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I chuckled at Jen's "While I was otherwise engaged, the taggers started circling and I've been hit not once, but three times!" comment! Anyhoo, she tagged me with the following: 7 Random Facts About Me tag: I'm obsessed with boxes & rubbermaids. Hubba picks on me for my collections of both. But ya just never know when you need to wrap a pressie or ship an item. And the rubbermaids keep me sanely organised. *sigh* He just doesn't understand. I graduated after 2 years of Graphic Communications. Obviously I'm not using that training. I don't like baking in the summer I spend a couple hours per week working on coupons & sale ads to get the best deals along with free & cheap items I've already started shopping AND wrapping my CHRISTmas pressies Speaking of which, I've spent the last 2 years NOT in the CHRISTmas spirit, not even on CHRISTmas eve or CHRISTmas day. This year, I'm already totally PSYCHED about it!! I want another (more...

LOL! Get it? Cheepend, instead of weekend. Oh I crack me up, more so when I'm tired! So a lot of folks were wondering about my deals this weekend in cheapdom (HA! There I go again!). I figured to save myself typing them over & over & over & over &.... well you get the message. Nope, I prefer the word CHEAP!!! Day 1 (Friday): CVS 1 Nature Made Rx Essentials 2 Beano to go packs 1 20oz Coke OOP (out of pocket)- $1.90 Dollar General, trip 1 1 24oz Iams cat food 1 18-ct Kotex liners 3 4.2oz Crest toothpaste OOP- 16¢ Dollar General, trip 2 2 pairs boys' camo cargo shorts 1 decorative letterbox 2 small decorative birdhouses partial pkg canning flats (7 in the box) OOP- $2.23 Ingles I paid full price for bananas OOP- $1.67 (I know, the SHAME!) Day 2: Publix 2 cans Purina One dog food (will donate these) 2 24ct Lipton family size tea bags 2 boxes Nonni's biscotti 1 loaf Publix white bread 1 tub JLKraft spreadable cheese OOP- $4.07 Walgreens 1 bundle pack Sunday paper...

The Hubba has brought it to my attention that I haven't blogged in awhile (AND he knew the exact last date of a post! SHOCKING!). So, here I am, posting. Would you believe that man scrubbed the shower yesterday? That's how we got onto the subject of my blog. I asked what he used (I could smell it) & he said "Dish liquid. I read about it on your blog." Things have been pretty busy 'round these parts! We started s chooling again in August, as I posted earlier. We did indeed end up joining that school group I mentioned, and we went on our first Nature Walk last Wednesday. While we were there, the boys & I decided to hunt for a couple of letterboxes. It was the first time we'd done it, and it was a BLAST! We plan on making our own. I decorated for Halloween already (VERY early this year, LOL). I finally used my pressure canner last week (did I mention I got one for my birthday?). I canned some ground turkey in broth. It was GREAT! I plan on doing chili, s...

I hate trying to get the soap scum ring out of the tubs & showers. At least I did. Magic erasers just seem to goop it all up, comet scratches fiberglass ones & by the time I was done, my elbow grease was all used up. Several months ago as I was scrubbing, it hit me. Dish liquid is made to remove grease & since the ring left in the tub are from our body oils, I sprinted to the kitchen and grabbed the bottle of dish liquid. I hugged it close and prayed "Please let this work!" I squirted it around the shower stall and took to scrubbing. Then I realised I DIDN'T HAVE TO SCRUB AS HARD!!! And within a mere minute & a half, our body oils were a thing of the past (well at least for a week til I had to scrub this all over again). I leapt with joy, I cried happy tears and am a new Palmolive for bathrooms testimonial. After all: "It softens hands while you do the dishes tubs." Praise the Lord! (Actual events exaggerated for comic effect! Outcome...

You Belong in 1956 You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in! What Year Do You Belong In?

Oops, didn't submit this yesterday.. . (which is another post) I got stung by a jellyfish Keenan fell out of the bed Then Tristen fell out of the bed Then, yes, you guessed it- Sebastion fell out of the bed (the next night) We all got some sot of sunburn I REALLY got sunburned!!! Keenan pooped his pants, the poor little guy Robert got skinned up knees from body surfing I got skinned up knees AND elbows from body surfing We ate a bunch of crappy food (hence Mr. Poopypants) We walked til we got way too hot We went to Ripley's Odditorium We vowed that next time, we'd be better planned & prepared.....