May 2008 Archives

Last night as I was trying to get the boys to brush their teeth, I noticed Max (the older one) was following right behind me.. I looked for Connor (the 4 yr old) I could hear him, but not see him. He was "army crawling" thru the hall. I said, "What in the heck are you doing, get up and go into the bathroom to get your teeth brushed." His response? "I'm on the road to nowhere" Okay I am a sucker- an easy mom to say the least and this of course made me start to laugh - belly loud laugh .. what 4 year old thinks they are on the road to nowhere? And how do you respond to this? "Mommy is on the road to nowhere too, get up and follow me" and of course he did! Since this is a blog and it is my blog I can write about all the boring things I want about my kids and how cute they are.. and get away with it. Connor is the comedian who insists on wearing a batting helmet while sitting 4 inches from the TV watching the "Suite Life of Zach and Cody" which I HATE....
I have a meeting to go to- the "road to nowhere".... I will blog more later

Okay I am I sure there is a limited number of people who know what those numbers are.. same as I am sure there are a limited number of people who understand my insane couponing or burning desire to create my own hamburger rolls when they are only 99 cents at Weis.. but for anyone who does "get" those numbers - you know that tomorrow night we will be going thru withdrawals since there is no LOST :(
I will be able to get some stuff done- clean out a cupboard, do a load of laundry, read some of the latest book I am tackling.. actually I am tackling 2 "Christ the Lord" by Anne Rice and "Son of a Witch"- same author who wrote "Wicked". I used to read allllll the time, now the older I get the more it becomes a luxury. I love books, the stories the ideas, how when it is a really good story - you cannot wait to get to the end, then mourn the end because you can not spend time with the characters. That is what Lost is like, if you like to read and become totally lost (no pun intended) then that show allows you to do that for one hour a week... a luxury. Next week it is 2 hours and I can not wait. I am gearing up now figuring if I walk the kids home from their respective daycares, they will be fast asleep by 9 pm. Which I am pretty sure won't happen- but I am prepared to feed them Turkey with a huge glass of milk to get them groggy and quiet. I am only kidding.......
   
    Also - I managed to go to the grocery store this week and spent 15 dollars for 54 dollars worth of stuff... that makes me feel like a productive mom!

       First: Get yourself a coupon holder. I always get mine at the Dollar Tree store... they are a buck and honestly it works for me. I buy it- then go thru the grocery store I frequent the most and label the holders slots in the order of that stores isles. Some people use those binders with "baseball card' type pages, I like that idea too~ But I don't have much info on it- as I don't use that method.
    Second: Know your coupons. I try to go thru my holder about every 2 weeks - weeding out ones that have expired and making a pile of ones that will expire before the end of the week or the following week. That way a good coupon that I would use won't go unused. Plus going thru them might help you remember that you "have" a coupon for something in particular when you see it on sale.
    Third: Get registered. Register your self on the Grocery stores website- if you can. They might have a newsletter that gets emailed to you, I get one once a month and it always has at least 2 printable coupons, usually 5 $ off 50$, or 2$ off any produce purchase... not too shabby
    Fourth: Look on line for coupons, even just googling "printable coupons" will get you to where you need to be. I wouldn't do this at work though.....do it from your home PC.
    Fifth: Email companies, retailers..let them know you like their products, they love compliments, I assume that they get hundreds of complaints a day.. A compliment is sure to stand out and maybe get a coupon landmailed to you!