Babione 6

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

B.I.D.I.A.

Ten years ago we lived in Danville, KY and had only one child. I decided to try my hand at selling Mary Kay cosmetics. It didn't quite take but I did learn one thing that has stuck with me since.

I went to a MK conference with other MK Consultants in a nearby city. The speakers were great and very motivating. Unfortunately, the motivation didn't make it home with me. However, one speaker talked about B.I.D.I.A. and I have never forgotten it. It stands for:

BUT I DID IT ANYWAY

Here's the premise. As we go throughout our day we come upon things we NEED to do to accomplish our goals yet we don't FEEL like doing them.

B.I.D.I.A.

I didn't feel like sitting down and reading with my kindergartner - BIDIA

I didn't want to clean my bathrooms today - BIDIA

I was tired and didn't want to walk on the treadmill - BIDIA

The list of ways to apply B.I.D.I.A. are infinite. Like the one my husband just suggested:

I was tired and didn't want to "spend time" with my husband - BIDIA

The thing is I always feel so much better after making myself do the thing I think I don't really want to do. And by doing those things that are fine on a to do list but in reality we always put off
we actually might find that in a month or two or three we've accomplished the things we've been trying to accomplish for years.

Like losing weight, or getting in shape, or organizing our house, or strengthening our relationships.

So this is the Babione6 year of B.I.D.I.A.

I even framed it and hung it in our bedroom. We can't miss it there. And I'm sure now Husband is going to remind me of it ALOT. =)

Bridget

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

New Year's Eve

When I was growing up we had a New Year's Eve tradition. At midnight we would run outside and bang on pots and pans and yell "Happy New Year!" as loud as we could. If it wasn't too cold we would run up and down the street too.

We decided to bring back the pots and pans tradition this year. We hung out with friends, ate lots of good food, played fun games, and then when it was time we all got bundled up.

After everyone was bundled and had their pot or pan of choice we headed outside.

And since it was so cold and icy we decided to stay in the front yard. But we banged and yelled as loud as we could so as many as possible would hear!

Husband is obviously in charge of the camera during this time. And he's missing all the real action.

The kids loved it and thought it was way cool and very fun. I remember feeling the same way when I was young.

And, of course, we couldn't miss our New Year's kiss. There's no one else I would rather share it with!

Bridget

Monday, January 4, 2010

A Puzzle

Hello everybody! I've got a video game called Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box and it is full of puzzles. I want to tell you one: "A girl gets out and walks her dog. After ten seconds, her father comes out and follows her. The dogs starts running between the girl and the father. The girl is walking 2 feet per second and the father is walking 5 feet per second. It takes the dog ten feet per second to get to the girl and the father. How much feet does it take the dog to run between the girl and father until the father catches up to the girl?" (My calculations on remembering the puzzle might not be correct so your answers might be wrong beause of me)

Please leave your answer in the comets. Thank you.

Bobo

ROLLERCOASTER!

For some reason as I started to type the title of this post I heard a song in my head. I'm not sure if I'm just making it up or if there really is a song that says 'Roller coaster...of lu-u-uv'.

Obviously, this isn't about that. It's about an actual roller coaster that Bobo got for Christmas. It's huge. HUGE. And it has a camera attached to the car so he can make videos with it.

He started putting it together around 11:oo in the morning.

This is where he stopped for a lunch break.

As you can see, it takes up my whole dining table. Now my table isn't huge, just 3x5, but where in the world are we gonna store this thing? My first thought is that it can stay up a few days and then it's coming apart and going back in the box. Bobo was a little distraught over this idea bc by now it was 3:00 in the afternoon and he wasn't done yet.

But we don't have the luxury of a formal dining room with a table that is only used once or twice a year. We not only eat on this table, we do school on this table, I sew on this table, unload groceries on this table, the kids play on this table. It can't be out of commission.

He trudged on anyhow.

Here it is almost done at 5:20.

It even has a loopty loop.

There were a few technical difficulties so Dad stepped in to help.

He got it up and running and took all the video he could fit on the camera. Now he's just waiting for mom or dad to install the software onto the computer so he can play with it.

And we came up with another solution to the storage problem. One shelf in Bobo's room had Husband's keyboard and one of his guitars on it. We found a new home for those things and put the rollercoaster on that shelf.

Bobo was thrilled.

Bridget

Sunday, January 3, 2010

My Jewelry Display

I have had an idea for displaying my jewelry for awhile. I saw it in a magazine and it burned on my brain. You just cover an inexpensive bulletin board in fabric and then use pearl tipped straight pins to hang your jewelry on it.

I've been waiting to purchase another bulletin board. However, when I was finding places for all the new Christmas presents I saw the brown bulletin board chilling behind my bedroom door and decided enough waiting. Time to use what I have. So this is how things started out:

My pitifull broken jewelry box. It hardly held half my stuff. The rest was hanging on my robe hook in my closet and in boxes on the highest shelf. I never remembered what I had and hardly wore any of it.

Hopefully this new system will get me wearing more of my stuff.

I know the fabric makes it hard to see the jewelry, but trust me, it's there. I've almost filled the whole thing and its a big board! I also hung my silver polishing cloth on there and since this is just a half bath I'm not worried about too much moisture hurting my stuff. Basically, all we do is brush our teeth and do our business in there.

It does bug me a bit that the fabric is sideways and rather busy. I have some blue silk that I might change it out for. But until then, I'm really enjoying having all my jewelry at my fingertips.

Bridget

I didn't hang up all my jewelry. I have a few valuable and family pieces that are staying safely put away.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

We had a White Christmas!

These were actually taken on Christmas Eve but thankfully the snow was still around on Christmas Day. Living in the south means that when you are actually lucky enough to get snow there is no guarantee that it will last long. However, it is four days past Christmas as I'm typing this, the snow is still around, and it is actually snowing right now!

There's really not much to narrate with these pics so I'm just gonna let them speak for themselves.

Enjoy!