Family Matters

I've been busy, busy, busy so far this week, so I have had zero time to blog about my fantastic weekend.  As you know Ashley, Noah, and I road tripped it to Ohio to visit family and to attend my cousin, Amanda's, Baby Shower.

We drove throughout the night, leaving Thursday around 8:30 PM.  We arrived in Greenville around 5:30 AM.  Once we made it to my Grandpa's house, we all crashed until about 10 oclock.  We had just enough time to get ready before my Mom made it in (she flew in from Kansas).  Once she arrived, we got to visit and then later went to the Grocery Store to get items and food for the cookout that we had Saturday night.  Friday was full of visiting with all of my family.  My Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Tim arrived and we all ordered in pizza and had a great time visiting.

Saturday morning was filled with a lot to do.  It started out with going to my cousin, Jeff's football game.  He is the quarterback for their reserve team and I enjoyed getting to see him play well.. They won 20-8, I believe.

This is a picture from the game of Ashley and Noah.

We went straight from the game to Amanda's Baby Shower.  We had a great time seeing more of our family that we had not seen yet and we got to visit with them.

Me, Mom, and Ashley

Ashley, Amanda, and Me

After the shower, we all went back to my Grandpa's for a cookout.  We had tons of food, a fire pit in the backyard, and made smores later that night! 

Kristin, Me, and Ashley

I had a blast this weekend and I was very sad to see it come to an end so fast.  After two fun filled days, it was time to leave and I was NOT looking forward to the 9-10 hour drive home.  Since this past weekend has come and gone, I can now look forward to Thanksgiving, when I will go to visit my parents in Kansas!





Road trippin' it

Today has been such a great day, for many reasons.  First off, today is my "friday".  I am off work tomorrow and the reason being? I am heading to Ohio with my sister and brother-in-law for my cousin, Amanda's, baby shower, this is reason number two.  I have not seen Amanda in years, I think. 

Reason number three why I am having a great day: Not only am I getting to see family that I haven't seen in a while, I get to see my mom (who is flying in tomorrow).  I haven't seen my mom since early July and I miss her SO much! Knowing that starting at 8 PM tonight, I will be on my road trip makes me a happy girl.  Call us crazy, but we all decided to leave tonight so that we could drive throughout the night and arrive in Ohio around 7 or 8 in the AM.  We figured traffic would be non-existent and that we would have more time to visit with our family, since we would get there friday AM and not PM. 

Another reason today is such a great day is the fact that it is 56 degrees outside.  If you know me, you know I LOVE the cold weather!  I love the clothes that comes with the cold temp's... leggings, jeggings, boots, turtlenecks, sweatshirts, everything!!

Do you prefer the colder temp's or the warm weather?

Brita Pitcher- FREE + $6.00

I want to take a moment to share with you my love for couponing.  This started, oh I would say about a month or two ago, and it has progressed ever since.  Some might call me poor or cheap, but I would say that I am tight with money!  I mean, who wouldn't want to save money on things they buy on a regular basis?  In the past month, I have literally had one big shopping trip at Bi-Lo.  This means that I buy things here and there on a regular basis.  But, it is definitely worth it.  I have come to love CVS, Bi-Lo, Walmart(for the most part-ours in Greenwood is struggling) and my favorite of all Rite Aid!

I frequently visit blogs such as www.thekrazycouponlady.com, www.southernsavers.com, and www.iheartriteaid.com.

These blogs show the deals for different stores and the coupon matchups for each item.  It also addresses the deals that are must haves!  It makes things easier for me, since I literally do not have the time or patience to match up the items and coupons myself. 

Yesterday, on the KCL blog, they blogged about a Brita Pitcher at Wal-Mart.  I have wanted to purchase a Brita Pitcher for the longest time, because I drink water all of the time!  Since these are pretty expensive (at least to me) I have been getting by with just plain tap water.  Well, yesterday I found the post.  Wal-Mart has a 5 cup Brita Pitcher for only $8.97, you can find a $5.00/1 Coupon on www.filterforgood.com and that means you can get a Brita Pitcher for ONLY $3.97.  If that is not good enough to start with, Brita is running a "promotion" for a $10 Mail-in-Rebate! What does this mean?  It means you pay only $3.97 out of pocket and in about 8-10 weeks, you will receive a check for $10... SO you get the Brita Pitcher for FREE + $6.03.

Is this amazing or what?  I LOVE couponing!

Fall Shows

Its that time again.. time when all of the GREAT falls shows begin to air!  I think almost all of the shows have premiered and I could not be any more excited.  I consider myself a TV junkie and that is because I watch SO many shows! Here's a list of all the shows that you can find me watching this fall:

-Desperate Housewives (the FINAL season)
-Sister Wives
-Dancing with the Stars
-Kendra
-Glee
-The Middle
-Grey's Anatomy
-Jersey Shore

I'm sure there is a show or two that I forgot to mention, but you can tell that I LOVE my shows.. and just so you know I do not actually watch all of these as they come on but thanks to my lovely DVR they are always on my TV for when I get the chance to watch them!

A few comments to make- I cannot believe that this is the final season of Desperate Housewives.  After the first episode, I was speechless.  There is so.so.much going on already!  Kendra was amazing.  One of the main reasons why I watch her show is because she never fails to put a smile on my face (she is hilarious).  Also, Rob Kardashian is my fav on Dancing with the Stars.  I think he is amazing and in case he ever reads this I want him to know that I watch the show just for him (ha ha ha).

What shows have y'all been interested in? Who is your favorite on Dancing with the Stars?

Rain Rain Go Away!

Hello dolls!  I have not blogged in a while, so I figured this is the perfect day, since it's raining and all... :) Yesterday was Monday and i had THE best day!  I am not a fan of mondays, I actually used to HATE them and they used to leave me with a painful headache at the end of the day.  But, yesterday was not like that at all.

I'm such a reality show freak and I LOVE the bachelor/bachelorette... every season... every show I watch... well last night was the Bachelor Finale for Brad's season and i'll get to that in a moment...

I had a great Zumba class last night.. I sweated like crazy and I loved it.  There was a new instructor who did the first three songs because she had just received her certification... I was not sure how much I would like her since I knew it would be new dances and I do not like change!  But, I did like her.. She worked our legs and by the end of the class I knew I would be sore today.... but i'm not.. YAY! Anyways, Zumba was fantastic yesterday! I wish I could go to Zumba everyday!!

After Zumba, I went with my friend, Ashley Bonds, to Lander University to help her find her advisors' office.  I love Lander and I always will.  I spent four years working and attending classes at the University and it will always hold a special place in my heart.  The four best years of my life...so far :)... have been spent at Lander.  They have the best instructors/staff/students that anyone could want in a school... SO, walking through the halls reminded me how much I missed it... if only I could go back.  I did tease my mom the other day saying I was going to become a full time student.. even though that would get pretty pricy ;)

After reliving my College years, I had a wonderful dinner of crock-pot-BBQ!! YUMMMY!! I kind of just threw in some pork tenderloin and some BBQ sauce and let it go ALL day... it turned out so good! 

After dinner I went to my sisters house to visit and to fill out or forms for the Steve Spurrier Women's Football Clinic that is in April.... I don't really know what to expect but I'm SO excited... Apparently Steve Spurrier along with some staff and their families and some football players will be at the Clinic... Maybe i'll find my future hubby there... HA I can dream right?!

After submitting the forms, I came home to watch none other than... The Bachelor... Ahhh I had been waiting for the Finale since the first time I saw the first episode... I was an Emily fan all along, but I was kind of routing for Chantel because I knew that the person I always wanted to win never did... but MY GIRL won!  Not only is Emily sweet and a fantastic mother, she is also from North Carolina.... a carolina girl! Can't get any better than that!  I was so excited about the outcome of the show and it just topped off a great day for me.

I know you all wanted to hear about my Monday, but I figured it was so great, why wouldn't I want to share? I hope you all have a great day and i'll write soon :)