Ally and her latte moments
Now that the kids are back in school, I have been going through the house and getting rid of a lot of clutter that we no longer need. I hate all of the clutter the kids have in their room with toys they don’t play with anymore and everything else that is all over their room.
I’m even thinking about doing some redecorating. Maybe I’ll start with the living room or my bedroom. I don’t know. I’ll have to shop around and see what I see.
Just about everyone I know is pinching as much out of their money as they possibly can. You have to especially when you have children. My children are really into the Discovery Channel on TV and they do have a lot of great things for kids. I found Discovery Store discount coupons online.
With school starting back, each of my children needed shoes. That can be expensive but would you believe that I also found Footlocker discount coupons too? I was so proud of myself when I found them. I saved almost enough money to buy at least one of my kids school supplies. How’s that for pinching pennies?
Well my children and I both made it through the first week of school and every one’s still happy. I can’t help but wonder just how long that’s going to last but hopefully it will last at least another week or two. Hey, it could happen!!
My daughter has always loved school but the boys, well that’s a totally different story. See they like to be out playing or doing what they want to when they want and school sort of puts a cramp in their style. That’s okay because they complain that I cramp their style too. I must be doing something right then.
Our children go back to school on the 25th and I can’t wait. I’m a whole lot more excited about it than they are. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been a wonderful summer but it’s also been a LONG summer with all of the kids home. We have to go out today and make sure they have all of the school supplies that are required for their grades and even pick up a few things for other kids in need of school supplies.
My children were on that list a couple of years so now it’s time to return the favor by passing it along to others in need. That’s what community is for, to help when you need a helping hand and then return the favor when you can.
Since losing Papa Charlie, I have realized that you just can’t have too much life insurance. I have been checking out cheap life insurance rates and was totally amazed at just how affordable more life insurance was. As a mother, I need to be sure my children will have what they need if, heaven forbid, something should happen to me. It’s something to think about for sure.
My vacuum cleaner died and someone told me that I needed a 115334 vacuum motor. It’s a central vacuum system I have for the whole house and I sure hope they know what they’re talking about. I got one at a pretty good price so I really hope that fixes the problem. It would be nice because I hate not having my vacuum cleaner working, especially with three kids running around.
Well it’s time for back to school shopping and I am so looking forward to it. The kids aren’t as happy as I am about it but they’ll get over it. Once they get back to school and see all of their friends that they haven’t seen all summer, they’ll be happy.
It’s just the thought of going to bed before midnight and getting up early that they are complaining about right now. I guarantee you that they will be up on the first day before I am, all excited and ready to go.
It blew me away when someone was trying to explain to me what a flash drive was and I just couldn’t understand what they were talking about. Well up steps my 13 year old son and explained it to me and I finally understood. Now I see why I need one. Thank goodness my kid is smarter than I am when it comes to computers or I would be a computer idiot instead of computer illiterate.
Well we just got back from Florida and had a wonderful time. All of the kids came home happy which is unusual since there always seems to be one that wasn’t happy about something. This time, they all had a blast which made me have a blast too.
Nothing does a mothers heart good like knowing that her children were happy and had a good time. Those children are my life, my world, my everything and I want so very much for them to have a happy childhood with lots of great memories. It’s been hard to do that until Papa Charlie came into our lives so here’s to Papa Charlie!! Thanks you so very much for helping make my children have a better childhood!!!
I am so excited for my best friend Allie. She’s expecting her first child. I know exactly what I’ll get her too. I had a uppababy vista stroller for my youngest child and I absolutely loved it. They go from a newborn on up to a toddler and it sure made my life a lot easier since I had three other children too. Another good thing about it is if she has more children, she will have it for them too.