Coupons!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a couponing mommy now. My hubby hates it. He thinks I buy things jut because I have a coupon for it, but I really do not do that. I may buy alot of one thing we will use but if we won't use it, I don't but it. I have been hosting coupon swap and coffee events at my house. It has been going well even though only two other mommies have showed up. We all get along very well and chit chat, sharing deals we have found. So again if I won't use the coupon I swap for one I will and we may have more than enough of one product. I haven't really built up a big stock pile, so really my hubby shouldn't gripe too much. Well that and I am saving him money, and we are super in need of extra money. I also have deccided to sign up for OCP (overseas coupon project). I have not recieved conformation from them that I am ok to send coupons. But now that I think about it, they may have said they don't have time to give conformation on every email. Well I guess if I don't hear from them shortly i will just start sending.

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More changes

My life has been full of nothing but changes the last 2 years. First I moved from California to Texas, got married and had another beautiful baby girl. Then a month after Kayli was born I lost my baby brother Travis, at the young age of 21. Shortly after that my middle brother moved out here and then travis' girlfriend Tiara moved to Oklahoma. It seemed after losing Travis that I had the other people in my life close by. But now Tiara is going to move back to California. I want nothing more than for her to move in with me and my family, but she is ready to go home. I do realize that trying to keep her close to me is just me being selfish, wanting to keep ties of Travis close. I wish Tiara nothing but the best in life and hope that one day she will realize she can love again.

Really?

Ok I have been so bad lately, no blogs in forever. I have been super busy with the kids, house cleaning, baseball and visiting friends and family. I went to a family bbq/baby shower for my half sister this weekend. It took 29 years for me to find out about her, yes as you can tell my father and I didn't really have a relationship. It is really crazy to me that I now have a sister because my entire life I was the only girl, raised with 3 brothers. On top of trying to get to know her, some of my family that I hadn't seen in 18 years were there. Tlak about a bit awkward! So anyway my life is crazy.

Blah!

  I had a really good day yesterday. I got to go shopping and didn't do much house work. But today seems to be a gloomy day. I'm not sure if it's just me or if it is me missing my baby brother. These days hit me all of the sudden with no warning. I guess I need to try to do something that will cheer me up.
  My children's school is having a book fair this week so I think I will go up there and get them a couple of books today. I told them they could only have one or two books and they got upset because our neighbor got three. I have been trying to teach them that they are different than everyone else and they don't get to do things just because someone else can. I guess that is hard to understand for a five and eight year old.
  on my journey to myself I have been painting a little. I would like to have one day a week to sit down with no distractions and paint whatever comes to mind. Maybe that is something I will talk to my husband about. I need a few ideas of what to paint though, so I guess I better start thinking of what I would like to do!

Thursday Five!

Thursday Five

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Outstanding

Proud

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1. Man this coffee is outstanding!

2. I am super Proud of my younger brother. He has not always made the right desicions but he is starting to turn a new leaf!

3. All I have to do is turn on some music and I am energized and ready to clean my house!

4. The Spring weather has been splendid. It has been just warm enough inthe day time but still cool at night.

5. My hubby is so wonderful. He lets me go shopping when i want.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am back. I took a couple of weeks off. I have had so much to do and tried to capture pics, but I never got all 5 for the week.

1. camera phone 

This is my youngest baby girl. She decided to sit on the basket at the back of a shopping cart. I know there are some bad things in the cart but I thought it was so cute, so I grabbed my phone!

 2. camera

These are my older 2 baby girl's cameras.

3. shoes

We went to visit my dad this week and his shoes were better than mine.

4. chair

The last remaining chair my girls have not managed to break.

5.imperfection

It was so hard to get this color to go on perfect. About 2 weeks later, imperfect.

Thursday Five

Thursday Five

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1. This cali girl misses the peaceful visits to the beach, now that I live in Texas.

 

2. Anyone that knows me should feel loved, because I go out of my way for anyone that needs it.

 

3. When I hear my three beautiful daughters laugh, I am reminded that life is awesome.

 

4. Lucky is being a woman.

 

5. It is a smart to let your loved ones know just how much you love them each and every day.

 

 

This is my first week to follow but I truely enjoyed participating.