I L.O.V.E.

KROGERING!!!!!

I am starting to get ADDICTED to this couponing thing... I got ALL of this food for only $46.87.... I seriously came home almost in tears, I was so stinkin proud of myself. This is hard work, it takes time to get all of this right and takes time at the store with lots of concentration. The hubs knows that when I go on my big trips to the store now, the boys can not be with me. I should of been using that excuse before now, we are probably saving money now because the boys aren't throwing things in the buggy but I am way too busy now adding what I have, making sure I only get certain things!

The biggest thing I've learned about saving money, is the wrong way to shop (which is the way I have ALWAYS gone grocery shopping) is to make a list of what you need and go to store to buy it. That is how the stores make their money. My new way to buy groceries is I ONLY buy groceries if they are on sale AND I have a coupon to go along with the sale. Now there are exceptions, but the past several weekends I have cut my grocery bill in half just by sticking to this plan. Also, our pantry is the fullest it's ever been, it's a GREAT feeling! The hubs has always said that he feels good when we have a full pantry, silly thing! By doing these simple changes, it will allow our money to go further, I feel since I only work part time, it is my job to save our family the most money in any area I can!!

I LOVE THESE TWO LITTLE SWEETIES, THEY ARE GETTING SO BIG, I LOOK AT THEM AND CRY SOMETIMES, FOR JUST ONE DAY I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BE 3 AND 6 MONTHS AGAIN!!

And I love this picture of my Daddy and the boys from dinner last week. The night we had dinner was the night the weather got really bad, when I took this picture, the tornado sirens started to go off. (This is Will's new favorite jacket I got at a consignment shop, Lord help me now, he knows I can't stand that jacket!!) We made it home just in time but I will admit it was scary for a few minutes, even for Mommy :)

I hope you all are having a blessed week!!! I'm SO ready for the weekend :)

My Daddy and other stuff

Recently my Dad moved from Tampa, FL back to his home town of Peachtree City, GA (before Tampa, he was here, in Memphis)... Peachtree City is where he grew up, met my Mom, got married, had children... that is where he thought he would raise his family. Until the day Northwest Airlines had other plans to move our family (when I was just 3) to Memphis, TN. Fortunately, with him working for the airlines, we were ALWAYS flying back and forth to Georgia to visit our family and loved ones. I call home in Tennessee, it is where I grew up, got married, had children and it's where my life is today. It's a sad situation in my opinion, yes I would love to be the perfect girl who has her whole family around her and sees them all the time, in a perfect world, I would live on the same street as my family, my WHOLE family because I just love them all that much. God would have other plans for my life though and I have learned, especially lately, that you love what you have and deal with the rest!

So today, as my Dad is in town on business, it's times like these that I feel like a little girl again, SO excited to see my Daddy today and spend some MUCH needed time with him and see my boys playing with their "Pop Pop"

Also, today we are under severe weather threats... This afternoon should be interesting, I pray nothing major happens, nice loud storms is about all I'm asking for today. Even though a part of me gets excited about BAD weather, I know I must be sick in the head or something, but we shall see... Jim Cantore from the weather channel is here, in Memphis, so you know he always goes to the bad parts of the weather :)

I pray y'all are having a blessed week and everyone stays safe!!