Mystery Reader

Today I went to Justin's school and volunteered to be a mystery reader. Justin had no idea that I was coming. It was to read to his class, but man, they were full of questions. After every page, I had a least 3 hands shoot up every time! All the kids seemed to love the story even if it was nonfiction. Just glad that it went well, and I told Mrs. Pickens, that I would gladly do it again.

Feeling Busy Again

It has been at least a couple weeks, so I will try to catch up with everyone. Lets see, where to begin......

Emilie started school the first week of September. There was a big mix up with her class, but she ended up in the right class this time. There are 12 children in her class and she says they are all her friends, although she misses Alana and Ashley. She really likes her teacher and is already learning tons of stuff. She can write her name legibly and count to 100 with a little help.

We just got Emilie's pictures taken last Monday at Wal Mart. At the price I had to pay, we probably will not go back. They said there picture CD's went up to $139. Literally, my jaw dropped. Luckily I had a coupon and paid $102 for the CD and the package deal. Here is the one that we ordered. The pictures at least were really good! I will try to put the rest on a slide show.

Justin says he really likes his teacher this year, they seem to mesh real well. At meet the teacher night I let her know that I had plans to fill out the GT papers to have Justin tested. She remembered and gave me the new papers a week ago. She also followed up with a phone call to make sure that I got them. I turned them in today. I also signed up to be a mystery reader for Justin's class this year and I will get to read to them on Thursday. I am excited and a little nervous.

This last weekend Jalynn and I hosted a BBQ in our front yards. Aaron did all the grilling, thank you hon you were a great help! Everyone that came brought a little side dish. Total for people I think was 23 people. We even got to see Randy & Diana, thanks for coming, it was a great time! There were a ton of little kids running around from 2 yrs old to 3rd grade. It was great, we will definitly do that again.

I think that is about it. I would love to hear from any and all, you can leave a comment after every post that I write, have a great day all!

Saving Money

Everyone likes to save money, so I have investigated some websites to use. Also a story about a family that was asked to spend only $100/week on groceries, when usually there grocery bill is a lot more. I have only printed coupons one time, I just thought it was a hassel, but in the wake of trying to pay off some bills, ya just have to, to save more. Right now, including eating out and extra stuff, our grocery bill is around $50-$70/week, but that also includes cleaning items, and stuff like toiletries.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/CanAFamilyEatOn100AWeek.aspx

www.coupons.com
www.coolsavings.com
www.couponmom.com
pchcoupons.com

Also if you go time free coupons in a search engine, you can come up with a lot more.

New School Year

Now that I have free time, I have been getting to all the things that I did not get to during the summer. We went to meet the teacher night a week ago, it was a mad house as usual. Weird that they had us fill out the paper work there and did not send it home, so we were there longer than expected. I think now it is a family tradition to take the kids to school on the first day. Anyway, we got there the first day and we had to walk about 1/2 mile, because every other person had the same thought! LOL Well, we got a picture with Justin and his teacher Mrs. Pickens. then got an after shot after he got off the bus in the afternoon. He says so far school is fine.

Breaking Dawn

I went to bed at 1:30 am this morning, anyone have a guess??? I did not buy the book, but my neighbor bought and lent it to me. I thought the book was great, but definitly not what I expected. Just want to let anyone know out there, that this is a really good series of vampire books, it is not your ordinary vampire.