Hello my dears! Hope you have had an amazing week. After all the excitement over Beckett’s First Communion and my nephew Seamus’ First Communion, we were ready for some good old downtime last Sunday. We found these old blocks and had fun making them into castles. This photo is reminding me that the girls are about to need new pajamas because they are quickly outgrowing the ones they have. Always something, right?

This week was not my week. Plagued by computer problems, I spent the good part of three days in the Apple Store. I was there for such long stints that I quickly learned I needed to bring food and drink with me. The first day while waiting for an appointment, I discovered this fabulous watermelon blackberry drink — totally refreshing, cool, and not too sweet.

We are back in production chez moi. I filmed our Mother’s Day Giveaway video — make sure to enter — and another with some amazing nursing clothes that I can’t wait to show you guys. Here’s my little helper as I set up my tripod, camera and lights. Notice that there is a bed now in my “baby’s room” and not a crib. I moved the crib into our playroom and it is currently a storage area for lost stuffed animals. I’m not able to part with it yet because that means not having another baby and those of you who have followed me know how hard a time I am having with that.

Here’s me back at the Apple Store the next day having learned that my operating system had to be reinstalled, which meant baking up my data and then re-installing it again. Suffice it to say that after all the computer troubleshooting, things are STILL not working and I’m lucky to be getting this blog out. Deep breath.

Apart from one yoga class before an Apple Trip store, one of the more relaxing parts of my week was getting this dental cleaning. Has anyone ever been told they brushed their teeth RIGHT? For my entire life, I’ve been told I brush my teeth WRONG. Although I’m bummed out about the state of my gums post babies, I’m happy that I managed to get my teeth cleaned and can cross that off of my Spring to-do list.

So that about sums up this exciting week for me. Tech troubles and a dental cleaning — stay tuned for next week — ha ha. The first step in thinking about how to achieve your goals? Write them down! Here are mine for the week:

Create a “movie list”. Every time the boys have a friend over, they are pushing me to watch PG-13 movies that I think are too mature, and yet I never have any other good suggestions on hand. Marc and I thought it would be a good idea to create a long list of the best kids movies so that I can suggest those during the next “hang out time” (play date is no longer what spending time with friends is called, my almost 11 year old has told me). Tempted to throw in some old classics, like my father’s suggestion “Last of the Mohegans”.

Finish my taxes — I got an extension and need to get them done!

Back up all my vlogs since last year. I resolved to do this weekly, but have not done it since last May. Yup.

Get the boys new pajamas, socks and underwear for summer — EXCITING!

Order my parents 50th Anniversary cake (for end of May).

Film more vlogs answering you people’s awesome questions… can’t keep up.

Drink more water earlier in the day. I drink too much at night, which means frequent trips to the bathroom and upsets my sleep!

And here’s this week’s little health remedy. Need some extra nutrients? Try putting Aloe Vera Juice in your ice water and adding lemon juice and ice. Adding some extra nutrients to your water is one of the great aloe vera juice benefits! Such an easy way to feel like you are doing something healthy for yourself.

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xo Melissa

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