Tiny Talk

This past weekend, I finally conquered a major task on my to-do list and organized my closet. After spending hours shifting through clothes, shoes and accessories that I’ve had for years, I felt a huge sense of accomplishment when I had over four bags ready to be donated to my local Goodwill.

Ah, there is nothing better than a clean and organized closet.

Post by Jessica R.

My goals are simple – exercise 30 minutes a day, every day. Simple in theory, apparently impossible in reality. In order to be able to achieve those goals many stars have to align and in the last three months or so they haven’t aligned once. To be fair, I wouldn’t care much, but I can’t seem to fit into my jeans any more and my wardrobe is becoming more and more limited by the day.

It’s not my fault, really. I keep trying to exercise, but my children are determined to keep me nice and squishy. Especially around the middle.

Whenever I try to so sit ups or push-ups they can’t think of anything better to do that sit on me and keep me pinned to the ground.

When I try to lift weights they try to lift weights, and drop them on their tiny toes, resulting on ten minutes spent looking for the icepack rather than building up a little muscle.

When I try to do a workout video they want to join in, trip, fall, hurt themselves, and again we spend the time hunting down errant ice packs.

And when I decide to foil their plans and set my alarm for 6 am so I can go for a run before they even wake up, they find a way to be up all night, making sure that when that alarm rings at 6 I laugh at it, turn it off and go back to sleep for a precious few minutes.

I can’t win. Short of buying a few more ice packs and dancing around the kitchen like a maniac while I make dinner, I’m at a loss.

Help a busy working mama out. How do you fit exercise into your busy schedule?

This past holiday season, we asked all of our customers to submit their favorite photos to be entered to win the titles of Cutest Couple, Cutest Child and Cutest Family as a part of the 2009 Tiny Prints Talent Search. Now we are thrilled to introduce you to the winners!

Cutest Couple: Mark and Jennifer Wernig

Our Grand Prize Winners Jen and Mark are coming out to San Francisco for their photo shoot in May. Mark is stationed at the Naval Academy in Maryland, so they have to wait till he has a leave. They just welcomed their second little girl  Caitlin, and will be using their $500 Tiny Print Gift Certificate to buy birth announcements.

Cutest Child: Kamryn Maxfield

Cutest Family: The Henry Family

Congratulations to all of our winners! You can look forward to seeing more of them in future Tiny Prints and Wedding Paper Divas ads, catalogs and more.