I have everything I need.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Things I am not grateful for
November 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
So since it is the season to be thankful, I thought I would be contrarian and list the things I am not grateful for…
- cancer of any kind
- drugs that destroy not just yourself but those that you love and that love you
- people that are crabby and take it out on the innocent
- traffic that is stopped for no good reason
- bad tv shows that stay on the air for longer than necessary
- clothes, etc that try to make my 6 year old look like a 16 year old
- cheaply made toys that are not cheap in cost
- family and friends that leave your life way too early
But, then I am reminded of this…
and all is good and right in the world.
What a Deal! or Save Big Money! or…
November 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
In this week’s Target ad, you can buy one Tag Reader book and get one FREE! But that is not the best part.
Go here and watch a video. After you register, you will receive a $5 coupon for a Tag book. You can even print out two if you watch the video again and give them a different e-mail address. Your other info can be the same, just the e-mail needs to be different.
Then go to your local Target with your two coupons and pick out any two Tag books. The second book has to be equal or lesser to the other book’s price for it to be free. I was then able to use both of my coupons on these two books!
Here’s how my receipt looked:
1 book: $13.99
2nd book: $9.99
minus $9.99 (BOGO Free)
minus $5.00 (coupon)
minus $5.00 (coupon)
Total: $3.99 for TWO books!
Hopefully all Target stores will take both coupons. The selection at my Target was surprisingly good, but I wouldn’t wait since the BOGO free deal ends on Wednesday.
Thanks to Baby Cheapskate and their reader Julie for early heads-up on this deal!
Me and C by Miss M
November 18, 2010 1 Comment
C loves to hug me! I don’t know why, but she is cute! And she is the best baby sister that I have ever had. Babies are cute. Babies can bite, but my baby sister is so strong! She looks small but she is strong. Because I really don’t know why she is so strong but that is probably the way she is made.
Today I went to Waterford. Waterford is a computer lab where people go on computers. We go on certain days. I’ll tell you how to get there. You go out my classroom and then you go through the hallway, you go past the principal’s office and then another hallway and then you see an open door and that is the computer lab. There are a lot of computers there. We go straight and then we take a turn and then we see our computers. If you see another door open in the computer lab, that is the library. That is kind of a shortcut. If you go through the library, I picked out a book there on Monday because that is my day to go to the library. I found a book in the M section because the letter starts with my name and I found a Star Wars book! It was so cool that I had to show my daddy. Inside it it has Darth Vader, Princess Leia, the droids and in one part it shows Darth Vader shouting “Take Her Away!” and that’s it.
[Dictated to AEK by Miss M, age 6]
Had a good life until C gotta hold of it…
November 17, 2010 1 Comment
RIP Raggedy Ann & Andy bowl 1974-2010
Taking a Toddler to the Doctor or things I wish I didn’t have to do
November 15, 2010 2 Comments
Today was C’s 18 month check up at the doctor. I dread taking C to the doctor. She screams and cries the minute we enter the office. Today I brought along her book Going to the Doctor by Anne Civardi and read it to her as we were waiting. That seemed to calm her down a bit. Then we entered the examining room.
The minute the doctor opened the door, she screamed and cried. We couldn’t weigh her without me holding her and then subtracting my weight alone from the weight holding her. Her measurements are, of course, not the most accurate because she wouldn’t lay down for more than a second. She refused to sit on the examining table so I just held her.
Then came the shots. She received two today plus a prick on the finger to test hemoglobin. She HATES the finger prick the worst. We managed. She then received her shots and I swear she cries the most when the doctor puts the bandaids on!
This was all before 10 this morning. Fun. And we get to go back in another 3 months. At least it wasn’t as bad (yes, it has been worse) as when I had both C and Miss M at the doctor’s office for Miss M to get her shots for kindergarten. Miss M screamed when she received her shots, which of course set off C. Real Fun.
For the grandmas and any one else curious, here are C’s stats:
At 18 months old, she is 32.5 inches tall (give or take an inch) and weighs 23 pounds. From her last visit three months ago, she has grew an inch and a half and gained three pounds. She is still tiny, but as we like to say, she is small but she is mighty!
Shutterfly & Christmas Cards
November 13, 2010 1 Comment
Every since we have had our girls we have sent out Christmas photo cards as our annual greeting. Last year we used Shutterfly and were extremely pleased with the ease of their online ordering and the accuracy of the cards once promptly delivered.
So this year I am again considering Shutterfly and below are some of their Christmas photo cards that have caught my eye:
I really like having the option to put more than one photo on a card. Another option I am considering are Story Cards. Here there is ample space to write about your life during the past year thus updating everyone in a way that doesn’t cramp your hand!
Last year, we also used Shutterfly for coffee mugs with pictures of the grandkids as a gift. I have also used them for photo books. Another gift idea that I may use in the future is a calendar.
What to get an early start on your Christmas cards? Shutterfly is currently offering 20% off all holiday cards! So what are you waiting for? Go check them out!
P.S. I wasn’t paid to write this post, but I am getting 50 free cards from Shutterfly. All opinions are mine and were not presuaded by the free offer.
A Week of Firsts
November 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
Curious? Here’s what has happened in our corner of the world:
* C had her very first haircut! I was so nervous that she was going to scream at the stylist, but she did great! She sat quite still (for an almost 18 month old) and hardly made a peep. According to her sister, it doesn’t look like she got it cut….but believe me, it looks so much better and neater! Take a look:
* Miss M counted to 100 for the first time all by herself! This is quite an accomplishment and something that she has been trying to master for sometime. She is now working on adding up numbers in her head. This is all her doing…
* We met with Miss M’s fabulous kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Sombeck, this week for our first parent-teacher conference. She said that Miss M is doing splendid and a joy in class.
* From their aunt and uncle, the girls received a box of Scooby-Doo tattoos… C saw her sister getting one put on her arm and she of course had to have one too!
I Love My Baby Sister by Miss M
November 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
I love my baby sister because she is so cute! I like her because she is the cutest baby ever except when she has a really runny nose. It is so like so I say “Yuck!” when she has a runny nose. I don’t really like when her nose is all stuffed up. Once I told my teacher, Mrs. Sombeck, that when I was trying to pick up my baby sister she wiped her nose on my shirt! It was the grossest thing ever! I showed my teacher and she laughed. It looked weird when I looked at it. It was so weird that I had to tell her assistant, Mrs. K. And it was like the best day at school because I have two girls at my table and two boys, Brody and Yousef. Brody sits across from me and Yousef sits across from the other girl that I don’t remember her name. Sometimes people get moved to yellow but the only person who got moved to yellow is my friend, K.J.
Somethings are weird at school. Like last Friday when I was a cat for Halloween and my baby sister was a pumpkin. And at our party I still was a cat. And both my teacher and Mrs. K were both Cat in the Hat!
And that’s all. Thank you! Bye Bye! Boo! Ha Ha!
[Dictated by Miss M (age 6) to AEK]
Thank You
November 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
My Grandmother’s Uncle who served in WWI
Today is a day set aside to say “thanks.” Thank you to the brave men and women of our country who have served and continue to serve our country. Thank you to their families who must continue on with daily living while their loved ones are very, very far away. Words can not express the extreme gratitude I feel towards those who have lost their lives in service. Their sacrifice was life itself.
I am humbled by these people and the choice they made to stand and fight. I am humbled by the families that miss their loved ones so deeply but still stand by them as they go on to fight.
Thankful Humbled Honored