Oh Technology!

Hi Everyone,

It's just "one of those days" it seems. My daughter Lily is being oddly fussy, perhaps teething? Who ever knows really?  Spilled my first coffee of the day, the dog was running around and woke Lily up from her nap (too early), and now I am battling with technology like there is no tomorrow!

Since I started this blog, and hopefully will someday have a YouTube channel to go along with it, I wanted the entire "Random Shannonigans" world to be separate from my own personal information on the internet. Well that is way easier said than done my friends! 

My iPhone is also so full that I cannot take any more pictures or download the new update, so I wanted to back everything up to iCloud, but it's also apparently full. So then I try and backup my iPhone to my laptop and it will apparently take 15 hours! I mean, REALLY!?!?   Add to this the fact that my laptop will not run on battery power alone anymore, and it freezes when you try and do too many things at once... man oh man!

I'm sure I will figure it all out but geez, why must everything be so tricky?! If you are computer savvy and would like to help a girl out, please let me know!

I think the best idea for this Mama would be to abandon the computer for awhile, get Lily up since she refuses to nap anyway, and go for a walk in the sunshine. Yes, you heard me, the sunshine! It is 6 degrees and the view out my window looks like this:

Stay tuned for my completed "Project Simply and Organize - Bathroom" post coming this week. :)  I promise it will be a much happier post.

~Shannon

Spring Cleaning

Hey Everyone!

Happy first day of Spring!  

Wait a minute... spring, spring... nope, I have no clue what that word means! As I type this post THIS is the view out my front door:

Yes, that is a massive snowbank... and it is still snowing! Oh how we love Canadian winters, am I right? (Did you catch that bit of sarcasm?) 

Despite the weather, my brain has gone into full out spring cleaning mode. We don't own our home unfortunately, but have been here for almost three years and are encouraged by the landlords to think of it as our own and change things as we see fit. For example, when they found out that we were expecting a baby they told us to buy whatever kind of paint, new electrical outlets, light switches, etc. that we wanted for the nursery and they would reimburse us. Then they still made a point to come over and bring us a gift after she was born! Seriously, amazing landlords!

Since I have the OK to change some things, I have been scouring the internet looking for inspiration and ideas on how to fix the unruly and honestly ugly-looking areas of our home. I am thinking shelving, totes, drawer dividers... I really wish we had a Container Store here in Ottawa. Although I do know that we have a "Solutions" which I think is similar. If you have gone there and had any luck please leave me  a comment letting me know.

I took a notepad and pen and did a full walk-through of my house and made a list of the projects I would like to tackle and hopefully complete while I am off on maternity leave (I go back to work in October). After sitting down with a coffee and reviewing my list, its basically my whole house! I am calling it "Project: Simplify and Organize"  - basically get rid of the crap you don't use or need, and make everything else easy to see and access.

I plan to go room by room, and have decided to take you guys on this organizing journey with me, if you're interested. I have started a few things here and there, and so far have one full garbage bag of clothes and two boxes of knick-knacks and dishes to be donated, not a bad start!

Keep checking back for new posts on my various little projects and I would definitely appreciate suggestions as we go along. I will also be posting non-organizational stuff as well, not everyone is thrilled by cleaning (myself least of all). 

~ Shannon

My Very First Blog Post!

Hey Everyone,

Welcome to my little corner of the internet!

If you don't know me, or would like to know more, please check out the "About Me" section. 

I had been toying with the idea of starting a blog for quite some time. I was nervous, of course, you just never know how people are going to react, what they will say, do, etc.,  because this can be an awfully cruel world. After discussing the idea with my husband, mom, and some friends I decided "Why not? What have I got to lose?"

Next question, how do I create a blog? I received some great advice from my friend Kristen at Three Monkeys' Mommy, checked out some of my favorite blogs and how they were run, and also turned to Google (who wouldn't?).  I read tons of information about the process of actually creating a blog, and it seemed simple enough. Choose a theme, choose a name, create your blog, personalize it to your liking and start writing. Sounds simple, right?

My issue? All of those instructions told me to decide on a theme for my blog, to decide on what specifically I want to write about, but I want to write about a LOT of different things! I have varied interests and want to share bits of everything with all of you.

So I decided to do exactly that, and create a random blog about all the aspects of my life, hence my blog name.  You can expect posts on topics including children and family, friends and activities, parties, beauty products, cosmetics, health/fitness, food, photography, books, music, TV shows, movies, crafts, home projects and organization, and really anything else that pops into my brain. I really hope you like it, and leave me lots of comments and lots of love.

Check back for more posts soon,

~ Shannon