PANDA QUOTE-

We were watching Kung Fu Panda today with the kids and my back was to the TV at the moment so I don't know exactly which character said it----but this quote was in it...

 "The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present."

"Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights..." by Alice Morse Earle

I googled it and this is where its officially quoted i guess. 

I like it. 

Today is a gift. Especially today---the day of love. 

Oh----Happy Valentine's Day :D

Shopping List for Albertson's Deals

1/2 milk .88 

skippy p.butter .88 limit 4

- coupon $1 off 2   in 1/18 insert. 

final price: .38 ea.

 

campbells soup at hand .88 limit 6

- coupon .50 off of 1   in 1/11 insert

final price: .38 ea 

progresso bread crumbs $1

- coupon $1 off 2 progresso products printable.

final price: .50 ea.

These are a few of the deals I'm picking up on my date night tonight. haha. my poor heath. 

The deals are still good if you don't have any coupons...good for food storage. 

Target Clearance----Yay!

Check out Target for lots of home decor, bedroom, bathroom, ... on clearance! Don't go crazy---but definitely GO!

I bought window treatments for my new place, a rug for my girl's room, a nightstand, trash can, a few hand towels, and some shower rings. 

My goal whenever I shop Home Clearance stuff is NOT to see the deals and want to redecorate everything cause I find something so cute---that's what they want you to do---but instead think of how to accent or add to what you already have as a theme in your home. 

The sheets are cheap if you need new ones. Less than $10 for twin and queen---king and cal king were $14 I think. 

OHHHH...I almost forgot. I bought the CUTEST frames. Ahhhh----I need to post a picture. OK-later I will. 

(photo credit to attentiontargetshoppers.com) 

Walmart Trip---Free

Here's the FREE Razors I got at Walmart today. There's 5 bonus packs with 12 count----cheap razors---but FREE.

$1.97 ea. - $2 manuf. coupon in this past Sunday's newspaper. = FREE 

Yes I did buy another items so the cashier wouldn't hastle me----long story but I hate this ghetto Walmart by my in-laws. My mother won't even step foot in Walmart, don't blame her----But the deals are just too good!

yay.

Probably another item I'll sell at a garage sale or something. I'm actually really excited to have my first official garage sale out of my very own garage! I'll take pics and post the total earned when I have it----yay! Can you feel my enthusiasm? Coupon shopping is totally a hobby for me and I love to make money from doing it! No date for the garage sale yet----when I move at the end of the months I'll be going through all my stuff while I'm trying to put everything away and hopefully get a big pile of stuff to sell!!! :D 

PJ

Happy 1st Birthday Lexi!

Lexi has her own little birthday cake! She LOVED it! She kept hugging it and totally stuffing her face! She's such a cutie. When it was time to blow out her candle she just pinched the flame to put it out-----POOR BABY got wax all over her finger and cried! Sad face. But it was so so so funny.

Here's what everyone else had----yummy. Strawberry Cake, Vanilla Ice-cream, Sugar Cookie Pieces, with Sprinkles. mmmm. 

My princess turns 1 today! Yay! We had a little birthday celebration with my mom in AZ this past weekend and here's just a few pics. I'll post more as I get more pics emailed to me. 

Lexi is such a big girl now! She decided just today that she will no longer sit in a high chair and wants to sit at the breakfast bar with her brother. Love it. Looks like its time for a booster chair----oh time just zooms by. She loves to eat and will eat anything. This morning she had wheat pancakes and peas. hahaha Great Combo.

She's walking and running, playing AND fighting with Jacob, yelling, singing, dancing, giving kisses, and says her own versions of - thank you, i love you, mom, dad, grandpa, gramma, please (sorta)----oh she surprises us everyday. She loves to yell at the dogs every time she sees them, 'NO NO NO NO NO' telling them to GET OUT! So funny. She shakes her little finger at them - I guess she needs someone to boss around?! 

I'm exited to live near my brother's kids in AZ - we'll be less than a mile away! :D So Jacob and Lexi will be near Tenille and Stephan's WAY cute kids! yay. I love family. I have to many fond memories of playing with my cousins and I WISH WISH WISH that my siblings and I live close enough to have our kids have great relationships too. Lexi will be so lucky to be able to play with her brother AND both her boy cousins---lucky girl!

I love my Princess Lexi so much and everyday is such an adventure!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS! 

(--more pictures coming--)

Oh Goodness---Monday Deals! $21.55

note: sorry the items are hard to see----jacob was a helper----i choose my battles with him :D

Here's the scoop. I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow and I will be out of it for the rest of the week---i assume---so I made my weekly trip to CVS & Walgreens today---even tho its poring rain! My sweet mother-in-law kept Lexi today and it was just Jacob and I. Here's the breakdown of the items and sale prices. 

2 Liter of d.coke-didn't make it into the picture :)  $1.60 ouch.

2 small boxes ritz   $2

2 small boxes wheat thins  $2

5 Gillette Fusion  Gamar Razor  $39.95

3 Venus Embrace  $23.97

1 Venus Spa Embrace  $7.99

8 Stayfree pads various types 16-18count  $31.29

1 Chewable Aspirin  $1.99

2 Gauze 10 count (for after wisdom teeth)   $3.28

2 Gauze w/ Neosporin  $9.98

1 Travel Size IBuprofen 10count  $1.99

2 Drano  $7

1 Swiffer Starter Kit  $10

2 Swiffer Refill Packs 12 count  $8

4 Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Gel 6 count packs  $14

2 Windex All Purpose Spray  $5

2 Windex Wipes (great for cleaning finger smudges in the car!)  $5

1 Febreze Air Effects  $2.50

That's over $150 of merchandise! (I think if I did my math right its $178 wow!) !!!!

I used Walgreens and CVS savings programs and coupons and got all this for only 

21.55 crazy. That's the cost after all the saving programs junk. (ecb-mir-rr-manuf.rebate-blah blah) 

So what am I gunna do with all this? 

Well--the razors will sell at a garage sale for $3 each (total of $27)----or----each one comes with 2 blades....if I just open one for me (and heath already has one from before) and use the rest as refills I will get way MORE than my money's worth. That's a great deal! $14 of the $21.55 was spent on the Swiffer Stuff....I knew it wasn't going to be free---or even the best deal I could find....but I really wanted it since we'll have lots of tile at our new home. So other than the swiffer stuff----i spent $7 on the rest....yay! (Cari & Jen---your probably the only ones that care about all this detail . . . hahaha.)

Lovin the deals. 

Julie

edited again---i forgot one of the rebates. new total. 

Scented Pencil

I'm currently looking online at photos of our potential new place and I'm making a to do list. I like to think about absolutely EVERYTHING. Its more of just putting my thoughts on paper---i like to do that. There's things on my list like where I'll be putting cleaning supplies, where to put Jacob's turtle, what colors I want in the office, yada yada yada. My kitchen is Americana and I finally will have a place to put my way too cute curtains. I've had them packed up for so long I don't even know if I'll like them---hmmm. My kitchen theme all started when my aunt Dawn gave me an Americana dish set. The set wasn't totally complete and we've broken a few....but I absolutely LOVE them. I heard that blue is the most un-appetizing color....so when you have blue dishes you have less of an appetite. Interesting. Can I have a blue fridge? When my set is a little more 'dwindled' then I'll probably make them an art project to complement my kitchen. Maybe just display the plates on a plate rack thing OR OH I know...I love to mosaic---did you know that about me? I haven't had much time lately but I have tons of boxes of broken plates for my -on the side-on the side-one the side hobby. You know, after scrapbooking, journaling, cleaning, piano, blogging, and all that crap---maybe I'll get to it.

So----the pencil I'm writing my list with is Root beer scented. Crazy. Not my pencil...probably one of my siblings. We're in AZ rental house hunting. Exciting. Boring. AND Tiring. All at the same time. I wonder if this pencil tastes like root beer. Probably not.

Family news...

Lexi turns 12 months this Tuesday 2/10/09. Just yesterday my little princess grabbed a jar of salsa from the pantry and dropped it. Poor baby. She got a little cut on her hand and on her foot. We wrapped her hand and she of course tried to take it off---to prevent that my smart man decided to wrap both hands. goodness. My Heath was calling her his little boxer. Love it. She hated it at first but she got over it really fast. Dang--my girl bleeds a lot. Poor baby. She's started climbing on everything, she's now a pro at going up and down stair, she likes to say, "tickle tickle", and play peek a boo with her daddy.

Jacob is such a good boy lately. He's trying to hard to be obedient and he's taking this transitional period VERY well! I'm so proud of him. I do feel a little behind when it comes to his milestones. I still need to potty train him & put him into a big boy bed. We have one---just not a home for it yet. Soon! He loves to play with things that he can take apart and piece together, he lines up his cars and has to have everything placed just right. Jacob loved his trains and likes to set up his tracks in funky patters snaking around the room. He's taken an interest in books lately and will finally let us read to him----that has been SUCH a battle. His new favorite movies are The Brave Little Toaster, Monsters Inc., & Peter Pan.

My Heath is still working very hard from home preparing for the new company opening officially in April (I think). The company name is EcoSure. They're opening 4 branches this summer - Phoenix, San Jose, Denver, and Seattle. Today he's working on editing process manuals from the old company (Moxie). Its been such and blessing and such a struggle all at the same time having him work from home. The upside----I get to steal hugs and kisses whenever I want---the downside is trying to let him work. I'm so happy that my heath is such an honest worker and he knows when its time to work. I feel so blessed to have married a man with great business sense, professionalism, and wants to be successful.

Me. Princess Julie. Not much more to say. I'm the author of this blog so you hear all about me all the time right? ummmm. I'm getting my wisdom teeth out this week. kill me. The apt is on Lexi's birthday....sad face. But we'll be celebrating on Monday night instead. Yay! I really really home that I'm one of those people that just totally bounce back from the whole wisdom teeth thing and its no biggie. I've had babies right?! What's pulling out a few teeth? ugh. Actually I'm scared. I don't like that I have to get an IV. I hate those things. Its not the needle per say----its that I have to have it stay in me. I hate that. And the cold liquid I can just feel oozing through me. Gross you out? Ya, me too. I'm on my sister's laptop and loving it. Wish I had one--nope--need to buy a couch, table, piano, dresser for Lexi, the list goes on and one.

Better skidaddle. I'm going on a girls night out tonight to the movies---time to beautify :D peace.

pj

Vons Deals 2/4-2/10

Junk food today----but does the toothpaste make up for it? 

Kellogg's Pop Tarts 8ct. / Kellogg's Fruit Snacks & other Kellogg's on sale

Use coupon in 1/4 SS $1 off 2. 

.50 each

Colgate Toothpaste .99

Use coupon in 1/4 SS .75 off 1 - doubles to $1 off

FREE

Today I picked up:

3 toothpaste = FREE

8 Pop Tarts (limit 8) = $4

2 Fruit Snacks 10pack = $1

$5 + tax 

Pretty good for brand name pop tarts and OK toothpaste.

My resale value for toothpaste is $1 per tube----if I sold them it would mean that I got the pop tarts for only $2 + tax. ... just thinking about the bottom line. Yes, I do sell some of the stuff I get for free at garage sales. I love it. The toothpaste and brushes sell really fast for $1 each---I get sooooo many of those for free-----pure profit! 

Here's a scenario. Lets just say that we split this up by $ per snack....there's 64 pop tarts & 20 fruit snacks. 84 snacks in all ----that's about .06 per snack. Pretty good. Note: I usually save these types of snacks for treats or road trips. I love that Jacob likes the pop tarts without the frosting - only a teeny bit less sugar but I'll take it! 

Warning: When buying anything in bulk----check ALL expiration dates and decide whether or not you'll actually use the items before they expire. When stacking in your pantry make sure to circle expiration dates and/or put the soonest expiring in the front. 

Happy Shopping - Julie

Shoppin the Deals! $33

I had a little time for myself and here's what I accomplished!

I had this whole thing typed up with step by step transaction stuff---but my wireless connection keeps kicking me off and erasing it! Ugh. Here's the shorter version. Sorry.

Long story short. Total spent. $33
I'm REALLY angry that I forgot to use one of my $2 coupons as cvs and one of my $10 off of $50 coupons at cvs. I could have only spent $21 but because I was flustered I made a BIG mistake. Sad face. I didn't realize until I got home---coupon shopper's worst nightmare come true.

Ralphs-17.76
3 juice
2 chili
6 variety mustard
3 sour cream
2 philly cheese
1 miracle whip
1 mayo
3 chili-lime hot sauce
1 bbq sauce
2 wheat thins
3 chex mix
3 salsa
1 lettuce for turtle
3 baby food (testing for what we think is a peaches allergy?-sad face)
1 Jacob

CVS -15.47 ($8 out of pocket- rest on gift card) ***SHOULD HAVE BEEN 3.47 sad face.***
4 glade
5 EXPENSIVE but GREAT Mouthwash
2 earinse (not sure when I'll need this...?)
4 Loreal Revitalift (resale value at garage sale: $3 ea. and i got them for free..yay)
1 Excedrin 10ct.

SAVED 86.90 at Ralphs
SAVED 100.13 at CVS

**Revision** 2/9

I forgot there's 2 $10 rebates I can get send in for the mouthwashes ($10 for every 2 purchased)  Wohooo! So assuming I get the rebates-----that's only $13 for all this stuff

even sweeter deal. 

Renewing my Hope

All hope is not lost.

Today I caught the tail end of the Relief Society lesson at church today on hope. When I walked in they were making a list of things that we as women commonly feel hopeless about. I definitely needed this lesson today. I think we often feel helpless and like all hope is lost. I decided for ME All hope is NOT lost----now I'm ready to conquer the world----conquer my feelings of inadequacy, and feelings of hopelessness (in a million different areas of my life)...and just start over. For me---that's what the band-aid symbolizes. I want to have a perfect brightness of hope.

One of my resolutions this year was to post things around my home that remind me of my goals. Yes, a resolution to follow my resolutions. Dumb---but that's just me! :D

Here's a couple of the saying that are and will be in my home. They're mostly reminders of things I should be doing and sayings of things that remind me of special things and times in my life. Some will be posted in private live in my room ---some in living areas as part of the decor.

Parent with Love

A Humble Prayer... (this one reminds me that many things can be achieved when I ask the Lord for help with a humble prayer)

Hope

Family Scriptures (reminder----who doesn't need that?!)

Mom sets the tone of the home...When I choose to be happy--I choose a Happy Home.

Be Frugal

Am I really hungry? (hahaha---that one isn't up yet---)

I love you.

Kiss Me (that one's for my heath)

Live Thankfully

Live. Laugh. Love.

I have so many more---better keep this short.

Also----I want to have other longer quotes and scriptures but space here just doesn't allow at the moment. Do you have any quotes or sayings up in your home? Anything that helps you?