I think I totally forgot to mention that I have my Pampered Chef website now!
The nice thing about my website is you can place an order even when there isn't an open show. Here's how:
1. Visit www.pamperedchef.biz/ashleylefebvre
2. Click on SHOP ONLINE.
3. Select option number 2 on the page to place an individual order.
4. A pop-up will appear that says ATTENTION, just to make sure you don't want to apply your order to someone's open show. Click "Otherwise click here to continue."
5. You will be redirected to our online catalog where you can place your order!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
No bottle...
Ok, so here's a kicking the bottle update.
My bribery with the baby? Yeah, didn't work.
Baby's cries were stronger than mommy's will...
Anywho... we got a new puppy and the puppy ate the last nipple I had for Lucy's orthodontic bottle.
I thought, perfect, this is a sign to quit cold turkey.
Nope, once again, mommy was weak and pulled out the nursing bottles hidden up in the closet.
Last night, for whatever reason, when it was time for bed, Lucy gave her daddy her good-night kisses, grabbed her sippy cup and headed to her room. She never asked for a bottle! So I saw this as a good sign, put her to bed with her cup, and I didn't hear a peep all night!
Tonight is night two of this bed-time ritual! I am as pleased as pie. Is that an appropriate idiom?
So now I suppose the plan is to send her to bed with a sippy cup with milk for a while and then phase to water. We'll phase out the cup all together closer to potty training when wetting at night will actually be an issue.
Yay for me! Yay for Lucy!!
My bribery with the baby? Yeah, didn't work.
Baby's cries were stronger than mommy's will...
Anywho... we got a new puppy and the puppy ate the last nipple I had for Lucy's orthodontic bottle.
I thought, perfect, this is a sign to quit cold turkey.
Nope, once again, mommy was weak and pulled out the nursing bottles hidden up in the closet.
Last night, for whatever reason, when it was time for bed, Lucy gave her daddy her good-night kisses, grabbed her sippy cup and headed to her room. She never asked for a bottle! So I saw this as a good sign, put her to bed with her cup, and I didn't hear a peep all night!
Tonight is night two of this bed-time ritual! I am as pleased as pie. Is that an appropriate idiom?
So now I suppose the plan is to send her to bed with a sippy cup with milk for a while and then phase to water. We'll phase out the cup all together closer to potty training when wetting at night will actually be an issue.
Yay for me! Yay for Lucy!!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Work
This week I start consulting through TutorABC online. I'm actually quite nervous. I've had it pretty easy that last few years with being in the same line of work and feeling equipped for the job. Now, I'm joining the teaching field (never been there), consulting Mandarin speakers (don't know a lick of it), helping them perfect their English comprehension and pronunciation (I'm an Art Major)! I know English. I did quite well in college... but college was a long time ago and I'm worried that I'll be sub-par. Plus I get graded after each session (class) by my students and if they grade me poorly my hourly wage goes down. Scary!
The timing should be interesting as well. Each session is 45 minutes. No problem. But I need to coordinate these sessions around Lucy's naps or when she's occupied and won't need me at all. I tried to get up this morning at 5:00 am to see what it would be like if I chose to start a session at 5:30 am (which is the plan). I rolled over when Adam got up at that time and didn't wake again until 7:00! It's going to be very difficult. My plan is to teach 4-5 classes a day, but I'm thinking realistically it'll be 3 or 4 at the most. Luckily I can work 7 days a week if need be to help with our cash flow.
So, the first class is today at 1:30..... wish me luck!
The timing should be interesting as well. Each session is 45 minutes. No problem. But I need to coordinate these sessions around Lucy's naps or when she's occupied and won't need me at all. I tried to get up this morning at 5:00 am to see what it would be like if I chose to start a session at 5:30 am (which is the plan). I rolled over when Adam got up at that time and didn't wake again until 7:00! It's going to be very difficult. My plan is to teach 4-5 classes a day, but I'm thinking realistically it'll be 3 or 4 at the most. Luckily I can work 7 days a week if need be to help with our cash flow.
So, the first class is today at 1:30..... wish me luck!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
4 of us
So apparently a year is not long enough to remember you have a brother-in-law. Joe will be in Monterey as well. Which is a good thing, because he'll be DD :)
Sigh...
Well, I am up this morning, as early as it is... I was supposed to start consulting today online for my new company, but again there's another glitch and it didn't happen. But rather than going back to bed, I decided to stay up, enjoy the silence and wait to see if the garbage man will take all my cardboard boxes on this glorious recycling day.
Life is not "normal" around here. "Normal" however is a subjective word... Normal for us has really changed in the last 2 months. I look forward to our new normal, but that will require the roof being completed. Adam is such a hard worker-- after 10 hours a day working in the forest, he comes home and works ANOTHER 4 hours on the roof. And then after his 40 hour work week, he works on it all weekend. Needless to say, I don't see him much. BUT I'm honestly not complaining. If he were camping this much, or backpacking, or even being lazy, YES, I would complain. But we have a common goal here and it includes getting a roof on our house before the sky starts falling in what we predict will be about 6 weeks. For those of you in Paradise, it's called snow. REAL snow :) with -15 degree below weather.
With not being able to spend as much time with Adam as we used to (it IS just momentary) Lucy and I have had to find ways to entertain our selves. This weekend we're going to Chico for a Gardner family get-together. We have family coming in from out of state and it'll be fun to get to see everybody. Well, almost everybody. We know a few won't make it (Matt and Kait, Katie, Beth and Dave) and they WILL be missed.
I'm very excited about next weekend's potential (Labor Day weekend). We were planning a family trip to Yosemite, however with the roof occupying Adam's weekends, we decided to postpone. So, that gives me an opportunity to go to Monterey with my mom to help her orchestrate a wedding that weekend. It will be work, but it's going to be SO much fun, because my dad is also going, and my sister is in the wedding. It'll be just the four of us for the first time in over 5 years! Yes, just the FOUR of us. I'm shipping Lucy out. I'm hoping Marian will be able to take her and it's sounding hopeful, but I won't know for sure for another day or so.
I am so excited about the prospect of my OWN schedule. Taking a walk down cannery row BY MY SELF. Granted I'll be at the whim of my mom (which is the point of this trip--she's the boss and I like ti that way) but even if there's 10 minutes down-time where I can just do one thing by myself that doesn't involve "running" to Wal-Mart for TP, or orchestrating a trip out of the house around naps, it'll be the BEST WORKING VACATION EVER.
Well, the recycling truck is almost here and I don't want to be rude. :)
Life is not "normal" around here. "Normal" however is a subjective word... Normal for us has really changed in the last 2 months. I look forward to our new normal, but that will require the roof being completed. Adam is such a hard worker-- after 10 hours a day working in the forest, he comes home and works ANOTHER 4 hours on the roof. And then after his 40 hour work week, he works on it all weekend. Needless to say, I don't see him much. BUT I'm honestly not complaining. If he were camping this much, or backpacking, or even being lazy, YES, I would complain. But we have a common goal here and it includes getting a roof on our house before the sky starts falling in what we predict will be about 6 weeks. For those of you in Paradise, it's called snow. REAL snow :) with -15 degree below weather.
With not being able to spend as much time with Adam as we used to (it IS just momentary) Lucy and I have had to find ways to entertain our selves. This weekend we're going to Chico for a Gardner family get-together. We have family coming in from out of state and it'll be fun to get to see everybody. Well, almost everybody. We know a few won't make it (Matt and Kait, Katie, Beth and Dave) and they WILL be missed.
I'm very excited about next weekend's potential (Labor Day weekend). We were planning a family trip to Yosemite, however with the roof occupying Adam's weekends, we decided to postpone. So, that gives me an opportunity to go to Monterey with my mom to help her orchestrate a wedding that weekend. It will be work, but it's going to be SO much fun, because my dad is also going, and my sister is in the wedding. It'll be just the four of us for the first time in over 5 years! Yes, just the FOUR of us. I'm shipping Lucy out. I'm hoping Marian will be able to take her and it's sounding hopeful, but I won't know for sure for another day or so.
I am so excited about the prospect of my OWN schedule. Taking a walk down cannery row BY MY SELF. Granted I'll be at the whim of my mom (which is the point of this trip--she's the boss and I like ti that way) but even if there's 10 minutes down-time where I can just do one thing by myself that doesn't involve "running" to Wal-Mart for TP, or orchestrating a trip out of the house around naps, it'll be the BEST WORKING VACATION EVER.
Well, the recycling truck is almost here and I don't want to be rude. :)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Adam's Anniversary Band
I've had many comments requesting a photo of Adam's new ring...
So here you go. It's actually pretty massive. It's a size 11 and weighs a lot. Kurt (the designer) and I wanted to use all the gold from my grandmother's bracelet so that it's thick and IF something happens, it's less likely to break or bend. Adam primarily uses his right hand at work, but on the weekends he's working on the house, chopping wood, he may get called on a fire, so we wanted it to hold up to as much abuse as possible.
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