Sunday, March 29, 2009

Huh??

I am really bad about keeping up this blog. I'm sure the millions of people who have subscribed to it are thoroughly disappointed...and for that, I am sorry.

A few weeks ago we took the kids to see the grunion run. Bad idea for several reasons. #1: It doesn't start until 9:55pm. #2: It's very cold and wet at the beach at night. #3: We only saw 2 stinkin fish! And Rory swore he would catch one for the boys if he had to dive in the water and chase it. Needless to say, they were too fast for him. The boys just starred aimlessly at the water. We gave up after 30 minutes and went home.

Rory took the kids across the street to the park to play baseball. See the picture of Dylan?! Yes, the ball made contact. And then the next picture is of Dylan throwing the ball. See where it is? Right above his head. That one made contact too. Poor thing.





Last week we had the Relief Society Birthday Party. My Enrichment committee put on a really nice party! It was decorated so cute. My girlfriend made an adorable cake. It was a fun night.




Things are sort of calm now, which is good, 'cause I need a break!

Monday, March 9, 2009


I bought all this tonight for $17.53. That's $0.73 an item. Plus I got $10 to spend next time I shop. It's official....I have an addiction.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Sweet bargains & sick babies


I was bored today, since Rory had to go to work from 8am-10pm for inventory stuff. So, I headed over to the OC swap meet. The kids and I walked around for a little and then went over to the farm to see the animals and gardens. Surprisingly, they were more interested in me telling them what plant was what. After that, I decided to go to CVS just for kicks....since it's like a second home to me now. And this is what I got for $3.84. Sweet deal, since the Listerine alone was normally $6. Man, I love that store. Every Monday night, when Rory gets home, I head out with my list and coupons. I wait until about 9:30 so hardly anyone else is in the store. I'm telling you, people waiting in line DO NOT like coupon queens! I don't blame them, it takes forever. But, it's free money.

On another note, Ivy decided life was too boring around here and got an infection which caused her to have horrible hives. Her doctor gave us an antibiotic, and after the second dose of it, her face and mouth swelled up. We had to take her to emergency. They gave her epinephrine and prednisolone because she was allergic to her medication! We spent 6 hours there before we got to go home. She's doing better now, so we're grateful for that. (But not the $300 she's cost us in doctor visits). The pictures of her with the hives are when they were MILD. They got horribly worse right before we took her to the ER. Stuff like that is just downright scary.


Back to something positive, Rory has been working out at the gym and lost 20 lbs in 2 months. He is lookin' mighty good! I'm proud of him. As long as he doesn't start wearing muscle shirts and spandex shorts to the gym, I am all for it!

That's it for today!