Good Morning my bloggy family

today is a nice day. just sayin. I have the chance to go to work and make some money, the kids are happy, and i just have a good feeling about today, do you?

'Tis the Season to be Thrifty ...

But definatly not lacking in quality. Shutterfly.com has come up with some outstanding new designs for their photocards this year! There are so many different styles to choose from, and at a great great price. Check out these Amazing Wall Calenders that you can pick all the pictures for . what a Great gift for under $25. wow.

The design's for this years cards are fresh and unique with lots of space for sharing our little loved ones mugs with our friends and family. This picture here is my favorite of them all with the color combination and space to personalize in the corner. Click here to direct your

self right to the design page because i know you'll want to.

Another favorite of mine is the Option to make it into a folding card, so you can add a little holiday cheer along with a picture of the happy family. How cute is that one. And the best part of all? A percentage of your purchace is donated to the American Lung Association! How's that for holiday spirit?

It's Easy to sign up at Shutterfly.com. follow the simple steps and shop away!! :)

100th post!! yahoo!

in honor of my 100th post

i will tell you about my hundred dollarwish. man.. without coupons you can't get squat for 100 bucks!

with $100 we are going to attempt to do our whole xmas shopping.

its a challenge i put out for myself. considering we have like, 30 people to shop for... its a challenge.. but i Think i have come up with the perfect crafty idea. Details to follow.

p.s. if you are a blogger yourself, and you go shutterfly.com they have a special promotion for promoting them in your blog. it takes a few days for the info to be emailed to you. but you get 50 free folded xmas cards for doing it! go ! do! reap the benefits of free!

aaand a cute picture for good measure.

i'm thankful for

my life, my children, my amazing husband, my right to speak my mind, naps, my amazing supportive family parents and inlaws, my job, micky mouse club house and handy manny :) fall leaves, fresh air, peace and quiet, good music, ....and my list will continue during the month, with pictures included

a day at the races

so our good friends had free tickets to the races this past weekend. the boys absolutly loved it(just not the sitting down part) they dug the cool ear plugs, the cheering for the fast cars, the CRAAASH of the bang ups when the cars smashed into one and other. and Yes their heads turned in unison as the cars sped past. thanks Jess for the free tickets and the GREAT day

i am a debt warrior

i will attack fiercly and bravely, even if that does mean moving home with my dad to play catch up. these major bills have nothing on me! and it starts tomorrow, with this first paycheck. let them try and crush my hopes of never having a house. i WILL prevail. dammit.

Love Was Kind

not an argument between the two of us all day, we worked together, laughed together , got frustrated at the kids together. and at the end of the day still had patience with one and other and slept easy. well. i slept like a baby. he was kind, and re-primed the whole dining room while i drueled on the couch, and didnt wake me up to help him. what a happpy surprise when he moved me to my room. i was thrilled that it was done.

its a good feeling being happy and calm all day.

mission successful.

today's dare, Love is not selfish.

Love is Patient, Love is Kind

day 1

the boys we're particularly trying this morning as they realized i was departing for the baby shower, but he helped keep them busy and was patient with me while i ran around like a chicken with my head cut off.

later in the evening we had a disagreement over work ethic and financial aspects, but we resolved our spat, by going to bed angry. we talked it over in the morning and realized the lack of communication ( as i banged my head off the wall) and figured out what we needed to do.

ugh. who knew love and money can be so intertwined.


today the Dare is to be Kind to one and other.

The Love dare Day 0

So tomorrow, i start the Love dare. It's a program to make promises to yourself and your spouse to treat each other with love and respect. each day is a new dare that you carry out thru the forty days and beyond.

the first dare is Love is Patient.

This hits home, with a crazy household, raising two toddlers, and trying to make a barely there budget work. i can relate at how many times i have lost my temper with him, myself my kids, just life in general. It says that patience isn't just not snapping at whoever has crossed you, but a deep breath, a fresh start. its better if you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all(thanks bambi)

i tell you what, i know we have room to grow in our marriage, and we definatly have to be a team to survive my little monkeys(monsters) so, here we go.

i Dare myself to be Patient all day tomorrow not only with my husband but with myself as well.

isn't it amazing how songs attach themselves to memories? i've been going through old Cd's tonight and being blasted into the past.

i lost a friend today, to an overdose so they say. we weren't very very close recently, as she had moved out of state for a while, but she was over with her daugther the other day, i lent her money for groceries, so she could feed her lil girl. down on her luck. poor hunni. go figure things were looking up.

breaks my heart. but finding all this music from shows we used to attend together is bitter sweet

oh elliot how i love thee.

Zen and the art of....

getting your kids to sit still for more than an 1/8th of a meal

we've tryed extra snacks, sticker rewards, praising, pleading, distracting with toys, making their absolute favorite,

and my kids wont sit still for beans, which let me tell you, makes for fun outings, we've given up going anywhere for meals. which saves a bit of money, but darn it , sometimes i just don't wanna clean the mess up.

do any of you lovley bloggers out there have ANY ideas on how to keep the monkeys at the table. we've tried everything from time outs to early bed times, to extra special treats after if they do sit, the most they'll do is about 5 minutes. and then they wanna go go go go go.

hellllp

dearest bloggy blog. im sorry for losing you. but my twins keep me so busy i barely have time to put deodorant on . yea gross i know. your still one of my first loves, but i've been focusing on my husband, he tends to get a bit miffed when i prefer the virtual world to his company, Never fear, i am back. and will be checking in regularly. love and miss you. Me

summer time and the livings easy (well spring anyways)

You might find yourself starting to feel a little concerned about your financial picture today. You may be in a better position than you realize right now. But if you've recently made a number of sacrifices for the sake of others, now's the time to start paying a little more attention to your own financial situation.

JYou could really benefit from taking the time to look out for your own interests a little more at this time. If some financial developments end up causing you a bit of stress today, try to follow your own intuition rather than the advice of others.


huh. well okay then. its scary how accurate these are sometimes, lately ive been finding our budget tighter and tighter, and i know its time to make some changes, we are living WAY outside our means, but in this day and age what are ya gonna do?

i think our first step will be to not get tv for the summer, our neighbor moves out soon, and we share with him. so bye bye to that.
we planted our garden this past weekend, so tomatos here we come, cucumbers summer squash and peppers too!!!!

oh and coupons are now a must. yahoo for that.

food in my hometown that i love so dearly

oh buffalo home to many food pleasures. here are a few of my favorites that i have never seen topped anywhere but here.
ahh the beef on weck. buffalos favorite sandwich. yum.
Chickenfinger pizza. you can actually hear yourself get fatter as you eat it, but im okay with it. i've never had it better anywhere then in buffalo

aunt rosies logan berry for starters, can't find it outside of western NY its AMAZING and sweet and delicious mixed with mountain dew or sprite. yuuum.


do you have a hometown favorite?

when it rains

Today's the march of Dimes walk, and its pouring, oh well. we shall march on. we have beautiful pink shirts that were lovinginly decorated by Sadie's mom and Dad. and will be holding pink ballons and with that ill leave you with a song to suit my mood

hi mamas, im going on a temporary blogging hiatus, as im not sure how much longer we'll have internet. don't cry. i'll find a way, even if it means updating from the phone, but hey. we're broke, like. super broke. so. ta-ta for now

playdates and mommys night outs!

the last two months my kiddos have been very busy growing as people, and i have been very busy making new mommy friends! oh how life has changed since 3 years ago, when we were out every friday night and sleeping till noon on the weekends. but i gotta tell ya, i love it. i really really do. Taking Charge of the buffalo moms rock playgroup may have been the best thing i ever did for myself, i get out of the house more, actually get dressed before noon( most of the time) and the kids are happier, more social and talking more! even mike has a little more pep in his step. here are some pictures from the last month's festivities. including our friday nigth MNO where five of us packed into the back of a cop car :) yea it was a tight squeeze. think 3 mommas one preggo mom and a very nice boy. hahaha oh my stars. what a night it was. oh, and don't forget about the bull riding!!

okay time to find some more debauchery to get into for next month. update soon!

sleep..or the lack of..

hey im doing a friday follow blog hop courtesy of twinhappyjen.blogspot.com

Now im not talking about NOT sleeping, i'm talkin about all the traveling i seem to be doing while im sleeping. My dreams have NEVER been so freekin crazy busy. i wake up and feel as if i haven't had a moments rest. but i vividly remember my wild night of... whatever it was we wre up to. man. some of the shenannagins i get into in my dream world. fighting alien(thanks war of the worlds) or building underground tunnels( thanks whatever showtime movie That was. ha.) or heck. dreaming about storybooks coming to life, that was totally inkheart that i watched. i'm coming to the conclusion, that i must definatly not watch tv or read before bedtime. my brain cant take it. okay time for a catnap. hopefully i wont dream of blogging. ha

After all the Daytime Highschool drama that was sent my way today, i feel as if i may need some wine, and a cookie. definatly a cookie. with extra filling.

its not easy being Head Honcho of a Moms group, we have over 150 active members, and boy. some girls just wanna start shit. seroiusly, this isnt highschool, grow up. put on your big girl panties, and deal with it. its not all about who did what and who said what. if you can't place nice, scoot.

okay. back to my happy place, where there is cookies, oh, and wine. and a massage waiting. byeeee

march for me

so today we've been working on our ideas for the march of dimes walk. everything is slowly falling into place for my fried Dee. She needs a good support group more than ever as her Due date approches. My heart breaks for her and her husband. I got to see Sadie's small beautiful urn yesterday nestled on a shelf with all of her little memories, quite beautiful indeed. i felt special to have her share that with me.

the march of dimes helps raise funds to help keep babies born too soon alive. i think its beautiful that this non for profit exisits to help provide medical treatment and continue to update research, so come on guys. donate, even a buck, because it could be your baby too someday.

http://www.marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?pp=3245706&ct=4&w=4103172&u=fellfortomorrow&bt=11