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In the middle, Organization round II and To-do list!

And the organization continues.

But first a little info bit about me, much like everything else in life, I see myself as being in the middle of everything. When it comes to personality types I am a mix of type A and B. While I love to be organized, have things in order and cannot sleep at night with a sink full of dishes and dirty and stained countertop, I can also procrastinate and be lazy like it is no body’s business.

Not only that I have always been the mediator of the family, the problem solver you know! I get and understand everyone’s point of view and hence I am terrible at taking sides. I think it is in my blood, no really it is. I am blood type AB, that is probably the reason why I am always a mix of things never an extreme.

Q.Do you know your blood type? If yes, what is it?

Moving on, as mentioned earlier the organization continued. Since the husband is hosting big German crew at work, he is out most of the evening.  That leaves me with a lot of time at hand. I am really surprised how one single person (read husband) can just snatch away all of this wonderful time I have in the evening. Seriously I am getting so much done. I am letting my type A side take over my personality and getting some substantial things done.

So Organization: round 2 involved tackling the bathroom closet and shredding mails. Don’t get me started on the shredding mails business, I think I might explode with rage if I talk about it.

I don’t have the before pictures, one because I completely forgot about it and second because I did not want all you type A’s out there to cringe looking at them.

So here are the after pics,

Bathroom closet:

I am not a big make up person, but all the powders and lipsticks and eye liners in the drawer organizer. You can see my love for purple and pink here!

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A cute purple rack container to keep all my hair bands, head bands and clips together.My lotion and other stuff container in the other container.

All of the husbands’ stuff is in his own container gets his own rack.

And finally all my hair related electronic stuff in one container.

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And finally this is our mail holder and do you see any mail?zilch, right!

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Husband if you are reading this, I am sure you must have skipped a heart beat but don’t worry I didn’t go shredding and tearing like a mad woman. I read and organized all the important document in their separate folders.

On to my love for food:

Last night I made Dreena’s Super charge me cookies. I simply love these. They are easy to make, there are no ingredients that I never have in the house and lastly they are perfect for breakfast.

Here is a snap shot of my short TO-DO list with very power packed and time consuming items in it. I wanted to tear my hair apart since all of them had to be done today itself and the time consuming ones could not be tackled before 5 pm

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Here is where I am so far.

  • Call verizon[DONE]

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There is some weird phone issue. This morning my phone refused to get charged and then it was so overheated. None of the charging mechanisms worked. After about 2 hours of patient explanations I finally am getting a new replacement. Thank goodness it is under warranty.

  • Pay fees [DONE]
  • Clean: I make it a point to clean the entire house and fridge before going anywhere. [DONE]
  • Packing [DONE]
  • Target, to get a few things [DONE]
  • Print outs [NOT YET]
  • Gym [ NO :( ]

Ever since the organization bug has bitten me, I have become  a great fan of organization blogs and Penelope loves lists is one of my favorites. Today she asked a question about having a signature fonts. Call me a nerd, but I love stuff like this. My signature font has to be Trebuchet. I just love it. And if there is one font that I hate it has to be Arial.

Q. Do you have a signature font?

New hairstyle!

Hey Guys!
Sorry I have been MIA for the past few days! I have been under a bad attack of Headache since Friday night! I have been checking the blogs sometime but the glare of the laptop, the TV or reading is aggravating it. I have been so bored for the past few days. Thankfully everything seems to be back to normal and I can do stuff I enjoy.
Okay I have something interesting to share. Ever since I have started taking care of myself, I have started paying particular attention to things like my clothes, shoes, makeup and hair. Then I came across this Blog and this one. They really inspired me to take some cues and work on my own personality. I really believe that paying particular attention to oneself really adds the vibrancy and confidence to face the world!
Okay I am digressing, so all my life I have been really annoyed with my hair. They are poker straight and do not wish to get styled. Don’t get me wrong I love them; my friends and family constantly tell me how lucky I am to have hair that straight etc etc etc etc. Ya Ya I get that….but they can really get annoying sometimes, just stand like sticks. You know how it is like…The grass on the other side is always more green. Not that I want curly hair but you know a lil’ rolls( not noodle curls ) won’t hurt.
So when I saw the curler used by Angela of ohsheglows, I researched a bit and decided to give this piece of gadget a try. Looking at the reviews I thought I’ll try using this product and buy it from Amazon and then I went grocery shopping. There I just gave a glance to the curling irons and then it struck…I should buy them from a supermarket, that would cut down the shipping cost and using my Kroger card would give me an additional $1.50 discount. So I decided to buy it.
I bought home this thing and I am so happy I did. I got my hair curled the moment I came home. I was apprehensive whether this would work, and it really did! Here’s the result and not only that, it stayed that way for about a day. Yipeeeeee!!!

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So this was my hair makeover news that I had to share.The curls are perfect not too small like a noodles. Since the day it’s worked I have tried various styles with it and I am so looking forward to a new look when the new semester begins!
I also tried pumpkin- cranberry bread which is so good, and the husband really liked it! I’ll be posting the recipe soon. And one more thing I begin my fitness regime from tomorrow. I’ll be posting my starting weight and measurements soon!
See ya tomorrow!