Small things matter...

I came upon this little clip while looking for some slow cooker recipes to simplify our lives a bit so that when we get home, it's not such a mad dash to get dinner on the table for the hungry family. It's a good reminder that it's the little effort that you make to spend time with your loved ones that really makes the difference. For those of us who are still slaving away at the corporate job, please remember, it's just a job. The execs don't really care that you're missing your weekend or your nights to spend with your family as long as their products get shipped and money into their pockets. So workers, stand up and leave work early and go spend some time to play with your loved ones who really do care about your time!

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{Simplicity} Week 7 & 8 Catch up time

February has come and gone too quickly! We finally decided to pack up our minivan and take the kids on a road trip to see snow for the long holiday weekend and to celebrate our second's second birthday. 3hrs drive later, we find ourselves having to turn back because there was no power in the place we were going to stay at and the road conditions were pretty scary because of a snow storm the night before. We did manage to find a little patch of thin snow in the lower elevations and gave the kids 20 minutes of snow play before driving 3hrs back home. Thankfully the kids were really patient about the 6hrs of driving. It gave us hope that we could actually travel some distance away with 3 young kids. :)

Mmmmm.. roses. What more do I need to say here? It's the way to my heart and my hubby got them for me. (*^^)

{Simplicity} Week 5 & 6

Yup, I missed my week 5, so I'm posting double this week.


This is for those of you who celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. It's the year of the rabbit and here's my little girl in her traditional outfit giving us her "funny face".

This was one of those nights when my youngest decided that 3am in the morning was as good as any time to play. It's actually an enjoyable time of the day for me because it gives me time to contemplate without feeling like I'm neglecting a chore. Of course, I pay for it sometime later. :)

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{Simplicity} Week 4

When winter comes, one of the things that I look least forward to is how dark it is when I'm heading home. This week, I found a simple moment of happiness seeing this on the way home. It's not even the end of January and it's actually still light out. Nice blue skies with bursting red of the clouds lit by the setting sun, all the while, Journey's on the radio serenading the end of the day... Perfect.