Daily Challenge~ Catch Up Day

Can you believe tomorrow is the beginning of MAY?!?!!? I sure can't. It is hard to believe that Winter/Spring will soon be in the past and summer is approaching so fast.

If you are like me and have lost track of time as it seems to be flying by than you will like today's challenge. Today is all about catching up. Are there Spring Challenges you were just to busy to do? Is your budget ready for the upcoming month? How about your May calender is it updated? Are your April goals accomplished or May goals started? We all know that there are just times when there are not enough hours in a day so we must choose what things get left undone. Use today to catch up and get a fresh start tomorrow as May begins:)

Sunday Coupon Preview

Wow, if you plan to get the paper this weekend you may have thought you hit the jackpot. We are scheduled to get 4 yes 4 inserts this weekend. We are to get a Smart Source, Red Plum, P & G, and a Pepsi Co insert. I personally am very excited to get my paper tomorrow morning. Please remember if you live in an area where the Red Plum is delivered in your midweek paper you will not receive it in your Sunday paper. Happy Clipping:)!

Daily Challenge~ Family

Well as many of you know my husband and I have taken on a huge task over the past year. In January 2011 we had our second little blessing and while babies are amazing and wonderful they are also alot of work(if you are a mommy I'm sure you can relate). While  adjusting to the changes in May 2011 we decided to rip off the roof of our ranch style home and make it a 2 story home. This has been very exciting, but coupled with the new baby a boat load of work. We have chosen to do much of the work ourselves and while that saves us money it steals our time away.

Around Christmas time my wonderful husband and I discussed how we need to cherish the moments we have with our little ones because before we know it they will be grown and gone. So as we set back then we decided to take 1 day a month and do something special with our girls and today is that day. I was talking yesterday an realized we haven't stuck to our goal for April and it is nearly over. Do you have so many things on your plate that sometimes you forget to step back and enjoy the time you've been given with the ones you love? Take some time today and do something special with someone you care about. Go visit your grandmother in the nursing home, have a movie date on the couch with your hubby after the kids go to bed, or  take your kids for ice cream tonight after your home cooked meal. Do something special with those you love this weekend.

Daily Challenge~ Love Letter

I want to start this by saying if you have a hard time with death please be aware it is mentioned here though not graphic.

Over the course of the past roughly 2 months we have lost 6 friends, neighbors, and family members. Though none of these are from our immediate family I believe death of those you know touches you. Each person deals with it a different way for me it usually makes me pause and reexamine my everyday living. It is so easy to get caught up in doing your everyday routines and checklists that sometimes we forget to just stop and smell the roses. Get up, get the kids to school/daycare, get to work, big meeting, rush out get the kids from daycare, swing through a drive-thru, head to soccer, head home, get the kids in bed, throw in laundry before the kids have nothing to wear the next day, eventually roll into bed hoping the baby sleeps though the night  so you can sleep a few hours before starting it all over.

Well the last death that occurred wasn't old age or sickness, it was the tragedy of a car accident. These types of things always get to me because you just never know. I know I will be excited on the day when I meet my Savior Jesus Christ , but the thought of leaving my husband  and/or kids is saddening and at this point of my life kind of scary. I am a stay at home mom, meaning I take care of the kids and home things. Though my husband is good about mowing the grass and taking the trash out he doesn't know the  words to my preschoolers favorite songs or the  the different crys on my non-speaking toddler. He doesn't know when the mortgage is due or the password to the online bank account, just because all these things are things I typically take care off. Awhile ago I started a letter containing alot of these things and as I tearfully wrote it I had to take a break and never resumed. Well, today I plan to finish writing  a letter to my husband with so many things that in the event something would happen he would have at least something to help him. I will note that though I have this on my computer I intend to print a hard copy and give it to my sister as well. This is something I intend to update as the times in our lives change and if we are fortunate to live a long healthy life together then it was a few minutes gone that made me sit and reflect and in the unfortunate event that something would happen it was time well spent to help my husband. If you don't have anything like this I challenge you to do the same.

Giant Eagle~ A Few Cheapies & Freebies

Here are some GE deals for the week of 4/26-5/2

Blackberries
$1


Pantene 2/$7-BOGO (4/29 PG)
=2/$3.50


Head & Shoulders 2/$9-BOGO (4/1 PG)
=2/$4.50


Brawny $1
-1/1 here
=FREE!


Dole Fruit Crisp $2
-75/1 (3/25SS)
=50cents


Vlasic Stackers or Pickles $2
-75/1 (4/1SS)
=50cents


Bird's Eye Bagged Veggies $1
-50/2  (4/1RP -EXPIRES 4/29)
=2/$1


Yoplait Light Granola Parfait $2
-75/1 (3/25SS)
=50cents


Pampers $9.49 ($4 OYNO wyb 2)
- (2) 1.50 Printable (posted a few weeks back no longer available)
=15.98/2 - 4OYNO
=$11.98/2 or $5.99 Each

More Disney Rewards Points

Wahoo, DMR has more points available today by filling out a short survey. I had 2 available in my account each about 10 questions and took me a total of 5 minutes. I was rewarded 25 points for each. That's 50 more EASY points. Head here to log in and check it out.
If you aren't a member yet, but love Disney today is a great time to start. Simply register an account and each time you purchase a new Disney movie or head to the theater to view a Disney show you can earn points that you can use to cash out for toys, gift cards and more. 

Mommy Tips & Tricks~ Wishlists

As a mom there is so much that falls on your shoulders. Over the years I have been finding little tips to help make some things just a little bit easier. I hope as the years continue these ideas continue to flow:) We will be discussing my HOME MANAGEMENT BINDER in length at another time, but it is basically the control center of my home. In it I have a section labeled miscellaneous in which my family "WISHLIST" fall.


Have you ever had someone ask you what you want for Christmas and you are stumped? Or what to get your child for a birthday and you think on my goodnight just not another TOY! I would have these moments where I couldn't come up with something and later on I'd say o man I should have  told them "x", but I totally forgot about it. Well, here I keep each persons name with a running list. Each time I think of something or someone mentions something(with good reason... no I don't write down every baby and barbie doll my 3 year old wants:) I write it down. Then when their grandma asks what to get them for Christmas I can come up with something worth having instead of another toy they truly do not  need. As things are bought by others our ourselves from this list I simply use a dry erase marker and cross it out.

 I love this idea because writing it down means it's easily accessed and getting things from the list means that money is not being wasted on things that won't be used.