Happy Mothers Day!

I'm posting this now because we are leaving for Florida tomorrow....

I want to say Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, Cousins and Friends.

Mothers day is always kind of hard for me. I think if Mom were still here, now that I'm an adult, I'd be able to spoil her rotten. OK, she was already rotten but you get what I'm saying. I just always think of ALL the special things she did for us individually that made us feel like we were the best kid she could have ever had....even though we know Barb was her favorite... ;-). Actually, I asked Mom one time who her favorite was because, you know, she had 5, there HAD to be a favorite. She said "I love you all the same." I, being 16, rolled my eyes and said "Whatever. Tell me who your favorite is!" She then explained that she does love us the same and that she loved all of our own personalities and that we are all each so different. I still didn't believe her. That is until I had my own. I love my own daughters equally. I love that they each have different, unique personalities. I look at Aunt Judy. She reminds me so much of mom. I think because she is "spunky", yes A. Judy, I said "spunky"! I look at her and all of her girls (that includes me and my sisters) and know that she loves them all equally and I can tell how much her girls love her because they all take turns staying the night with her. I'm not sure if it's because they don't want her to be alone or if it's because they just want to be around their mom. Either way, I think that it's great. Though, it may drive Aunt Judy nuts! I have to say, if Mom were still around, I can see me staying the night with her, having popcorn, drinking 7-up or sprite while laying in bed talking and laughing.

Anyway, to all the Mom's out there....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! LOVE TO YOU ALL!

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
- Mildred B. Vermont

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
- Tenneva Jordan

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother.
- Gregory Nunn

I love you because you have always taken care of me when I am sick.
- Emily Neighbors (written on a card she made me)

Proverbs 31:10-30

10 A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still dark;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her servant girls.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
19 In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 "Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all."
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Our neighbors have 2 rabbits. They are cute rabbits. They are friendly rabbits. Problem? They are loose rabbits. We planted a garden this week and the rabbits are picking at it. For weeks now I've been trying to catch the rabbits so that we can take care of them. I prefer to either take them back to the neighbors' house to have them pinned up but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. So here's what happened the other night:

Me: I was dressed in red sweatpants, black shirt, no bra, wet hair, and rubber boots. Yes, very attractive. :-)
I look outside and see that the rabbits are sleeping in our other neighbors driveway.
So Josh and I head out to see if we can grab them so we can cage them and either take them to the neighbors house or take them out into the woods, far far away and drop them off. Anyway, we would get maybe within 6 inches and start to bend down to pick them up and they would take off. This went on for about 5 minutes. At this point I'm determined that we are getting rid of them. Dead or alive. So as Josh stands back by the garage, I get an idea. Trust me, it's not a pretty idea. I decide that I will chase them into the highway. Yes, I know. It's horrible. So here I am in my attractive outfit, with a stick and a rock, shewing the rabbits toward the highway....we get to the highway and the rabbits don't budge. So I think this is an opportune time to pick them up. I bend down to grab the rabbit, then I hear: "HEY, IS THAT YOUR GUYS' RABBITS?" As I looked up to see who was yelling, the rabbit took off behind me. The guy yelling was from across the highway with a whole group of people drinking beer watching me. Remember, Josh is up at the garage so they can't see him. I realize they have been watching me the entire time. I didn't even try to explain. I just gave up. So right now, the rabbits are probably enjoying some cabbage leaves, peppers, cucumbers....

Ooooh, I was sooooo mad!

Have you ever just wanted a real coke? Not diet, the real thing....

So I was in Walmart buying a microwave. I come out and I see the coke machine. "Hmm, that looks really good..." So I scrounge out a dollar and a quarter. I insert my dollar, which it spit right back at me. I do my best to straighten it out. I insert it again. It spit back out. I straighten, insert, spit out, straighten, insert, Ah Hah! It took it! I insert my quarter. I push the "coca-cola" button. The machine lights up "please insert money". "I DID!" I yelled at the machine. Then I start pushing on all of the buttons. "Please Insert Money" the machine lights up repeatedly. So. Yes, I dug through my purse and got out another $1.25. (I really wanted a coke). I proceed to the Pepsi machine. I insert my dollar, which it gladly accepted. I insert my quarter, which it gladly accepted. Here's where the story takes a huge turn for the worse....
As I'm selecting my Pepsi, A woman and her daughter walk up to the coke machine and as the woman starts digging through her purse for money, her daughter pushes the "coca-cola" button. Guess what?! SHE GETS A FREAKIN' COKE! FOR FREE! At least free for her! What I wanted to do was hit the woman over the head with my bottle of Pepsi and take off with her Coke but I decided that there are some things better left alone....

Playing House

Emily came up wih the great idea for all of us to play house. She said she wanted each of us to play each other. I was Emily, Josh was Erin, Emily was me, and Erin was Josh. This is how it went:

Emily aka Mom: "It's time to clean your room."

Me aka Emily: "I DON'T WANNA CLEAN MY ROOM! I WANT TO WATCH SPONGEBOB!" Then I break out into tears and a lot of whining.

Josh aka Erin: He just walks up and pinches me.

Me aka Emily: "MOM!!!!! ERIN PINCHED ME!!!!"
Erin aka Dad: She didn't know what to do so she just stood and watched.

Emily aka Mom: "Ok, if you want to cry you go right ahead!" Then she goes and gets my flip flop and smacks me with it. (Let me just say I've never hit my kids with a flip flop!)

Me aka Emily: I run to Emily's room and grab her guitar and run back into the living room and while strumming on the guitar loudly...."YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE MY ONLY SUNSHINE!!!"

Josh aka Erin: Starts dancing around the living room attempting to sing along with me.

Terri aka Emily: I toss the guitar on the floor..."MOM HEY MOM! WATCH ME DO A HEAD STAND!" This is where it all went downhill and we decided we shouldn't play house anymore.

The girls look at us like we are nuts. Josh tells the girls it's time to get ready for bed. Their reply:

The girls in unison: "I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED!......"

<----- Coupons to the left

I wanted to make note of some new coupons that I added. I was able to print off 2 each of these by refreshing the page as they were printing.

Walmart sells Zantac for $3.98 giving you a $1.02 overage!


I believe that Walmart sells their Silk Soymilk for $2.50 for 1/2 gallon making it .25 each!

Sometimes Walmart has their Kashi cereals for $2.00 each making them free! I plan to use my coupons for the granola bars.

The Johnson's Buddies coupons prints out $1.00 off ANY Johnson's product. Walmart sells the Johnson's Buddies for .98 cents giving you a .02 cent overage. I buy these for the girls and also have some packed for our camping trip for Me and Josh to use. They are great if you like watermelon scent!