Couponing-why it makes perfect sense

I have always been the kind of person that would run to the store every evening or every other evening if I needed a few things well not anymore, my husband would be like you just ran to the store the other night and i would say yeah your right but I forgot to grab this or this. But I have learned and trained my mind not to run to the store every time I need something, I will wait until I need atleast 4 or 5 things before I will run to the store. Ever since I have been pregnant, I have not wanted to go anywhere literally it seems, I get so tired around 6 or 7 each night and that's when my husband gets home and I don't feel like getting out, I use what energy I have to fix my lovely family a nice warm meal and, give my son a bath and then do supper dishes and chill out with my boys, and that's about it haha! I think it also has alot to do with this weather as well.

But anyway back to why couponing makes perfect sense. Stockpiling makes so much sense for so many reasons that it would take several lengthy blog posts to explore all of the benefits. Stock up when the prices are low for the products you need to live your daily life. I have just started doing this, I am stocking up on the things me and my family use the most, that way when the item is needed I have it on hand, and I don't have to make a trip to the store for one item! I think couponing is very fun, it is one of my most enjoyable hobbies, and i have met alot of wonderful people that love to do the exact same thing and we will chat about our deals and they will share tips about what works for them and vice versa!

My favorite things about couponing are Buy one get one free coupons, or getting FREE products using coupons, or getting stuff for under $1.00.

Couponing also takes off alot of stress of having to go grocery shopping because if you plan right and have the right coupons you will save over half of what you would normally spend in your shopping trip and trust me that is a huge relief. I have always hated going shopping because I think things are way overly priced and I've noticed lately that manufacturer's are downsizing there products boxes and quantities and keeping the same price as before. I hope my children learn the lessons I have learned with money, to me it doesn't matter what brand of shampoo, food, bodywash i use as long as it works in our budget and gets the job done, that's all that matters and I hope my children will feel the same way and value this like i do!

But anyway I really love to coupon and save money, you should give it a try, you will never know how enjoyable it is until you try it!=)

So stay tuned for some more tips and deals!

What about you do you agree with my post? What lessons have you learned through couponing?

Couponing-latest deals

Here are some of the latest deals I got!

Juice- 1.25 each
Triscuit,wheat thins-1.00 each
Coffee-mate-.52 each
Hot sauce-FREE
Bread crumbs-FREE
Granola bars-.94 each

I'm on the search for some good diaper,toilet paper, and toothpaste deals!

What are some deals you have gotten by using coupons lately!?

Only a few months till our 2nd bundle of Joy arrives!

Landon Matthew

Baby Landon will be here in 3 months, I know it sounds like along time but this pregnancy is flying by this time! I will be 27 weeks this week! I have not gotten anything out yet for Landon, I decided I was going to wait til' bout Feb or March to start getting things out and setup. I just cant wait! I have officially decided that I am going to breastfeed him as long as I possibly can, because breastfeeding is the healthiest and best for baby! My sister-in law let me use a really nice breast pump, and I cant wait to use it, I need to start looking into how to store breast milk and all that good stuff, my friend Megan Corral from The Corral Connection says it is pretty easy!=) I also have thought about doing cloth diapers as well but I haven't made a for sure decision on that since I am planning on working once Logan's done with his stuff and Landon gets here. But I do know that I want to get good deals on diapers. There is only a few short more months left until Landon arrives, we sure can't wait! I love feeling his baby kicks and talking to him. He seems to be more active around the evening and night hours!

Stay tuned for more about our 2nd bundle of joy Landon Matthew.

Quote of the week- Week 10

Here is this weeks quote of the week!

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.   James M. Barrie

Recipes 2

How to make delicious Garlic Bread:

Ingredients:

• 1 16-ounce loaf of Italian bread or French bread
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 large cloves of garlic, smashed and minced
• 1 heaping tablespoon of freshly chopped parsley
• 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

How to make it:

1 Preheat oven to 350°F.


2 Cut the bread in half, horizontally. Mix the butter, garlic, and parsley together in a small bowl. Spread butter mixture over the the two bread halves. Place on a sturdy baking pan (one that can handle high temperatures, not a cookie sheet) and heat in the oven for 10 minutes.
3 Remove pan from oven. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over bread if you want. Return to oven on the highest rack. Broil on high heat for 2-3 minutes until the edges of the bread begin to toast and the cheese (if you are using cheese) bubbles. Watch very carefully while broiling. The bread can easily go from un-toasted to burnt.
4 Remove from oven, let cool a minute. Remove from pan and make 1-inch thick slices. Serve immediately.

What a great way to save money, making your own garlic bread! This way is so much better than the frozen brand in my opinion, just takes a few minutes to make!


Enjoy!

~New Years Resolutions 2012~

NEW YEARS 2012

This year I have a few New Year's resolutions for 2012!

The 1st-  is to become more organized, I think I am pretty organized already, but there could always be some improvement with the organization! I like to just throw something in the closet or some random spot instead of take the time to organize it, or find a place to put it that if I were to need it I could go right to it and find it!

The 2nd- is to carry my camera around more! By this I mean to remember to take my camera with me when we go places as a family! I love to document all of the precious and fun moments of our lives together as a family and Logans sweet moments as a toddler. I want him to be able to look back at all his times well most of the wonderful times when he was little! And Landon will be here soon and ill need to take pictures of two little boys!

Do you have any New Years Resolutions you would like to share!?

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! We hope everyone had a blessed year!! We want to wish you the best in 2012!! God is soo good! May he bless you in many ways this upcoming year!

This was our Christmas card this year, I just loved how it turned out!! I ordered 40 of them but only got 20 delivered so some family and friends that were on the list to get one didnt! Sorry!! Next year i hope it goes better! But here it is:



Can't stop gushing>

This week was Logans routine chemotherapy week and the weatherman had said that we were supposed to get like 6-8 inches of snow! Well we knew we had to make sure logan got down to KC to get his treatment so Anthony decided that he was going to go with us to make sure we made it safe, since it is not good to drive in icy weather if you havent done it many times in your life and PLUS there are alot of CRAZY un cautious drivers out there! So he went up with us and logan tolerated really well as usual so thankful for that and, Anthony was so glad to be there for us to help out, So we went down monday night and came back wed night! And Logan he is just too darn sweet, i cant help gushing about how cute he is when he talks and laughs, I have got to be the LUCKIEST mother and wife ever!




Do you have anything you would like to share that you like to gush about!?

Quote of the Week- Week 9

Here are the quotes for this week  I came across two I really liked, so you get a double dose this week! ;)

1. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.   -Khalil Gibran
2. I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.  -Audrey Hepburn

I truely believe that our attitude's toward life has everything to do with how happy we are in our lives!


ENJOY!!

Couponing- Places I love to shop at and why-1

Some places I love to shop at-

First I'm going to start off with Dillons!! I absolutely love shopping at Dillons and it is because of their customer service!! It is great! And another reason is its not too overly crowded! I can not stand to be crowded and feel rushed when I am shopping, I like to take my time and enjoy it alittle bit! I do shop at walmart if it is something I cant buy at Dillons! And a plus side is Dillons doubles coupons-gotta love that!! And also you save on your gas!

Goodys- I love to shop at Goodys clothing store! I always get coupons in the mail to shop there and the coupons help out alot with the expense!

Some coupon sites I like are-

coupon geek
mommy saves big
couponmom
surviving the stores
the krazy coupon lady
couponcuttersco
coupons.com
couponnetwork
common sense with money
the frugal girls
money saving mom
and many more!!

What places do you like to shop at!? Or sites you like to use for couponing!?

What im loving this week

What im loving this week!!

1. Here lately ive been craving coca-cola! And V-8 V-Fusion Juice!

2. Nestle cofee mate coffee creamer-peppermint mocha! mmmm tis' the season!!

3. Roasted Garlic Triscuits with Kraft colby cheese. - one of my pregnancy cravings

4. How Logans potty training is going, i hope he starts getting the hang of it soon!  Im trying to make it as fun as possible! Hes currently napping- heres a sweet picture i took!

5. my pregnancy-  im so thankful that everything is going great!

 

What are some things your loving this week!?

Recipes- Week 1

I thought each week i would post about a new recipe I tried out! Whether its a main dish, a desert, a beverage, or what not!

This week is Chicken Fried Rice!



What you need

1 Tbsp. oil

1 lb.  boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces

1 chicken bouillon cube

3 Tbsp.  soy sauce

2 cups frozen vegetable blend (peas and carrots)

2 cups  MINUTE White Rice, uncooked

What to do:

HEAT oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 5 min. or until chicken is cooked through.
ADD bouillon cube, 2 cups water, soy sauce and vegetable blend; stir. Bring to boil.
STIR in rice; cover. Reduce heat to low; cook 5 min. Stir. Season with additional soy sauce, if desired.

I am making this tonite! This is one of my husbands favorite chinese dishes! I cant wait to see how it turns out!

What are some of your favorite dishes!?



Rose

Couponing- things I dislike having to buy

Someone asked me this question not too long ago and i thought id do a quick post about it! What are some things I hate buying at the grocery store because of the price.

- fresh fruit

-coffee

-coffee creamer ( i got a great deal on this this morning)

-pizza

-milk

-diapers

-wipes

-toilet paper

-meat

-soda

-orange juice

-cereal

HAHA and the list could go on and on! But with searching for sales and using coupons you can get a pretty good deal on these item, just takes alittle time!=)

What are some things you dread buying at the grocery store because of the price!?

Happy Shopping!!

Rose

What I Love about Sundays~1

I love sundays in our household. They are just great!

Every sunday we have a tradition well a meal tradition where we make bacon, eggs, and toast and eat it together as a family, or i may do the traditional biscuits and gravy!! then we all hang out as a family since anthony doesnt have to go into work till like 1! It is very nice!

Here is Logan in his big boy underwear, the potty training will continue today =) wish me luck!

Saturday Fun

So today, logan and I hung out all day as usual, but today was different than an ordinary day! I am starting to notice Logan is not my little Logan in a sense anymore he is getting to be such a big kid it makes me sad and happy all at the same time! Logan is doing great with potty training, he loves to potty on the potty, but poo pooing is another thing. But anyway today i saw Logan trying to poo poo in his pants and i grabbed him and took him to the restroom and set him on the potty and told him this is where you poo, and i told him that if he pooed on the potty i would give him a sucker(dum-dum). And next thing i knew he pooped on the potty! I was so happy!!  He enjoyed his green apple Dum-Dum! Haha! This may be easier than i thought! as ;long as we are making progress evryday im a happy momma! Kids do things in their own time, not always when you want them to do it!;) Good thing to learn!=)

Next we played outside for about 10 min today! Logan had alot of fun burning off some of his energy he didnt want to come back in the house as usual! I got a few cute pics!!

Then we came inside and just played the rest of the day!

How was your Saturday??

Rose

IT'S a BOY!!!!

IT'S a BOY!!

We couldnt be more excited!! I had my 24 week sonagram today and we found out we are going to be having another lil Ross boy!! Im so excited for Logan, he keeps talking about the baby, and he lifts my shirt up and touches my belly, it is sooo sweet!

Im so happy to start getting things ready for baby to get her, we decided on the name Landon Matthew! It was just the name anthony and I really liked! Landon is really starting to move around quite a bit, more and more everyday, and it just gets me more and more excited to meet him!! He is due March 29th, 2012. The doc said his heart rate is healthy and that everything so far during my pregnancy has been looking great, i couldnt be more thankful!!

 Here is a pic of me @ 24 weeks along!!

latest couponing adventure

I am really starting to enjoy and get addicted to couponing, I am excited about it, and i decided once i get my stockpile stocked up I would start donating some items to some shelters to help othere in need that dont have deodorant, shampoo, food, soap, razors etc.

Here are my latest items:

 Free with save a 1.00 coupon off each and b1g1 free coupon!

.40 a piece with coupons

.80 a piece with coupons! This rice is sooo good! i will continue to get it :)

.79 cents a piece with coupons

Angel soft- .38 a pack

Carefree-Free with coupons

FREE with coupons!!

im good on razors and shampoo for awhile

.99 a piece

whats happening

So logan is sleeping and so im going to catch up on my blog posting now. I have been super busy here lately so ive kinda slacked on my blog posting. This week was logans chemo week. We went down to KC Tuesday morning for Logan to get admitted to the hospital for his monthly chemo, cycle 2 which is his longest sceduled chemo of the cycles. We stayed tues and wed night and came home late thursday nite. What a trip it was! Logan did great as usual just was alittle exhausting for him and I since he cannot move around much during his stay since hes hooked up to a machine. But the good news is its Official that his Cancer aka his Tumor is gone and all he has to do is finish up with his preventative chemo and then hes done yay! I sure cannot wait!!! He will be done at the end of June 2012!:) Heres a pic of my little cutie!!

Friday Anthony and I and Logan decided to get out and about on his day off! And we went to Manhattan and Anthony thought it would be awesome to take logan to the Humane Society to look at the animals!! Logan had a blast he loved looking at the animals and thought it was pretty awesome, i think we will have to start taking him there more often! Then we went and found Anthony some warm outerwear like a few jackets, a tie,and some other things, it was so nice to see anthony putting things into the cart for himself since he doesnt get much often hes a pretty simple guy!!:) We also got Logan some things for Christmas!!

On Sunday Anthony and I went to his work Christmas party and we had such a blast, we played lots of games and it was an overall wonderful night! I got to catch up with my friend Desiree, and it was so great to sit and chit chat!:) Heres a pic!

 This week on Friday Dec. 10th is Our Anniversary and we find out the sex of Baby Ross! Then we will top the evening off with dinner and a movie!!

And I had to share this pic since i thought it was so adorable!! This is how my little munchkin feel asleep last nite! Bless his little heart!!:)

I hope u all have a wonderful week, stay warm!!

Quote of the week-week 8

I have been super busy here lately so ive missed posting a few quote of the weeks, but thats ok heres your quote of the week!

Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action.

Anna Lappe

So true!! Gotta love it!!