Expensive Wash!

I washed the most expensive load of laundry yesterday!!!
Andy usually leaves his clothes bed-side as he falls into bed late at night. I usually notice that they occasionally make it to the dirty clothes hamper, but the majority of time they do not. So, yesterday I swooped everything off of the floor, dumped it into the hamper started the first of many loads.
As I went to put everything into the dryer I noticed that his zip-up jacket was a bit heavy and sure enough in the pockets I found his new Ipod and our new tiny video camera that we have only owned for a couple days :(
We have had numerous discussions in the past about pocket checking and who should be responsible, however neither of us do it.
I feel awful and am crossing my fingers that both will work after they air out for a few days!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Speaking of love, check out Mason's opinion of his baby sister....

What a little stinker!

Random

This past weekend was a bit hectic for us. Friday night I went out with my sister, mom and cousin to see Bride Wars which was really cute! Saturday I worked and then we headed to my parents to celebrate my mom's birthday. Mason loves playing with his cousins! He just laughs and giggles the whole time, I think this little sister of his will be good for him-he gets bored! Unfortunately we woke up early Sunday morning to the sound of Mason puking :( Poor little guy had the stomach flu. Thankfully, he is now feeling much better and we are just hoping we don't get it.

This week is going to be busy too. We have small group on Wednesday night, Thursday we have an annual Valentine Banquet that Christian Family Services hosts to raise money for the amazing adoption work that they do (my mother-in-law works there). Friday I am having a coupon party here-you are more than welcome to come! Saturday is Valentine's Day which I am hoping Andy is taking me out (hint-hint) ;)

Today I am 24 weeks pregnant. It is almost scary to think only another 15 weeks and we will have another baby around here. YIKES! Andy was laughing at me yesterday because I was "nesting". I could not stop cleaning! To defend myself...I wanted to disinfect everything since Mason had the stomach flu, but I kept getting distracted into deep cleans here and there or organizing things that probably did not need to be organized. I wish I had the energy to do that everyday!

My parents are leaving this Thursday for Florida for 6 weeks, I am wishing I could go with them!!! I am really going to miss our 2 week Florida trip that we take every year, but it is all for good reason that we can't go! Next year we will have two kids to pack up and take-yikes, we are going to need a car top carrier!

Terry's Update

Terry's surgery went great! The surgeons were able to biopsy 2 of the 4 lymph nodes that they took out and they all looked clear. Her surgery took way longer than they thought but she is recovering really well and should be able to go home tomorrow! Thanks for your prayers.

Terry

Please pray for my coworker and friend Terry who is having a major surgery tomorrow. She was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago and is going to be undergoing surgery followed by chemo and radiation.
She is having such a great attitude and is staying really positive about everything!
Thanks! I will keep you all updated.

COUPONING!!!

Walgreens
CVS

My new love....couponing!! I went to a class that my neighbor had last March and ever since then I have been hooked on coupons. I used to make fun of my mom for having a coupon for everything, but now that I pay my own bills, they really help out!
I never really realized that there is a "science" to it all, but there is and my shopping trips are now amazingly cheaper!! I went to Kroger last week and my $117 bill came down to $42.50 with coupons....amazing!
Here are pictures of my CVS and Walgreens trips this morning.
Walgreens: All of the above items were FREE after e-mail in rebate and to top it off, I had coupons, so I made a profit of $6, PLUS-there is a $40 rebate on the glucose monitor which means technically I end up with a $46 profit! I don't need the monitor, but I can donate it.
CVS- here are my final costs on the above products...
VO5- 50 cents each
soup- 36 cents each
glade candles- 69 cents each
Palmolive- 59 cents each
Kellogg's cereal- $1.13/box
Energy Shots-Free after Extra Care Bucks
Kotex pads- 72 cents each pack
Fusion Power razor-$4 profit after ECB and coupon!!

My friend Laura is also hooked on coupons and is WAY better at this than I am. I am having her come to teach a Coupon Party Class at my house on Feb 13th at 6:30pm, please come and find out how to save (or make!!) a lot of money!!!!!!!!!!!!! The class is usually$20 per person which pays for your supplies and goes to a missionary project that her hubby is involved with!
Here is her blog if you want to check it out:
http://www.sharpenyourscissors.blogspot.com/

ELMO Live 1/31/09

Hanging out with Dad waiting for the show to start.
snack time.
Dancing with Dad.

The trip would not be complete without showing Mason Comerica Park.

Mason had such a great time at ELMO. He was a bit unsure at first when Andy was trying to sing and dance with him, but he ended up loving it! Thankfully he is still at the age where we can leave there without spending a ton of money on souvenirs. I did check on an ELMO balloon, but was way to cheap to pay $10 for it. Mason did not even know the difference. :)