Tuesday, February 2, 2010

work out

Grae loves our new elliptical and when not jumping off furniture, can be found working out. I've been wanting an elliptical for awhile and have been saving up money and checking Craigslist. I'm thinking that a lot of people had the same idea as every time I would inquire about one for sale, it was already snatched up. Finally I spotted this one. After some research to make sure it was a good brand (very high ratings!), Brian and Lauren went to pick it up.

I now try to get in a good 30 minutes after my circuit training workout and so far I really like it. My circuit dvd's are: Jillian Michaels - 30 Day Shred, The Biggest Loser Workout: Cardio Max,The Biggest Loser: The Workout - Boot Camp

All of them are challenging and I can really feel my body getting stronger.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

sigh...

We went for a walk today in the beautiful sunshine. Our favorite place to go is the track. The kids can climb on the bleachers and then we walk around the field and look at the chickens at the other end. Today there were many walkers (mostly of the older variety). I had just ushered all 6 kids to the other side of the track when an older man stopped me and said

"You must be babysitting."

I looked at him and said "Nope, they are all mine."

To which he replied, "You've got to be kidding. You look so young."

I know I should be flattered but I'm not, at least not yet. Give me 20 years. I'm happy with my 35 years and am proud I have had 6 kids in that time. Can I say I'm looking forward to wrinkles? Or maybe when I get them, I won't like them so much. Oh well, for now I guess I will just keep fielding these questions (which happens every time I'm with all the kids.)
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

redo: hallway

Did I ever show pictures of the hallway we repainted? It is a small hallway so I wanted to go big and fun. I still think I may do something on the top of the wall but that will have to wait until spring.

Before:




After:

This view is the same as above. We took the door off. The frame is from Goodwill and I painted some scrap wood with chalkboard paint to put inside.








Now I want to find another room to paint stripes in.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

uhhh.....



We were on a walk the other day and the little ones found some neat sticks that were hooked shaped. They proceeded to run and yell and pretend they were superheroes.

Ellie: "Super Hookers to the rescue!!"

Me: "What? Um...err...um...I don't think you should call yourselves that."

Ellie: "Why Mommy?"

Me: "Um...err..um.. Just don't. How about, I don't know."

I didn't know what to say and no one else could think of a suggestion. So I just had to quash any yelling of hookers and suggest "hooks" which Grae told me didn't sound good.

Oh boy.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

my little man


This sweet little boy constantly amazes me. Not only is he incredibly smart, has a great memory but he's showing how much he loves God.

Today he came into my bedroom while I was printing labels and said "Mommy?"

"Yes Grae."

"I was upstairs in Maddie's bedroom and I saw an iPhone laying on her table and I played with it. I'm sorry."

"Uhhh..."

"And I'm telling the truth."

"Okay, Grae." Then I reached for him to give him a hug but he by the look in his eye, he thought I was going to do something else. He looked relieved when I just squeezed him and told him thank you for telling me and to not play with it again unless he asks first.

"Okay Mommy!"

I then heard him go back up the stairs and tell Ellie, "Mommy said thank you." "No I didn't get a spanking, I told the truth."

So cute and I thank God for my little boy.
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Amazing Amazon deals!

**Check back often as I will add new deals here as I find them!**

I had to share all these deals at Amazon.com. It's even better if you sign up for a free 1 month trial of Amazon Prime which gets you free shipping. Sign up here: Amazon Prime

If you don't want to keep your membership you can set your account to auto-cancel. After you sign up, click on the "Your Account" tab, then click on "Manage Prime Membership" and finally click on "More Order Actions". You should then see a box to check that will NOT upgrade your membership automatically. Perfect!

Here are some deals that I've been seeing for kids. They all qualify for Amazon Prime shipping!
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Friday, December 4, 2009

more free money

I have been so pleased with Swagbucks and have earned $20 in Amazon gift cards in 6 weeks! I am spending them all on Christmas.

Anyway, I thought I would share another money maker, Shop At Home. It is a website with tons of different coupons codes to a lot of different online stores. They also offer cash back for purchases just for shopping through their site. So say like you need to buy something from Old Navy. First go to http://www.shopathome.com and find Old Navy. You will get 10% cash back just for clicking through their link and buying something from Old Navy. I've been finding some really great deals online and I will always go first to SAH to find out if the store is offering any cash back. Then I just click through the link and get the credit. So far I have $26 in money coming back!

They offer a $5.00 bonus for signing up. That's free money! Hope this helps you Christmas shop.
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