A while back I talked about watching a video from Mark Gungor and his series Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage. They finally have a video clip on YouTube.
Archives for January 2008
Finding the I in iPod
Not sure why I’m doing so many memes lately but this one is taken from Shalee’s Diner
“In this one, you use your iPod to generate random answers to questions. It’s kind of like Mad Libs meets the Magic 8 Ball.”
Here are the instructions:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
4. NO CHEATING.
I had quite boring titles but I bolded some of the more amusing ones.
Q: What does next year have in store for you?
A: Low (considering it so far, i’m guessing that means low on money)
Q: What does your love life look like next year?
A: Fringes
Q: What do you say when life gets hard?
A: Wake up call (yes, wake me up when it’s over)
Q: Song that reminds you of good times?
A: 1000 miles
Q: What do you think when you get up in the morning?
A: ready to find love
Q: What song will you dance to at your wedding?
A: apologize
Q: Song that reminds you of your first kiss?
A: the love song (if only this were true)
Q: Your favorite saying?
A: wait for you
Q: Favorite place?
A: one more day (i do enjoy one more day)
Q: Most Missed Memory?
A: a day without rain (opposite right now..i miss a day WITH rain)
Q: What song describes your best friend?
A: you and i (pretty much. me and you, you and i, we’re best friends)
Q: What song describes your ex?
A: something inside
Q: Where would you go on a first date?
A: because of you
Q: Drug of choice?
A: wishing you well
Q: What song describes yourself?
A: arise
Q: What is the thing you like doing most?
A: never ending journey (someone must have read my post about potty training)
Q: The song that best describes the president?
A: do you know? (LOL)
Q: Where will you be in 10 years?
A: in love with you forever
Q: Your love life right now?
A: imagine that
Q: What is your state of mind like at the moment?
A: 2 man show (is someone trying to say i have a split personality?)
Q: How will you die?
A: namesake (should i be watching emma and lexi with those plastic knives more carefully??)
Fun Day
Anne has asked us to post specific ways we like to have fun. I know it’s supposed to be for Mondays, but I’m a little behind.
Coloring is one of the few things my kids do that I thoroughly enjoy as well. But to “kick it up a notch”, why not make up really funny titles for the pictures you color? Let me give you a few examples. Here are all the pages I colored last night. Clockwise starting at the top left:
- Whale crowd surfing demonstration
- Cheese!
- If you only knew what I just stepped in
- I know I’m smiling but this really hurts
- Giraffe necking
- Crayon Bus (credit to Scott)
I know it’s not Monday, but if you come up with one of these, post an alternate title in the comments and visit Anne for more ways to brighten your day.
This is how they fell asleep last night
Potty Training is a Magic Trick – Warning lots of potty talk
Yes, I’m beginning to believe potty training is a magic trick, an illusion of the mind where it appears to work for everyone else and yet when I try said illusioin at my house, it is nothing but a failure, full of dirty panties, wet beds, too many wipes, stressed kids and a disappointed and almost angry mother.
Potty training went so well a few months ago. Emma finally had given up going #2 and was completely trained while Lexi quickly caught on to peeing in the potty yet found that pooping in the same place was unacceptable and continued to do so in her panties. Fine. I could clean panties if that’s the only thing I had to do.
But now, Emma has wet the bed two nights in the past week and has suddenly went #2 in her panties again. I know it was partly my fault for getting lax on her um, laxative but still. If the girl has to go, she’s old enough to make it to the potty.
So between cleaning Lexi’s panties and Emma’s several times a day and then Emma wetting the bed last night again at 2:30 and causing me to sleep on the couch for most of the night because they were all sent to my bed with Scott, I’m not a happy camper about this whole potty training thing.
Oh, Sandra Oh, What IS That?
I don’t mean to be judgmental but really what did that bow ever do to you?
CVS Deals Week of 1/27
Alright, with all the store coupons out this week, I did well for myself.
2 Garnier shampoos
2 Monster drinks
2 Robitussins
2 Advils
Arm and Hammer toothpaste
StayFree pads
Gillette Razor
KY Intrigue
Crest Whitestrips
2 V-day cards for the kids
Gallon of milk
Used 1 of each…15/75, 10/50, 5/30, 4/20, 3/15, 2/10 CVS Coupons
Used coupons for Garnier, Robitussins, Advil, toothpaste, StayFree, Gillette, KY, Crest
Used $29.95 in ECBs
Now what I paid is sort of questionable. When I was there yesterday, the cashier was VERY suspicious of every. single. coupon I used. She read every one because she was scared she was going to get in trouble. When I try to use the $off ones, she told me I could only use one. A shift supervisor heard her and came rushing over and said no, it was fine. They argued back and forth and the supervisor put them in for her. So that made me feel better that it is acceptable because I know people have been questioning it.
But then I kept giving her coupons and once it got to 10 coupons, she said you have gotten to your limit. I was like limit? I’ve only used one coupon per item. We went back and forth and got the supervisor over there but they said they couldn’t do anything about it. So I called it a day and checked out with $19.86 oop and 7 unused manufacturer coupons.
I called a different CVS today and told them I had coupons I didn’t use and they said come in and we’ll take care of it. The manager apparently had told the front cashier because she said she was expecting me. I took in all the merchandise, my receipt and the coupons but she said they were just going to ring up the coupons and give me cash. I got about $14 in cash back.
I also asked her about the coupon limit since I don’t usually do deals that are so big and she said if they scan the coupons in, it does randomly give her a limit but they are able to override it and to come see her. Needless to say, when I have a complicated transaction, I’ll be visiting that CVS.
All that to say my total oop for all that would have been about $5. My savings were somewhere around $115. I now have $51.29 in ECBs.
To get all the details on the coupons, go to moneysavingmom.com
Wanna Be a Rockstar
I saw this meme over here and seeing my (lack of) luck with the band lately, I thought it was kind of funny the title that came up.
Want to be a rockstar, too? Follow these steps:
1. Click this link. The first title on this page is the name of your band.
2. Now click this link. The last four words of the very last quote is the name of your album. If it doesn’t work at all, click the "New Random Quotations" button for more.
3. And finally, click this link. The third picture on this page will be your album cover. Add your band name and album title, and you’re done! (Please remember to give credit for the original picture.)
Consider yourself tagged if you want to play along.