Thursday, October 27, 2011

Random Thoughts

1) Today I ordered toilet paper on Amazon.com. That was a first! I love Amazon's Subscribe & Save program. And since I'm a member of Amazon Mom {for free} I get free shipping. After "clipping" the virtual coupon on their site and signing up for the Subscribe & Save (which I can cancel at any time) my total was $23.51 for 40 {double} rolls of toilet paper. That's 59 cents per roll. Shipped to my house. Not too shabby, eh?

I love Amazon's Subscribe & Save program! I have ordered diapers, laundry detergent, dried cherries, peanut butter, and more with this convenient, money-saving program. Sure, we still go out and about and shop in actual stores, but with homeschooling, occasionally babysitting, and Kenzie's nap schedule, I have discovered how convenient shopping online can be! :)

2) This week I taught Mr. P to play Old Maid. We have fun with that game. And he keeps asking to play "the Grandma game"...haha!

3) Kenzie got a new hairbow in the mail today. I love it! She took it off after about 15 minutes. :) And she no longer cooperates for photos, so I didn't get any fabulous pics, but at least you can get the idea:


4) Last Friday night I lost my keys. That may not sound like much, but my key ring has one of those key fob things on it that opens the doors and locks/unlocks our van. Joel says those are expensive to replace. :( It also has our {one and only} mail key on it. Not to mention my many store savings cards and library card. Ahh! I have searched high and low. Retraced my steps. Looked in drawers and toy boxes. Looked underneath my stove and cleaned out my drawer of pots and pans. WHERE in the world could they be?! When {and if!} I find them, I think I'll do one big happy dance!

5) Kindergarten is going well. Mr. P has been learning a lot through his phonics lessons and is even learning to write cursive. I didn't learn cursive until third grade!

6) Tomorrow is Friday...hooray! The In-Laws are coming over for dinner. We're going to have Chicken Florentine Lasagna (in the crockpot), lettuce salad, orange cottage-jello salad, Garlic Knots, and Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cheesecake, oh my! :)

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Fall Things

Oh my! It's been a while since I've blogged...

...We've done some fun fall things since I last wrote. We took a day to celebrate my Birthday as a family. A little late...but better late than never, eh? We went to the outlet mall, Cabela's, and Cracker Barrel, to look around. Joel got some new duds at the Outlets - his wardrobe was severely lacking. Kenzie tried out a couple of rocking chairs. They're so cute, but pricey!

We also went to the pumpkin patch! This is an annual thing for us. I got a GOOD deal on tickets this year, but we had to use the tickets pretty quickly and since Joel wasn't able to go - a friend came along with her kids. We had a great time! Too much fun! :)
I also made pumpkin scones. They're so yummy! Last year, I made them with partial whole wheat flour and they were still good, but this time all I had was the regular unbleached...I think they were even better.

Happy Fall, ya'll!