Friday, August 27, 2010

Mommy rambles on again...

I've recently come across some really good scriptures that I felt I had to share.  In my life, it seems that about every 6 months I am needing a re-boost in my positive energy, things to be thankful for and the regaining of my faith.  For me, it's so easy to get lost in the everyday whoas, then I start getting to that place of negativity that I don't like to be in.  Once you are in that place, you know it, because you lose sight of what is right with your life & your situations.

Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE being ME!  I feel I have the best life, best family, best friends, and the best situations, but with 4 kids (2 of which hate living here and hate their schools) and trying to re-establish a business in a new place...getting into a negative downward spiral is not good for me or my family.  Mom needs a re-vamp in order to re-vamp my kids, right?  Afterall, moms are the rocks of their families!

"What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity?  Our Attitude tward it.  Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity."

This is so powerful to me!  It just proves again, that our attitudes in life can get us through anything.  Looking back on all our moves we took to get to where we are now, I realize that they were all little stepping stones with a little bit of difficulty and alot of opportunity.  That opportunity has made us who we are today.

"Some people are born into wonderful families, others have to find or create them.  Being a member of a family is a priceless membership that we pay nothing for but love"

Amen!  No matter what life throws at us, no matter what dysfunctions come about, I know that I come home every day to an amazing family.  Ty & I have created a family that is all ours!  I always dreamed of a perfect, large, loving family and to know that we have created that for ourselves is pretty amazing!  Another example of your thought process, it doesn't matter where you come from, you can have ANYTHING you want!

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. "
~ Abraham Lincoln or Rev. William J. H. Boetcker

Ok, so this one is a little off the rocker of my subject but I seen it and I felt moved!  I am so disapointed with the way things are right now in our government and when I voted, I wish I could have seen how things would have been 1 1/2 years later. For that, I take part responsibility since my vote was directed to the democratic party..ONLY because I thought it would change things.  Well, it most certainly did!  When I read this, I felt like they were talking directly to me!  As an employer, I feel I have gotten the short end of the stick since our government seems to think we should keep giving and expect our people to quit working.  I mean really, why work when you can get paid more to not work, right?? Wrong!  Even though I am very outraged with certain government matters, I will continue to shoot for the stars.   I will continue to strive to be the best American I can be, I will continue to teach my children that hard work & devotion will get them anything they desire, I will continue to try to see the best in our economic situation and have hope that it will change soon.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Update

We made it through the treacherous move, at many times I thought I would never get through it.  I never realized how much stuff we had until I sat there in the garage of the new house, drowning my unpacking sorrows in my glass of wine, thinking to myself  "geesh, how the heck did we acquire SO much stuff?"  A couple of times I even looked over to my mother-in-law and saw the look on her face and it just confirmed what I already knew, we MUST downsize our belongings next move!

With the moving done, unpacking almost done and the cleaning 75% done, I can now say that I am comfortable in my new home. ;)  It took us 3 days to get here, but I am oh-so glad I got here!  It's always hard to move our family since we tend to move quite a bit, but I always know when my kids are happy...it's when I hear many giggles and see lots'o'smiles...which I seen today.  But then again, the satellite man came to hook up our TV today so I wonder if that had something to do with it....hmmm??  O well, either way, I'm thrilled!

I haven't had time to snap pics of the inside, but I HAD to share the impeccable views of the pine trees we have here, it's so serene.

My view out the back it's just incredible!
Our backyard view, I mean seriously, does it get better??
The view from my front yard, literally 10 steps away.  Talk about an amazing park!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Slightly Compulsive...

That is how I feel about my new love for grocery shopping, hehe.  I'm hooked on saving money!  I get the biggest high when the checker tells me I have saved over 90% of my grocery bill, it almost makes me want to break out in my 'happy dance' right there infront of her, lol!  

Every so often I get looks from annoyed shoppers lined up behind me as they are waiting for the cashier to finish scanning the gazillion coupons I have handed her, sometimes I've even caught them rolling their eyes and even packing up their items and head to another lane.  Does this bug me?  No, not anymore. My thoughts are this: You go ahead and get annoyed, pack up and leave, that's OK with me...I will just sit here and keep paying $0.10 a box for cereal, $0.03 a can for spagehettios and $0.19 for my papertowels while you full price!  And while I'm skipping out of the store with all my free catalinas for MORE FREE groceries and you're drowning in the debt of your groceries, you might just think twice about snubbing a crazy coupon lady in the grocery store again!!


  My newest shopping adventure
I purchased:

2 bounty papertowels
9 boxes of kleenex (No hoarding here, it's all for school folks)
5 jugs of Sunny Delight
2 packs of feminine products
1 box fiber 1 granola bars
1 bag chex mix
1 bag quacker chips (not shown, I ate 'em)
3 boxes of cocoa puffs
1 box trix
3 powerades
2 gallons milk
1 bag of ruffles
1 package of the new Mac & Cheese
1 bottle of dawn dishsoap

Total BEFORE Coupons & V.I.P. Card: $90.42

Total out of pocket for me: $6.99

Coupons are great!!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Guess who's back??

ME!  There has been so much stuff going on lately I don't even know where to start!  We've been so busy that I haven't even had time to do much couponing, can you believe it??  Me neither!  So, what does a loyal couponer do when she doesn't have time to coupon shop?? Yep, she doesn't shop!  Now that all my cupboards are bare and I have some time off, I'm shoppin'...hehe.

July was just a crazy month for us, Ty & I were the busiest we have been in ages (this is a good thing).  With much time spent away from home and many things to get done prior to our move, I took a week off of work...well, sorta. 

Things are going great and finally starting to all come full circle...

We have indeed locked in our new house in Flagstaff that we are so anxiously awaiting to move in to.  I still have to pinch myself when I talk about moving to flagstaff because I feel it's all one big dream and not a reality.  It's such a gorgeous place and it's hard to believe we will be living there.  Our house is perfect for our family, the backyard is enormous and the park across the street is just that..10 feet away.  This my friends, will be my kids' playpen...I can't wait!

The business Ty's mom & I started in Flagstaff is going quite well, seems like there is more work for us up there and the potential is much greater then here in Prescott. Who Knew?

Morgan & Sons Construction is going amazing, the guys have more work then they know what to do with.  It's been many years of waiting but we are hoping this will be exactly what the boys need to get going.

Once we move, Ty will be home more..YAY!!  These 14-15 hours days are killin' us!

But you know, all good things have to come with one not so good thing, right?  Last week my car was broken into in my driveway, well once the horn started going off these nice folks decided they would cut all our battery cables to shut the power off.  No harm done, except one of the three wires they cut ran the entire computer to our car.  After being towed to the mechanic, they were able to fix it for us.  They even opened our garage door too, PEOPLE..don't leave your garage clickers in your car!!  It could have been worse, I'll take a $300 fix any day rather then someone harming my family.  Obviously these people needed the $0.50 in my car more then I did!!

I can't wait to share photos of our new house, I'll keep you posted....

Happy Birthday My Babies!!


July 26th 2010, my babies turned 8 years old!  My heart ached this day! Those sweet little babies that used to crawl around the floor everywhere and used to lay in each one of my arms to take a nap are growing up faster then I can beleive.  I've heard people say (ahem, ME) that they can't wait for their kids to grow up and move out....but the truth is....I desperately don't want any of them to grow up and I surely don't want them to move away.  They were so excited to finally be 8 years old! 
We celebrated their birthdays with many little presents and a trip to the community spalsh pool, they loved it!

Happy Birthday my little angels!  You both have always been a little gift from god and I thank him everyday that I was lucky enough to be a mom to an amazing set of twins!  You were both very healthy when you were born, which was a miracle, and you've been going strong ever since. One day when you both grown up you'll realize how blessed you both were to have been born with your very best friend, your friend for life!  Mom & Dad love you so much!!!!  Happy 8th Birthday!!

Bieber Fever

Yes, thats what we had...literally! July 25th I took kyla to her much anticipated Justin Bieber Concert. Let me just start by saying how hilarious it was to watch 13,000 little girls (and even some GROWN women) screaming and going crazy over a teenage little boy who maybe weighs around 90 pounds, soaking wet!

I think I was deaf for about 2 days afterwards, I've been to some concerts before (even a rock concert) and I've never heard music so loud before in my life!!  Kyla had a blast, it was a great mother-daughter date night.  That is, until she got it....that is the bieber fever.  Yep, she almost passed out!  We had to leave a little before it ended because she almost collapsed in her seat, LOL!  Ok, it's totally not funny but it's really kinda funny.  :)  Here's a picture I snapped with my phone since no cameras were allowed, he's harnessed to a huge heart (hmm, wonder whos idea that was) and he's singing all the girls a love song with his guitar...you should have seen the girls under him, you'de of thought he was Michael Jackson or something!  Sheesh!~


All grown up

On July 15th, 2010...my first baby girl turned 15 years old!  I look at her with such amazement, I'm so proud to call her my daughter.   I'm so proud to see her growing up to be a wonderful young lady with many great qualities and talents.  It puts a huge lump in my throat to realize how quickly my time with her has gone.  In 2 weeks she will be a sophmore in Highschool, say what?  She'll be driving in 11 months, one day she'll even have a serious boyfriend (one day, very long from now).  Makes me very sad! 

We celebrated her birthday by allowing her to get her nose pierced, yes thats what I said, her nose. Can you say, OUCH!?  As you can see by her picture, she wasn't very thrilled with her smiling for the cake...love kylas hand on her face, don't ya?  Thats what you call sisterly love.

I love you Paigers!!  I hope you enjoy your sophmore year and enjoy your new school and make many great new friends.  I hope you know that your dad and I love you more then we could ever express to you, you're very special!  I love you!!!   Happy 15th Birthday