Brand Loyalty
I am a cheapskate. I love a bargain and for the most part, I will always place price above brand loyalty. However, I am a Charmin fan. Recently, I asked hubby to get toilet paper at the store and did not even stop to realize that he would not get Charmin. I am sure he checked prices (YEAH!!! This is a big plus!) and thought, holy moly, Angel Soft will be just fine. A 24-pack. Now I am not one to complain when someone else is willing to go to the store. Reading this will be the first time hubby has heard a word about it and that is only because the 24 pack is almost gone. ( Erik- I am still grateful you went and I will not complain even if that adorable little baby entices you to buy Angel Soft again.)

So today, as we strolled through the corner grocery picking up all the stuff Sam's did not have, my heart skipped a beat as I saw the sign announcing Charmin Ultra on sale for only $4.98. Charmin Ultra, I have missed you. And don't worry, you were going in the buggy sale or not.

So what brands are you loyal to? I can't wait to hear.

The yo-yo lives!

It is that day of the week that makes me cringe a little. I used to love Tuesdays, just because they weren't Monday anymore. www.talesfromthescales.net is the weigh in site.

I am up~+2. I knew I would be. You cannot make homemade bread, perfect a biscuit recipe, go to New China, make homemade french fries and still expect a weight loss. I am still down 5.5 overall so I will be happy and strive to do better.

Erik is off today so there will be much funning today. Have a great Tuesday!

Much Overflowethness...

I sit here typing and I must say, my cup runneth over. I just volunteered at (night-time) Bible School and it was fun. OK, not really fun in the typical sense. It wasn't all about me. It wasn't about me at all and for a moment or two through the night, I forgot about me completely. There was a special girl in my class. I suspect she has a slight case of down syndrome, but maybe not. She is soooo sweet. She sucked me right in with her big smiles, big voice and even bigger enthusiasm. I KNOW she had the most fun at Bible school because she came ready for it. (YES, there is a lesson there!) At some point in the night, we became friends. She climbed in my lap and said she loved me. And my cup ranneth overflowingly.

The night was topped off with goldfish, teasing my future Biology boys, seeing my favorite Darlings. Good times.

Now we are home and the kids did not follow me into the house. They are in the garage playing bikes with dad. Airing up tires and such. Bedtime is overdue and I ain't saying a word. Gonna go read now. I think my Land's End cotton dress is clean. ( :

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Sure sign of too much bloggin...

While having a conversation with a group in the REAL world, a discussion ensued about the 400 mile yard sale and it's over-rated-ness. I thought, I already wrote about this on my blog and started to tune out. Then I realized it isn't all about me and conversations are beneficial, social, relationship-building things. I promptly tuned back in and had lovely banter.

Methinks blogging is making me a little self-centered.

Blondes do have more fun?

I only have one blonde, the other two have lovely hair that is not blonde.

The fight du jour:

Lilly, screaming at the top of her lungs:

"Well she named the pond on her fairy thing a blonde pond and my fairy can't go in it because it is only for blond barbies and that isn't fair."

Time outs in your room everyone until Mom can stop laughing.

A blonde pond-I think that is where we are off to...at the country club. They do let brunettes in, just because it makes them look better.

Turn left!

If you get to the end of the road and there is a 400 mile yard sale to the right, heavily shopped and advertised, then I say turn left!! We did the 400 mile route yesterday and went to dud after dud after dud. Traffic was horrible and we were LATE afternoon shoppers (we started at 2PM). Today we went the opposite direction and every yard sale had a little sumpin' sumpin' that we could not live without.

We did spend alot but the list of things we acquired is alot too:
*2 ball gloves ($4 each)
*more clothes for my wardrobe($9.50-5 things)
*more clothes for the girls (no more, I mean it!!)($5-more than 10 things)
*complete comforter set ($5)
*pretty shelf for the wall($2)
*some more doll furniture (no more, I mean it!)($1.50-6 pieces)
*craft things (no more, I mean it!)($1)
*nice books (only 4)($1)
*fabric for my sewers(many yards $4)
*flip flops for Lilly(25 cents)
*4 cool plastic folders (40 cents)
*magnetic letters ($1) (similar to magnetic poetry only just letters not words)
*belt (50 cents)
*purse (10 cents)
*billfold(10 cents)
*much coveted playstation game(SSX Tricky) ($3)
*Disney princess pen, supergirl pen ($1)
*hair straightener curling iron-a very nice one ($1)
*Oscar de la Renta upopened gift set -perfume, powder,miniperfume ($2)
*complete fairy playset, with fairies ($3)

I usually only take $20-but decided with the abundance of sales and the fact that hubby is working double this weekend, I would step it up a notch.

I love yard sales.

Now we are going swimming at the country club with my sister. Shhh!! Don't tell them our cool speedo and old navy bathing suits come from yard sales.

Give us this day our daily bread...

I made bread yesterday. The beginner bread recipe from www.hillbillyhousewife.com . We also made old-fashioned snickerdoodles. Both were good. The bread needs some work as it is not sweet AT ALL. Next time I will use some honey or more sugar or something. Making bread is something I want to start doing. Store bought bread has so much stuff in it (preservatives)and wheat bread is almost $2 a loaf alot of places. I think it will serve as a good lesson for my kiddos too. I am not grinding my own flour yet, but I might. I fully realize this makes me officially over the edge a little, but I've been there a while anyway so it is OK.

No plans this morning yet other than taking supper to a family at church. We will be taking it at midday though to free up the rest of our evening. This way they can warm up whenever they wish to.

Worked in the garden last night and it is looking good. I found two japanese beetle though and that really concerns me. Those are bad boys!! They can mow a garden overnight. I will be looking into some prevention. Does it make you a hypocrite if you make bread to avoid chemical preservatives and then spray unwanted garden pests with chemicals?

Laundry is almost done. 4 more loads. 400 mile yard sale is in our future. ( :