New Week

Well... I wonder what this week will bring?? Ash is going to Lancaster Co., and the kids and I and Meggy Moo will be going to Sully to visit the fam. We MIGHT even get to sleep in the cabin!! I must say I'm pretty excited about that lol!! I just hope the kids don't get scared hahahaha.
There will be many pix, so stay tuned :)

MUSIC

Enjoy!
And go ahead and be forewarned, "Explicit Lyrics" in some of these lol...

No Warrant?? Who cares?!

I'm just amazed - how did this pass?!?!?!

Hell Yes They Will Search YOUR House!

When the Indiana Supreme Court authorized the police to enter any home they wanted, at any time they wanted without a warrant and told the citizens of Mitch Daniels state that they must submit, and not resist, the jaws of liberty loving Americans dropped simultaneously. Now the consequences have arrived.

CROWN POINT, Ind. – According to Newton County Sheriff, Don Hartman Sr., random house to house searches are now possible and could be helpful following the Barnes v. STATE of INDIANA Supreme Court ruling issued on May 12th, 2011. When asked three separate times due to the astounding callousness as it relates to trampling the inherent natural rights of Americans, he emphatically indicated that he would use random house to house checks, adding he felt people will welcome random searches if it means capturing a criminal. [Mike Church]

Oh, and by the way, the author of the opinion from the Indiana Supreme Court was justice Steven David who was appointed by Mitch Daniels. And HE wants to be president with the power to appoint members of the United States Supreme Court?

Hey Mitch, take a seat over there with Trump and Huckabee.

Migraine

Ugh, terrible migraine all day. Spent the entire day in bed. Hopefully tomorrow is better!!

Quick pic - this is a Mother's Day Card I got from a friend who is in prison. Its all completely drawn by hand. (Not by my friend) I thought the artwork was amazing and wanted to share. :)

This week

I tell you what, this week has been CRAZY. Much of it is too personal to share on here, but wow, I'll be glad when this month is over... Hopefully June is better. If its worse, I may have to check myself into a loony bin. FOR REALZ... lol

We have spent the weekend watching movies, and that's been nice to take my mind off my own thoughts. I haven't been sleeping much, either, which isn't anything new, of course.

So - until tomorrow........ hopefully I'll have something more exciting to talk about then :)

Walgreens 5/13

GRAND TOTAL: $1.16
Details:

CVS
Xtra Laundry Detergent $1.49 x 6 = $8.94
$1 off 2 items coupon x 3 = (-$3.00)

Ajax Dish Detergent $.88

Total $7.51
ECB left over from Revlon Transaction the other day = $.51 out of pocket.

WALGREENS
Right Guard Body Wash $4.49 x 4 = $17.96
Rain Check for BOGO from sale last week = (-$8.98)
BOGO coupons = (-$8.98)

Total $.65 (tax on 4 free bottles)

Walgreens 5/8

Here is my haul from today - total OOP $32, savings $102!! Here are the details:
(First of all, I included a tube of Tylenol Precision Muscle Rub that I got the other day, but it was free, so it won't make a difference in the calculations)

Transaction #1
ITEMS
Colgate $3.00
Colgate $3.00
Starburst $.69
Starburst $.69

COUPONS
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
RR Left over from last week: $5

Total: $.90 and $4 RR earned
Savings: $8.19

Transaction #2
ITEMS
Listerine $3
Listerine $3
Carefree 20 Pantiliners $.99
Carefree 20 Pantiliners $.99
Carefree 20 Pantiliners $.99
Carefree 20 Pantiliners $.99
Colgate $3.00
Colgate $3.00
Starburst $.69 (filler)
Starburst $.69 (filler)
Starburst $.62 (filler)

COUPONS
Listerine $1/1 - Printable
Listerine $1/1 - Printable
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Carefree - $.99/1 - 5/8 SS
Carefree - $.99/1 - 5/8 SS
Carefree - $.99/1 - 5/8 SS
Carefree - $.50/1 - Printable
RR Left over from last week: $1
RR From trans #1: $4

Total: $6.75 and $6 RR earned
Savings: $17.82

Transaction #3
ITEMS
Arm&Hammer BOGO $6.99
Arm&Hammer BOGO --
Arm&Hammer BOGO $6.99
Arm&Hammer BOGO --
Colgate $3.00
Colgate $3.00
Sucker .59 (flller)
Sucker .41 (filler)

COUPONS
Arm&Hammer $1/1 - Printable
Arm&Hammer $1/1 - Printable
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Carefree - $.99/1 - 5/8 SS
Carefree - $.99/1 - 5/8 SS
Carefree - $.99/1 - 5/8 SS
Carefree - $.50/1 - Printable
RR From trans #2: $6

Total: $12.45 and $4 RR earned
Savings: $24.96

Transaction #4
ITEMS
20oz Grape Pop (filler/snack) $.99
Colgate $3.00
Colgate $3.00
Sucker $.59 (filler)
Sucker $.41 (filler)

COUPONS
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
RR From trans #3: $4

Total: $2.55 and $4 RR earned
Savings: $6.98

Transaction #5
ITEMS
Colgate $3.00
Colgate $3.00
Sucker $.59 (filler)
Sucker $.41 (filler)

COUPONS
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
RR From trans #4: $4

Total: $1.49 and $4 RR earned
Savings: $6.98

Transaction #6
ITEMS
Colgate $3.00
Colgate $3.00
BandAids (filler) $1.99

COUPONS
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
Colgate $1/1 - Walgreens Free Diabetes Magazine
RR From trans #5: $4

Total: $2.55 and $4 RR earned
Savings: $8.78

Then we went to a different Walgreens to see if they had the other items that this one was already sold out of. (They didn't lol)

Transaction #7
ITEMS
Gilette Fusion Kit $9.99
Skinny Cow Snack (filler) $.69

COUPONS
Gilette $4/1 - 5/1 SS
RR From trans #6: $4

Total: $3.38 and $5 RR earned
Savings: $8.20

Transaction #8
ITEMS
Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner BOGO $2.99
Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner BOGO --
Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner BOGO $2.99
Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner BOGO --
Carmex BOGO $1.69
Carmex BOGO --

COUPONS
Lysol $1/1 Printable
Lysol $1/1 Printable
RR From trans #7: $5

Total: $1.21
Savings: $14.29

Binder

You are jealous of my coupon binder, aren't you? :)

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So yesterday I posted my PLAN. Here is the result.

TRANS 1
Right Guard Body Wash BOGO
total out of pocket: $.31 Store was out of stock - will be going back for raincheck later this week.

TRANS 2
Reese Cup
ProGlide Razor Kit
total out of pocket: $1.62
(ACTUAL TOTAL $1.63, SAVINGS $13.71)

TRANS 3
Reese Cup
Puffs
Bic Soleil Razors
total out of pocket: $.00 (although if the Walgreen's RRs don't work for tax, I'll have to pay that)
(ACTUAL TOTAL $1.04, SAVINGS $10.51 - the reason for this is because my total was $5.52 and the RR I was going to use was for $5. The total must be OVER $5 in order for the RR to work, so I threw on 2 extra candy bars at $.49 each)

ALMOST ready for next trip to Walgreens!

Here's "THE PLAN" lol
They have to be purchased in this order due to the RRs that are earned, as you can't use them until your next "visit" (or transaction). Also, RRs are just cash back in a coupon like the CVS Extra Care Bucks. And NO, I'm not obsessed with Reese Cups lol...... You can only have one coupon/RR per item in your transaction at Walgreen's, so sometimes you need a cheap "filler" to make up for this - and candy bars happen to be on sale hahaha.

TRANS 1
Right Guard Body Wash BOGO
total out of pocket: $.31

TRANS 2
Reese Cup
ProGlide Razor Kit
total out of pocket: $1.62

TRANS 3
Reese Cup
Puffs
Bic Soleil Razors
total out of pocket: $.00 (although if the Walgreen's RRs don't work for tax, I'll have to pay that)

TRANS 4
Reese Cup
Noxzema Disposable Razors
total out of pocket: $.79

TRANS 5
Reese Cup
Bic Soleil
total out of pocket: $.93

TRANS 6
Reese Cup
Noxzema Disposable Razors
total out of pocket: $1.79

TRANS 7
Reese Cup
Blue Diamond Almonds BOGO
total out of pocket: $.37

TRANS 8
Right Guard Body Wash BOGO
total out of pocket: $.31

There are actually a few more that I'm working on... I'll keep you posted!!! I'm not sure I'm brave enough to go in and demand 8 separate transactions in one visit, so I might break this down into more than one trip during the week, but who knows... Maybe I'll be DARING!!!!!!! :)

Couponmania!

Wow, I can't believe its been a year since I posted!!!! How does that happen?!??!
Anyway, due to POPULAR DEMAND, my blog will be back!! I know you can hardly contain your excitement. I figured that most people just followed my incessant posting on Facebook and would be bored by my boring blogginess, but I guess I was wrong! So it might take me a while to get back into the swing of things, but that's the way it goes.


First order of business - COUPONS. The picture above is the start of my "stockpile". Its really small, but I've only been doing this a week, so that's not bad considering all these items were either free or very close to it. There is also a 6pk of Charmin and a jug of Tide that aren't shown in this picture. Also, there is one more razor, shaving cream, and household cleaner that aren't in the picture because they are being used. I'm going to post as I learn more and also about the great deals I find. For example, today...

I went to CVS and got 2 tubes of new foaming Colgate toothpaste, 2 Pantene shampoos, a jug of Tide (he), and a 6-ct of Charmin. I spent a grand total of $10.97 out of pocket!!!!

Its taken some planning, and yes, some time. I do have more time than a lot of people, and I realize this, but even if you don't have long, its worth it to clip some coupons or print some out!!

Some of my favorite sites are:
(These sites also have Facebook pages you can "like", and you can see the latest info in your feed)
Krazy Coupon Lady, (Facebook)
For the Mammas, (Facebook)
Mojo Savings, (Facebook)
Freebies 4 Mom, (Facebook)
Free-Snatcher, (Facebook)
Deal Seeking Mom, (Facebook)

So enjoy! (More to come...)

Pix

I ran over Allys bike and damaged poor Ruby-Pearl and my ego. The next pix are the skirt I reconstructed for syd out of neckties.
















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New hair color

I decided I wanted to dye my hair again. My goal eventually is to get something close to the color of Victoria's in Twilight: New Moon. I knew that I would have to bleach my hair before dying it red to have any hopes of the dye working. So I bought a box of bleach, left it on my hair for about an hour and was amazed how the black didn't come out hardly at all. HOWEVER, the effect it made was pretty awesome so I am not going to go fit the red for a while.

And yeah yeah I know I should have smiled. Haha










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Lonely me

Charles is leaving for Troy today for a couple of days, then home for a week, then he's going to Africa for a week. Poor lonely me. :(

So right now I have decided to curl up in my warm bed and read a book to escape reality for a while lol. I'm reading "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons". I've been reading alot more recently and I'm going to try to keep a list going on here (or another blog) of the books and my opinions.

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Two of the cutest dudes ever

This cute little sleeping guy and his dogs



And whoever this guy in a suit is :)


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One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time

So I was reading one of my favorite blogs: Free Range Kids, and today's post is CRACKING ME UP!!! Let me give you the general idea of what it was all about: Rewriting classic book titles that include free range kids and their adventures for modern day paranoia... Some examples:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch, and the Carseat

And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street!

And To Think I Saw It Out of the Backseat Window of My Mom’s Minivan on The Way to Soccer Practice!

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice and Her Caregiver’s Adventures in Wonderland

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Are You There, Mom? It’s Me, Margaret. Text Me

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are Lonely because Max is on Ritalin

Oh, The Places You’ll Go

Oh, The Places You’ll Wish Your Parents Had Let You Go

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Confiscated at Schoolhouse Door; Charges Pending

Pat the Bunny

Pat the Bunny And Then Slather Your Hands With Purell

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Organic Peach

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life

Frog and Toad Are Friends

Frog and Toad Play Gameboy

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayola No-Mess Marker

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Mercury Poisoning

Hop on Pop

Sit Near Pop (He might get hurt)

Chicka-Chicka Boom-Boom

Chicka-Chicka NO Boom-Boom (The Helmet Edition)

Charlotte's Web

Charotte's Web Meets Raid

A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Non-Specific Winter Holiday

Cough cough cough

So THIS is what happens when you put toast in the toaster and don't pay attention to the fact that a cookie sheet has fallen on top of the release lever. The lever doesn't release your toast which in turn continues to cook and cook until it is reduced to ash. The cookie sheet gets hot and melts the toaster. Also, your house becomes filled with thick gray smoke and your children can't breathe for about 10 minutes. And 12 hrs later your house still reeks.
Moral of the story: pay attention lol

Skating

We went skating with Bridgette and her kiddies today. We had a great time. Next time I think Bridgette and I are going to skate. That will be fun!!
Also, Sydney and Trey both got haircuts today. They look so cute!




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Bob Evans

Sitting in Bob Evans in Plainfield with Charles and Ally. Everyone else is at their friends' house.


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Testing new app!

So I've downloaded an app from iTunes that allows me to update my blog from my iPhone. That's pretty nifty. Maybe it will help me keep this more up to date now. We shall see. :)



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