My weird need...

Ever since I went and saw my sister in law Val back in the early fall, I have had a need to drink wine. One night for dinner we had this great wine that was really good. Ever since then I have wanted to have that type of wine. I love the idea of having a glass of wine after the kids go to bed. But here is the question, how do you know what is a good type to drink is? I guess you ask people that drink it often.

Any suggestions please let me know.

Money in my pocket

Today I went to the grocery store to get supplies for tacos. I decided I would do a little coupon shopping. I saved a total of 15.16. My bill was a little under 60 dollars. The best deal I got was on cereal. We eat alot of cereal in this house. I am talking boxes a week.

Here is how it broke down:

Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and Apple jacks were buy one get one free. One was 2.14 and the other was 2.15. They ring up both and cut the price in half. This means you can use two coupons. Each of my coupons was 1.50 off. So one box was .65 cents and the other was .64. you can not even get generic cereal for that. I forgot to meantion that they were the bog boxes that were normally like 4.69 each or something close to that.

I am so into this, and Brian could not be happier with my new money saving thing. I will keep you all up to date on how I do. DO not worry I will not post all the deals. I hope to inspire some of you to save money. I will be glad to share any ideas I find.

Well I am off to PTA.

A whole new underworld

A friend of mine has opened my eyes to couponing. She clips coupons and saves a ton of money. So, I have decided to join the madness. I am sure up for saving money, especially now that the kids are eating A LOT more. I love the idea of saving money on groceries and being able to spend it elsewhere, like on my new obsession with kitchen gadgets from Williams-Sonoma.

I have spent all day clipping coupons, organizing my coupon holder, and getting ready to head to the store. I hope I will be ready to shop by Wednesday. There are people who walk into the store and walk out with groceries and money from the cashier. They did not have to pay for anything. This takes practice I guess, so I am going to hopefully get there.

So here's to saving money and spending it somewhere else.

New Year's Resolution

This pic has nothing to do with what I wrote about, but I love it and you can see how cute our bullie is. We love you Patton !!!

I am tired of the same ole resolutions. This year I am not vowing to lose weight ( even though I want to) or exercise (even though that is the plan). I am going for some fun resolutions. Here goes...

1. Learn to make homemade biscuits and gravy just like Granny did. I have no idea how this will turn out. I called my wonderful Aunt Annetta and asked for a tutorial (hers are almost as good as Granny's) :) I think there will be a lot of trial and error.

2. I need a hobby. My hobby is grading papers and frankly it is boring, and really not a hobby because it is not fun. So Lyci and I am going to take scrapbook classes and card making classes together. We will see how this goes, but I feel good about it. At least I can try and do this in the off season of football. Football season does not allow for any Destine or Brian time.

3. Next is to stop eating out so much. Now that the kids are practically grown, our out to eat bill is never under 40 dollars. So, I am going to stop the madness and we are eating at home. The way I look at it is that yes I have to cook, but on the up side that is more money to put towards my new hobby.:)

4. Last, but not least, is to finally hire that cleaning lady that Brian has been offering. I have this idea in my head, that I should be able to work and keep up with the housework, but it is too much. If my job did not require so much HOMEWORK(wait aren't I suppose to assign homework, not have it myself, I need to look into this) then I think I would be ok. But I choose the wrong profession for not having work at home, I need help and since it is against the law to hire someone to help as a teacher, I can for sure hire someone to help me as a housekeeper.

Well there they are. I hope I can conquer all of these resolutions. I had the kids think of some also, so we have a lot to work on this year. I hope your New Year has started off as great as mine has.

Christmas...

Christmas was great this year. We really had just the best time together. It was a small Christmas, the only person missing was Grandpa. The kids were spoiled rotten as usual. All got IPODs!!

The next day we were going to the store and the car was silent. As I looked back into the back of the car, there were all three of the kiddos, listening to their own music. Time changes so quick, not too long ago, there was screaming and crying, now just smiles. I do not believe I am thinking this, but I kind of miss those days. Time with them all is so precious.

Ok... back to Christmas. These are just various pics of the kids and the dogs. I love the picture of Christian and Patton. Patton is so cute in his antlers. The grey dog, is Jay. We rescued him to play with Patton, but my mom loves him so much, he is going to go live with her.

Isn't it funny how much time we spend preparing for Christmas and it goes by so fast. I hope you all had a great holiday. Happy New Year.