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Saturday, February 12, 2011

2-12-11

10:30pm

Finally, after a week of trying
I was able to request another free paint
sample from Valspar.

Actually I put it in mom's name :0)

I'm gonna see what the
Toasted Wheat color looks like.
I really want the color Blonde
but Sherwin Williams makes it.
Has anyone had any luck with
Lowes color matching paints
with a sample from a different brand?

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3:30pm

We just returned from the store
and the whole time Jonathan
kept having a coughing fit.
Even when we got home he was coughing
so hard his face turned beet red.
I got out the Kroger brand Vicks rub
and rubbed it all over his feet again
and then put socks over it.
I haven't heard a peep out of him
since doing this!!

Last night I woke up around 1-2am
hearing him having coughing fits.
I got up then and put more vapo
rub on his feet. Didn't hear much
more after that. Tony asked
me how I got him to stop coughing
and I told him I put more vapo
rub on his feet.
I think I read it lasts for about
4 hours maybe more so you
have to reapply it throughout the day.

I also read, but have not tried yet,
that when you have a headache
to put Vicks on your forehead.

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15 ounce Coffee Mate powder
was: $3.99
I paid: FREE

1 dozen Kroger eggs
was $1.69
I paid: FREE

Duncan Hines cake mix
was: .77 cents
I paid: FREE

Yoplait yogurt
was: .60 cents
I paid: FREE

2 gallons milk
was: $2.79 each
I paid: $1.39 each

Kroger cheese slices
was $1.49
I paid $1.09

Kroger rising crust pizza
was: $3.33
I paid: $2.73

3 Big K 2 liter pops
was: 80 cents each
I paid: .66 cents each

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Day 3 after painting some in the bathroom.
No one has yet to notice it!!
I could probably paint the whole
thing and they still would not notice.

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8:25pm

We all have been getting on this
exercise thingy magingy.
The boys must think it's some
kind of toy because they actually
fight over who gets to ride it, LOL!!
Hey, whatever works, right.

Yesterday I did about 1/3rd a mile
and tonight I got up to a 1/2 mile.
Slowly but surely as my body is
not used to exercising outside
of shopping or housework.

I have my own stair stepper which
is called the basement steps,
weights which are all the things
I pick up off the floor
and laundry I carry up
from the basement,
treadmill is the laps I make
around a grocery store.

I'd like to go to the thrift store
in the near future and find
a scale to monitor everyone's weight.
I told everyone it's not something
that will happen overnight with
losing weight and could
take up to a year.
I promised everyone a dollar
for every pound they lost
as an incentive to the kids.
This sounds like a lot to them
because kids don't know the
value of money. And if it
makes them exercise more,
more power to them.

I need to get pictures of everyone
and post them somewhere
where we can look at them,
like behind the basement door
so company can't see it.
Then each week continue
taking pictures to see if there
are any results.
Also post how much
weight lost or gained.

I think once you start losing weight,
you lose fat and water, then
you might see the pounds come back
on a little as you build muscle.

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10:15pm

With Valentine's Day just around the corner
I'll put me and my honey's songs
on here.
In April it will
be 12 years we've been together!






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My name is Sherry, 39yrs old, from Columbus, Ohio. I am married, a SAHM, and have 3 children ages 9, 10 and 20. I have been frugal/thrifty all my life. I would like to share on this blog how we get by day to day on one income with a family of 5 with a dog and a cat. You will also hear about my everyday gripes about daily life and the cost of living. Hubby says my favorite saying is, "and that is another thing that pisses me off!"

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