fun by numbers

I had a quite enjoyable activity a few weeks ago that was a blast. My really good friend and neighbor, Lindsay has a mother-in-law that is an expert coupon clipper and money saver. She Shared some of her coupons with us for Quaker cereal. Originally there was an ad in the Harmons and Macey's store that put their prices to get boxes of cereal 5 for $5 with a manufactures coupon provided in their ad. Smiths had the same 5 for $5 sale, without the coupon. So. . . If you take a manufatures coupon from one store ad, and take it to the store with the lowest price, you win! So. . . here is where the numbers come in. . .
1 car
2 excited mothers
$2.14 for 5 boxes of cereal (including tax)
3 tired, tiny children
4 carts worth of cereal (an kids)
5 kinds of cereal to choose from
6 different receipts (sold in groups of ten)
1 confused but friendly Sales clerk
2 trips to the bathroom for those being potty trained.
10000 angry glares as we checked out in the ONLY checkout line open


Then we went out to the car. . .
Thinking that the trunk was empty. . .
1 huge stroller
2 speaker boxes
3 tie down ropes
and a left shoe of her brother.

We then attempted to fill the car with all of our cereal, milk and a few other little purchases. after taking the stroller out, and stacking everything nicely we finally got all of the cereal in after putting some at the kids feet and 2 cases on my lap. As we go to get into the car we realize we forgot one thing. . . The stroller. So we took the tie down ropes and strapped it down to the top of the car and we were off with a symphony of children's crying in the backseat.

60 boxes of cereal $25
2 gallons of milk $3.50
Getting a steal on cereal and having a blast. . . Priceless

Birthdays

Ben is officially one year old now. He had a blast on his birthday when Mom and Dad gave him His very own Sandbox. We built it out of treated wood bought from the hardware store, cut into 4 foot lengths, and nailed together in a square. We put down some landscaping fabric to keep the weeds out and dug the area down so it was all nice and level. He loved just playing in the box but since we got him some sandbox toys we figured we would fill it up. So off to grandma and grandpa Smith's house we went where we filled 9 buckets full of sandy dirt and took it home. He played for over an hour in his little box, and we loved every minute watching and playing with him. Two days later (Saturday) we had his birthday party with friends and family.

He was blessed with lots of new toys, clothes and dishes! He loves driving his new trucks all over the house and Mommy is loving the new child locks, now he cant get into the cupboards (yay!!!).

Uncle David says that his present is to hold him on his birthday. He is a little nervous around babies, I think it because he his scared of them, they can be intimidating you know. He gave David some yarn which he has totally turned into a HUGE knot, but oh well, that is what it is for right?

Ben had fun in his sandbox and hanging out with Aunt Tiara and Aunt Taffy. Grandpa Wright decided to bury Ben alive, or at least his legs anyway. I don't think Ben liked that, but he had fun discovering his toes in the sand.

A finished project.

Today was monumental. I have been working on this beautiful wood table for several months now, with several setbacks and dissapointments. Literally blood, sweat and tears went into it, and after all of this hard work, I am finally done! The hardest step by far was the sanding and staining. I am suprising Todd's family with it tomorrow when theystop by for a visit! I am so excited. I am finally done, and now I get to start my next big project!

My mom is planning on finishing a table that she purchased from my grandmother since she is moving into a smaller basement apartment and cannot take it with her. Fortunately the stripping process does not have to take place, and all we have to do is sand, stain and finish it. I think it will be fun to work on it with her.

What am I thinking?!?

It will be fun to work with my mom, and I guess it will be a good lesson in patience. ha ha.

Well here it goes again!