Couponing

Alright, I know it's been a LONG time since I've blogged, but I have had a lot going on (i.e. having a baby). However, I have recently picked up a new hobby that is worth blogging about: couponing!!! It's almost like a game, how much can I save?

Here are some of the deals I got my first week couponing:

- Had a coupon for B1G1 Purex (saved $7.99)
- Had a coupon for B1G1 Kotex Light Days (saved $2.39)
- Right Guard Deoderant was B1G1 at the store plus I had a $1 off coupon so I only paid 0.39!!!
- Mylicon drops were $2.99 because I had a $2 off Publix coupon and a $2 off Manufacturer coupon
- Here's a list of the items I got for FREE: Isopropyl Alcohol, Beechnut Rice Cereal, Publix Cocoa Butter and Publix Hand Sanitizer



So here are the totals: Everything pictured above (minus some cold meds I dropped by Phillips office) totaled $85.46. I only paid $39.34!!!! That's a savings of $46.12 (53.88%)!!!

Happy Halloween 2009

Spirit Week @ Northwood Academy

Day 1 - Wacky Tacky Day




Day 2 - Country Western Day




Day 3 - 50's Day




Day 4 was Spirit Day, but after all of that dressing up during the week she didn't want to on Spirit Day!!! Go figure!! Friday they didn't have school due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. Just thought I'd share some pics.

Super Cute Bows!!!

so much fun!!
and so so cute...
if you have a little girl or several little girls
and you love hair bows
like we do...
you need to head on over to this girl's blog and enter her giveaway!!!
she is giving away some cute summer themed bows to three lucky winners!!
please tell her i sent you!!

sara beth bows are super cute, super reasonable and
she uses the money she makes from the bows to help with adoption expenses!!!
go. check. it. out. now!

www.sarabethbows.blogspot.com

Sara Beth Bows

so much fun!!
and so so cute...
if you have a little girl or several little girls
and you love hair bows
like we do...
you need to head on over to this girl's blog and enter her giveaway!!!
she is giving away some cute pink and green spring themed bows to two lucky winners!!
please tell her i sent you!!

sara beth bows are super cute, super reasonable and
she uses the money she makes from the bows to help with adoption expenses!!!
go. check. it. out. now!

www.sarabethbows.blogspot.com

Riddle Time

Quote of the CENTURY!!!

Let me start by saying that Phillip is a very "private" person when it comes to the girls being in the bathroom while he is showering. (we have a clear shower door on our shower) So if I'm in there getting ready I politely redirect them to go and play or watch a show on TV, if I'm not in there then we close the door to the bedroom until dad is FULLY clothed (because Savannah just laughs when she sees Phillip in his underwear and says that he's "silly")

All that being said let me set the scene:

Tonight I loaded the girls in the car to run up to our local Little Cesar's and get a pizza. While we were gone Phillip was supposed to be showering and getting ready for our date night. Well unlike our usual experience the pizza was actually ready and there was no one in line in front of us. We were in and out! When we arrive at home we pile back in the house and I head to the kitchen to set the pizza down. As I'm headed to the kitchen I can see the girls heading into our bedroom. I also hear the shower water still running so I sweetly say, "Girls come out of the bathroom and let daddy finish getting ready." A couple of seconds later they came out and I starting getting dinner on the table. Suddenly Phillip was standing in the kitchen with his bath towel wrapped around his waist, a smirk on his face, telling me that Savannah had caught him off guard in the bathroom. He was washing his face and didn't see her in there. She proceeded to tell him this:

"Daddy your bottom looks like a hot dog!"

OMG!!!! I thought I was going to pee in my pants right there on the kitchen floor!!! Even now thinking and writing about this scene makes me laugh until I have tears in my eyes. HYSTERICAL!!!! We need to have a little baby boy so these things can be explained in a more appropriate way.

Possibly Picasso

So I'm just going to skip right over the fact that it has been 2 months since my last blog and move right into my new post...

Over Christmas break we met up with one of Savannah's friends from school, Lochlynn, and went to paint pottery.







The girls had a blast while Sandra and I tried to keep the paint off of them and their clothes. It was definitely a more expensive endeavor than I had planned, but we had fun and have something to show for it.

Step Four...

Bake it and viola' you're done!

Step Three...

Mix all of the ingredients together... (I would tell you what all the ingredients were, but then I'd have to kill you, sorry)




Then pour it all back into the pans.

Step Two...

Crumble the Cornbread...

Step One...

Ok, here is the first step in making the very famous Farrell Dressing. I have managed to make it 9 1/2 years without having to make this for Phillip, and now my time has come. Wish me luck!

Make the cornbread the day before. How does it look SyLesia?

Pan #1



Pan #2

Knock, Knock.... Is Anybody Home?

YES! We went to the Pumpkin Patch today. Here are some pictures...

With Liberty and Justice for All

*Disclaimer: This is NOT a political post!

My daughter, Savannah Grace, is well on her way to playing the role of Aunt Bethany in the movie Christmas Vacation. (give or take 75 years) If you don't know what I'm talking about watch the video below and then continue reading.



So, since she has started school she has not only been inundated with new information but she is also learning new pledges, mottoes and bible verses. She is learning the Pledge of Allegiance, the Star-Spangled Banner, the Pledge to the Bible and this past week they started doing weekly bible memory verses. Now I know that kids have a faster learning curve than us old folks but I have to admit that this seems like a lot to be "throwing" at them within the first 2 weeks of school, as exampled through the following:

We were in the car after school one day running some errands and this is how the conversation went:

Me: Savannah, how was your day today?

SG: Fine.

Me: Did you start learning a new Bible verse?

SG: Yes.

Me: Can you tell mommy what it is?

SG: (silence) hmmmmmmmmmm

Me: (So I started it for her hoping it would jog her memory) In the beginning...

SG: In the beginning (long pause)

Me: God

SG: (without skipping a beat) indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!

How cute is that? What are the funny things your kids say?

Seriously Disturbed

Ok, I had a life altering revelation the other day. I was driving around running some errands and minding my own business when I noticed a local Sara Lee truck making a delivery. The truck was painted completely white and the only markings on it were the Sara Lee logo, as pictured below, and the Sara Lee tag line, "Nobody does it like Sara Lee", right? WRONG!!!! I was in shock! They must have misprinted the tag line on the side of that truck! My whole life I thought that this particular jingle went, "Nobody does it like Sara Lee!" I have been wrong my whole life. The wording on the truck said, "Nobody DOESN'T like Sara Lee". What kind of grammar is that?!?! Not only is my tag line better, it uses better grammar! So, today I saw another truck with the SAME markings, so naturally the next place I went to investigate was Google and guess what I found? The truck didn't have a misprint. So 2 Sara Lee trucks and a Google search later I have been enlightened, and I wish I hadn't. Please, Sara Lee, reconsider your tagline!

Savannah's First School Project

This is the process we, as a family, went through to help Savannah Grace with her first school project. As we made the project we had to document it with pictures and put together a book that told and showed what all we did. The shadowbox is suppossed to be her classroom, the 2 tall paper dolls are her teachers, Mrs. Legare and Mrs. Riddle and the 3 short paper dolls are SG, Nathan and Ayoola (2 other students in her class). The point of the project was for SG to be able to use the shadowbox and paper dolls to show us what she does in her class each day. One of the pictures towards the bottom shows the front of her book that we did as a part of the project. Hope you enjoy the process through pictures.