So I decided, after taking an online class from a friend from high school and watching only a couple of episodes of "Extreme Couponing" that I am definitely going to get going on couponing. My mom and I might do this together :)
On one of the episodes that I watched last night, a family of 9 went out shopping with coupons, the husband and wife had to shop and check out separately that way they would be able to save more because of the store's rules changing on coupons. Both the wife's total before coupons and the husband's totaly before coupons was over $500. After Coupons and store loyalty cards, the wife spent $5.97 on her groceries. The husband, after coupons, spent $36. together they spent a total of about $42 for over $1000 worth of groceries!!!
This would be the reason that I want to start couponing. Diapers, toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, deodorant, toilet paper, paper towels....etc.... are all things that these Extreme Couponer's had a HUGE stock pile of. I hear a lot of people say that they don't coupon because they don't use the things that the coupons are for... but they just aren't looking in the right places. Which is one reason I am glad I took the online coupon class that I did. My friend was a big help. I don't quite remember everything from her class, so I may take it again in the future just to refresh my memory :) Awesome stuff though!!
Until next time...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
May 4th Prenatal Visit! :)
I had another prenatal visit yesterday. Justin was not able to go, as his work did not approve the day off for him, so I went to my appointment alone. I got there in plenty of time, and can I just say, I forget how easily you have to pee when you are pregnant lol I had gone pee earlier, at about 930, I left my house at 1045 with a full mug of water (I always take it and gulp it down, that way I know I will have to pee, since they make you at every visit), I arrived at the dr at about 1110 and checked in. I sat down and figured ok I have 20 minutes to gulp this water down since I still don't feel the need to pee. I gulped it alright lol and I had to pee before my little 10 minute visit with the doctor and after. (and when I got home later too haha) They weighed me, so far I have gained about 27ish pounds with the pregnancy, my dr said that if I can try and aim for only gaining another 10 pounds throughout the rest of the pregnancy (17 and a half more weeks) that I should be in great shape! :) Looks like I need to start hitting the gym a little bit, doing some water aerobics and walking on the treadmill, to help keep my weight under control. I have gained between 4-6 pounds between each of my appointments. She got out the doppler and we listened to the heart, very strong at 145 beats per minute :) She also said that I am growing pretty much right on track for the pregnancy.
She set me up with the 1-Hour Glucose Test drink for next appointment which is only 3 weeks away on May 27th!!! (I am SOO not looking forward to this test, I can't eat breakfast before, I have this orange glucola drink to drink and then they have to draw blood from me again, hopefully this time I get a better person to draw my blood than at my first visit where she collapsed a vein...) So I have to go in early, about 9 am to have my blood drawn, and then my real appointment is at 2pm for a check up and my ultrasound!!! YAY I was hoping I could get another ultrasound. I hope the Tech gives me some better pictures this time :) and I'm crossing my fingers for another dvd too :) hehe
Now for an update on Justin and I, we are going good, taking things day by day, or atleast trying to. He is still working at Wendy's partime, and thank goodness is still able to keep his unemployment, otherwise we'd be totally screwed. We gave up on trying to see what we could qualify for for a house/town home for the time being, as we are still trying to pay down, if not pay off, a lot of bills that way our credit will sky rocket and we will be in a much better situation all around.
I am officially done with roommates that act like children! One of our roommates moved out this last weekend, she just turned 21 and is about to have a kid in less than 2 weeks and just is not acting her age. When asked simple questions she blows up and is just plain a beast. She did not clean her area after she moved everything out, trash was left everywhere and things were left behind that were hers that she apparently didn't care about anymore, and she is refusing to give our house key back that she has, and one of my shirts that she borrowed a few weeks back. It's just interesting to see the way she is acting and the things she said to me. I understand that she may be *Grouchy* because of being so close to her due date and just wanting to be done with being pregnant, but when someone doesn't do anything at all to make you act the way you are... I think it is a little excessive... I will leave it at she will get what she deserves, maybe in the future she will have the same thing happen to her that she did to us, or what ever, all I know is that we may have been screwed over 4-5 times in the last year by roommates, and when Karma comes around they will all get what they deserve, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
Other than that, we are planning on staying where we are living for now, our lease ends in August. I want to look for a one bedroom apartment on our own, but Justin wants to stay where we are for another year and continue doing the roommate thing (which I am hoping we wont need to do for much longer, if I can make sure that bills are paid down/off the way I am hoping they will be) and then we won't need roommates and can look for something for our family, and our family only. NO more roommates.
I just feel like roommates don't care like they should, as we have seen with the 4-5 times that we have been screwed over by them in the last year... and two of those roommates have been family members... The unfortunate thing is that Justin and I just are not able to afford a place on our own right now without these roommates, and I don't know when we will be able to afford a place on our own until we get some bills paid down/off.
Well, when i get pictures from the ultrasound on the 27th I will most definitely put them up! :-)
I am getting more and more excited as I feel little Jayden move more and more :) I cannot wait until Justin can feel him move too!
Much love to you!
She set me up with the 1-Hour Glucose Test drink for next appointment which is only 3 weeks away on May 27th!!! (I am SOO not looking forward to this test, I can't eat breakfast before, I have this orange glucola drink to drink and then they have to draw blood from me again, hopefully this time I get a better person to draw my blood than at my first visit where she collapsed a vein...) So I have to go in early, about 9 am to have my blood drawn, and then my real appointment is at 2pm for a check up and my ultrasound!!! YAY I was hoping I could get another ultrasound. I hope the Tech gives me some better pictures this time :) and I'm crossing my fingers for another dvd too :) hehe
Now for an update on Justin and I, we are going good, taking things day by day, or atleast trying to. He is still working at Wendy's partime, and thank goodness is still able to keep his unemployment, otherwise we'd be totally screwed. We gave up on trying to see what we could qualify for for a house/town home for the time being, as we are still trying to pay down, if not pay off, a lot of bills that way our credit will sky rocket and we will be in a much better situation all around.
I am officially done with roommates that act like children! One of our roommates moved out this last weekend, she just turned 21 and is about to have a kid in less than 2 weeks and just is not acting her age. When asked simple questions she blows up and is just plain a beast. She did not clean her area after she moved everything out, trash was left everywhere and things were left behind that were hers that she apparently didn't care about anymore, and she is refusing to give our house key back that she has, and one of my shirts that she borrowed a few weeks back. It's just interesting to see the way she is acting and the things she said to me. I understand that she may be *Grouchy* because of being so close to her due date and just wanting to be done with being pregnant, but when someone doesn't do anything at all to make you act the way you are... I think it is a little excessive... I will leave it at she will get what she deserves, maybe in the future she will have the same thing happen to her that she did to us, or what ever, all I know is that we may have been screwed over 4-5 times in the last year by roommates, and when Karma comes around they will all get what they deserve, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
Other than that, we are planning on staying where we are living for now, our lease ends in August. I want to look for a one bedroom apartment on our own, but Justin wants to stay where we are for another year and continue doing the roommate thing (which I am hoping we wont need to do for much longer, if I can make sure that bills are paid down/off the way I am hoping they will be) and then we won't need roommates and can look for something for our family, and our family only. NO more roommates.
I just feel like roommates don't care like they should, as we have seen with the 4-5 times that we have been screwed over by them in the last year... and two of those roommates have been family members... The unfortunate thing is that Justin and I just are not able to afford a place on our own right now without these roommates, and I don't know when we will be able to afford a place on our own until we get some bills paid down/off.
Well, when i get pictures from the ultrasound on the 27th I will most definitely put them up! :-)
I am getting more and more excited as I feel little Jayden move more and more :) I cannot wait until Justin can feel him move too!
Much love to you!
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