tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51444152503127299582024-03-14T03:23:32.772-04:00Life's Small MomentsKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-71708607184130205442011-07-17T13:41:00.002-04:002011-07-17T13:46:19.273-04:00I challenge us...Okay I admit. We are horrible at sitting at the table to eat our meals. Honestly I think a lot of it has to do with not having an eat-in kitchen. That and our dining room table almost always has at least two laptops and a pile of mail sitting on it. But that's going to change. I hear by declare a challenge. The Kratzer family is going to eat EVERY meal at the table from now until the end ofKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-75599927065188152862011-07-13T09:27:00.005-04:002011-07-13T10:02:46.196-04:00Oh the Places You'll Go!In our family, we love road trips. My in-laws recently moved close to Cleveland and that opened up a new world of travel opportunity for us. The weekend before the fourth they treated us to a few days in Washington D.C. During that weekend, we managed to travel through six different states, as well as our nation's capital. When we returned home, I thought about how cool it would be for Luke Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-83263255312114898872011-06-06T10:54:00.004-04:002011-06-06T11:19:35.329-04:00Saturdays from a JarYesterday I posted about our Summer Bucket List. On it it says, "Saturdays from a Jar." I will explain.Have you ever had one of those Saturdays? Where each one of you is itching to do something, but you're not sure what? We do. A lot.This is my solution to life's most perplexing question... "What do you want to do today?"Saturdays in a Jar should actually be called Saturdays in 3 Jars. One Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-13405493719103859912011-06-05T11:46:00.006-04:002011-06-05T11:54:36.864-04:00Our Summer Bucket ListSummer has arrived!! And I've already heard, "I'm bored." several times from Little Mister's mouth. So we created a list. A list of all of the things we want to do this summer. Of course we're not limited to this... I've already decided I want to go strawberry picking. Maybe even tomorrow.We're going to get this printed and put it in a pretty frame. As we tackle each activity, we'll use a Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-44384718261939648792011-03-05T23:10:00.003-05:002011-03-05T23:13:58.374-05:00Giveaway on Born 2 Impress... a Kelly Moore bag!Okay so I have birthday money burning a hole in my pocket. So I did a search for DSLR bags. I found some ADORABLE ones out there! AND I found a GIVEAWAY for one!!!If I win, I'm fairly certain I'll be getting the b-hobo in mustard, which is pictured above. ADORABLE. Gosh I hope I win. Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-86551817669924738442011-02-05T16:30:00.003-05:002011-02-05T16:40:09.509-05:00Bringing a little warmth to my house today.Tomorrow we celebrate Luke's 7th birthday for the last time. It's his celebration with my side of the family. He chose Spongebob decor and decided he wanted a Lemonade Layer Cake, because it's lemon and lemons are yellow... just like Spongebob. This celebration is pretty low-key- we get together the 1st Sunday of the month for lunch at my mom & dad's anyway. This time we'll just throw Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-17270209685462002172011-02-03T06:36:00.000-05:002011-02-03T06:36:00.295-05:00Snow Day: Making Snow Ice CreamAnother fun thing we did on our snow day yesterday was making snow ice cream.It was super easy & fun to make!It was tasty, too. Although Luke disagreed. His first thought was that there was bird poop in it. When I finally convinced him there was no bird poop in it, he decided it tasted like coconut. I think he's the coconut.Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-62980014288126089202011-02-02T18:04:00.003-05:002011-02-02T18:28:10.313-05:00Snow Day: Painting the SnowToday we actually had a snow day! I think that's the first one in two years.We're pretty diehard here in our town, but apparently a Blizzard Warning is cause enough to cancel.We got a decent amount of snow, probably about 15 inches in the not drifted parts... and it was HEAVY to shovel!Well, we made the most of our snow day. We bundled up- well, Luke did. I left all of my snow gear at school Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-63026273664394268362011-01-31T16:23:00.004-05:002011-01-31T16:27:31.648-05:00Snow BuddyThe minute I heard that Pix-O-Sphere was having an animal photo contest, I knew immediately which photo I was going to enter.It's perfect, is it not?Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-49411159643074256072011-01-30T15:02:00.010-05:002011-01-30T15:23:21.800-05:00Rainbow CupcakesWe had Luke's 7th birthday celebration with his friends yesterday. There are only so many places we can have a fun birthday party in the middle of winter. So, we splurged and took him and ten of his friends to an indoor water park. They had a blast! Last week, when we were talking about birthday cakes, he said he wanted rainbow cupcakes. I can do that! When I mentioned that I was going to Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-78239149747033814772011-01-28T17:37:00.013-05:002011-01-28T17:54:12.534-05:00Show & tell time.Oh my word! My designers have been CRAZY busy this week! They kept me on my toes, but check out all of the yummies that release tomorrow at Sweet Shoppe Designs!Live in the MomentCredits: Be Blessed by Libby PritchettKey to ChangeCredits: Glass Half Full by Meghan Mullens & Eva KiplerAdorable YouCredits: 12 Months: Mega Kit by Penny SpringmannI love you.Credits: Love Letters by Heather Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-32106018929980425202011-01-27T19:12:00.003-05:002011-01-27T19:33:13.374-05:00Check out my new look!So do you like it? I won a giveaway at Tucker's Take Tennessee a week or two ago from Little Bitty Design Studio. Tracey rocked it. I said mod, gray & yellow & simple. This is what I got. It's like she read my mind. Isn't it fabulous? I love changing my blog up... it's kind of like spring cleaning. And I am so ready for spring. Like so ready.And since I'm here, I might as well Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-78850255136060375072011-01-08T19:37:00.002-05:002011-01-08T20:09:57.429-05:00Weekend UpdateWell, today is Day One of the family weight-loss challenge. Woooooooo-doggy am I hungry today! Saturday is not a good day to start. If it were a weekday, at least I'd have school to distract me. But here I sit with my bag of baby carrots (heh, heh... the ingredients are actually listed on the outside of the bag. It says, "Ingredients: Carrots") & 3rd refill on my 24-oz water bottle. I Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-81501864836600806472010-12-29T19:38:00.005-05:002010-12-29T20:28:20.061-05:00{a new year, the same goals}It's almost 2011... and I can hardly believe it! Around this time each year I like to think about what went well during the current year (and what I want to continue doing in the new year) and what didn't go so well (and what I want to change in the new year).What went well?For the first time in my life I lost a good amount of weight! I joined a Skinny Jeans Challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs inKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-39153864740882697072010-08-16T09:40:00.000-04:002010-08-16T09:40:00.528-04:00Menu Mondays: Week of 8/15/10I had a few suggestions that I share or link my menu each week. So, unless I run out of time to blog, you can find my weekly menu each Monday. Enjoy!Sour Cream Chicken EnchiladasChicken & Black Bean Burritos (Joel rotisseries the chicken on the grill)BBQ Chicken Salad (using the leftover chicken from the burritos)Pepper Jack Chicken with SuccotashTriple Grilled Cheese and Homemade Tomato Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-44768087716841114662010-08-15T09:36:00.001-04:002010-08-15T09:38:33.719-04:00Love this song...The first verse is a great reminder of why I teach every day...Love Me by JJ Heller He cries in the corner where nobody seesHe's the kid with the story no one would believeHe prays every night, Dear God won't you pleaseCould you send someone here who will love me?Who will love me for meNot for what I have done or what I will becomeWho will love me for meCause nobody has shown me what Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-50556577722724650732010-08-15T08:54:00.015-04:002010-08-15T09:18:26.363-04:00Showing off my latest layouts...I haven't been keeping up with my blog much because I've been busy getting ready and starting a new school year! But here are my layouts from the past month... they are going to be quite a few!{Memories. Preserved. Templates 17-20 by Susan Robinson Designs, Time Ticking Away by Lauren Grier, Dynomite Dates by Traci Reed (retired), Poppyseed font by Darcy Baldwin}{Fresh and Fanciful by Eva Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-35382397339869143952010-08-04T06:23:00.001-04:002010-08-04T06:23:00.696-04:00Just a little advice...Get a AAA membership. Or at least make sure your spare is inflated and you have the proper tire-changing tools in your car.Oh, and while you're driving to get said tools, don't get distracted and get pulled over by a police officer.And once you finally have an inflated tire, make sure you can get the bad tire off.But if you don't follow my advice, it does eventually all work out. The tire will Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-37359116479474741392010-08-03T22:19:00.001-04:002010-08-03T22:19:43.546-04:00testing... testing... 1, 2, 3I wasnt able to posg from my phone before because fhe app wasnt working. will it work now?Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.9Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-34011327908685921832010-08-03T06:19:00.000-04:002010-08-03T06:19:00.489-04:00To wake or not to wake?This is the week we start getting Luke back on a school bedtime schedule. We failed miserably last night. Our goal was to have him in bed by 8:45. He didn't get there until about 9:45. He and dad had some major bonding time, so that's okay. But tonight, we have to!I know he'll go to sleep easier if I wake him early in the morning. But that means a few things from me. a.) I have to get up Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-2967888057001444582010-08-02T08:06:00.003-04:002010-08-02T08:18:59.496-04:00Mmm, mmm Monday!Mondays are one of my favorite days because it starts a whole new week of menu choices. I typically get my groceries over the weekend, but we just kind of pick and eat and go out all weekend. So today's the day... and I have some fun new things to try this week!On this week's menu, in no particular order. (Because we just choose whatever we feel like that night, really.)For lunches, we eat Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-27846721419655048462010-07-30T14:22:00.002-04:002010-07-30T14:43:48.463-04:00Look what I came home to!After spending a whole week in Cleveland, we arrived back home late afternoon yesterday. We had a ton of fun... spent a ton of money... and made a ton of memories. But more of that later, when my pics are all uploaded and edited.I wanted to share what I came home to... my very first blog award. :)Thanks, Melanie, for the blog love! If you haven't read Mel's blog, you should. She always makesKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-53278056690315756132010-07-23T07:28:00.013-04:002010-07-23T07:28:00.453-04:00Travel Tips.Because we've traveled every summer with Luke... throwing in a few weekend trips & day trips throughout the rest of the year, I feel like we've got this traveling with kids thing down pat.Here are some tips that make things bearable in the Kratzer-mobile.1. Road Trip Car Games- We have travel bingo and a wipe-off board for the license plate game. I saw at Target a few days ago a few travel Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-59983754308515401752010-07-22T08:45:00.008-04:002010-07-22T09:21:59.251-04:00Vacation is upon us...We make a point to go somewhere each summer. Lately, it's just been somewhere to one of the neighboring states. Chicago last year... Cleveland this year. But it's somewhere. And it's good to get away, no matter how far.Like I said this year is a trip to Cleveland. Joel and I went to Cleveland for our first anniversary. We visited the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. We went to an Indians gameKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144415250312729958.post-73230231991840974592010-07-20T19:56:00.002-04:002010-07-20T20:25:38.103-04:00crazy love.So I'm reading this book. It's called crazy love by Francis Chan. Raise your hand if you've heard of it. Raise your hand if you've read it. Now raise your hand if you loved it. I'm only on the second chapter and already I'm glued. It's not often I can find a book that wisps my attention immediately. Especially a nonfiction-type. But this one. It got me from the get-go. As I was Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849112069264183296noreply@blogger.com4