Sunday, December 21, 2008

HAVE to tell you

Again, I am not doing great posting here, but I have to tell you,there are some ROCK'N deals at CVS this week (well they are for two days only, Sunday and Monday!). I was there at 7am, then again at 8, since the store manager was late morning...anyways...I got LOTS of free stuff spent about 5 dollars AND walked away with a TON of ECB's, like I started with 16.59, I know have almost 30!!! YAY here is my loot~ AND I will be going back tonight, just waiting for my sweet husband to get home :)

Friday, December 12, 2008

QUICK!

HEY! All you Raleigh area people. My friend Terra is giving away some really cool packages. She has four of them, you should go here and here to enter to win them! I am excited to try this stuff out. Maybe if you win you can tell me about it! Anyway go here and here and check her out! Tell her I sent you :)

Monday, December 8, 2008

Time for a Schedule

Well, I have no excuses for why I haven't been posting. It makes me sad to look and see that I had been posting almost daily (sometimes more) and now it has been a week. I love this blog and I love to post, hopefully I will be more regular soon. I may just have to begin scheduling my day so that I can do this. I am not and have never been a schedule person. We (my family) have always just done what we needed when we needed, but with all that is going on in our lives and the ages of our children, I think it would be good for us to start some sort of schedule. I plan to start working on a schedule this month with the plans to actually START the schedule in January, when we are done traveling and my husband and I are back in school.

Why do I think we need a schedule?

Well, I think it would be better for my kids to have some sort of idea as to what to expect. Maybe some of our behavior issues come from not knowing what is next and too much free play time. Hopefully with some structure and planning they will be more content and less likely to find trouble.

I also need to find time for homeschooling my 3 1/2 year old. No, he doesn't have to be home schooled yet, but he really enjoys it and I think it would be good for us. I would also like to know if homeschooling is really an option for our family before it is time to actually do it. I have wanted to home school for a long time, but if I can't be organized enough to do it,then I need to know sooner verses later.

Finally I need to get a routine in my own life so that I can manage the basics of housekeeping. You know, laundry, dishes, floors, all the things mommies are supposed to do. I feel like I work all day and get nothing done. Maybe that is how it is supposed to be but I need to see some sort of progress. We have also discovered that our 3 1/2 year old (my oldest) can be quite the helper here around the house. He can clean off the table (complete with wiping it off and wiping off the chairs), he can help with sweeping the kitchen (he uses the small dustpan and broom), he can help collect the trash, and he can make his bed (okay, well we are still going to have to work on that).

I think my oldest is bored (though he doesn't know the word, so PLEASE don't teach him). I think with some structure, chores and discipline (from our whole family) that we could really improve on some things in this house.

What suggestions do you have? Do your kids help out? If so what are there ages and what can they do? Do you have a home school plan for preschoolers?

I saw a really interesting schedule here of one lady. I think that some of her ideas are great and some are great since she has girls, but some wouldn't work for my boys. Her blog is what got me thinking about the fact that we really need some structure around here. There are some ideas I would love to borrow from her. She seems to be an awesome woman with her act together. I could really stand to take notes!

I really would like to hear from you (if I didn't lose you while I was being lazy and not blogging). What works for you?

Monday, December 1, 2008

Whew

Wow! What a weekend! The holidays are here and we are busy! The calender is full. I am overwhelmed, must be that time again! I do love this time of year.

Okay, well the truth is we are extremely busy. I have more going on this week than I care to think about. I will try to post some here and there. I am not overly impressed with CVS or Walgreens this week. I did do a little bit at Walgreens, but only because my Register Rewards were about to expire. I may not even go to CVS this week...gasp...this could be a first in a really long time!

Also, K-Mart is doing a double coupon deal, where you can double coupons up to $2. I stopped in there tonight on our way home and I was not overly impressed. The best deals I got were Kelloggs cereal for .50 a box...that is good, but that was about all that was good.

I will be back. I will get better! I miss talking to you all. I hope to get more regular here closer to the end of the week.