After trying to get on the computer for months and months, my husband got a great deal on a little 10 in. notebook and it is wrapped and under the tree waiting for me!!! I haven't been so excited since I was a kid! Now I can visit with everyone here more! After having two computers available...

since I actually have ANY type pf stockpile what so ever. I mean years really. I have been shopping and just having on hand what we need for the week or month.Nothing more. Well DH has decided I should start stockpiling but heres my issue.......my previous stockpile was because of free and SUPER...

Last week DH had to cut out a piece of the wall in my kitchen due to mold and water damage(before we bought) the hole is about 20 x 20 give a bit. Well the only way to buy drywall is in HUGE sheets so I was gonna go to Lowes or Home Depot and see if maybe they had a broken piece they could sell...

after 9 years, my house is COMPLETELY decluttered..."exhale". In November 2000 my mother was gracious enough to offer to move in with me to my 1 bedroom apartment and help me take care of my now 8 year old son (I was pregnant at the time). In moving her up here w/ me, we had to put her 2 bedroom...

It seems like everytime I think I may be getting ahead, something pops up that uses up the extra money. I don't mean to complain. We live a very fortunate life but our debt is very large and I so want to get it down. I plan and plan. Watch every penny. Budget and rebudget. Without fail...

Today is the first sign of spring coming. The temperature this afternoon is 15 degrees C (or 59 degrees F) and sunny! It's so beautiful outside that I opened my back patio door to let the warmth and breeze in. (I heard the other day that some of the trees are starting to bud!) Spring is...

We got home about 3 hours ago. In the last 15 days, my family and I have traveled 4,651 miles, driven through 13 states....YES 13 STATES!!!! and spent time with family in both CA and WA. Our time with our family was great - there were no big issues with my inlaws, so that was a major answer...

....this afternoon when I got home from work and checked my mail. We have received our first Christmas card!!! :dunce: What is the world coming to?! Its not even December here, US Thanksgiving has not past yet and we just got our first snowfall north of the city but the first card...

I just called the girls school today. DD4 starts Kindergarten this year. OUr school has an amazing K teacher, he's a french immersion teacher, and has only ever taught Kindergarten, he's been doing this for the last 25 years. DD9 had him, and she thrived. DD4 is much like her. So I registered...

DH and I both work full-time. He is salaried and works all kinds of odd hours- usually 9:00am-10:00pm (that is 3 days a week- the other 2 days he works 1:00pm-10:00pm). We work at the same restaurant. We have an 8 month old DD and we cannot afford daycare, so DH and I work opposite shifts. I...

I'm so glad I'm married and not in the "dating world" anymore. Apparently, a guy noticed an attractive woman on a busy street in the city. He approached her and she then gave him her number. This is what happened next: (NOTE: This is not a video, just audio)...

Today my daughter and son hear if they have passed, failed or have a re-sit in their final exams. The results of these exams will determine if they can go on to college or university to do their chosen studies of International Business and Management (in English) and Med. School (this is only...

I just called to talk to my Mom in Florida on her house phone (she was in Michigan since April 4th, when my Dad died :( and I have been talking to her on her cell, since she just had her phone turned on yesterday) She didn't answer....but the answering machine picked up...it was my Mom...

dh is back at work!!! I have my days back! He's been off since December 7th. Today is his first day back. I have felt so relaxed. I'm able to do as I need to at my pace. Let's see.... I have fed breakfast to 6 kids, eaten myself. Made a grocery list, took 3 out shopping, found 2 birthday gifts...

DSs are in Scouts with three sets of twins and they are friends with two sets. Set #1 are nice kids who live about two miles form us and they all get together now and then. Set #2 are VERY, very nice boys, homeschooled and sooo polite it is unreal. They are very down to earth folks. Well...

I haven't been asleep all night long. It is almost 8:00 AM out here. Every time I lie down, my leg is so painful I can't get to sleep. My leg is still all swollen up. I saw my doctor this past week and he said it was because the clot was up in the high thigh area. He is a specialist and has...

It seems like i have been in walmart every night for something. to night it was for needle and thread but also go coffee dh wanted .

I finally hit the 40 pound mark! Why is it that 40 sounds like so much more than 39? :toothy: Lots more to go but that really felt good.

There was a tea swap on another forum I frequent and I thought it might be fun to do one here- it can be done pretty frugally. (I would actually like to do a chocolate swap, but I think it is way too warm in some areas to do this right now.) So, is there any interest at all? How the other...