This has probably been my best birthday in a long time – I feel like it has been my birthday all month long! Sariah and Rebekah are really interested in who’s birthday is next and when JJ told them at the beginning of this month that it was mommy’s birthday soon they have been singing [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 28th August 2009
Filled Under: My Life
Comments: 5 Comments

Thank you for all of you who have entered to win the $30 Kroger gift card. I used random.org to determine the winner and it picked #30 – Congratulations Megan! *************************************************************** This Weekend I received a $30 Kroger gift card from General Mills and Pepsi Co. to check out my local Smith’s Mega Sale that [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 24th August 2009
Filled Under: Contests, Free Stuff, Saving Money
Comments: 32 Comments

Last week I was feeling like a failure, our grass died, our flower garden was a bunch of dying tulip leaves and it seemed that the only thing our vegetable garden could grow was zucchini – I love zucchini but I was hoping for more variety. Well this weekend we dug up the potato plant [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 18th August 2009
Filled Under: Home And Garden Tips
Comments: 2 Comments

Wendy’s recently sent out gift cards to 500 bloggers as part of a frosty promotion. A couple of weeks ago I recieved my gift card a few weeks ago. JJ and I used our gift card during a date we went on a little over a week ago. Some friends of ours babysat our girls [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 17th August 2009
Filled Under: My Life
Comments: 2 Comments

Yesterday a friend of mine posted on her blog about how she made reusable bandages for when she donates blood. As much as the thought of needles and blood make me feel sick, this is the most creative way of going green that I have heard of.  And they are probably more comfortable as well. [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 14th August 2009
Filled Under: Home And Garden Tips, Saving Money
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If you like to get paid to buy groceries then this is a great week for you! This morning I went to Smiths and Albertsons where I got paid to buy all these groceries!!!! This was a really great way for me to stock up on food storage items and even if you don’t buy [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 12th August 2009
Filled Under: Saving Money
Comments: 4 Comments

We are almost finished with putting together our kitchen. As you can see from the picture below we just have to put up two more cupboard doors and add an extra piece to the counter top. My dad and husband have done such a great job on this. They said that Ikea makes it really [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 11th August 2009
Filled Under: My Life
Comments: 10 Comments

I wonder if the reason Albertsons was giving out all those reciepts where if you did a survery you got a code for $2 off your next shopping order to give Associated Foods an idea of how to run the Albertsons stores they are buying? Associated Foods (They own the Western Family brand) is buying [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 10th August 2009
Filled Under: Current Events
Comments: 1 Comment