Wordless Wednesday - My First Time

I think my head is finally unfrazzling from everything I learned at my couponing class. This was from my first real try this week. I think I did pretty good! Pro couponers - what do you think? Could I have done anything different? (click to view larger)

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12 Years Ago

I was a very sick soon to be Mommy.

After weeks of bed rest and days in the hospital, it was go time. 7 weeks early but they had to get her out before I got any worse.

She opened her eyes for the first time when she heard my voice.

3 lbs, 10 oz. 15 1/2 inches long

I look at my hand now and can't remember when her little hand fit around my little pinky.

She had a temper like her Daddy.

But was also soon dubbed "Peanut" and our "Funny Girl".

Still just as goofy and even more beautiful.


Happy 12th Birthday Peanut! We love you!

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

What a crazy couple of weeks it's been.

My car did not flip out on me a couple weeks ago. I had gone to Wal-mart to pick a few things up and when I came back out to leave my car wouldn't start. We just got a new battery back in September but it seemed dead. No noise, nothing. Superman was actually out and about for work and wasn't too far away so he came to my rescue. While waiting for him, I did not start to think someone either put a bomb in my car or that it was possessed! I tried the key again, still nothing. I took the keys back out to wait for Superman and that's when it happened. My stereo did not spit a CD out, take it back in, then spit it out again. The radio didn't start playing and my clock said "ERR". Then there was not a ticking sound coming from the dashboard while I watched all the dials (what would you call them? The speedometer, RPM's, gas) start jumping up and down! I was not starting to freak out a little, remember, I took the keys out! Superman got there and I popped my hood for him. He wanted to try it first so he took my keys and got in. Wouldn't you know my stupid car did not start right up for him? Feeling really bad for wasting his time, he did not follow me home to make sure I made it with no more problems. And I haven't had any since.

Last week on my way home from yet another Wal-mart trip, I did not avoid a cop. There are 2 roads that turn into our addition. The one we use is by a dead end just because we live closer to that one. Sometimes a cop will sit in the dead end. Well, I came over a hill and saw him sitting there. I was not going approximately 50mph in a 35 and knew he'd notice if I slowed down suddenly. So I did not turn on the first road into the addition to get home instead of coming face to face with him and possibly get pulled over. I a very safe driver and would never do anything to get pulled over!

In other car/driving related news, we're not meeting my parents half way on Saturday to give them the kids for a whole week! I'm so not looking forward to some quiet time with Superman! And Superman is not taking next Monday off to spend a quiet day with me!

My sweet Peanut does not turn 12 years old tomorrow! Where does the time go?

Happy Not Me Monday!

Saturday Cell Phone Mosaic

Remember yesterday how I said our weekend would rock? Well, things have changed slightly.

Last night was awesome! We had a little family dance competition on Wii Just Dance. I won't brag about who the winner was but, ahem... ME! I was mortified when Superman tweeted a video of me and Peanut dancing last night but I'm over it. I'm trying to stop caring if other people think I look stupid and just have fun. So for your viewing pleasure... (remember, I said trying, so ignore the big butt)

Anyway, we danced until almost 10:30 last night and then decided to watch the movie 2012. It was 2:30am before the movie ended! But I fell asleep around 2:00 on the couch.

Needless to say we slept in this morning. The kids didn't know that we already had tickets to see Alice in Wonderland today so we were excited about that! The movie was at 2:05 and we were just going to have an early supper afterwards at Rainforest Cafe. That's what Peanut picked for her birthday meal. Not long into the movie, Princess said she had a headache. She took off her 3D glasses (sometimes they give her a headache) but I didn't realize she fell asleep. The movie itself was pretty good. There was some drama with seating. I had no idea opening weekend would be that crazy. A lady actually got snippy with Superman while Peanut and I were out getting drinks and even though he told her the seats were saved, she took one anyway. So the 5 of us were in 4 seats for the movie. Wouldn't it be funny if that lady was a blog reader? If so, Woman, you owe me and my sore left cheek $10.50 for our 5th seat. (Let it go, Ace... just let it go)

Anywho. At Opry Mills Mall the theater is at one end and Rainforest Cafe is all the way on the other side, so we started our long walk through tourists. By the way, if you ever come to Nashville leave the goofy cowboy hats at home. We don't really dress like that here.

So we stopped in the Sprint store real quick when Princess leaned up against me and started crying. She said her head hurt so bad but what I noticed was the heat radiating off her. We decided to run home before eating, get her some ibuprofen and let her rest for a bit. I was surprised when we got home to see almost 103 on the thermometer. She took some ibuprofen and fell right to sleep. It's so hard being a parent. Feeling bad for the kid that feels like she's dying and also feeling bad for the kid that wanted to celebrate their birthday early. But Superman and I had to be the "mean" parents and say we were staying home and that Princess probably couldn't go to her friends birthday party tomorrow. I know the other 2 were really looking forward to Rainforest Cafe, but it was actually Princess that gave Peanut the idea to go there in the first place. And it's not her fault she was feeling yucky. So we'll go to Rainforest Cafe for supper by Tuesday instead since that's Peanut's actual birthday.

So, here we are. Princess is awake now. Last time I checked her she was back down to 99.5. We had some problems getting Where the Wild Things Are downloaded last night (do you ever rent movies off iTunes? So much easier!) so we're going to watch that tonight and relax.

From March 6, 2010

What did you do today?

Healthy Friday

I honestly don't have much "healthy" talk today. I still haven't finished my last 4 workouts on EA Sports Active. It simply does not interest me. I even told Superman I thought about selling it on ebay whenever I finally finish it.

Our new Wii game Just Dance came though! We haven't done a ton of dancing yet. It takes a little bit to get the hang of, you know, when you're super uncoordinated and look like a fool dancing. But we've danced a few times and it's super fun and really gets your heart pumping!

This is the Chicken Fajita Salad Wrap from Betty Crocker.

What you need: Chipotle-Lime Dressing
1 cup ranch dressing
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon finely chopped chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7-oz can)
1 teaspoon grated lime peel

What you need: Wraps
3 cups chopped cold deli rotisserie chicken (from 2- to 2 1/2-lb chicken)
2 cups thinly sliced iceberg lettuce
1 cup frozen corn, cooked, cooled
1 small tomato, seeded, chopped (1/3 cup)
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (4 oz)
1 package (11 oz) Old El Paso® flour tortillas for burritos (8 tortillas; 8 inch)
Old El Paso® Thick 'n Chunky salsa, if desired
Sour cream, if desired

420 calories each! Wowzers. Seems like a lot to me. But it was filling.

And it was excellent! I can't wait to have it again. We didn't use any salsa or sour cream, we didn't need to. And we didn't do the corn and tomatoes either. Yuck, we don't like tomatoes and corn didn't seem to fit. It was perfect just the way it was! The kids liked it too! Actually, Little Dude requested no lettuce next time. Not sure why, it's not like you could taste it. And Princess was exempt from this meal. I made this last weekend and her tummy was still pretty weak. But we absolutely loved it!

This weekend is gonna rock, just so you know. Superman was at a convention last weekend so it feels like we haven't had a weekend for 2 weeks now. I know it's harder on him than us not getting any downtime, but seriously, the kids have me pulling my hair out. I don't know what's up with Little Dude lately because he just does.not.shut.up. I know that sounds really mean, but come on, 5 minutes of quiet would be nice. He talks non-stop lately and if it's not talking, it's some kind of noise. My house has just been really loud lately and I've been feeling the burn. But you know what? I get 1/2 hour more quiet each day starting Monday. The kids have to start making up their snow days next week by adding 1/2 hour to the end of each day. And spring break is the 12th - 19th! They are going to Indiana. Without us. Bliss.

Back to this weekend. Peanut's 12th birthday is Tuesday! I can't believe it! But we hate when birthdays fall on a weekday so we start celebrating early! We're not doing much tonight, just renting Where the Wild Things Are. Tomorrow we are going to see Alice in Wonderland and then having dinner at Rainforest Cafe (she has expensive taste)! Sunday may be my favorite day of the weekend. Wanna know why? Because Little Dude and Princess both got invited to birthday parties! 2 different parties, but get this. Same place, 4 hours long! The house will be quiet all afternoon!

Should be some fun pictures for Saturday Cell Phone Mosaic this weekend! Happy Friday!