Groceries

I am so excited! Publix finally put Pop Tarts Buy one get One Free. I have been holding onto some pop tart coupons and have been waiting and waiting and waiting. I told the girls that I would not buy any pop tarts till they went on sale. They are going to be so excited!

This is what I picked up today at Publix for $30 dollars:



My Best Deals:

Pop Tarts for .69 a box.

The Lysol Cleaner for .60 each

Yoplait Yogurt for .90 each

Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mix .85 each



I did all my cooking for the week on Monday. I made two Lasagnas (one to freeze), a chicken casserole, and I prepared the chicken for enchiladas.

I also made a bunch of jelly sandwiches to put in the freezer. I just pull one out the night before school when I am packing lunches. One of my most used kitchen gadgets is my circle cutter from Pampered Chef. It cuts the sandwich and crimps the edges.

Best Friends

Penny and Maya have become best friends! I often see Penny licking on Maya and they are always cuddled up together. How Sweet!

New Boots

I found these pink rain boots at a thrift store for $3.00. I knew that Claudia would love them!

Now she wants to wear them every day!

Shopping in Mom's basement

I went shopping in my mom's basement and this is what I found: She actually asked me for a trade, I must give her my green garden frog that came from my Grannie's house for the items pictured. I thought that it was a pretty fair trade (my mom has been asking for the green frog for about a year, so I know she has been wanting it bad).

Random Photos

The girls were very quite, I wondered what was going on in the tent???I was pleasantly surprised to find them playing Candy Land.

Our bed is a popular place. I let the girls watch TV in our room Saturday morning. Do you see OJ hanging with them too?

This is Jason asleep at 9:00 on a Friday night. We must be getting old. I joined him about 30 minutes later!Jason cooked this quail on Sunday. I actually liked it, but it was hard getting past the fact that I was eating a little bird.

Valentines

Getting Ready:

The girls enjoyed making their Valentines. Claudia wrote her name on all 17 valentines! I was so proud. We spent about an hour getting everything ready.

I took some pictures of the girls this morning in their new heart outfits.
After Claudia's class party we stopped by Nannie's room for some more candy!

The girls went through all of their valentines and ate almost all of their candy!HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Family

After we left Tori's, we went to my parents house to play with Addie and Isaac:The kids enjoyed eating GG's homemade bread in her bed:My dad flew his remote control helicopter for the kids:

Friends

Look what the temperature was today: It was a beautiful day! The girls and I went to visit my friend Tori and her girls. This is Tori and the baby, Maggie:

Here is Lilly:

Because of the nice day, we stayed outside and watched the girls play:

And here we all are. It was a really good visit!

I have a problem....

Laundry! I hate putting up laundry! I don't have a problem washing, just putting them away. I usually wait till the weekend to tackle this problem. For the girls: I dump all their clean clothes on the floor like this:



Then I have the girls sort them out into smaller piles like this:

Then we all put the clothes up together. I gave up on socks a long time ago. This is the girls sock bin:

We just throw 'em in. Every morning the girls have to go through and find a matching pair. I try to only buy one style of sock to make the matching easier.

I wonder how I let it get this bad??? I think it is safe to blame my mom. Sorry mom, but you did spoil me in the domestic department. Oh, I don't like to iron either - my mom did all my ironing too - up until the day I moved out.

Easy Blue Jean Patch

Marley is ruff on her blue jeans. I wanted to patch them, but didn't want to put that huge rectangle patch on them would scream "look, I am a big ugly patch". So I cut hearts out of the patch material and ironed them on both sides.

They turned out cute! And best of all, she loves them and wants to wear them all the time.

Valentine's Craft

My mother in law made this cute craft with my girls:

1. Cut out a heart from cardboard

2. Make a hole in it for the ribbon

3. Glue pasta on heart

4. Paint (she used spray paint)

5. Sprinkle glitter on while paint is still wet

6. Hang with ribbon

Weekly Groceries/Menu

I went to Publix today and spent $69.55. I had $12.68 in coupons. I have everything I need for 5 dinners, lunch for the week, and snacks. I also stocked up on a few things because they were buy one get one free and I had coupons.

Here are my best deals:
Kraft Mayo - $4.29 Buy one/get one free + 1.50 coupon = 2.78 for two:
$1.39 each
Chexmix - $2.55 Buy one/get one free + two .50 coupons = 1.56 for two:
$.78 each
Dean's dip - $1.89 Buy one/get one +1.00 coupon = .89 for two:
$.45 each
Wheat Thins -$3.25 Buy One get one free + $2 coupon = $1.25 for two:
$.62 each
Veveta Cheese - $3.59 Buy one/get one free + $2 coupon = $1.59 for two :
$.79 each
Frosted Flakes - $3.99 Buy One get one free + $1.50 coupon =$2.49 for two:
$1.24 each
Publix Coffee - $3.18 - .1 mystery coupon =
$ .1
Dannon Kids Yogurt - $2.00 + 1.00 coupon =
$1.00

This week we will be eating:
Sunday (tonight) - chicken wings, chips and dip (rotel/sausage/cheese)
Monday - Cheesy Wild Rice Soup with Salad
Tuesday - Spaghetti with Salad (I made double sauce last time and froze 1/2)
Wednesday - Turkey Alfredo (Turkey is frozen from Thanksgiving)
Thursday - White Chicken Chili w/chips
Friday - Eat out!!!
Saturday - Hambuger and homemade fries (will have to go to store for buns and potatoes)