Finally Friday

It is hard to believe it is Friday... It has been a long week... I had another busy day... I stopped at our 'home' church (the one we are registered)... Sr. wasn't there... I also returned their CCD form and said we didn't need it because our children are already registered (at another parish)... While I know without a doubt our family is Catholic I feel like I'm between parishes again... Next I went to the hospital to discuss the price of a bill for Linebacker... It looks like the 'staff ' is handing out material that is dated 2006 or earlier... The price went up Jan 07... However since they 'advertised' to me several times the 2006 or earlier price that is the price I will pay... So, I'm saving our family $35... It may not seem like much but it is a whole lot to our family... Now we have to figure out where to find $175 to pay this bill next month after the new revised bill arrives... Next I stopped at the PO and mailed my 3 book mooch books... I'm kind of annoyed at book mooch right now because since I'm new they are reviewing my account before I'm up and running... So, I can mooch, accept others who wish to mooch from me but I can't add to my inventory... I found 4 new items to add to my to mooch list... I haven't even tried to do a wishlist yet or look for books for myself... Now it's the weekend and I doubt they will 'release' my account till Monday some time... UGH! I picked up my chain that need to be repaired and found my husband an awesome birthday gift... The Jewelry/Watch Repair man in the mall makes clocks out of old hub caps... It turns out he has a 1986/87 Caprice Hub Cap Clock... That is the car my husband owns and loves dearly... So, it is on hold ready for me to pay and pick it up... I'm excited... His birthday isn't till December but this will be the perfect gift... I went the long way and stopped at 50% off media items on Friday Thrift Shop... I picked up one book of humor, an outlet cover, and a piece of decor with a 'quilters' theme... Isn't it cute? I love the little spools of 'thread'... I was excited most about the cover because you can add your own 'wall paper' behind it so the cover disappears... I decided to print out a design and use that since we don't do wall paper... I had it all resized printed, cut it to fit and realized it's PLUG outlet cover not a LIGHT SWITCH cover... We need a new light switch cover... ::sigh:: I will have to check tomorrow and see if they have light cover or otherwise buy it some where else... I really want one now that you put your own 'paper' in... Despite the showers today CCM still met in the park... It was good to see my friends... I had a good chat and enjoyed special private conversations with each of my friends... Please say a Prayer for all our Expectant Moms... Especially our twin mom... We are all concerned for her and her babies... Thank you... I had planned on going a few places after the park but the van is acting funny... I hope it is nothing serious... We only have 40% of the LAST repair bill paid off... Housework is calling me... I better go now before I'm too sleepy to move... ::sleepy smile:: I only have one more episode on my Walton Disc... Hope to pick up the next two in the series soon...

Thifty Thursday Continues

Today I ran out and picked up milk and juice... I stopped at my friends house to drop off a video I keep forgetting to take with me when I visit... I also picked up my empty dish... They enjoyed my casserole... I then headed across town to pick up the locks I need... They were on clearance so I bought all 6 they had... I installed them this afternoon and talked to the children about them... My oldest wasn't too happy but took the installation better then I thought he would... No major aggressive/explosive meltdown... Our Thursday night respite worker quit so the fun outing at the Softball Game was canceled... ::sigh:: I had looked forward to this for almost a week to spend the evening with my FMCHE friends... On the brighter side my CCM friends are meeting at the park soon and a lot of my FMCHE friends are also apart of CCM... So, I am looking forward to that now! After I picked up locks I went to an out of way Thrift Shop we rarely visit because they close early on Saturdays (our major thrift shop shopping day)... They had books $2 a bag and I picked up a few for myself and the children and a few that could be good to mooch... My 'treasures' of the stop was a 1999 Taste of Home Quick Cooking Annual Hardcover book and a gorgeous skirt... I was VERY pleased... I couldn't find the magazine section... Not sure they have one... They had tons of books and I only looked at part of them because of time... I arrived home just as the ST had arrived... She saw both Monkey and Peanut today again to make up the time she will be away for the wedding...

My friend Michelle does a 'Gem' of the day on her blog or something called similar to that... Our Gem today would have been from exchange that took place between Peanut and her daddy...

Daddy: "Why do you have the sugar out? I'm the only one who takes the sugar out (for cereal)..."
Peanut: "buh, I lie et..." (but, I like it)

I couldn't help but laugh (to myself) at her comment... I guess that is all for day... I finished one side of the two side Walton disc... I need to move laundry around and dishes... Maybe pick up a bit so we can walk in here... So, I will have to call it a night and go back to 'work'...

Thrifty Tuesday

Let's see if I can remember what happened... It was only yesterday... LOL!! I headed out the door to run some errands... I stopped at the Y and applied for a scholarship... So, that is all started up again... Next I stopped at a friends house to pick up the homeschooling materials I ordered... We ordered together to save on shipping... I also picked up her sisters items since we live two block apart and I was planning a visit that afternoon... Next I stopped at the library and dropped off some DVDs... I picked up the next two DVDs in the Walton Series... While at the library I saw the 'Librarian' those of us in FMCHE will know what I mean... ::smirk:: We joked a bit... I also picked up a business card size advertisements for Book Mooch... I really need to try this out... I stopped at the bank to take out some cash and went Thrift Shopping... I found a Taste of Home mini book... It is part of the Light and Tasty Series... I'm really into Taste of Home lately... Thanks, Michelle for the suggestion to check them out and the tip to pick up the books 2nd hand vs buying new... Some of the recipes I will be sharing shortly are Taste of Home... They were also having a $0.50 clothing sale... I found the most beautiful skirt for fall... I can't wait to wear it once cooler weather arrives... I found an antiques book for my husband for only $0.25... I stopped at the store to pick up what I needed make the new 'French' recipe I found... I arrived home and ready the children to leave... We spent part of the afternoon at my friend who is expecting twins... We filled out a Y form for her... We had a nice chat... I worked on making French Style Chicken and Broccoli Casserole for her family and mine... It turned out delicious... I did a bit of laundry... I didn't make it around to much more... I unloaded the dishwasher but didn't load it and the house needs to be vacuumed before therapy tomorrow...

Too Much Tuesday/Round Robin UPDATE

Today was a long and tiring day with no nap to catch up on a few zzzz's... I was super early to take my oldest to an appointment... Happy news when I arrived home... The people had come and fixed our frig door... Yippee!!! I was out again running errands... I mailed the last of my packages and a few envelopes... I stopped by quilting and dropped off the quilt I've been working on so someone else can pick up where I left off and work on it... It is from the quilt teacher at the Cathedral... I also finished my round robin this morning... What do you all think? Awesome! Right? The photos do not do justice to the beauty of these quilts...

Here is my center with Ruth's 1st Round... She turned my block on point...

Here is Ruth's center with my 1st Round... I used my fabric type of fabric... Paisley!My oldest had his conference today... They have seen the same positive changes we had seen since the medicine addition... So, that is exciting... It was great to hear such a positive report... He is happier, calmer and self motivated to earn different activities back and is willing to work on issues so he can enter the mainstream classroom again... How very awesome... I registered Monkey for K... I also signed him up for Safety Town... It is a 2 week summer program that focuses on Safety with visits from the Police, Fire Station, Ambulance, etc... I'm sure he is going to love it! I'm very excited for him... I was the last day for our Tuesday Respite Worker... She is starting a new job... So, we are losing yet another person... I hope we have so new people soon... We are supposed to have 40 hours a month of respite... After our Tuesday gal leaves who was the best! We will be down to 20 actually being staffed... Very frustrating! As a fun way to spend the rest of our evening we took the children to a second hand store to pick up toys with Valentine's Day money...

Here is what they picked out:I also found two after baby skirts... I just realize nursing in a jumper with no snaps, buttons or other openings would prove impossible! So, I'm stocking up on bottoms... I have a ton of cute nursing tops... So, my jumpers will go in storage till we wean... They make great maternity wear though... Sooo comfy... I was looking at the more closely when I came home... One is Liz Claiborne and the other Talbot... The only reason I've even heard of Talbot is because their store is next to the food court at the mall... I've never been in there... I bought both skirts for $10... LOL!!! I can't imagine what they are full price... They look new! Why anyone would buy them from a retail store is mind boggling... I truly agree with the Duggars saying... Buy Used and Save the Difference... I can't believe I ever bought stuff from a retail store... I wasted soo much money... Especially considering the resale value after you buy it! I was completely shocked at the garage sale... Things I wore maybe 2-3 times and I was lucky to get more then $1 and I paid $20-30... INSANE!!! Never again... The psych made another visit to gather info for her behavior plan...

Girl Friend Time and Gardening

First off you are probably thinking who in the world is doing any gardening now? Especially given my climate how could I even be thinking about it... Well, I am... I just put in my order for next years garden... I saved a ton of money... It would have cost well over $50 but it was less then $40 because of the 'pre holiday' sale... So, I took advantage of the sale because we are going to need the stuff whether I order it now or order it in February... I'm sooo excited!!! I didn't need as much as I had predicted while setting up last year... So, that was nice and I was order to extra some special extras... So, I'm enjoying my snow but looking forward to gardening again... My favorite times of the year... Gardening and playing/watching the snow... Once we move to our homestead PA I will have he best of both worlds once our greenhouse is built...
Now to the other part... My girlfriend Kristin (mom to 6) and I did some running around today together... Do to kinks in both our schedule we didn't make it to the Asian Markets like we wanted to check out... We both have never been in one and wanted to see what kind of things they sold... Our husbands aren't to into that... However, we did have lots of good chatting and was able to run quite a few errands in the little time we did have... It was nice not to have to snap and unsnap the children at each place... It is so much fun running errands especially the boring ones where you are just dropping off paper work with a friend... We are hoping to do it again real soon... We both had a great time...