed and rinsed the shelves and left them to dry.

I don't have a picture of all the bins I used, but I only ended up having space for 7 of them, including one to keep lettuce in. 

After I wiped down the interior and door of the fridge, I places the main shelves in and back on the door. Then I took the big shelf to the tub to soak. 

I wiped off all the bottoms of the containers BEFORE putting them back in. I had to play around with the height of the shelves so that I could put the bins in certain spots. 

After retrieving the big shelf, I put away the rest of the food into the drawers, like fruits, veggies and meat. There were a few duplicate sauce containers so I poured them into 1 container. We ended up using a few of the sauce containers that only had a little left in them at dinner. 

When all was said and done, the fridge REEKED with organization and simplicity. There were SO many partial loves of bread that made the bread bin overflowing, but they will use them up now that they know what they have and where it is at. I finished around 6 pm. I worked on this project for 5 hours! But it was totally worth it, to see the fridge in better condition than it's been since they bought it.

Rosetta watching the snow fall.

I did this project for them {mostly my mom} because she suffers from Planter Fasciitis and cannot stand. I did not ask for any payment, only that my mom watch Rosie while I cleaned. Luckily, Rosie basically slept the whole time. I did not let my mom see the fridge until it was all done, because she had been skeptical of my methods. However, she seemed very exited when she saw the finished work. 

I stayed over for dinner. Right before I sat down to eat, I noticed that there were some items out of place in the fridge. I just hope that they keep it clean and organized and don't over stuff it again. It better stay clean or this red head will get mad! 

I guess I will perform organization maintenance checks on it when I visit. So that will be a least once a week.

Here is another before & after just for good measure.

and a list of where everything is placed

An early start to Spring Cleaning! What are your Spring Cleaning plans?
I think this is a good start!

Let me know what you think and what your plans are in the comments below!

Have a good night and sweet dreams!

 {I was just thinking about some good dreams I've had before and hope I have some good ones tonight!}

xoxo Miss Maully

Miss Maully's March Madness {Musings}

It's been a crazy few weeks! I kept putting off the next post for the Featured Fans Interview because the last one took me so long to edit! {Was that an excuse?...JUST SAY NO!}

I'll do a LIFE update and then post the next Featured Fans Interview Q's this weekend. Check back then for more mommy time!

With it being tax season and all, I have been able to check MANY things off my to-do list leaving me feeling very accomplished. However, usually when I cross one off, two more pop up. 

Currently, my most important things to get done are as follows:

1. Get my business products together by the end of the month. This involves buying a few pieces of furniture and up-cycling them to sell in my store, Refab Rehab. Well actually, the items will be available for sale in my college's bookstore for new thing they are doing where students can get their businesses started. I am SO exited! =)

2. Get my business website up and running and order some business cards, but before that I have to re-design my logo... that's like 3 things isn't it?

{It's all about the business right now!} & Rosie of course!

3. I'm on the lookout for a Nanny position. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want a job where I can take Rosetta with me to work and not leave her at home with her extremely tired daddy! {Remember: He works nights and goes to bed shortly before I leave for work, watching Rosie all day with little to NO sleep!}

4. Hopping on the Frugal Living bandwagon. My goal is to cut our spending down by A LOT by DIY-ing everyday items. Making our own hand soap, shampoo, body wash and conditioner. 

I am also working on Meal Planning, couponing, shopping thrifty, freelance work, composing the Family Binder {Blog Series is still in progress}, working on my business, webpage, Made by Maully products, my blog, my FB pages, reading, cleaning, working, school, crafts, book club, dieting & exercising...and more. I mean, I love being busy and all but DAMN I am one busy lady! I love it though. Baby steps scha-mecks. 

“Being busy is better than being bored. Bored left a long time ago. Busy is always around for me. ” 
― Tabitha Robin

I always place Rosetta first. That is one of the reason's why I am so busy, is that her care and well-being supersedes any semi-important to somewhat important to Momma's free time important. 

I definitely got off track. Anyway, the business is the most important thing right now. Hopefully I will be picking up the furniture this weekend and starting to up-cycle! I can't wait! Anywhoo...my business website is:

www.refabrehab.com

...and it is under construction because I have to have it looking perfect before I can publish it!

Here are some pics to end the post with. Enjoy your evening ladies!

Miss Maully herself representing VG Clothing Co's "All Real" T-shirt available here>>>>>>>>>
http://www.vgclothingco.com/

Rosetta in the snow!

Rosetta's Roses Shadow box. Both her's and mine from the hospital and her baby shower. 

Rosetta graduated from her co-sleeper to her crib the other night with no problems. The theme is Raspberry Jungle. 

Cutie-pie in her Bumbo!

My baby girl's swimsuit and shades for the summer. I can't wait!

 xoxo Miss Maully

{P.S. I love labels.}