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.} 

Featured Fans {5 Interviews~Holly}

Hello Lovelies!  I know, I know, it's been awhile. I think it may be the way it is...however, doesn't that mean that you will anticipate my posts more? I think so! So on top of working on starting my business, creating product for my business, researching for my business, working, talking care of Baby Girl, Facebooking and school work, designing Family Binder Printabels, reading email's, doing more research, playing with Baby Girl, working some more...oh did I repeat that? 

Things have been a little crazy over here with the Moore family. Plans to get a puppy, move, switch up jobs, and a lot more have been going on! Plus, we got a Winter's worth of snow in less than a week. 

Baby Girl has started flicking her bottom lip across the top of her gums, making new mouth movements, grasping her pants with her hands and crossing her legs when she is laying down. She is also starting to stare down her feet, like she just wants to gnaw on them. 

I reached out to several of my friends for a giveaway/contest to win a FREE Customized Photo Collage Poster of their LO. I'm taking a few days break from Project: Family Binder to bring you...The Featured Fans Interviews! 

I'll start with the first interview by my old friend Holly. We mommas go way back to our teenage years where we had lots of fun {and got into loads of trouble too}. She has a beautiful daughter that just turned 1, and another baby girl on the way! 

Read her interview below!

What is your name? 

Holly

What are your children’s names and ages? 

Zoey Dawn, 1 year. Fetus, 20 weeks 

Do you work? Where? 

No, I'm a SAHM and a full time student. 

What do you like to do in your free time?

 I like to go out with friends, read, meditate, work out and write.

What is your favorite thing about being a mommy? 

{She said this was a really tough one}

 There is something about when I go to pick my daughter up after I get off school or after I get home from a night out with friends, my little girl squeals and runs into my arms to cuddle and give me kisses. It's then I know that she feels safe and protected and loved in my arms, and there is nothing better than that.

Do you have any advice for new mommy’s out there? 

Relax and rest when you can, but enjoy every second that slips by. 

What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant? 

Absolute fear.

What is the hardest obstacle you have had to overcome in being a young mommy? 

Giving up sleep. I wish that I had "lived" a little more so that I could have more experience and wisdom to pass to my kids in their times of need.

What activities/day trips/crafts are you looking forward to doing with your LO? 

Taking them to swim in the ocean, see the mountains and going fishing.

What is your favorite recipe?

 {She doesn't currently have one, maybe you can help her out in the comments below!!}

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 

Where I never thought i'd see myself, working a job in healthcare, living in the burbs and going home to my babes.

Would you like to add anything else?

 This was a fun thing to do and I had never really thought about my favorite thing about being a mom so that was interesting to think about!

What do you think about Holly's interview? She has some great ideas for her LO's and a wonderful future planned. 

Let her know how she's doing in the comments! 

Alright I'm going to go finish my beer and play around on the computer. 

{Rosie is sleeping soundly.}

Goodnight all! Hope you enjoyed the new Feature!

xoxo Miss Maully

January & February Project: Family Binder {Set 3 Movie Inventory}

Hey Musers! 

If you live in Kansas City like me, then you most likely have a snow day! There is so much snow outside, just see for yourself --

The Blizzard of 2013:

Jake shoveling snow from the driveway!

The backyard

So....as my birthday present to myself I got the iPhone 5 {OMG I LOVE IT!}.  This is a collage I made of Rosie using one of my new apps. How adorable is this?

{Ok It's been an exhausting week and I've fallen behind once again. However, I have the next few days free. I plan on doing some catch up then.}

Did you notice that I skipped Important School Information and Schedules? I did not need to create a schedule yet because Rosie is obviously not going to school at the moment. However, I am. My school schedule is printed off the internet and that's all I need. 

So the next step in the world of binder love is the Movie Inventory Page.

FYI: all of my designs have been created in either Microsoft Word or Excel unless otherwise noted {the greeting cards are done in Publisher}Have I mentioned my deep intimate love for Microsoft Office? I'm in creative-heaven here!

Take one look at your movie collection. What does it look like? Piled? Shoved in all available space?

So you even know what movies you own? I do not.

Today's post is about how to list our your movies alphabetically with the appropriate genre. 

{And I just had a creative light bulb go off in my head! My next Movie project will be to organize our movie collection alphabetically and to organize all the odds & ends of stuff that has accumulated there.}

Anyway, the first step to Movie Organization Bliss is to take all the movies you own and organize them alphabetically.

Then, begin to write your movies on the Movie Inventory Sheet along with the genre of your choosing. Kids movies even get their own list! 

Next, put the movies back ABC-accordingly. At the moment, Jake and I each have our own bookcase for movies. After the re-organization I will combine our movies to span both bookcases. Half of the alphabet on one side && half on the other. I will also add video games to their own shelves {NEW PRINTABLE? Would you keep your man's video games organized and an inventory list for them? Or leave him to his own space with this one?}

AND, last but not least, trinkets will be placed neatly.

Here is the newest page in the Family Binder series:

I have started adding copyrights to my pages. If you would like to purchase one, please Contact Me. 

I apologize for the short post, but I'm off to take a nap/read. 

What are you currently reading and what are your plans for the weekend?

xoxo Miss Maully

January & February Project: Family Binder {Set 2 Important Numbers}

Ok, I know I said I would post more regularly. I know you will be happy to know that I have CAUGHT UP on my page designs, so I'll post those sets over the next few days. I made like 5 in one night! 

Do you love greeting cards? 

So do I! Annnd...I have started to design those as well. The idea popped into my head yesterday. I think it originated from a pinsperation. However, I decided to create Jake one for Valentines Day. It is super cute so far! Look for this post on Valentine's Day. <3<3

Tired of you plain old boring Microsoft Office fonts? 

Can you NEVER EVER find one that fits the theme of project you are working on? 

That was the SOML EVERY TIME! When I actually went to the link the picture is pinned from on Pinterest, I found some really cool free fonts. Unfortunately, the site I went to only had a few free ones and then I clicked on something and the next thing I know I had downloaded some weird toolbar. I knew I needed an easier way to get fonts. So, I found these sites HERE & HERE & HERE. Happy designing!

Oh yea! And it's my birthday today! I am finally of legal drinking age! I'm going out to dinner at Red Lobster tonight with Rosie, Jake, my brother && my parents. I'll be having 1 drink {maybe 2}. After that it's back to my parents for presents and cake. 

So far, my birthday has been AMAZING! && its only noon! I'll post all the details tonight!

Here is the much awaited Set 2! This is the Important Numbers Page. I love all the little boxes because it makes finding the number quickly so much easier than a list. I will be adding more numbers as soon as Jake gives me the information!

Enjoy!

So what do you think so far? 

How is your Project: Family binder going?

I would love to hear from you in the comment section below! I don't bite!

Remember: I can design these pages for you with personalized pictures, color schemes, designs and information, just Contact Me!!

I will be continuing Project: Family Binder through next month as well. It's been A LOT of work but very rewarding.

xoxo Miss Maully

January & February Project: Family Binder {Set 1 Important Information}

I envy all those blog mommas that can post every day or every other day. I'm so sorry Musers, but I just cannot do it. However, I will try to update more often! PROMISE!

My daughter may be the youngest baby EVER to have her own email account. I got the idea from either Yahoo or Pinterest...or maybe it was neither. Anyway, I created her an email account so that I could send her pics, videos and letters that she can view and read when she is older. I did have to pay .50 cents to prove that I was her parent (because I put in her actual birthday!) I haven't really had many ideas of letters to write and I can't send any pics or videos until I get my new phone later this month. 

Do YOU have any ideas?

ONWARD to more Family Binder Lovin' =) < I've been trying to get some smilies on here but I think I'm html challenged> 

We have officially started the Our Family Section, the largest section of the binder.

{This is a mini post, one of several.}

Today covers the Important Information.

Financial & Auto Information

Medical Information

Medical Information Con't & Other Numbers

Even though there are some Important Contact Numbers here, there will be a separate Important Contact Numbers section to hold family, friends and neighbors numbers, along with Poison Control, Police: Non-Emergency && more!


And Ok I lied about posting my dream job idea. I am not going to talk about it until I have it in the works. All I will say is that I am starting my own business!!
You can try to guess but I will NEVER tell! Mwahaha.

Goodnight Musers! 

xoxo Miss Maully

January & February Project: Family Binder {Meal Planning Pages}

I know it has been a few days since my last post and I apologize. Life gets a little crazy sometimes and when I can't hold my eyes open anymore, I need to sleep. {okay, okay..maybe I was cheating on you with Pinterest.}

Annnnd you may be happy to know that I am pretty sure I know what I want to do for my career! =)

But, I'm keeping it a secret for now. I'll reveal the Big Idea in a later post!

We've moved from the Calendar && Daily Pages to Meal Planning. This will be 1 of 3 posts for this section. {We have a lot to cover}

Did you know, I haven't even printed any of MY pages out yet? My printer is broken. I figure I'll print them when I'm all done as a reward for all my hard work. But, I keep wishing I had the binder set up because I could && would use it EVERYDAY! 

Anywayyy I have several new pages to show you! 

This is a 3 week meal plan for Dinner. As you can see, we haven't come up with plans for a few days. We are both new to meal planning and so I believe this is a great start. We planned meals where we could use the same ingredients for a couple different meals. We have also started to coupon and price match ad's. 

Isn't this Inventory sheet ADORABLE? I know my parents can use this. They are the worst criminal offenders when it comes to killing perfectly good food {it gets stuck way back in the fridge and they forget they have it} I think this is a great idea if you are going to the store and can't remember if you have a certain product at home. 

Organization isn't something to make you go crazy. And I don't believe that organizational charts, lists and printables makes one crazy. These things are here to IMPROVE our lives and make them easier. And who doesn't want that?

Please share your organization tips with me below!

I'll also add that Rosie has had Thrush since she was born. She has been on medicine for it and I have had trouble getting her prescriptions filled. I called the doctor recently very frustrated because I could not get a hold of anyone and I needed a refill.  They told me that I don't have to give her the medicine. I said WAIT, I'm hearing 2 different stories. She said that both were right. So now, we're trying it without giving her the medicine, and I'm just treating myself. We have a 4 month doctor visit in March so I'll update then or before depending on it it goes away.

Have you or someone you know had a problem with Thrush?

xoxo Miss Maully

January & February Project: Family Binder {Calendar & Daily Page}

Hi how is everyone tonight? Today was the BF's birthday! Grandma watched the little Rose while we went to dinner at Bd's Mongolian BBQ. I've had the last two days off work {What a blessing} and have to go back tomorrow! I got a lot accomplished this weekend. {I'm serious} I moved the rest of all my crap {furniture and clothes and such} from my OLD apt back to Jake's. And do you know what was included? The entertainment center that I'm DIY'ing into a craft corner/center. I need somewhere to store all my tissue paper, markers and scrapbook paper. {I am so freaking exited!} I even paid my old roommate $30 bucks to take it. It will be so much easier to use the craft center than the 2 drawers and desk that it is all strew over at the moment. Have you ever tried to stay organized with a 2 month old? That is why I am on a quest for organization {and time}. I don't know which one I need MORE of!
Ok, enough of my ramblings. Here you go!

Step 3: The calendar page comes before the Daily Pages, but any printable or binder calender will do. I use a wall hanging calendar, so I don't know quite yet what I will use the Family Binder calendar for, but I'm sure it will come in handy. 

And onward to the Daily Pages-

These excite me so much! =) They turned out b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l, if I may say so myself. LOVE LOVE LOVE this project so far. 

Blogging Ideas

Daily Goals & Tasks

Personal Goals & Resolutions

What do you think? Would you want to to use these for yourself? Is the tutorial helping?

I absolutely ADORE making these binder inserts.

IF only I could do this for a living...

Let me know what you think below! I would love to hear your thoughts on this project!

xoxo Miss Maully

January & February Project: Family Binder {Sections Page}

Step 2: Create a "Sections" page (or pages) so that you know what is in each category.

I definitely won't use all of these categories right away but I wanted them there as a reference so I know what printables I will be making. I'm not even sure I want to use all of them! I working down the list and I'm only on the "Daily" section. I edited what I had originally created because I liked this look wayyy better. I wish I kept the original to compare. There is quite a bit of negative space, so maybe I'll add a few pics later on.  

What do you think so far?

xoxo MissMaully

January & February Project: Family Binder {Cover Page}

My first post in the Project: Family Binder series!

Step 1: Create a cover for your binder. Make sure you purchase a binder first. I would recommend one you can  put your cover in the top sleeve. Then, you can put pictures in the back sleeve. 

I created this cover in word, isn't it cute? I edited the fonts and pictures to my liking and downloaded the chevron picture online. I love how simple and put-together it looks. I was extra proud when I created it as a PDF and then used the snippet tool to make it a picture. From our budget in Excel to Designing in Word i'm sure learning cool new tricks!
Sorry it's not a printable, it's just for show! 

xoxo MissMaully