Some Summer Fabulous Finds

Those of you who know me well know that I NEVER pay full price for anything. I guess part of it is I am cheap, but the other part is I know that it will be on sale at some point, so paying full price seems silly to me if I can just be patient.

When we go to a store and my kids of course find that one item that they just "have to have", they always ask me if its on sale before even bothering to ask if I will buy it for them. I decided to just not make an issue of it-this is how I explained it to them. There was something Siena wanted one time and it wasn't on sale (and really over-priced!) and she asked if we didn't have enough money to buy it. I told her that we did have enough money, but that we just want to be wise in how we spend our money and so we needed to wait and see if it went on sale. Siena loves finding good deals....she actually has a blast with me at thrift stores. Yes people, I said thrift stores, they are my guilty pleasure!

ANYWAYS...the point of this post was to tell you of some of my favorite deals I have been taking advantage of this summer.

My all time favorite is Sonic's happy hour! There happens to be a Sonic on our way home from Siena's gymnastics and so if everyone has been on their best behavior they get a slushie. Why this is such a great deal is that from 2-5 (some locations are only 2-4), all drinks and slushies are half price. This makes the size small slushie 50 cents. I treat myself to their new Sparkling Strawberry lemonade and we all get out of there for $2.

Another great one is Qdoba. Every Saturday in June (not sure about all locations) kids eat free with the purchase of an adult meal. So, how I basically robbed poor Qdoba is I had a coupon for a meal deal (entree, chips & drink for $6) too! So the four of us eat for under $15.

My last one for this post is the summer fun movies. They are doing these at both AMC and Regal theaters. Regal does it completely free, and AMC charges $1. They show kids movies all summer on certain days at 10am-my kids love it! Of course they are not new releases, but my kiddos don't know that!

So there they are....enjoy!

This bloggin stuff is harder than it looks!

I have GOT to get into some sort of routine with blogging! Right now we are spending alot of our time at the pool and outside. I just need to make a point to get blogging :)

SO, of course I have a story for Maniac Mommy Monday! How much more fitting that this series of events happen on a Monday anyways.

We headed out this morning for the pool and then I had a few errands on the other side of town that I needed to get done. I settle into my seat at the pool to feed Channing and Hawk comes to tell me that he has to go #2. Of course he does. So, I get everyone together and we truck on over to the nasty, humid, pool bathroom. He proceeds to do his business and we make our way back out to the pool. We are out there no more than thirty minutes when he comes to the edge of the pool where I was sitting with Channing and announces (loudly) that he pooped. I said, "WHAT"? You mean you just went poop, right? I notice the look on his face and it becomes very clear to me what he meant. I tell him to get out of the pool quickly and come with me. Of course he throws a fit, so I grab him, trying not to make a scene-not successfully. I get him over to our chair and take a peek....yep, he sure did have to go.....again. So, I called it a day at the pool! Anyone know what its like to get a nasty, wet, poopy bathing suit off a little body????

I had to make a stop at the grocery store and figured, well the worst that could happen today has, so I should be safe. Well, its not a successful trip anywhere unless Hawk has to pee someplace inappropriate! It does not matter if he went before we left the house or not, he always has to go when there is not a bathroom near! Of course as we pull into the BiLo parking lot he is about to have an accident, so he drops his drawers next to my car and "waters" the tree in the parking lot. At three that might be okay, but I am hoping to discourage this as he gets older.

Thankfully after three kids these types of things are considered normal to me! I topped the day right off by burning the garlic toast I was making for dinner....such is life. I really can't complain, even days like this make me realize how incredibly blessed I am to have the priviledge of staying at home with my kids. I truly wouldn't have it any other way....okay, well maybe minus the public urinating incidents!

MouthWatering Wednesday!

I have a recips for the day! We actually just had it and it turned out great, and SUPER kid-friendly. I found it on a friends blog and have used it before (thanks Melanie!). This is seriously the easiest recipe ever and I usually always have everything on hand. I knew yesterday was going to be a busy day so this was the perfect meal to make for dinner. The added bonus is it calls for FROZEN chicken breasts, which is great for me because half my battle is remembering to thaw something out!

Zesty BBQ Chicken

6 Boneless Skinless FROZEN Chicken Breasts (you could probably do 8 and still have enough sauce)

1 12oz bottle of BBQ sauce
1/2 cup Italian Dressing
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
2 Tbsp Worcestershire

Put Chicken in Crock pot, mix all other ingredients in a bowl and pour over chicken. Turn crock pot on for 3-4 hours on High, or 6-8 hours on Low.

I serve mine with rice and broccoli!

Bon Appetit!

Clean sheets rock!

So in light of the fact that Tuesdays are Terrific Tip Tuesdays...thought I forgot, huh? I am posting a tip!

I read this morning on a facebook friends status that at fifty some odd years of life she still has yet to master folding a fitted sheet! I thought it was too funny because I gave up on that when I realized I rarely have a set of sheets clean that I don't put straight back on a bed. I do remember the days...early in our married life of struggling to fold those darn fitted sheets and being so annoyed at how sloppy it made my shelf look where they were stored. Funny the things I could care less about now!

Here it is- your very own fitted sheet folding tutorial! How cool is that...so fold your little hearts out!
http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/laundry/fold-fitted-sheet-00000000002236/index.html

Computers and Fires and things.....

Well, this poor blog has been SO neglected! I am happy to announce that I am back on the saddle and ready to type :)

I went to turn on my desk top one day and it just wouldn't do a thing, I have NO luck with technology...it hates me! SO we took the opportunity to replace my desktop with a laptop, which I had been REALLY wanting. So, Adam hooked it up for me :) So now I just feel so up with the times...I have a GPS, a crackberry AND a laptop.

THEN a week after I got my new computer, Adam's office burnt down. Yep, crazy, huh? So, they ran the office out of our home for a few days. They now have new office space and things are running more smoothly now.

Tie in a teething baby, some birthday parties, and laundry and that explains my hiatus :)

So, get ready because I am back in full swing now...ready to take on the blogging world with full force!