Last week we went to our first free movie of the summer. Talk about "cheap" summer fun!!!! The kdis and I went to see Curious George. I think we actually took the kids to see it when it first came out in theaters for a special treat. It is even better FREE :D.
Remember to check out your local Regal to see if they have free kids movies at 10 AM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays!
I hear that some AMCs are also doing $1 kids movies on Wednesdays. So if you can't get one free maybe you can get them cheap!!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Mushrooms
I do not like mushrroms by themselves. In salads, sure, and most of all fried!!! Use to be the only mushroom I would eat is a white button. Use to be the most mushrooms Davide would eat....NONE!!!
Then we discovered Crimini or Baby Bellas. THEY ARE SO GOOD!!! We have gone from having mushrooms 3-4 times a year to 6 times in the last week alone. I totally recommend them.
I made a yummy mushroom soup and chicken with them last week, fried with onions for steak, Dave put some in "gourmet" mac and cheese, and this morning I fried them up and put them in scrambled eggs. It still amazes em what a yummy flavor they add. I will never go back to white buttons.
I highly suggest that if you live near a mushroom farm, you take advantage of their retail and try them out. We got 3# for $6!!!!!! It was a great deal, helped our local farm, and added some nutrition to our meals. You DO know they are really good for you, right?
Oh, and Kieran LOVES them plain. He would eat them like candy if I let him. I am not quite there yet.(For those who don't know, he is almsot 4 years old)
Then we discovered Crimini or Baby Bellas. THEY ARE SO GOOD!!! We have gone from having mushrooms 3-4 times a year to 6 times in the last week alone. I totally recommend them.
I made a yummy mushroom soup and chicken with them last week, fried with onions for steak, Dave put some in "gourmet" mac and cheese, and this morning I fried them up and put them in scrambled eggs. It still amazes em what a yummy flavor they add. I will never go back to white buttons.
I highly suggest that if you live near a mushroom farm, you take advantage of their retail and try them out. We got 3# for $6!!!!!! It was a great deal, helped our local farm, and added some nutrition to our meals. You DO know they are really good for you, right?
Oh, and Kieran LOVES them plain. He would eat them like candy if I let him. I am not quite there yet.(For those who don't know, he is almsot 4 years old)
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Rabbits
We have been invaded by rabbits...wild rabbits AND domestic rabbits.
Apparently the Latin American men "across the way" love rabbits......as pets. They have BEAUTIFUL rabbits...BIG rabbits......UNCAGED rabbits. My kids love them even though they can't touch them. I love them...just not in my yard. Each morning there is another one out there. I am pretty sure that mommy and daddy rabbit love each other waaaaaaaaayy-too-much because those rabbits are MULTIPLYING FAST!!!
I am not sure my poor little row of lettuce(7-8 plants) stand a chance. They are about 4 inches tall and I think the rabbits are gonna catch that beautiful scent of lettuce soon and my lettuce will go bye-bye.
Let me tell you, when that day comes.......
.....I WILL HATE RABBITS.
Apparently the Latin American men "across the way" love rabbits......as pets. They have BEAUTIFUL rabbits...BIG rabbits......UNCAGED rabbits. My kids love them even though they can't touch them. I love them...just not in my yard. Each morning there is another one out there. I am pretty sure that mommy and daddy rabbit love each other waaaaaaaaayy-too-much because those rabbits are MULTIPLYING FAST!!!
I am not sure my poor little row of lettuce(7-8 plants) stand a chance. They are about 4 inches tall and I think the rabbits are gonna catch that beautiful scent of lettuce soon and my lettuce will go bye-bye.
Let me tell you, when that day comes.......
.....I WILL HATE RABBITS.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Time
You know, a minute seems so small. Just 60 seconds, no big deal. An hour and a half just went by and I didn't accomplish much. I can't believe it went that fast!!! But then, the day goes SO SLOW. I feel like I just wait out the day for Dave to get home and it goes on Foreeever!!!
It makes no sense to me. If 1.5 hours goes so fast why does the day go so slow???
Take it up a notch. The day goes so slow BUT my kids are getting big so fast, and the year is almost half way done already!!! I just don't get this at all. I mean, Eann is SIX already!! Kieran is anxiously awaiting FOUR, and Rohanna is 18 months. I told her she was suppose to stay little longer but she laughed(for real).
When I am old, what will happen? Will I look back at time and wonder where did it go? Will I wonder what I did with all that time I had? I hope not. I hope that those slow days make memories for someday when I look back on how fast it all went.
Soooo, what memory are we going to make on this slow day??
It makes no sense to me. If 1.5 hours goes so fast why does the day go so slow???
Take it up a notch. The day goes so slow BUT my kids are getting big so fast, and the year is almost half way done already!!! I just don't get this at all. I mean, Eann is SIX already!! Kieran is anxiously awaiting FOUR, and Rohanna is 18 months. I told her she was suppose to stay little longer but she laughed(for real).
When I am old, what will happen? Will I look back at time and wonder where did it go? Will I wonder what I did with all that time I had? I hope not. I hope that those slow days make memories for someday when I look back on how fast it all went.
Soooo, what memory are we going to make on this slow day??
Monday, June 8, 2009
Free Mustard!!!
LOL!! I am SO stocked on mustard....Superfresh(southeastern PA, NJ, Delware) are tripling coupons this week. With several .75 coupons for French's mustard, and the fact that somehow those lovely coupons gave OVERAGE on the triple, I not only received them free but the money went toward my other purchases. SWEET!!! I have Yellow, mustard, spicey brown, AND honey mustard......"only" 5 bottles altogether.
My Superfresh bill?? $96.20(before sales)
$73.00(after sales)
$20.84(after triple coupons)
And I received $3.00 off my next trip.
WOOHOO!!!!
My Superfresh bill?? $96.20(before sales)
$73.00(after sales)
$20.84(after triple coupons)
And I received $3.00 off my next trip.
WOOHOO!!!!
AMAZING Giveaway
My friend Cara is celebrating ONE YEAR of being in business. CONGRATS Cara and Bubble and Bows Boutique.She is holding the BEST giveaway EVER. For rules, details, and a peek at her awesome products, follow this link.
http://bubblesandbowsboutique.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-anniversary-giveaway.html
GL…although I really hope I win. My wishlist is all ready!!
http://bubblesandbowsboutique.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-anniversary-giveaway.html
GL…although I really hope I win. My wishlist is all ready!!
Monday, January 12, 2009
A Simple Mouse
So, we all have mice at one time or another.....right?
Well, I thought I was lucky. First 9 months living here-NO MICE!!!! Woohoo!!!
Then, we got the mouse from you-know-where. This mouse.....
Peanut butter, cheese, bird seed, chocolate(I mean, I like chocolate a mouse MUST, right??) oh, and some older gentleman said roast beef works like charm-worth a shot, right???
Night 1. Awaken to rustling noises in our bedroom. A mouse most obviously. He went from a box in our room to the laundry pile, back and forth, back and forth. I could hear the claws on the carpet. No, we did NOT get any sleep. so, considering I am so nice, and didn't want to KILL the thing just get it out of my house, we bought one of those little cube thingies the mouse goes in and then you can take him umpteen miles away....just to make SURE he doesn't find his way back, you know?
Didn't work. How could it NOT??? Two sleepless nights later, run to Kmart and get these little round traps. The mouse goes in, something happens, and no more mouse. No blood and guts, no gruesome sight. Wonderful-it is a two pack. We strategically place them in the mouse's path. Didn't work.
NO SLEEP FOR 1.5 WEEKS!!!!!!
So we got the sticky glue traps. Wonderful, right?? I am that horrific person who makes that poor little mouse suffer. Three nights, it didn't work. The next night we awaken to this horrific sound of metal being slammed. We didn't know what to think until the next morning when we thought must be the mouse got caught and flipped over the trap on himself. Well, think again. Much too short a story. He had somehow gotten a metal hose washer stuck to it and FLIPPED IT OVER!!! Oh, and he chewed his way off the thing-1/4 of it was shredded on the floor with mouse poop all around. Maybe we scared him off??? LOL!!
So we got smart and got the regular traps, after all, everyone says they always work, why not just stick to what has always worked.....oh, and have you tried peanut butter??(If I EVER hear someone ask me that again...well, maybe they can have some peanut butter:) ) We stuck it right in front of the hole he chewed in the wall. Next morning the trap was over a foot away!!!!! Still set. Next night, another glue trap right in front of the hole, anchored down with some of our prior trapping methods. the darn thing shoved IT half way across the floor behind the washer.
We are well into week 4 AT LEAST . I can't take this!! We have discovered FOUR holes in walls..how many more are behind big items??
We have resorted to the item I hate-POISON!! Please don't tell me how horrific I am. I hate the stuff but you know what? I also hate that this mouse is potentially bringing diseases into my house and keeping me awake more then a newborn would.
Day 1, none gone.
Day 2 a little gone.
Day 4(or night) Dave hears a noise. Peers behind washing machine, and a little nose is poked out of the hole, attempting to pull the empty poison box into his hole-little too small. Dave comes back to bed.
Fast forward.....this hideous sound of claws on the floor and bumping around wakes us up. Dave opens the door, screeches a very manly screech :), and slams the door shut.
Tells me there are TWO fighting on the floor. Lovely, just lovely, all I need is my little boys walking out in the middle of 2 poisoned mice fighting-sounds dangerous to me. We are talking and I ask him just how big ARE these mice.
He says: oh, you know, big.
Me: HOW BIG????
Him: What do you consider big?
Me: HOW BIG????!!!!
Him:You don't want to know.
Me: Davide, you better tell me how big those things are!!!! Are they rats??
Him: I don't know. How big are rats?
Me: Were they this big? (Holding hands apart about a foot)
Him: No, not that big.
Me: Were their bodies THIS big??? (holding hands apart about 6-8 inches)
Him: yeah, about.
MY GOSH, I HAVE RATS IN MY HOUSE!!!! If you know what this past year has been like then you know I apparently live in a Halloween House. What next??? I don't feel safe and my stomach feels like crap. I want out and I want out NOW!!!!
So, tonight, we are setting rat traps with poison on the other side. One way or another they will be gone. If they aren't dead tonight I will not be here tomorrow. I will not live this way. This morning Dave and I were ready to pack our house and put it in storage until we can move lol. Yeah, it is that bad.
Now, give me a minute while I try to get the heater working AGAIN.......
Well, I thought I was lucky. First 9 months living here-NO MICE!!!! Woohoo!!!
Then, we got the mouse from you-know-where. This mouse.....
Peanut butter, cheese, bird seed, chocolate(I mean, I like chocolate a mouse MUST, right??) oh, and some older gentleman said roast beef works like charm-worth a shot, right???
Night 1. Awaken to rustling noises in our bedroom. A mouse most obviously. He went from a box in our room to the laundry pile, back and forth, back and forth. I could hear the claws on the carpet. No, we did NOT get any sleep. so, considering I am so nice, and didn't want to KILL the thing just get it out of my house, we bought one of those little cube thingies the mouse goes in and then you can take him umpteen miles away....just to make SURE he doesn't find his way back, you know?
Didn't work. How could it NOT??? Two sleepless nights later, run to Kmart and get these little round traps. The mouse goes in, something happens, and no more mouse. No blood and guts, no gruesome sight. Wonderful-it is a two pack. We strategically place them in the mouse's path. Didn't work.
NO SLEEP FOR 1.5 WEEKS!!!!!!
So we got the sticky glue traps. Wonderful, right?? I am that horrific person who makes that poor little mouse suffer. Three nights, it didn't work. The next night we awaken to this horrific sound of metal being slammed. We didn't know what to think until the next morning when we thought must be the mouse got caught and flipped over the trap on himself. Well, think again. Much too short a story. He had somehow gotten a metal hose washer stuck to it and FLIPPED IT OVER!!! Oh, and he chewed his way off the thing-1/4 of it was shredded on the floor with mouse poop all around. Maybe we scared him off??? LOL!!
So we got smart and got the regular traps, after all, everyone says they always work, why not just stick to what has always worked.....oh, and have you tried peanut butter??(If I EVER hear someone ask me that again...well, maybe they can have some peanut butter:) ) We stuck it right in front of the hole he chewed in the wall. Next morning the trap was over a foot away!!!!! Still set. Next night, another glue trap right in front of the hole, anchored down with some of our prior trapping methods. the darn thing shoved IT half way across the floor behind the washer.
We are well into week 4 AT LEAST . I can't take this!! We have discovered FOUR holes in walls..how many more are behind big items??
We have resorted to the item I hate-POISON!! Please don't tell me how horrific I am. I hate the stuff but you know what? I also hate that this mouse is potentially bringing diseases into my house and keeping me awake more then a newborn would.
Day 1, none gone.
Day 2 a little gone.
Day 4(or night) Dave hears a noise. Peers behind washing machine, and a little nose is poked out of the hole, attempting to pull the empty poison box into his hole-little too small. Dave comes back to bed.
Fast forward.....this hideous sound of claws on the floor and bumping around wakes us up. Dave opens the door, screeches a very manly screech :), and slams the door shut.
Tells me there are TWO fighting on the floor. Lovely, just lovely, all I need is my little boys walking out in the middle of 2 poisoned mice fighting-sounds dangerous to me. We are talking and I ask him just how big ARE these mice.
He says: oh, you know, big.
Me: HOW BIG????
Him: What do you consider big?
Me: HOW BIG????!!!!
Him:You don't want to know.
Me: Davide, you better tell me how big those things are!!!! Are they rats??
Him: I don't know. How big are rats?
Me: Were they this big? (Holding hands apart about a foot)
Him: No, not that big.
Me: Were their bodies THIS big??? (holding hands apart about 6-8 inches)
Him: yeah, about.
MY GOSH, I HAVE RATS IN MY HOUSE!!!! If you know what this past year has been like then you know I apparently live in a Halloween House. What next??? I don't feel safe and my stomach feels like crap. I want out and I want out NOW!!!!
So, tonight, we are setting rat traps with poison on the other side. One way or another they will be gone. If they aren't dead tonight I will not be here tomorrow. I will not live this way. This morning Dave and I were ready to pack our house and put it in storage until we can move lol. Yeah, it is that bad.
Now, give me a minute while I try to get the heater working AGAIN.......
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