Saturday, November 28, 2009

All in a daze...






First Idea shot



My little love...Who still calls me babe




Pulled our tree in through the window... it worked!
"Eppen's Chee"


Decorating the Tree



Love these little hands



A little black Friday purchase, excited about Advent




up to some trouble.... notice the lines on the dishwasher...



Found Markings here and inside a cabinet a little more major than this...



And here!
He told me "E bus!" "E-S-P-E-N-R-2-9" so thats his
name there written on the bus
(still haven't found the cap)



This bus has been through so much cream cheese!
It's weird when it dries. I've been wiping off the bus, the floor,
the wall, toes, hands and a little face.






Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Play the game

So I've been playing a game. It's called the Grocery Game. It was started by this woman named Teri Gault. Ryan and I saw her on the Donny Deutsch show when were were living in Houston...I thought it was cool then but didn't participate in it or learn anything more about it. It's just been recently that my friend, and now next door neighbor Becky, told me about it. She saves so much freaking money! She is teaching me the ins and outs of it all and I've been simply picking up a sunday paper full of great coupons which I date and file away, only to pull on them when its time to grocery shop. You go on to thegrocerygame.com and set up an account for a small fee every 2 months, put in your zip code, and in return, Teri gives you the participating stores in your area, and all of their deals and specials going on. You have to check it out!
Ryan is fully amazed and pretty much thinks i'm a super woman. Well thats what I feel like at least when I stand at the register and see my bill rack up to around $120, hand over my kroger card and it falls down to around $65 and then give a few coupons (which took me like 10 min to clip, because you only clip the ones Teri tells you to clip, hence, the small fee you pay for convenience) and ends at about $50. Thats what happened today. And that also included a 20 lb. turkey!
Some deals in the last few weeks have been so great!
- I bought a package of bacon, and with it came a dozen large eggs, box of bfast sausages, fruit cup, and english muffins all came free.
- Buy one get one free Wheat bread
- Evaporated Milk (for baking) free!
- Free Downy fabric softener
- Ghirardelli supreme brownie mix .99

...on and on! All name brand items, all great food! My friend Becky last week bought a gallon of milk for a dollar!!

In the words of Ryan "That's pretty awesome!! just sayin"


Thursday, November 12, 2009

testing one, two



Found this pic, have no idea where we're going.

(my friend Aina just showed me how to use blogger.
Just trying it out this way)

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Espen is 2!

October 31st Espen turned two years old. I hardly remember him being a little baby! now he's a big boy saying sentences, learning to share with his little friends, brushing his teeth, eating new foods...etc. I LOVE this age! Espen is very polite and uses his manners well. How can a little wicked heart be so polite? :) So many friends came out for his birthday party which was held in the courtyard outside of our place. Sunny and 70! Perfect. Most came in costume, I think more would have come in costume if we had actually included it on the invite. The invites are another issue. Anyway, such a great long day on Saturday! We are so grateful for our family and our friends!
Can't wait to show you pics and videos!










Fo Reals!

Back to blogging for reals this time! It could be the faster router that has made me feel excited again! Stay tuned as I learn how and what to do....