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This Crazy Mom’s Life

Happy Labor Day!

September 3, 2012

Happy Labor Day! I hope your day is filled with family, fun and rest.  Since I don’t usually take a lot of downtime I decided to take one of my biggest and hardest jobs off the list for today.  We have our extended family (and favorite people) coming over later to have a cook-out and I am planning to take the [...]

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Two Cheap & Easy Chicken Dinners

August 29, 2012

Here are two very simple and cheap dinners I have planned for this week: As part of an earlier freezer cook session I cooked 10 lbs of chicken breasts in the oven for an hour, diced them and put in individual bags for use in future recipes.  I usually cook a pot of rice at [...]

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It’s Tuesday- SOMETHING had to happen….

August 28, 2012

Hey- it’s Tuesday afternoon- what catastrophe will prevent me from doing grocery ads today? It happened to be the sink clogging- again or should I say as usual?  My Darling Husband tends to put things down the drain that don’t belong and then surprise- it backs up.  It actually happened a few days ago but [...]

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Free Amazon Book Downloads

August 27, 2012

As you may already know, double check the price since they tend to change quickly.  I downloaded most of these and am finding I can get through one of the shorter ebooks while in the bathtub after the kids go to bed- talk about multi-tasking!

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My Busy Kiddos

August 26, 2012

School started for us last week.  My daughter started Middle School and my son started Pre-School- big milestones for both.  And as planned, they will both start soccer next week with a week of karate overlapping which was mostly unplanned. Amber has always been one of those kids that likes to do everything possible and seems [...]

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And then there was one……

August 20, 2012

Ohhhhh, I’m doing the Happy Dance.  One kid is off to school today and by Wednesday the second one will be off to Pre-School.  Two and a half blissful, kid-free hours per day.  I can’t wait!!! Have a great day sweetie! Anyone else enjoying watching the school bus pull away today?

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Congrats to the New Middle Schoolers!

August 9, 2012

Amber & Avery!  Congrats to the best 6th graders EVER!  My daughter plans to be a celebrity when she grows up so if you see her be sure to get her autograph.

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Elephant Toothpaste- EXTREME

July 16, 2012

I saw this post on Money Saving Mom and it looked pretty tame and we decided to give it a try.  Especially since we already had the supplies needed on hand. Except that my little darlings decided to “kick it up a notch” while I ran upstairs for more dish soap.  We used up all the plastic [...]

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Repost-How NOT to Spend a Fortune for Back To School

July 13, 2012

I’m posing this again in hopes it will help you save some money on back to school.  Yep- it’s time to start thinking (or dreaming….) about it! It sounds crazy to be thinking about it already but this is the time to start your planning.  You have no idea how happy it makes me to [...]

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Friday Fun- Don’t read if you are easily offended…..

July 6, 2012

or if you have one of those lovely, picture book families that always loves each other and acts appropriately.  Not us by a long shot! I was a totally different mom when Celine (the lady that cared for my daughter while I worked) was in charge and I was a mother of a nice little girl.  Yep- I [...]

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Friday Fun- Mom’s Missing Her What?

June 29, 2012

Let me start by reminding you that I am clueless to many of the world’s mysteries- especially pre-teen girls but especially pre-school boys.  Case in point- I was showering with my boy the other day after the pool.  Dad usually showers with him but I thought it would be ok since we were both needed to wash [...]

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The dog ate my grocery ads…..

June 27, 2012

Or something like that.  It seems there is a different excuse every week.  I plan to do them, I want to do them- it’s just that something ALWAYS comes up.  Last night for example- my husband came home all worked up about Medicare.  When he started talking about Part F I knew it was going [...]

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Jake’s Day

February 17, 2012

I took 30 seconds to go to the garage and say goodbye to my husband and in that brief amount of time someone climbed into the shower fully-clothed and emptied the shaving cream can. I am grateful that he didn’t use my leg razor to shave his head again. Then he was cold after I [...]

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New Pampers 5 Point Code

November 14, 2011

Pampers Gifts to Grow has a new 5 point code out today- HOLIDAYGIFT2011 Thanks Hip2Save! Speaking of Pampers…..I just realized I have been buying them for eleven years now. Not continuously, thankfully!  Today is the day in 2000 that we learned that we were expecting a little girl, our beautiful Amber Lee.  It goes so [...]

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The Great Powder Incident

November 14, 2011

This is the scene I found when Jake was SUPPOSSED to be taking a nap yesterday. To my credit I did not yell.  I calmly closed the bedroom door and went and poured a drink and counted to about a million before grabbing the camera.  After a few minutes it became pretty funny (not the part about [...]

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Friday-Not So Fun

October 22, 2011

Sorry for the lack of posts- the stomach bug has made it’s way through the house and back again. It started on Saturday with Jake and then to Dad then to me, thankfully Amber has been spared.  Well, I don’t know how spared she felt when Dad was stuck in the bathroom and I had to [...]

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King Sooper Trip- Paid 23% or $92 for $22

October 16, 2011

King Sooper Trip-Paid $22 for $92 Schick Razors $6.39, paid $.20 each used 2x $3 off Schick Extreme Razor Coupons from Facebook Wheat Thins $2.29 x 2- paid $1.29 each used 2 x $1 off Facebook coupons Ortega Taco Shells $1.49 x 2, paid $.49 each found $1 off peelies on product- Gerber Toddler Meals $.99 [...]

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Rite Aid Trip This Week

October 11, 2011

I made a quick run into Rite Aid during soccer practice to pick up the free-after-Up-Rewards items.  I spent about $8 over 2 transactions and didn’t use any coupons other than the Bayer coupon to get it for free and the Sally Hansen $1 off coupons that made the files $.24 each. Yes- I did [...]

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Extreme Couponing on TLC Wednesday Night

September 27, 2011

I was asked to share this article by Rasha from AFullCup.com about TLC’s Extreme Couponing. She makes some very valid points and has some good information about using coupons in real life. Since no one asked me for my 2 cents worth I am going to share it anyways. It seems that the “Real” coupon [...]

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Friday Fun

September 23, 2011

I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure all that clean laundry was sitting on the sofa nicely folder when I left the room to answer the phone. This innocent bystander didn’t see a thing. He didn’t see this happen either but was caught red handed with a safety scissor and newly ventilated pants. I [...]

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