Ooh darn. Its almost that time again.

Its been a full six weeks since Josie arrived, which means I have a month left until I have to go back to work. It doesn't matter what job I have, I am bummed that I have to give up staying at home with her all day long.

BUT. As I've previously mentioned, I will have the opportunity to wear heels now that I won't be standing all day. And I will get a bit more time in the evenings which means more time with my precious little girl! I like how God just makes everything work out so wonderfully.

I need to use this last month and get some things done around here. I have had an awful habit of sitting around and la di da ing my way through each day since there are no real deadlines. I think subconsciously I know that it is not long term (me being home) because I am fairly certain I could not handle doing nothing like this if it was a forever thing. If I was to stay home, I'd be doing more projects than I know what to do with! Here's my list of things I want to do before I go back to work.

• Clean out my closet. Put away maternity clothes and get a "To donate" pile started
• Empty out the toy box in Josie's closet and refill it with only Josie's things (currently I am using it for my old purses)
• Create labels for Josie's room and the files I have in my desk
• Go through food in the kitchen and get rid of expired things. Also, donate foods we don't like but still hold on to.
• Make a crib bumper for Josie's room
• Finish my Recycling project that I have yet to figure out
• Really weed out the flower garden in the front and the veggie garden in the back

That is enough for now. I will have to just tackle them one at a time and hope I can get them done sooner rather than later.

In other news, Mike and I are planning to go on a bike ride/hike at Maplewood Park in September! This came about because I have always wanted us to be outdoorsy people that stay active. We do separately (Mike's job is physical, I work out) but as a family, not so much. Well now that we are a growing family, I want us to be doing things like this often enough that our kids think it is natural and fun, not just work and exercise. Ok so we aren't bringing Josie with this time, since she doesn't really know what is going on more than 4 feet from her anyway. I think its better that Mike and I figure out what the heck we are doing before we attempt to bring small children. We aren't so good at the outdoors thing as of yet. Remember our last camping experience? Well lets just say that our tent blew away and I was eaten by mosquitos. The. whole. time. We didn't enjoy it all that much and its holding us back. Time to overcome our fears!

Our anniversary is August 22nd but we want to go when the leaves are changing. Thus the Saturday in September trip.

Should be fun!!? Right?