Water Time

Jeremiah...

Did you see this coming? LOL

I'm glad he laughed rather than freaking out!

WATER TIME!!!

Jeremiah

Did you see this coming!?! LOL

Luckily he laughed... I just knew he was going to freak out!

I spy some Giraffes

Darcy

Jacob

Jeremiah

I spy some Giraffes

Darcy

Jacob

Jeremiah

Paying close attention

Daddy telling them all about the turtles and the fishes

The loved the turtles!!
Jacob (blue) & Jeremiah (brown)

CAMAL RIDES!!!! WOW

NO FEAR!!!
Darcy alone on the camal!



She loved every minute of it!

I think she talked the guy the entire time!

When it was over she didn't want to get off!!!

Family Time

Daddy and Jeremiah

Love the look on Jacob's face (blue)

Daddy was telling the kids all about the animals

pics from the zoo

Jacob is in the blue... Jeremiah in the brown

My email to the Birmingham Zoo

My husband and I, along with our 3 children, arrived at the Zoo this morning at 9am. We bought a Family Membership for $99. It wasn't long into our trip that we realized we wasted our money. We were very disappointed to find MORE empty exhibits than exhibits with animals. Whats a zoo with NO elephants, tigers, gorillas and lions... just to name a few of the things our kids asked us about. There was one alligator and no cheetahs to be sighted. We headed to the cafeteria for lunch only to be KICKED OUT by one of YOUR employees. The line was backed up to the entrance and we were standing there with the double stroller we rented from you when the lady approached us and told us we had to move. I asked her where we should go b/c the line was backed up. She told us to take our children out of the stroller and leave it outside. My boys (twins) are 2 years old and my daughter is 3. There is no way we could have taken our kids out of the stroller and let them stand in line with us, order our food and then carry it back to a table. The lady was EXTREMELY RUDE and brought attention to us which caused us to immediately leave the zoo. Throughout our trip we overheard several other families comlaining of the absence of animals. We feel like we have wasted our money and time on the Birmingham Zoo.

TRIPLE ECB'S

Yep I said it ladies!!!!

If you shop online at CVS they

TRIPPLE

you're ECB's and its

FREE SHIPPING!

WHAT TIME

I stayed up until 11 something waiting on Matthew last night. Finally he begged me to go to bed... not much begging needed :) I kept waking up every so often and I'd call him to make sure he was okay. Finally at 2am they called it quits. He took a shower when he came in and finally got to bed around 3ish. He told me that his boss said they could sleep late but he knew no one else was going to. So when alarm went off at 4:30am I just turned it off ;) He woke up around 6 when Jessica got up for school. He was a little frustrated about me turning off his alarm but I quickly put him in his place and reminded him that his kids hadn't seen him since SUNDAY! He got up and I got the kids up. They were THRILLED to see their daddy. They all sat down together and had breakfast. He loaded them up in their carseats and we both headed out. He said he'd skip class tonight so he should be home around 4:30... hopefully they won't have to stay late today. I'm going to cook him something special.... he's been eating pizza every night and thats not his thing! LOL

WIFE OF THE YEAR

I'm officially WIFE OF THE YEAR!!!!

Thats right I said it... I have declared myself WOTY!

I just finished... wait I didn't finish... I just attempted to cut our entire yard with a PUSH MOWER!!! And for those of you that know how big my stinkin yard it then you know it was some major W.O.R.K!!!!

The grass hadn't been cut in FOUR weeks so it was supper HIGH!!! AND THICK!!!!!!

I'm beat.

I've been cutting since 3:30pm and its 7:57!!! And I didn't get to finish b/c I couldn't see anymore. I only have a small section left to cut.

My hands are shakey and blistery (is that a word?).

I'm sweaty and I smell!

Matthew is still at work.

He didn't get off until 11:30pm last night!

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i'm tired... he's not home yet... i finally got ahold of him... its been ONE HOUR since i talked to his boss and he told me they were about to leave... AN HOUR AGO!!! Do you know what crazy things go through my head in an hour of not being able to reach my husband and wondering if he's okay!?!?!?! He told me to go to bed but I can't do they until he's home!!!! He's working almost an hour away... his alarm will go off in the morning at 4:30am... please pray for his safety!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm barely hangin in there/here.

Quitting time

Well some people don't know when to quit... My poor hubby is still at work tonight!!!!!! He's been there since 7am and its 9:47pm!!!! Last night was the same... he actually got to leave at 9pm.

I went to Mother/Daughter thing at church and just got home. I tried calling him but couldn't get him so finally I checked his call log on his cell phone and picked out the most called number... his boss. I got ahold of his boss and he said he was in a room where there wasn't a signal but he was okay. I was worried. Well I guess I'll go sit on the couch and wait up for him like our parents used to do when we missed curfew! LOL

Thank You Jesus

I just read this article on www.al.com about the football coach from Oak Mtn and his wife... they adopted 4 siblings from Ukraine. The article brought tears to my eyes. Here's the link.

GO ME GO ME GO ME

I made this tonight... it took me 2 1/2 hours but I had help... my gf did the pants while I did the rest.

The handband (shown in the first picture) didn't fit... too tight! LOL
I took some of Darcy's 2T pants that fit in the waist but are too short and made the pants capris!

New Do

I cut my hair off - AGAIN! i really like it though




It pretty easy to fix...

Darcy wore her Dora dress and told everyone I made it for her!

CVS

Let me try and explain what I did on my trip....

I first paid for the 2 toothbrushes which cost me like $8 something but I earned some ECB's ($7.98)... so then the lady said to do the rest together so I got

2 packs of diapers $10.00
1 pack of Bounty paper towels $9.99
1 dawn soap $.88
1 pack of Charmin TP $5.99
1 Axe deodorant $1.25
1 can of TAG body spray $1.25
1 bottle of neutrogena spray tan (shhhhhh) $9.79
2 bottles of VIVE shampoo it was BOGO $4.99
3 bottles of CVS brand body wash that was buy 2 get one free $2.99 each

Total was $56.11
ECB's used $7.98
OOP $51.98

I didn't earn any more ECB's and I don't have any coupons for $3/$15

YUCK!

Okay... so I'm going to share my frustrations with you all and if you don't wanna hear them then stop reading now!!!!!

I gave away one of my purple chairs (by mistake... that could be a whole nother post). The person I gave it to called me while I was on my way to pick up Jessica. I told this person that my door was unlocked and they could just go get it. Well I'm back home now and I have a 2in (give or take) scratch on my NEW floor. I don't remember it being there before... its not where the chair was but close to it. I'm pretty sure I would have noticed it if it had been there but I really don't have any proof this person did it. Not that having 'proof' would do anything for the situation other than give me peace of mind BUT I'm a little upset. Confronting the person would do no good b/c its not like it can be taken back so I just have to get over it. So I thought I'd share it here with you guys to get it off my shoulders. thanks

Clippin Away

I just spent the last 2 hours (almost) cutting coupons!!!! I got them all clipped and put into envelopes with each catagory marked on the outside. I cut them ALL... even ones I didn't use... my plan is to eventually post the ones I don't need on here and give you guys first dibs on getting them. So.... hopefully I'll have time to do that today or tomorrow. I have TONS of Walgreens and since I don't have a Walgreens I'll be happy to give those away!

my kids made a huge messing with the paper in the floor... guess I need to go clean that up now.

TRIPPIN

WINN DIXIE


Bogo was awesome and I had a $10 off $75!!!


Before my Winn Dixie Card I'd spent ---- $205.22

AFTER
$115.46

I SAVED $$$$$$ 83.15
I don't know if you can see it but I have:
2 packs of chicken
2 steaks
2 roast

Movin on to CVS

The lady who was stocking the shelves gave me a crash course on what to do and I brought home some of the sale papers to study :)
I bought the toothbrushed first (which ended up being free) and earned ECB's which I used on the rest of the stuff

My trip cost me $51.98
I saved $43.14

I'm still pretty clueless about how this works but I tried.
Did I do good???????

BOGO

Winn Dixie is having amazing BOGO deals this week through the 6th!!! You can go online and look at their ad

Winn Dixie

The ad also has a coupon for $10 off $75 purchase... you can pick up the ad in the front of the store if you forget yours at home!!!!!!

AND

ITS DOUBLE COUPON WEEK!!!!!!

My Pillowcase dress

 

 

 

Except we didn't use an actual pillowcase... we used different fabric and sewed it together. Darcy loves her new dress!! She says she wants to wear it for Easter! The next one I make I'm going to make a little shorter... i didn't take ANY measurements of her before I made it! LOL... lesson learned.

birds

 

The little birds are growing!!!