Tis the season... for runny noses and tissue! OMGoodness! Thank goodness i have a fairly good stockpile of tissue boxes because i am using them like crazy! I swear i am wiping noses every 30 seconds >_< Piles and piles of nasty tissue...

At least Anabel is awesome with getting her nose wiped. She will come to me and tell me when she needs her nose cleaned. And Abby is getting better, actually today she has been following Anabel's lead and coming to me and pointing to her nose and trying to say 'tissue'. So cute! She still kinda fights you when you wipe her nose but she always says 'Thank you' after you do it :)

Last night Bob got the bars up in our new closets. The way he installed them makes it feel like the closet has even more space.

The closets are nothing special, old paint that does not look good by any means but i am excited about them. They do seem to have way more space then our old closets, maybe because they are actual 'walk in closets' which gives the feeling of being larger? What i love is that they have doors on them which will help the room feel more orderly.

As me and Bob were talking about future reno plans we realized our master bedroom plans (which would be to gut the whole upstairs to make it our big master bedroom and bath with a small nursery connected) would be years down the road (Bob said more like 10yrs) just because we decided that before the master bedroom is started we will have had to of redone the basement to give more bedrooms for the kids. Sooo since that would be the case and we will have to live with the upstairs the way it is, that gave me permission to eventually paint the rooms up there.

Since all of this cost money and any reno cost tons of money we will have to wait on it. Even painting adds up quickly. So for now we will move up stairs with no new paint and living with the old. We have been in a room for almost 2 years now that had no paint so it's nice to be in a room with paint, even if it's ugly old paint. LOL

I'm so grateful for what i have. I feel so blessed.... sure most of the rooms paint is not nice and we live with painted sub-floors that don't look good but this house has awesome potential!

This is only the second year in this home and we have a new awesome porch with awesome porch furniture, we have a new privacy fence (no grass yet though) in our back yard with an arch entry way, shelves installed in my pantry, and our newest adventure is the redone main floor bathroom. I mean come on! Who wouldn't feel blessed? I know the rest will come eventually and that will be awesome.... but for now i am happy with what i have!

So today i will be spending time bringing stuff from our bedroom upstairs and getting stuff organized.

We don't have the disposable money to buy the paint for the soon to be play room but i'm hoping we will soon. If not they can play in there with out it. LOL

I just want to get all this clutter from rearranging put away so i can get Christmas decorations put up!

So like i have said before... maybe not in the blog but one of my other ones, but we are moving the girls in together in one room and me and Bob are moving up stairs as well. So our up stairs will be: Guest room, Girls Room, and our bedroom.

What use to be our bedroom on the main level will then be turned into the play room.
As usual i have all kinds of ideas for the room!

What use to be my closet is perfect to fit the changing table in and the shelves in there are great for extra diapers and things that i don't want the girls into by themselves like the art stuff. I plan on closing it off with a baby gate. I primed the closet yesterday (lots of drama with that), I think i got myself literally high with fume.... so not fun! Also i painted the trim in the closet white which makes the old trim look so much better imo.

In what use to be Bob's closet i was thinking of hanging a curtain there and it become like a stage. It would be to fun if Bob could build a platform for the stage!

Our Church decided to do a float in the Parade of Lights local Christmas parade this year.
A lot of people put a lot of hard work into getting everything put together! And the result turned out looking nice lit up in the dark.

Last night Bob and i were talking before we fell asleep. He was talking about all the extra work he signed up for at school and i was expressing my dislike for that LOL I know he works hard and does everything he can to provide and he does a great job of it. I just wish things didn't have to be so and wish he could spend more time at home.

Part of the conversation:

"Isn't it so weird that we married each other" I said "I mean what made you pick a geek? It would seem that you being a jock and all you would have went for a cheerleader or something" Which was the type of girls he had dated before me. "And i always thought i was going to marry a geek!"
I said those chicks must have been to social for him since he is more of a recluse.
He said "Yeah i don't know why more people aren't that way. I like my bubble, like I am the guy on King of Queens... willing to lift up my shirt and show them my chest hair to scare them off.... i like our bubble just the way it is."
You would have had to of seen that episode of King of Queens to know just what he is saying. We got quite a laugh out of that!
I told him i thought it was because really he was a geek underneath and that when he met me he was all "Man i wish i could as cool as she is" Hehehe

The conclusion is that opposites attract... even if that can cause some friction, but you can always work through it.

While he might adore sports and i couldn't care less about them you learn that there is a lot things you do have in common.

We both enjoy:

• Art (i envy what he gets to do at work. I wish i knew how to do pottery or have the time to practice my Photoshop skills like he does.)
• Sewing (yes he sews)
• Woodworking
• Video games (me more so though)
• Cooking
• Decorating the house

My mom came down this weekend. I feel bad for her though cause i wasn't feeling as chipper and outgoing as usual and then poor Anabel got sick and started throwing up all over the place....
But i did love getting to see her. It was nice. She helped me a ton!

Yeah so poor Anabel... don't know what's up with her. She didn't/doesn't really seem to have a fever and she was acting fine and then all of a sudden she threw up. After that it seemed anything we gave her came back up, even water. She threw up in her bed so she got a bath and clean cloths. Bob put her bedding int he wash and she stayed in my arms after that for awhile. She kept asking for water and 15min after drinking she would puke it back up. So i started only letting her get tiny sips. She threw up on me several times... there for awhile it felt like i was changing her cloths and mine every few minutes. After the first time of her throwing up on me i decided to be smart and cover the couch with towels LOL that saved my couch but not me!

I ended up laying her down for bed on the couch with it covered in towels in case she would throw up again. I got set up in the recliner so i would be right next to her. Me and Bob sat up with her until she passed out.
Night was rough sleeping. She woke up a lot asking for water and i would give her little sips.

In the morning she seemed soooooo much better! No throwing up so far! She has eaten but only lightly today. This afternoon she said her stomach hurt so i was worried there was going to be more puking but none so far.

I felt so terrible for her!
Needless to say me and her and i'm sure my mom and Bob were very tired today. She is down for a nap now and has been sleeping a long time. I'm glad cause i think she needs it.

We missed church which sucked and i always feel terrible missing cause i do the coffee in the mornings.... but i felt i had to miss. There was no way that i was going to bring her to church after we had a day like that!

Bob watched the girls for a while while me and my mom went out to the store to pick up a few things. That was nice and i got some good couponing deals.

But now i feel like passing out.... if only i could!

I started a new blog dedicated to couponing. Deals and ad matches are for local deals and stores in the Kansas, Wichita area.

Total spent: $26.07

Saved: $86.93

(3)   Kleenex $.99 ($.50 off 3 doubles) = $.65ea

(2)   Carefree panty liners $1.09 (IP $.50 doubles) =$.09ea

(1)   Sprint $1.25 ($1 Catalina) = $.25

(4)   Hormel $.87 ($.55 off 2 doubles) = $.37ea

(3)   Pringles $1 ($.50 off 3 doubles) = $.66ea

(4)   Schick razors 12pk $6.88 B1G1 FREE, register rings it up as $3.44ea (Use B1G1 FREE Q) = $1.72ea

(20) Honest Tea $.75 (B1G1 FREE Q) = $.13ea

 

Spent: $2.66

Saved $31.55

10 Lipton Teas on sale for $1ea - $.50 Q doubles to a $1 = FREE
10 Honest Teas mega deal makes them $.75ea - B1G1 FREE Q = $.13ea

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Recently i started a spreadsheet to calculate how much i have spent on my stockpile and how much i would have spent on it if i would have paid regular price.

So far to date i have spent $616.46 on products that would have cost $1,902.17. I think that is pretty good!

 

Yesterday Bob started building me shelves in my pantry! SOOOOO exciting! I love them! I am able to organize my stuff and it’s so much nicer! I can’t wait for him to finish it! Then i can take pics and show is off :D

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(The Pirate Princess…Rrrrrr)

That is what she calls herself

Yesterday i got inspired to make Anabel a costume. We are planning to meet up with my sister and family and have some costume fun!

I didn’t have a pattern for any of this, just kinda threw it together and hoped it worked out!

I made the skirt, undershirt and corset. I still need to add a little lace white ruffle to peek out from the gathered area on the skirt, i think it will really finish it nicely!….also still contemplating whether i should make a chucky belt for her like you see in most pirate pictures… bob doesn’t think it needs it but i am wondering.

This picture is bad quality, had to take it with Bob’s iPad since my camera is still at my sister…. i think it looks way better in person. Besides the hat which i bought about a month back when i saw it on clearance for $3, this cost me $0 cause i just used scraps. :)

  

I also recently have been working on scrapbooking again. The picture above is a page i redid… i had kept a journal of right before Bob asked me out on our first date. I thought it was perfect to put in a scrapbook, good memories :D This scrapbook is just of us… like i have some pictures of us young, it will start there… go through the first date, him proposing, our first valentines day, pre wedding, wedding and end with the honeymoon. That’ll be the whole book.

Then this next picture is a page i just did…. mixing my sewing abilities with my scrapbook abilities. The frame around the picture is all fabric which is sewn to the paper and the ribbon is sewn on as well. I love sewing on my scrap pages! This book will be all about the girls…. when i got pregnant, belly pics, birth pics…. probably up to year one? That is what i am thinking :D

 

Also i have been drawing again! It feels great! I haven’t done it in so long and it’s always been something i loved to do, even though i’m not very good. This is the first thing i drew in years. It’s not finished… thinking of digitally painting it when Bob gets around to scanning it for me :D

 

On a couponing side note:

I have had a good week of coupon! I was able to get 30 Gatorades for free…. an ad match and coupon, it was pretty much amazing! LOL

And lots of other good stuff but that was the main highlight Hehehe

So i had another interesting dream. Once again i will add in a few details that might not have been in the dream just to make it more story form. In this dream i don’t appear to be anyone, but rather watching the story. Sometimes it felt like in the dream i was looking out the eyes of the Ambassadors male servant.

 

On a distant planet there was two races at war. The descendants of Alagar which adhere to the old ways and the creatures of the sky. The people of the sky had rested on this planet a few years ago and quickly decided to make it their home planet which meant to eradicate all other ruler ship.

This story begins here:

The alien motioned for the Ambassador and his servants to step aboard the hover craft. The arrangements had been made for a meeting between the Ambassador and the leader of the sky people to discus possible arrangements to end the fighting.

As soon as their feet settled on the hover craft it surged forward down a series of tunnels. They were going deep underground. The tunnels had many sets of deadly force fields which the alien at the front of the ship would call out in his own language and disable, many times at the last second.

They walked into the chamber and was told to wait. The Ambassador walked over to what looked like a window. It was a hologram of the outdoors for in fact they were many stories below the earth.

Soon the chamber was filled with people of the sky along with many armed soldiers and they quickly realized this was not a peaceful meeting. A native man stepped out from the crowd of aliens and motioned for the Ambassadors servant to step forward. He asked him to lay down on the table. ‘Tell me if it begins to hurt’ He started pushing on his stomach. The servant saw an odd figure creeping on the wall out of the corner of his eye. A figure dressed in black smiled at him and motioned for him to stay quiet. Suddenly a sharp pain surged through his abdomen from the man pushing on him. Several things happened at this time, he looked down at his stomach to see a purple web like discoloration appear on his left side as the figure on the wall jumped down, knocking down several aliens. The figure was a woman with long dark hair. She grabbed the servants arm and yelled for him to come. Pain ripped his body but he tried hard to run along side her.

The mob of soldiers were only a few paces behind them. Before the enemy could unload their guns on them the woman forced him to jump threw of door. As the door carved in suddenly they were jumping off the side of a waterfall into the river below.

(this was the moment i realized i was in a dream, i was looking threw the eyes of the man falling off the side of the waterfall and all of a sudden his voice screaming was that of a girls and i was like ‘wait this is a guy not a girl, i better get this dream right’ and changed it into a mans voice lol… pretty weird i know)

The woman helped the man onto the bank. All sorts of thoughts were running threw the mans head. He could easily tell where ever they were, it was no longer is home for there was nothing about it that looked like his planet.

(oh and the woman happens to look just like Angelina Jolie)

‘I know you have man questions’ the man was laid over on the bank, trying to catch his breath. The pain from his side had left him but the panic and confusion of what was happening was hard to bare.

She pulled out a piece of paper and unfolded it. ‘In this world this is our history’ On the paper was an article of two thieves. The pictures above it was of both of them. ‘You came from a parallel universe, the one you know as your home. On every planet whether you were born there or entered like we did threw secret doors you always have a past. This document changes according to what past we have.

‘So did i really steal something?’ the man asked

‘You might as well believe that you have because everyone else believes it’ she stood up and reached for his hand ‘Come with me, we must go into hiding’

They walked along the busy streets of the city. There was vender booths everywhere, selling anything you could imagine. Everything was so different then what he had ever seen. The woman smacked his shoulder ‘Don’t gawk at everything or they might pay more attention to you, come’…..‘Everything is arranged, we need to go find out room’

‘Arranged? Bu-’ the man stuttered

‘My name is Elliot by the way, just call me Eli’

‘I’m known as Eshland’

‘Well that is no good, we will have to change that. We are here’ She stopped in front of a building and looked up to the top. It was many stories high. ‘There is many things i have to tell you about me and you, come’ She said motioning for him to go first.

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This is were i was woken up by Anabel calling down for me to get her up Lol

But i had a sense that the purple discoloration and pain in his stomach would have played out in the story. Almost like it had been explained but the guy was to distracted by the woman on the wall to really pay attention. What had or was going to be explained was that that there was an alien already inside him because that was how what the Aliens were planning on to take over the planet to the fullest.

Since he was now in a different universe maybe this alien would come out and it would be the start of another war? Or maybe this Eli since she seemed very smart and informed already knew about the alien inside him and would take care of it?

Hmmm if only i didn’t wake up! I want to know what was going to happen! Grrr lol

Ok so this is labor day weekend and there was no coupon inserts because of the holiday :(

But none the less i had a good day!

After church we stopped into Wal-Mart.

In transaction 1 i got:

• 4 Cascade trial size ($.97ea - $1 off each coupon)
• 2 Tucks products ($2.84ea - $5/2 coupon)
• 3 Yogurts ($1ea – i had 3 coupons for 1 FREE yogurt)

Before coupons: $9.56

After coupons the total was : $1.51

Transaction 2 i got:

• 2 Simply Orange orange juices ($1ea - $1ea coupon)
• 2 Simply Orange Lemonade ($1ea - $1ea coupon)
• 4 Cascade trial size ($.97ea - $1ea coupon)
• 2 Tucks products ($2.84ea - $5/2 coupon)
• 8 scotch tapes (price matched at $1ea - $1ea coupon)

Before coupons: $21.56

After coupons: $2.19

 

Total in savings: $31.12

Total spent: $3.70

84% savings

 

Then later i went to Walgreens:

Total in savings at Walgreens: $38.52

Total out of pocket: $13.13

and walked out with $8 in Register Rewards towards my next purchases.

75% savings

 

Then at Dillon’s i bought 4 of the dial hand soaps

Total Savings there: $7.24

Paid: $.88

82% savings

 

I put these tatoos on her like 4 days ago LOL They are really good ones!

Anabel love her birthday and ever since then she has wanted everyday a birthday. She argued with me about Abby’s birthday saying ‘No mommy it’s Anabel’s birthday’ She couldn’t understand.

About everyday she says something about birthdays. It’s either her telling me first thing in the morning that it’s her birthday, or it’s giving ‘birthday hugs’ or it’s singing ‘ Happy Birthday’.

This morning when i went up to get her she said it was her birthday, ‘open presents and birthday cake mommy’ lol

And then somewhere she found a birthday card just a few minutes ago and was walking around looking at it, came to me and said ‘see mommy Anabel’s birthday!’ and then went to Abby and did the same thing :)

I had a very pleasant dream last night. It was so beautiful with the vivid color of the sunset and the copper of the freshly cut fields. Much different then most of my dreams i will say. :)

Now this will be the basics of the dream but i will add some details to make it more of a story form.

Setting:

A country festival held in the back field of farm. I am about 16-17 I am suppose to know Bob (my hubby)… i guess in the dream we went to the same school or something.

The Summer Festival was held in the back field of one that locals farm. There was a section of land with lush grass that had been mowed and it had plenty of trees for shade and a tire swing. There amongst the trees they had set up tables with white table cloths that held an assortment of food and drinks. Hanging lanterns with candles in them were dangling from the branches giving a wonderful glow to the area. Blankets were laid about for lounging.

It seemed as though the whole town had gathered there to enjoy the festivities. Laughter and small talk along with music from someone playing the guitar filled the air.

A big screen projector had been set up in one of the trees. As a school project all the high school seniors had broke up into groups and made videos over the year to be played here at Summer Festival. After that the judges watched the video’s they would decide the winner.

I was gathered with my group of friends, Bob was with his fellow football players whom didn’t befriend people like me and the people i hang out with, they were sitting behind us. Everyone sat and watched the videos.

In my part of our video me and friend were joking around. He was a pretty big guy and playfully poking fun at me. I was in jeans and a red t-shirt my hair was long. “You better watch what you say to me mister!” again my friend threw another joke. I ran and bent down wrapping him up as hard as i could (a football move), since i chopped him at the knees he fell over me onto the ground, all my friends were laughing. “Don’t under estimate the small chick” I said laughing.

Everyone clapped after the video was played and some of my guy friends bumped elbows with me “Dude, i didn’t know you put that in the video… man” I said all embarrassed. Another friend said “No matter how good our video was we will never beat the football team” everyone murmured their agreement. I turned back and gave Bob an ornery grin with a shake of my head. We hid it from everyone but we kinda had a thing for each other, at least Bob liked to secretly give me looks and we did this back and forth.  The sun started going down when they announced that in fact the football team had won “Oh well, we know we had the better film anyways” We said as I watched the football team congratulating themselves.As it began to get dark people started walking towards the fields, holding lanterns. Lights flickered across the plain. I followed with one of my girl friends. I was in a pretty dress and boots…. i looked quite like a flower child, which is funny because it is so something i would have worn.

A song broke out and soon most everyone was singing as they walked and watched the sun set.

Bob gestured towards me as i was walking. I slowed and he came to walk next to me. We were silent for a long time and the crowd of people slowly got further away. Finally Bob said “This is our farewell party from high school”

“Yes and a hello into adulthood. Oh how i will miss it!” I said, causing Bob to stop walking.

I stopped and looked at him “Yeah but maybe adulthood won’t be so bad?” he said giving me a warm smile and putting out his hand for me to take.

And we walk away into the sun set.

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Might be cheesy but at least it was a pleasant dream! Not a scary one like i usually have LOL And it had my hubby in it, which makes it all the better!

I had $21 Register Rewards from my last shopping trip that expire on 7/24 and some good deals came just in time to use them all!.

I was dissapointed when i got to the store because krazycouponglady.com had advertised that Keri lotion was $6.99 with a $5 reward back, that along with my $2 off coupon was suppose to make it free. But it must have been a sale only in certain areas because at my store the lotion was $8.59 and no register rewards…. which kinda through me off some cause my amounts were all thrown off. But i managed ok, not as good as i would have but oh well! Oh and also it was the same with the Post cereal she had listed on sale too…. no sale in my store… once again SAD! :(

TRANSACTION #1:

• Buy 2 Milka Chocolate Bars $1.50 eacg

Use 2 $1.00/1 – Milka Chocolate Bar – (bricks.coupons.com)

And use $1.00/2 Milka Chocolate Bars from Walgreens July Coupon Booklet

Final Price: Free!

• Schick Slim Twin Disposable Razors, 12 pk or Xtreme 3, 4 pk $5.99

(Buy 1, Receive $2.00 Register Reward, Limit 1)

Use $3.00/1 – Schick Xtreme3 Disposable Pack Razor – (facebook.com)

Pay $2.99, Receive $2.00 Register Reward

• Bounty Paper Towel

It was some clearance for $1.25 and i used my $.25 coupon

Final Price: $1.00

Filler Item: A folder  $0.09

Total: $4.86 (Receive $2 Register Reward)

Pay with $4 RR from last shopping spree.

Pay $.86 out of pocket

Shown on receipt:

Walgreens Advertised Savings: $4.78

Coupon Savings: $10.25

My Savings: $15.03

 

TRANSACTION #2:

• Schick Slim Twin Disposable Razors, 12 pk or Xtreme 3, 4 pk $5.99

(Buy 1, Receive $2.00 Register Reward, Limit 1)

Use $3.00/1 – Schick Xtreme3 Disposable Pack Razor – (facebook.com)

Pay $2.99, Receive $2.00 Register Reward

• Colgate Dental Care 2/$4

(Buy 2 get $ 1 REGISTER REWARDS)

Use 2 $.50 Colgate Toothpaste coupon

Pay $3 for 2, get $1RR

• Buy 2  Bugle 5.5 or 8.75 oz.  $1.00

Use 2 $.50 coupon on or bugles

Pay $1.00 for 2

Buy 3/69¢ Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (In Store Coupon)

Pay $2.07 for 3

Filler Item:

A foot scrubbing rock on clearance $2.00

Q-Tips regularly $2.99 but had a Walgreens coupon making it $1.99

Total: $14.05 + filler items (Get & $2 RR)

Use Register Reward $5 + $5 + $4 from last shopping spree

Subtotal was $.05

With Tax: $1.49

Shown on receipt:

Walgreens Coupon Savings: $3.40

Walgreens Advertised Savings: $9.97

Coupon Savings: $19.00

My Savings: $32.37

 

TRANSACTION #3:

Then i still had a $5 register reward that was going to expire on the 24th. I should have went back into the store and picked out things i really needed…. feel stupid for that. But when i get up to the register i feel weird if i don’t finish right there….

Anyways i had on the counter the Keri lotion that i thought was on sale and wasn’t… and i had a coupon for it. So i ended up getting on lotion at $8.29 - $2 coupon and used my $5 RR for it.

Making it $2.08 with tax.

Grrr for me, i could have gotten more mac + cheese or something. Stupid me. But oh well… maybe i will do better next time!

My Savings: $7.00

 

Total Worth of Items: $41.32 (in store price with sales)

Paid: $4.43

Left with $4 Register Rewards towards next shopping spree

Ok I've had people ask how ‘ad matching’ works. This is something i have always done since i learned how to do it (from being a cashier at Wal-mart)

Wal-mart will ad match any ad that you have from a store with in 30-45miles of your area.

Where i use to live the ads come in the newspaper on Thursday. Because i lived in a small town i would pick up the paper that was from the nearest large city in my area, because it would have more ads in it.

Now i live in El Dorado Ks and even though i am close to Wichita they don’t seem to have any other ad but Dillon's in my newspaper and lucky that ad comes to my door step in the free newspaper. So much cheaper and easier then going to by a paper every Thursday.

How to ad match:

1. Not every store has the same brands. If the store has the same brand advertised in the ad, then you have to get that brand. If they do not have that brand you have to then revert to getting the Wal-mart brand.

   So like the Dillon’s store brand is Kroger… for Wal-mart it is Great Value

2. Also read your ad carefully. You have to make sure the item you are getting matches the ad in size, lb – oz – ct ect. But you do not have to get the same quantity. Say the ad says 4/$1…. you do not have to get ‘4’ you can get what ever amount you want. Although if the ad said ‘limit 5’ or something on that order some cashier will make you abide by that.
3. When the ad said something like 2/$5… i find it more helpful if you just tell the cashier the item is $2.50 each or 10 for $10 items tell them $1 each and so on.
4. Make sure to keep all your ads with you when you go shopping because some cashiers ask to see the ad especially if it’s a savings over $1
5. You have to tell the cashier before she rings the product up that you have an ad match on that item.
6. Tell her the price and be prepared to show her the ad. I find it helpful to circle the ad matches in the ad that i want and then to also write the ad match on your grocery list so it’s easy to see and tell the cashier instead of searching through your ad for every items price.

I have saved so much money doing this alone, let alone if you couple it with coupons.

The Krazy Coupon Lady

Click here to see the Dillon’s Online Ad

Some of the things i save on the most from Dillon’s is milk, cheese, chips and produce. But it all depends on the ad.

I hope this helps someone!

Shop smart!

Today has gone by pretty good. Sept a mishaps. Like Anabel, getting into my permanent markers and coloring all over herself and my chair……yeah…. that didn’t go so well.

She got a spanking, a long explanation as why she was in trouble and what she did wrong. Then she went into time out… while i went and tried to clean up her mess….. and then i had to scrub her down.

I got a lot of kitchen stuff done. Some rearranging and cleaning.

Then this evening our neighbor sent their kids over with some things for the girls. A car for Anabel and a push/ride motorcycle for Abby. Some good outdoor toys. YAY! Thanks to them! I think they will love them!

Also looks like we have new neighbors moving in next door and the corner house is being auctioned off tonight as well. Kinda bummed about having a neighbor, i was liking having no one next to us…. but the upside is that our neighborhood seems to be growing. Right across the street from us, that house was bought and they just moved in. I’m sure that’s good for resale… i mean better to have a people living in your neighborhood then having a lot of empty houses right?

But before she marked all over herself, i got a cute video of Anabel singing and dancing.

Bob noticed on Sunday night at Life Group when she was coming upstairs from the basement she was saying ‘sube’ with every step. Something she learned from Dora, ‘sube’ meaning ‘up’. Usually she says ‘step, step’ with each step but she has been pulling out the Spanish lingo lately. She does learn a lot from TV. It’s been helpful with counting and colors, plus I go a long with cartoon and trying to get it stuck in her head. We always say the words with her or sing the songs, i think it helps her get it.

We have been practicing colors and numbers with her without the TV to of course, using toys and such. She’s slowing starting to recognize more colors.

 

Anabel woke me up about 2am last night crying. I went up to her and she was burning up. Poor girl. I went and got the fan because it was kind a hot upstairs too. I laid with her for a while and calmed her down. I wasn’t sure if it wasn’t just a combination of the room being hot, plus she gets hot when she sleeps like me.

This morning she is still hot though and doesn’t want to move. She has just been laying watching cartoons and hasn’t even attempted to get up, so not her usual. Poor girl!

She just fell asleep :(

My plants are starting to sprout. My Thyme which i planted by way of seed like less then a week along are already growing. Also the red onion bulbs i planted, some of them are sprouting as well. I’m so excited! I’m making something grow, rather then it dying when i come near it! Woot woot!

This went on for a long time :)

In the garden.

I had a dentist appointment so we had to go down to the in-laws. We had a great time. It was especially nice when the sun went down and we ate dinner in the back yard.

Yesterday we got tired of Anabel fussing over the binky she knew was only for sleep time. I went and clipped the top of one and showed it to her. She goes ‘OH NO! BINKY BROKEN!!!’

Then i asked her if she wanted to throw it in the trash? And she agreed and started running towards the kitchen and threw it in the trash herself. Without her looking i grabbed it out just incase she forgot later and we could show her it was still broken.

Last night she asked for it at bed time and we showed her the clipped binky. She said ‘oh no!’. We let her hold it for the night.

At nap time today she asked again and i showed her again. She was fussy about it but i left and she stopped and went to sleep.

I’m so glad i went ahead and did it. I’m sure we will still have some battles. Like Bob reminded me after i did it that that means no more binky for car rides or shopping trips… which i usually had ended up giving it to her in those situations because i didn’t want crying. Those are the situations i know if boring and in no way fun and she gets cranky…. but she won’t have it anymore. I wonder how those things will go now >_< we will see. She will learn, even if it’s hard at first.

gDiapers gBaby Bundle for Newborns:

  Small cloth liners which fit newborn and small.

I got a 6pk of sizes Small, Medium and Larger

 

I also got 2pks of the Med.-Lrg. cloth inserts.

 

 

I also got the is diaper sprayer that hooks up easily next to the toilet and you use it to spray the poop off of the diapers into the toilet. All the reviews said it made cloth diapering a breeze. I’m excited cause the poop was my biggest issue!

 

 

Something extra I got was these Gerber cloth training diapers. So i can start Anabel potty training for way cheaper! My sister in-law said they worked great so yay!

 

So i think i am all set. Only thing is i may need some more cloth inserts. But i already found only the material they use to make the cloth inserts, so i can buy my own material and make my own!

Yesterday Bob finished the hand rails going down the front steps and he also put the top railing around the whole porch.

Yesterday i managed to plant my plants. Sutherlands had all their plants 50% off. So i got 3 tomato plants making sure that each plant already had a tomato bud on it. I planted those in my topsy-turvy. I also got 2 basil plants and 2 sage plants and got those in some pots. I bought some red onion bulb planters and got those planted in a big pot. I also bought a couple seed started kits and seed packets. All the seeds said i could start them in June so lets hope it grows! So i planted chives, parsley, thyme, rosemary, and cilantro. This is my first time trying to grow all this stuff. I had a topsy-turvy before one year and i got a couple grape tomato’s off of it but i was always forgetting to water it >_< I’m really hoping this time my plants will grow better!

 

We have been spending a lot of time in the pool. It’s been so nice! Although the second time Anabel was in the pool she got stung by a wasp. After that i made some homemade wasp traps and i’m hoping that will solve our problem!

Today Bob worked on making the trim for the front porch. He also tried to burn our tree stump a little more and took down our side fence in the backyard.

Went ahead and we decided to make the big decision to buy a complete set of cloth gDiapers. That’s newborn, small, medium, and large diapers with the cloth inserts. Cost a crap load of money but if you break it down it we spend a crap load in diapers each month and hopefully this will wipe that out…. in the end saving us a bunch of money. In that order i also bought some cloth potty training underwear so i should have all my bases covered. I mean think about it, yes Anabel is about to be potty trained and Abby still has at least a year left in diapers. Plus we plan to have a couple more kids. So hopefully this will be a HUGE money saver!

There is no turning back though, I'm stuck with these diapers forever now! I better like it LOL

Also today i got my printer to work. So i went ahead and printed some cupcake toppers. They are looking good.

Plus i finally got some laundry detergent made tonight. I’ve been needing that done and just not getting it made, so I'm so glad i finally did! Now tons of laundry tomorrow!

I tell you, my hubby is one hard working man!

 

This afternoon:

    Bob took out the metal posts. Here is him grinding the left over metal down to the cement. Later he will fill the holes with some more concrete.

Girls loved watching the sparks fly as they watched through the front door.

     

Silly girl :)

Getting the pickets up.

 

 

And by this evening:

This was about 9:30pm. Bob worked his butt off and it sure showed! I’m so proud of how hard he works. There is still plenty of stuff to do. The top railing still needs to go on and then he is going to make some trim to go around all the posts to give it a finished look. Post caps are going on the short posts. Then also we are going to put railing down the steps. Keep checking back, i will show all of that when it gets done!

 

Other posts regarding our outdoor projects:

• In Progress

• Plant Shopping

• Plans Unfolding

• Rug Ordered

• Yard Lay Out Plans

• Front Porch Plans

• Backyard Plans