would be wordless....but

The past few weeks, I think about posting just pictures for wordless Wednesday...but I don't think to do it again until after Wednesday!ha

So this post has pictures and words.

This first picture is a little blurry, but I wanted to share it because Sarah has a sweet little smile.

This last picture is a little blurry too. It's hard to get a picture of Sarah...she is on the go and stays busy. I mean

she is NONSTOP!

light changes

We changed out the ceiling fan in the dining room. We like fans, but not in the dining room.

before......

after.....

Next up paint!

birthday

I wanted to show off my yummy birthday cake. Made by Rob and decorated by Meghan and Jenna. I think I need to let them go a little wild with sprinkles a little more often.......

I had a great 30 something birthday! ha I'm actually not embarrassed of my age. I just have a hard time believing I'm actually 38.....because I feel like I'm in my 20s!ha

Shopping, lunch out and watched the girls play in the water fountains at the Greene.

I didn't shop as much as I wanted, but the girls were in great need of some water therapy! Jenna told Rob and I last night....."when I have kids and we go out like we did today....I'm going to do what they want first."

front flower bed...before and after

I looking for a few more small plants to put in this bed. I did pull up most of the bulbs and will replant them sometime later....just not sure where I want them.

before....

before....

I leveled the dirt and fixed the bricks (made them straight).

I also had to fight with some vines (not shown in the before pics). I have a feeling I haven't won that battle and will need to keep pulling out the vines for a while. I wasn't sure what it was and it didn't look manageable to me.

after....

after.....

The plants and flowers should fill in nicely without looking over crowded. I really enjoyed planting and fixing this area and I am already thinking about what to do with the bushes (some dead, some just not my style) in front of the windows out front. I will also post some pictures of my garden soon. I have some plants coming up and I have two tomatoes that have made an appearance.

Friday night fun

This is us partying it up on a friday night!

Rob has almost finished mowing the lawn for the weekend.....

Meghan and Jenna found the bag of cherries in the frig.......(with Sissy keeping a close eye on them) and they are enjoying a small bowl of them.

Sarah's in her favorite spot....

drawing on the Doodle sketch.

And here is a rare glimpse at me;)

This is us on a not so wild and crazy friday night.

homeowner and shopping

Before.....

After......

it is a little bigger than the other one, huh?!

Being a homeowner has me naming a new favorite store.....Lowes. Yep, Lowes. The first time we owned a home (townhome), we purchased it new and picked out all the paint, fixtures, and things.....but I was much younger and my taste has changed.....or is more picky these days. I am really enjoying picking out and planning for future projects too. We purchased a new frig, Samsung french doors with the bottom freezer!! I checked out reviews and decided that was the one. I measured the space a half dozen times and saw it would fit, so when the frig went on sale I headed over and purchased it. Well........it didn't really fit....see I was measuring the base board to the cabinet on the bottom....I didn't notice the counter top was hanging over a few inches. We decided to keep the frig and then we headed to Lowes this afternoon and Rob got a new saw to fix the counter top problem! Besides all the dust and mess he made, he did a great job.

We also purchased a new light fixture for the dining room (currently has a ceiling fan in there) and a wall light for Jenna's room. I can't wait to get the painting started and then I will be showing some before and after shots of the rooms.

I have also prepared my garden spot and will be planting some seeds with the girls tomorrow. From reading the back of the seed packs, we are still in the planting season for this area, so keep your fingers crossed we get some plants and then food to grow on them too.

More couponing fun!

Today's adventure took place at Walgreens! I prepped for my trip for an estimated hour time....could have been a little less, but I went over the deals a few times.

I checked out the sales paper from Sunday's paper then looked on southernsavers.com to see how she was doing these deals.

I wrote my list of exactly what I was going to buy and how many of each, what the prices were, and all my items had a coupon and some had two coupons.

Here is a break down of what I purchased today.......

Oxi-clean was on sale for $5.99.....I purchased two because I had a $3.00 coupon off 2=$ 8.98

Listerine Total Care $6.49.....Walgreen coupon made it $3.00...I had an additional $1.00 off coupon=$2.00

Puff's tissue 200 count $2.49 each.....Walgreen coupon 2/$3...I had a .50 coupon=$2.50

Three Suave body wash $2 each, One Suave lotion $3.......I had two B1G1 coupons.....the coupon took off $3 and $2= $4......I earned a $2 coupon off my next purchase.

Advil 50 count....on sale for $4.99 each.....I had a $4 off two which took my price to $5.98.....I earned a $5 coupon off my next purchase.

The earned coupons for my next purchase are off of anything I buy at Walgreens.

Carefree products....sale for .99cents

Qtips 275 count $3.29......on sale for $1.99 with a .30 cent coupon= $1.69

Nestle wonka chocolate bars $3.5 each....on sale for 2/$3...and I had a B1G1= $1.50

I broke my savings down so you could see how I worked it....on sale in the store, store coupons and then topped off with manufactured coupons!!! It was a lot of work to figure it all out, but I was up for the challenge.

Todays cost would have been....$71.56 .....but after all my hard work I bought it all for $30.75 and look forward to using my $7 in coupons I earned from this purchase on my next one.

(I did have a few other items on my list, but they were sold out)