Fireproof

What a good movie. Hubby and I were invited to see it last night with some friends at their church. They are starting a couples series and kicked it off with the movie. I'd seen the trailers for it earlier this year and thought it would be a good chick flick and never thought of Hubby even wanting to see it, but it is meant for couples to watch together. It was inspirational and just a good overall movie. I highly reccommend anyone (married or not) to see it.

Autopilot

Ya know when you have tons to do and you get in your car and start going. Then magically, you are where you need to be but can't recall anything from the ride! Yeah, autopilot. That's me today in a nutshell!

Dry Spell

I've been MIA for the past few days, which is so unlike me, and I apologize! I've hit a dry spell. NOT that kind of dry spell...get your minds out of the gutter!!! A blogging dry spell. Writer's block if you will.
This past week I haven't had time to get my blog crack fixes or time (or enough material) to post.
I could ramble on about work, home, Little Hauss, but it seriously might put you in a coma. Life has been THAT boring lately, not saying we weren't plenty crazy busy, but just basic family stuff!

One thing from Wednesday: I had to attend training and working with all Law Enforcement types, everything was in military time! I don't do military time!!! Therefore, I was so excited our training was only a few hours with lunch included!!! Yay, get out from behind the desk for a bit AND food....Sweet! NOT! It was until 4!!! Yeah, I'm a goofball. AND I don't work until 4....I get off at 3, but had to stay, which was no big deal, but it caused me to miss swimming. Poo!

At least today is Friday and I'm off!!!! Promise more later!!! Pinky swear!

Tech Savvy

I love my technology, I really do! Hubby thinks I'm narotic about my laptop, but I love my online time. I'm actually trying to cut back. Wow, that sounds so bad! Like I'm a crackhead! Oh well, it kind of is like my little addiction and soooooooo much better than a crackhead!!!! I'm just pointing that out!

With that said, I love my facebook too! I love to catch up with friends, mostly the photos they post of their kids and such! Its a great tool to rekindle a long lost friendship or just keep in touch with grade school friends, college buddies, etc.

Here's what I don't like. I am missing the personalization. I write on others walls and comment on photos, but I long for a good old fashioned E-mail! That's sounds so crazy. A written letter must be ancient times I guess if I'm referring to an E-mail as old fashioned! I mean, I don't deny that I am just as interested in what SusieQ wrote on Johnny's wall, but if its something fairly personal or even not, I just sometimes want the privacy of a conversation between two friends. I just miss it! Do you?

Betty Crocker

I'm not sure if I've said it, but I'm not a baker. I cook. There is a huge difference! Now, I still attempt to bake every now and then. I will not give up!
So, yesterday was one of those days. I made blueberry muffins....from scratch! Really, not that hard but I made a mess of flour and sugar and all that baking stuff and had about a kazillion dishes to prove it!
I just found a recipe via google....my favorite! It was a blueberry muffin with struesel topping. YUM! I had all said ingredients and started mixing. I did everything the way it said. I pulled them out of the oven and bam, sunk in centers and struesel topping spread out over the entire top of my muffin pan! Well, they were delish! Just not very appealing! I'm pretty sure next time,because I don't give up and will make them again attitude of mine, I will maybe use less of the topping. OR might leave it off completely.

Side note: I did make a chicken pot pie for hubby and my parents last night that was to die for!! AND I even embelished with heart shaped cutouts in the crust! That was appealing and yummy! Can't wait to have leftovers for lunch today!

I can smell the salty air!

I LOVE the beach. I love the smell of the salt air, the sand between my toes, the sound of the ocean, and a nice cold beer to go along with all of that while reading a trashy book!

So, I've already got THREE trips planned to the beach. They are only long weekends, but still, its the beach! TWO of them are just me and girlfriends!!! They are in April, June and August! I'm hoping that I can squeeze one or two more long weekends in there somewhere! We'll see! Hubby is all for it, so I'm gonna work on it!

It works out well for me that my in-laws own a condo so a place is not hard to come by!!! I just love to take Little Hauss there at least once or twice a year to let him enjoy what I love so much! AND my father-in-law has a boat, so that makes it super fun when we go with them!

I vow to get SOME Christmas shopping done while I am there. I say this every year, and manage to buy nothing for anyone else but myself or Little Hauss, but I've already got some ideas, so I am hoping to take advantage of the outlets! Remember I'm a planner.....don't judge!

I love a good deal

I've always loved finding a great deal! It might be on simple household items, dining, or even a really big ticket item like an appliance. Hubby used to say I would spend I've added a link to my sidebar to Money Saving Mom. She does a lot of the research for me so I don't have to spend time doing it myself, but still get to save all the money!



Times are tough right now, for everyone! I love to cook and we eat at home 90% of all our meals. Its a treat for us to go out and when we do, we frequent somewhere fairly casual and family friendly (interpretation: fairly inexpensive). Money saving mom has an awesome coupon for TGIFridays right now. Buy One Get One Free entrees. You must use it by March 1st, and cannot be used this Saturday (Valentine's Day in case you live in a different world). I just love one night of someone else cooking for me and cleaning up my mess (well, Hubby usually cleans the mess, but still!)



Another great deal I stumbled upon is 2 meals for $12.99 at Logan's Road House on Mondays and Tuesdays - ALL DAY! AND bonus, kids eat for $2.00!!! Can't beat that.

So, one more thing. If you aren't into cutting actual coupons from your Sunday paper ads, then try this to download electronic ones right to your store discount card. Fun stuff. NOTE: You can double up if you have a paper coupon AND electronic one for the same product.

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