Ready for the Show!

I asked Molly if she wanted to exercise with me and while I turned my back to put it the DVD she lined up some of her favorite things in front of the couch for the show.  Not only cute, but entertaining as well (she keeps books in the shopping cart and read them while I exercised.)  I only tripped over her a couple of times!

Princess and the Pea

Our sweet baby has a little cold and had trouble taking a nap yesterday so we cuddled up and watched Elmo on this fancy bed of pillows.  She loved it!

The Kid or the Camera?

Last week in the newspaper there was a picture of a kid kissing (licking) the snout of a pig.  The caption read," Are you an experienced parent?  You can tell how experienced a parent you are by whether you grab the child or grab the camera."

With that fresh in my mind I didn't give it a second thought when I heard Molly yelling and turned to see her stuck in the rocking chair.  I grabbed the camera!

Clipping Coupons

I've always loved clipping coupons! When I sit down to read the Sunday paper I hurry through the "news" to get to the ads. I don't clip every coupon, just the coupons for things we normally buy or products that we've wanted to try. I have an envelope I keep in my purse to hold my coupons and I dutiful place the newly cut coupons into the envelope and back into my purse every Sunday. And that's where they sit, safely tucked away, until the next week when I add to the pile. More likely than not, these coupons will meet the recycling bin with expired dates of use before they ever see the bright lights of the grocery store.

Last week I made a real effort to use coupons on my shopping trip. Before I left for the store I went through the coupons pulling out the ones for item we needed. So far so good. I also pulled out some coupons for things we wanted (Ben & Jerry's ice cream) on the condition I'd use them only if the items were already on sale. With coupons and shopping list in hand it was time to hit the store. I'm not going to bore you with the particulars, so let's just say those few extra minutes of sorting through my coupons saved me a a pocketful of cash! Almost everything I bought was on sale and I had a coupon for 1/2 of the items. With them combined I was able to get $56 worth of products for $18! Yeah for sales! Yeah for clipping coupons! But most of all: Yeah for using my clipped coupons on sale items! I could get used to saving that kind of money!

If you have any ideas or tips for clipping and using coupons let me know!

Something to Smile About...

We just got our Canon Power Shot A70 camera back and it's better than ever!  There was a problem with the CCD image sensor but it was covered under warranty.  Canon was really great to work with and we got the camera back 9 days after we sent it in.  Talk about great customer service!  If you own a Canon Power Shot A70 and are having problems with you pictures check out Canon's Website for help.

Bliss...

Animation 

Virtue 

Love 

Contentment

Philanthropy

Benevolence

Compassion 

Humanity

and Friendship 

push life into Bliss

--Joseph and Hyrum Smith 1840

80's Flashback

We are finally laying to rest the Blue couch.

It has served our family well for over 1 generation.

Goodbye ol' friend, we'll miss ya.