Party Planning

Here in the US of A people like to throw a good party. Birthday parties, baby showers, bridal showers and Halloween parties etc. I feel like the new thing is to have a "Gender Reveal Party". A party where you reveal the baby's (the baby in the belly) gender. My friend and her husband who is pregnant at the moment decided that they wanted to find out whether the baby in her belly is a girl or a boy. So she asked me if I wanted to help to plan the "Gender Reveal Party" with her. I love everything about planning a party so of course I said yes. 

The party is basically filled with fun stuff for the guest and the parents-to-be to do. She has asked the guests to put on a blue or a pink t-shirt. If you think it's a boy, you have to wear blue and if you thin it's a girl, you have to wear pink. Apart from the t-shirts, the mommy-to-be has asked to not include those two colors in any of the party decorations, when she is not that into those specific colors. So we are going with orange (for boy) and yellow (for girl). There will also be a chalk board where people can write down what they predict the baby's gender is going to be, a "cravings-station" where we will serve salty, sweet and sour things to eat, yellow and orange cupcakes, a display of their ultrasound pictures and (the most important!) a cake which will be decorated in yellow and orange, BUT on the inside it will either be orange OR yellow. So when the parents-to-be cut the cake open, the gender will be revealed by the orange or yellow color of the cake!

I'm going to her house tonight to make some decisions and plan it some more. Here are some pictures that we find inspirational: 

all pictures taken from here

I'll let you know how it all went after the party in November

65 Days Until Christmas

Yes, we're getting closer. I have been slacking on all my Christmas crafts lately, but I really have to get going on them. I have finished one pillow and thought I'd share it with you. I'm going to make a few more of course but after making one, at least I'm confident that it'll turn out good and I know how to make it. 

this is for my second pillow, so.. to be continued..

This weekend I'll be working with a bunch of overnights, so I don't know how much I'll be able to get done. Although the Children I'm caring for are teenagers so they pretty much stay away from the babysitter, but I know there are a lot of running around across town so we'll see. 

Have a wonderful weekend everybody!

Work, Eat, Sleep...

Yes, my life contains of nothing more than work, eat and sleep.. At least that it was it feels like. So hang in there. I'm trying to fit in some creativity in between, but I am not doing so well at it.. I have also been kind of sick, so when I haven't been working I've been lying under a blanket in my couch. My hubby has been traveling a lot with work lately as well so it's been quite lonely. 

I thought I'd share some pictures from last weekend when we went to a town close by called Roswell and had a lazy Sunday lunch. The weather here in GA is amazing at the moment. Beautiful fall days with around 20-25 degrees and sunny skies. 

I hope YOU are doing well!!

Midnight Milk

Both me and my husband is fighting this awful cold at the moment and we have about crashed in our couch every night after work. A friend (an awesome woman who knows everything there is to know about herbs and other alternative ways to get healthy) of ours has a website where she shares her remedies and knowledge with the rest of the world. I found a recipe she recommended to use when feeling stressed, having a hard time falling asleep or just want to be healthy I guess. She calls it Midnight Milk and we tried it last night, even though we have NO problem falling asleep, but who doesn't need some comforting warm milk concoction? So here is her recipe, enjoy! 

Midnight Milk

1 tsp. ashwagandha  powder ( I only had the herb extract and put the recommended dosage in it instead)
8 ounces (1 cup or 125ml) of milk (any is fine: almond, rice, cow, goat, soy, oat…)

Honey, to taste

Organic Vanilla extract

optional: cinnamon powder

Just heat (on a stove please!) it all up until frothy , but don't boil,  and enjoy! 

Herbs you say? Where to get em? She recommended a site called Mountainroseherbs.com where you an find just about any herb in the world. If you are in Sweden and want to try this, I would suggest googling it and try and find it that way. 

Try it why don't ya?

Incase I forget....

.....my mom sent me this one. No need to worry about forgetting where I came from. 

Tack mamma!

Still Harvesting

On Sunday we went to the garden to check on it. To be honest, I've been neglecting the garden lately. It's not that I don;t want to go and check on it, I just don't have the time! I work so much, that by the time I get home I'm so tired or so stressed over getting to bed at a descent time that I don't get over there as much as I would like. But on Sunday we went over there and things are still growing very well. Our tomatoes and peppers are still going strong.

 

This week or weekend I'm thinking of starting my fall/winter veggies. Excited! 

Fall In Georgia

Yes, fall has arrived in Georgia. Yesterday and today we were actually freezing! It's amazing, and so so wonderful. I'm sure the weather will turn around and get warm again but right now, you have to have a sweater and some tights or jeans. So fun! We spent the weekend being true Georgians, we went to my very first American Football game. It was so much fun! We started early in the morning; we arrived in Athens, GA at around 9:30 and started tailgating which includes food, beer and a lot of football talk in the parking lot by the arena. Then the game started at noon and "we" won! It was such a fun experience and I can actually see myself doing it again. :) 

Here are a BUNCH of pictures of our Saturday football adventure: 

Have a wonderful week everybody!