Is it Christmas yet?

I am not sure who told Olivia that after her birthday would be Christmas and then she could get more presents. I am sure the person who told her this was doing it because 4 days after her birthday she wanted more barbies and this person was probably in the middle of cooking dinner and had already tried to explain the whole present thing and how Birthdays are so much more then that. I bet the person quit trying to reason with a a three year old and blurted something like this " Seriously Olivia, if you be good for at least 60 more days and quit whining, hitting your brother and give up the Binky then you can get presents under a tree!"

What a concept Olivia thought...from that moment on..every commercial I hear how she needs and wants this and that...Today I found magazine pages on my fridge with what she needs...

I guess I set myself up on this one..being how I am the one who told her the next present date! I am now looking for a great way to share the story of Jesus maybe I can reason with her then..

Pesky fruit flies

When we moved in our home I swear there was Fruit flies living in the walls and in the floors! They are everywhere! I have tried to use chemicals but it never really works! We have misquotes everywhere but that is a whole different story..I killed 14 of them in my bathroom! YUKKKKKK...

Anyways...years ago my sister in laws sister told me to take a shot glass and fill in half with dish soap and half with vinegar...VIOLA! by morning you have a shot glass filled with those pesky fruit flies!

Frugal Dinners

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love a good deal! I try to be first in line a the local thrift store and I am always bring things to consignment to make extra cash or to buy clothes for the family. I always shop in the clearance section of every store ( I start there). I do like nice things and trendy fun things but at some point I don't want to die leaving my children all this debt and I hate my husband working all the time. I heard Clark Howard ( Radio Personality) one time say he only shops in stores with concrete floors! LOVE IT!

I am always asked how I find things or how I can use 400.00 a month to feed our ever so growing family. I won't bore you with all the details but the more I share what we have for dinner I am always in awe over the fact that more people don't do this.

I start by 1 trip to Wal-mart & Costco once a month ...I get all canned food and more at Wal-mart and other things like cream cheese , Mayo, Juice boxes at Costco..

I make 1 trip to our local produce stand. Then my main goal is every 10 days for milk and misc. at the grocery store.

I always try for balanced dinners..not to much carbs, always a vegetable and Protein! I am huge believer in breakfast for Dinner...oh, and I am okay with pizza for breakfast! why not?

I strive to make 2 pounds of taco meat at least once during the week...

we have Taco salad...taco's..taco Omelets and Taco Soup.

We make soup at least once a week...I buy Bear Creek and then add from there ( Cheap and Fast!) I buy the Potato soup and add sausage, celery, carrots, 2 cans corn and onions...You can do the same wiht the chili mix and so forth.

Biscuits and gravy with fresh fruit and scrambled eggs are favorite!

Crock pot meals..Always cheap and easy!

If you need more ideas..buy 1 Bisquick cookbook, 1 rival crock pot cookbook and 1 Campbell's cookbook...You won't be disappointed and many times all the recipes are 5 ingredients or less.

If you have any great "cheap' dinners to share PLEASE PLEASE share!

The Sarah Palin story

I thought that this was a great story...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddRoiVWfLyU

Girls Weekend!

What a great weekend! We headed up to Silver Lake Friday to enjoy piece and quiet and lots of laughter...Had my nails and toes painted along with lots of magazines and NO KIDS!

When we woke up we did not want to leave...Until next time girls!

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Both boys have been recently grounded..both separate issues. Today was the first day they are off ungrounding and both were up and showered at the crack dawn so they could check their myspace. It was then that both of them really didn't understand why they got grounded.

I really think they thought I wanted to extra house cleaners all week. So I went through why and trust is a very important part of life and if nobody trust you then your character and integrity will mean nothing.

I swear they heard" blah.blah,blah.blah"

On that note I am trying to enjoy the journey of tweenagers and teenagers ..smelly socks, undone homework ( I did tell them every missing assignment is one day grounded) along with a whole list of Blah blah blah's.

I think it is even comical that they think I am so old that I forgot what high school was like. How could I forget those where some good years !? I am sure my mom sounded the same way..Blah.Blah.blah.

I couldn't resist

I have been uploading all my pcitures to costco and I came across a few that melted my heart...Olivia when she was little....time...it goes by quickly.






I have no idea why they are small!?

I want...

My Morning rant:


I want chips for breakfast. I want Max & Ruby. I want you to drive me 3 block to school. I want an apple. I want an Ipod. I want a bike. I want a barbie. I want a new sweatshirt. I want 20 bucks. I want a birthday party. I want a prize. I want that truck. I want my new tights. As I type this my darling 3 year old is yelling...I want that to the TV!

Well, my precious children....

I want a nap. I want a mocha. I want a new vehicle. I want a new clothes...however I will not get any of these things at this moment...I guess I understand your pain! and my moms...she used to give us the speech before we would even get into the store..." Do not ask for anything!" I SOOOOO get it now!

I am Old

After washing my cell phone and realizing that it was not going to ever work again..I went to the cell store and picked out a new one. We got it home and Matthew hurried and did all of chores so he could set up my new phone.

After he was all said and done he tried to explain to me all of the features it had to offer. He could tell that I didn't really care as long as I could just make a call. He looked at me and said " Why am I even telling you? Your to old to figure it out"

Thanks Matthew love you too!

PS he was to young because he played with dad's phone and lost all the contacts :)

* Corn*

My awesome husband went out and purchased 6o ears of corn to cook and freeze. He did all the work and I am so excited! It was fun to get the boys involved..I keep telling them they will make super husbands one day.