Sunday, July 26, 2009
How adorable is this?
You could be a winner! And if you are the winner - look at the ADORABLE prize that will be yours, all yours!
Who doesn't love FREE stuff???
Who doesn't love free stuff?????
Check out all the goodies up for grabs at Fab K's site!!! This giveaway is going on ALL WEEK LONG and there are TWO GIVEAWAYS PER DAY!
What is better than that? Nothing I can think of!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Giveaway Time!
It's Giveaway time again!!!!! Head over to my craft blog and check it out! You can click on the picture above and it will take you there!
Thank You Thank You - we are FREE at last!
Look everybody! I got a new green car!
Wanna know why???
Well, see, I been working really, really hard.....
And I been going pee-pee on my big potty!
And it makes mom and dad happy and I get CHOCOLATE CANDIES....
Sweet Summertime!
I LOVE summertime! It is by far my favorite time of year! It's been awhile since you've gotten to see any pictures of my boy...so enjoy!
Here we are about to go swimming. Reese is definately ready to go!
We went to visit Reese's Nana and Jimbo in Midland. We had so much fun! They took us to a Rockhounds game! After the game was over, dad helped Reese run the bases on the field! He was so much smaller than everyone but had a huge grin on his face the whole time! He LOVED the game and we hope we can make it to another before the season is over!
They had "fire-works-crackers" at the game. It's a good thing we saw them there because the City of Abilene cancelled theirs at 8pm on the 4th without telling anyone. We sat in the back of our car with the rest of Abilene until 10 and finally gave up and went home!
The beautiful birthday flowers sent from my daddy! The make our whole house smell AMAZING!
Some crafts we've been doing every morning. My favorite are, of course, the "Tex - pause - as Tech" ones!
We got to spend the 2nd and 3rd in Waco at Garrett's family reunion on his mom's side. It was good to see everyone. Reese loved the baseball game, but couldn't quite understand why he didn't get to hit when he wanted or have someone throw the ball when he wanted. I guess when you are an only child you are used to getting it all right when you want....it was obvious he was frustrated with the "rules of the game"
While we were in Waco, we went to see the Baylor Bears. So cool that they have real live bears living on campus. Reese was very, very upset to leave!
Monday, July 13, 2009
And who are you, Mr. Moneybags???
So, part of our contract with our adoption of Reese was that for the first year, we would send letters and pictures every 2 months until he was a year old and then at a year old just once a year on his birthday. Well, February came and went and I never did it...
The reason being is I haven't printed out any pictures since his 1 year old birthday. When I had to send them every 2 months it really helped, but in a year and a half, I have racked up 1500 pictures JUST OF REESE. I was dreading ordering them because I knew the cost would be around $250 and who wants to spend that on pictures that aren't professional???
Well, so in my familiar "summer mode" of staying up till 3 - 4am I was playing around on the internet and I found an AMAZING coupon for Walgreens.
Basically, you order 25 pictures and get 25 free! Hello!!!!! When I have 1500 to order, that is going to be a HUGE savings!!!
So I set out to ordering. It took FOREVER...And then after 5 times, the coupon code stopped working. So, I called customer service and found out you can only use it 5 times. So what did I do? I emailed that photo album I had uploaded to Garrett's personal and work email, my school email, my craft email and then I made up one for Reese.
I would get on there and do the whole thing - 50 photos per order and then check out 5 different times - until I had finally ordered them all! It took close to 4 hours - not all in one sitting - but I got it done for just under $125.
If you get them shipped to your house, you save $0.07 per picture. They are $0.19 per picture if you have them shipped to the store.
Basically, if you have them shipped to your house, by the time you pay shipping, you get 50 pictures for $6.98. That's the cheapest I've found anywhere! And it sure made it so much easier to but 1500 pictures at once.
I learned my lesson - I'll be printing off more periodically - that will flat out break the bank!
I wanted to share my savings with you so you could take advantage if need be. This promo ends Saturday the 18th.
If you want to use it, just type in JULYPRINTS into the coupon code and then update your total and it will then show your discount!
Because, afterall, I'm not Mr. Moneybags, are you?
The reason being is I haven't printed out any pictures since his 1 year old birthday. When I had to send them every 2 months it really helped, but in a year and a half, I have racked up 1500 pictures JUST OF REESE. I was dreading ordering them because I knew the cost would be around $250 and who wants to spend that on pictures that aren't professional???
Well, so in my familiar "summer mode" of staying up till 3 - 4am I was playing around on the internet and I found an AMAZING coupon for Walgreens.
Basically, you order 25 pictures and get 25 free! Hello!!!!! When I have 1500 to order, that is going to be a HUGE savings!!!
So I set out to ordering. It took FOREVER...And then after 5 times, the coupon code stopped working. So, I called customer service and found out you can only use it 5 times. So what did I do? I emailed that photo album I had uploaded to Garrett's personal and work email, my school email, my craft email and then I made up one for Reese.
I would get on there and do the whole thing - 50 photos per order and then check out 5 different times - until I had finally ordered them all! It took close to 4 hours - not all in one sitting - but I got it done for just under $125.
If you get them shipped to your house, you save $0.07 per picture. They are $0.19 per picture if you have them shipped to the store.
Basically, if you have them shipped to your house, by the time you pay shipping, you get 50 pictures for $6.98. That's the cheapest I've found anywhere! And it sure made it so much easier to but 1500 pictures at once.
I learned my lesson - I'll be printing off more periodically - that will flat out break the bank!
I wanted to share my savings with you so you could take advantage if need be. This promo ends Saturday the 18th.
If you want to use it, just type in JULYPRINTS into the coupon code and then update your total and it will then show your discount!
Because, afterall, I'm not Mr. Moneybags, are you?
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Reesey To The Rescue....
Saturday afternoon, Garrett found me in my closet sitting on the floor sobbing. I had just gotten off the phone with my mom in which I layed out my desire for more children. I so want another child and I just needed to hear my mom say she loved me in one of my lowest of places. (You realize this could be a whole other post!)
Anyways, Garrett came in and sat with me and just let me cry. He held me and wiped the tears that have fallen so often lately. When around the corner comes a screaming Reese! He had woken up from his nap and wondered around the house to find us in the last place he looked.
In the closet is one of his Christmas gifts that Garrett told me we couldn't give him. He got a tool bench for Christmas and I went overboard and bought an additional tool kit to go with it. Garrett said he didn't need it that it would be more pieces to lose. So it has sat in the floor of our closet - and Reese has often bent down to see what it was.
And earlier in the day, before the "funk" we painted together. I was painting and he LOVES to paint, so I grabbed a wooden "R" and he painted it to match his room. When it dried, I hung it off of his doorknob with a big red raffia bow. He loves it!
Anyways, Garrett came in and sat with me and just let me cry. He held me and wiped the tears that have fallen so often lately. When around the corner comes a screaming Reese! He had woken up from his nap and wondered around the house to find us in the last place he looked.
In the closet is one of his Christmas gifts that Garrett told me we couldn't give him. He got a tool bench for Christmas and I went overboard and bought an additional tool kit to go with it. Garrett said he didn't need it that it would be more pieces to lose. So it has sat in the floor of our closet - and Reese has often bent down to see what it was.
I decided that to help get me out of my funk, I was going to give Reese his long overdue gift and he did not disappoint! He LOVED IT! He knew the names of all the new tools and couldn't wait to put them with all his other tools. After we opened the tools Reese looked up at me (I had stopped crying) and he said "Awww bedder momma!" What a precious boy....
Here he is in his new tool belt with his new drill. And you can tell that he has no shortage of toys in his room!
And earlier in the day, before the "funk" we painted together. I was painting and he LOVES to paint, so I grabbed a wooden "R" and he painted it to match his room. When it dried, I hung it off of his doorknob with a big red raffia bow. He loves it!
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