I think I'm in love...

Took the kids to the Rio pool again today. 3rd time in 7 days! LOL It's such a great pool, and easy to watch them by myself. We'll probably go again on Sunday with Daddy!

It's a beach entry pool with sand and it only goes to 3ft deep which is perfect for our kiddos!

Maybe next time my little camera battery will be charged and I can take some pictures.

Getting ready for school to start on Monday...I have mixed feelings about it. It is stressful and hectic having them all home, but on the flip side, I am going to miss them! Abby and Tyler will both be going all day long. Then in a few more weeks, Aaron will be going to preschool 2 days a week for 2 hours each day. That is going to be strange!

I started keeping tally of my spending and coupon usage. I'll tally it all up at the end of the month, but so far, I have spent $341 and have saved $1170! For the time I put into it, that's about $78 an hour! Definately worth it :)

Get thee to Safeway/Vons!

Ok so I found out via a Facebook friend about a secret sale at Safeway/Vons! It is in WA and NV, I can confirm that!

Kellogg's Cereals are on sale for 2.49, but if you buy 4 or more, they take a dollar off each box for 1.49 a box! My friend got Nutrigrain bars, so those are working too.

In last Sunday's paper, there was a Kellogg's insert with all sorts of coupons. We didn't get it (because Las Vegas is lame and leaves out everything but the SmartSource from the paper!!) so I got some from Ebay. The coupons were all $1/2 of certain items (cereal, fruit snacks, nutrigrain, kellogg's bars, Eggo waffles, etc.). Plus there is a rebate form to get back $10 when you send in 10 proofs of purchase plus a $70 coupon for Dell.

So here we go. Go get 10 items that are included in the 1.49 deal (shelf tag will specify). Use coupons from that insert. If you use 5 $1/2 coupons, you will walk out paying 9.90 for all 10 items, then you can send the POP in for the $10 rebate, for a profit of $0.10!!

Even if you don't have the insert coupons, you will walk out paying $14.90, and get your $10 rebate, making them .49 a box, still a great deal! Oh and some of the boxes have $1/1 peelie coupons, so keep an eye out for those!

This time of year always has awesome cereal sales. We go through probably 5 boxes a week, so I always stock up. The expiration dates on all I have gotten this week and last week (General Mills at Albertsons last week) are all for March-June of next year. My 'buy' price for cereal is $1 a box, so I actually bought about 36 boxes today. So 1o of them will be free and the other ones will have been .99 a box after my coupons, which is a great deal for us!

Here is another deal for Walgreens. They have these 'Back to School' coupon flyers at the front of the store. Inside, is a coupon for $2/1 Huggies wipes 64ct or larger. I got enough coupons for 60 boxes on Ebay for about $3.

From what I've read, the price varies, some stores they are 2.79, mine was 3.29. I did get 2 boxes the other day, as I had 2 coupons for .50/1. So with the $2/1 Wags coupon and the .50/1 MQ, they ended up being $0.79 a box! Not too shabby! This comes at a great time, as we are out of my stash from January 2008! :) Plus Huggies wipes are the only ones I will use. There aren't many things I'm brand loyal to, but I like my Huggies wipes and Pampers Dipes!

If you have the space, stock up! This Walgreens $2/1 coupon is good through 8/29. Keep in mind that with those coupons, they just need to scan it, they don't keep them. So hang on to that flyer! Since Walgreens doesn't carry tons of stock and I don't want to clear the shelf, I plan to see if they will order 60 boxes for me. If not, we are lucky enough to have many different stores around and since there is lots of time, I'll just get a few boxes here and there over the next few weeks.

Safeway, Albertsons and CVS Deals

I visited the grocery stores this week and got some great deals!

I even have one you guys can get in on :) It's only good through Tuesday, so run!

Nestle Pure Life Water 24pks are on sale for 3.99 at Safeway.
Print off $1/1 coupons here, you should be able to print off 2 from each computer you have access to. I have 3 printing computers, so I was able to get 6.

Grab 5 cases of the water.

For each 5 you buy, you will get an instant $5 off (Safeway promo) and a $5 off your next order catalina coupon will print off. To sweeten the deal, there is a rebate in the package. For sending in proofs of purchases, you get MORE cases of water...FREE! For 5 proofs of purchase, they will send you coupons for TWO cases of free water!

Here is how it boils down:
5 cases of water = 19.95
-$5 Safeway instant promo
-$5 ($1/1 coupons x 5)
Total you will pay is 9.95 and you will get a $5 OYNO catalina, for a net of $4.95 for 5 cases of water! THEN, send in your 5 proofs of purchases and you end up with 2 more cases, making 7 cases of water for $4.95!

The water here is horrible, so I am loving this cheap water! I'm hoping to get in there and do it once more, you can send up to 10 proofs of purchase in.

If you can only print the 2 coupons, you can either get 3 other things that qualify for the instant $5 off promo (there are lots) or just buy 5 cases anyway.

Even if you don't have ANY $1/1 coupons, you still will end up with 7 cases for $9.95.

Also went to Albertsons and was pretty pleased to have saved 68.3% on my bill! I spent $78.30 and saved 168.52. I've done a lot of stocking up this past week, so we are good for a bit :)

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More CVS Deals this week!

I got all this plus 4 two liter bottles of Dr. Pepper for just $2.88!

Back to school

Abby is back at school today. We are in a year round school, which I don't really like at the moment :) Abby has 3 weeks left and then she is done with Kindergarten. She gets a whopping 2 weeks off, then she starts 1st grade! Crazy!

We are having a low key morning here. I am out of coffee creamer, so no coffee. My Diet Pepsi is in the car. It's 100 degrees out, so I won't be drinking that! So I'm kind a tired. This afternoon some of our old friends are coming over to play, so that will be fun!

Last night we hung up some pictures. It's amazing how that just warms up the place. We put our family pictures at the bottom of the stairs and when Aaron came down this morning, he just said "WOWWWWWW! Abby, Tyler, look!" It was cute :)

Matthew has been talking more and more lately, even in 2 word phrases. This morning, he pointed to the toilet area in our master bath and said clear as day 'Bathroom!'. He's growing up so stinking fast! I can't believe he will be 2 in 2 short months.

We've been really enjoying our pool! It's been a little interesting trying to keep the chemicals right but we're learning! Fortunately, our problem is usually too little chlorine, so that is easily fixed and then we don't have to wait long to swim. I try to test it in the morning so that if we have to add any, its ready to swim by afternoon. Most days, we are out once a day, if not twice! Abby and Ty and I usually swim while the littles nap and then we will all go in after dinner.

Speaking of dinner...I'm turning over a new leaf. It's called menu planning. I really need to do this so I'm not constantly winging it.

I made a schedule based on what we have in the freezer:
Monday - Chimichangas
Tuesday - Ribe Eye Steaks (great Father's day sale!!)
Wednesday - Grilled Chicken
Thursday - Meatball Subs
Friday - Hamburgers
Saturday - Pizza
Sunday - Rib Eye Steaks

I know steak is on there twice but we usually try to have it on Sunday. However I keep forgetting to take it out of the freezer :) We need to get back on schedule! This will probably change, as I found a great deal on Salmon (I'll be getting 6lbs for $2.49 a lb at Von's!) so I'll put that in there somewhere.

Grocery shopping tonight...fun! But I have all my coupons printed, I just need to cut and they will be ready to go!

Ok, I'm going to go read a book now. My new/old, long lost/newly found past time!

More free school supplies!

I went in to CVS to grab their freebies this week. I am still amazed that I can walk out of a store paying $0.00!! I used my ECB from last week to pay for these and earned an equal amount back, so they truly were free!


At first I wasn't going to go get them as I know free pens are dime a dozen this time of year and the rest is stuff my kids won't need or use. But I decided that since its free, I'm just going to keep buying all the free stuff and just donate it to the kids' school...I'm sure the older kids use this stuff.


I had posted last week about Walgreens. I never ended up going back, too lazy LOL But here is what I scored througout the week:

6 pkg Pull Ups (Aaron wears them for nap and bedtime)
8 bottles of Coppertone
2 scissors
1 pkg mechanical pencils
2 pkg index cards (not pictured)

For all that, I spent a grand total of $42.79 with tax!
Full Retail cost would have been $180.81
Savings of $138.02 or 76%!

It's camp week

This week has been busy trekking 40 minutes up north to bring Tyler to DINOSAUR CAMP!

Monday was tragic. Just tragic, I tell ya. He was crying, hanging on my leg. Now, he's used to being at preschool but I guess just an unfamiliar place, coupled by the fact he has been with me non-stop since mid May made it hard on the little guy.

So I left him there. Crying. I was crying inside too, but I knew he would calm down. Still, even though I had my cell phone and they had my number and I didn't get a call, I still worried. For no reason, of course! When we picked him up, he was smiling and assured me that he had a 'SUPER, DUPER!' time!

So that goes 9-12 and since its 40 mins away, it doesn't really pay to come home. Monday, we went to get bagels. Then we went to the dollar store for dive sticks. To kill the rest of the time, we played at McDonalds. Tuesday was story time at the library so we went to that. After a quick stop at Walgreens of course! Today, we went to 2 different Walgreens and then went to McDonalds again. What can I say, its indoors and IT'S HOT! It was 108 when we got home at 12:45.

I keep thinking this camp thing is expensive with all the things we are doing to stay busy. But I guess, if I spend $7 on a few bagels, that is the same I would spend on gas to get back home and back to get him, so I guess it all evens out in the end.

The kids have REALLY been enjoying our swimming pool. We were able to get in it on Saturday and every day since, they have been in it AT LEAST 2 hours a day. What a great investment. If you can call it that. Honestly, it will really make this summer way more bearable! It's 39 inches at capacity but we keep it closer to 36 inches. All 3 older kids can touch bottom so its perfect. It's 12 feet diameter, so great for all of us to splash and play!

Next week Abby is back in school for 3 weeks. Then Tyler has another camp for a week, a lab camp. They also start 2 weeks of evening swim lessons that week. The new school year starts on August 24th already!

I can't believe I'm sending my FOUR YEAR OLD to Kindergarten. The cutoff here is 9/31 but he doesn't turn 5 until August 26th, 2 days after school starts. After much deliberation, we decided to go ahead and put him in all day Kindergarten. It's going to be REALLY wierd around here having 2 kids gone all day.

Our school is a year round school. They do that kind of schedule if there is overcrowding. There are 5 tracks and at any given moment (with the exception of the 2 weeks in August before school starts) there are 4 tracks in session. We got on track 5, which I'm super excited about. It's just not as fragmented as the other ones. I just don't feel a schedule of 2 weeks on, 1 off, 5 on, 2 off 2 on 2 off, etc is conducive to learning. They will start August 24th and go until Thanksgiving. They are off from then until January 4th. Then they get a 3 week break for spring break, then are back in school till the first week of July. Then they have about 6 weeks off.

I'm really excited for that, because this summer has been an absolute nightmare trying to get activities scheduled around school. It will be so nice to have that 6 week chunk to fit in camps, swimming lessons, etc.

Oh and one more thing. 5 weeks from today, I can retire my Blackberry and jump on the I-phone bandwagon. Can't wait!

Free school supplies!

I know you are going to hate me before too long, since I have a CVS and you don't. But I still want to share my deals! I promise I will follow up with a smokin' deal from Walgreens.

Here is my loot:


Here is the proof!! The receipt on the left shows a total of $0.02, and the one on the right zip, nada, zilch! Pretty cool, eh? In the middle are my Extra Care Bucks. Just so you know what they look like. Because I know you were wondering.


One cool thing here is that you pay tax on the POST-coupon amount, unlike in WA, where you pay tax on the PRE-coupon amount. Whenever something was free with coupons up there, I always had to pay the tax. Here, it's just flat out FREE!

Everything in that picture was FREE after the ECB. I paid using some I had earned last week, so the only money that came out of my pocket was $0.02! I started off with $15 ECB and have $14.98 to use in the next month.

So you want a deal to? Ok, I'll give you one. Or two.

Walgreens.

Coppertone is on special this week. For every 2 that you buy, you get a $10 Register Reward, good on your next NON Coppertone purchase.

Here, the sprays are 10.99 and the Nutrishield is $11.49. Your price may vary!

Anyway, I usually prefer the spray, but can't resist lotion for $1.49 each!

Here's how:

Print off 2 (or however many you want, since you can just change your print amount to whatever number your little heart desires, mine desired 10 of them) of these coupons: Coppertone $5 off Nutrishield

If that link doesn't work, its on the front page of the Coppertone Website

**quick note on coupon links...I use Firefox. If you are using IE, you will need to change the 'wg' to 'wi' and it should work then.**

Go grab 2 of the Coppertone Nutrishields and bring them and your coupons to the register.

It will look like this:
11.49
11.49
Total: 22.98
- 5.00
- 5.00
Total: 12.98 plus tax and you also get $10RR
NET of $2.98 (plus tax) for both!!

You can get the sprays too. It's not AS good of a deal, but it works. I have seen tearpad coupons at CVS and Walgreens for $1/1 Coppertone.

$10.99
$10.99
Total $21.98 (if you stop here, you get a $10 RR, netting $5.99 a bottle)
- $1/1
-$1/1
Total 19.98 plus a $10 RR
NET of $9.98 for 2 or $4.99 each

We are going through sunscreen like crazy here. I normally prefer the spray but since I got them those handy dandy rash guard shirts, its much easier to apply lotion and they prefer that anyway. So I'm stockin' up!

Another deal is huggies. They are on sale for $10 for a Jumbo pack of diapers, pullups, and wipes are 2/$5. Buy $20 worth and get a $5 RR. There are printables for Huggies too:
$3/1 pullups
.50/1 wipes
-$1.50 off Huggies Diapers, SS 6/21
-$2 off Huggies Pull-Ups, SS 6/14 and 5/17,
-.75/1 Huggies Baby Wipes, 64 ct+, SS 4/19, 6/21
-.50/1 Huggies Baby Wipes 64 ct+, June All You Mag

*Note on coupons...I use Firefox for my links. It's just what I use, mmmkay? Anyway, if you are using IE, change the 'wg' in the link to 'wi' and it will print :)**

I've been rolling the RR's to keep my out of pocket low. More on that tomorrow.

CVS and Vons deals for the week

This week was crazy busy. I ran out today to finish getting our CVS stuff and was glad that the stores still had what I needed. They had some Febreze stuff on special that I had to wait for coupons for.

Want to know why? Because Las Vegas is lame and doesn't include Red Plum or P&G inserts in the Sunday newspaper. I will have to resort to Ebay to buy them. I spent $1.25 on 5 P&G inserts and just today I saved $40 on coupons just from those 5 inserts, so its definately worth it.

Anyway.

Long story short, I normally like to shop earlier in the week!

Here is what I got! Sorry for the yucky cell phone pic :)



Vons:
Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce x 10 bottles (Raincheck for .99/bottle, used $1/2 MQ x 5)
Tide HE x 5 bottles (4.99 if you buy 2 or more, used 5 $1/1 coupons)

Before coupons/sale: $77.85
Price I paid: $24.85
$ savings of: $53.00
% savings of: 68.1%

CVS:
Glucometers for my Granny X 3 (sale 19.99, used free coupon, earned $15 ECB)
Febreze Fabric Refresher x 5 (sale 5.00)
Febreze Noticeables x 5 (sale 6.50, used 5 $4/1 MQ)
Febreze Air Spray x 5 (sale 3.00, used FREE WYB Fabric Refresher x 5 MQ)
Pantiliners x 1 (sale .89, earn .89 ECB)
Tape x 3 (4.97, earn 4.97 ECB)
Pencils x 3 (2.97, earn 2.97 ECB)
On the Febreze, I earned $5 ECB for each $10 spent, so $35 in ECB for all the Febreze)

The nitty gritty:
Started off with $10 ECB from last week
Before coupons/sale: $189.25
Spent out of pocket: $10.23 plus I have $25 in ECB to use this month!

What is an ECB? Its a cool thing they do to make CVS a rockin' place to coupon shop. They are coupons off your next purchase. You can use them on ANYTHING. If you have the patience (sometimes I do, sometimes I don't!) you can do multiple small transactions and keep paying with the ECB to keep your out of pocket low. I tend to be short on time so I just do what I can. I'm sure there are folks who could have done this with a lot less OOP :)

Exciting stuff! More free school supplies tomorrow, can't wait!

Today we had fun swimming in our pool. I tell ya, this is going to be a great investment. It will make our summer definately more tolerable! I think Tyler was probably in it for a total of 2-3 hours today. I went in with Ty and Abby this afternoon and then we all got in after dinner. So fun! It's a 12 foot round pool and it is supposed to be 39 inches deep. We didn't fill it all the way, I'm guessing its probably 34-35 inches deep. Perfect so that all 3 older kids can touch bottom!

Speaking of pools, there is a company that makes all the supplies for pools called HTH. They have a rebate going on, where if you spend a certain amount, you get a Fandango card. We bought enough chemicals and filters to last through the summer, plus a test kit, skimmer, brush for the bottom, etc. That is enough to earn us a $20 Fandango card. Cool, huh? Free movie for something we'd have bought anyway!

Hellooooo??? **Echoes**

Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm a slacker. Marisa has attempted 100,000,000 lashes with a wet noodle, but my poor blog has been blogless in BlogLand since April Fools Day.

I have an excuse though, I really do. We moved. It all happened fast and its been crazy busy.

But I think I need to start blogging again. I need an outlet for my pathetic little life. Well, its not really pathetic. Not at all actually. I have an amazing husband, who loves me and our kids and works hard to provide for our family. I have 4 beautiful, healthy children, who love each other...most of the time. My life is richly blessed with the screa...er giggles of little children figh....er playing nicely together. I feel very blessed to have a wonderful hubby who makes it possible for me to stay home with our kids. There are days when I'm at my wits end. But then, one of them gives me a sweet innocent smile. Or a big squeezing hug. Or a sloppy wet kiss. Usually Pete is the one that does that. Then its all better. It is a priviledge that I wouldn't give up in a million years.

So lets go back a bit. In early March, Pete was laid off from his job. There were no jobs in Spokane and the possibilities in Seattle dropped off quickly. No one really wanted to deal with someone who would be commuting M-F. Not to mention, we kept realizing how challenging it would be on the family. Seriously, you know that driveway of ours? How would I snowblow it in the wintertime with 4 kids in the house unattended? Just little things like that. At the end of March, Pete's old boss in Vegas decided he wanted Pete back. In a platonic kind of way, of course! It took FOREVER. Finally, in early May, we got the job offer. The one that would take us away from our friends and family and our home that we thought we would raise our children in. It would take us away from our extended family ranch in Addy, WA. But only temporarily. God clearly had his hand in it, but it was by FAR, the hardest move I have made yet. Emotionally. Physically, probably the easiest, thanks to his company.

We starting prepping for the move...got rid of a lot of stuff. I guess one good thing about Pete being home, is we had a lot of time to do that. Had a big garage sale. Listed our house up for rent.

On the 18th, his company flew us down for a house hunting trip. My mom graciously watched all 4 kids for 3 days, she is amazing! And definately brave! We found a great, fabulous, wonderful house. I flew home on the 20th, Pete stayed in Vegas to start work on the 21st. They just couldn't wait to have him. Which was good for our bank account! The movers came bright and early the 21st. Oh and the painters were there to paint the deck too. And I still had not gathered all the things I needed to take with me. Needless to say, it was quite hectic! Thanks to my mom and my friend Charmie who watched the kids that afternoon (and the next day...you are a lifesaver!!) I got it all done. They packed all day Thursday and most of the day Friday. They started loading the truck Friday, all day Saturday and finished on Monday. We had a great driver to work with, which made things easier! Oh, and in the middle of all that, Pete flew home Friday night. We finished up stuff around the house Saturday and moved into a hotel. He left Sunday morning to drive his truck down to Vegas.

Monday morning (5/25), my BFF Heather flew in to help me drive. She is really amazing, for flying there JUST to drive with me and 4 rowdy children for 2 days. She must really love us :) Tuesday (5/26) was MOPS, and lets just say, not a dry eye in the house. I miss those ladies so stinking much!! It was really special to know how many people's lives had been touched by me without me even knowing. Its really cool to know that you make a difference and that you will be missed! Right afterwards, we began our LOOOONG drive. The kids did quite well but were relieved to see Daddy waiting for us Wed evening at our hotel. The moving truck arrived on Thursday (5/28) and took ALL DAY long to unload. All 20,000lbs of ours. Apparently we have a lot of stuff. Fortunately, Pete got 2 paid days off for moving, so he had that day, plus Friday off, then the weekend. So we made a good dent in unpacking.

We jumped right into life...got Abby started in her new school and joined a playgroup. Abby is in a year round school, which is kind of wierd. She got out of school June 16, then she goes back 'technically' on Monday (July 13). However, I'm being rebellious and keeping her home an extra week. She gets out for good on August 7. Then they start the new year 2 weeks later. So wierd. Anyway, back to my rebellion, I have really be struggling to find activities for the boys that work with Abby's 1/2 day Kindergarten schedule. I don't know about you, but I just can't be in one place at the same time. So, she's staying home next week so that Tyler can go to Dinosaur Camp. He is very excited. And I am too. He needs something FUN to do.

It's been very challenging trying to figure out stuff to do that is manageable for me. Surprisingly, Vegas lacks indoor things that don't cost mega bucks. And with it being over 100 every day, I really don't want to go sit in the sun at the park. 1 mommy + 4 kids + pool = disaster. Our yard is full of rocks. But not for long! We have had a kiddie pool back there but that leaves much to be desired when all 6 of us get in there.

Not that we have done that or anything.

You know, hypothetically.

IF we were to all get in there.

Anyway, we bought a 12 foot by 29 inch above ground pool. We are going to attempt to try to get it up tonight, we'll see how that goes! We are also picking up a wooden swingset from a Craigslister this weekend. So hopefully, that will help make our back yard more fun for the kids. If we end up buying this place, if we end up selling our house in Spokane, I'm putting in an 8x4 piece of grass for me to lay on. Sit on. Feel with my bare toes. Yes, I miss my grass.

All in all, God has made it very clear that this was the next step that He had in mind for us. Who are we to argue, when he makes everything happen so flawlessly? Pete got an amazing job offer. Along with that came an amazing relocation package. God provided a renter for our house in TWO HOURS. Yep, 2 hours after listing on their website, they had an applicant. We ended up with two and chose the 'better' of the two. Interestingly enough, they are relocationg too, so pretty much exactly what we are doing. Maybe they will just buy it. One can hope! Our house had been on craigslist since we started looking at the possibilities down here in April. All of our other choices gradually were rented out but this one was still here. After seeing 11 other houses, this one was hands down THE one. Some day I'll post some pictures, but I promise, it's quite purdy. Or is it purty? So God was saving this one for me because He knew I'd love it. Moving with 4 kids can be quite hectic (no, really?) but the fact that we didn't have to lift a finger (well, I DID pack 6 boxes.) made things a lot easier. He provided us with amazing friends to help us with whatever we needed.

As much as this seemed like a step back from our dream of getting up to our family ranch, I no longer think it is. I think its just a step that I never would have imagined. One of Abby's friend's Moms (got that?) reminded me of Proverbs 16:9: "A man's heart plans his way but the Lord orders his steps." We don't know what the future holds, but for now, I am comforted by the fact that we are where we need to be. That doesn't necessarily make the pain of being away from family and friends go away, but I know it will lessen over time, and *in true Ahnold fashion* WE WILL BE BAAACK!!

So that's that. I'm going to try to be a better blogger, I really am. I promise. REALLY.

Now on to what we did today!

I am Super Mom today! Just for today. Tomorrow is back to regular mom. :) Anyway, I have not been able to find a preschool for Tyler down here for less than $350 a month. Oh and that is for 2 half days. 5 hours a week. $17.50 an hour for preschool? HUH????? So, we decided that we will send him to Kindergarten afterall. I'm sending my 4 year old to Kindergarten...he turns 5 two days after school will start. So wierd! Since I can't stomach the idea of another year (and I mean full year with the year round school business) of 1/2 day, we are putting him in full day. Which is cheaper than the 5 hours a week at preschool. Crazy.

So, today, I took all 4 kids to the ghetto of Las Vegas, braved I-15 traffic, to get Tyler's birth certificate. I tell ya, it's kind of handy that the one kid that you decide at the last minute to put in school, just happened to be the one of four that was born here. So then we went and drove by the place we booked for our 'staycation' in September (more on that later). While enduring Aaron's crocodile tears about how he wanted to go stay there NOW, we headed back to school. Got Tyler registered. He was quite proud and telling people "I'm going to school!" So cute :)

Then, since my boy has been begging for mengos, we went to Costco. Fed them lunch and then did our shopping. The kids were their normal selves...busy. Matthew was shrieking on and off between scoldings. One lady actually asked me how many valiums I had that morning. Whatever crazy lady. I can handle them with medication, TYVM. After canvasing the store, no mengos to be found. But then...by the toiletries...I spied a whole row of dried fruit. Ty found his precious mengos, grabbed a bag and hugged and kissed it and told the lady standing there that they were the only reason we came to Costco. I just realized you might not know what mengos are. Most people know them as mangos. In our house, they are mengos. They are dried and just so stinking yummy.

As we were leaving, the lady commented on our 6lb of cherries, 4lb of strawberries, Watermelon, dried mengos and a pkg of apples..."that's a lotta fruit!" Yep, and it will last about a week!

Now we are home and it is now mommy's favorite time of day...naptime!!

There are probably a lot of grammatical errors, but you know what? I'm too tired. So you'll have to deal with them. Forgive me?