Summer Vacation

So, here we are sitting outside in OK ... sun, country, smell of horses, raccoon in the kitchen drawer .. you know, the usual! LOL! We woke up this morning wondering where the baby raccoon had run off to and found it looking for the muffin pan. Such a beautiful place here in Broken Bow. A wonderful, refreshing country atmosphere. Seeing the horses running through the pasture and John calling the horses with a cowboy woop woop. Just amazingly beautiful! Going to bed with the smell of horses on your hands from loving "Bones" before bed ... This truly is God's Country!

Not So Bummer Summer!!

Okay, so inspired! Just saw Judy Moody's Not So Bummer Summer and can't wait to get started with our "Not So Bummer Summer"!

So, here's the deal - you need 5 or 6 dares - we put .. rock wall climbing, jump from a high dive, walking around Target in PJ's, Go Cart/put put race, hold a frog until it pees, do a show of some sort for your neighborhood (advertise on signs of date and time and put all over neighborhood).

Each dare is worth 10 thrill points. You get bonus points (10) if you do something extra during each dare and there are loser points if you fail at the dare (-10).

I'll post a pic when we get ours done! I can't wait to see what you guys come up with! YIPPEE!

Oh and yes .... parents, you too! I'm so doing it! I need a little fun this summer!

coupon site

Okay, so I'm laying in bed last night .. again .. and had some great thoughts to write about .. again .. and here I am .. again .. not remembering even one thought I had! What the world?!

I did want to mention that I've been a member of this coupon saving site for about a month and am really liking it. It cuts my "coupon time" in half (not that I've been doing it for years). anyway, SavingsAngel.com is the site if you wanna drop by. I've enjoyed being able to post in the community and there are some great ideas posted that have been helpful for me (newbie). My favorite part of the site is the posts of "stock up" times and places. I look forward to the day that I can buy like the extreme couponers! Can I get a wooop wooop!

So, today I hit FlyLady.net to see my chores for the day, make a packing list for our OK trip, make invites for our end of the year pool party, and make a plan for next weeks' sitting. Wish me luck!

New Day

So, I'm trying to sleep last night and of course .. couldn't and was thinking of all i could be writing in my blog, wondering why i dont write more often. hmmm .. dunno. i sure had a lot to say last night but of course can't remember a bit this morning. i have ideas and thoughts but have never really been a writer or reader, really. okay, that sounds weird. . (in my head, i'm not actually talking out loud while writing). so, not a writer, not a reader ... what am i? well, today i am a writer and couponer. i have gotten so addicted to the couponing thing! I have never couponed before. ya, i know. some of you are like "what???" and some of you are like "me? never". I guess it is my new obsession. i take on and take off obsessions like the planes at Newark Airport! Okay, first it was doing my own nails (I just couldn't pay $30 to have someone else do what I could learn to do myself). Then, it was baby sign language (which i still am in love with but it was a little trendy so no one is interested anymore), sewing, crochet, knitting, making bows (until i mastered the most beautiful boutique bow), scrapbooking (which never really took off-i never printed my pics), making paper crafts/recycle crafts (i've even made my own paper!), oh oh oh and baking like breads and such, hair cutting (my poor son! It never looked horrible but he was so good and patient! I even cut my own hair! CRAZY!), and now ... couponing! I guess out of all my OCD moments this has got to be the best. Not a peep from my hubby as of yet, but it is still early. LOL

So, I haven't used amazing coupons like the extreme couponers on TLC but I have started to shop around sales. I make my menu around the sales that week instead of making my menu and then to the grocery to find the items (which were never on sale that week!) I would spend about $120-$140 a week on grocery items and now ... about $80. Ya! I didn't realize until last night when I was explaining to my husband that I may not have used but 5 coupons BUT I did save tons because of waiting (being patient - which I am soooo not!) This has been hard but very exciting at the same time. I look forward to the new ad and finding out what is on sale and what I have coupons for. They don't usually match up amazingly but .. I'm being patient ... I'm being patient! Oh, and I just can't buy 20 bottles of Mylex just because it is free with coupons. I just can't. I have the waste not want not mentality from my childhood. I can't imagine buying so much that I would have to rotate out the expired foods. i would DIE! I just can't imagine! I can't even throw away the rest of my rice and beans from last nights dinner out! Yes, I saved them and along with some chips ... I'll have lunch!

Enough today... I'll write more, be more attentive to my husband, clean often, listen to my children without distraction, forgive easier, love myself longer!