Since I had Good Friday off from work... I also took Thursday as a vacation day... to get a jump start on the weekend. Talk about a work out... started out at the usual time I go to work, 7:30 am, at the local WalMart store... did some Easter shopping and I always get my Yoplait Yogurt there because they have a wider variety of flavors then the little grocery store near my house.
I was even prepared with coupons and my "save the planet" reusable bags... I also want to mention the really great Yoplait insulated tote that I won from Bargain Briana....this was another one of my lucky wins... insulated tote, free yogurt, water bottle and note pad. The tote is really nice with a zipper and handles that can be used as shoulder strap style.
After, I loaded up the car I went to my favorite store in my little town... CVS. I really watch my coupons, my extra bucks and all my other offers... I was really saving today... in a previous visit I transferred two prescription and had 2 - $25.00 gift cards... a few rain checks and some free coupons. Well, it started out at 104.00 ... minus coupons, free, extra bucks... down to $54.16 ... still with me.. OK, $50.00 gift cards... $4.16. But, that isn't all... I didn't receive my $5.99 off for a double pack of Crest toothpaste... so they gave me $5.99 cash back. I think it was worth the trip for them to pay me to shop and give me $2.00 on top of everything. This doesn't happen very often; but, I was thrilled. With the economy the way it is I try to watch everything I buy, use coupons, watch sales, price check and really watch while the sales clerks are ringing up the order.
Your probably wondering what did she buy?? Well, the usual... TP, papertowels, feminine products, toothpaste, facial cleansers, body lotions, shaving products, laundry detergent, and even a bottle of water. These are things that we use every day and I splurged on facial products for my daughter and body lotion for myself.... Jergens original scent... cherry almond this is a "grandma" smell, but, I love it.
Next it was a little trip to an area town... DuBois, to JoAnn Fabrics... well, I decided since I had the time and had not been to the local Goodwill "Boutique" for a while... stopped in... my lucky day... 50% off.. yes!!! Started browsing and came to coats ... spied a really great Anne Klein black toggle button coat... looked like my size... tried it on... it is my size.. looked a little harder and found a brown coat by Ann Taylor Loft for my oldest daughter. Found a few other little things and headed for the check out. The two coats were $4.50 each. I don't know about you; but, that was one great buy. So, far my day was going pretty good. I then called my oldest daughter, Kimberly, to see if she would like to meet me for lunch... drive through and then a little visit while we ate. Yes, the coat fits and even though it's brown... I talked her into it by telling her to add a little splash of color with a scarf and it wouldn't be so "blah brown". The brown was a little drab... this coming from a young lady that wears a lot of black.
Next stop was JoAnn's Fabric... well, I boosted the economy a little with purchases there. I bought some material to finish a couple of little quilted throws and some really cute material for totes. Pictures to come... later. Then headed home... but, took a side tour and stopped at McDonalds... got two sweet teas... used my $2.00 from CVS... one for the road and one for later... love those sweet teas...
Have a great weekend....
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Morning Post....
Good Morning just a little inspiration to get you through the day....
Say a little one .... it's Thankful Thursday.
Today we have Thankful Thursday and I don't know about you; but, I do have a lot to be thankful for in my little life. We all have something to be thankful for and I bet if you gave it some thought you could come up with a few. Being thankful is so much easier than being ungrateful. Being thankful makes us so much more aware of all of the things in our lives even the littlest. For instance, coming home from work today there were three of the ugliest ducks I have ever seen nesting around my snowball bush... now for a moment I thought some pretty ungrateful things and almost blew the horn to rustle their little feathers and then I thought... well, I am thankful they are in the yard and not doing the doodoo on my front porch. See, I turned that around to a thankful when I could have been out there chasing them with a broom off my porch.
We need to be thankful for the stages in our lives and appreciate them more. We are all at different stages in our lives; but, we are sharing a major portion of these time with co-workers. Who else would you want to spend eight hours a day with??? OK, maybe some days aren't the greatest, some may feel longer than an eight hour day, some days we feel overworked, underpaid, unappreciated and to top it off we're having a bad hair day, we have PMS, menopause and we are too hot to think; but, when all is said and done.. we have to be thankful for each other and the time we have together. I for one wouldn't trade any of you for anyone else. I am thankful for each of you.
Thankful Thursday is a day to thank someone for no other reason then them being in your life. Thank someone just because they make you smile or just because they don't. Thank someone who you love and also the one that you don't love as much. Thank someone you enjoy spending time with and the ones you don't. Thank each other for the little things, the big things and for nothing at all. Thank you for reading my blog. But, most of all thank the person who turned the A/C on at work.
Just a short note to offer each of you (and to myself, too) encouragement today .... Thankful Thursday. I do have to admit that keeping a positive attitude, an upbeat mood and looking only at the bright side is pretty hard at times. Life and people can really drag a person down so if you feel like your faltering in any way.... just hang on... because ....
Alone we may falter; but, together we can stand tall (or short whichever the case may be) and face any challenge.
Stay Positive... Stay Strong.... Stay Happy... no matter what comes at us today. Stay tuned .... for daily words of encouragement, laughter, hope, peace or just a word or two.
Say a little one .... it's Thankful Thursday.
Today we have Thankful Thursday and I don't know about you; but, I do have a lot to be thankful for in my little life. We all have something to be thankful for and I bet if you gave it some thought you could come up with a few. Being thankful is so much easier than being ungrateful. Being thankful makes us so much more aware of all of the things in our lives even the littlest. For instance, coming home from work today there were three of the ugliest ducks I have ever seen nesting around my snowball bush... now for a moment I thought some pretty ungrateful things and almost blew the horn to rustle their little feathers and then I thought... well, I am thankful they are in the yard and not doing the doodoo on my front porch. See, I turned that around to a thankful when I could have been out there chasing them with a broom off my porch.
We need to be thankful for the stages in our lives and appreciate them more. We are all at different stages in our lives; but, we are sharing a major portion of these time with co-workers. Who else would you want to spend eight hours a day with??? OK, maybe some days aren't the greatest, some may feel longer than an eight hour day, some days we feel overworked, underpaid, unappreciated and to top it off we're having a bad hair day, we have PMS, menopause and we are too hot to think; but, when all is said and done.. we have to be thankful for each other and the time we have together. I for one wouldn't trade any of you for anyone else. I am thankful for each of you.
Thankful Thursday is a day to thank someone for no other reason then them being in your life. Thank someone just because they make you smile or just because they don't. Thank someone who you love and also the one that you don't love as much. Thank someone you enjoy spending time with and the ones you don't. Thank each other for the little things, the big things and for nothing at all. Thank you for reading my blog. But, most of all thank the person who turned the A/C on at work.
Just a short note to offer each of you (and to myself, too) encouragement today .... Thankful Thursday. I do have to admit that keeping a positive attitude, an upbeat mood and looking only at the bright side is pretty hard at times. Life and people can really drag a person down so if you feel like your faltering in any way.... just hang on... because ....
Alone we may falter; but, together we can stand tall (or short whichever the case may be) and face any challenge.
Stay Positive... Stay Strong.... Stay Happy... no matter what comes at us today. Stay tuned .... for daily words of encouragement, laughter, hope, peace or just a word or two.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Contests -- Book Giveaways
Here are some sites for some book giveaways....
http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/2009/04/david-cristofano-interview-giveaway.html#comments The Girl She Used to Be, by David Cristofano.... sounds like a good read
http://luanne-abookwormsworld.blogspot.com/ quite a few giveaways
http://redladysreadingroom-redlady.blogspot.com/ another favorite site
http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/2009/04/david-cristofano-interview-giveaway.html#comments The Girl She Used to Be, by David Cristofano.... sounds like a good read
http://luanne-abookwormsworld.blogspot.com/ quite a few giveaways
http://redladysreadingroom-redlady.blogspot.com/ another favorite site
Morning Post...
I started sending the women I work with these "little post" by email at the first of the year... I received a lot of feed back... so I am going to share them with you, also.
Good Morning,
Say it after me.... it's Marvelous Monday (again) and we are people with a mission.... do our best, be our best and we best be good while were here.
Just a short note to offer each of you (and to myself, too) encouragement today .... Marvelous Monday. We are rested and recharged and we are ready to face the week ahead with prayers, wishes, and each other. Alone we may falter; but, together we can stand tall (or short whichever the case may be) and face any challenge.
Stay Positive... Stay Strong.... Stay Happy... no matter what comes at us today. Stay tuned .... for daily words of encouragement, laughter, hope, peace or just a word or two.
Good Morning,
Say it after me.... it's Marvelous Monday (again) and we are people with a mission.... do our best, be our best and we best be good while were here.
Just a short note to offer each of you (and to myself, too) encouragement today .... Marvelous Monday. We are rested and recharged and we are ready to face the week ahead with prayers, wishes, and each other. Alone we may falter; but, together we can stand tall (or short whichever the case may be) and face any challenge.
Stay Positive... Stay Strong.... Stay Happy... no matter what comes at us today. Stay tuned .... for daily words of encouragement, laughter, hope, peace or just a word or two.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Books... The Seamstress
I read The Seamstress a few months ago, should I say bb (before blog) and since I now have a blog and I am getting ready to mail this book out to a buyer from Amazon... I thought, I had better do a little review of this really great book.
The Seamstress, by Frances De Pontes Peebles... 641 pages... wow, it was a great read... I really liked the way the sisters were introduced and the way the story opened up and followed their very different choices and routes taken in their lives. I read it long enough ago to really not remember anything in particular; but, I do remember not wanting to put this book down for a moment. This is another book concerning historical chapters in Brazil's history...it's a story about sisters, husband and wife, secrets behind closed doors, of families and what they do to and for each other and of women growing into their own person instead of who people want them to be... this was a really good book and I hope you will be able to read this book in the future.
I would also like to let you know of a great book giveaway for the book pictured ... Follow Me...this sounds like a book that I would really like to read... if I don't win it I will be putting it on my list of things to read. Check out Sheri's blog at http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/ and if your feeling lucky or just feeling like making a comment... tell her I sent you. Thanks for the feedback.
The Seamstress, by Frances De Pontes Peebles... 641 pages... wow, it was a great read... I really liked the way the sisters were introduced and the way the story opened up and followed their very different choices and routes taken in their lives. I read it long enough ago to really not remember anything in particular; but, I do remember not wanting to put this book down for a moment. This is another book concerning historical chapters in Brazil's history...it's a story about sisters, husband and wife, secrets behind closed doors, of families and what they do to and for each other and of women growing into their own person instead of who people want them to be... this was a really good book and I hope you will be able to read this book in the future.
I would also like to let you know of a great book giveaway for the book pictured ... Follow Me...this sounds like a book that I would really like to read... if I don't win it I will be putting it on my list of things to read. Check out Sheri's blog at http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/ and if your feeling lucky or just feeling like making a comment... tell her I sent you. Thanks for the feedback.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Books ......
I have had the great luck of winning a couple of books from other book blogs and I have to share one with all of you.
The first is Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford .... what a great title. Now, I have to tell you on the first look... I was interested... what a cover ... such promise of what's to follow in the pages beyond... now I didn't start reading this the minute I received the package in the mail. (direct from the author - more on this later) After finishing a couple books that were already in the line up I started this book... not knowing, not hoping, not wondering what would come from this lucky, free book.
Well, only chapters into it and already I know it's a good one.... it's not a long read; but, each page brings more thought provoking phrases and brings more questions concerning the atmosphere in the USA during the time period of this book. I feel that we, as Americans, will forget our nations history if not for these fictionalized books taking place in times of great challenge to our country. I, for one, do not read a lot of historically true books; but, to read fictional historical period books I am more apt to look up more information, discuss these issues and to be more aware of our nations not so glorious moments in our homeland history.
When we look at our nation ... I think we tend to look at only the good and may not see the trying times we have come through as a nation. We need to be aware of our own history in order to be more understanding to other countries and peoples of the world. We shouldn't stand in judgement of these countries and peoples of the world; but, offer our support and help them to see that change is needed -- as we, the USA, have been trying to do.
I won this book from Redlady's Reading Room (check her link); but, it was for just the AudioBook.... well, I waited for my book and received this rather large box in the mail. Now, the box was bigger than what an audiobook would be in... I opened it up ... and all this was from the author... a note from the author, a hardback book, the audiobook, two t-shirts with the book's title on the front and "Bitter" & "Sweet" on the backs of each of the t-shirts, and a bar of BitterSweet chocolate... was this an amazing win/gift from an author who only had my name and address?? I was so impressed... aren't you?? Check out Jamie Ford's web site http://www.jamieford.com/ and most of all read his book... it is a great read. I would have said this even if he had not sent the chocolate...
The first is Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford .... what a great title. Now, I have to tell you on the first look... I was interested... what a cover ... such promise of what's to follow in the pages beyond... now I didn't start reading this the minute I received the package in the mail. (direct from the author - more on this later) After finishing a couple books that were already in the line up I started this book... not knowing, not hoping, not wondering what would come from this lucky, free book.
Well, only chapters into it and already I know it's a good one.... it's not a long read; but, each page brings more thought provoking phrases and brings more questions concerning the atmosphere in the USA during the time period of this book. I feel that we, as Americans, will forget our nations history if not for these fictionalized books taking place in times of great challenge to our country. I, for one, do not read a lot of historically true books; but, to read fictional historical period books I am more apt to look up more information, discuss these issues and to be more aware of our nations not so glorious moments in our homeland history.
When we look at our nation ... I think we tend to look at only the good and may not see the trying times we have come through as a nation. We need to be aware of our own history in order to be more understanding to other countries and peoples of the world. We shouldn't stand in judgement of these countries and peoples of the world; but, offer our support and help them to see that change is needed -- as we, the USA, have been trying to do.
I won this book from Redlady's Reading Room (check her link); but, it was for just the AudioBook.... well, I waited for my book and received this rather large box in the mail. Now, the box was bigger than what an audiobook would be in... I opened it up ... and all this was from the author... a note from the author, a hardback book, the audiobook, two t-shirts with the book's title on the front and "Bitter" & "Sweet" on the backs of each of the t-shirts, and a bar of BitterSweet chocolate... was this an amazing win/gift from an author who only had my name and address?? I was so impressed... aren't you?? Check out Jamie Ford's web site http://www.jamieford.com/ and most of all read his book... it is a great read. I would have said this even if he had not sent the chocolate...
Welcome
Welcome - to my first blog post... I really don't know what to say; but, I have a lot to say and will share it with you as we go along.
A little information about myself... I am a daughter, sister, wife and mother. At any given time... one of those titles will fit. I am also a friend, an employee, a neighbor and any other titles that may come along throughout the day. I am the mother of one son and two daughters and I have one daughter-in-law and one son-in-law ... more on these later. I am a wife of 20+ years to a self-employed painting contractor. I also am a cat person and I have three cats... or should I say my three cats have me??
I like to knit (only small easy items), crochet (again, only easy items; although, I have made a few afghans) and I quilt... have made a few bed size quilts. I love to read blogs on any and all of the mentioned hobbies that I have at the present time. My other passion is reading. I read very well... thank you so much... the ones with the most pages and many twists and turns in the plots -- not the "easy" reads ... not the "great authors" but, I like to read a variety of genres and authors; but, don't ask me to read romance... just not one of my favorite reads. I read more fiction than non and I read more mystery/thriller than chic lit. I like to try to read new authors and new topics whenever I am able too.
I have been known to haunt book sales... I am a bring your own bag type person and try to leave with a bag full of new treasures. A local annual book sale held in my town for 20+ years ended last spring.... this book sale was huge and many people waited all year for it to come. Long lines for the opening and many tables full of wonderful books to buy. Sadly, it ended and now local agencies and organizations are trying to fill their shoes.... trying is the operative word. Just went to one on Saturday... it was OK... it was their first attempt... I hope they will get better organized and continue to thrive. I give them kudos for trying ... those are pretty big shoes they are trying to fill.
I have spent my weekend sewing and cleaning... getting ready for spring and summer so that I can sit on my porch swing and watch the Susquehanna River flow by my home. Lots of ducks, fishermen and even some canoes and kayaks occassionaly are sighted. With 50 degree weather... it is just teasing everyone into thinking no more snow.... I'll wait and see.
Have a great day and remember .... be joyful.
A little information about myself... I am a daughter, sister, wife and mother. At any given time... one of those titles will fit. I am also a friend, an employee, a neighbor and any other titles that may come along throughout the day. I am the mother of one son and two daughters and I have one daughter-in-law and one son-in-law ... more on these later. I am a wife of 20+ years to a self-employed painting contractor. I also am a cat person and I have three cats... or should I say my three cats have me??
I like to knit (only small easy items), crochet (again, only easy items; although, I have made a few afghans) and I quilt... have made a few bed size quilts. I love to read blogs on any and all of the mentioned hobbies that I have at the present time. My other passion is reading. I read very well... thank you so much... the ones with the most pages and many twists and turns in the plots -- not the "easy" reads ... not the "great authors" but, I like to read a variety of genres and authors; but, don't ask me to read romance... just not one of my favorite reads. I read more fiction than non and I read more mystery/thriller than chic lit. I like to try to read new authors and new topics whenever I am able too.
I have been known to haunt book sales... I am a bring your own bag type person and try to leave with a bag full of new treasures. A local annual book sale held in my town for 20+ years ended last spring.... this book sale was huge and many people waited all year for it to come. Long lines for the opening and many tables full of wonderful books to buy. Sadly, it ended and now local agencies and organizations are trying to fill their shoes.... trying is the operative word. Just went to one on Saturday... it was OK... it was their first attempt... I hope they will get better organized and continue to thrive. I give them kudos for trying ... those are pretty big shoes they are trying to fill.
I have spent my weekend sewing and cleaning... getting ready for spring and summer so that I can sit on my porch swing and watch the Susquehanna River flow by my home. Lots of ducks, fishermen and even some canoes and kayaks occassionaly are sighted. With 50 degree weather... it is just teasing everyone into thinking no more snow.... I'll wait and see.
Have a great day and remember .... be joyful.
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