RIP Ford

Ford passed away this afternoon...

RIP sweet little guy!  We will miss you always.

Another Late Season Snow Storm

I can't believe we got 8 inches of snow again.  It's heavy wet stuff.  It was miserable to drive in last night.  My drive home from work takes about 5 minutes last night it took 20 minutes.  I hope that this is the last snow storm. 

Shelby Loves it!!

So yeah..  another Wednesday I didn't go shopping!

Henry Got a Hair Cut

Henry got a hair on Monday he does look great!!!  Not that you can tell by this photo..  He is so lazy he didn't want to sit up to have his photo taken!!

This Weeks Deal - HP G Series Laptop From Best Buy Review

I didn't do a lot of shopping this week.

Target Finish Gel Tabs are on sale for  $2.50 and I had one $2.25 that my aunt received in her Sunday inserts.  I didn't get these great coupons in ours.  I ended up with a 20 count box for $2.24 plus tax.

  Finish dishwasher cleaner was on sale for $2.59 and I had a $1/1 coupon from the Sunday inserts and a $1 off Target coupon.  Vaseline lotion is on sale for $3.69 and I had a $1 coupon from the Sunday inserts.  My dove body mist was on sale for $3.27 and I got more of these coupons from my aunt and Target has the scent I like.  Nexxus shampoo is $8.69 not on sale can you believe it?  But I needed a really good shampoo so I splurged, but I had a $3 off coupon from a home mailer.  I also bought some paper dessert plates that were on clearance for $1.49.  I spent $12 and I saved $15.

Walmart this week Nestle water has the 28 packs back again for $2.88.  Aspargus $1.48 price matched with Pick n Save ad.  That was the only item I wanted or need from Pick n Save so I didn't go this week there.  Walmart has tons of stuff on clearance.  See what I bought....

  aren't they the cutest?  The bottoms aren't hard so they don't clunk so loud when ya walk and that also makes them gentle on the feet.

I stopped at Aldis which I haven't been doing.  I got milk, eggs, bananas, oranges (these are so good, I went back and got 2 more bags) cantaloupe, bread and tortilla chips. 

I went shopping on Wednesday and the high temperature was 1 degree, so I put off getting gas until the next day.  Well gas was $3.09 on Wednesday it was $3.14 on Thursday! and the temperature was 2 below 0!!! Man was I unhappy but then I was in town on Friday and guess what????  Gas was back to $3.09!!  now with the Egypt revolution over (hopefully) gas is going back down.  But let me tell you it seems like a really bad joke on me!!!  Anyway the reason I was in town so often this week is I bought this

Now everyone in the house has a computer.  Philip would sit and wait for him dad to be done with the latop..  but usually it was Philip waiting for his dad to fall asleep and then carefully remove the lap top without waking him..  It was a cute little joke in the house.  I really did want an extra computer so we can hook up the laptop to the TV so we can watch TV over the internet.  We don't have cable so now we can see some of the stuff the rest of the world is seeing on the big TV.    This is my first HP laptop, all our desk tops are HP and I won't buy any other brand for desktops.  However our other lap top is a Toshiba and we have had great luck with that.  This HP G62-4570X was a great price and it has a webcam, HDMI port.  I had it optimized at Best Buy to take the bloatware off.  I installed Avast free antivirus which was a breeze and so was the HP wireless printer software.  I made my own restore disk too.  I had this up and running in less then an hour... how things have changed in the last 12-13 years that I've had a computer.  I remember downloading Microsoft updates on dial up that would take an entire day to do!!!  So far I really like it.  No serious complaints.  I don't like the touch pad.  There is no scrolling feature.  Its really hard to get used to especially when reading blogs and my google reader.  But I guess I will get used to it.  And I knew this computer didn't have this feature before I bought so I can't make a fuss about it.  And the other thing is the keys seem loose/wiggly or kind of cheap compared to the Toshiba.   I also bought the extended 2 year warranty.  I normally don't buy these but with the lap tops it must have.  The 2 year deal includes everything except for droppage and abuse.  But the best part is you get one replacement battery free someone during the 2 years.  Nice... laptop batteries are expensive!  The laptop was $399 and the warranty was $99.  Best Buy has a buy back program and since I bought it this week the buy back program is free.  Other wise it would have been $70.  This is the craziest program ever.  I think having to pay for it is not right.   Ok if I would turn in my laptop in 6 months I would $200 back.  But if I waited 2 years I would only $80 back no matter if it works or not.  Plus if I would actually have paid for the program $70 that doesn't come out very good.   However down the road 2 year what will it cost to dispose of a non working laptop is a good question.  But for now there is no way I would spend the money and I'm lucky it was free for me...  however 2 years from now I will probably still using this laptop, just like our other one is almost 3 years old and there is nothing wrong with it, up until yesterday hubby and first born were fighting for it!  LOL! 

Hey this after noon the temperature was 33 degrees.  I took Henry outside to play with Shelby and the snow.

Ok is this too much Henry?????  Nah...

Piggly Wiggly Deals

Today is the last day for these deals.  To get these prices you must purchase 10 of these items.  Mix or match..  Pillsbury Crescents, pizza dough etc... $.99 each.  I used $.75/3 coupons I picked up at PnS last week, these were on the shelf.  Then I bought Progresso soup $.89 and I used $1/4 coupons from the Sunday inserts.  No limits.  There were other items in on this must 10 to get the price ad but I only these items.  On Sunday there was a one page ad with coupons for $.99 milk, #3 chicken breasts $3.99 and $.19# banana's.  So I picked those up too.  I spent $19 and saved $31. 

And guess who is visiting today?

Ford!!

Valentine Wreath, Makeover & Shelby

Yes I spent some time with my glue gun, first time this new year.  I made over a Valentines Wreath and made a new one. 

This is the Wreath I made about 15 years ago

It was very pretty at the time, but the ribbon is wearing out and I really wanted to make a Christmas bulb Valentine wreath. so here is it

I took the old flowers and ribbons off and added white garland, pink and red balls.  I like it, however I think it lost the heart shape.  Oh well.

Shelby was watching everything I was doing.  

I had Valentine garland so I took a small foam wreath shape and I wrapped the garland around the wreath.  When I wrapped the garland a bunch of the hearts fell off so I took those glue them to 3 white balls.  Then I took the small white Christmas balls and tied them to some ribbon and then tied that to the wreath.  Isn't is cute.  I like it better then the other one that I made today. 

 

Shelby agrees

Henry and Ford

Ford is such a good boy, he sat and watched me cook all day!!

Henry didn't care and slept the day away!

2 of Nicci's dated bears.  Santa has given her a dated bear every single year.  However the pile is getting to big (14) to display all in one spot.  So there are a few bears  here and there all over the house.

A few things that I shipped out today.  I got 2 orders out of my store over night, the buyers are hoping they will arrive for Christmas..  I'm hoping too, I got them in the mail, I did my part!  I still have 3 items I sold on ebay that haven't been paid for.  I sure hope they do pay.  But I know they won't be getting these things for Christmas.

Please note this post for some reason didn't get published.  I just found it was saved as a draft.  So the time line is out of order.

Henry & Carwash

Yesterday I took Henry to a new groomer.  I didn't take a photo, but he was stinky and a little matted.  His hair was the longest its ever been.  But this is him now

I know he looks stoned here, the flash was really bright for him.  He's not used to the light because his eyes were covered with hair.

He is now smelling good, he is clean and his fur is white.  The groomer blew his fur out and now his hair is actually straight!  Very cool.

I stopped at the carwash yesterday my van was very dirty.  I went through and stopped at home.  I was totally shocked to see how dirty my van was yet.  When I went back to town to pick up Henry from the groomer I stopped at the carwash hoping to get a number to call and complain.  But I got lucky the owner was there and he sent me through again for free.  It did come clean that time... I was very lucky and happy.   However today the weather is crap and my van is dirty again. 

Schick Hydro 5 Razor

Today I stopped at Walgreens, they have Schick Hydro 3 or 5 razors for $7.99 and they give you a $4 Register Reward and I had a $4 off coupon from the Sunday inserts.  So the razor is free.  I didn't get any of these coupons in my inserts for I bought some of these from couponkutters.com   I also bought some Nestle water, Kibbles and Bits coupons which I also didn't get in my paper.   I then also bought Dove candy, Starbucks Frappucinno and Jolly Time Popcorn coupons.  I did get these in my paper however I wanted more.  I have buying coupons from www.couponkutters.com for about a year, they provide a great fast service.

I stopped at Walmart to pick up some of the Nestle water.  Walmart has 28 packs for $2.88 each all the time and then I used the $1/2 coupons.  My husband provides water for his workers so I buy 6 28 packs a week. 

That was all my shopping for the day.  However I did stop at a few rummage sales.  There are so few, I didn't go yesterday I just waited for today to go.  I bought an exercise bike for $10 it was like new.  Seriously the previous owner said it was only used twice.  I believe it.  Then I bought a pink Pyrex bowl, early readers books, 3 children's books on tape and that's it.  I forgot to take pictures!!  I know!  I have a brand new camera and I forget to take pictures before I put the stuff away.  I had a very busy day.  Yesterday I listed a bunch of stuff on craigslist.  I got in email this morning about a lot of air fresheners I listed.  The email was from the lady I bought Henry from.  So I emailed her and she said stop by after my shopping trip.  So I brought Henry a long so they could catch up with each other.  When I arrived I put Henry's leash on and we walked through their garage to the door going into the house.  What does Henry do??  They have a full length glass screen door.  Yup Henry goes running full boar into the glass door.  I'm glad it was glass because if it was a screen he would have gone straight through it. He hit the glass hard and bounced off it.  Rolled down the step, don't worry he's ok.  His previous owner asked how he was doing my response was "he didn't get any smarter"  LOL  We had a nice visit.  Henry got to spend some time with his former friend, Jack who is a bichon and their new dog who is also a bichon.  I think Henry is still happier with us.

So instead of going rummaging yesterday I cleaned and decorated the house for Halloween.  Here is a shot of the long shelf.  I like it, what do you think?

Thursdays Rummage Sale Finds

Penguin Shuffle Game (sell)

2 cookbooks (sell)

Build a Bear cleaning spray (keep)

22 regular hangers and 7 pants hangers (keep)

4 black photo boxes (keep)

Graduation Cap (sell)

Necklace (keep)

3 books (keep)

Pampered Chef bamboo tongs (sell)

Pampered Chef Cherry pitter (keep)

Bunch of scrapbooking supplies (keep)

vintage hot dog forks for the camp fire (keep)

whole box of used towels (keep for washing cars)  Best part the whole box was free!!!!!

Little Tikes Piggy Bank (sell)

Build a Bear kennel (sell)

2 Neopets (sell)

Build a Bear back pack (sell)

black ceramic ball (keep)

Build a Bear t-shirt (sell)

Pampered Chef cookbook (sell)

cookbook (sell)

black dog rope (keep)

green brick for removing pet hair from furniture.. works great!!  (keep)

Vintage hummingbird feeder (keep)

DVD binder (keep)

styro form (keep)

Bailey's cup (sell)

Candle (keep)

2 Charles Wysocki puzzles (put together and then sell)

4 cookbooks (sell)

black faux leather dog jacket.. (KEEP)

vintage table cloth (sell)

oval glass mirror (keep)

Side table (keep, might sell after I paint it)

Blow mold penguins (sell)

Blow Mold Dracula (sell)

Box of old magazines (sell)

Yup  Henry in his new jacket and his Harley hat!!!!  So adorable!!!  Next week he goes in for a hair cut.  We leave for Iola carshow on the 7th so he has to be cut for that.  There are ticks up there and I want to know if  ticks are on him...  with all that hair we would never find them.  So yeah, it's to hot for the jacket so we took it off him.  I don't think he was sad about that!!!

Free Mc Frappe Review

Henry had his annual check up and visit to the vet this morning.  By the way he is doing just fine, he did have a baby tooth pulled!!!  He's 3 years old and had a baby tooth yet!!  It was very loose and showing signs of infection, so out it came!!  He didn't even feel it.  Henry loves the vets office, so many dogs to sniff and play with, however today no one wanted to play with him.   Neither the Jack Russel (Ms Growly) or the Irish Setter/Golden Retriever mix (Mr. I'm So Scared)... poor Henry!!  Anyway 2 shots, a pulled tooth, 2 different butt checks, the cost came to $160, so to ease my pain I thought I would stop at McD's for my free Frappe.  This coupon came from their ad in the Sunday's paper 2 weekends ago.  I ordered the Carmel, very good.  This is the small I don't think I could drink a large.  It's much like an iced coffee.  Milk, coffee, ice, with whipped cream and caramel topped.   There are plenty of small ice chunks, they are very small... no worries they pass through the straw fine.  Would I order this again??  I wouldn't make a special trip, however if I was stopping there to satisfy the kids and didn't want food, shake or ice cream I would.  One thing I don't like about it is they don't have a decaf choice.  I would like that and would consider one of these more often.  I don't drink caffeine, I wouldn't have considered ordering one of these without it being free.  However I do NOT feel the affects of the caffeine.... good thing.  I stopped drinking caffeine about 6 years ago when I had headaches everyday.  It took 3 months away from caffeine for the headaches to stop.  But I feel a lot better and wished I would have stopped long before!!  Give it a try with your free coupon!!

Looks Like a Great Idea!!

Henry is taking it easy!!  I think I will snuggle next to him!

 

Henry's Second Photo Shoot For The Day

Here is Henry's after the cut photo shoot!

 

  

  

Henry is begging me to stop taking pictures!!! 

I feel like I just came back from a parent teachers conference.  Do you have a dog, that gets groomed?  Have you ever been asked by your groomer if your dog has a attitude??  Normally the groomer just raves about Henry, that he is such a character and she just loves him.  Today was different.  I actually felt like I got a bad report from one of my kids teachers...  You want to defend your child even though you have this feeling your child actually misbehaved.  Yup, that's the feeling.  I asked her if he growled at her, she said yes.  Well Henry does a lot of growling, he growls at the shovel in the garage if it's not in the right place.  He growls at the shadows in the house from the moon, he growls at the cookie jar!!!    Yes he does growl if you pick him up and he wasn't expecting it, but he has never tried to bite anyone.  If this was a new groomer and she didn't know Henry, but Henry has never been groomed by anyone but her.  I was really surprised she asked me about his attitude.  I have told her in the past that he might growl at her but just tell him that's naughty and he will stop.  Why was today different then any other time??  Humm!

Havense Photo Shoot

Henry had a quick photo shoot this morning before he gets groomed.

 

  

  

  

He will have another photo shoot later to show off his new foofoo do!!

Shelby

Shelby was a good girl yesterday, she didn't get loose!!  What a relief!!!

Will Shelby get loose today?

The last 2 Friday's Shelby has found a way to get loose.  First Friday she broke her collar and last Friday she broke loose from her anchor. She is now anchored to the wall in the garage.  Hubby put a 3 inch long eye bolt into the stud in the garage.  So what else can she break to get loose??  The first time she was loose for 3 hours and she didn't have her tags because they were still attached to the broken collar.  But she did finally came when hubby whistled.   The last time she was loose she had her collar, but she also had the 20 foot plastic covered wire rope attached.  She was found 5 hours later in a neighbors barn wrapped around a combine.  She is not happy about being caught in the barn.  I would not give her any sympathy.  She knows better.  Every time I would look at her she would hang her head.  "Yes, you were a bad girl".   I swear I will never get another dog with even an ounce of Husky blood in it!!!  Every one said that Husky's like to run, but I thought I knew better because she only is a quarter Husky.   I know that a fenced in kennel with a concrete run would keep her home.  But I really don't feel as though that's a good life for a dog.  A fenced in backyard wouldn't keep her home because she would dig her way out.  We have a shocker collar for her and the stock doesn't stop her.  So a underground or wireless fence wouldn't stop her.  So I guess we and the neighborhood are going to have deal with her adventures!!

 

"Bring it On"

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Oh Henry

The photo on the blog is now of our dog Henry. Henry came to live with us 2 years ago. He is precious! He was almost a year old when he came to us. He was fully train and boy is he trained. He knows exactly how to get whatever he wants. He is the best beggar ever. His breed is called Havanese. I don't know if he is a pure bred, but it doesn't matter!! He just loves everyone, especially other dogs and kids. Well we have a bunch of both here. My kids have many friends that come to visit (being that I'm home during the day and weeknights.. we have lots of kids in and out) and with Shelby (our other 80 lb outside dog) and my mom's dog Ford, visits often. He has lots of fun!!! Here is a picture of Henry and Ford

So Ok Henry is on the left and Ford is on the right... Do you see it.. Henry Ford!! And yes Henry came with that name!! My parents had Ford for 9 years... So just so you know...I didn't do it!!! But very cute for a family that only drives and collects Ford vehicles. Oh and you are probably asking what breed is Ford. Well he's a toy Pomeranian with a hair cut. Henry had just got a cut too!

Remember to stop back to read about Henry, Ford and Shelby's antic's... you never know what those three might do next!!