Works For Me Wednesday

I cannot take credit for this catchy title. I read a lovely blog everyday called A Work in Progress. I discovered her through my longtime friend & blogger extraordinaire, Nancy. I love blog land! Anyways, Courtney does a Works for Me Wednesday post each week in A Work in Progress. I had lots of things swirling around in my brain this evening, so I decided to "borrow" her idea for today.

What is working for me at this very quiet hour on Wednesday?

• Amelia successfully sleeping in her crib for a post dinner cat nap & bedtime with little to no crying to boot!
• Our cushiony glider in Amelia's nursery.
• The fact that Target now carries dry fit work out clothes ~ much cheaper than Nike and similar quality.
• The prospect of getting together with one of my supper club girlfriends, but we plan to include hubbies & kids for a simple grill out. Madeline is two months older than her little boy, & Amelia is two months younger than her little girl.
• Me being a fuddy duddy and nixing the annual Columbia St. Patrick's Day 5 Points thingie. An all day drinking affair (whether you are drinking or not) just doesn't sound like that much fun to me anymore. Then add in the whole B-feeding thing. Pumping (and probably dumping because let's face it, I'd have a few bevs throughout the day.) the entire day every 3 hours really doesn't sound fun at all. Some people take their kids, but it's not an event for kids, at least my kids.
• My house finally being spackle and dust free after the MASSIVE cleaning that has taken me three full days to accomplish. Each of our 3 floors got a day of intense blind cleaning (talk about tedious), window sill wiping, baseboard swiffering & vacuuming, and the regular cleaning stuff like dusting, vacuuming, and bathrooms.
• This gorgeous spring-like weather.
• Our new across the street neighbors being our age AND having two girls the same ages as our two girls AND they are super nice AND they accepted our invite over for dinner on Friday night AND Rachel is a stay at home mom who is a Gold's Gym rat like me! What are the chances?!
• Blog friends (those that I really know & those that I have yet to meet in person) and their awesome blogs!

However, Madeline's recent behavior issues are NOT working for me, and that post will be up in the very near future!