Dinner and a movie

Earlier this week, the dear hubby had made the comment that we are boring.  His justification behind that was the fact that both the boys have been gone this week and we have done nothing exciting. My response...speak for yourself!  This entire summer we have gone and spent, gone and spent (repeat multiple times again) and school is getting ready to start back in 3 days.  Enjoy doing nothing because honestly we don't know when the next time we are going to have nothing to do. Plus we just signed Cooper to play soccer and Carter is going to play flag football, all starting at the end of this month.  So again, enjoy the nothing for now because in a couple of weeks, we are all going to be running in different directions. I myself have been pretty productive considering the fact that I have cleaned out all bedrooms and gotten ready for a massive yardsale of the year.
Since we are approaching the last weekend until the boys return, the dear hubby and I have decided to make tonight a dinner and movie.  I am so looking forward to it.  I have been wanting to see Inception and go to DePalma's for a while.  And the fun doesn't end there, tomorrow night is girls night out for me and poker night for D.  Sunday, the cubs return back to the den...and momma bear is ready!

Publix trip 8/4/10

Spent $40.37 and saved $79.33, I am stocked and ready for school!!

1 cucumber
1 purple onion
1 low fat cottage cheese
1gallon of milk
2pkgs Lance crackers
4 boxes of Nabisco asstd snack packs
4 boxes of Betty Crocker fruit snacks
2 bottles of Juicy Juice
4 cans of Campbells soup
1 Jar of pickles
2pkgs of Nestle Tollhouse cookie dough
2 jars of Ragu spaghetti sauce
2boxes Ronzoni healthy pasta
2pkgs of Yoplait Trix yogurt
2 bottles of Wish Bone dressing
2 cans of Blue Diamond Almonds
1cnstr of Crystal Light Drink mix
1 bottle of Shout stain remover
2cans of Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner
1 frozen pizza (penny item)

Divide and Conquer

Just waiting for the yardsale

The guest bedroom after all the cleaning out

My new walk in pantry!

Really there is no divide because I have been the only one doing the conquering, but I am so proud of my productivity while the boys have been away.  Two other friends and myself have decided to clean out and have a yard sale in a couple of weeks.  Basically if it is baby or pregnancy related, it goes!  Because of this, I have been able to clean out the downstairs closets and tornado room.  Now if we do have a tornado, we have a place to go for safety.  I am also the proud owner of a new walk in pantry. We have always had a huge closet downstairs with shelves and it became a throw all.  Most of  the junk that was in there ended up in either the trash pile or the yard sale pile.  So I moved all my food stockpile there.  I love it and can spend hours in there. On the other hand, I hope we do not have any guests any time soon, as the guest bedroom as become the waiting room for the yardsale. You can walk into the doorway and that is about it.
Yesterday after work, I ran errands, came home and changed into work out clothes with a one hour yoga workout in mind.  But somehow I lost myself in the boys rooms, cleaning out closets, dressers, bookcases and under beds.  Never did do the workout, but was still proud of what I got accomplished. I have also decided that while the boys were away, we are going to eat grown up food.  I cooked a great meal, fried green tomato BLT's topped with avocados and a side of sweet potato fries.  This meal will be making another appearance tonight.

It was all about the effort

I had a wonderful birthday Saturday. Unlike my husband, I actually like birthdays. Any reason to eat cake. I woke up Saturday morning and went for a great 5 mile run, came home and started to clean the house. Deron and the boys helped by tackling the bathrooms. Since they make the mess in there, they should clean it. Then Deron took both boys to run "errands", leaving me with some alone time. Didn't really need it, but I still welcomed it. When they returned, the party began. They came bearing two pizzas, a carrot cake (my favorite) and 4 different types of cupcakes (another favorite). I was so excited, three of my most favorite food items. After we ate, the dear hubby and both boys gave me my gifts. In each 3 gift bags, there was a coupon for 5 hugs and kisses. I already cashed one from each. The dear hubby knew that I have been wanting a Garmin sports watch for the longest, and was actually going to buy it for myself this year. All week, I had sent some links of the actual watch to let him know which one it was and where to get the best buy. So when he gave me my gift, I was surprised that it wasn't the one I wanted. He ran downstairs and got the box and receipt only to find out that what he bought was just a heart rate monitor. But he went to such effort, buying it 2 weeks ago and even had it shipped to his school. It was no problem, we were able to exchange for the correct one, just waiting for it to arrive. Another surprise was my cake, my favorite cake is carrot cake and we get it every year. We watch the Cake Boss on TLC faithfully, we love it! So Deron decided that he was going to order my birthday cake from them and have them ship it to me from New Jersey. Unfortunately they do not ship, but I was just so thrilled that he even thought of that. That night for my birthday, we were joined by 3 other great couples for a dinner out and then a little on the town. Had a great time, but was ready to call it a night at 10:30. I guess I was starting to feel my age. The boys are the grandparents for a week, so much to do!!

Publix Shopping trip 7/28/10

Spent $86.02 and Saved $109.43. It was the most I have spent in awhile, but I am stocking up for school.
6 bxs of pop tarts
5 bxs of cereal
1 cs of juice boxes
4pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
1 bag of dog food
4 bags Totinos pizza rolls
2 Tonys pizza
4cans Old Orchard frozen juice
2 V8 Diet Splash
4 bottles of Soft Soap
1 Hunts ketchup
3 bxs of Carnation Instant Breakfast
1 2Liter of Coke Zero
2 Yoplait GoCurt
2bxs Betty Crocker Brownie mix
2 Box Cascadian Farms Granola Bars
2 Boxes Nature Valley Granola Bars
2 bgs of Shredded cheese
1 box Old El Paso Dinner kit
1 box Kraft Velvetta shells and cheese
1 can Del Monte diced tomatoes
1 can pinto beans
1 carton eggs
5lbs bananas

Just another sign.

This morning as I was getting ready for work, Carter came in and asked me to start buy him boxers. I asked why and he said that he was getting to old to be wearing the "tighty whites" under roos that he has and that many of the boys at summer camp wear boxers. I didn't want to laugh in his face, so I had to just do a mental laugh and agree that I would buy him some boxers. I just can't believe my baby is old enough to wear boxers, I still remember changing his diapers. Just another sign of him growing up.

Night and Day

Here lately I have really been noticing the differences between Carter and Cooper, they are such opposites. Carter, as we all know it, is the athlete of the family. If it includes a ball he will play it. Cooper on the other hand does not like anything that requires him to get hot and sweaty. If swimming is a sport then that is his niche. He has started to express interest in baseball and told daddy that he wanted him to coach. So we are going to sign him for tball in the spring. It will be after he turns 4, so I think he will be ready. Carter just finished baseball and is now asking to play flag football in the fall. C'mon, not only do I need a break, but my checkbook as well.
Cooper, we have begun to notice, is going to be more of our academic scholar (we hope). He can run laps around Carter when he was that age. The teachers at his school are always telling us that Cooper is the first one to remember the weekly Bible verse. And the stuff that he can remember, songs and lines from movies, just amazes us. Cooper is also very observant than Carter. While we were in Chattanooga, a young African American girl stepped on the elevator with us and Cooper looked up at her and said "you have a black face", thankfully she laughed and agreed. Once she got off, I told Cooper that there was nothing wrong with what he said, but that God made us all different. Later that evening, he was watching TV and called me into the room to change the channel because he was watching a "black show" and wanted cartoons. Carter has never mentioned anything about friends being black or white. We are on crossing boundaries with Cooper that we never even got close to with Carter. So our fingers are crossed for an athletic scholarship as well as an academic.