Thrifty Shopper Thursday 2 Days Late

Since I’m having a hard time sitting in one place for more than 5 minutes I’ll just make this brief. Hopefully I can do better at letting everyone know about good deals I find after the baby is born! The pictures below show what I bought this week not including WIC items which include milk [...]

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Utah’s High Gas Prices

In a lot of areas, Utah’s cost of living is quite low but right now one annoying thing is that Utah’s gas prices are over 20 cents a gallon higher than the national average. According to gasbuddy.com, Utah’s prices are the 4th highest in the nation! Last year it cost us on average $20 to [...]

Being Sick = More Gratitude For Health

I am feeling completely healthy again. One benefit to being sick is that you are so much more grateful for your health. It is hard though when the whole family gets sick, the last time we all got sick was two and half years ago so luckily it’s not that common. I did notice this [...]

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Newborn Screening

Just 5 days before my due date I have finally checked something off my things to-do before the baby is born list. That is to find out if the Student Health Center does Newborn Screenings. In the US the screening can detect 29 – 54 disorders depending on what state you live in, Utah screens [...]

39 Weeks Pregnant

On Monday Sariah and JJ became sick so I sanitized all the door handles, phone, and computer. I also cleaned the bathroom and kitchen, however Rebekah and I became sick last night. I will spare you the details and just say it was awful! It seems like it was a 24 hour bug for them [...]

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All Oxi-Active Laundry Detergent Review And Giveaway

I was given a bottle of all® Oxi-Active™ Laundry Detergent to try out. I decided that if the detergent took out a 4 day old chocolate stain out of my shirt without being pre-treated I would give the product a good review. I am happy to say that the stain came out completely! All of [...]

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New Winner For Yoplait’s Greek Yogurt Giveaway

So I never did hear back from the first winner of the the Greek Yogurt/Nourish your Inner Goddess Giveaway to I have chosen a new winner. The new winner is comment #1 – Kristina Lee! I feel bad for the first winner as this is a really great prize that any girl can use. Not [...]

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Making Inexpensive Flower Headbands

This month I have been feeling creative and wanting to more crafts. The first thing I did was make flowery head bands for my daughters. My initial intent was to help cover up the hair cutting jobs they did on themselves. I got headbands and fake flowers from the Dollar Tree and Jeweled brads from [...]

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