Planet Pixies! - UPDATE

Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls is having a fabulous giveaway. Head over there and read all about The Planet Pixies.... isn't this one adorable?!? She also has another Giveaway going on for some great wooden toys from Santa Wood Shop. Go HERE to enter this one! I'm telling you, Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls has got some really great giveaways going on lately!


New Giveaway over at Sharon Loves Books and Cats..... enter for a chance to win Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins which looks like a really interesting book!

Changes.... All Around Me... Changes....

Changing up the blog a little bit! I will be working on it off and on for the next few days. The new header is courtesy of a great lady named Claudia from Dragonfly Dreaming. Thanks Claudia!!!!!! She made me several and I have four that are my favorites. I will switch them out and then decide which one I will stick with. Maybe I will have a contest to see which you guys like the best! hmmm......

Speaking of Claudia. If you happen to click over to visit her site, please leave her well wishes and positive thoughts. Her FIL has just been diagnosed with cancer. Prayers and healing thoughts would be welcome!

I have met so many interesting and wonderful people through this blog. It is amazing! Think of what life was like even .... twenty years ago. You lived your life and had your friends in the small circle that you lived in. If you were lucky enough to travel then you met some different people. If not, your knowledge of everyday life in other parts of the country and the world was limited to what you saw on TV and read in books. Now, we speak and write and interact with people from all over the world.... every day. You get a chance to see what life is like in other places. And to realize how similar we all really are. How cool is that???

Keep your eyes open for more changes on the blog... coming soon... and for another contest sometime within the next month. And maybe even a poll. Or an open question day..... who knows? I know I am getting tired of writing about potty training! LOL

Making Free Money

Two things real quick. This seems to be a legit company and really works! The money is in my account! Yay! So, if you acr fast (before April 15th) you, too could make $25 for free. If you use my referral button above, I will get an additional $10. But, you can go there on your own, too! But, hey, if you use Paypal then this is basically the same thing. I was not sure at first, but now I have seen the money! LOL

#2

Boomertowne.com is a really cool site. It is a community site with all kins of great features. You can play games, find recipes, check out referrals on restaurants, read articles, chat, participate on the discussion board and best of all..... earn points for any and all of these things! And you can exchange those points for gift cards and prizes. This is a totally free site and is easy as can be. You can go on your own or.... if you let me know you are interested, I will send you a referral link. This gets me extra points. Right now, I have about 6600 points. I need 12,500 to get a gift card for $25 to Target! It has only taken me about a week to get this many points. Not bad. I am going to save up my points and get a $250 Visa gift card... to buy Christmas presents with! LOL

I will be back again, soon, with my menu for this week and an update on the boy's potty training....

Fallin' Down On The Job

Akkk. I am fallin' down on the job here. With company here to visit you probably will not see much from me this week. For now, head over to The Barn Bums for a contest celebrating her 100th post! Yay Jessica! Then give Fried PorkChop some hell for not posting for an ENTIRE WEEK. How am I supposed to function without my pork chop??? Then, head over to We Are That Family for another great contest.

These ladies are having great contests. They also have fabulous blogs. Make sure you check them out! And also make sure to let Annie know that I need me some Fried Porkchops more than once a week. LOL....... hehe

As for my menu for this week....

Monday - Three cheese tortellini with Pesto and Salad
Tuesday - Leftovers
Wednesday - Pancakes, Bacon, Sausage and Veggie bacon
Thursday - Out to eat
Friday - Black Bean Pie and Taco Salad
Saturday - Homemade Pizza OR leftovers
Sunday - Pork Chops, mashed potatoes and peas

I already did my shopping for this week and also hit a discount grocery store in our town for snack foods, etc. Totally spent too much. My MIL is a vegetarian so I spent extra making sure I had veggie options in the house. And I also went to CVS last night.

Not too much there this week as far as good deals. I picked up $85.86 in products and saved $54.12. I paid out of pocket $31.74. I also brought home about $5 in ECBs for next trip and 3 different rain checks for items I could not find. Not too bad. But, one of the items I picked up was the wrong size and I ended up spending more on it than I was supposed to. I will be taking that back today or tomorrow.

Walgreens has a deal on Excedrin right now. 24 count boxes are on sale for $1.99. I had 4 coupons for $2 off a box. I got all 4 for free. I did have to buy something else so that I would not have a negative balance. I got Cakesters! Cause they are yummy. You can print Excedrin coupons online. Just do a search or check out Money Saving Mom again for links to coupons.

Ummm... I took a trip to Rite Aid to see if their deals would be worth my time. I was very disappointed in the availability of the advertised specials. I could not find most of what I was looking for. I ended up not purchasing anything there.

Anyone know anything about square foot gardening? Or about upside down planting? We are thinking about doing a vegetable garden. But, with somewhat limited space we think these two will be the way to go. Anyone with any experience, feel free to give me advice!

Alright, I need to go visit with my fab moms now. I will be back later!! Hopefully with pics of Sunday to wow you!