In the front of the store where the CVS flyers are found you will find the weekly sales flyer, monthly ECB flyers and a small Beauty book full of coupons. The actual Beauty Handbook is for sale on that same rack for .99 - and it has the coupons in there as well. Also somewhere around the pharmacy area in most of the stores there is a scanner on the wall (something you can price check items with) - if you scan your customer reward card you will get coupons printed out that you can use. I did that in one store the other day and I received 2 coupons - $3/$10 CVS products and $1/any package of Absolutely Divine cookies.
On to the scenarios for the week...
Now remember there are limits to these items - if you have used up your limit (in order to receive ECB's then substitute something else in the place of what I suggested):
1st Transaction
Mennen Speed Stick $3.99
CVS Rapid Release $3.99
2 Alaverts $13.98
Total 21.96
Use coupons
-$4/$20 purchase
-$1.00 Mennen (coupon from 3/30 Super Saver flyer)
(2) -$4.00 Alaverts
Pay $8.96
Receive $15. 98 in ECB ($3.99 Mennen, $3.99 CVS Rapid Release, $8.00 for Alaverts)
2nd Transaction
3 Alaverts $13.98
3 Essence of Beauty gift bags w/tissue inside ($1.49 each) $4.47
1 Softsoap Spa Body Wash $4.99
Throw in something small for about a $1.00
Total $24.44
Use coupons
-$4/$20 purchase
-$12 (3) Alavert coupons
-$3.99 ECB from above transaction
-$3.99 ECB from above transaction
Paid out of pocket .46
Earn $21.99 in ECB ($12 for Alaverts, $5 for EOB gift bags, $4.99 Body Wash)-- plus you still have $8.00 in ECB left over from Trans. #1
3rd Transaction
If you haven't used up your limit on any of the following products now would be the time to purchase these because you have $29.99 in ECB available to spend and you will get back exactly what you spend on each of these items so they are FREE -- great opportunity to stockpile!!
CVS Pain Relief - 4 @ 3.99 (you already bought 1 in the first transaction - limit of 5)
Softsoap Body Wash 4.99
Total $20.95
Use $4/$20 coupon
Use $12.00 ECB (Alaverts)
Use $4.99 ECB (Body Wash - you'll lose .05 on your ECB because your total before tax is $4.95)
Shouldn't have to pay anything out of pocket here 0r maybe a few cents tax
Earn $20.95 back in ECB + $13.00 ECB leftover = $33.95 total ECB to spend
4th Transaction
3 Softsoap Body Wash $4.99 x 3 = $14.97
Heinz White Vinegar 32 oz $1.99
Viva 8 pack paper towels $6.49
2 Sunlight dish liquid @ .79 = $1.58
Total 25.03
Use $4/$20 coupon
Use $15.96 ECB (pain relief ECB's)
Use $4.99 ECB (body wash ECB's)
Pay .08
Earn $16.97 ECB ($14.97 body wash, $1.00 vinegar, $1.00 Viva) + 16.97 left over = $29.97 ECB
You can use these ECB's to continue stockpiling items using coupons and sales items or you can hold on to them and wait until next week's sales. Hope this has helped you!
As you can see for basically less than $10.00 cash you have just "stockpiled" a whole bunch of stuff and you now have almost $30.00 in extra bucks to spend!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Alavert - **Hidden Deal**
I have not tried this myself yet - but I've heard from many people who have tried this deal and it seems to be working!
Alavert or Alavert D is on sale a CVS for $6.99 this week. Go here for your $4.00 off coupon - you can print 5 of these. You will receive $4 EB back on each Alavert! There is a limit of 5 of these.
**Deal Worker**
Purchase 3 Alavert (6.99 x 3) $20.97
Use $4/$20 coupon
Use (3) $4 off coupons
Pay $4.97
Receive $12.00 back in Extra Bucks
Purchase 2 more Alaverts in another deal totaling up to $20 to take advantage of your $4/$20 coupon and use your remaining $4 off Alavert coupons as well.
Alavert or Alavert D is on sale a CVS for $6.99 this week. Go here for your $4.00 off coupon - you can print 5 of these. You will receive $4 EB back on each Alavert! There is a limit of 5 of these.
**Deal Worker**
Purchase 3 Alavert (6.99 x 3) $20.97
Use $4/$20 coupon
Use (3) $4 off coupons
Pay $4.97
Receive $12.00 back in Extra Bucks
Purchase 2 more Alaverts in another deal totaling up to $20 to take advantage of your $4/$20 coupon and use your remaining $4 off Alavert coupons as well.
CVS Deals for 4/20-4/26
I am going to list the "deals for the week" here in this post and I will list in the next post some ways you can "work your deals".
ECB Deals
Mennen Speed Stick 24/7 For Men (2.7-3oz) $3.99 FREE after $3.99 ECB -- LIMIT 1
-$1 any 24/7 Speed Stick 03/30 SS exp 04-26-08
Soft Soap Spa Bodywash 12oz $4.99 FREE after $4.99 ECB (this is a monthly deal)
$1 ECB WYB CVS Agua Pur Water -- LIMIT 2
*Gold Emblem Purified Drinking Water 24pk, 16.9oz bottles (3.99)
$5 ECB WYB AcneFree
*Redness Relief Treatment (Starting @ 19.99)
*Complete Scar or Pockmark Filler Treatment (Starting @ 19.99)
*AcneFree Severe or Clear Skin System (Starting @ 19.99)
-$2 AcneFree 3-step clear Skin System .exp 05/3/08 RP 04/20/08
-$5 AcneFree 4-step Severe Acne System .exp 05/3/08 RP 04/20/08
*WrinkleFree System (29.99) or 24 Hour Facelift (39.99)
Spend $15 get $5 ECB on the following items:
(All are a monthly deal EXCEPT Curel)
*Biore Full Line
*John Frieda Collection Shampoo, Conditoner 2-10oz or styler 0.8-12oz $4.99
*Jergens Moisturizer 16.8-21 oz, Natural Glow Body 4-7.5oz or face 2.5oz
-$1 any Jergens natural glow Moisturizer 2.5+ oz or any Jergens Moisturizer 7.5 + oz. SS 4/20 exp. 6/30/09
-$1 any Jergens natural glow Moisturizer 2.5+ oz or any Jergens Moisturizer 7.5 + oz. exp. 5/19/08 printable
-$1 any Jergens natural glow Moisturizer 2.5+ oz or any Jergens Moisturizer 7.5 + oz. exp. 5/19/08 printable
*John Frieda Collection Luminous Color Glaze 6.5 oz or Frizz-Ease Serum 1.69oz $7.99
-$1 any John Frieda Collection product (frizz-ease, sheer blonde, brillant brunette, radiant red, luminous color glaze or lustrous touch) exp trial sizes SS 4/20 exp 6/30/08
*Curel Moisture Lotion 13oz $6.99($1.00 Curel Life Stages Moisturizer found in beauty section of CVS exp. 6-30-09)
$1.50 any Curel Life Stages moisturizer 8.5+ oz SS 4/20 exp 6/30/08
$1.00 any Curel moisturizer 3.5+ oz SS 4/20 exp 6/30/08
$2 ECB WYB Clairol Nice & Easy
-$2 Nice'n Easy .exp 4/30/08 RP 03/09/08
-$2 Any Clairol Nice n Easy Hair Color Product exp 5-31-08 VS 4/20
$3 ECB WYB Claritin 12 hour 20ct or 24 Hour 15-20ct. ($15.99) LIMIT 1
$2 Claritin Non-Drowsy Allergy Product, any 10 ct.+ 3-16-08 SS (4-16-08)
$4 Claritin Non-Drowsy Allergy product, any 15 ct.+ 3-16-08 SS (4-16-08)
$3 any Non-Drowsy Claritin Allergy Product (10 ct+) SS 4/13 exp 5/13/08
$5 any Non-Drowsy Claritin Allergy Product (20 ct+) SS 4/13 exp 5/13/08
-$3.00 Claritin Product printable
-$4.00 off Claritin printable
$5 ECB WYB (2) CVS Skin Care Products
*Regenerating Skin Care Cream, lotion, serum 0.5-2.5oz,
*Wet cloths 30 ct,
*Thermal polisher 6oz. Starting @ $6.49
*Highly Defining Skin Care 1.7-5oz Starting @ $8.49
$10 ECB WYB 2 Dexatrim LIMIT 1
* Max Daytime 60ct, Max 20 20ct. or evening 60ct (Starting @ 14.99)
-$3.00 off Dexatrim printable
-$2 off any Dexatrim Max or Dexatrim Max20 Product printable
-$3 off any Dexatrim Max or Dexatrim Max20 Product printable
$10.00 ECB WYB Dual Action Cleanse w/ Green Tea Fat Burner Bonus -
Limit 2
*Purifier 60 ct & colon clear 90ct
$10 ECB WYB Freestyle Lite Meter Strips - Limit 1
$10 ECB WYB Freestyle Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System (10.00) LIMIT 1
Printable here bricks coupon. http://www.abbottdiabetescare.com...litelaunch
Fine print on coupon says with purchase of 50 test strips.
Spend $15 get $5 ECB on the following items:
*Garnier Fructis Shampoo/Conditioner Sale Price 3/$9.99
-$1.00 Garnier Fructis Conditioner, any except trial exp. (05-01-08) VAL #1 01/06/08
-$1.00 Garnier Fructis Shampoo, any except trial exp. (05-01-08) VAL #1 01/06/08
-$1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo .exp 7/01/08 RP 03/09/08
*Garnier 100%
-$3 Garnier 100% color .exp 6/30/08 SS 03/09/08
*Nutrisse, Nutritioniste
-$1.00 Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or Moisturizer, any exp. (04-30-08) VAL 01/27/08
-$3.00/2 Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or Moisturizer, any exp.(04-30-08) VAL 01/27/08
-$1 Garnier Nutritioniste cleanser or moisturizer .exp 4/31/08 RP 03/02/08
$2.00 off Garnier nutritioniste printable
-$1.00 off Garnier nutritioniste printable
-$1.00 off Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or Moisturizer exp 7-31-08 VS 4/20
$1 any Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or moisturizer RP 4/20 exp. 7/31/08
$6.00 ECB WYB 2 Maybelline Moist Extreme Lip (2 for $9.99)
-$2 Maybelline Volume Seduction XL lip plumper or any lip .exp 05/10/08 RP 02/10/08
$3 ECB WYB Miralax 30 dose (19.99) LIMIT 1
-$2.00 MiraLAX Product, any exp. (04-30-08) SS #1 02/10/08
-$2.00 off Miralax printable
Spend $15 on Neutrogena Suncare get $5 ECB
*Neutrogena Suncare or Sunless Tanning (Sale Save $1.00)
Spend $25 Get $5 ECB on the following items - Limit 1:
*Olay Daily Facial
-$1 Olay Facial Cleansers .exp 04/30/08 SS 03/16/08
*Total Effects full Line
$1 ECB WYB Oral B or Act Powerbrush
*CrossAction or Stages 5.99
$2 ECB WYB Pantene, Herbal Essence, Head & Shoulders, Infusium -- Limit 1
*Pantene 25.4-25.8oz,
*Infusium 16 oz, Herbal Essences or Head & Shoulders 23.7oz (2/$12)
-$3.00/2 off any (except trial size) Herbal Essences Product exp. 4-30-08 VS 3/30
$2 ECB WYB 2 Pond's (Cold Cream, Dry Skin 9.5-10.1oz, Towelettes) 30ct $5.49 LIMIT 1
$2 ECB WYB Prilosec 42ct with Free Movie Offer - Limit 1
*See Coupon in pack for BOGO Free Movie Ticket (Specially marked packages)
$5 ECB WYB Regenetresse Hair
Spend $30 on the ROC Full Line, get $10 ECB
*Prices Starting at $7.99
-Register For Coupons: http://www.rocskincare.com/rocchallenge/register.jsp (Will be emailed)
$2 ECB WYB Secret Clinical, Old Spice Clinical, or Gillette Clinical Deodarant - Limit 3
*$9.99
-$1.00/2 Gillette Clear Gel, Invisible Solid, Deodorant or Clinical Strength, 1.7 oz.+ exp. (04-30-08) PG 02/10/08
-$2.00/1 Any One Secret Clinical Strength (excl. trial size) exp. (04-30-08) PG 03/02/08
-$2.00/1 Any one Old Spice ProStrength (excl. trial size) exp. (04-30-08) PG 3/02/08
5.00 ECB on any Skin Effects (Starting @ $6.99) LIMIT 3
-$2.00 on any skin effects CVS coupon 12/31/08
$2 ECB on Gillette Venus Embrace Razor - Limit 1
*$9.99
$1 ECB WYB Viva paper towels 8pk (6.49) Limit 4
-$0.55 Viva Towels--when you sign up PRINTABLE
$5 ECB WYB Wrinkle Eliminator
*WrinkleFree System (29.99)
*24 Hour Facelift (39.99)
$2 ECB WYB 3 Zone Bars
*Zone Perfect Nutrition bars 1.58-1.76z (Starting @ 1.49)
$1.50/3 printable when you sign up
BOGO free Zone Bar printable
$10.00 ECB when you buy $20.00 of Any Boost or PowerBar -- Limit 1
*Boost 6 Pack regular, high protein, plus, smoothies, or glucose control $6.99
-$3.00 off ANY multipack of BOOST Glucose Control print up to 10
1.00 off ANY Boost multipack (In Store, check endcaps, its printing out of a tiny smart source machine)
*PowerBar nut naturals or Triple Threat Bar $1.00
Other Deals
Lysol Cleaners (All Purpose 32oz, toliet bowl 24oz, sanitizing wipes 35ct or Neutra Air Spray 10 oz) $2.49
-$1.00/2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes exp 4/26/08 printable
-$1.00/2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes exp 5/12/08
-$0.50 on any Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner exp 5/12/08 SS#2 3/16
$1.00 on any Lysol All Purpose Cleaner Trigger, Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner or Lysol Plus Bleach exp SS 4/20 exp 6/1/08
-$0.50 on any Lysol All Purpose Cleaner Trigger, Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner or Lysol Plus Bleach exp 5/12/08 SS#2 3/16
Click on Money Saving Coupons to get some printables, most of the above are in here
Cascade Gel, Powder ( 75oz or 2 in 1 Action pacs 20 ct) $3.49
-$0.25 off one any size Cascade exp 5/31/08 P&G 4/6
-$0.50 off one any size Cascade 2in1 ActionPacs or Cascade Complete exp 5/31/08 P&G 4/6
Renuzit Ait Freshner (7.5oz adjustable solid) $0.99
-.55/1 two-pack or three singles Renuzit Exp 5/31/08 SS 3/16
Air Wick Oils Refills (Scented oil refils 0.71oz) $2.99
-$1.00/2 Air Wick Scented Oil Refills
FREE Warmer Unit wyb an Air Wick Scented Oil Refill Fragrance exp 4/27/08 SS#2 3/16
Renuzit Pearl Scents (3.52oz) 2/$5.00
-$1.00 off any Renuzit Pearl Scents Air Freshener exp 4/28/08 SS 2/17
Buy Renuit Pearl Scents Air Freshner Get Renuit Air Freshner Spray FREE SS 4/20 exp. 6/30/08
Things to know:
ECB = extra care bucks
WYB = when you buy
coupons to use are in red
ECB = extra care bucks
WYB = when you buy
coupons to use are in red
There is a limit of 5 on all these unless otherwise stated
ECB Deals
Mennen Speed Stick 24/7 For Men (2.7-3oz) $3.99 FREE after $3.99 ECB -- LIMIT 1
-$1 any 24/7 Speed Stick 03/30 SS exp 04-26-08
Soft Soap Spa Bodywash 12oz $4.99 FREE after $4.99 ECB (this is a monthly deal)
$1 ECB WYB CVS Agua Pur Water -- LIMIT 2
*Gold Emblem Purified Drinking Water 24pk, 16.9oz bottles (3.99)
$5 ECB WYB AcneFree
*Redness Relief Treatment (Starting @ 19.99)
*Complete Scar or Pockmark Filler Treatment (Starting @ 19.99)
*AcneFree Severe or Clear Skin System (Starting @ 19.99)
-$2 AcneFree 3-step clear Skin System .exp 05/3/08 RP 04/20/08
-$5 AcneFree 4-step Severe Acne System .exp 05/3/08 RP 04/20/08
*WrinkleFree System (29.99) or 24 Hour Facelift (39.99)
Spend $15 get $5 ECB on the following items:
(All are a monthly deal EXCEPT Curel)
*Biore Full Line
*John Frieda Collection Shampoo, Conditoner 2-10oz or styler 0.8-12oz $4.99
*Jergens Moisturizer 16.8-21 oz, Natural Glow Body 4-7.5oz or face 2.5oz
-$1 any Jergens natural glow Moisturizer 2.5+ oz or any Jergens Moisturizer 7.5 + oz. SS 4/20 exp. 6/30/09
-$1 any Jergens natural glow Moisturizer 2.5+ oz or any Jergens Moisturizer 7.5 + oz. exp. 5/19/08 printable
-$1 any Jergens natural glow Moisturizer 2.5+ oz or any Jergens Moisturizer 7.5 + oz. exp. 5/19/08 printable
*John Frieda Collection Luminous Color Glaze 6.5 oz or Frizz-Ease Serum 1.69oz $7.99
-$1 any John Frieda Collection product (frizz-ease, sheer blonde, brillant brunette, radiant red, luminous color glaze or lustrous touch) exp trial sizes SS 4/20 exp 6/30/08
*Curel Moisture Lotion 13oz $6.99($1.00 Curel Life Stages Moisturizer found in beauty section of CVS exp. 6-30-09)
$1.50 any Curel Life Stages moisturizer 8.5+ oz SS 4/20 exp 6/30/08
$1.00 any Curel moisturizer 3.5+ oz SS 4/20 exp 6/30/08
$2 ECB WYB Clairol Nice & Easy
-$2 Nice'n Easy .exp 4/30/08 RP 03/09/08
-$2 Any Clairol Nice n Easy Hair Color Product exp 5-31-08 VS 4/20
$3 ECB WYB Claritin 12 hour 20ct or 24 Hour 15-20ct. ($15.99) LIMIT 1
$2 Claritin Non-Drowsy Allergy Product, any 10 ct.+ 3-16-08 SS (4-16-08)
$4 Claritin Non-Drowsy Allergy product, any 15 ct.+ 3-16-08 SS (4-16-08)
$3 any Non-Drowsy Claritin Allergy Product (10 ct+) SS 4/13 exp 5/13/08
$5 any Non-Drowsy Claritin Allergy Product (20 ct+) SS 4/13 exp 5/13/08
-$3.00 Claritin Product printable
-$4.00 off Claritin printable
$5 ECB WYB (2) CVS Skin Care Products
*Regenerating Skin Care Cream, lotion, serum 0.5-2.5oz,
*Wet cloths 30 ct,
*Thermal polisher 6oz. Starting @ $6.49
*Highly Defining Skin Care 1.7-5oz Starting @ $8.49
$10 ECB WYB 2 Dexatrim LIMIT 1
* Max Daytime 60ct, Max 20 20ct. or evening 60ct (Starting @ 14.99)
-$3.00 off Dexatrim printable
-$2 off any Dexatrim Max or Dexatrim Max20 Product printable
-$3 off any Dexatrim Max or Dexatrim Max20 Product printable
$10.00 ECB WYB Dual Action Cleanse w/ Green Tea Fat Burner Bonus -
Limit 2
*Purifier 60 ct & colon clear 90ct
$10 ECB WYB Freestyle Lite Meter Strips - Limit 1
$10 ECB WYB Freestyle Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System (10.00) LIMIT 1
Printable here bricks coupon. http://www.abbottdiabetescare.com...litelaunch
Fine print on coupon says with purchase of 50 test strips.
Spend $15 get $5 ECB on the following items:
*Garnier Fructis Shampoo/Conditioner Sale Price 3/$9.99
-$1.00 Garnier Fructis Conditioner, any except trial exp. (05-01-08) VAL #1 01/06/08
-$1.00 Garnier Fructis Shampoo, any except trial exp. (05-01-08) VAL #1 01/06/08
-$1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo .exp 7/01/08 RP 03/09/08
*Garnier 100%
-$3 Garnier 100% color .exp 6/30/08 SS 03/09/08
*Nutrisse, Nutritioniste
-$1.00 Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or Moisturizer, any exp. (04-30-08) VAL 01/27/08
-$3.00/2 Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or Moisturizer, any exp.(04-30-08) VAL 01/27/08
-$1 Garnier Nutritioniste cleanser or moisturizer .exp 4/31/08 RP 03/02/08
$2.00 off Garnier nutritioniste printable
-$1.00 off Garnier nutritioniste printable
-$1.00 off Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or Moisturizer exp 7-31-08 VS 4/20
$1 any Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or moisturizer RP 4/20 exp. 7/31/08
$6.00 ECB WYB 2 Maybelline Moist Extreme Lip (2 for $9.99)
-$2 Maybelline Volume Seduction XL lip plumper or any lip .exp 05/10/08 RP 02/10/08
$3 ECB WYB Miralax 30 dose (19.99) LIMIT 1
-$2.00 MiraLAX Product, any exp. (04-30-08) SS #1 02/10/08
-$2.00 off Miralax printable
Spend $15 on Neutrogena Suncare get $5 ECB
*Neutrogena Suncare or Sunless Tanning (Sale Save $1.00)
Spend $25 Get $5 ECB on the following items - Limit 1:
*Olay Daily Facial
-$1 Olay Facial Cleansers .exp 04/30/08 SS 03/16/08
*Total Effects full Line
$1 ECB WYB Oral B or Act Powerbrush
*CrossAction or Stages 5.99
$2 ECB WYB Pantene, Herbal Essence, Head & Shoulders, Infusium -- Limit 1
*Pantene 25.4-25.8oz,
*Infusium 16 oz, Herbal Essences or Head & Shoulders 23.7oz (2/$12)
-$3.00/2 off any (except trial size) Herbal Essences Product exp. 4-30-08 VS 3/30
$2 ECB WYB 2 Pond's (Cold Cream, Dry Skin 9.5-10.1oz, Towelettes) 30ct $5.49 LIMIT 1
$2 ECB WYB Prilosec 42ct with Free Movie Offer - Limit 1
*See Coupon in pack for BOGO Free Movie Ticket (Specially marked packages)
$5 ECB WYB Regenetresse Hair
Spend $30 on the ROC Full Line, get $10 ECB
*Prices Starting at $7.99
-Register For Coupons: http://www.rocskincare.com/rocchallenge/register.jsp (Will be emailed)
$2 ECB WYB Secret Clinical, Old Spice Clinical, or Gillette Clinical Deodarant - Limit 3
*$9.99
-$1.00/2 Gillette Clear Gel, Invisible Solid, Deodorant or Clinical Strength, 1.7 oz.+ exp. (04-30-08) PG 02/10/08
-$2.00/1 Any One Secret Clinical Strength (excl. trial size) exp. (04-30-08) PG 03/02/08
-$2.00/1 Any one Old Spice ProStrength (excl. trial size) exp. (04-30-08) PG 3/02/08
5.00 ECB on any Skin Effects (Starting @ $6.99) LIMIT 3
-$2.00 on any skin effects CVS coupon 12/31/08
$2 ECB on Gillette Venus Embrace Razor - Limit 1
*$9.99
$1 ECB WYB Viva paper towels 8pk (6.49) Limit 4
-$0.55 Viva Towels--when you sign up PRINTABLE
$5 ECB WYB Wrinkle Eliminator
*WrinkleFree System (29.99)
*24 Hour Facelift (39.99)
$2 ECB WYB 3 Zone Bars
*Zone Perfect Nutrition bars 1.58-1.76z (Starting @ 1.49)
$1.50/3 printable when you sign up
BOGO free Zone Bar printable
$10.00 ECB when you buy $20.00 of Any Boost or PowerBar -- Limit 1
*Boost 6 Pack regular, high protein, plus, smoothies, or glucose control $6.99
-$3.00 off ANY multipack of BOOST Glucose Control print up to 10
1.00 off ANY Boost multipack (In Store, check endcaps, its printing out of a tiny smart source machine)
*PowerBar nut naturals or Triple Threat Bar $1.00
Other Deals
Lysol Cleaners (All Purpose 32oz, toliet bowl 24oz, sanitizing wipes 35ct or Neutra Air Spray 10 oz) $2.49
-$1.00/2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes exp 4/26/08 printable
-$1.00/2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes exp 5/12/08
-$0.50 on any Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner exp 5/12/08 SS#2 3/16
$1.00 on any Lysol All Purpose Cleaner Trigger, Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner or Lysol Plus Bleach exp SS 4/20 exp 6/1/08
-$0.50 on any Lysol All Purpose Cleaner Trigger, Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner or Lysol Plus Bleach exp 5/12/08 SS#2 3/16
Click on Money Saving Coupons to get some printables, most of the above are in here
Cascade Gel, Powder ( 75oz or 2 in 1 Action pacs 20 ct) $3.49
-$0.25 off one any size Cascade exp 5/31/08 P&G 4/6
-$0.50 off one any size Cascade 2in1 ActionPacs or Cascade Complete exp 5/31/08 P&G 4/6
Renuzit Ait Freshner (7.5oz adjustable solid) $0.99
-.55/1 two-pack or three singles Renuzit Exp 5/31/08 SS 3/16
Air Wick Oils Refills (Scented oil refils 0.71oz) $2.99
-$1.00/2 Air Wick Scented Oil Refills
FREE Warmer Unit wyb an Air Wick Scented Oil Refill Fragrance exp 4/27/08 SS#2 3/16
Renuzit Pearl Scents (3.52oz) 2/$5.00
-$1.00 off any Renuzit Pearl Scents Air Freshener exp 4/28/08 SS 2/17
Buy Renuit Pearl Scents Air Freshner Get Renuit Air Freshner Spray FREE SS 4/20 exp. 6/30/08
Relay for Life
My best friend is an ovarian cancer survivor - for 6 years now. I told her story here if you'd like to read about her miraculous recovery. Because of her, my family has gotten involved the last few years with the American Cancer Society's annual Relay For Life. We have such a great time at this annual fundraising event.
In 2007 we didn't get to decorate as much as we wanted to because CJ & her husband had their new baby and we were all pretty busy during this time. Her husband and I kind of threw some decorations together at the last minute - I completely forgot to take a picture of our tent last year!
I LOVE to dance! I talked Dakota into getting out there with me and dancing last year. Our favorite dance was the Cha-cha Slide. He learned the Electric Slide too.
CJ hasn't been feeling very well for a few months. She has been going through some testing and she had found out that most of her tests results were good. However, she was in CA last week on business (I was working for her while she was out of town.) While she was gone she got word that her doctor needed to see her right away - so we are all praying again that this isn't anything serious...my sweet friend is just praying for God's will.
Me and CJ (on the right) and another great friend of ours,
Debbie (on the left).
This picture was taken at a Sunday School social back in October 2007.
During one of our weekend "girls" getaways her husband brought his boat out so all the ladies could ski and ride around in the boat. He brought their sweet baby and CJ and Caleb took a little nap together. I snuck in and took a picture of Caleb lovin' on his mommy!
Caleb and his daddy on the boat...he LOVES to ride (and drive) the boat. This family is such a special family - I love them dearly and I am praying for my precious friend and her latest round of tests she has had to go through.
If you have never participated in Relay for Life, I encourage you to get involved. If you would like to make a donation to our team, Walk By Faith, you can do that here. Or you can go to American Cancer Society and find a local event to get out and support.
This was CJ & I at our 2006 Relay for Life booth.
Can you tell we had a Spongebob theme going on?
Can you tell we had a Spongebob theme going on?
In 2007 we didn't get to decorate as much as we wanted to because CJ & her husband had their new baby and we were all pretty busy during this time. Her husband and I kind of threw some decorations together at the last minute - I completely forgot to take a picture of our tent last year!This is CJ and her precious baby, Caleb, taking her victory lap around the track to start the Relay events. This is how they start the Relay off - all the survivors take a couple of laps around the track.
I LOVE to dance! I talked Dakota into getting out there with me and dancing last year. Our favorite dance was the Cha-cha Slide. He learned the Electric Slide too.
CJ hasn't been feeling very well for a few months. She has been going through some testing and she had found out that most of her tests results were good. However, she was in CA last week on business (I was working for her while she was out of town.) While she was gone she got word that her doctor needed to see her right away - so we are all praying again that this isn't anything serious...my sweet friend is just praying for God's will.
Me and CJ (on the right) and another great friend of ours,
Debbie (on the left).
This picture was taken at a Sunday School social back in October 2007.
During one of our weekend "girls" getaways her husband brought his boat out so all the ladies could ski and ride around in the boat. He brought their sweet baby and CJ and Caleb took a little nap together. I snuck in and took a picture of Caleb lovin' on his mommy!
Caleb and his daddy on the boat...he LOVES to ride (and drive) the boat. This family is such a special family - I love them dearly and I am praying for my precious friend and her latest round of tests she has had to go through.
If you have never participated in Relay for Life, I encourage you to get involved. If you would like to make a donation to our team, Walk By Faith, you can do that here. Or you can go to American Cancer Society and find a local event to get out and support.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Married Couples Banquet
Greg and I had a date night last night. We attended a Married Couples Banquet at church, along with 9 other couples. It was so funny to see the wide range of clothing people chose to wear - from jeans & tennis shoes to dresses with heels. The great thing that I love about these type of events at our church is everyone can come as they choose (in their style) and still feel comfortable the entire evening. We had a wonderful time last night. The best part of the evening was after dinner when we played "The Newlywed Game." The 3 couples that participated were the three that 1)had been married the longest -20+ years, 2)had been married the shortest amount of time - not quite a year yet, and 3)a couple in between -14 years. The women had to answer the questions first and the men had to guess their answers...this round went pretty good. The next round was hilarious! Let me just say this...those men probably went home and slept in the doghouse after their round!! LOL
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Great Shopping Day!!
Today my mom had several errands to run so I asked her if I could bum along (to save gas) and stop at a few stores along the way for me so I could run in and pick up a few things throughout the day. She agreed so off we went.
Can I just share with you that we had a GREAT shopping day! Check out these awesome deals.
Our first stop was CVS. I was actually on the hunt for something specific when we stopped there and while I ran inside mom was looking through the CVS flyer and saw that they had a portable gas grill on sale for $19.99 - I came back outside and told her they didn't have what I wanted but she said she wanted to go check out that grill. I told her if she was going to spend that much money anyway I could show her how to get a whole bunch more without spending anymore than that. She doesn't have the patience to sit there and figure out all the Extra Bucks spending and deals and things so she said "That will be great...just do what you have to do." LOL
Here's what she got:
Gas Grill (was on sale for $19.99)
4 Cases of drinks (earned $3.00 EB)
1 - Raisin Bran Crunch
1 - Vinegar (earned $1.00 EB)
12 - gift bags w/ tissue in each one (earned $19.96 in EB)
She spent $26.00 out of pocket and has $3.00 EB left over
On our next stop at CVS (what I was originally looking for was at this store thank goodness!) I was able to pick up two of these AirWick Freshmatic Mini spray kits - on sale for $4.99 each and I had 2 - $4.00 off coupons, another SPA bathwash for 4.99 (earned $4.99 EB) and in order to get my order over $20.00 I let my son pick up his favorite magazine "Tips and Tricks" - that way I could use my $4.00/$20 coupon - My total was $9.46 and I have the $4.99 EB
Once we finished at CVS we had to stop by two different Walgreen's to get what we wanted. We were not going out of our way to get to these stores...we have about 4-5 all around where we live!
At Walgreen's we picked up:
4 cases of Dasani water (24 packs)
6 Dawn dishsoaps (.99 each w/ Walgreen coupon + .25 off manuf. coupon)
2 Trident gum (1.19 BOGOFree)
Paid $21.30 for all of this
I ran into Wal-mart to pick up all FREE items and then my husband asked me to pick up his favorite chips so I actually did have to PAY for something here! GRRRR
I had 3 coupons for these ScotchBrite Toilet Bowl Scrubbers I wanted to use and a coupon for a FREE Cascade dishwash rinse. I paid $4.24 total at Walmart for all of this. The teenage cashier wasn't going to let me use all 3 coupons for these Toilet Bowl Scrubbers - because she was reading where it said "one per purchase" or something like that. I told her well go ahead and refund two of them then and I'll just have you ring me up again individually as another customer. She said she couldn't do that because I am still the same person. I told her your cash register doesn't know I am the same person - it would be like me going to another line and making this purchase all over again. She continued to question me (as her line continued to grow longer) and finally I told her "you might want to call a manager over here and ask them because I believe you are wrong." She did call one over to her and ask and she did find out she was wrong...I really did try to be very nice about it and I thanked her for doing this but she wasn't very nice about it after that - I think she was embarrassed by then.
Our last stop of the day was Lowe's. My mom needed some stuff to repair a used pop-up camper and I told her I had a coupon I would let her use and then she could fill out the form to get me a coupon later. This coupon will get you $10.00 off a $25.00 purchase. She was able to get the items she needed -which came up to 26.00 - 10.00 coupon = 16.00! She was thrilled!!
Can I just share with you that we had a GREAT shopping day! Check out these awesome deals.
Our first stop was CVS. I was actually on the hunt for something specific when we stopped there and while I ran inside mom was looking through the CVS flyer and saw that they had a portable gas grill on sale for $19.99 - I came back outside and told her they didn't have what I wanted but she said she wanted to go check out that grill. I told her if she was going to spend that much money anyway I could show her how to get a whole bunch more without spending anymore than that. She doesn't have the patience to sit there and figure out all the Extra Bucks spending and deals and things so she said "That will be great...just do what you have to do." LOL
Here's what she got:
Gas Grill (was on sale for $19.99)4 Cases of drinks (earned $3.00 EB)
1 - Raisin Bran Crunch
1 - Vinegar (earned $1.00 EB)
12 - gift bags w/ tissue in each one (earned $19.96 in EB)
She spent $26.00 out of pocket and has $3.00 EB left over
On our next stop at CVS (what I was originally looking for was at this store thank goodness!) I was able to pick up two of these AirWick Freshmatic Mini spray kits - on sale for $4.99 each and I had 2 - $4.00 off coupons, another SPA bathwash for 4.99 (earned $4.99 EB) and in order to get my order over $20.00 I let my son pick up his favorite magazine "Tips and Tricks" - that way I could use my $4.00/$20 coupon - My total was $9.46 and I have the $4.99 EB
Once we finished at CVS we had to stop by two different Walgreen's to get what we wanted. We were not going out of our way to get to these stores...we have about 4-5 all around where we live!At Walgreen's we picked up:
4 cases of Dasani water (24 packs)
6 Dawn dishsoaps (.99 each w/ Walgreen coupon + .25 off manuf. coupon)
2 Trident gum (1.19 BOGOFree)
Paid $21.30 for all of this
I ran into Wal-mart to pick up all FREE items and then my husband asked me to pick up his favorite chips so I actually did have to PAY for something here! GRRRRI had 3 coupons for these ScotchBrite Toilet Bowl Scrubbers I wanted to use and a coupon for a FREE Cascade dishwash rinse. I paid $4.24 total at Walmart for all of this. The teenage cashier wasn't going to let me use all 3 coupons for these Toilet Bowl Scrubbers - because she was reading where it said "one per purchase" or something like that. I told her well go ahead and refund two of them then and I'll just have you ring me up again individually as another customer. She said she couldn't do that because I am still the same person. I told her your cash register doesn't know I am the same person - it would be like me going to another line and making this purchase all over again. She continued to question me (as her line continued to grow longer) and finally I told her "you might want to call a manager over here and ask them because I believe you are wrong." She did call one over to her and ask and she did find out she was wrong...I really did try to be very nice about it and I thanked her for doing this but she wasn't very nice about it after that - I think she was embarrassed by then.
Our last stop of the day was Lowe's. My mom needed some stuff to repair a used pop-up camper and I told her I had a coupon I would let her use and then she could fill out the form to get me a coupon later. This coupon will get you $10.00 off a $25.00 purchase. She was able to get the items she needed -which came up to 26.00 - 10.00 coupon = 16.00! She was thrilled!!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Freebie Friday
I wanted to point out some great FREEBIE information I've found in bloggie-land this week...hope you enjoy! Head on over to Wise Bread where she discusses how and where you can find FREE ice cream.
Thanks to Amy at The Motherload for this awesome rundown of Freebies!
Health & Beauty
L'Oreal Paris Skin Genesis (Walmart sample)
Food
Entertainment
Home & Garden
Pet Care
Science Diet's Nature's Best Dog Food (get sample after playing Natural Ingredients game)
Mark Your Calendars
April 19 - Walmart Nickelodeon's Wildflower Seed Cards starts at 8 am April 19 - Walmart 1 Million Reuseable Bag Giveaway starts at 8 am
Heather at Freebies 4 Mom lists a bunch of freebies and great coupons forColgate Total Advanced Whitening toothpaste, Huggies Goodnights, Gerbers Graduates Baby food, and more.
Be Thrifty Like Us tells how to get FREE Land O' Lakes Butter.
If you are a full-figured woman you just have to check out this deal from Catherine's! Thrifty Florida Mama posted about this on her blog - get $20.00 off a purchase of $20.01 or more!
Great CVS deals!! Whoohooo - I'll be checking these out today on my way home from work...check out Money Saving Mom for these unadvertised deals from CVS.
Thanks to Amy at The Motherload for this awesome rundown of Freebies!
Health & Beauty
L'Oreal Paris Skin Genesis (Walmart sample)
o.b. tampon (free sample when you enter sweepstakes)
Food
Sunkist Lemonade Stand (for kids ages 7-12)
Kroger Reusable Shopping Bag (credit on your Kroger Shoppers card)
Entertainment
Home & Garden
Totally Toddler Stain Remover (coupon when you ask your store to carry it)
Free service to remove junk mail (ProQuo)
Free service to remove junk mail (ProQuo)
Pet Care
Science Diet's Nature's Best Dog Food (get sample after playing Natural Ingredients game)
Mark Your Calendars
April 19 - Walmart Nickelodeon's Wildflower Seed Cards starts at 8 am
Heather at Freebies 4 Mom lists a bunch of freebies and great coupons forColgate Total Advanced Whitening toothpaste, Huggies Goodnights, Gerbers Graduates Baby food, and more.
Be Thrifty Like Us tells how to get FREE Land O' Lakes Butter.
If you are a full-figured woman you just have to check out this deal from Catherine's! Thrifty Florida Mama posted about this on her blog - get $20.00 off a purchase of $20.01 or more!
Great CVS deals!! Whoohooo - I'll be checking these out today on my way home from work...check out Money Saving Mom for these unadvertised deals from CVS.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Blog under construction
I have been wanting to change my blog around for awhile and I have the time to do it this week since I am working for a friend....answering phones (and the phones aren't ringing!) Please be patient while my "blog is under construction"
Victoria's Secret - HOT DEAL
Thanks to BeCentsAble for this Hot Deal at Victoria's Secrets!! She posted how VS has their slippers at 2/$6.00 and by purchasing them online and using a couple of coupon codes you can get them for right around $1.00! You can go read her post to see just how she did it. I will say I did this later this morning and I don't know if VS caught on to what people were doing or if I am just a doofus and couldn't figure out how to do it but I was unable to use both codes so I paid for my shipping....actually I had a gift card somebody had given me awhile back that I have been holding on to and I used that to pay for my shipping - still a great deal though.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Laundry Duty
When I had a houseful of little ones I despised doing the laundry all the time! That had to be my worst chore of all time. What a time-waster...wash the clothes, fold the clothes, wear the clothes, wash the clothes, fold the clothes, wear the clothes over and over and over multiplied by 6 sometimes 8 people! UGH!What worked for me when the kids got to be around 7-8-yrs-old was to purchase different colored laundry baskets for each one of them. Their dirty clothes went in their baskets and they took turns helping me wash the clothes. Then when we pulled clothes out of the dryer the clothes were thrown into each basket and each child was responsible for folding and putting away his/her own clothes...my motto "I didn't wear them, I'm not folding them and putting them away!" LOL
For hundreds of great tips, check out today's Works For Me Wednesday over at Rocks in My Dryer
BIG Shopping Day - CVS, Bread Store, Walgreens, Walmart
I am working for a friend this week while she is at a conference in CA. I get off work at 4:30, go pick my dad up at 5:00 (we are carpooling) and head to the house. Yesterday after work, when I picked my dad up we ran by the Day-Old Bread store on our way home. I love shopping there because the bread is so much cheaper than in the grocery stores. I can stock up and put it in the freezer. Here's what I got for $16.00
3 loafs of wheat bread
2 loafs of white bread
2 packs of 12 ct hamburger buns
2 packs of wheat hot dog buns
2 packs of sub rolls
2 packs of dinner rolls
2 bags of white cheddar popcorn
1 bag of donuts
After getting home and putting this away, I ate some dinner, picked up Dakota (to keep me company) and took off to the stores. Our first stop was CVS where we scored BIG time!
2 boxes Circle K cereal 2/$5.00
4 Gift Bags @1.49 each
3 Garnier Nutrioniste facewash @ 5.99 each
1 (8 pk) Reese's Peanut Butter cups .88
2 packs M&M's 3.29 Buy one get one free
2 Gas X packs @ 5.69 each
2 Johnson's Buddy soaps @ .99 each
1 Alcohol @ .50
1 Hydrogen Peroxide @ .50
1 Pledge Duster starter kit @ 2.99
6 cans Progresso soup @ 2.79
1 Sunkist orange drink @ 1.39
1 pack makeup wedges (32 ct) @ 2.99
Guess how much I paid out of pocket for all of this???!!
I only paid a whopping $15.71 (in 3 different transactions of course!)
After we left CVS I made a run to Walgreen's. I had gone there Friday night and had realized the cashier made a mistake when ringing me up so I wanted to run back over there to get that mistake corrected (so I could get my money back). While there I picked up:
1 gallon of milk
1 Dawn dish detergent
2 (24-ct packs) Dasani water
and with my "correction" from Friday night's mistake I paid 5.00 so I was very pleased.
So far this evening I have spent $36.71 and I haven't even made it to Wal-mart yet for groceries. But that's okay because I haven't actually gone grocery shopping this month AT ALL yet so I am figuring I will spend the bulk of my budget tonight.
We get to Wal-mart and Dakota heads to the electronics department where he will happily camp out until I call him (on his cell phone....another GREAT use for his cell phone by the way!!) and I start walking around the beauty section and medicine section of Wal-mart to compare prices to CVS and to check out the clearance racks. I have not been in Wal-mart in ages and I just wanted to make sure that the prices I was paying at CVS were still in line with what Wal-mart was charging...and I was excited to see that they were exactly the same!
After spending almost 2 hours in there and only saving $16.00 with coupons I spent $150.00 but that's okay because I am still under budget and I got enough food that I don't see having to go shopping again majorly before the end of the month.
By the time we got home it was 10:00...I was whooped! Dakota is such a trooper...he helped me unload the car and carry everything in.
I think he enjoys going with me because he likes watching the register start at 30.00 or 40.00 and end up with me only paying $5.00 or 6.00...he says "How do YOU DO THAT!?" LOL
3 loafs of wheat bread2 loafs of white bread
2 packs of 12 ct hamburger buns
2 packs of wheat hot dog buns
2 packs of sub rolls
2 packs of dinner rolls
2 bags of white cheddar popcorn
1 bag of donuts
After getting home and putting this away, I ate some dinner, picked up Dakota (to keep me company) and took off to the stores. Our first stop was CVS where we scored BIG time!
2 boxes Circle K cereal 2/$5.004 Gift Bags @1.49 each
3 Garnier Nutrioniste facewash @ 5.99 each
1 (8 pk) Reese's Peanut Butter cups .88
2 packs M&M's 3.29 Buy one get one free
2 Gas X packs @ 5.69 each
2 Johnson's Buddy soaps @ .99 each
1 Alcohol @ .50
1 Hydrogen Peroxide @ .50
1 Pledge Duster starter kit @ 2.99
6 cans Progresso soup @ 2.79
1 Sunkist orange drink @ 1.39
1 pack makeup wedges (32 ct) @ 2.99
Guess how much I paid out of pocket for all of this???!!
I only paid a whopping $15.71 (in 3 different transactions of course!)
After we left CVS I made a run to Walgreen's. I had gone there Friday night and had realized the cashier made a mistake when ringing me up so I wanted to run back over there to get that mistake corrected (so I could get my money back). While there I picked up:
1 gallon of milk
1 Dawn dish detergent
2 (24-ct packs) Dasani water
and with my "correction" from Friday night's mistake I paid 5.00 so I was very pleased.
So far this evening I have spent $36.71 and I haven't even made it to Wal-mart yet for groceries. But that's okay because I haven't actually gone grocery shopping this month AT ALL yet so I am figuring I will spend the bulk of my budget tonight.
We get to Wal-mart and Dakota heads to the electronics department where he will happily camp out until I call him (on his cell phone....another GREAT use for his cell phone by the way!!) and I start walking around the beauty section and medicine section of Wal-mart to compare prices to CVS and to check out the clearance racks. I have not been in Wal-mart in ages and I just wanted to make sure that the prices I was paying at CVS were still in line with what Wal-mart was charging...and I was excited to see that they were exactly the same!
After spending almost 2 hours in there and only saving $16.00 with coupons I spent $150.00 but that's okay because I am still under budget and I got enough food that I don't see having to go shopping again majorly before the end of the month.
By the time we got home it was 10:00...I was whooped! Dakota is such a trooper...he helped me unload the car and carry everything in.
I think he enjoys going with me because he likes watching the register start at 30.00 or 40.00 and end up with me only paying $5.00 or 6.00...he says "How do YOU DO THAT!?" LOL
Cell Phones
I have a cell phone and everybody in my family has a cell phone. We do not have a landline and haven't had one for awhile therefore even my 11-yr-old has had a cell phone for the last three years.
"Why would an 8-yr-old need a cell phone" you might ask?
Since I homeschool my son he is always home. He is very independent and able to be left home alone for small stretches of time while I run errands. We don't have a home phone so I would have no other means to contact him if he didn't have a cell phone of his own. He has proven to be very responsible with his phone over the years and I am constantly trying to teach "good" cell phone habits to him now while he is young (hoping and praying they will sink in for when he is older!)
I am amazed at how rude society as a whole has become, especially in this area of cell phone use! Some of the things that really irk me are:
"Why would an 8-yr-old need a cell phone" you might ask?
Since I homeschool my son he is always home. He is very independent and able to be left home alone for small stretches of time while I run errands. We don't have a home phone so I would have no other means to contact him if he didn't have a cell phone of his own. He has proven to be very responsible with his phone over the years and I am constantly trying to teach "good" cell phone habits to him now while he is young (hoping and praying they will sink in for when he is older!)
I am amazed at how rude society as a whole has become, especially in this area of cell phone use! Some of the things that really irk me are:
- When I am having a LIVE conversation with somebody (at a lunch date for example) and they are constantly answering their cell phone while I am sitting there twiddling my thumbs! "Jeeesh, put the stupid thing on vibrate or shut it off for an hour...ya know, I guess I could make better use of my time too but I'm choosing to spend it with you so I'd appreciate the same courtesy!"
- When I am right in the middle of a conversation on the phone with somebody and they stop me to take another call (call waiting) and don't come back. Now I can understand the emergency calls or "kids' calling" but just to stop our call because you received another better call...how rude!
- Cell phones ringing in church!! Nuff said!
- Traffic - no, I'm not opposed to driving while talking on the phone-- if you aren't in the FAST lane doing 40 mph NOT PAYING ATTENTION because you are on the phone!
- Last but not least...I don't answer my cell phone all the time. Why? Because I don't like to talk on the phone all day long. Some days my phone rings constantly. Other days I don't get a single phone call. If I don't answer my phone, chances are it's because I am busy working on something and I don't feel like talking on the phone...leave a message and I'll be happy to return your call when it's more convenient for me to talk.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Lowe's $10 off $25 purchase with Visa
Get a coupon for $10.00 off a $25.00 purchase at Lowe's when you use your VISA card. Coupon valid when you use your VISA card at any Lowe's Home Improvement location between April 5th, 2008 and July 30th 2008.
Walgreens - FREE Pictures Today only
In honor of Tax Day, Walgreen's is giving you 15 FREE pictures! In the Promo Code box, you have to type in TAXDAY in order to get your free pictures!
The Blues are going away
I went to the Rheumatologist early last week about my fibromyalgia and was prescribed a new medication to try. As the weekend approached I was feeling exhausted, weary, depressed, angry and couldn't quite figure out what was wrong with me.
Saturday evening Dakota and I went to a function at church (a talent show) and I sat away from everyone because I just didn't want to be bothered - I felt lousy. It was everything I could do to keep myself awake. When the show was over we stood around talking for a few minutes and Dakota best friend (our pastor's son) was asking if Dakota could go home with them for awhile...I was secretly praying no because I didn't want to have to come back out and pick him up...well they did say no because they had running around to do. Dakota and I left and went to Sonny's BBQ to grab some dinner. While we were there, the pastor and his family came in along with another friend's family that was there at the talent show. When they saw us there they came over and invited us to come sit with them - but we already had our food at this point and I just wanted to finish eating and go home to bed. Dakota was upset with me because his friends were over there - obviously he wanted to go sit with them.
Sunday morning when I woke up I was dizzy and just not feeling well. I went to make sure Dakota was up and getting ready for church. We started working on getting his contacts in. He wasn't having much luck with them and had about reached the point of not wanting to wear them anymore. I was cranky and made him cry. By the time we left for church I was mad and he was crying...not a good combination for a Sunday morning and something I try very hard to keep from happening. When we got to church he got out of the truck and headed towards Sunday School...I sat there and cried and cried and cried. I text messaged my parents to let them know I was going back home and to please pick Dakota up (we go to the same church) and I headed back home. I crawled into bed and fell asleep and I stayed asleep for several hours until late Sunday afternoon.
We had a church picnic/fish fry that afternoon and I normally go to all of these events and take pictures - but I missed this one. I slept right through it. My cell phone vibrated all afternoon with people calling to find out where I was but I didn't hear it...I slept right through the vibrating.
Later on after I had woke up I was thumbing through a Newsweek magazine and one of the first things I came to was a big advertisement for the new medicine I'm taking, with a caution "This medicine may not be suitable for everyone...if you experience these symptoms, discontinue use and let your physician know...." and there listed my symptoms in black & white. Praise God! I'm NOT going crazy! It's that stupid medicine!
As of Sunday I have discontinued the use of that medicine and I am already feeling much better than I was when I was taking it! My blues are going away!!
Saturday evening Dakota and I went to a function at church (a talent show) and I sat away from everyone because I just didn't want to be bothered - I felt lousy. It was everything I could do to keep myself awake. When the show was over we stood around talking for a few minutes and Dakota best friend (our pastor's son) was asking if Dakota could go home with them for awhile...I was secretly praying no because I didn't want to have to come back out and pick him up...well they did say no because they had running around to do. Dakota and I left and went to Sonny's BBQ to grab some dinner. While we were there, the pastor and his family came in along with another friend's family that was there at the talent show. When they saw us there they came over and invited us to come sit with them - but we already had our food at this point and I just wanted to finish eating and go home to bed. Dakota was upset with me because his friends were over there - obviously he wanted to go sit with them.
Sunday morning when I woke up I was dizzy and just not feeling well. I went to make sure Dakota was up and getting ready for church. We started working on getting his contacts in. He wasn't having much luck with them and had about reached the point of not wanting to wear them anymore. I was cranky and made him cry. By the time we left for church I was mad and he was crying...not a good combination for a Sunday morning and something I try very hard to keep from happening. When we got to church he got out of the truck and headed towards Sunday School...I sat there and cried and cried and cried. I text messaged my parents to let them know I was going back home and to please pick Dakota up (we go to the same church) and I headed back home. I crawled into bed and fell asleep and I stayed asleep for several hours until late Sunday afternoon.
We had a church picnic/fish fry that afternoon and I normally go to all of these events and take pictures - but I missed this one. I slept right through it. My cell phone vibrated all afternoon with people calling to find out where I was but I didn't hear it...I slept right through the vibrating.
Later on after I had woke up I was thumbing through a Newsweek magazine and one of the first things I came to was a big advertisement for the new medicine I'm taking, with a caution "This medicine may not be suitable for everyone...if you experience these symptoms, discontinue use and let your physician know...." and there listed my symptoms in black & white. Praise God! I'm NOT going crazy! It's that stupid medicine!
As of Sunday I have discontinued the use of that medicine and I am already feeling much better than I was when I was taking it! My blues are going away!!
Toon-ful Tuesday
God's grace and goodness is falling down all around us, but we can only receive it when we repent of our sins, and accept by faith the forgiveness of our sins that is offered to us through the blood of Jesus.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Stampin Up
I like to make scrapbook and make cards. I recently joined a Stampin Up Hostess Club. We had our first meeting Friday night. This is what we made this week. We also learned how to make adorable little gift boxes with lids out of scrapbook paper.
We made the neat little calendar hangie-thing so we can circle the 3rd Friday of every month to remind us of our meeting dates. The great thing about Hostess Clubs is there are 10 of us meeting for 10 months and we have a monthly requirement of $15.00 minimum we have to purchase. We drew names to see who was going to be the hostess for which month (my name was drawn for April - YAY!!) so whichever month we are the hostess for we will receive the credit towards free product based on the sales from our meeting/workshop that month. Not all the sales are in yet from Friday's meeting so I'm not sure yet how much I'll be able to get for free.
We made the neat little calendar hangie-thing so we can circle the 3rd Friday of every month to remind us of our meeting dates. The great thing about Hostess Clubs is there are 10 of us meeting for 10 months and we have a monthly requirement of $15.00 minimum we have to purchase. We drew names to see who was going to be the hostess for which month (my name was drawn for April - YAY!!) so whichever month we are the hostess for we will receive the credit towards free product based on the sales from our meeting/workshop that month. Not all the sales are in yet from Friday's meeting so I'm not sure yet how much I'll be able to get for free.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Dakota and my so-so Walgreen's trip
I must admit something - I am very tired this week. With Greg out of town all week I've been doing the single parent duty and since Wednesday when Dakota got his contacts it has been a very trying end of the week. Dakota is a quitter. If he can't succeed at something right away - he quits. After Wednesday night's drama of trying to remove his contacts, he woke up Thursday morning ready to try to put them back in...that lasted all of 5 minutes. He decided when he couldn't get them in on his first attempt that he wasn't going to try anymore. *Sigh* It's been like this the last 3 days, morning and night...but each time he is getting better at putting them in and removing them. I just wish he would do it without all the drama. I'm exhausted and TIRED of encouraging him and ready for my husband to come home to help me deal with this. Can you hear my whiny voice??
Okay, now that I got that out of my system, that leads me up to my ho-hum Walgreen's shopping trip this evening. I dropped Dakota off at the church for a youth event and I had an hour to kill before I had to be somewhere. I wanted to use my $5/$20 coupons so off to Walgreen's I went.
1st Purchase
3 Aveeno face cleansing items - all priced $5.59
Aveeno Body wash - 5.19
Pringles - 2/$5.00
Used Aveeno coupons (3 @ -1.00 & 1 @ -1.50)
Used Pringles coupons (2 @ -.25 )
Used $5/$20 coupon
Paid 16.96 + tax
Received $10.00 RR for Aveeno products
2nd Purchase
3 boxes of Kleenex - .89 each
2 boxes Playtex tampons - 6.00 each
Banana Boat sunscreen - 8.00
Used $5/$20 coupon
Used $10.00 RR
Paid $7.67 + tax
Will get $10.00 Easy Saver Rebate for tampons & sunscreen
3rd Purchase
Gillette Mach Razor - 6.00
2 boxes Shredded Wheat - 2.00 each
2 boxes Pringles Stix - 2/$5
6 Jordana lipliner/eyeliner pencils - .39 each
Used $5/$20 coupon
Used $2.00 Gillette Razor coupon
Used $1.00 cereal coupon
Used (2) .30 Pringles coupons
Paid $8.74 + tax
Received $3 RR for the Gillette Razor
Received $1 RR for something else?
4th Purchase
3 cans Ravioli - $1 each
2 boxes Electrasol powerball tabs - 2/$6
2 pks Duracell AA batteries - 2/$3
Used $5/$20 coupon (I could do this because all of these prices above were with Walgreen's coupons - I handed the cashier the Walgreen coupons AFTER she took off this $5.00 so my subtotal was over $20 even though it doesn't look like it)
Used (2) .75 Electrasol coupons
Used (1) .75 Duracell coupon
Used $3 RR
Paid $5.65 + tax
Will receive $2 rebate for Electrasol
5th Purchase
Corner Office Multi-Purpose Paper - 14.99
2 15-packs of Bottled Water - 2/$5
Used $5/$20 coupon
Used $1 RR
Paid $13.99 + tax
Will receive $5.00 rebate for paper
Overall, I spent $53.01 + tax out of pocket
I used $14.00 in Register Rewards and $37.35 in coupons
and I will receive $17.00 in rebates for a total savings tonight of $68.35
Did you shop at Walgreen's this week? Leave me a comment and share your savings with me!
Okay, now that I got that out of my system, that leads me up to my ho-hum Walgreen's shopping trip this evening. I dropped Dakota off at the church for a youth event and I had an hour to kill before I had to be somewhere. I wanted to use my $5/$20 coupons so off to Walgreen's I went.
1st Purchase
3 Aveeno face cleansing items - all priced $5.59
Aveeno Body wash - 5.19
Pringles - 2/$5.00
Used Aveeno coupons (3 @ -1.00 & 1 @ -1.50)
Used Pringles coupons (2 @ -.25 )
Used $5/$20 coupon
Paid 16.96 + tax
Received $10.00 RR for Aveeno products
2nd Purchase
3 boxes of Kleenex - .89 each
2 boxes Playtex tampons - 6.00 each
Banana Boat sunscreen - 8.00
Used $5/$20 coupon
Used $10.00 RR
Paid $7.67 + tax
Will get $10.00 Easy Saver Rebate for tampons & sunscreen
3rd Purchase
Gillette Mach Razor - 6.00
2 boxes Shredded Wheat - 2.00 each
2 boxes Pringles Stix - 2/$5
6 Jordana lipliner/eyeliner pencils - .39 each
Used $5/$20 coupon
Used $2.00 Gillette Razor coupon
Used $1.00 cereal coupon
Used (2) .30 Pringles coupons
Paid $8.74 + tax
Received $3 RR for the Gillette Razor
Received $1 RR for something else?
4th Purchase
3 cans Ravioli - $1 each
2 boxes Electrasol powerball tabs - 2/$6
2 pks Duracell AA batteries - 2/$3
Used $5/$20 coupon (I could do this because all of these prices above were with Walgreen's coupons - I handed the cashier the Walgreen coupons AFTER she took off this $5.00 so my subtotal was over $20 even though it doesn't look like it)
Used (2) .75 Electrasol coupons
Used (1) .75 Duracell coupon
Used $3 RR
Paid $5.65 + tax
Will receive $2 rebate for Electrasol
5th Purchase
Corner Office Multi-Purpose Paper - 14.99
2 15-packs of Bottled Water - 2/$5
Used $5/$20 coupon
Used $1 RR
Paid $13.99 + tax
Will receive $5.00 rebate for paper
Overall, I spent $53.01 + tax out of pocket
I used $14.00 in Register Rewards and $37.35 in coupons
and I will receive $17.00 in rebates for a total savings tonight of $68.35
Did you shop at Walgreen's this week? Leave me a comment and share your savings with me!
Freebies for Friday
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Signature Scents - custom scented Bath & Body products (max 2 scents)
Ragu "Feed Our Kids Well" cookbook - 34 page color pages packed with great meal ideas and insight from experts.
Free Shaker Cup, sample packet and $3 coupon from Source of Life - have to fill out all 19 questions to receive offer.
Self-tanning lotion from Sun Laboratories
Voucher/label in the cover of the April 14 Newsweek
"Recycle! It took a combination of ingenuity and technology to create the Rtote bag, but only a trip to the mailbox for you to be part of it. Send us your used Target plastic bags and we'll send you a coupon for a free Retote bag. Carefully remove cover, fold cover inside out, use pacakaging tape on sides and bottom to create an envelope, fill pouch with Target plastics bags, fill out return address form, seal top and drop in an US Postal Mailbox by 5/31/08. No postage needed in US."
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Signature Scents - custom scented Bath & Body products (max 2 scents)
Ragu "Feed Our Kids Well" cookbook - 34 page color pages packed with great meal ideas and insight from experts.
Free Shaker Cup, sample packet and $3 coupon from Source of Life - have to fill out all 19 questions to receive offer.
Self-tanning lotion from Sun Laboratories
Voucher/label in the cover of the April 14 Newsweek
"Recycle! It took a combination of ingenuity and technology to create the Rtote bag, but only a trip to the mailbox for you to be part of it. Send us your used Target plastic bags and we'll send you a coupon for a free Retote bag. Carefully remove cover, fold cover inside out, use pacakaging tape on sides and bottom to create an envelope, fill pouch with Target plastics bags, fill out return address form, seal top and drop in an US Postal Mailbox by 5/31/08. No postage needed in US."
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Teen Pregnancy
I shared with you here that I had a planning meeting at church to get things going with the Women's Ministry at my church. One of the ministries a woman has felt led to start is a Teen Pregnancy Program. This young woman actually came to me last year about getting this program going but she became pregnant with her 5th child soon after giving birth to her 4th child so obviously God was showing us the timing just wasn't right yet!
We introduced this concept at the meeting and asked for helpers if anyone was interested. I am letting my friend take the lead on this one...sort of mentoring her...she has never done anything like this before. She scheduled a planning meeting this past Wednesday night for the four women (out of the original 10) who said this interested them. Our preliminary plans so far are:
Any comments, suggestions...would love to hear them!
We introduced this concept at the meeting and asked for helpers if anyone was interested. I am letting my friend take the lead on this one...sort of mentoring her...she has never done anything like this before. She scheduled a planning meeting this past Wednesday night for the four women (out of the original 10) who said this interested them. Our preliminary plans so far are:
- Schedule a community baby shower for the end of May geared to teenage moms who are pregnant
- Get the word out - flyers in the schools, word of mouth, flyers in places they frequent
- At the shower - first and foremost - let them know we are here and care for them and we are starting this program for them.
- Give them list of community resources available to them (for example - WIC, Medicaid)
- Working on giveaways, door prizes
- Will have monthly support group put in place by then - place for them to come and meet
- Will begin announcing this to church in a week or two and asking for mentors for these young ladies.
Any comments, suggestions...would love to hear them!
Saving on Groceries
Someone asked me yesterday about my CVS savings and if I saved at the grocery store as well as I do at CVS and Walgreen's. Over the last 2 months of shopping at the drugstores I have discovered I am actually spending less time in the grocery store.I am able to purchase about 40% of what we eat at the drugstores - and I combine my coupons with their weekly specials AND in-store coupons as well as use CVS Extra Care Bucks to control my out-of-pocket expense. About the only thing I am purchasing at the grocery store these days is around the outer edges of the store (meats, produce, dairy, frozen food.)
How to get the BEST Grocery Savings:
I mentioned once before that Winn-Dixie is my favorite place to shop.
Meats
Every week they run different BOGOF (buy one get one free) specials on their meat. I don't ever purchase any meat unless it is drastically reduced (manager's special because it's close to expiration) or it's BOGOF.
For example, in this week's ad the meat BOGOF specials are:
- Boneless Top Round London Broil
- Center Cut Boneless Pork Chops
- Split Chicken Breasts
Produce
I don't have any local Farmer's Markets close to me so I have to purchase my produce at the grocery store. I very rarely find coupons for produce, although I have been able to find a few for pre-packaged salads (which I happen to love!)
In this week's ad the produce specials I'll be picking up are these:
- 2 lb bag carrots - .99 - probably grab a couple of these since we love carrots
- cucumbers - 2/$1
- 3 lb bag tangerines - 2/$4 (only need 1 bag of these)
- Romaine lettuce - .99/bunch
- Broccoli - 2 heads/$3.00
- Dole classic salads (bagged) - 2/$4.00 - have a coupon for this to save $1.00
- Cantaloupe - .99 (these are at Albertson's this week for 2/$2.99)
- Strawberries - 2/$5.00
- Planters Trail Mix (limit 3) $1.00 bag
- Pringles Stix 2/$5 (have 2 coupons for .30 off each)
- Ravioli $1.00 (same price at Winn-Dixie - but will pay for it with Register Rewards)
- Oscar Mayer Ham & Kraft Singles Cheese 2/$4 (will use RR to pay for it)
Thursday, April 10, 2008
One year in Hawaii
It's been one year since I've seen my daughter Felicia, son-in-law Will, and grandsons Allan and Nathan. They had to transfer to Hawaii last April - Will is in the military. He is an amazing daddy to his two boys and a wonderful father and provider for Felicia. I thank God that He placed Will in Felicia's life.
This picture is from November 2006. They lived in WV during this time and had come in town for the birth of my granddaughter...Felicia's twin sister's baby.
When they lived in WV I was able to go see them every couple of months. I can't believe it has been a year since I've seen them last. The boys have grown up so much.
Felicia said Allan is going to start school this fall. It's so hard to believe that my precious Allan is already old enough to be going to school!
I remember when he was born. Felicia got pregnant at the end of her sophomore year of high school. Because she was covered under our insurance we all decided she would stay living with us until after Allan was born and then she and Will would get married. She managed to keep her position as section leader in the band her junior year and march in competitions up until mid-November. By then she was 7 months pregnant and starting to go into early labor. She had to go into the hospital two different times to have her labor stopped and in early December she was placed on bed rest. She was an honor student and her sister brought her work home for her - her teachers were wonderful about working with her to help her finish this semester.
The week of exams (right before Christmas break) we arranged it so I would take her to school every day to take one exam a day. On Thursday after she completed her exam, I took her to meet Will and they went to her doctor's appt together. She was 8 months pregnant. She and Will went to lunch after the appointment and then he had to go to work so we had arranged to meet back up again around 3:00 for Felicia to come home with me.
On the way back to the house Felicia told me her doctor's appt had gone well and she wasn't dilated anymore than last time and the doctor had high hopes for her to be able to carry the baby another couple weeks. I had been making sure somebody was with Felicia around the clock-- since neither Felicia nor Tina drove (even though they were 16-yrs-old by then) but I needed to run to the mall to check on a fundraiser booth I was in charge of. I was telling Felicia I was going to leave her at home with Tina while Greg and I ran to the mall to check on this booth to make sure it was manned and we would be back in an hour. I noticed Felicia had started moving around in the car like she was uncomfortable but she assured me she was okay...it was just her back was a little achy from being out and in the car so much. When we got home she went and laid in my bed to rest and Greg & left the house.
Twenty minutes later we are just about to arrive at the mall and I get a panicked call from Tina.
"Mom! Felicia's in labor!"
Now we had been down this road for the last month and I just left her 20 minutes ago so I calmly tell Tina "honey, her back is just bothering her, she's had a long day...tell her to go get in the shower like the doctor told her to do when her back hurts."
She said "I'll try but she is really crying. You need to come home!"
I told her "I just got here to the mall, let me run in and check on the booth and I'll come right back. It's going to take me another 30-45 mins to get home in this traffic though. I'll call your grandma to see if she is closer than I am and get her to come home."
I'm just mildly worried at this time because after all she DID just get checked at the doctor's office today and I WAS just at the house with her and she was okay...wasn't she? I called my mom and found out she was closer to the house than I was so I filled her in on what Tina had said and asked her if she could head on over there to check on things.
Over the course of the next 20 mins (the time it took my mom to reach the house) Tina called me 4-5 times frantic and by now I could hear Felicia in the background...alternatively doing breathing exercises and screaming at Tina! Once my mom got there and assessed the situation she tried to get Felicia in the car to take her to the hospital but as they were backing out of the driveway, Felicia screams "STOP! I have to go to the bathroom!" and she jumps out of the car and runs in the house with my mom and Tina trailing behind her yelling "No you don't...that's the baby....you need to go to the hospital!"
While she is sitting on the toilet and my mom is begging her to get off the toilet Tina calls me again. I tell Tina "Hang up the phone and call 911 NOW!!" Tina calls 911 and hands the phone to my mom...Tina is too hysterical to talk to the operator. (They are identical twins and she "experienced" this much too closely with her twin sister!! LOL) The 911 dispatcher tells my mom she has to get Felicia off the toilet and into a bed...she said to tell Felicia she is going to have her baby in the toilet if she doesn't get up right now.
Within 5 minutes the Fire Dept was at our house. We live in a small community and we know many of the firemen from church...sure enough when they heard the call go out and that it was our house, the ones WE know responded to the call. When they checked Felicia she was ready to deliver right then. The ambulance transported her to the hospital and Will made it there at the same time as Felicia did. Greg and I were closer to the hospital than everyone so we just stayed in town and met the ambulance there. She delivered 5 mins after she got there...as soon as they allowed her to get in the room and push one time - out popped sweet Allan.
Here he is at 4 months old.
We went back to the Fire Dept when he was about a month old and took homemade goodies up to them and had Felicia & Allan's picture taken with everyone. It has made a great scrapbook page in our albums!
Felicia decided she didn't want to finish out the rest of that year at her regular high school. She opted to graduate early. Allan was born in December - one week before Christmas. She and Will got married Feb 14th and moved into a small apartment. She graduated in May of that year and Will joined the Navy in June. They moved to WV when she was 17 and had their 2nd child in 2005. She has earned her Associate's Degree and will be graduating in a couple of months from Massage Therapy school. I am so proud of my beautiful daughter and her husband for all they have been able to do at such a young age.
I miss them dearly!
This picture is from November 2006. They lived in WV during this time and had come in town for the birth of my granddaughter...Felicia's twin sister's baby.When they lived in WV I was able to go see them every couple of months. I can't believe it has been a year since I've seen them last. The boys have grown up so much.
Felicia said Allan is going to start school this fall. It's so hard to believe that my precious Allan is already old enough to be going to school!
I remember when he was born. Felicia got pregnant at the end of her sophomore year of high school. Because she was covered under our insurance we all decided she would stay living with us until after Allan was born and then she and Will would get married. She managed to keep her position as section leader in the band her junior year and march in competitions up until mid-November. By then she was 7 months pregnant and starting to go into early labor. She had to go into the hospital two different times to have her labor stopped and in early December she was placed on bed rest. She was an honor student and her sister brought her work home for her - her teachers were wonderful about working with her to help her finish this semester. The week of exams (right before Christmas break) we arranged it so I would take her to school every day to take one exam a day. On Thursday after she completed her exam, I took her to meet Will and they went to her doctor's appt together. She was 8 months pregnant. She and Will went to lunch after the appointment and then he had to go to work so we had arranged to meet back up again around 3:00 for Felicia to come home with me.
On the way back to the house Felicia told me her doctor's appt had gone well and she wasn't dilated anymore than last time and the doctor had high hopes for her to be able to carry the baby another couple weeks. I had been making sure somebody was with Felicia around the clock-- since neither Felicia nor Tina drove (even though they were 16-yrs-old by then) but I needed to run to the mall to check on a fundraiser booth I was in charge of. I was telling Felicia I was going to leave her at home with Tina while Greg and I ran to the mall to check on this booth to make sure it was manned and we would be back in an hour. I noticed Felicia had started moving around in the car like she was uncomfortable but she assured me she was okay...it was just her back was a little achy from being out and in the car so much. When we got home she went and laid in my bed to rest and Greg & left the house.
Twenty minutes later we are just about to arrive at the mall and I get a panicked call from Tina.
"Mom! Felicia's in labor!"
Now we had been down this road for the last month and I just left her 20 minutes ago so I calmly tell Tina "honey, her back is just bothering her, she's had a long day...tell her to go get in the shower like the doctor told her to do when her back hurts."
She said "I'll try but she is really crying. You need to come home!"
I told her "I just got here to the mall, let me run in and check on the booth and I'll come right back. It's going to take me another 30-45 mins to get home in this traffic though. I'll call your grandma to see if she is closer than I am and get her to come home."
I'm just mildly worried at this time because after all she DID just get checked at the doctor's office today and I WAS just at the house with her and she was okay...wasn't she? I called my mom and found out she was closer to the house than I was so I filled her in on what Tina had said and asked her if she could head on over there to check on things.
Over the course of the next 20 mins (the time it took my mom to reach the house) Tina called me 4-5 times frantic and by now I could hear Felicia in the background...alternatively doing breathing exercises and screaming at Tina! Once my mom got there and assessed the situation she tried to get Felicia in the car to take her to the hospital but as they were backing out of the driveway, Felicia screams "STOP! I have to go to the bathroom!" and she jumps out of the car and runs in the house with my mom and Tina trailing behind her yelling "No you don't...that's the baby....you need to go to the hospital!"
While she is sitting on the toilet and my mom is begging her to get off the toilet Tina calls me again. I tell Tina "Hang up the phone and call 911 NOW!!" Tina calls 911 and hands the phone to my mom...Tina is too hysterical to talk to the operator. (They are identical twins and she "experienced" this much too closely with her twin sister!! LOL) The 911 dispatcher tells my mom she has to get Felicia off the toilet and into a bed...she said to tell Felicia she is going to have her baby in the toilet if she doesn't get up right now.
Within 5 minutes the Fire Dept was at our house. We live in a small community and we know many of the firemen from church...sure enough when they heard the call go out and that it was our house, the ones WE know responded to the call. When they checked Felicia she was ready to deliver right then. The ambulance transported her to the hospital and Will made it there at the same time as Felicia did. Greg and I were closer to the hospital than everyone so we just stayed in town and met the ambulance there. She delivered 5 mins after she got there...as soon as they allowed her to get in the room and push one time - out popped sweet Allan.
Here he is at 4 months old. 
Felicia decided she didn't want to finish out the rest of that year at her regular high school. She opted to graduate early. Allan was born in December - one week before Christmas. She and Will got married Feb 14th and moved into a small apartment. She graduated in May of that year and Will joined the Navy in June. They moved to WV when she was 17 and had their 2nd child in 2005. She has earned her Associate's Degree and will be graduating in a couple of months from Massage Therapy school. I am so proud of my beautiful daughter and her husband for all they have been able to do at such a young age. I miss them dearly!
Walgreen's $5.00 off coupon
Walgreen's has a coupon for $5.00 off your in-store purchases of $20.00 or more. This offer is good for Friday, April 11th only!
Dakota's new contacts
Dakota got his contacts yesterday!!He loves them! He was so cute after first putting them in - I thought he was going to cry (I'm thinking because they are bothering him or he was embarrassed when the lady was putting them in his eye or something like that) but he was just so happy with how well he could see and with NOT having glasses on his face. He has worn glasses since he was 3-yrs-old so this is a big deal for him.
However, last night after church we came straight home so he could remove them from his eyes...he was only supposed to keep them in for 4 hours the first day and it had already been 5 hours. He got the right one out without any problem but the left one took about 45 mins to get out. He got extremely frustrated and began to cry. He started saying "I can't do this" over and over and told me "That's it, I'm not wearing contacts anymore!"
It reminded me of a pregnant woman when she has been in labor for a long time and she's about to deliver and she starts crying "That's it! I can't do it anymore! I don't want to do this!!"
That point of no return...in times like this I quote my favorite verse over and over and over in my head (or out loud if the timing is right.)
"I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13
I told Dakota "you ARE going to do this, nobody else is going to do it for you! You ARE going to put these back in tomorrow and wear them because I remember how excited you were when you first put them in today even if you don't remember right now. You CAN do this because millions of other people do this every day and you will learn how to do it just like millions of other people have learned...so dry up the tears and try again and again and again until you get it out of your eye!"
A few more attempts and success...he's still sleeping now - *sigh* but, I'm sure the battle will soon begin after he wakes up...
The Last Lecture
If you missed this story on Primetime last night go check out this short clip here. Diane Sawyer interviewed Randy Pausch, a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University who discovered he had pancreatic cancer. He was told he had just a few months to live and he delivered this famous "Last Lecture" about how he has chosen to live life to the fullest. This is an incredibly inspirational story!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Great Sunflower Project
I recently joined this - The Great Sunflower Project - by requesting a packet of sunflower seeds. I thought this would be a great Science project for Dakota and I for homeschool. The idea behind this project is an environmental study and we are supposed to grow these sunflowers and count the bees that are attracted to them. All of the seeds and educational materials will be sent to us. I've always thought sunflowers were so beautiful so I'm looking forward to growing some of these!
Freebie - Scotch Brite Toilet Scrubber
Scotch Brite is giving away their Scotch-Brite Disposable Toilet Scrubber with Bleach Starter Kit by allowing us to print out these coupons. They are in .pdf format and good until May 15th.
Internet Browsers
I began using Mozilla's Firefox several months ago and can I just tell ya I'm in love with this browser?? I installed it on Dakota's laptop and put some cool add-ons on there for him but he refuses to use this browser...he just doesn't know what he's missing out on. If you aren't using Mozilla Firefox, give it a try and try these add-ons while you are it - I've given a brief explanation of each one - they are SOOOOO cool!!
- Session Manager - this saves and restores the state of all windows - either when you want it or automatically at startup or after crashes. Additionally it offers you to reopen (accidentally) closed windows and tabs. This has been a LIFESAVER!! Several times I've been right in the middle of working on something and have had 5-6 tabs (windows) open and our power has gone out - due to storm, etc - and as soon as I turn my computer back on Session Manager gives me the option of opening right back up to where I left off. The other great thing is I have my favorite websites I like to check every morning (news, email, myspace, bloglines, bank acct) - I opened them all up in different tabs and set them as "My Favorites" session so when I first turn my computer on every morning I can now click on just that session "My Favorites" and it automatically opens up all those websites in different tabs...I just go and hit refresh in each one and they are ready for me to start my morning.
- Cool Iris Previews - this allows you to browse and share web links and rich media faster. Just mouse over any link, and the Cooliris preview window immediately appears to show you the content. To email it, just click. It's so awesome because you can view other "browser windows" within windows without actually opening a window - and you can scroll around in the window and click on things you want to look at. If you decide you want to save that "link" to look at later you just hit "Stack" and it will stack it over on the right side of your screen to save it for you.
- AdBlock Plus - makes surfing faster because it blocks all those annoying ads and banners on internet pages! You have to remember you have this installed though because there are times I have to "disable" it on pages and hit refresh because I have needed to see something on the page that it has actually blocked...but it's no big deal to do that. It just took some getting used to remembering that's why I couldn't see things - I was blocking them!! DUH!
- ScribeFire - is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. In other words...there's a little notebook shaped icon sitting down in the right hand side of my task bar and when I feel like blogging about something I click on that notebook and up pops this little box (similar to what I would type in if I was actually at my blog's website) and I just start typing away...when I'm done I hit submit and it posts it to my blog (because I've already previously set my preferences so it knows where to send my posts.)
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
You know you're addicted when...
Remember how I told you Greg left town early this morning for a business trip and he'll be gone for a week? Well I had an early morning doctor's appointment and after that my mom had a hair appointment so we rode together. While she was getting her hair done I went shopping - at CVS of course! I made out like a BANDIT today!
After I was finished I still had some time left to wait on my mom so I called Greg to check on how far he had gotten (he was driving to South FL) and I was telling him about my CVS trip...he was ragging me about how addicted I was. I told him "You know you're addicted when you buy a Diabetes Testing Kit for $19.99 because you have 19.99 worth of ExtraBucks and you will get $19.99 ExtraBucks back so it's FREE!!"
He said "Honey, nobody in our family has Diabetes!! Why did you buy that?!"
I told him "With all the volunteer stuff we do in the community and with the church I figured I could donate it to SOMEBODY."
But yeah, it's true, my husband thinks I have lost my mind....anyway, here's my loot for today!
Rang up in 6 purchases
Total out of pocket - $20.11
Total Extra Bucks spent - $83.48
Yeah, I am starting to run out of room to store stuff!! Have to go clean out some cupboards now.
After I was finished I still had some time left to wait on my mom so I called Greg to check on how far he had gotten (he was driving to South FL) and I was telling him about my CVS trip...he was ragging me about how addicted I was. I told him "You know you're addicted when you buy a Diabetes Testing Kit for $19.99 because you have 19.99 worth of ExtraBucks and you will get $19.99 ExtraBucks back so it's FREE!!"
He said "Honey, nobody in our family has Diabetes!! Why did you buy that?!"
I told him "With all the volunteer stuff we do in the community and with the church I figured I could donate it to SOMEBODY."
But yeah, it's true, my husband thinks I have lost my mind....anyway, here's my loot for today!
Rang up in 6 purchasesTotal out of pocket - $20.11
Total Extra Bucks spent - $83.48
Yeah, I am starting to run out of room to store stuff!! Have to go clean out some cupboards now.
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