Mini-Martha

I've been on this earth for 29 years. I've been a wife for 3 and a mother for 1. We live a simple life, which makes us simply happy. I love crafting, decorating, throwing parties and homemaking. My friends call me Mini-Martha, but I only get some of my inspiration from "Big" Martha (Stewart, of course). I also like to talk. So blogging just seemed natural because I have one-sided conversations all day long (my toddler doesn't respond in words just yet).

We drove home today and got home in plenty of time to see all of this playoff game. Sorry about the awful picture, but the results are the same. The yelling and screaming out of pure excitement freaked my child out. Chargers winning in OT = Benjamin crying. Too loud he says.

tracie

sounds i like

- crickets
- heartbeats
- ringing metal
- wood blocks clapping
- rain
- typewriter keys
- ping pong balls
- guitar harmonics
- racquetball balls
- splashing
- zippo lighter sounds
- shaking a matchbox
- little jingle bells
- coin sounds
- turning pages
- shuffling cards
- the popper in Trouble, the board game
- snapple caps
- light switches
- throwing wet clay into wet clay
- bubbles
- tracie
- dog tags jingling
- fire crackling
- jacket snaps
- zippers
- tapping a ripe cantaloupe
- yawns of small creatures
- things fitting together
- bubble wrap

price book

I found around $100.00 in my pocket today as well as a number of Target, Kmart and my Walgreens gift cards so DD14 and I headed out to get some shopping done. I will be listing my excursions and listing prices to use as a price book for myself for the year. This will also help serve as a way to monitor cycles of sales, coupons, rewards and rebates.

Dollar Store:
1.00 News Papers x5
1.00 Hanna Montana Germ Gel x1 for DD
6.41 (cash)

Schnucks:
4.35 Ground Lamb
2.88 Ground Round
2.26 Ground Pork (for Lasagna tonight)
5.35 Sirloin roast
0.75 Wax Paper
2.29 Coffee Mate Pumpkin Spice - 1.00
3.49 Coffee Mate Irish Cream - 1.00
8.26 Cubed Steak
2.00 Roland canned Artichoke Hearts
2.00 Dreamfield LC Lasagna
1.59 Ziploc (Christmas clearance) screw top containers x4 - 1.00/2
1.00 Durkee seasoning (Chicken, Steak, Pepper/Mustard, Pepper, Cinnamon) x8 - 1/2
1.00 NY Texas Toast Croutons x 8 - .50
2.00 Daisy Cottage Cheese 2% - .75
2.79 Daisy Cottage Cheese 4% - .75
48.13 = Subtotal 62.63 - 14.50 coupons (cash)

Aldis:
2.99 Shredded Mozzerella Cheese
1.99 Tub Parm Cheese
1.36 Bananas
6.59 (cash)

Kmart: Double Coupons up to $1.00
1.99 Revelon Tweezer - 1.00
1.29 Revelon Emery Boards - 1.00
1.67 Suave Solid Antipers. x2 - .55
2.89 Pedigree Breath Buster x3 - 1.00
2.99 Pupperoni -1.00
2.79 Beggin Strips x 4 - 1.00
2.50 Glade Wisp Refill - 1.00
2.99 Cottonelle Wipes x3 - 1.00
2.29 Wet Ones x3 - .75
22.15 = Subtotal 47.78 - 22.47 coupons (cash) - forgot about GC

Walgreens:
3.00 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream x3 - 3.00 woohoo free icecream
4.00 Playtex Tampons - 1.00Q - 2.00 ES
.74 Stickers Christmas clearance for DD -filler
.60 Christmas clearance tissue paper
.49 Christmas clearance labels
5.00 Benefiber sticks x2 - 2.00 (5.00 RR)
3.49 Electrasol - 2.50 (1.50 ESMIR)
5.00 Bayer Aspirin x4 - 2.00 (10.00 RR)
2.50 Glade Candle Angel Whisper (1.00 ESMIR)
2.99 Garnier Fructis Shampoo -1.00Q - 2.00 ES (not programmed in others returned)
2.50 Kelloggs Cereal 3 Mini Wheat 1 Frosted Flakes -1.00 (3.00 RR)
-10.00 RR from last week
19.10 = (18.00 RR) [2.50 ESMIR] {8.00 Bayer MIR} WAG GC

Target:

3.25 Electrasol X3 - 2.50

9.98 Solar light set of 4 clearance (didn't need but wanted for years good price)

13.10 Target GC

For the month 500 - 83.28= 416.72 and I still have $10.00 left.

Dinner was a homemade lasagna w/ garlic bread from the freezer and salad.

..........ExtremeSavingMom..........

NO NOTHING

Friday, July 25, 2003
One soldier in Iraq recently posted his thoughts, of all places, on an internet football forum:

IM STILL ALIVE ! WE GOT A HALF A PEICE OF INTERNET NOW....BOUT DANG TIME...DIGITAL DIVISION MY A**

IVE BEEN IN IRAQ SINCE LATE APRIL.... BEEN SHOT AT TO MANY TIMES TO COUNT...I HAVE SEEN THE DARKSIDE AND THE EVIL MEN DO, GUYS THIS AINT NO JOKE... FOLK GETTIN SHOT UP OVER HERE EVERY DAY...IRAQII'S TRYIN TO INFILTRATE OUR PERIMETERS...VEHICLES GETTIN HIT BY RPG'S ...AND RUMOR HAS IT BUSH IS TELLIN THEM TO BRING IT ON....WHAT THE HELL?!

3ID IS GETTIN SCREWED BIG TYME....GOD KNOWS WHAT THEY GOT IN STORE FOR US....ITS A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE AND ALL I WILL SAY IS OUR LEADERSHIP AINT NOWHERE NEAR THAT LINE ...KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN...THERE ARE SOME HOSTILE INDIVIDUALS OVER HERE....VERY VERY HOSTILE...

NO WMD.....
NO WMD
NO NOTHING.....

http://truthout.org/docs_03/072503A.shtml

OLD WORLD ORDER

Passing a container vessel on the Indian Ocean


Trekking India

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a place called eyam

in germany i caught another snake. it was only 20 or so cm. i found it under a log. i also cuaght a lizard.
i'm in England now.
we went up to friends the day before yesturday.we stayed in a place called eyam. in this village the plague was brought from london 400 years ago. it was brought by a piece of cloth. the vicar organised so that no villager went out or any other people from different villages came in. he organised that there was a stone where the eyam villagers and put money and people from other villages brought food. the plauge never went out of eyam. but in that time over 250 people died and only 60 or so lived.

we also saw a steeple that is twisted.
a man built it out of wood. the wood, because it was new wood, twisted. the man that built it commited sucicde because of it. a bit drastic.
you won't believe it until you see a picture.
i will send pictures of the snake and steeple when i can.