Blog Candy!

Check it out!  Wild West Scrap Divas is doing a blog give-away!  http://wwscrapdivas.blogspot.com/2009/12/wild-west-scrap-divas-huge-blog-candy.html

Their prize is huge!  I don't know what I'd do if I won all that stuff.  Go to their website and become a follower!

Poor Thing

Elizabeth is not having a good day. 

When she woke up, I thought she felt warm so I stuck a thermometer up her bottom.  She had a fever of 100.7.  I know...not high.  But Elizabeth is like me...she runs a little cool so that's higher for her.  We think she's got a sinus infection.  She gets a runny nose when she's teething and boy is she teething with these canines.  She's just miserable. 

Being that yesterday was Thanksgiving, our downstairs plumbing naturally broke.  (and with a houseful of guests)  The plumber made it here today and neglected to close the basement door.  Elizabeth decided to go downstairs with Daddy.  She made it...almost.  She fell down the last two stairs and has a rug burn on her nose. 

I know she's feeling bad because she's extra snuggly today.  She climbed on my lap after lunch and just layed there.  I feel so bad!  We're giving her tylenol and motrin (alternating of course) to help her feel better. 

Tomorrow is supposed to be her last lvl 3 class at Gymboree.  I don't think we're going to make it.  :(

A New Layout

I love the blog Sketchy Thursdays.  Every Thursday, they upload a new sketch.  I made this layout using their sketch from Oct 15.

Mmmm...Toes
by LilacGal
Scrapbook.com

New Coupon Clipper

After a thread on the Lake Norman Mommies* forum about newspaper subscriptions, I finally got one to the Charlotte Observer.  I've wanted one for a while and finally did a weekend subscription.  So now, I'm getting coupons.  I sat down and clipped them out and realized I 'm full of questions.  I've never actually used coupons.  How hard could it be though right?

1 - Does any store take coupons?  I know the regular grocery stores to but what about Target and WalMart?

2 - What's the best way to store them?  Expiration date?  The product type?  By Aisle?

3 - How in the world do you know what you have?  Do you make your grocery list and then see what coupons you have?  Or the opposite - check your coupons and make your list based on that.

I am so not a coupon queen.  My goal though is to make of the subscription price of the newspaper x2.  Then, I'll have it paid for the next 26 weeks.  If I'm good, I'll keep track of my savings here.  By the end of 26 weeks, I hope to have saved at least $92.  That should be so do-able, right?

*Lake Norman Mommies is my local Mommies Network.  If you're a mom, it's a great place to connect with other moms in your area.  Dads, sorry but it's for moms only.  There are some Daddy Networks too though!  check out http://www.themommiesnetwork.org/

It's Here!

I called my husband to check on him and my daughter this morning and he said a package had arrived for me from, "some pickle place."  Of course, I had a meeting and tutoring after school...the day just inched by.  I got home, hugged my daughter, and tore into the package from Rusty Pickle.  The prize from Lance's blog hop was the large pink trunk!  http://web.me.com/rustypickle/page22/page41/page41.html  It's so cool!  I just can't believe I was lucky enough to win it.  I am doing pink as an accent color in my scrap room so it matches perfectly.  Yay!  Thanks Lance and Rusty Pickle!!!

I won!

Oh my goodness!  I won something on the Rusty Pickle Blog Hop.  I don't know what it is yet but I'm so excited!!!  I can't wait to see what it is.  This is just too cool.  Thanks Lance and Rusty Pickle!

Awesome Blog Hop

The wonderful designers who work at scrapbook company Rusty Pickle are doing a blog hop.  There are tons of great projects to inspire.  I've gotten a lot of cool ideas.  Check out the first blog and hop around to see all the fabulous things they've created!

http://rustypickle.typepad.com/picklelicious/