Pinching My Pennies

So this past November...or maybe October.  I went to a Newspaper sponsered Couponing class.  I know several people that "coupon" and decided to try it.  So we have been receiving the Sunday paper since then.  Yeah.  So it does work.  I save money.  I find deals.  I feel good about my small way of being a "couponer" (sorry to any of you who find "couponers" annoying)  But I recently have been introduced to several more website that TELL you what the deals are and where to find the coupons.
GREAT!
But...I still havn't figured out how to make the time to read through all the crazy, and I mean CRAZY, cheap deals these websites have.
One of them is PinchingYourPennies.com
Do any of you Coupon?  How do you make the time?  I'm sure once I figure out a routine it will be no prob...but in the mean time I feel like each week I'm literally missing out on great deals.

Blogger Issues Part 2

So earlier this month I wrote about some issues I was having with blogger.  Well I think we are mostly over those.  Thank you to those who left suggestions.
I am now bothered by the fact that on the currant format there is not a(n obvious) way to post video.
If you know how to do this, please leave a comment so I can post some of our cute videos soon.

the Weather

So if we can stop getting so much of this

And start getting more days of this

 Then I'm sure these will come to help welcome

SPRING :)

Oh sweet Spring, come soon.  We long to play outside in your beauty and warmth

Blogger Issues

In the past I could upload the pictures I wanted to use in any order then move them around in the text before posting to the exact location I wanted. Now I can't. They stay put. What's up with that???

Does anyone out there in blogger-ville know?

The Missing Gloves

It's winter time. It's winter time in Utah. And the high this week has been...oh I don't like 8 degrees. Yeah. I know.
Anyway, when we go outside Ashby and I both try to keep gloves on our hands. The other day as we were getting ready to go Ashby came and told me she couldn't find her gloves. When I questioned her further this was her reply:

(in a very matter of fact three year old way) "Mommy, I checked the office, the bathroom ANND my bedroom and the gloves are no where to be found."

Update: The gloves were later located by the expert mother eye, in said bedroom.

We hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday remembering what this country stands for.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful women out there!
You don't have to be have your own kids to have mothered someone!

Some things I Love

1. Ryan. He is handsome, smart, caring, fun, hard worrking and determined.
2. Ashby. "Hi, I'm Ashby, I'm 2 and a 1/2 and you spell my name "A-S-H-B-Y". She says stuff like that. She's witty(in her way), gives the best hugs, and loves to help.
3.Being pregnant. Especially now as our baby grows and gets bigger. I love being able to feel the kicks, turns and other acrobatics going on inside of me.
4.Great Family and Friends. Life just wouldn't be the same without them. I have been blessed with many. Thanks to each of you for accepting me and helping me.
5.The bread recipe from Pantry Secrets. Really wonderful class and you don't have to have a nice mixer to do the recipe.
6.Running(think jogging). I love the fee
ling at the end. You know, really tired but well worked.
7.Warm feet on cool grass.
8.Photography. Weather it is mine or taken by others, I love the capturing moments of God's beautiful creations.
9.Laughter. This makes me think of Pride and Prejudice and hope that I don't love to laugh "too much" as some of Mr. Bingley's party seem to think of the Bennet girls.
10.Music. Weather instrumental or voice. Weather as a participant or an observer. Music is such a powerful tool.
11.Learning. New things or old things. Gaining new understanding or refreshing and strengthening an old, growth is a wonderful feeling.
12.Parties. Just the kind that bring friends/families together.

Cirlces

What...you've never had your own home made circle quesadillas!? Well you should. Just ask Ashby, they were good

Our own Goat

So today while the weather was nice, we went for a walk. Daddy couldn't believe how much fun AND how slow a walk can be when Ashby isn't sitting in her stroller. hehe

But while we were talking we some how began talking about how one day it would be nice to have our own milk cow or even goat. Ashby was listening (as always) and asked what the goats name would be. As our imaginary goat had no name, I asked her what she would like to name it. If you had been with us this is what you would have heard:

Ashby: Lambie
Me: You would name our goat, Lambie?
Ryan: laughter....
Ashby: Yeah, or Lambie-goat
Ryan: you're a goofer Ashby
Ashby: NOoooo
Me: Well, what if we had a Lamb? Would we name it Goatie?
Ashby: Yeah... ...or Goatie-Lamb

I'm not sure where kids get these things, but I'm glad I'm around to enjoy Ashby. ;)

Oh great one

These last few weeks have been busier and I've been a bit more fatigued.

I guess I am now officially out of the first trimester of this pregnancy at 14 weeks, but boy am I tired. It seems that by 3 O'Clock, 4 at the latest, I can't stay awake.

Now, I have been providing massage and helping my friend who just had a baby in addition to the normal daily activities, but I didn't think it was an exhausting schedule

Well this morning I woke up with a sore neck. The product of a long week, staying up too late and daylight savings kicking in on the wrong morning. That sore neck had worked itself into an extremely stiff neck. So stiff that I couldn't even stretch it for comfort (my normal method).

After getting Ashby to be I realized I had to ask Ryan for help with this pain.

About 10 minutes after I left Ashby's room he brought me this:

OH Great One! How you loosen the muscles and help the pain fade away

"H" Words

No, this isn't another post about pre-school. That would be really strange to letter "O" and then letter "H".





But really, does anyone know who 'created' Alphabetical Order?? I looked and learned that the longest alphabet has about 51 letters/characters while the shortest has 12. I guess I feel pretty good about our 26. But can you imagine having 51 letters on your cell phone? Man those teenages would have to be AMAZing at texting! (Me, I'm really slow with just our 26, so I probably wouldn't try)

As I was lying in bed trying to pretend I wasn't still awake(before I got up to blog) I realized I was thinking of or creating imaginary blog entries. Thanks to my friend Zina, the origionator of this idea for me, I recognized these thoughts I decided blogging was better alternative to lying uncomfortably in bed. (I mean I can only gaze lovingly at Ryan for so long in the dark okay!)

Now back to "H". So I'm lying there thinking about the many ways to greet another and I realize that I'm creating a list of ways to greet another that all begin with the letter "H":

Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, Hola, How are you, using a Handshake, etc.

Can you think of others?

Good Idea, Bad Idea

Good Idea:
Using cell phone during the wee hours of the morning as a flash light to find things in dark bedroom and avoid turning light on, which avoids waking up the sleeping husband.

Bad Idea:
Accidentally pushing the 'auto dial my husbands phone' button while using cell for as a flash light in the wee hours of the morning.

Sam Sheep Can't Sleep

So it's 6AM and I have tried for about 40 minutes to fall asleep with no success. Well 6 in the morning isn't too early you say. Well, it feels to me like it 'should be' when it is a Saturday morning and last night you were up until like midnight making a poster!

Anyway, Ryan is usually the one with insomnia. In fact I think this probably my first real no reasaon to be awake in the dark hours of the day that I can think of. Ryan on the other hand, :( not so lucky. In fact he was up earlier this week for a couple hours one night.

I guess that is the good and bad side of cable TV. Any suggestions for Ryan?

Sam Sheep, the one who can't sleep is a character in a phonics book that I love. In this story the silly sheep also can't sleep and wakes up his dog. His dog tells him of a neighbor that can help. Well, before too long, each neighbor knows who can help and in the end I think Sam Sheep falls asleep from all the late or mid-night walking that they do. hehe

I neither have a talking dog or neighbors I wish to wake up at the hour. So I got up and this the the result.