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

Anabel trying to look around my laptop while sitting with me, so she can watch Dora LOL

I was bothering her and getting in her way, hehe

I really thing Abby has been trying to talk.

The other day at the Pastor’s house she saw their dog and i said ‘Say hi doggy!’ And i really think she was trying hard to say it. She said something that sounded similar several times.

Yesterday both of the girls woke up in the morning about the same time. When me and Anabel came in to get Abby out of her crib i swear she said ‘Hi Sissy!’

And last night while we were eating i got distracted while feeding Abby. Bob swore Abby said ‘Food’ to get my attention and to give her another bite.

She does do the same ‘whale’ sound that Anabel does. It’s so cute.

I bet when she does start talking she will take off fast!

While outside in the grass at Pastor’s house like Sunday i helped Abby stand up and she stayed standing for awhile, even took one tinny tinny step. Man, i wonder if she will be walking by her first birthday like Anabel was?

She is such a ball of fun and such a cuddler! But then again both of my girls are.

The other day she was using the little airplane walker and walking all around the kitchen while i was doing dishes. She is just getting so big!

Abby has graduated to the baby food that has chunks in it. LOL

I had tried giving her this type of food a few weeks ago and she wouldn’t have it, she would just spit it back out. Then when we went and hung out at the pastor’s house for dinner i forgot to bring her baby food. She ended up eating mac and cheese and some fruit off of my plate. She loved it! She after that i tried giving her the chunky baby food, she has been loving it.

Hopefully this means she won’t be as picky as Anabel is. She is eating the pasta and meat baby foods now and Anabel did like those. But that also is probably me just not knowing. See when she first tried it she hated it and i never tried giving it to her again. It wasn’t until a few months ago when i saw my sister said that babies taste buds change as they get older and that you should try things they didn’t like a few weeks later… and that they might like it then.

That made sense when i thought about it…. and it did work with Abby. She is eating sauces, which Anabel still usually doesn’t like. Haaa well at least i learned right? >_< lol

So we did more work again today (this will become a common statement here)

Bob kept working on the front porch and i got into painting.

I forgot to take a before picture of the love seat, but here is a pic of the chair and they looked basically the same:

After the first coat of spray paint:

It got another coat on it…. it looks much better now.

Then i spray painted the porch swing:

 

Some front porch ‘before’ and ‘in progress’ pictures

  This is a before picture.

  

Once all the posts are in, Bob will take down the metal posts (ugly) and also that makeshift fence there on the side. The only reason that makeshift fence is up there is because since we are taking down the steps on that side of the house, the insurance said we had to put something up there because it was a safety hazard. Bob had just thrown that up there… our railing will look nothing like that!

Also my front porch outdoor cushions were delivered today. Made me so excited!

Ordered Goodies:

I think i have gotten everything i have ordered now.

My front porch cushions.

   The material for all my backyard things that i am making.

~ Fun Fun Fun ~

 

Other posts regarding our outdoor projects:

• Plant Shopping

• Plans Unfolding

• Rug Ordered

• Yard Lay Out Plans

• Front Porch Plans

• Backyard Plans