Thursday, February 26, 2009
Hospital Gown
So yesterday I finally got on the ball and took Sariah in for her 1 year well baby visit (about a month and a half late.) Usually they just have me get her down to her diaper for the doctor to check her out. But this was a different nurse and she began looking through the drawers and then said I'll be right back, I need to get her a gown. Then she brought in this little kid gown. I had to tie it tighter in the back to have it stay on. I just gushed at how cute I thought it looked. So while I waited for the doctor, I took some pictures!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
An agreement made
James and I have officially decided that if we have a 10th child they will be named.....
Oatmeal Banana
:)
Oatmeal Banana
:)
Funny thought
So James is always saying funny things. And I always say I'm going to blog that. This time I actually wrote it down.
We had sat down for lunch and he took a little longer to get to the table. I had already said a prayer to bless my food, but then I realized he would probably want to pray together. So when I told him that. He said, "I can bless it faster in my mind." I just died laughing.
We had sat down for lunch and he took a little longer to get to the table. I had already said a prayer to bless my food, but then I realized he would probably want to pray together. So when I told him that. He said, "I can bless it faster in my mind." I just died laughing.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sweet
My mom is really super duper allergic to anything scented. (Well there are like 2 exceptions but those don't really count. Pretty much if is smells she can't have it.) This means no flowers for Valentines day. Well I wanted to be creative this year and do flowers of a sort. So I've seen many of those edible/fruit flower arrangements and that got me thinking...
So here you have the "fruit" of my labor! hehehe I know bad joke! But I made some chocolate covered strawberry bouquets. I filled the vases with kisses and then had the strawberries on the bamboo squires. For a yummy and pretty treat! I had enough to do more than one arrangement so a couple of friends got them too. I wish I had made more because there were other people I thought of giving them to. But as it was I didn't even get them made until Monday and they weren't delivered until Tuesday so I was late. Maybe you will get some for your birthday if you make sure I know the date!
So here you have the "fruit" of my labor! hehehe I know bad joke! But I made some chocolate covered strawberry bouquets. I filled the vases with kisses and then had the strawberries on the bamboo squires. For a yummy and pretty treat! I had enough to do more than one arrangement so a couple of friends got them too. I wish I had made more because there were other people I thought of giving them to. But as it was I didn't even get them made until Monday and they weren't delivered until Tuesday so I was late. Maybe you will get some for your birthday if you make sure I know the date!
Just thought I would share the fun idea. And for those who are curious it really didn't cost much. I was able to get the strawberries for 2 for $5, the chocolate I think was a little under $3, and the squires were about $2. The kisses were on sale for about $3 for 2 bags. I was able to make 3 small vases (6-8) and one large (a little over a dozen). And still had a few extra strawberries and kisses. So pretty good compared to actual flowers! And so much yummier!!
Friday, February 13, 2009
It feels like today
Okay so in my mind today is Valentines' Day. James and I are planning to celebrate tonight by going to our church adults only V-day dinner and dance. His sister is going to come watch Sariah. So since we are celebrating today more than tomorrow. I keep thinking it is today.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Getting paid to be green
Okay so probably a lot of you know this, but I didn't.
So I'm slowly getting greener- really at turtle speed. And a while back I bought a few of the clothe reusable grocery bags. Then in my last trip to Walmart, I decided to buy a bunch more- this time of the blue ones which are only $.50. I am bad at remembering to bring them with me and actually take them into the store. But I'm trying really hard to get better at it. They hold so much more stuff so you can get away with fewer bags and to me that makes it easier to load and unload. Also I try to use the plastic bags in trash cans and stuff, but I always have to many and they end up taking up an entire closet until months later I decide and remember to take them and recycle them.
So the point... I actually remembered to take the bags into Sunfresh with me tonight. And I used 4 bags. Just had to go get a few things. So at the end of checking out the cashier hits this button four times and I see on the screen "Sack refund -$.05" That made me curious because I knew I didn't have any coupons. I asked her what is was and she said oh we give you money off when you bring in your own bags. She said she knew it wasn't much (kinda apologizing.) And I was like that is great! Every bit counts. I just thought this was really cool. I mean really I know it was only $.20 off, but I would have used the bags anyways. And if you use the bag 10 times then it has really paid for itself! So I called my sister to tell her the good news. She said she had found that out about 2 weeks ago and that most of the grocery stores do this. (she knew Price Chopper did it too.)
SO there is just one more incentive to use these bags! And another money saving thing! So if you don't see this when you check out you might ask if they give a bag refund for using your own bags!
GREEN BABY GREEN!
So I'm slowly getting greener- really at turtle speed. And a while back I bought a few of the clothe reusable grocery bags. Then in my last trip to Walmart, I decided to buy a bunch more- this time of the blue ones which are only $.50. I am bad at remembering to bring them with me and actually take them into the store. But I'm trying really hard to get better at it. They hold so much more stuff so you can get away with fewer bags and to me that makes it easier to load and unload. Also I try to use the plastic bags in trash cans and stuff, but I always have to many and they end up taking up an entire closet until months later I decide and remember to take them and recycle them.
So the point... I actually remembered to take the bags into Sunfresh with me tonight. And I used 4 bags. Just had to go get a few things. So at the end of checking out the cashier hits this button four times and I see on the screen "Sack refund -$.05" That made me curious because I knew I didn't have any coupons. I asked her what is was and she said oh we give you money off when you bring in your own bags. She said she knew it wasn't much (kinda apologizing.) And I was like that is great! Every bit counts. I just thought this was really cool. I mean really I know it was only $.20 off, but I would have used the bags anyways. And if you use the bag 10 times then it has really paid for itself! So I called my sister to tell her the good news. She said she had found that out about 2 weeks ago and that most of the grocery stores do this. (she knew Price Chopper did it too.)
SO there is just one more incentive to use these bags! And another money saving thing! So if you don't see this when you check out you might ask if they give a bag refund for using your own bags!
GREEN BABY GREEN!
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