My New Obsession

My newest obsession is Extreme Couponing! If you have not watched the new TLC series called Extreme Coupons, YOU SHOULD! These ladies (and one man, so far) walk away with $1,000 of groceries that they ended up paying just $4 for! Think of what that would mean to the average family on a tight food budget. For example, in our house there are things that everyone loves that we just can't afford to get (Daddy's expensive cereal, my flavored coffee creamer, Moo's bear shaped graham crackers). But by couponing I could save tons of money on the products we need and be able to upgrade to the products we can't afford now! Instead of buying the crappy creamer, with coupons and the savings from other coupons, I could purchase my delicious Peppermint Mocha creamer and have fabulous coffee everyday! Woohoo! So my venture into extreme couponing begins, but don't worry. I promise I won't become one of those ladies with 50lbs of free cat food even though we don't have a cat. Only things we eat/use will be brought into this stockpile. If you click on the link above you will be wisked away to my FAVORITE coupon site, The Krazy Coupon Lady. The site is amazing and does most of the leg work for you, hunting down deals all over the place! You should really check it out...Happy Clipping!

USPS Cares

How thoughtful! After ripping half of my credit card bill off, the nice postal service worker took the time to put it in a nice little bag. Not all of it, mind you, just the top half. The printed message on the bag explains that the USPS is sorry for any inconvenience this damaged piece of mail may have caused me, but it also reminds me (in an oh so polite fashion) that it is not their fault and there is nothing I can do about it. Do you think the credit card company will believe me if I tell them I can't pay my bill this month because the Post Office ate it?

Easter Sunday

Well today was Easter and boy, do we love Easter in this house. Moo remembered it from last year and knew just what to expect. Though for some reason, she thought you could ask the Easter Bunny for certain things, like Santa. I tried and tried to tell her this just was not done but she wouldn't hear of it. So every night she asked the Easter Bunny for a LaLa Loopsy Doll.
Excited as she was to find all 14 eggs, in slightly harder places than they were hidden last year, she couldn't wait to find her basket. I mean REALLY COULDN'T WAIT. When she finally spotted it peeking out from under her art board, she ran to it faster than I've ever seen her move. I'm surprised the camera even picked it up. Needless to say, she LOVES her LaLa Loopsy Doll. Apparently the Easter Bunny does take requests. Wish I had known that when I was a kid.
And we can't forget Toots. She wasn't up for any of the egg finding, but thanks to sissy she got all the eggs with her name on it. Moo even found her basket for her. Toots is really into the Little People Milkmaid and Cow & Calf set. Apparently we may have a little farmer in the family after all.
Daddy worked today, but was able to stop by for a few minutes to see the girls find some eggs. He got to see Toots on her first Easter and Moo zoom through the egg hunt in about 20 seconds. Not a bad morning. Too bad nobody wants to eat the Easter egg salad...now what to do with a dozen hard boiled eggs?

Getting ready for Easter

The final product ended up pretty groovy, if I do say so myself. Let's see how we got there...
Toots spent her time trying to figure out how to get into a plastic egg. She needed to be ready for her first hunt. I think a bit of practice was a good idea...she never did figure it out.
Moo and the Easter egg spinner machine-thingy. It was a lot of fun the first few times, but like anything you pay $5 for at the Walmart, it crapped out after about the 5th egg and Daddy had to take over spinning duty.
I think this was right about when Daddy had to take over. At one point, Moo was standing on her chair, trying to get as much weight as she could on that little spinner button but it just wouldn't spin.
Our Easter decor! Moo used her superior design sense, Daddy used his handy scissoring skills and I used my hot glue gun to make this stunner of a holiday wreath out of a diaper box and some Dollar Store eggs. I think we might need to add a few more next year to really fill it out. I think we're ready for the Easter Bunny!!!

Watching My Garden Grow

The garden I planted in February is taking off, well to the best of my knowledge. I don't know how well it could be doing right now if I were some kind of master gardener. But I'm excited. Lemons growing on the tiny tree, literally this tree is about 18" tall right now. I have my first 3 bell peppers growing, with at least 4 more on the way. A good looking group of red onions that I keep checking on, even though I know I shouldn't. A spicy basil plant that is finally looking healthy - I have been sure for the last few weeks that it was on it's last legs. Two healthy Roma tomato plants and one Husky Cherry tomato with 3 little green orbs growing...at least that's all I can see. I may find a few more once they turn red and are easier to find. Yup, the little garden has proven a success thus far. But I'm not going to celebrate until I get that first bowl of spaghetti with those onions, basil, bell pepper and tomatoes! Maybe a Limoncello on the side?

When that day comes, I'll be a happy camper.