Check out this giveaway.

http://sunshineandcarousels.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-sponsor-group-giveaway-its.html

Go check out this awesome giveaway!

Awesome giveaway

I just love giveaways! Here is an awesome giveaway hosted by Blush Envy

http://www.blushenvy.com/2/post/2011/11/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.html

 

You definitely want to check it out, there are so many vendors like The Lovely Letter, Stonewash and Bloom and so many more! Giveaway prizes are valued at over $2,000!

Friday!

Wow where do I begin? 

First of all it after midnight and I'm still awake, dang essay that I have to write is kicking my behind.

Second I'm super excited about all the new recipes and crafts that I have recently found and I can't wait to make them.

Anywho...

My babies both had a pretty good Halloween, they racked up on some candy for only being out trick or treating for 45 minutes.

I'll post some pictures after I get them uploaded to my computer, yeah I'm being lazy in that area lately. But oh well I'm a full time mom of two and I go to school full time so I think I reserve the right to be lazy from time to time.

As for this weeks freebies, boy oh boy did I recieve a whole bunch in the mail.

And here's the list:

Target Beauty goodie bag

Free sample of Kleenex Tissues

Wendy's Hot & Juicy T-shirt

Colgate toothpaste sample

Post it sample

Land o Lakes Holiday Recipe cards

And I finally received my Beech Nut coupons from the rewards program!

Yay, for all the free goodies!

Another great giveaway

Here is another great giveaway that you should check out!

The Wonder Forest

http://www.thewonderforest.com/2011/10/1600-facebook-fan-giveaway-over-600-in.html

Head on over and enter the giveaway, you won't regret it!

Check out this giveaway!

Along for the ride is doing a 2-year blog anniversary giveaway you should really check it out!

Along for the Ride

http://iamalongfortheride.blogspot.com/2011/10/2-year-blog-anniversary-giveaway-and.html

Things have been so busy lately, which has not left me a lot of time to blog!

It's Friday

It's Friday which means it's the weekend yay for that! 

David started his new job this week and we are all trying to adjust to the new hours and everything else, I think the boys are taking it the hardest. 

As for me I'm extremely tired!! I stay up til about 11ish working on school work and getting the kids in bed and making sure they fall asleep. I've been tossing and turning nearly everynight, then I get up at the crack of dawn to get David up and fix his lunch. By that time I'm wide awake and so is Jo-Jo, so morning naps are hard to come by around here, thus my day starts all over again.

Tomorrow we are supposed to be going to Six Flags for Fright Fest, planning is really messed up on this little one day getaway! I am a planner and since this is not fully planned it's driving me crazy. I've got so much left to do but yet I'm blogging, ha ha go figure!

On to this weeks freebies I received:

Head and Shoulders dandruff shampoo and conditioner

Shout Wipe and Go mini sample

Dial Nutri Sin Replenishing lotion

So far I've used a little bit of the Dial lotion and I like it so far!

True love

Now this is by far one of my favorite poems, such a beautiful example of true love between husband and wife...

Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

Just a few rants!

Dear blank, blank, and blank, 

Normally it takes a lot to get me worked up and really mad, but it seems like this past week the littlest things have set me off. I guess it's because I've bottle my emotions in for so long and the bottle is full and needs to be emptied, well here goes nothing!

(Note: Your probably not here to listen to me rant and rave, but everyone has to let their emotions out every once and awhile, so I figured I'd blog about it!)

I hate when other people think their grown kids (a 25 year old make at that) it my responsibility! I did not give birth to him, furthermore he is grown and if he makes the wrong decisions then I think he should have to suffer the consequences of his actions.

Don't call me and leave me a voice mail message griping and telling me off. You don't ever answer my phone calls, especially when you know I need to ask you something.

You drive past our house going to and from work everyday and do you ever stop by and see your grand-kids, nope! Try explaining to a three year old where his grandma is and why she never stops to see him. Cause it's not as easy as it seems.

Don't and I mean DO NOT keep knocking at my door then sit outside my house when no one answers the door. Either I don't want to speak to you or we're not at home, and knocking for ten minutes straight isn't going to do anything by aggravate me.

Don't make promises to me that you can't and don't intend to keep!

And last but not least leave your drama at your house, don't bring that crap in my house. I have enough going on already with out having to listen and deal with your personal problems and drama!

Sincerely, 

One mad momma

A few money saving tips from me...

Money seems to be tight for everyone nowadays. I wanted to share with everyone a few things that my family and I do to save money.

1. I hand wash all dishes. Even though we have a dishwasher I don't use it, seems like a waste to use all that electricity on something I can do myself.

2. Set your air at 82 during the summer months and 72 during the winter months. This actually really helps out with the electricity bill!

3. We spend a certain amount at the grocery store each week. Setting a limit on the amount you want to spend and making a list really helps you not binge shop.

4. When I do laundry all or the adult shirts get hung up on coat hangers to dry rather than putting them in the dryer. A smaller load of laundry means that you wont have to dry it as long as you would a large load, thus saving you more money!

5. Clip coupons and catch sales whenever possible!!

What are some things that you do to save money? I'm always looking for ways to save as much as possible. Raising kids is expensive enough, but it's always nice to save a little bit wherever you can!

Freebie Friday!

My best deal from this past week would have to be the Gerber Good Start Formula that I paid only $13 for! Yeah I have to say that was a deal considering that it was normally nearly $23 a container. Turns out I picked a really good time to have to buy formula. This particular formula was on sale for $19 and I had a coupon for $6 off! Mind you this was the 23.2 oz container. I normally pay $13 for the Similac Sensitive 12.6 oz can. I nearly got double the product for the same price, who wouldn't love that?

I also received my order from Sensible Sundries in the mail this week! Yay, I love, love, love Renee's products! You will not be disappointed if you buy some of her products!

Also, Amber from My Three Bittles has a discount going on right now in her Etsy shop, Mommy Makes Stuff. Swing on by and enter the code "HALLOWEEN" to recieve 31% off your order!

Lions, Tigers and Bears...Oh my!

It's been a few days since I blogged, things have been really busy lately! Last Monday I received my soap, wax tart and lotion bar that I won in the mail, and let me tell you I am in love!! I will most definitely be ordering from her again. You should really check her out as well!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/sensiblesundries
 

 

This is what I got from Sensible Sundries!

Wax tart- Autumn harvest, Lotion bar- lavender and soap- Cranberry fig.

I've got 3 more wax tarts and another lotion bar on the way, can't wait to get them in!

 

I have decided that Friday are going to be Freebie Fridays, I am going to start blogging about all the neat samples and coupons that I received that week, as well as post a few sites where you can find good deals at! How great is that? I thought it was a pretty neat idea myself.

Thursday I had to go take my British Literature II test and write two essays, but I'm pretty confident that I did great on them. Who would have though that British Literature could be so fascinating? Yeah, I know I'm a nerd but that's ok!

Saturday we went to the zoo (hence the title!) I loved that fact that we got in free by simply taking an outdated phone book and recycling it! Also I was super excited the my sister got to go with us! We got free admission to the zoo and helped save the planet all in one day!

Here are a few pictures from our fun filled outing:

 David & his babies feeding the birds!

Since I didn't get on and blog last Friday, so I am just going to put up what I got last week up today. I received a sample of Dove Go Fresh Body Spray as well as a coupon for $1 off my next Dove purchase, and I also received a sample of Parent's Choice formula in the mail!

So Friday was Wal-Mart day, I'm really beginning to get tired of going there and dealing with rude employees. I passed by this shirt and just had to get it.

 The hubby loves Star Wars and I wanted to make him laugh, so I bought it!

And here is all the Beech-Nut baby food I got Jo-Jo. 36 jars at 44 cents each with two coupons, buy 20 jars get $2 off and buy 16 jars get $2 off. Yeah I went a little baby food crazy, but that boy will eat it all up within a week!

See what I mean about things being busy the past few days, seems like I've been going and going just like the Energizer Bunny lately.

Time to go feed my little Jo-Jo!

Monday

So this weekend didn't quite turn out like I wanted it to, oh well!

I can't plan everyday in advance when I have to little ones...

David Jr got to go fishing with his Daddy Saturday and he was so excited, he came back telling me all about how Daddy got bit by a fish. The way he described it made me giggle, and of course he put in a few sound effects for me. 

Jonah and I hung out at the house and cleaned and worked on some Psychology work. Or shall I say he watched me clean and made some more messes for me to clean up! As for the Psychology work, I managed to read another chapter and do the quiz. 

I just had to share this with y'all (yes I'm from Texas and I do say "y'all" alot!)

I must say they gave those poor people at the photo studio a hard time, but the pictures turned out amazing!

On another note Amber is having another giveaway! How cool is that? Pretty dang awesome if you ask me! I really enjoy reading her blog and I think that you would too. So go check it out. 

http://www.mythreebittles.com/

I won, YAY!!

I was so excited to hear that I won Amber's Day 1 giveaway! I really wanted to win this one too...

 I can't wait to get my soap, wax tart and lotion in.

If I were you I would definetly go visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/SensibleSundries?ref=pr_shop_more. She's got so many amazing things and all the different scents just sounds so wonderful. I will be doing some holiday shopping through her website!

On another note tomorrow is Nickelodeon's 8th annual Worldwide Day of Play. I think that it is amazing that they are shutting down both its TV programming and websites for three hours. What other TV program or website encourages kids to get out and play?? So looks like me and the kiddos will be spending most of the day outside enjoying the nice cooler weather.

Oh and did I mention I'm super happy that today is the first day of Autumn? Yup, this lady is so very great-full for that. This means nice, cooler weather and holiday time!

College mommas..

With less than two weeks before school starts I have an overwhelming feeling to get everything done! Since I took last semester off to have Jonah, I feel like I won't be able to handle classes with two kids and housework. I have to stop and tell myself, "You can do this, other moms do it all the time with less help than you and they have to work too!" But still I have that little voice in the back of my head that is telling me that I will fail. Well you know what I am bound and determined that I am not going to fail and I am going to be able to accomplish every single goal for myself this semester. I just want to give a big shout out to all the other college mommas who are juggling school, work, kids and housework, you ladies are truly amazing women and my motivation!

I've Joined the Blogging World...

I've finally made a blog, woo hoo go me! Guess that means I can finally scratch this off my bucket list! I think it's going to take me a while to figure out how this works, so for now I'll just start with the basics, that is if Jonah will let me put him down long enough to finish!