Saturday, March 28, 2009

'One For the Money' will make you LOL

There is a series of these books about Stephanie Plum who is a bail bondsman for her cousin. The predicaments that Stephanie and her cohorts get into are sometimes just laugh outloud funny! This is a definite must read!!

Goodnight Moon brings me back to bedtime stories...

My oldest daughter used to love this book. It was a great story to read before bedtime because it would help her settle down for the night.

Wow! I continue to learn a ton about blogging and saving money! I'm still working to get the layout just the way I want it. Trying to learn how to link other websites and checking into advertising. It's sure time consuming, but I am really enjoying it.

I've been on spring break this week and have had lots of time to work on the computer. We didn't go any where this year. My husband had to chaperone a group of Student Council members along with the other sponsor to Chatanooga,TN for a leadership conference of some kind. He just got back from Florida and the senior class trip last Friday. Poor man, he just needs some time to rest! I guess that's the price you pay for being a teacher. The satisfaction of seeing the kids grow into responsible young adults makes it all worthwhile. Todd and I both teach, but in different school systems. He teaches high school Social Studies and I teach middle school Health and PE.

Our yongest daughter, Danielle, is a freshman in high school. She has her dad as a teacher this year. When I asked her what it was like to have him for a teacher, she said, "Mom, he sings and dances!" I'm not sure if she's embarassed for herself or for him. She and I went shopping yesterday. It was just her day. She picked where we went and what we ate. We ended up at Target and the mall. She chose to eat at Olive Garden, a place where she had never eaten before. We both thouroughly enjoyed the meal and we sure were stuffed! While we were there a family came and they were seated near us. I knew it was a big group coming in, because they were seating 11 people. I sure hadn't anticipated 9 children. They ranged from about 2 years old to maybe 12 or 13. I really admired the couple! The children were very well behaved and the older ones helped out the younger ones. There were children from different nationalities, but all had come together to form a family. It was quite touching. Move over Brady Bunch!

Our oldest daughter, Ashley, had spring break last week. It was nice to have her home. It seems that she has matured so much since she went away to college. She is majoring in ministry and minoring in psychology. So far she has done very well and we're very proud of her. I'd forgotten what the college students hours are like though. Up late at night and sleep late in the morning when you can. She is already very excited about next year. She was selected to be one of the Discipleship Coordinators for the freshmen on her floor. It will be alot of responsibility, but I think she'll be great at it!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

I've been almost obsessed lately with finding ways to save or earn money with the economy the way it's been. I've found a couple of the best websites for helping with this time consuming task.

The first site I found was www.couponmom.com by Stephanie Nelson. She has been on Oprah and several other shows. She has all kinds of tips on couponing. There is also a forum on there where people tell about their shopping experiences and some of the best and worst deals they have found. It is definitely worth checking it out!

Then I found www.moneysavingmethods.com by Carrie. This site is great for giving you information about blogging and making or saving money through affiliates, online offers, and completing surveys. I'm just starting out in these areas. I'll let you know how my first online deal went in a couple of months. Until then, I'll keep searching out ways to save...

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

This is my very first posting to my blog. Why am I doing this? Because I can! And, I just want to see what the possibilities are. Where I'll go from here, I don't know